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Hmm, it may be that Konahrik was the leader of the Dragon Priest cult, and had to sacrifice his mortal body to make the rest of the priests living corpses, able to rise with the return of the dragons. That can explain why we don't see any priest named Konahrik, but a spectral priest coming from Konahrik's mask.