Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-13446185-20130814010604/@comment-13446185-20130814180956

SajuukKhar wrote: Dovahsebrom wrote: Sorry, I somehow missed your link. But if the nords really respected there ancestors, would they really want them to become mindless Draugr in death. I'd say burn the bodies, tear down the structures. The Nords expect them to turn into Draugr.

The draugr maintain the temples while the families are away.

I thought (even though there are contradictions to this) that the Draugr were supposed to be servants of the Dragons in death.