User blog comment:Deyvid Petteys/Bethesda Reads Our Wiki?/@comment-99.251.127.128-20120717024619/@comment-1840877-20120718172427

^I think he meant that killing Paarthurnax shouldn't be a requirement to continue the Blades missions, and I agree. I lost all the respect I had for Delphine and Esbern when they told me to kill Paarthurnax, who had helped me in my search to defeat Alduin just as much as they had. Paarthurnax was the one who helped the Nords defeat Alduin in the Dragon War. He's a damn hero. But did the Blades understand that? Oh, no. For them, the only good dragon is a dead dragon, and they would only help me for as long as I satisfied their blood lust. Well, guess what? They can rot in Sky Haven Temple for all I care -- I'm not going to backstab my greatest ally just to satisfy a couple of fucking Akaviri barbarians!