Freedom for Tiamat

[Settiesama]

Whether or not we can understand it, the game makes it clear that someone who CAN understand it (Midgardsormr) feels that she has tormented herself long enough.

That could also just be him talking as a father who wishes that his daughter would stop suffering.

[Stroking]

Maybe offtopic, but it always bothered me how Midgardsormr didn't show up at all in any of the early exchanges between us and Hraesvelgr/Nidhogg. At this point i just assume he didn't speak with them because he knew what had actually happened with the Ishgardians and that he thought it would be a good opportunity to test us. I think having had him speak with Hraesvelgr at some point would have made for some interesting dialogue

[Savagelf]

a giant redemption story for tiamat would be awesome

[Savagelf]

there could be huge quest series where you free her and then she give you Twintania the freed

[Unholychinchilla]

That could also just be him talking as a father who wishes that his daughter would stop suffering.

That's how I interpreted it. In fact I really started to like him a lot more from that moment on. Not that I didn't like him before but he went from interesting lore figure to a character with actual feelings for me.

[Savagelf]

i to like Midgardsormr. father care when they children suffer. this true in the really world.

[Mirateski]

I was really hoping that Mids would convince Tiamat that she can heal and stop tormenting herself Seeing her in Azys Lla always makes me upset.

You would have thought that, in the aftermath of Nidhogg's death and Hraesvelgr being sort of mauled, she'd at least want to... talk to them? Can Hraesvelgr not visit Azys Lla to talk to HER? He flew over with Ysayle, after all, so we know he can make the journey.

Vidofnir often comments that the first brood is dwindling in number and "cannot be replaced". Given dragons reproduce asexually, is it just a choice from Mids to not have more children, or is there a reason behind it? Inquiring minds want to know.

Anyway basically Tiamat needs some time with her family. Minidad saying "sup girl stop moping" didn't do it, maybe a "you're not as terrible as you think you are, sis" party would.

[Maero]

I get why Tiamat does not want to ever be released but do feel rather bad each time i pass by there

[Belhi]

Midgardsormr doesn't help us cause he is testing us and isn't incline to interfere. Its on us to do our bit as Hydaelyn's champion, not him.

Taimat doesn't want to leave and you can't save someone who doesn't want saving. She may also not want to leave what is left of her brood, all the insane dragons that live around her who's minds have been broken by Allag experiments. Its also possible that the Dragons can commune with each other over distance using the Dragonsong.

Regardless, Dragons have a fundamentally different mindset to humans, shaped somewhat by having a vastly longer timespan. The Firstbrood, while not technically irreplaceable in the sense of any Dragon that lives as long as them has the potential to be that powerful, are a historic and social institution within dragon society. When they are dead it will be the end of an age for Dragons.