Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-202.156.8.11-20131025065524

Has anyone ever thought about how the souls of the dragons get devoured by the dragonborn? I have thought out of a theory that might or might not be right, but here it is:

My theory is that the dragonsouls are never destroyed by the dragonborn. The souls simply course within the dragonborn, giving him/her understanding of the Thuum and more powers by feeding energy and knowledge to the fellow dovah that inhabits the dragonborn's body. Upon death, all these dragonsouls are freed from the dragonborn. This is because I read from somewhere that Miraak (sorry, no dragonborn DLC), upon death, yields 10 dragonsouls and all those that he stole from you, which meant that he never devoured the dragonsouls and incorporated them into his own soul, but rather just forced them into his body and used them for power and knowledge.

Following this, it means that dragonsouls technically cannot be devoured or destroyed, only stored temporarily within the Dragonborn under the dragonborn's control, lending him/her the knowledge and power of the Dov for one lifetime, until his/her death, where the dragonsouls are once again unbound and free to reincarnate as their old selves 