9 divines!

Neither, they both are detrimental to mortals.

This thread will ultimately become a lore debate after someone states false information.

shouldnt this be under elderscrolls series?

Lol, what's a "dadera"? :mellow:

Deadra are actually Aedra.

I prefer neither. I do not believe in these so-called gods. They are just imposing beings most of the time, playing with people as if they are toys. If they even take one small step toward me without my permission, I will crush them all. Or at the very least tear out one of their eyeballs before I die.

The Nine Divines only protect mortals from outside forces is because they're bound to Nirn. The end of Mundus would be the end of the Aedra and vice-versa. The various heroes that pop up once in a while are just tools. Yes, some Aedra are genuinely benevolent and self-sacrificing like Mara, but compared to what they were before Nirn, especially from an Elven perspective, and they might be a little bitter, or insane maybe over their fate. I chose Daedra because they at least don't hide their intentions most of the time, and they're just more interesting.

the divines are better than dadrea they are smarter and more cunning i think that the dadrea are just a bunch of mad people who have nothing but feeble attempts to destroy the world of men

10 Divines. Sheogorath is one of them once you become him.

"The Nine Divines are BORING. Daedra? They are NEVER BORING!"

Lol. Serioiusly though, it depends on the Daedra vs. The Aedra in question. I am a fan of Sanguine AND Diebella, and many others besides. I am no more fond of Talos than I am of Mehrunes Dagon. A lot of it depends on their personal histories, as well as with what they are up to from one moment to the next. My regard of them changes just as their actions and agenda change.

Moved to the TES Lore section, as it is not directly related to Skyrim.

Nordic pantheon all the way. Screw the heretical 9, and the damnable daedra

Daedra demand submission and defilement. The Nine only ask that we master ourselves.

The Aedra were tricked out of their immortality to create Nirn. The Daedra did not follow and retained their immortality.

I'm with you Hellmouth. Shor and Talos all the way. Oh, I guess you can add Kyne.

The three ascendant meteors: Xarxes, Phynaster, and Syrabane.

May we all return to the pre-dawn!

Ask yourself! How is it that mighty gods die, yet the Daedra stand incorruptible? How is it that the Daedra forthrightly proclaim themselves to man, while the gods cower behind statues and the faithless words of traitor-priests? It is simple... they are not gods at all. The truth has been in front of you since you first were born: the Daedra are the true gods of this universe. Julianos, Dibella and Stendarr are all Lorkhan's betrayers, posing as divinities in a principality that has lost its guiding light. What are Scholarship, Love and Mercy when compared to Fate, Night and Destruction? The gods you worship are trifling shadows of First Causes. They have tricked you for Ages.

Why do you think your world has always been contested ground, the arena of powers and immortals? It is Tamriel, the realm of Change, brother to Madness, sister to Deceit. Your false gods could not entirely rewrite history. Thus you remember tales of Lorkhan, vilified, a dead trickster, whose heart came to Tamriel. But if a god can die, how does his heart survive? He is daedroth! TAMRIEL AE DAEDROTH! "This Heart is the heart of the world, for one was made to satisfy the other." You all remember this. It is in every legend. Daedra cannot die, so your so-called gods cannot erase him from your minds completely.

Maybe I'd believe Mankar Camoran if his head wasn't shoved so far up his own ass. Daedra svck. Plain and simple.

I'm willing to believe any amount of horse crap as long as it's being read by Terence Stamp.

Touche.

Your avatar reminds me of Admiral Ackbar.

By the Nine! do you really compare the Gods to the foul Dadera?!

I voted both, because I could :spotted owl:

Shor rocks, because he has all that stuff about being a sacrificial lion so that men and mer (the ancestors of which not being so grateful but whatever) can have free will. So probably Nordic pantheon.

The nine divines. Atleast I don't have to worry about them screwing me over.