Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-10516645-20130614052342/@comment-10870829-20130620222215

MassiveScrolls wrote: Alduin is the World-Eater, he's destined to bring about the end of the world. Think about this, when you killed him, did you absorb his soul like you would any other dragon? I can't remember, I finished my first playthrough about a year ago and I haven't been doing the main quest in my replays. Are you sure you didn't absorb his soul?

So what's the point then? The whole plot of Skyrim was a waste of time if Alduin isn't dead!