Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-11296535-20130914180002/@comment-4514669-20140803000049

Perhaps it is worth considering that this may simply have been an inconsistency in the writing. Although there is yet another, more conspiracy theory-esque option. Above the Jarl's throne in Dragonsreach, there is the skull of A dragon. Can we be certain it is that of Numinex? The skull of a beast driven mad that outlives the man who actually caught it and dies pitifully in captivity is hardly much of a trophy. Think about this: isn't it odd that someone as wise as Paarthurnax would be totally oblivious to the death of a well-known dragon? Amd consider that never do we actually see beneath Dragonsreach a dungeon large enough to hold a dragon. What if - and this is way out there - Numinex still lives, insane and miserable, deep beneath the castle, his death merely a popular belief? Since there is no way into his prison, it might even be that the entrance to it was sealed and that Jarl Balgruuf and the other inhabitants have no idea he's still down there, alone and forgotten.