I have killed Paarthurnax until his health was gone

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I have done this over and over but he keeps coming back to life. So how do I get past this and talk to him/kill him?

Best Answer

Paarthurnax is marked as plot-essential until a certain point in the game. If you have not reached that point, you won't be able to kill him... he'll just fall to his knees (or do the dragon equivalent thereof) and then regenerate.

You can disable him, or remove his essential flag, via the console on the PC. This will let you kill him, but it will probably also break subsequent quest progression.

A better option is to wait until the appropriate point in the story (basically after you capture and interrogate Odahviing), and kill him then.

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