Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-110.168.240.168-20140424104245/@comment-24737663-20140906202649

Smelting core wrote:

DragonGirl2571 wrote: I never kill him. Why, because he helps you more than the Blades do. Plus the Blades (namely Delphine) are jerks.

Paarthunax helps you defeat Alduin and he aids you in meditating on Words. Sissel in Rorikstead mentions him: "I had a dream that there was a good dragon. He was old and grey but he wasn't scary."  (This doesn't really mean anything but I take it to mean Paarthunax is a 'good guy'.) Paarthunax does say he struggles with his inborn dominant nature but he doesn't return to it.

"What is better - to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?" - Paarthunax

The Blades don't help you at all really. All they do is send you to do their bidding: Go to the Thalmor Embassy, Go find Esbern, Help us rebuild, Go kill dragons for us. Then there's the whole 'kill Paarthunax or we won't help you anymore' thing, The Blades were meant to serve the Dragonborn, not the other way around. I agree. As revenge for the insult that was telling me to kill him, I stole the special sword (dragonbane) from their temple. The blades are stupid, homicidal, dragon-hating fanatics that should be killed!

Besides, they are SHIT! They can hardly kill a dragon ( Delphine was downed 10 times in a row) and well... I just sneak on them at night and stab them in their sleep for laughs >=) instead of 'stealing' Dragonbane, you can get it, Blades Armor and at least six Blades Swords at the Temple when you first find it (with Delphiend and Esburnt in tow) and stuff 'em in the chest just outside the Temple door. i do this whenever i bother to remember to get them or take 3 Housecarls (including Lydia) to Delphiend for the 'recruitment quest'.