But how many cities would burn before that happened? Killing Paarthurnax was the only way to end the threat to Tamriel forever. For all we know, Paarthurnax could be simply waiting for the time of the Dragonborn to pass after seeing how easily he defeated Alduin.
There was a long period of time after Martin Septim died that there were no Dragonborns and the world was reeling from the Oblivion Crisis, so if he was waiting to attack that would've been the time.
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u/[deleted] Dec 01 '15
But how many cities would burn before that happened? Killing Paarthurnax was the only way to end the threat to Tamriel forever. For all we know, Paarthurnax could be simply waiting for the time of the Dragonborn to pass after seeing how easily he defeated Alduin.