Fakhriya and Jenassa have found an Elder Scroll to read at the Time Wound on the Throat of the World to learn the shout that will help Fakhriya defeat Alduin.
"You have it. The Kel. The Elder Scroll," Paarthurnax sat up from where he had been meditating on a sunny rock. "Tiid kreh qalos. Time shudders at its touch. Kogaan Akatosh. The very bones of the earth are at your disposal. Go then. Fulfill your destiny. Take the Scroll to the Time Wound. Do not delay. Alduin will be coming. He cannot miss the signs."
Jenassa hung back to position herself between Fakhriya and Paarthurnax while Fakhriya continued to the stone wall where the dragon taught her the Fire Breath shout.
As she approached the Word wall, Fakhriya's vision blurred. Fakhriya recalled from the books she and Jenassa had read in the Arcanaeum at the Mage's College that reading an Elder Scroll could cause blindness among those who trained for decades to read them. The uninitiated, like Fakhriya, risked madness in addition to blindness. The Scroll was still in her bag, but Fakhriya already felt compromised. Paarthurnax goaded her to read the Scroll. Fakhriya's hands shook as she removed the Elder Scroll from her pack. She took a deep breath and unfurled the Scroll.
The image on the Scroll looked to Fakhriya like a map of the heavens, but before she could take in the image, the ink on the page glowed with a white energy. A white spot seemed to originate from the center of the image and rapidly expanded until Fakhriya's entire field of vision was white.
When Fakhriya regained her sight, she seemed to be looking through the Scroll as if she were looking through a window. Fakhriya saw the Word wall where she had learned the Fire Breath shout, but the wall she saw through the Elder Scroll was in better repair than the wall had been at the point of time when Fakhriya learned the shout. Information flooded into Fakhriya's mind as she watched the Merethic Era battle play out before her.
A male Nord, Hakon, battled with a greatsword against a dragon. The dragon taunted him with the promise that Alduin would rule the plane of Mundus. A Nord woman, Gormlaith, joined the battle. She leapt onto the neck of the beast and drove her greatsword into the dragon's skull.
"Hakon, a glorious day, is it not?" Gormlaith cried as she jumped down from the slain dragon and sheathed her sword.
"Have you no thought beyond the blooding of your blade?" Hakon asked as he sheathed his own weapon.
"What else is there?" Gormlaith asked with laughter in her voice.
"The battle below goes ill," Hakon said. "If Alduin does not rise to our challenge, I fear all may be lost."
"You worry too much, brother," Gormlaith replied as she patted Hakon on the shoulder. "Victory will be ours."
The two warriors approached a mage.
"Why does Alduin hang back?" Hakon asked the mage. "We've staked everything on this plan of yours, old man."
"He will come. Alduin cannot ignore our defiance," Felldir, the mage, said. "And why should Alduin fear us, even now?"
"We've bloodied him well," Gormlaith bragged. "Four of his kin have fallen to my blade alone this day."
"But none have yet stood against Alduin himself," Felldir pointed out. "Galthor, Sorri, Birkir…"
"They did not have Dragonrend," Gormlaith countered. "Once we bring Alduin down, I promise I will have his head."
"You do not understand. Alduin cannot be slain like a lesser dragon. He is beyond our strength, which is why I brought the Elder Scroll," Felldir said as he produced the Scroll for the warriors to see.
"Felldir! We agreed not to use it," Hakon protested.
"I never agreed," Felldir stated. "And if you are right, I will not need it."
"No," Hakon insisted as he shook his head. "We will deal with Alduin ourselves, here and now."
"We shall see soon enough," Gormlaith interjected as she pointed to the sky. "Alduin approaches."
"So be it," Hakon replied with a determined tone as he unsheathed his blade.
Alduin landed atop the Word Wall and taunted the Nords in the dragon tongue. The two warriors advanced with their weapons to flank Alduin, but before they could get within striking range, Alduin spread his wings to fly. Alduin rose barely a foot from Word Wall when the three heroes shouted in unison.
"Joor zah frul!"
An amorphous blue energy engulfed Alduin's body. Despite his efforts to resist the effects of the shout, Alduin was forced to land in front of the Heroes.
"Nivahriin joorre!" Alduin cursed. "What have you done? What twisted words have you created? Tahrodiis Paarthurnax! My teeth to his neck! But first…dir ko maar. You will die in terror, knowing your final fate: To feed my power when I come for you in Sovngarde!"
In that moment Fakhriya's understanding of Paarthurnax expanded beyond his role in Nordic legend. The Nords described Paarthurnax as the emissary of Kyne who did her bidding by teaching the first Tongues, Gormlaith, Hakon and Felldir. Paarthurnax, however, had been a loyal brother to Alduin and had fought with him to subdue humankind until Alduin claimed to be a god. Alduin's arrogance prompted Paarthurnax to betray the dragons in the Dragon War and to teach the humans to use thu'ums.
The warriors attacked the grounded dragon, but Alduin did not seem to suffer from the inflicted blows. Gormlaith moved forward to slash at Alduin's throat. Alduin snatched her in his jaws and shook the life out of her. He tossed her body aside like a discarded apple core.
"No, damn you!" Hakon cried out when Gormlaith was snatched. He maintained his fighting stance, but backed away from the dragon. "It's no use! Use the scroll, Felldir! Now!"
Felldir stepped forward and unfurled the Elder Scroll.
"Hold, Alduin on the Wing! Sister Hawk, grant us your sacred breath to make this contract heard. Be gone, World Eater!"
Alduin turned his attention from the warrior and unleashed his fiery breath in the direction of the mage. Felldir held the Elder Scroll before his face as if he were using it as a shield against the stream of fire that passed around him.
"By words with older bones than your own we break your perch on this age and send you out!" Felldir yelled above the din of Alduin's shout. "You are banished! Alduin, we shout you out from all our endings unto the last!"
"Faal Kel," Alduin protested as he reacted to Felldir's words. "Nikriinne…"
Alduin disappeared and then the blue energy of Dragonrend dissipated.
"You are banished!" Felldir cried. The mage and warrior stood for a moment and stared at the place where Alduin had been.
"It worked," Hakon said in amazement. "You did it."
"Yes, the World Eater is gone," Felldir said. He sounded like he could barely believe it himself. "May the spirits have mercy on our souls."
The images Fakhriya had been watching faded. She momentarily saw the mundane physical page of the Elder Scroll and then her entire field of vision faded to white. Fakhriya felt herself letting the Elder Scroll fall from her hand. As her ordinary vision was restored, Fakhriya saw the snow swirling in the wind and she became aware of her position near the Word wall. A feeling of dread seemed to pour over Fakhriya from overhead. She looked up to see Alduin hovering before her.
"Bahloki nahkip sillesejoor," Alduin taunted. "My belly is full of the souls of your fellow mortals, Dovahkiin. Die now and await your fate in Sovngarde!"
Fakhriya cast an armor spell on herself and sought cover behind the Word wall. She didn't see where Jenassa went. Paarthurnax took off from the rock where he had been sitting. Fakhriya looked up to see the two dragons circling each other in the sky. She couldn't tell if the dragons were fighting or getting reacquainted.
"Dovahkiin, use Dragonrend if you know it," Paarthurnax yelled to Fakhriya as he swooped over her head.
Fakhriya emerged from her hiding place. Jenassa came up from behind her. She was firing arrows in the direction of the dragons, but the beasts were moving too fast for Jenassa's assault to have any effect.
Fakhriya watched as Paarthurnax shouted fire at Alduin. Alduin hovered and turned to face his brother.
"Joor zah frul!" Fakhriya shouted. A pale blue bubble of energy was expelled from Fakhriya's mouth. The bubble expanded as it moved towards Alduin, but the dragon was too far away. The bubble collapsed and disappeared before it reached its target. Alduin stopped his assault against Paarthurnax and flew away. Fakhriya lost sight of Alduin. She couldn't locate him until he swooped down behind her and shouted Fire Breath. Fakhriya ran to get out of the path of the flames, but Alduin stayed with her. Jenassa yelled at the dragon to face her if he dared while Fakhriya hid among some rocks opposite the Word wall. Fakhriya had been burned pretty badly. She drank a potion to stave off the pain. Then she looked to the sky once again in search of Alduin.
The two dragons were off to Fakhriya's left. One dragon was shouting fire at the other, but Fakhriya could not tell the dragons apart. The two of them battled and then broke off. Paarthurnax landed on a boulder in front of Fakhriya and to her right. Alduin hovered opposite Paarthurnax and behind Fakhriya. Fakhriya turned and shouted, "Joor zah frul!"
This time the blue energy surrounded Alduin. Alduin ascended momentarily, but the force of Dragonrend brought him to the ground. Paarthurnax took off when Alduin tried to ascend. He landed in front of his brother and shouted fire in his direction.
With Alduin on the ground, Fakhriya and Jenassa launched an attack against the dragon. Jenassa was on Alduin's left with her back to the Word wall. She hacked at the dragon's neck, but her assault was cut short as she moved away to avoid Paarthurnax's fiery onslaught. Fakhriya, meanwhile, was stabbing at Alduin's belly from the dragon's right side.
The blue energy around Alduin seemed to come apart like old fabric as the effects of the shout waned. Fakhriya shouted again to keep the dragon on the ground. Jenassa resumed her attack when Paarthurnax took to the air to avoid Alduin's shout at him. Fakhriya moved closer to the dragon's neck as she stabbed at him, but she stopped her attack when she realized she needed to refresh her armor spell. Fakhriya moved back towards Alduin's tail so he would not snatch her in his jaws while she was casting the spell. In the moment that Fakhriya's armor spell was cast, the Dragonrend shout dissipated. Alduin was airborne before Fakhriya even had time to think of the words of the shout.
Cursing her luck, Fakhriya again sought cover among the rocks and tried to locate Alduin in the air. Alduin was hovering high overhead. Fakhriya did not hear Alduin's shout, but she saw the wave of energy escape from the dragon's mouth. The sky grew ominously dark. Dark clouds swirled around Alduin. Lightning flashed behind him. The ground shook as a fiery rock slammed into the dirt in front of Fakhriya. Flaming meteors fell to the ground like rain and pounded against the mountainside with deafening thuds. Fakhriya gave up her cover to escape the falling boulders. She was pelted with the debris of smashing meteors as she ran. Alduin then swooped down to shout fire at her. This time Fakhriya was able to change direction quickly enough to escape the brunt of Alduin's shout. Fakhriya pressed her body against the Word wall. She saw Jenassa crouching with her hands clasped over her head in a feeble attempt to protect herself from the rocks falling out of the sky.
Paarthurnax darted under Alduin to divert his attention from the women. Fakhriya moved away from the Word wall and waited for an opportunity to shout. When Alduin broke off to momentarily to rest, Fakhriya unleashed Dragonrend. The blue energy of the shout enveloped Alduin and pulled him to the ground. Paarthurnax immediately landed to engage his brother. Jenassa positioned herself near Alduin's midsection to hack as his body. Fakhriya climbed atop an outcropping of rocks and fired arrows into Alduin. She was determined that Alduin would not take to the air again. Fakhriya refreshed the Dragonrend shout twice more as the women continued their assault. Alduin escaped to the air before Fakhriya could shout a fourth time.
"Meyz mul, Dovahkiin. You have become strong," Alduin said, "but I am Alduin, firstborn of Akatosh! Mulaagi zok lot! I cannot be slain here but you or anyone else! You cannot prevail against me. I will outlast you, mortal!"
With those words, Alduin flew away. Paarthurnax landed on the Word wall. Fakhriya and Jenassa took a preliminary inventory of their wounds.
"You truly have the Voice of a dovah," Paarthurnax said. "Alduin's allies will think twice after this victory."
"But I did not defeat him," Fakhriya replied.
"True, this is not the final victory," Paarthurnax answered, "but not even the heroes of old were able to defeat Alduin in open battle. Alduin always was arrogant. He took domination as his birthright. This should shake the loyalty of the dov that serve him."
"I need to find out where Alduin went," Fakhriya stated.
"Yes, one of his allies could tell us, but it will not be so easy to convince one of them to betray him," Paarthurnax conceded. "Perhaps the palace in Whiterun, Dragonsreach. It was originally built to house a captured dovah. A fine place to capture one of Alduin's allies, hm?"
"The Jarl of Whiterun might not think so," Fakhriya mused.
"Hm, yes, but your thu'um is strong," Paarthurnax countered. "I do not doubt that you can convince him of the need."