Just a fun question, I couldn't find a topic like this in the search function.

Anyway, if you lived in Tamriel and you worshiped a Daedric god, which one would it be?

Personally I always liked Azura, she seemed the most responsible or honorable, she reminds me of Athena. But she's all about heroes, and even though she's my favorite, I think I would have to go with Hermaeus Mora, who I just recently learned about. His theme is supposedly knowledge, and his plane of Oblivion is this great library, that's definitely what I'm all about, knowledge is the most important thing to me and I always enjoy learning, if there were any sort of great power or forbidden fruit that I would want to gain out of joining a Daedric cult it would be unlocking the secrets of the universe. Unfortunately his theme is also fate, and I don't believe in fate, so...

It's a toss up between those two.

I would have included the nine divines but I really don't know much about them, and they don't seem to have much of a presence in the games.

Boethiah: conspiracy, treason, overthrow of authority, fun stuff. Plus he http://www.imperial-library.info/book_daedra/dae_boethiah.jpg, and that always helps when choosing a deity to follow; I mean how can you justify choosing a stupid looking patron, the other daedra worshipers will make fun of you...

Are you serious or are you being sarcastic?

To think of Azura as good and honorable is a dangerous misconception.

And if you like knowledge that much why not stick with Julianos instead? Aedra worship is much safer then Daedra worship.


My favourite deadra prince would be Sanguine. Who would like to party for all eternity?

Meridia.
We both hate undead.
We both like muffins.

Honorable in that she was completely manipulating the Nerevarine all throughout Morrowind?

Little bit of both... ^_^

Wisdom ≠ Knowledge

Why? Out of all the Daedra she seems the least evil, in fact after playing Oblivion and Morrowind, and reading Invocation of Azura, she doesn't seem evil at all, she cares about her followers and reminds me of Athena, being sort of a guide for heroes. Plus I like her voice...

Being in the "Elder Scrolls Lore" section though I think there is a lot you guys know that I don't...



Like I said, I don't know that much about the Aedra at all as they have no presence in the games except for in references. However after looking it up Julianos sounds cool too; "God of Wisdom and Logic, the Nordic father of language and mathematics." I think if I worshiped the Nine Divines I would prefer Julianos, and if Daedric then Hermaeus Mora or Azura.



Hehe, and Sanguine reminds me of Dionysus, although I think both Sanguine and Sheogorath are like Dionysus.

Okay... I must have missed that detail... or maybe I forgot.

I did the main quest in Morrowind, but what I got out of it were that the Tribunal were false gods and Azura and the Daedra were the true gods (although I learned a lot more about the Elder Scrolls since then, I wasn't too far off).



Entirely true, and given the two I would rather have knowledge, as silly as that may sound. I'm more about facts that philosophy, or having the facts available rather than pondering about what to do with the facts we already have.

Perhaps, but ask yourself: What is better, a place run by the likes of Molag Bal, Boethiah or Mehrunes Dagon or run by the Tribunal?

And about Azura : http://www.gamesas.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=794619&hl=azura

I never get why people's opinions are so unfavourable towards Azura. Arguably, everyone was manipulating you in Morrowind, and Azura was the more hands-off of them all. The prophecy might even be considered self-fulfilling. The main point isn't whose motives were the most honourable, or whose actions were more acceptable, but who had the nicest rack.

Besides, in the Words of Clan Mother Ahnissi at least, she's represented as the benevolent sister of Nirn. The "ain't nothing worse than a woman serving a revenge best served cold" thing is just that darker side of twilight.

The question isn't about who's the real god, your statement there may be entirely correct and Azura be just as dishonorable. The dishonorable part comes in that she used the guise of looking out for the people of Morrowind to guide the Nerevarine, when arguably her main concern was with getting back at the Tribunal...

Oh I never said I didn't like her, or that nobody else was playing the Nerevarine for their own benefit; my only point was to bring to light that she is not the "most honorable" anything, though that isn't to say she is the most dishonorable...

Can't say that Azura was completely wise in thinking she could get revenge on the Tribunal. It's like the angry manager in a shop who thinks everyone obeys but don't.

Daedric prince? Boethiah, probably.

Sheogorath. Raining flaming dogs FTW!

Sheogorath. CHEESE FOR EVERYONE!

Lorkhan. Even if he's dead.

Arguably isn't a Daedra. He's a Padomaic, which isn't the same thing.

Jygalagg

She cursed an entire race because of what 3 people did, she spent thousands of years plotting revenge on the tribunal which in effect may throw morrowind into chaos, like some people say she could of been manipulating the nerevarine throught the course of "morrowind" and "Tribunal", i agree that she is in a way loyal to her followers but she is quite extreme when it comes to punishments.

Exactly. She may be a bit more..."benevolent" (note the quotes), but she flew off the handle a bit with the whole "cursing the Chimer" thing; I personally feel she just wanted to be worshipped as all powerful still, which should be a given.

I knew that. I said it because I don't worship neither Aedra nor Daedra.

The Aedra aren't completely inactive. They do provide blessings at chapel altars and at wayshrines.


I think Azura had more interest in stopping Dagoth Ur than the Tribunal, although she wanted to free them from the Heart as well. After all, he was a bigger threat.

She isn't even that loyal or benevolent to her followers, she's quite fine with making them live in solitude for decades and putting their sanity at risk just to win a wager with another daedric prince. Appearing motherly and benevolent is just her angle, there's all sorts of clues throughout the series that she's just as self-serving and petty as the other daedra. Meridia is similar, she almost seems like she could be an aedra from the way she presents herself, but anyone who's done KotN or been to Sideways Cave knows she's not nearly that innocent.

To answer the question though, if I had to choose, I'd probably worship Hermaeus Mora. Forbidden knowledge seems a lot more tempting to me than what the other princes are peddling.

Really, would you like to spent eternity in his Apocrypha as a lost soul desperately seeking forbidden knowledge from books with black-covers? That's what ol' Hermy does a lot.

What about... none? IMHO its just not save to worship a Daedric Prince.

True. Martin Septim is a perfect example. What did he get from worshipping Sanguine?