Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-66.243.250.142-20150427025156

In many accounts, it is said that Miraak was the very first dragonborn, but there is virtually no mention as to how exactly he became a dragonborn. My best theory is that he started out as a dragon priest but wished to lord over all, even the dagons whom he originally worshiped. Sensing his desire to dominate all, Hermaeus mora reached out and provided him the means to do so. He presented a Thu'um that the lord of knowledge had crafted himself, the bend will shout. Using the bend will shout as his first shout, Miraak uses its power to enthrall the minds of dragons and force them to bestow and teach him the full power of a dragon and thier voice. Thus he gains the soul of a dragon/Lorkhan and becomes the first dragonborn, not through blessing of Akatosh, but through the twisted black will of a lord of the daedra. Again, this is just my theory since there is so little explinatin to Miraak's backstory. 