Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-16375955-20130824112156/@comment-7153552-20130826212313

Jyggalag was feared greatly by all the other Deadric princes, so they made him Sheogorath - the direct opposition to everything Jyggalag stood for. As way of further punishment, at the end of each Era Sheogorath was transofrmed back into Jyggalag and he then destroyed the Shivering Isles. So at the beginning of each Era this meant that Sheogorath had to rebuild the Shivering Isles. By the time we meet him as the Hero of Kvatch, good ole Uncle Sheo was quite annoyed and tired of the situation. So what he dicided was that he needed a champion, and you were just lucky enough to fall into the part. All of the things you had to do for Sheogorath allowed you to get to know the realm better, this also was a way of you taking control of the realm. You were alotted the ability to summon his two keynote deadra and our dear friend Haskill. You rebuilt the Gatekeeper and got the dungeon to working again in case he fails. You got to know the two underlings in charge of each half of New Sheo and all that fun stuff. These tasks also helped fuse you with the Shivering Isles. You were "mantling" Sheo, and you were passed on the title of the Mad God. This is further seen by the statement that Sheogorath made in your meeting him in Skyrim of "passing the title from me to myself."

As for Jyggalag, after you defeat him, even he names you the Mad God and then leaves to wander the seas of Oblivion. Again, this is something said to you, the Hero, directly - this time in Oblvion as the Hero of Kvatch. Your entire purpose was the stop the Greymarch - which you kind of did. In doing so you released Jyggy from his prison and allowed him to roam free again. This means that somebody had to take the place of Sheogorath and that somebody was you, as the hero. This brings the total number of Deadric Princes to 17.


 * 15 orignally created by Sithis


 * 1 brought on by Boethia durring the Chimer exodus (Malacath)


 * and 1 brought on by Jyggalag's imprisonment, even though we knew Sheogorath first, he came second.