Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Can I complete the quest “Paarthurnax” after the main quest?

Question

The Blades gave me the Paarthurnax quest, but I decided to hold off until I finished the main quest line:

Once Alduin is defeated, it seems that Paarthurnax took over or something, he has flown away. I can't find him anywhere.

The Blades won't speak to me until I complete the quest: is there any way around this? Or is it too late?

Answer

As I understand it, you had two opportunities to kill him:

  • Before killing Alduin
  • Right after killing Alduin, before he flew away

If you didn't take advantage of either, you locked in your fate. Killing Paarthurnax is a decision point between the Blades and the Greybeards: you've essentially chosen to side with the Greybeards by default.

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