Skyrim – Miraak Stealing All Dragon Souls

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After reading the book Waking Dreams and seeing Miraak, I couldn't absorb a dragon's soul. I killed more than 10 dragons and Miraak took all the souls. Is this supposed to happen?

Best Answer

Yes. Miraak steals the souls of dragons when you kill them, all but a few. Until you kill him, you'll only get roughly 10% of all the dragon souls you collect.

Additionally, as per the comments, when you kill Miraak you get all of the souls back, which in all honesty, I find can be quite ridiculous. I played the game for ~100 hours before I finally killed Miraak. I now have over 40 Dragon souls that are completely useless.