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My personal theory is that Peryite is the Daedric King in "charge" of all the Daedric Princes. Why Peryite? Because he's said to be the weakest (and yet has the form of a dragon). The Daedra are beings of change, and so probably didn't like the idea of being accountable to the other Princes even though somebody had to keep Oblivion organized (and nobody wanted Jyggalag to do it). Peryite was probably elected to be the "king" so he could have all the responsibilities (like keeping the lesser Daedra in line) and yet due to being weaker than the most powerful Daedra not have any real ability to back up his authority, which allowed the Daedric Princes to do what they wanted. Of course, this is all just speculation on my part.