Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-4057475-20130710075111/@comment-108.238.91.105-20161009232800

69.123.217.197 wrote: Considering the fact that it takes all eight masks to reveal Konahrik, along with the meaning of the word itself (Warlord), it makes more sense that Konahrik was a position filled by a powerful dragon priest in times of war, similar to the Hortator in Dunmeri culture. The eight highest ranking dragon priests likely convened a council in order to decide who would take up the mask and the title, and the Konahrik mask was locked away so that no one dragon priest could acquire it without the consent of the others. Thus it makes sense that Vahlok possessed Konahrik, as he was the single champion chosen to personally defeat Miraak; considering its role as a temporary position, it would have been returned to Bromjunaar after Miraak was defeated.

Honestly, a bigger question is why there are four masked dragon priests on Solstheim (including Miraak). They do not have places at Bromjunaar, meaning that they did not have a place in the Dragon Cult's leadership, but they have masks, which were only given to the highest ranking priests by the dragons. And three of them, Ahzidal, Miraak, and Zahkriisos, also have two-word names; dragon priests who were given draconic names consisted of only one word. So from what I remember, the dragon priests took the name of their mask once it was given to them (correct if wrong). I also seem to recall that Miraak was defeated after Alduin was banished. So my theory is that these four masks were the product of a post-Alduin, pre Miraak era. Lets assume that all of the original masks were made by Alduin. After his defeat when the dragons were struggling to try and keep a grasp on Skyrim, they decided to appoint new dragon priests. Obviously with Alduin gone they had to find somebody new to craft the masks (Herma or perhaps another dragon idk). The new maker of these  masks obviously wasn't able to replicate the style of the original masks, and perhaps they even deviated so far from Alduins original masks that they named the masks after the priests who would wear them which would explain the names. Im kind of struggling to articulate this theory so if this seems a little jumbled my appolgies... Also I would love it if somebody ripped my theory to shreds or validated it. Either way works for me

-Wyld