But in Skyrim's books he is depicted as a sadistic being that enjoys driving mortals insane, which results in their misery.

It is an odd contrast. Sheogorath is quite darker than what he seems like in Oblivion's DLC.

So.. the Hill of Suicides, Xedilian, being responsible for the madness of every denizen of the Shivering Isles.. seems pretty sadistic to me.

I think SI accurately represents his duality of manic and demented.

From Ted Peterson:

Like most crazy people they appear calm and non-hostile but when they finnaly strike, their madness shows itself.

Huh.... what DLC were you playing OP? I think he seems pretty dark and sadistic in SI.

He has two sides.The happy,cheeful jester...And the powerful homicidal insane maniac.

His insanity is infectious, a contamination to all others. A great threat, if you ask me.

This.

Save your game.

Attack him.

Enjoy the view of the Isle.

Reload, and go find your landing point. Read the note about the other dead guy there.

He is not a cuddly type of being.

The Joker always looks harmless too...

He's not though.

What books in Skyrim do you refer to? If it's those stories how Sheogorath invented music or tricked Malacath, then they already were in Oblivion too.

Sure, that guy makes you laugh. But i found a lot of stuff he forces you to do or what he does with his playthings in his realm disgusting. Definitly not as nice as he might seem at first glance.

The guy who willy nilly ripped apart people and strewn them across town? or pissed off hircine by killing his most powerful beast with a bird? Harmless? oh my

Oh man I hate when I'm peacefully gardening but then my autism and depression cause me to randomly bludgeon someone with a trowel.

>:|

Sheog just like messing with people. If looking harmless allows him to mess with more people's heads, then that's what he's going to do.

He threatens to rip your intestines out and strangle you with them. The fact he says it as a joke isn't because he thinks saying it is funny, but because he thinks ripping out your intestines and strangling you with them is funny.

Oh, yes. He seems nearly harmless... and then bam, socks you one in the kisser. With a wheel of cheese.

And then he takes your eyes. Or his own eyes. If you truly mantled him.

Also, he has you brutally murder one of his top advisors, just so that you can gain his respect. And revels in the battles between the Golden Saints and Dark Seducers.

Smack him in the head and he tosses you a 1000 feet high "Extremely Harmless"......

He does not seem harmless at all.

Autism and depression aren't madness.

One has to wonder if the Mad God is really as addled as he (And others) would let on. Hes rather composed in the Accords of madness, and even his seemingly random tasks during the greymarch have reason to them.

I actually felt that he got more reasonable as the quests went on. Perhaps because he was slowly turning into Jyggalag.

Or because it'd be impossible to write a questline with a point with a completely unreasonable task-giver.

Such as a quest that comprises of summoning Haskill several times in quick succession?

That's not madness. That's just having a bit of fun at Haskill's expense.

Haha. Agreed.