Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24.44.231.128-20131201005446/@comment-96.39.244.184-20140522032040

Alduin betrayed by his father Akotosh,betrayed by his lieutenant Paarthunax,cursed by his very nature to always seek power and  to end the world,cursed to always be hated because of this(like i said even his father Akotosh and his friends Paarthunax and Odaahving betrayed him),and cursed by a prophecy to never be able to achieve this power because his own father created the dragonborns that are destined to defeat him.

Plus he obviously did have a plan the first thing he did getting out of the portal was try to kill the Dovahkiin,then he tried to build an army,it may have not seemed like it because only one or two dragons attack at a time,but if you just go through the story the way you're supposed to it seems like you beat him before he can muster one up,this is obvious by the way npc's talk like him raising the dragon in kynareth happened right after the attack on whiterun,you're supposed to go to the story pretty quick that's why it was written with a sense of urgency,not the writers fault you were off pickpocketing nobles and killing the emperor of the people you're supposed to save while Alduin is eating souls of the dead.