Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11276487-20130713025241/@comment-3322638-20130723160713

Clavicus ISN'T the Daedra of "power". He just makes deals with guys in exchange of promises of power. This mistake is also present in Meridia. Even though she is called the Mistress of Infinite Energies and her power/symbol is the sun, she didn't create the sun (credit goes to magnus), and nor is the sun infinite (Bloodcursed arrows thrown at it every few minutes cuts out it's power).

See? You picked the wrong battlefield.

Worshipper DO matter. Check the Thalmor Plan To Destroy the World. In that, they state that if Talos must be stopped to stop his influencing of the World Takeover and ascension into godhood, they must first cut off his pool of worshippers, then the knowledge of him, and so on till the very idea of the existence of a human god is eroded, leaving nothing behind. The process is the similar reverse of Mantling, where a person mimics a deity to such a degree there is no separation between the deity and the being, effectively fusing the two. Examples of mantling are present, the main one may be Arkay the shopkeeper - Arkay the God. ANother is Talos - Lorkhan. Unmentioned examples include the UMBRA, wielder of the eponymous sword who end up mantled to each other through the ages. The hero of Kvatch technically mantled Sheogorath, and Jyggalag completed the process, making him the Mad God.

Hence, you will notice some important things. All mortals on the planet are descendants of the et'Ada, with elves being a generation or two closer (Hence their longer lives). The mind is a powerful weapon then, and so the world can be controlled by a skilled mind. This is actually a focal point of the Daedric powers, as they are closely related to the mind. Examples include Mora's obsession of KNOWLEDGE, Vile's POWER LUST, Molag's SUBMISSION/SLAVERY.

Back to point. The daedra do not require worship or maintenance directly, but the divines do. Since Mundus is their creation, the energy put dormant in the world is brought active through conduits like the et'Adan beings. Hence, if all the people became totally mantled to the Divines, you get a near-Anu Being, made of Mundus, with control of Aetherius. They can scour the floors clean with a Daedric Prince.

However, the Daedra meddle with the mortals to prevent just this. Hence, the worshipper theory (Yes, it was influenced by Assassin's Creed and Percy Jackson. Sue me.) still stands.

Another reason Daedra are all powerful is because of CHIM. I ain't gonna explain now, too long.

Yes, the coin idea fits, but not completely. A daedra is stronger than a Divine. I ain't a Lore Master, and I know that. Why?

Easy. Since daedra are unpredictable, volatile creatures, one second they may be weak enoguh to kill with a rusty wooden fork with dull ends, the next second they wipe out you, your mom, everyone you cared about, kills Harry Potter, resurrects your nemesis and serves you boiled Mojito (Seriously, WTF?). This flux is due to, as I said earlier, volatility. On the other hand, Divines are held down by mortal constraints and the Tower binding.

I, however, state this with total honesty. The Strongest being ever, is a player with control over the Console Commands and the Construction KIt. I made sanguine vanish with a single keystroke, beat that!