Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-92.251.228.132-20141108020915/@comment-121511-20150417031828

This is, of course, assuming that "Sithis" is at all a sentient patron, and not simply a non-existent figurehead or a guise put on by another entity. By their nature and by many of their descriptions, Anuiel and Sithis are not sapient Gods but rather existential forces, the respective essences of Stasis and Change. This is why the validity of the Dark Brotherhood's mythology is so often called into question, and why it's almost general consensus in many discussion circles that the "Sithis" the Dark Brotherhood kills in the name of either does not exist, or is a part played by another. Most commonly, it is suggested that the Dark Brotherhood unknowingly still worships Mephala, and it fits perfectly into her character for this to be the case.