Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24098614-20150903093108/@comment-11344160-20160129055047

I recently sided with the Blades and don't regret it. Delphine made some good points to me about the Greybeards just sitting at the top of their mountain and only shouting to praise the gods, which seems pretty useless to me too. The gods gave me the dragonblood for a reason: to stop Alduin and his gang of trouble-making dragons. Every dragon I've encountered, other than Paarthurnax, attacks me and every other living creature they lay eyes on. I've stopped dragons from razing Riverwood, Falkreath, and this poor den of innocent bears near Iverstead. Everywhere I go they seek my destruction... even the Soul Cairn! They swoop around shouting their flames and ice at anything with a pulse and my Dragonborn is sick of it! The Blades are dragon hunters and now I understand why - these creatures are a damned menace!

Now, I didn't feel great about killing old Paarth, but I didn't want to mod and cheat my way out of a difficult decision that the developers put in the game for a reason. It's one of the important decisions in Skyrim that has lasting concequences, like 'Imperial vs Stormcloak'. I killed him. That's who I am - the Dragonborn. The last Dragonborn, if Paarthurnax is to be believed. And I don't care what the Greybeards say - I was born to be the ultimate dragon hunter. I learned Dragonrend for a reason, a shout that altered the very fiber of my being, born from the seething hatred of ancient nords once enslaved by the evil dragons.

Yep, I'm with the Blades. Hell, we may even be the last hope of a crumbling Empire. Maybe together, after we've stomped out all the dragons in Skyrim, we can find a worthy successor to the worthless Mede line and return dragonblood to the Amulet of Kings and the seat of the Empire. Let's see how the Thalmor do against a strong Emperor, backed by the rejuvinated Blades and a Dragonborn willing to shout their cursed Dominion back into the 2nd Era where it belongs.