Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-29522860-20171015211136

Reading over the Daedra page, a comparitivly small amount of the book's implications have been included on the page, besides the reffrence to Dremora serving other masters. Given that the book appears to have been written by a Daedroth (I use this as the singular of Daedra), it seems like a reliable source of information on them.

The book states that Daedra do not fear dying, due to their reincarnation in "The Darkness" (which I can only assume, based on this and dialogue in the Shivering Isles, is the Daedric name for the Void). The book also states that Daedra do feel pain, shame, and loss, and they fear it (even Sheogorath, a Daedric Prince with a disturbed mind, caved to despair during the Greymarch). While they fear the Darkness, they also hate it. Some such as Scamps and Vermai do not have evolved enough minds to feel that much fear, but Dremora and Sheogorath's two Daedric armies have humanlike intellect, and can only learn to overcome their fears.

It also states that most Daedra (certainly not all, as they can have children (Molog's daughter)) were not born biologically as any certain race, but incarnate into something called a "clan-form" that shapes their bodies and thought, and gives them a sense of purpose. Based on this and the implications found in the Shivering Isles, a Daedra that was originally born as a Dremora will most likely prefer to reincarnate themselves as a Dremora, and will feel a kinship with them despite having no blood relation.

Additionally the book states that all Daedra serve who they view as strong, so that they can feel protected, and they serve by choice alone. Dremora's loyalty to Mehrunes is the example used here, as they have long prefered him as a master, but only in comparitvly recent time. Daedric bondage to their Princes and Mistresses grant security and trust, but when the oaths are broken, the Daedra are exposed to the things they fear.

Daedra consider mortal races as prey, and themselves as hunters, with Daedra of lesser intellect being refered to as hounds and beaters. According to this Daedric author, the flesh of mortals has a pleasing taste, and to torment them is "diverting," meaning that Daedra consider the torment of mortals as a distraction from their own immortal woes. But many Daedra admire or at least hold respect for the mortals they torment, lamenting their eventual deaths, and even secretly applauding a mortal's victories against Daedra. They also acknowledge the capacity of mortals to decay and fade. While they may not truely dwell on the mortal victories against them, Daedra often consider this riskiness as an alluring quality in the torment of mortals.

Finally, the book mentions how mortals are doomed to experience all the things that Daedra do and do not fear, such as death and loss. But many cannot seem to comprehend that, despite the inevitability of such horrible things, mortals do not live in despair and fear like the Daedra do.

All of these are implied by the short exerpts found in "Spirit of the Daedra," which I just discovered while perusing the Mystic Archives. Are these implications worthy of being added to the Daedra page? 