Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5277094-20140605150759/@comment-6684440-20140728212457

Then again, notice how all Dragon Priests have staffs which (to my knowledge) you cannot obtain throughout the game otherwise? There are eight Dragon Priests, but also Eight Divines. Perhaps, one of the Divines chose one specific Dragon Priest to give power and a weapon to match their now god-like power? Also, the link with the Divines and the Dragon Priests continues when you notice after obtaining all the Dragon Priest masks, you can get another one that is hidden within the middle stone structure of the Labyrinthian, after putting the wooden mask on and putting all the masks into their respectful place on the shrine. That means there is another Dragon Priest, which you are not required (and can't, for that matter) battle with, meaning (Remember these are all just theories by me) that particular Dragon Priest was the leader/god over the others, and had signifigantly more power than all of them combined, to keep all the others in check. The Divines are titled with "Alessia and the Eight Divines", There are supposed to be eight Dragon Priests, notice the similarity? I believe that Akatosh (The leader/god of the Divines) gave Konahrik (The leader'god of the Dragon Priests) the power to rule over all of the other Dragon Priests, and each Divine gave one Dragon Priest their respective power, there's more to the Divines than I can say, so I'll link my source at the bottom, as well as the Dragon Priests, if you'd like to see those.

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Nine_Divines

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Priest