Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-104.173.87.242-20160610221114/@comment-73.4.233.48-20160824013321

I like to imagine that there is a voice, and it does indeed present itself as Arkay, though it is, in reality, one of the Daedric Princes. With that said, I'd say that the top contenders would be either Hermeaus Mora, Azura, or Sheogorath.

Hermeaus would gain a new pawn by tricking Florentius, and would likewise be capable of feeding him the information that he mysteriously posesses.

Azura has been known to communicate to mortals so as to help them fulfill their destiny. Being the goddess of wisdom, she would realize that, as a priest of Arkay, Florentius would reject her visions/advice, so she created a persona that he would accept. Thus, she could help him in preventing the Blotting out of the Sun.

Of course, it could also be Sheogorath f**king with the psyche of yet another mortal, though at this point, there really wouldn't be any distinction between this and actually being crazy.