Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25196161-20140718180949/@comment-25100715-20140722000518

Br3admax wrote: JillKill87 wrote: Br3admax wrote: Alduin, lorewise, is stronger than the daedric princes hes Akatosh's son and Akatosh and Merhunes Dagon seemed evenly matched in Oblivion when they faught, both exchanged a number of blows and hurt each other before Akatosh finished him.

if hes his son hes obviously strong and part diety but not as strong Alduin is Akatosh's son in a similar way to Shor being the son of Shor. It doesn't work the way you think it does. Mehrunes Dagon wasn't a match for Akatosh, Dagon fought evenly with an avatar of Akatosh, who doesn't hold nearly his level of power. And Alduin doesn't need to be as strong as Akatosh to be stronger than Dagon, even if this last statement is made off of an assumption. "Dagon fought evenly with an avatar of Akatosh, who doesn't hold nearly his level of power."

in mythology avatars do have all the powers of the god they are representing, look up hinduism's avatars (the only definition of avatar actually). there is no other definition so its the same here as it would be in any lore.

you kinda need to be strong as your deity father to be stronger then a deity he faught evenly against. not to mention if the Aedra were that much stronger then the Daedra then before Nirn was created they would have wiped them out, dont you think?