Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-25053842-20140612120806/@comment-24261859-20140619024017

You might be able to claim that the Nine are long dead (except for Akatosh, since he is still active, and maybe Talos), though it would be a stretch. The daedra especially are very real and involved in the mortal world to whatever extent they can since Akatosh's intervention.

You don't have to worship Sithis if you don't want to. You're never required to make any claims of loyalty to the Night Mother or Sithis. Just use the NM as a means to get more contracts--no one says you ever have to lie at all, since they don't ask.