Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-16047389-20140728211606

A protonymic is a Daedra's true name. Just as my username is not my real name, Mehrunes Dagon's real name is not "Mehrunes Dagon". Rather, it is the name that mortals know him as. His real name, his protonymic, is infact (or at least once was) Lehkelogah. However, unlike a mortal's real name, uttering a Daedra's protonymic drains them of their vital energies, and will banish them to the waters of Oblivion almost effortlessly. The more powerful Daedra, such as the Daedric Princes, may resist the drain for a time, but are still weakened from it and will ultimately be banished. The equivalent of being banished to the Waters of Oblivion is the equivalent of a mortal falling asleep. But sleep, while natural for a mortal, is an unnatural and traumatizing experience for an immortal. It is the closest they will ever come to experiencing to true death. When they inevitably reconstitute themselves, their very nature is changed, and so is their protonymic, usually by extending it with a neonymic (an equivalent to a surname). Some believe that protonymics are not limited to Daedra, but that everything has a protonymic, including Aedra, Man, Mer, etc.

Aside from Mehrunes Dagon (who was banished twice by mortals using his protonymic), are there any other entities that may have a known protonymic?

Mehrunes Dagon was banished twice, meaning he should have been changed twice over. What changes to his nature between then and now are noticeable?

Do you believe Aedra of protonymics as well? Or would it even affect an Aedra that is "dead"? 