User blog comment:Madman97/The Aedra Vs. The Daedra theory/@comment-7153552-20131009223138/@comment-11345660-20131009233353

True enough. However, like I said before. The Aedra DID lose a lot of power in the creation, or at least the Divines did and some Et'Ada became mortal, but the Divines still got confined to their own realms. Appearing on Nirn for them physically is not possible, at least, until they gain the strength to do so. So, they can only defeat their enemies through using people as avatars, still showing off impressive displays of power in the process.