They wrote laws, commanded armies, lived in grand palaces, and punished anyone they deemed to be ‘unfaithful’. Under the dragons’ rule, the Dragon Priests held more power than any general or king. These were the Dragon Priests, the leaders of the Cult, and they ruled Skyrim in the dragons’ name. The dragons blessed them with powers beyond those of normal mortals, even promising them eternal life if their loyalty was unwavering. There were some that truly believed in the dragons’ claimed godhood, and those that proved their faith were rewarded. In return for loyalty and tribute, the dragons would leave them alone and terrorize the filthy heretics instead.īut some were more serious about it than others. Though they worshipped a massive pantheon of animal totems, having brought the practice all the way from Atmora, they set a special place aside for the dragons. The Dragon Cult began as a way for the Nords to appease their winged tyrants. Naturally, this meant that many of them would bow down in worship.
They were creatures hated and feared by local humans, and many mortals longed for the days when dragons no longer took to the skies. They burned villages, carried away innocent Nords,used the power of the Voice to reshape the world into one more accommodating to their black hearts, and terrorized the land in general. Back in the Merethic Era, dragons ruled Skyrim with an iron claw. Nords scoffed at the idea of flying, fire-breathing lizards–right up until the moment one burned Helgen to ash.īut it wasn’t always that way. Then we too shall walk the lands and bring back the true faith.” -anonymous note, written by a Dragon Cultist stationed at Forelhostīy the time of the Stormcloak Rebellion, most of Skyrim considered dragons to be nothing more than ancient legends and childish fairytales. Do not fear the embrace of death for it shall last only till the dragons rise again. Rahgot is right, the walls will soon be breached by the heretics and we must secure the inner sanctum.
“In an era far across the seas of time, it has been foreseen that Alduin shall return to cleanse the land in the fires of his wrath.
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