Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24098614-20150903093108/@comment-1470368-20160203170837

Cheatcodechamp wrote: And why would they betray you? The blades have served the Dragon born their entire existence. They lived to serve the empire, and even when the Septim Bloodline died out they still served the empire in their own way. They live to serve the Dragonborn now, and to fight Dragons. Their only problem is that they hold on to old grudges.

And they know that at least one Dragon is alive, they hear about you riding it out of Whiterun, they do not ask what happened to it, and it never becomes an issue. Call it broken game logic if you wish, but I have summoned dragons in front of the Blades and they do not attack them.

I have no problem with the Graybeards, but their perk is mooted out by the letter, and the meditating on words only effects one at a time, and I do not swap it out, I keep the one perk and leave it at that, so the Greybeards have no use after that. I am torn about how I feel about them not using their powers to help people, but it bothers me they are so willing to let the world end. The Blades are not perfect, no faction is perfect, but only one is willing to follow me into battle. As the Dragonborn, you are in-fact a Dragon in essence yourself.

The only reason they don't attack your summoned dragons is because it isn't programmed. Had Bethesda given themselves more time, they may have thought of that.

So, helping you learn certain Words of Power means that the Greybeards are willing to let the world end? Such excellent flawed logic you have there. They literally prepare you for your fight against the main threat. Not to mention that Paarthurnax, the Greybeard master himself, directly participates in the first battle against Alduin.