Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6707115-20130619015913/@comment-7153552-20130619185449

To combine parts of what I said and what Banneram stated, and then to semi-expound upon it, I'd like to emphasize the create versus change aspect of the Aedra and the Deadra. Akatosh willed the Dov into being, this is creation. Creation is the signature gift that all Aedra share, regardless of their disciplines and/or realms of influence. The Deadra are the agents of change, their shared gift regardless of realm of influence. I imagine that with the Ehlnofey point that was brought up we can assume that there's at least something that resembles gentic markers for the gods. What that might be is a mystery to me, but my current hypothesis is that it's the magical properties of said god. If one can ascend into Divinehood (Tiber Septim, not here to debate the godship of the man, just using it as an example), then surely one can descend under the proper circumstances. This might explane the Ehlonfey.

As for Molag Bal and the vampire situation, is truly a sexual encounter? They visit Coldharbour, correct? Is it perhaps something about the visiting of the realm that causes a mortal to undergo certain things? I know the first Daughter of Coldharbour was rape (not sure if I can use that word without it being censored . . . forced intercorse, just in case), but is that still what happens to the cultists?