Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5647122-20140717032717/@comment-24349111-20140717211140

Dragonlover553 wrote: Pelinal Whitestrake wrote: It's not known how many Dragons he commanded, but seeing as he was the right hand of Alduin (atleast I think he was), he probably commanded hundreds of them.

All dragons feared Alduin back then. It's possible that some disagreed with him, but they did not openly show it until the rebellion against them started. Well, Alduin was originally a noble being, the dragon respected and loved him. Then he went a bit, well, you've seen him.

How was he ever noble? The dragons never really 'respected and loved him'. Alduin just has to do a job, but he got powerhungry and decided to enslave all mortals in Skyrim.