Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-66.243.250.142-20150427025156/@comment-7673575-20180318200337

People here forget that Miraak is older than Alessia.

Miraak was born in Merethic Era, before the Dragon War (personal theory is that his betrayal sparked it), while Alessia was born in around 200th year of First Era.

Like all Heroes (which I believe Miraak was at the time) his fate was not set: he chose not to destroy Alduin, even though he was able (we've seen him pull the soul out of a dragon with but a word), despite the fact that it was probably what Akatosh created him to do in the first place.

As you continue to read, you'll notice that all Dragonborn through history have had a certain purpose.

Because Miraak was lost to the influence of Hermaeus Mora, Akatosh later created a new Dragonborn in Alessia. After the death of Empress Hestra (who was supposedly childless) Reman Cyrodiil was the next Dragonborn to be born. After the death of Reman III Cyrodiil and prince Juilek Cyrodiil, the Cyrodill Dynasty, and by extension Cyrodiil bloodline was extinct and there was no Dragonborn for the most part of Second Era (often described as 'age of chaos'), until Talos Stormcrown, who founded the Septim Dynasty, which ended with Martin Septim.

After that, there were no Dragonborns, as there was no need for any to exist. Only after Akatosh saw that the return of Alduin was at hand did he create the Last Dragonborn (or maybe he gave the Dragonborn powers to LD after Alduin came back and LD defeated Mirmulnir, assuming that Akatosh couldn't see when the Elder Scroll would cast Alduin out, as they exist outside of Time).

Regardless, the only reason LD was the Dragonborn was because a Dragonborn was now needed, and Miraak was not an option.

And during all these countless millenia, Miraak lived, if for his Dragon soul or Mora's power. It is only after the LD defeated him, that he, for all intents and purposes, ceased to exist.

So, purposes:


 * Miraak: to destroy Alduin (decided against)
 * Alessia: to free the Nedes from the tyranny of Ayleid and prevent the Princes from infringing on Nirn (succeeded)
 * Reman: to re-establish Dragonborn as a ruler of Empire and carry on Alessia's legacy (succedeed)
 * Talos: to unite all Tamriel and carry on Alessia's legacy (succedeed)
 * Last Dragonborn: to defeat Alduin and Miraak (succeeded)