Brutii Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 (edited) Most dragons were killed by the blades and/or the dragonborn (the 'ultimate dragon slayer') after the dragon wars, but alduin resurrects a fair amount of dragons in skyrim, and at least some of these must have been killed by the dragon born of that time. Dragonborn is not a mix of a mortal and dragon with different aspects from both. He is a mortal body with the soul of a dragon, dragons can absorb each others souls as well. So the dragon's born soul is no different than another dragon's, just placed in a different physical form. So does one dragon absorbing another dragons soul actually permanently kill them, or does it delay them? My theory is that a dragons soul can't be destroyed, and it is absorbed by the dovahkiin or other dragons, but Alduin returns souls to the dragons at the burial mounds (he isn't raising them as a zombie, he's returning their souls, evidenced by how the dovahkiin can absorb these souls afterwards), so sooner or later the soul must be 'released' so to speak, so this is possible. I'm not sure on when this release would be, it could be on death. When the dragon/dragonborn is killed the souls he/she absorbed are released. When I thought about Alduin and the Skyrim main quest line, one thing I thought of of is that the Dragonborns spirit is immortal, but when his body dies where does it go? Do the soul's he's absorbed get released? Or... what? Edited July 9, 2012 by Brutii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sajuukkhar9000 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 (edited) The real answer is that no one knows. All the souls the Dragonborn absorbs could be released at his death, they could be gone forever, it could only delay them, or it could kill them forever. But I personally believe they are released after death. Edited July 9, 2012 by sajuukkhar9000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dovahkiin069 Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 (edited) Dragons are mysterious creatures,no one knows what happens when they die, or what happens when Dovahkiin absorbs theirs souls. http://www.nodiatis.com/pub/13.jpg Edited July 11, 2012 by Dovahkiin069 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relativelybest Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 (edited) I don't think dragon immortality is all about Alduin - it seems to be something intrinsic to their nature. Paarthurnax said that the reason Dragonrend hurts dragons is because it forces them to understand the concept of mortality, which is something they usually can't even grasp. Apparently it all has something to do with Akatosh being the god of time, making dragon souls linked to time itself or something like that. Edited July 11, 2012 by Relativelybest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutii Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 If they are linked to time, which its self never ends, then dragon souls are never ending, thus meaning dragons could truely be unkillable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick2me Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Are the dragons technically minor Aedra? I think Paarthurnax said that Alduin was the first born son of Akatosh. So technically they can't be killed because they are immortal just like the Daedra. So when they die their souls go back to wherever the Aedra chill at, endless a dragonborn absorbs their soul. My guess is the Dragonborn is a like a living soul gem for dragons. I guess he/she could either release the souls if they wanted to, or they are released upon death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted1308005User Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 This is good thread, gives some good ideas. I like the idea that dragonborn absorbs souls, and when he dies, souls of the absorbed dragons would be released, back to their bodies. Or is it so that only Alduin can "put the soul back" once dragonborn has "ripped it off"? These are hard questions, but that's what makes the lore so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutii Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 What would happen to the dragon borns soul I wonder... I wonder whether the ressurect dragon shout would still work on him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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