grayle

I would suggest you use sword for the meantime. once you get higher up the stealth tree and get those backstab crit perks with the daggers, you will be complaining about the opposite: that the game is too easy. Also, head to windhelm and start the dark brotherhood quest... The dark brotherhood will dole out the gear you need to be the character your envisioning to be.

I guess we need to wait for the CK to come out before this can be done. Also, it would be nice if Malukah did all the songs in Skyrim (It looks like she's doing that right now with Age of Aggression as a follow-up and age of Oppression in the pipeline).

There are 2 reasons why this was left open: 1. expansion. 2. Creation Kit. Modders will put end this story as they see fit.

Hmm, I believe Helgen was near or the actual site where Alduin was banished. After all, the throat of the world was just right next door. If Alduin came out of the dimensional portal at that same instance as the execution, then Alduin would consider the human maggots below as part of the army trying to bring him down. Maybe he was disoriented from the time travel or something. I blame the elder scroll for the whole thing, it threw Alduin right into the Dragonborn's lap(or vice-versa) in order to start the chain of events that would lead up to Alduin's death and the fulfillment of the prophecy.