Something I'm mostly posting because I find it very interesting, and I would like to hear you all's thoughts on it.

All of the Daedric Princes are mentioned in ESO...except for the Taskmaster. Of course the more 'infamous and well-liked' Princes got really cool new lore and quests devoted to them (Mehrunes Dagon, Mephala, Boethiah, Hermaeus Mora, Hircine, Molag Bal) and even the Princes we don't really get to see anything from got cool stuff (Vaermina and her Dream Quests, Namira's connection with the Khajiit, Sanguine and his Desmene, Clavicus Vile and his deal with the Kothringi). Heck, even Jyggalag got mentioned in books.

But Peryite is oddly left out of the game. I actually asked this on the AMA and the Loremaster told me that he will be getting his time to shine. But why do you guys think Peryite is strangely absent? My little pet theory is that due to him being the literal Embodiment of Balance he was trying to fix the Planemeld instead of aid it, and as a result the other Princes ganged up on him and chained him somewhere where he couldn't stop it. But that's just a theory though.

So, what do you all think?

Although I'm glad Jygalagg is getting a little attention. I am surprise that Peryrite being one of the main daedric lords was left out.

I will say its a good theory. They did curse Jygalagg as Sheogorath so I wouldn't put it passed them to do this to another one of their kind.

I would theorize that Peryite might get some serious attention in whatever zone of Black Marsh is next opened up. Or at least I hope so. Love me some Diseased-Dragon-God.

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1508352-daedra-worship-across-tamriel-peryite/

I kind of hope he's going to be a major story add-on. Meridia did say the other Princes were taking an interest in the Soulless One.

He called in sick.

Peryite is not embodiment of Balance, his sphere usually take to many credit, more than he earned. His true nature is small part of natural order (population control by disease, viruses, extinction of overpopulated species etc..), he just having fun by spreading terrible illnesses, and second part of his role is supervisor of lower oblivion planes(dumpsite of Oblivion), he is true slave master there. So if compare him to other Princes, he just like infected beggar of some kind, plagued king of beggars. Daedric Princes spheres is not some kind of manifestation of Natural forces (not in all cases), something more like taste preferences, its what they loves most...

About his absence, not know if this important or not, but i readed somewhere(Boethiyah summoning day i think) that Peryite had to become new Akatosh in next kalpa...

Natural Order = Balance. Whereas Jyggalag is Perfect Order (aka everything staying the same and never changing), Peryite is Equilibrium. He both life and death, suffering and happiness, sickness and cure. Pestilence is seen as his sphere because it's a way of maintaining balance between life and death: some diseases kill you, others make you immortal (however, Peryite hates undead and lycanthropes because they are both opposing forces manifested in one being). Read the Daedra Worship: Peryite thing I linked earlier, it's a good explanation on why Peryite is seen as destructive, nice, and 'weaker' compared to the other Princes.

Also, Namira's the goddess of beggars.

Don't believe OBSD. That's completely false, I'm sorry to say. But Peryite does have a connection with the Aka Oversoul. He's its Shadow. When Aka came into existence Peryite was a byproduct of the process, because time brings balance into the world. Why do you think his dragon form is considered a jest towards Akatosh? I have an essay on it actually, I'll post it here when I get the chance because its a rewrite of a previous essay.

Never saw information about Peryite curing somebody or protecting life or happiness, only about his destructive part in natural balance. About dragon form, his looking more like wyvern or something wormish with wings=)
About beggars, just comparison, english not my home language)
Teenage sewer ninja dragon

I'm surprised Peryite was never mentioned in ESO, considering all of the plagues going around. The Khanetean Flu (1. I can never spell that right 2. OMG if he starts that [censored] again all the Khajiit characters will be hating on my Argonian...) just happened. There was that plague going on in Deshaan. And... well maybe I thought there were more then there actually are. Diseases are certainly going around though, and I doubt Peryite isn't involved in those.

Maybe they're going to advance the world and say the planmeld has ended, before Peryite comes in.

Whatever it is it will most likely be answered in Murkmire. (OMG Murkmire, why you no come out already?)

His quest in Skyrim may not be about curing a disease, but it is about containing one. Orchendor decided to make an army out of plague victims rather than keeping them locked up, and Peryite is not a fan. You'd think, from your insinuation Night Cowl, that he'd want it to spread, no? Natural Order = Balance. Same thing.

Planemeld usefull only for Molag Bal, because he wanted to connect Nirn to himself (his plane), its not good for other Princes, they can use absence of barrier to manipulate mortals etc more directly and more easily, but if planemeld will be finished, they didnt win anything. After planemeld was canceled, barrier still weak, no true dragonborn king on throne, it will be weak until Taiber Septim arrives.

And who created that disease? Peryite posoned his folowers and then locked them maybe for future, one of them go against his masters will, and was punished for that, nothing good at all, just one more caprice of Daedric Prince. He can just cure everyone if it all about balance etc, but no, he never curing anyone, but many illneses was creted by him.

He created the plague, let it run its course through a Breton village, then locked up the remaining survivors in the ruin. They weren't his followers.

Part of the circle of life and natural order is disease. Just because he created it doesn't mean he doesn't also prevent them from spreading. After all, in the world of TES he is the literal embodiment of that sphere ... so yes, he creates them. But he is also in charge of preventing them. It's all part of keeping things finely in tune.

Yup, dont remember about was they followers or not, and again he can just cure survivors to contain disease, but no...
And how little breton village threaten to natural order? If it was, World deal with it by itself (diseases happens even without Princes), for me all that balance thing is just beautiful words to cower one more killing and torturing maсhine.

But the Daedric Princes aren't all "killing and torturing" machines though ... except maybe Molag Bal. You can't just pin them with a label when it's been shown throughout the series that they aren't good or evil, but something completely outside of those ideas. Peryite IS natural order, just as in our world gravity is ... well, gravity. It's not good or evil. You don't say 'Gravity is just a nice word for pinning things down on the ground' ... it just exists outside of our moral compass.

Think of Peryite as the Tamrielic version of natural selection. Neither good nor bad, but just a force of nature that happens to have a voice. Him and Darwin would get along great. He wouldn't "just cure" them, because that is completely outside of his sphere. That's more a Stendarr thing, I think. Being the god of mercy and all that.

Through several villages. And he specifically stopped the plague from doing its thing and killing the infected. And they became his followers at the moment they decided to go with Orchendor.

If about gravity, than more likely that Princes first secretly order or convince you to jump from the tower, and then show up and say that they like gravity, no good no evil. Not all of Princes like that, but most part of them. Some just do what they want (Dagon etc), others cower there true intention under lofty ideals (Asura etc)