Arkay

Arkay, colloquially known as the God of the Cycle of Birth and Death, was a major divinity of the Nine Divines, the official religion of the Cyrodilic Empires, and represented the qualities of birth and death. Arkay was not only a member of the Nine Divines, but was a popular divinity across Tamriel and could be found in many diverse pantheons. Arkay was often more important in those cultures where his father, Akatosh, was either less related to time or where his time aspects were difficult to comprehend by the layman. He was the god of burials and funeral rites, and was sometimes associated with the seasons. His priests were staunch opponents of Necromancy and all forms of the undead. It was said that Arkay did not exist before the world of Nirn was created by the Nine Divines under Lorkhan's supervision. Therefore, he was sometimes called the Mortals' God. The Mortals' God was the great spirit who brought every man and woman, Nede, Mer, Khajiit, and Argonian into the world, and when he deemed the time right he ended their circle of life and death. Arkay was fertility and blight, joy and sorrow. Arkay stood for blessed neutrality and his chapels did not offer blessings to pilgrims as giving either favor or curse would be to upset the eternal balance.

His main chapel was located in the Cyrodilic city of Cheydinhal and he was one of the more prominent of the gods represented at the Temple of the One in the Imperial City. At his chapels, Arkay saw fit to bless parishoners with increased health. Arkay was honored in the form of statues that could be found in the Arboretum in the Imperial City. The priests of Arkay, along with his temples, were protected by a knightly order known as the Knights of the Circle. Along with his chapels and statues, the God of the Cycle of Birth and Death also had various wayshrines devoted to him scattered across Cyrodiil.

Wayshrines

 * Southwest of Skingrad and south of Silorn, near Cyrodiil's border with Elsweyr
 * North of Anvil, north of the Brina Cross Inn on the Gold Road, and just southeast of Bleak Mine
 * Southwest of Skingrad to the southeast of Fat Rat Camp

"Praying at any one of these will earn the Breath of Arkay Spell."

Apotheosis
It is suggested by Arkay the God in Daggerfall, that Arkay was originally a shopkeeper, whose Apotheosis was due to Mara.  Arkay the God.

Appearances

 * The Elder Scrolls: Arena
 * The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard 
 * The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
 * The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind 
 * The Elder Scrolls III: Tribunal 
 * The Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon 
 * The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
 * The Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine 
 * The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles
 * The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Mobile 

Appearances

 * The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
 * The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
 * The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
 * The Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine