Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-85.165.222.20-20130412232319/@comment-98.121.106.76-20140217134101

I realize this thread is just about dead, but here's my speculation:

Konahriik was actually meant for A dragonborn (not necessarily THE dragonborn we know, but A dragonborn). Think about it, it makes sense that the leader of a cult that worships dragons as gods should have the soul of a dragon. This dragonborn was supposed to have been on their side. Therefore, when this dragonborn was located, he/she and all the dragon priests would gather at the shrine, they'd name the dragonborn their leader, etc. etc. The key to this is the wooden mask. I believe the wooden mask has some sort of "magical qualities" that allows it to only be worn by a dragonborn, hence the skeleton nearby-that's someone who tried to wear it and was killed as a result of not being dragonborn.

I'm thinking there was meant to be something more. Skyrim was, by no means, a "rushed" game (by that I mean they didn't rush to release it and in the process scrap a lot of in-dev things) but the DLC was. I'm thinking the story of Miraak shouldn't have ended like it did, that there was more they meant to add. There are, after all, extra unused dialogues in Miraak's files. Miraak was meant to be the DragonbornPriest.