Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-7153552-20130708162914/@comment-99.106.127.80-20150314124625

Here's a thought. What if Sovngard is the Stone? The connection being the Nord souls. This would also make sense with the "kingless and bleeding", given that Alduin is essentially a lord over Sovngard and the dragon break causes him to disappear, as well as causing a sort of tear in the fabric of space-time. Alduin himself might not be a stone, especially as no other living being is, but Sovngard is a place. It's possible that in Skyrim, killing Alduin may have severed the connection between Sovngard and the Throat. Of course it's also possible that killing Alduin saved the Stone by preventing Sovngard from becoming devoid of Nord souls.