There are many creatures in the large northern region of Tamriel known as Skyrim that can be called scary, such as vampires, werewolves, and mudcrabs, bꦕut there is a race that trumps all of them, and that ♛race is dragons. Dragons are the first-hand creations of the God Akatosh and are some of the most fearsome creatures in the Elder Scrolls Universe. Very few other creatures would even last a few minutes against one of these terrifying fire-breathers, so it's a good thing they all died out a long time ago... or did they?

As the events of Skyrim unfold, it becomes very clear that the dragons have reemerged after centuries where they were thought to have gone extinct. Dragons terrorize the land of Skyrim as they once again attemp𒉰t to enslave humanity, and who is responsible for the dragons coming back? A very powerful dragon named Alduin.

Alduin is the main reason that dragons have returned to Skyrim and is actually the first dragon that you encounter at the start of Skyrim. Alduin is considered a very evil figure and many consider his reemergence to be a sign of the apocalypse. A prophecy ab🦩out Alduin ending the world is even written in the Elder Scrolls, so you can't really make fun of those people waving around the "The End is Nigh" signs because apparently panicking and hiding in a corner might be a good o🍷ption. But let's say we put aside the prophecy for a second, would Alduin still be terrifying? Yes. Yes, he would be, and here's why.

20 Alduin Could M🔯ake A Return

Being an immortal dragon, Alduin is somewhat hard to kill, but at the end of Skyrim, the Dovahkiin manages to take on Alduin and win, leading to Alduin basi♑cally melting away.

There is a problem with this though. The Dovahkiin was able to effectively kill other dragons for good because he was able to absorb their souls, ot൲herwise, Alduin would have been able🌳 to resurrect them again and again. Why this is important is because the Dovahkiin did not actually absorb Alduin's soul.

So The World-Eater's soul is still out there somewhere, wait❀ing for the right opportunity to come back. Perhaps lurking in some other-worldly dimension, waiting for the day that someone capable of destroying him is not an obstacle anymor💛e. Then he'll come back and spread chaos and destruction once again.

19 People U෴sed ღTo Serve Alduin

Many centuries before the events of Skyrim, dragons ruled the regions of Altmora and Skyrim and were served and worshiped as if they were gods themselves. People really had no choice in the matter either. Back then, people did not know a whole lot abo𝓀ut dragons or how to fight them. They had complete control, and it was all led by Alduin.

There is also a high likelihood that Alduin would still be ruling Skyrim and much more if it wasn't for a betrayal made by his lieutenant Paarthurnax (the dragon that helps you in the game) who taught people how to understand the dragon language and use it against dragons. His dominion over Skyrim was literally ended because of an information leak🍎 and not because the inhabitants of Skyrim wღere in any way more powerful than he was.

18 Alduin Could Beat Up Your Pet Dragon ♏

So it's been clearly stated that Alduin is more powerful than pretty much any human, but what about when compared to other dragons. Well if you were to pit Alduin against any other dragon, Alduin would much more than likely coဣme out on top every time. In fact, there would probably be no contest.

Being the first-born of the god of time Akatosh comes𓆏 with its perks. Alduin is a great deal larger than any other dragon and all of its attacks do a significant amount more damage than any other dragon. It is also theorized that he is holding back a lot of his power, seeing as he could destroy the world and all. So even compared to other fire-breathing flying monsters, he is still the scariest fire-breathing flying monster.

17 Knowledge Is, Indeed, Power 🐻

The heading for this one isn't meant to imply the Alduin is very smart, although he probably is. It's meant to imply that because he was created firsthand by a god🐲, he would know and understand a great deal about the universe and everything in it. This is important because —in the dragon language— w🍬ords don't have power if you just know them.

For dragon words to have power the user must also have an innate understanding of wha✱t the word means. For example, dragons cannot use the Dragonrend shout because it includes words that mean death, and since dragons are essentially immortal they ca🅰nnot comprehend the concept of death and therefore cannot use Dragonrend.

Because of his connection with the gods, Alduin must have immense knowledge and understanding and 💛therefore can use shouts that no other dragon can, let alone a person.

16 ꧋ He Understands The Timey-Wimey Stuff 𒈔

So, to understand is to have power, that's how the dragon language works. Well, it turns out that Alduin has a good understanding of time, which would make sense since the god of time created him. This understanding, along with the proper words, allows Alduin to manipulate time. Alduin does not appear to use this much, so there may be some time paradox side effects, or something,ღ but he has used it in the past.

Back when he basically ruled Skyrim, he wanted to use his ꦗunderstanding of time to turn all of the people in Skyrim into either children and/or the elderly and was conspiring with the god of mortality, Orkey, in order to make that happen. The fact that he could literally steal a person's youth away if he wanted to is simply terrifying.

15 Death Is Onl♔y The Beginning

Seeing as Alduin has been the cause of the complete annihilation of many worlds, it would only make sense that he has a very good understanding of death, and he does. Because of how the dragon language works, Alduin can put his understanding of death to good use, not by causing more death but i🌳nstead by reverting it.

What that means is that Alduin has the power 🌟to create zombies. Although if he can't find their souls they'd just be those mindlessly wandering kind. Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, the souls of dragons stay within their bones when they die. That makes it really easy for Alduin to resurrect his dragon army when he returns from his apocalypse-free vacations in Reno.

Just imagine it, a landscape of never-ending zombie dragons. N🍌ow imagine🔥 having to fight them. Are you afraid? We all are.

14 ꧅ A Connoisseur Of Huma🐭n Souls

Soওme of you may recognize the character in the image as Soul Evans. Well, there is one thing that Soul and Alduin have ꦍin common: they both enjoy munching on souls, although Alduin is more partial to human souls.

If Alduin ever needs to rꦫeplenish his power, there is a place where he can to find large amounts of energy he can use. This place is called Sovngarde, the Nordic afterlife created by the 🔯god Shor.

Alduin can go to Sovngarde and eat up as many human souls just trying to enjoy that afterlife as he wants and essential use them as batteries to fuel his homicidal tendencies, and thus💧 create even more souls to much on. It's a never-ending cycle! If you think about it though, it's a very effici🎀ent way to go about his business. But still terrifying.

13 ♏ King Of The Dragons

Alduin has a high level of influence over all dragons as at one time he was the ruler of the dragons and the Dragon Cult that he founded, and he didn't get to be the leader through shady dealings and manipulations like they do in Game of Thrones.

Alduin came into the position of dragon king throu🌳gh sheer brute force, and ruled his civilization with an iron fist. If anyone else wanted the throne they would have to try to take it by force, and no other dragon can really compete with Alduin.

He is credited with building a rather large civilization where the dragons and other members of the Drag🐻on Cult were worshiped, and much of the Dragon Cult still remain loyal to him since those times.

12 🌱 🌼 The Ultimate Roar

At the beginning of Skyrim, Alduin shows up at your execution and🌼 with a single mighty roar causes mass destruction in the town of Helgen. It is actually theorized that his roar isn't actually just a roar though.

There are a lot out there who believe that Alduin's roar is actually a shout. But not just any shout. Alduin's roar could actually just be the beginning of a single word spoken in the dragon language. A word that only he knows, and on♐e that is so po🔥werful that he doesn't even have to finish saying it to destroy towns.

It iꦕs ꦕvery possible that this is, in fact, a shout because Alduin is supposed to have the power to destroy entire worlds but he never actually uses that power. It could be that his roar is the beginning of the shout that is supposed destroy the world.

11 The 💛Elder Scrolls Won't Help ﷺ

In the Elder Scrolls gaꦍmes, you'll occasionally need the use of an 🍷Elder Scroll in order to complete some major feat. The Elder Scrolls are powerful relics that can be used in a number of different ways, and can even show someone a possible future.

Being how they ar✱e so powerful, it might be useful to try them out on Alduin, right? Well, that won't actually work out very well. Ancient heroes have already tried using an Elder Scroll on Alduin, and all it rea﷽lly did was send Alduin to the future, which is pretty much just stalling in a poker game where you're clearly about to lose a lot of money.

On top of not being very effective against Alduin, the Elder Scrolls themselves tell of a prophecy that Alduin will destroy the world. So they pro𒀰bably wo💙uldn't be very helpful any way you look at it.