OK this is complete speculation on my part.
Alduin is not actually portrayed as a dragon rather a firestorm or apocalypse of creation.
Lorkhans heart was at the center of the world, the events surrounding it led to Red Mountains effects.
Complete BS again here on my part, but could not a "world eater" of fire, represent Seismic activity..
Volcanos, firestorms earthquakes, magma pouring out, oceans boiling and flooding, just as the creation of a planet.. hense destroyer and genitor.
This type of activity would wake up a bunch of dormant dragons, causing them to head out.
Rofl maybe the goal of Skyrim is to replace Lorkhans heart in the earth, by tearing it out of your own Shezzarine chest.
:clap: Even if this is not the case well done drawing those conclusions and coming up with that. What a epic plot twist that would be huh?