Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-139.228.161.207-20150131164559/@comment-1255618-20190316031744

Lorkhan has variously been considered as an Aedroth, Daedroth, or neither depending upon the source and that source's bias. In the end it all comes down to semantics and where one wants to draw the lines for each category.

Personally, without being able to specify any further I would consider Lorkhan to be either one of the Daedra or both Aedroth and Daedroth. The reason I think he could reasonably be classified as a Daedric Prince is due to Mankar Camoran's speech:  Mankar makes some logically convincing points, which are that (A) Lorkhan created Mundus as another realm in Oblivion rather than creating it in either Aetherius or between Oblivion and Aetherius, and (B) Lorkhan was unable to be completely killed by the Aedra (just like Daedra in general can't be killed, only defeated or banished) but Aedra are supposed to be (in theory) killable although extremely powerful. So according to this interpretation Lorkahn is the Daedric Prince of the Oblivion realm of Mundus, but since he helped create Mundus alongside the Aedra it can be argued that Lorkhan is also an Aedroth in addition to being a Daedroth. Alternatively, one could classify him as a Padomaic Aedroth, whereas the other Aedra are Anuic Aedra, similar to how Meridia and Malacath are Anuic Daedra even though most Daedra are Padomaic. Again, in the end it all comes down to semantics.