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I thin I already mentioned both of these things in past comments. I already explained the "Daedra Time Theory," in which the barrier between Oblivion and Nirn still works, but Daedra are able to appear for limited amounts of time, thus never giving them a chance to invade Nirn again. It would also explain why your summoned lesser daedra would dissapear after a short while.

I also already mentioned the argument where it isn't about strength, it's about where you are strongest. I'll call it the "Home Theory," because I am ever so fond of theories, and cheese, but I'll refer to it as such from now on as well. Mehrunes Dagon could have been defeated because he was away from where he was strongest, home, and the combined influnce of Akatosh, along with the mortal being of Matin Septim who was in his homeworld of Nirn, could have been enough to defeat him.

Again, this argument could very well descend into not whether or not the Daedra are stronger than the Daedra, but it could depend on the battleground. No one can deny the Aedra are powerful, nor the daedric princes. Both have done things of considerable power. Lorkhans heart, just a body part of his, caused the Red Volcano, or so people say. Now, I think we can all agree that Mehrunes Dagon is probably weakened from his battle in the Oblivion crisis, so we should consider that case resolved and leave him out of the argument. Dagon probably holds no power he might have had over the Aedra anymore. Instead, since it is not the whole species of daedra we are refering too as it is the Princes, we should instead focus on finding the strongest of the Princes and see what they have against the Aedra, as we should for the Aedra as well.

We all pretty much agree that Akatosh is probably the strongest, as he is the chief god, worshipped in many cultures as the head honcho, like the Zeus of the Elder Scrolls. What about the other Divines? Stendaar? Julianos? Arkay? Mara? Dibella? Take your pick. Who besides Akatosh holds considerable power? We should leave Talos out as he is not technically an Aedra.