Kriken100 Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 ...Why didn't the Dragonborn just kill him while he was captured (after acquiring the info) and ask Paarthurnax to fly him/her to Skuldafn? I know that he turned out trustworthy in the end, but during my first playthrough of the game, he just gave off that aura of "Oh God if I let him go he's going to kill me." What also made me wonder that is, when the Blades asked me to kill Paarthurnax, and I consulted him about it, he even said "It is wise to mistrust a dovah." Has this already been discussed? :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettM Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Keep in mind that Paarthurnax is a known enemy of Alduin. Wouldn't his approach to Skuldafn have raised an alarm among the dragons that were guarding the place, not to mention alerting the dragon priest? OTOH, Odahviing was Alduin's chief lieutenant. Perhaps he could approach without raising suspicions because Alduin's forces did not yet know that he had been captured and compromised. If that speculation is correct, then it makes sense for the Dragonborn to take the risk of accepting Odie's offer instead of killing him. It was the safest way to get into Skuldafn. It was also the quickest way, and there was quite a bit of urgency to get to Alduin as quickly as possible before he regained his strength. Many days had already been wasted in getting to Whiterun, persuading the Jarl, learning Odie's name, and setting up the trap. More time would have been wasted getting back to Paarthurnax. Was there any guarantee that Paarth would have then agreed to fly the Dragonborn to Skuldafn? If Paarth had refused, then the Dragonborn, having already killed Odie, would have really been up the creek. Oops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriken100 Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 Keep in mind that Paarthurnax is a known enemy of Alduin. Wouldn't his approach to Skuldafn have raised an alarm among the dragons that were guarding the place, not to mention alerting the dragon priest? OTOH, Odahviing was Alduin's chief lieutenant. Perhaps he could approach without raising suspicions because Alduin's forces did not yet know that he had been captured and compromised. If that speculation is correct, then it makes sense for the Dragonborn to take the risk of accepting Odie's offer instead of killing him. It was the safest way to get into Skuldafn. It was also the quickest way, and there was quite a bit of urgency to get to Alduin as quickly as possible before he regained his strength. Many days had already been wasted in getting to Whiterun, persuading the Jarl, learning Odie's name, and setting up the trap. More time would have been wasted getting back to Paarthurnax. Was there any guarantee that Paarth would have then agreed to fly the Dragonborn to Skuldafn? If Paarth had refused, then the Dragonborn, having already killed Odie, would have really been up the creek. Oops!I see your point on the "known enemy" thing. Though, it didn't seem to have much significance since two dragons attack as soon as you land in Skuldafn anyways. (at least it did for me.) And I can't see any reason Paarthurnax would disagree to fly the Dragonborn to Skuldafn anyways, since he's helped out thusfar. His whole goal was to see to it that the DB reaches his/her point of destiny, and if he disagrees to assist, he'd just be counter productive to his own purpose O_O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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