User blog comment:Crimpycracker/Skyrim Intro Summary/@comment-3097746-20111101000144/@comment-203.186.61.219-20111101052601

I'm thinking that it IS Alduin, comparing the dragon's head with the concept art of Alduin. If it had just been a random dragon it might've seen random, but no, this must be a plot point ... why would Alduin arrive just as the Dovahkiin was about to be executed? If Alduin wanted the only person who could defeat him to be dead, then he needn't attack. Did Alduin secretly want the Dovahkiin to survive, or perhaps he didn't even know that the Dovahkiin was in Helgen?