Kill Paarthurnax? Bug?

[ut]

I just told Esbern Paarthurnax is dead, and the quest completed. That is all?
I didn't even leave the council room.

P.S.

I did used Paarthurnax to practice sneak and archery before, but like all protected npc, he can't die.

Edit*

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1700609700

I finally found his corpse 1 month later. lol
Now I recall when I was travelling near Ivarstead I absorbed a dragon soul for no reason. I didn't give it too much thought. Until today I revisited Ivarstead.

[alexander_dougherty]

Once Esbern tells you to kill him, he is no longer protected by the game.
Not that I kill him, I tell Esbern and Delphine to go to Oblivion (not literally, since that's not an option in the dialogue...... shame really).

[alexander_dougherty]

But if you haven't actually killed Paarthurnax, then it's probably a bug.
If you have killed Paarthurnax, well quite a few of these quests lack any sense of finishing, the quest giver just says ok, lets continue........ not the best script writing ever.

[isomorphic_projection]

Originally posted by alexander_dougherty:

Once Esbern tells you to kill him, he is no longer protected by the game.
Not that I kill him, I tell Esbern and Delphine to go to Oblivion (not literally, since that's not an option in the dialogue...... shame really).

There's a mod, that gives you a choice.

[fauxpas]

And even with said mod, you should still kill Paar.

[space cowgirl joy]

Originally posted by ut:

I just told Esbern Paarthurnax is dead, and the quest completed. That is all?
I didn't even leave the council room.

P.S.

I did used Paarthurnax to practice sneak and archery before, but like all protected npc, he can't die.

why the ♥♥♥♥ would you kill paarthunax?

[ut]

Originally posted by MR.AMERICA:

Originally posted by ut:

I just told Esbern Paarthurnax is dead, and the quest completed. That is all?
I didn't even leave the council room.

P.S.

I did used Paarthurnax to practice sneak and archery before, but like all protected npc, he can't die.

why the ♥♥♥♥ would you kill paarthunax?

I didn't kill him, the quest completed itself.

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by MR.AMERICA:

Originally posted by ut:

I just told Esbern Paarthurnax is dead, and the quest completed. That is all?
I didn't even leave the council room.

P.S.

I did used Paarthurnax to practice sneak and archery before, but like all protected npc, he can't die.

why the ♥♥♥♥ would you kill paarthunax?

Because it's the right and proper thing to do for the future of the mortal races.

[MysticMalevolence]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Originally posted by MR.AMERICA:

why the ♥♥♥♥ would you kill paarthunax?

Because it's the right and proper thing to do for the future of the mortal races.

Wow, I didn't realize you hated Mario that much.

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by MysticMalevolence:

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Because it's the right and proper thing to do for the future of the mortal races.

Wow, I didn't realize you hated Mario that much.

Mario? Missed that reference, sorry.

[MysticMalevolence]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Originally posted by MysticMalevolence:

Wow, I didn't realize you hated Mario that much.

Mario? Missed that reference, sorry.

Paarthy's voice actor is also Mario's voice actor.

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by MysticMalevolence:

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Mario? Missed that reference, sorry.

Paarthy's voice actor is also Mario's voice actor.

Ah, thanks.

[Jouchebag]

I'm not sure one lazy, sleepy dragon will ever challenge all the world's mortal races, though.

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by Jouchebag:

I'm not sure one lazy, sleepy dragon will ever challenge all the world's mortal races, though.

What you call a lazy, sleepy dragon I call a cunning fugitive who is now free of the fear that his boss will show up to enact revenge.

[Jouchebag]

Originally posted by fauxpas:

Originally posted by Jouchebag:

I'm not sure one lazy, sleepy dragon will ever challenge all the world's mortal races, though.

What you call a lazy, sleepy dragon I call a cunning fugitive who is now free of the fear that his boss will show up to enact revenge.

True and there is significant dialogue proof that without Dragonrend you can't kill a dragon, however I've watched town guards drop dragons without my help.

Suffice to say that perhaps only "Higher Dragons" possess innate immortality and the lesser dragons do not. If this is the case, Paar will always be a significant threat.

However, perhaps only Alduin is immortal since he comes from a time when they still had their full power and Paar has actually been aging.

I don't believe they ever really explain "dragon immortality" against the fact that they are quite obviously not immortal anymore but you still need Dragonrend for Alduin.

[fauxpas]

Originally posted by Jouchebag:

Originally posted by fauxpas:

What you call a lazy, sleepy dragon I call a cunning fugitive who is now free of the fear that his boss will show up to enact revenge.

True and there is significant dialogue proof that without Dragonrend you can't kill a dragon, however I've watched town guards drop dragons without my help.

Suffice to say that perhaps only "Higher Dragons" possess innate immortality and the lesser dragons do not. If this is the case, Paar will always be a significant threat.

However, perhaps only Alduin is immortal since he comes from a time when they still had their full power and Paar has actually been aging.

I don't believe they ever really explain "dragon immortality" against the fact that they are quite obviously not immortal anymore but you still need Dragonrend for Alduin.

The way I read the lore dragonic "imoortality" doesn't mean that they can't be killed; it means that they don't stay dead. At the very least we see Alduin rez dead dragons using the holy tongue, but there is nothing in the lore that says he is the only one with that ability.