Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-50.72.228.20-20150127022501

We really can't be sure. We know for a fact that the Daedra exist, we've talked to them, seen them, touched them, and been them. But we've never seen the Nine Divines in action. You could dispute that we have, at the end of TESIV, but that spectacle could have been summed up with, "magic". It's implied that Martin was a powerful mage, and the Amulet of Kings is a powerful object. "But the Amulet of Kings was made by the Nine Divines!" We can't be so sure. The story is that Akatosh poured his blood into the amulet and gave it to Alessia and whatnot, but this is most likely mumbo-jumbo mythology. Even with the Heart of Lorkhan we can't be sure about it's true origin. "But what about the blessings?" Enchanted objects. What about the Alylied wells? No divine powers at work there. We know for a fact the Daedric princes exist, and so it's much more likely that they were the ones who made the objects they give to you. So do the Nine Divines exist? We can't be sure. Maybe they're Daedric princes in disguise, maybe the whole religion is Sheogorath playing a trick on the citizens of Tamriel.  