Skyrim and draugr queries
As draugr have a purpose: to defend their dragon priest masters, why are they mostly found defending a tomb with no dragon priest in it? Apart from a draugr overlord boss battle at the end depending on which tomb you go to. Did the overlords have the same power status over the draugr as the priests?
Best Answer
According to Skyrim's wiki, not all Draugr were serving the dragons/priests. A lot of them are just plain undead warriors from Skyrim.
They seem to follow some kind of army hierarchy where there are a lot of regular soldiers (Draugr archers and swordsmen), some mages and a select number of overlords who probably commanded the troops when they were still alive.
Source: Skyrim wiki
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