Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-2.100.92.38-20130821124429/@comment-202.156.8.10-20131130131937

After another load of analyses, I came to a conclusion:

Aedra: Only Akatosh and Lorkhan are powerful, being time and space. Chaos (Padomay) and Order (Anu) actually cannot exist without time and space, but lets not go there, OK? (yes, Beth physics never makes sense, neither do their pantheons)

Daedra: Can be split into a few tiers if considered as forces (Meridia and Malacath  do not count as proper DPs, due to origins):

Top Tier:

Jyggalag (order), Nocturnal (shadow), Hermaeus Mora (knowledge, fate, just because you don't see it does not mean it does not exist), Azura (day, night), Mehrunes Dagon (change) (not powerful anymore, though) - These DPs are always existent as forces and the existance (or lack thereof) of life does not obiviate them or their roles.

Second tier:

Molag Bal (evolution's reason), Sheogorath (rabies haha), Peryite (I know ppl and lore say he's weak, but I don't think so), Hircine (animals), Namira (decay) - They are biological forces and so require only simple life to permeate space and time for them to exist as forces.

Third tier:

Clavicus vile (deception), Mephala (deception), Boethiah (schemes), Vaermina (dreams), Sanguine (pleasure) - these DPs require the most complex of life to exert their forces of control. their powers are illusions, the weakness of a non CHIM mind.