Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24986094-20140526090540/@comment-67.166.205.138-20150225233424

Dark Jeto wrote: TheHengeProphet wrote: Dark Jeto wrote: Also, Akatosh and Alduin are not the same being. Time and time again in Skyrim, the player is told that Akatosh gave the Dragonborn his blessing for the purpose of defeating Alduin. The Greybeards make this especially apparent when they tell the Dragonborn this. I don't expect the Greybeards have a direct line of communication with Akatosh; how would they know this without it simply being an assumption? I would trust the word of age-old dragons over mortals, despite their hubris, over the matters of gods. Alduin claims to be the firstborn of Akatosh, so even he admits that he is not Akatosh himself. Paarthurnax claims that he is as "Father Akatosh" made him, yet claims Alduin is his brother, not his father. Not a single Dragon anywhere claims that Akatosh and Alduin are the same person.

The Dragons are to Akatosh, as a child is to a father. Though they were not born in the same sense that Man is born, they no less revere Akatosh as a creator, and more importantly an entirely SEPERATE being altogether. i agree with darkjeto. my info on the gods of Tamriel is almost nothing. but if akatosh and alduin were the same bloody thing, why would akatosh give a mortal the dragonblood and dragonsoul to defeat alduin? he and paarthurnax constantly call refer to akatosh as their "father" in some way. in fact ALL dragons call akatosh their father and alduin is the first born. obviously not biologicaly. most likely a spiritually but nonetheless they're seperate beings all together. back to my earlier question if they're the same being, it'd be assisted suicide i'd assume (i use the word "suicide" LIGHTLY as you never ACTUALLY kill alduin) some of you peoples points are completely asanine. the only ones i agree with are pelenial and darkjeto. michael kirkbride is still used by bethesda and thus he's still a valid source on the canonacity of the lore. until and if he ever explicitly states alduin and akatosh are the same bloody thing, they're not.