He came into possession of a Black Book, which in turn lead to him to servitude under Hermaeus Mora, the Daedric Prince of Knowledge and Fate, who taught him a means to great power.
He was the bearer of the Volsung mask, and like Krosis, guarded a word wall.ĭuring the period of time when dragons ruled over mortals, Miraak served as a dragon priest on the island of Solstheim. Volsung was a priest who was buried in the Nordic tomb of Volskygge. Vokun was a priest who was buried in the Nordic tomb of High Gate Ruins. In a desperate act, Rahgot ordered the entire cult to commit mass suicide, while Rahgot himself was entombed within the temple. A legion of King Harald's soldiers, commanded by Skorm Snow-Strider, discovered the hidden stronghold of dragon cultists and laid siege to it for several weeks. In the early First Era, he led a small cult in the secluded monastery of Forelhost high in the Jerall Mountains. Rahgot is believed to be one of the Dragon Priests to survive the Dragon War. The city of Ragnvald was eventually abandoned, but Saerek and Torsten remained as his guardians. They pledged to guard the keys so that Otar may never escape his imprisonment. īoth heroes were unable to defeat Otar, so instead they sealed him in a large sarcophagus in Ragnvald and locked it with two skull keys that each of them kept. Otar became a Dragon Priest and subjected his people to unspeakable cruelty until two Nordic heroes named Saerek and Torsten were sent to stop his tyranny. Initially, he was believed to have been a benevolent ruler and successful in battle, but his mind was subsequently corrupted by unknown forces that drove him to insanity. Otar the Mad was originally an ancient Nordic chieftain who ruled over the city of Ragnvald in the Merethic Era. In the Fourth Era, he was found in the service of Alduin, and presided over a portal that lead to the Nordic afterlife of Sovngarde. Nahkriin was a priest who was buried in the secluded Nordic Temple of Skuldafn, high in the Velothi Mountains. In an attempt to seal away Morokei permanently, Savos bound two of the surviving mages to be magically enthralled and permanently forced to maintain a barrier around Morokei. The trip resulted in their deaths, with the exception of Savos. In the early Fourth Era an ill-fated group of mages, including a young Savos Aren, encountered Morokei within Labyrinthian. At some unknown point, he came into the possession of the Staff of Magnus, an immensely powerful artifact. Morokei was a powerful priest who was entombed in the ancient city of Bromjunaar, specifically within Labyrinthian. His sarcophagus is located directly in front of a Word Wall.
Krosis was buried, not within a tomb or temple like other dragon priests, but atop one of Skyrim's highest peaks, known as Shearpoint, which is also a dragon lair. He was buried in the ancient tomb of Valthume. He drained his own blood from his body and planned to transfer his power back into himself after death, thus becoming a powerful Lich. Before his death, Hevnoraak planned his resurrection obsessively. Using his power, he managed to build up an army of enthralled disciples. In life, Hevnoraak was a powerful dragon priest who practiced a form of mind-controlling magic. Often they are accompanied by an array of undead underlings, such as draugr and skeletons.Ĭoncept art for the Dragon Priest. These priests can be encountered at any level, and are typically found within Nordic tombs and ruins that house Word Walls. There are eight high ranking priests, each wearing a unique dragon priest mask that bears a powerful enchantment said to be bestowed them directly from their dragon benefactors. They are typically buried in one of the many ancient tombs and temples dotted all across Skyrim, awaiting the return of Alduin the "World-Eater." In their service, many of these dragon priests were granted extraordinary powers and knowledge in arcana, and some of them managed to reach lichdom to evade their own demise. Thousands of years ago, these priests ruled over Skyrim at the behest of their Dragon overlords. but something has awakened them from their ancient slumber." ― Loading Screens ĭragon Priests ( Dragon Language: Dovah-Sonaak, "Dragon-Priest(s)") are powerful undead enemies found in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
These dragon priests are long since dead. "In days of old, when dragons ruled the earth, there lived mortal men who worshipped the beasts as gods.
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