Alduin

If allowed to do her thing, she very much intends to march on the Imperial City again, and conquer all of Tamriel.

Not tremendously unlike Alduin.

I suppose the only difference being that when we defeat Potemma, we're working with a team of competent ministers in solitude.

Whereas when we face off against Alduin, well, the blades are anything but.

For fourth spot, we'll be looking at Blindcliff Bastion, a Forsworn-occupied Nordic ruin and cave in the Reach.

The dungeon itself isn't structured in an especially unique way.

Furthermore, while your battle with this Dova shouldn't be that different from any other Dragon Showdown, it uses shouts, levels with the player, and will even bite at you too, it will not give the player a Dragon Soul when killed.

likely due to the fact that it's been resurrected by a long-alive necromantic dragon priest, Morokai again, rather than, say, Alduin.

Interestingly, due to the fact that he hasn't been brought up by Alduin, the Skeleton Dragon is indeed the only Dova in the game that can be faced off against before the Dragonborn completes the quest, Dragon Rising, at the beginning of the questline.

In terms of the actual battle, as mentioned, he's not all that different from his soul-filled counterparts.

And the real draw of this engagement isn't really the challenge of the battle itself, but the novelty from the fact that you're fighting a bony dragon a thousand feet below the ground.

Most Dovas have a name in Dragon Tongue that translates to some normal English word or term.

Mirmalnir, that first dragon we ever meet, means allegiance, strong, hunt.

Odoving, the Dovahkiin that switches sides and takes us to Alduin's hideout at Skuldafin, his name means snow, hunter, wing.

The story goes that the landmass that is Vohmenheim has existed for as long as Tamriel.

Though, up until the climax of the First Dragon War, when the Nords drove back their winged overlords and Alduin too, at least for the first time, way back in the First Era, it was totally unpopulated.

Though following the defeat of the Dovas, a powerful necromancer led many of the creatures and surviving dragon priests here, to Vohmenheim, where they set up shop and planned their return to Skyrim one day.

While here, they built numerous temples and fortresses, where they continued their practices.

Skyrim is set 201 years after the events of Oblivion and takes place in the region of Skyrim, the northernmost province of Tamriel, a continent on the planet Nirn.

Its main story focuses on the player character, the Last Dragonborn, on their quest to defeat Alduin, the World Eater, a dragon prophesied to destroy the world.

And throughout the game, the player completes quests, develops character by improving skills, and it continues the open world tradition of its predecessors, made by Bethesda, allowing the player to travel to discovered locations, the world at any time, Kind of play the game however you'd like, whether you'd like to follow the main story, only be a side quest enjoyer, or just goof off like I've done in so many playthroughs.

It also features a robust fan modding scene that still makes modifications of the game to this day.

met King K. Rool for the first time, yes.

Yes, versus Alduin from Skyrim.

Alduin is a very cool villain.

Now, Alduin...

Is that the one where people always choose to kill him or not kill him in the end? No, that's Parthenax.

Oh, that's Parthenax.

No, Alduin is the actual villain.

It's like the evil dragon that's trying to bring back...

Well, he's not the only major name to appear in Skyrim.

The voice of Azura, Daedric Goddess of Dusk and Dawn, as well as Gormlaith Goldenhilt, one of the various warriors we can meet in Sovngarde who helps us defeat Alduin, is performed by Linda Carter, who played Wonder Woman on the DC comic book show of the same name, from 1975 to 1979.

If you're wondering how Bethesda got talent like that, Well, she's actually married to Robert Altman, the CEO of ZeniMax Media, Bethesda Game Studios' parent company.

The more you know.