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Daedra Dossier: Sheogorath

  • Member
    August 21, 2015

    He would probably make them sane, but not in a mortal way, more like Tranquils from Dragon Age series. Monotone and overly logical.

  • Member
    August 21, 2015

    Is it just me or is Sheogorath the least restricted by his nature when it comes to making decisions, now hear me out here, what is more nonsensical/crazy than the Madgod making sense, if we follow this through that would mean every now and then good old Sheo could make a rational decision along with his usual madness.

    Anyone else think this makes sense?

  • Member
    August 22, 2015

    Not quite total anhilation. Cylarn appears to be left untouched and we know of at least one mortal survivor - Cirta who's eye the CoC needed to build the staff because she witnessed a secret. It's implied that there are very few survivors of the Greymarch.

    About Haskil = Arden-Sul, does the legends of Arden's death change anything or are they compatible with your theory?

  • Member
    August 22, 2015

    I couldn't be bothered, too silly Maybe I should have realised that after six months someone would eventually point that omission out

  • August 22, 2015

    I´m not really sure if it is compatible with my theory. I don´t have any proof, but can someone who "mantled" Daedra Prince really die? If he got his ass kicked from Jyggalag, he might have been alive - in some way - to be present for Sheogorath´s next cycle.

    I mean, you kill Jyggalag. Or at least defeat him, but he doesn´t die. Is it even possible to kill Daedric Prince? Battlespire shows that mortal can defeat and banish Daedric Prince back to his plane. End of the Oblivion shows pretty much the same thing.

  • Member
    August 22, 2015

    Oh, this is deep! I think it should boil down to an interpretation appeals to you most. When it comes to the Princes, you could legitimately see them as personalities representing a certain theme which is how they are portrayed in-game. They seem capable of acting outside their nature like all of us can. That is to say they appear rational because we couldn't understand and interact with them in any other way - they come across as human, despite being gods.

    O the other hand, there is enough indication that they are their spheres. The realm we can visit and walk around in and experience is the Prince , while the "person" you speak to and interact with in quests is just an avatar, an extension of the realm.

    I think both work depending on your view. Assuming the latter is the more accurate description of a demon, let's go back to your question/discussion point: would mean every now and then good old Sheo could make a rational decision along with his usual madness.

    If he is the literal embodiment of madness (assuming the TES cartoony version of mental disorder for the sake of being inoffensive) would you know if he was being rational or not? How would you separate one from the other?

  • Member
    August 22, 2015

    I think that was part of my point, because it's hard to tell, he possibly has the most freedom. Whereas someone like jyggalag for example is obsessed with order so the instance he made a choice that didn't fit the definition of order that he has set out (as demonstrated by the effects of the greymarch on the shivering isles) you and he would know it was out of "character".

  • Member
    August 22, 2015

    Like I said, very deep

  • Member
    August 23, 2015
    Poor Forky. :(
  • Member
    August 24, 2015

    Feel free to write something up and I'll add it in if you feel so bad about it