Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-11296535-20130914180002/@comment-175.139.95.53-20140205101206

How did he die? I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure no dragon could live without it's head. Maybe Olaf ordered the execution when he became high king, or any time before or after? I mean, during the dragon war, there weren't any dragonborns, just nords with knowledge of the Thu'um.

As for Alduin, he was already banished to the 4th era, and he couldn't be bothered with resurrecting all dragons, just those in the burial mounds. Besides just like you can't dead thrall a decapitated body, neither can Alduin.