Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-2.30.76.220-20160718185419/@comment-173.81.113.240-20170127225516

Though the question has been answered many times, many seem to not understand the basic concept of what Death would be to a Daedric Prince or daedra themselves.

Daedra, like Dremora and the various other types, can be 'killed' as in their outer shells, the bodies are destroyed when they are in Mundus and if they are in Oblivion, they can still be defeated but their actual spirit and personality is merely sent back into the Void. This is what they consider death among their kind but they return after several thousand years with a new body and possibly even new personality seemingly being reborn like how a baby is born.

Daedric Princes though are far different. Since they are interconnected with their Oblivion Realm, its impossible to kill them without destroying the Realm which is an exceedingly difficult task. The act of their physical body being destroyed merely weakens them for thousands of years. Their closest approximation to death is when their True Name is uttered which drains of them of their power and sends them into the Void, in effect they go to sleep. But since being immortal and thus will never experience true death like mortals, being put to sleep is a very traumatic experience. This has happened to Dagon twice. Also remember, Daedric Princes are weakened whenever they entere a realm that they do not control, not even allowing them to use anything but a mere fraction of their power.

The only other way for a Daedric Prince to experience "Death" is by being defeated by another Prince or Daedra, as a result this allows the conquering Daedra to take control over the Oblivion Realm and expand their influence leaving them without a land which causes them to lose their power and the process to return becomes much harder.