Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-2.100.92.38-20130821124429/@comment-218.186.252.160-20131015133645

Actually, think about it. Akatosh is most powerful, but only passively. Its like those MOBA games where you have this guy with suckky spells and lousy attacks, but his aura does so much damage that everyone who goes near him dies. This is because he is time (I am being realistic here, this is not purely based on lore), which nothing can exist without it existing. In theory, Akatosh can die, but if he dies, time stops and ends, causing the entire multiverse to cease to exist (including oblivion, which time permeates) So, Akatosh is a quantum immortal. But he cannot control his powers, because they flow from him indefinitely. So he is cannot be most powerful CONCIOUSLY. The DPs are more powerful consciously, definitely, and the most powerful DP is probably Mehrunes Dagon. He is destruction, so he is entropy, which means he cannot decrease. The only reason Akatosh's avatar kicked his dremora ass was because TIME takes precedence over ENTROPY. Time increases forever, but entropy can only increase with time. Concepts that are more physical, like destruction, change, stasis are probably the power, while those that can exist in specific conditions, like Peryite's disease is weak. So peryite is weak. The weakest DPs are probably Peryite, Meridia, Clavicus Vile etc, because they require mortals to actually permeate the space time. Emotions, such as Sheogorath, Molag Bal, Mephala are probably more powerful. Physical things, like Dagon, Azura, Hermaeus Mora (Knowledge does not require mortals to be knowledge. It is always there) etc are probably more powerful as they require no medium to cause their powers to permeate. Which is why Akatosh reigns supreme. Time permeates and shapes everything, whether you like it or not. That's why, don't compare anyting to Akatosh. He is powerful, yet completely useless (he cannot stop the permeation of time, nor can he warp the continuum). Remember, the DPs use their power to create the oblivion planes, so their power is there. If they leave it, they will be reduced to divine standards. So, the only way to know the truly most powerful one is to let them invade Nirn one by one and find out