Evil as they may be Daedric Lords usually don't backstab their followers.

You don't hear about Hircine or Nocturnal betraying manbeasts/thieves, unless they screw up somehow.

Of course, there is Clavicus Vile, but I'm speaking statistically here.

Really, I wish it were possible to reply to Hermaeus Mora in that moment when he says that if you serve him faithfully, unlike Miraak, you will be richly rewarded.

"Yeah, I remember how that worked out for Septimus."

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Didn't miraak have plans to backstab mora? (I don't remember as i haven't played DB in a long time)

But yea, i wish we had the option to tell mora to **** himself

Yep. But Septimus was loyal until the end and look at what happened.

True, i guess to mora people are just pawn's to be used and tossed aside when they are useless to him.

The future for the Dragonborn isn't looking to good if he/she stays as mora's champion (I RP it so i'm not but still..pisses me off that i couldn't say No to him)

But you didn't say yes either. I've never heard of any Daedric Prince that can just decide someone's gonna be his servant without the latter's consent. It's always an agreement.

Mora's entire shtick is basically the amoral scholar. He didn't kill Septimus, either. In fact, while he does know that Septimus will die, it's not of Mora's doing.

The old man started levitating and then turned into dust. There is no other culprit.

Before that, Hermaeus Mora gave emphasis to how Septimus was becomig increasingly obsolete.

Seriously? Hermaeus Mora is bad by daedric prince standards?

Let's see:

- He doesn't [censored] a bunch of women or make you kill a follower of another cult repeatedly and slowly and painfully. (Molag Bal)

- He doesn't sic a bunch of Dremora on you for helping him out. (Dagon)

- He doesn't make you kill someone who trusts you. (Boethiah)

- He doesn't transform his followers into monsters (at least, not in Mundus where they can actually harm people) or have his other followers hunt said monsters down. (Hircine)

- He doesn't spread plagues, make other mortals suffer by said plagues, or have his latest champion kill his latest overseer for lulz. (Peryite)

- He doesn't posture as "good" and still drive other people insane. (Azura)

- He actually keeps his end of the bargain, unlike nearly every other character in Skyrim (seriously, it's gotten to the point that I can count on my hands the number of people who don't backstab you at the end of a questline).

- The only good person he outright harms is Storn, everything else in the Dragonborn questline is Miraak's fault.

- And finally, he easily gives you the most outright benefits and powers of any Daedric prince in the entire game.

I fail to see how Mora is outright evil compared to other Daedric princes. Compared to someone like Meridia, maybe, but in terms of the vast, vast majority of them, Mora is practically good.