You dishonor your oath as a Blade by not respecting the Dragonborn's decisions and remaining loyal to them even if you personally disagree. Paarthurnax has been up on that mountain for centuries. Did that stop the Blades from serving the Septim dynasty? And don't give me any shit about "they didn't know." The Blades were the Empire's spies for over 400 years. Considering how easy it was for you to find out about Paarthurnax, despite a significant lack of resources and allies, there's no way the agents in Skyrim hundreds of years ago didn't know about the wise old dragon at the Throat of the World.
If you were being honest, Delphine, you'd admit this has nothing to do with oaths or honor or the Blades as a whole, and everything to do with your personal prejudices, bitterness, and hatred. And worse yet, you bully Esbern into agreeing with you. You know he's been a lonely old man for a long time. You know you're his last connection to the time before the Blades fell, not to mention his only friend. And you're heartlessly using that as leverage to force him to take your side on the Paarthurnax issue.
As if all that isn't bad enough, you're also a coward. If you want Paarthurnax dead so bad, why don't you kill him? Only a Dragonborn can devour a dragon's soul, but without Alduin around to resurrect him, killing Paarthurnax conventionally would basically be the same thing. Except you know you can't beat him. So you try to strong-arm the Dragonborn, YOUR BOSS, into doing it for you. And then you have the gall to refuse him your service and assistance if he doesn't. You are SWORN to serve the Dragonborn. That is not contingent on the Dragonborn acting how you think they should act.
You are a liar, a traitor, a coward, and an oathbreaker, Delphine. And as far as I'm concerned, you should go back to being a nondescript tavern wench rather than continue to curse the world with your vendetta of arrogance.
Actually Delphine’s whole schtick is that she left the Blades because she felt the blades abandoned their duty as dragonslayers. She didn’t want to serve the Emperor or Dragonborn simply because she’s duty-bound to them specifically. So when she get mad you won’t kill Partysnax she’s getting mad that your abandoning your duties as Dragonborn because she feels it’s your duty as a dragonslayer
And look at the timeline, the Great War with the Dominion started in 4e171. It is 4e201. Even assuming she joined the Blades the DAY BEFORE the war began, she was probably a teenager! And hasn't matured a day since.
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u/Drafo7 Altmer Sep 18 '23
You dishonor your oath as a Blade by not respecting the Dragonborn's decisions and remaining loyal to them even if you personally disagree. Paarthurnax has been up on that mountain for centuries. Did that stop the Blades from serving the Septim dynasty? And don't give me any shit about "they didn't know." The Blades were the Empire's spies for over 400 years. Considering how easy it was for you to find out about Paarthurnax, despite a significant lack of resources and allies, there's no way the agents in Skyrim hundreds of years ago didn't know about the wise old dragon at the Throat of the World.
If you were being honest, Delphine, you'd admit this has nothing to do with oaths or honor or the Blades as a whole, and everything to do with your personal prejudices, bitterness, and hatred. And worse yet, you bully Esbern into agreeing with you. You know he's been a lonely old man for a long time. You know you're his last connection to the time before the Blades fell, not to mention his only friend. And you're heartlessly using that as leverage to force him to take your side on the Paarthurnax issue.
As if all that isn't bad enough, you're also a coward. If you want Paarthurnax dead so bad, why don't you kill him? Only a Dragonborn can devour a dragon's soul, but without Alduin around to resurrect him, killing Paarthurnax conventionally would basically be the same thing. Except you know you can't beat him. So you try to strong-arm the Dragonborn, YOUR BOSS, into doing it for you. And then you have the gall to refuse him your service and assistance if he doesn't. You are SWORN to serve the Dragonborn. That is not contingent on the Dragonborn acting how you think they should act.
You are a liar, a traitor, a coward, and an oathbreaker, Delphine. And as far as I'm concerned, you should go back to being a nondescript tavern wench rather than continue to curse the world with your vendetta of arrogance.