Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24.44.141.89-20131016215436/@comment-86.162.215.141-20170301202433

24.44.141.89 wrote: I would say Malacath. The reason is because it was never confirmed that he lost any power when he became a Daedra and Trinimac was more powerful then any Aedra/Daedra. If not him then Nocturnal. Some refer to Nocturnal as the Ur-Daedra. If this is true then she would definitely be the most powerful. Nope. Trinimac wasn't an especially powerful Aedra and because Aedra used a large amount of their power creating Mundus and because of this they are all less powerful then Daedric Princes so that lore is fake. Also see the post above, Nocturnal isn't the most powerful for many reasons and being the oldest Daedric Prince doesn't mean anything.

Where did you get the idea that Trinimach was powerful? It's common knowledge that Akatosh/Auriel is the most powerful Aedra which is why he is the chief Aedra. Also Aedra are always less powerful than Magna-Ge or Daedra because of all the Et-Ada the Aedra used the most of their power on creating Mundus.

Here is some backstory lore. The Et-Ada (The Original Spirits) were tricked by Lorkan (Another Et-Ada) into using their powers and creating Mundus (The Mortal Realm). This was the point at which the Et-Ada split into Daedra, Magna-Ge and Aedra.

The differences between the three are: The Daedra refused to help create Mundus and never lost any of their power. The Magna-Ge helped at the start but after realising that they had begun to lose their power, left for the aetherius, The first of the Magna-Ge to leave was Magnus for which the rest were named. As the Magna-Ge fled, they tore holes in the Aetherius which, to mortal eyes look like stars and the hole left by Magnus was big enough to be percieved by mortals the sun itself. The Aedra are, contrary to popular opinion the weakest of the three. This is because they used almost all of their power in creating Mundus and it's various races.

The reason why Aedra have triumphed over Daedra before is because Daedric Princes are weakened when they travel to Mundus from Oblivion.

Conclusion : Trinimach wasn't actually very powerful