User blog comment:The Smiling Scum/Skyrim Allows You to Engage in Cannibalism/@comment-130.76.32.209-20111103061233/@comment-4512760-20111104155228

I remember watching an interview with Todd Howard, in which he talks about the Draugr. In the interview, he says that the Draugr were ancient nords that were cursed for eternal undeath; for worshiping dragons.