Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-25053842-20140612120806/@comment-24349111-20140619083720

Jace The Dragon Slayer wrote: But like I stated above, he doesn't believe the 'Gods' are truly Gods. They may be a higher power than Humans and Mer but, as the Altmer believe, they are over Humans also. So...what says they couldn't just claim to be over everyone as the Altmer have? Looks like you need an introduction to TES lore.

The Aedra (Gods), Daedra and Magna Ge + Magnus are the Et'Ada. The Aedra were the Et'Ada who decided to help Lorkhan build Mundus & Nirn, and who sacrificed parts of themselves for it. The Daedra are the ones who did not want to help Lorkhan and instead wanted to build a realm out of themselves. The Magna Ge + Magnus are the ones who helped build Nirn, but realized that they'd loose almost all of their power if they'd complete Nirn, which is why they fled to Aetherius before Nirn was completed.

All of these are on a Subgradient (or several Subgradients, since there are also the Ada and Ehlnofex) above the "mortal" Subgradient. Basicly, yes, they are truly divine.