Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-67.42.77.181-20150215034524/@comment-121511-20150301183611

I'm relatively sure there must be some deity to hold the mantle of World Devourer, and that Kalpas must end and must begin anew, as Alduin does chide the Leaper Demon King for his plot to kill him and states that there are consequences to a Kalpa without end that the Leaper King does not understand. There's an implication that Alduin must eat the world, shuffle the cast of deities, and begin a new Kalpa, and not that he chooses or wants to do this. In fact, his abandonment of his duty to rule over Nirn seems to indicate that he dislikes his role.

And I do question how much of the nature of the Aurbis the Thalmor know and understand, as for example they seem to believe removing his worship will remove Talos' divinity. They also don't seem to recognize Alduin for what he is, thinking him instead a powerful black dragon.