Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24.44.141.89-20131016215436/@comment-86.162.215.141-20170227205124

Hermaeus Mora, Daedric Prince of Forbidden Knowledge and the Tides of Fate. Hermaeus Mora has an advantage over the other DPs because he has knowledge and will therefore be able to predict their moves, as 129.225.228.32 said like a game of chess, Hermaeus Mora's sibling Mephala is said to have disguised herself as the Night Mother in order to control the Dark Brotherhood after they broke away from the Morag Tong. Hermaeus Mora also has experience tricking mortals, this is a story from a book in skyrim: "Ysgramor was hunting a sacred white stag which was legendary in Atmora for glory, and after hours of tracking, came across a stream at which the stag was drinking. Ysgramor drew his bow, took aim and fired an arrow at the stag. The arrow missed by a hairs width and nestled into the snow at the stag's feet. The stag looked up at Ysgramor and before he could draw his bow again, the stag pranced into the forest out of sight. Ysgramor cursed, he had missed a once in lifetime chance. While he was scolding himself, a rabbit bounded out of the trees and settled next to Ysgramor before speaking. The rabbit told Ysgramor the exact location of the stag, in his disbelief Ysgramor asked the rabbit how he knew of the stag's location, the rabbit returned by informing Ysgramor that due to his long ears he could hear the stag's movements. Ysgramor asked the rabbit how if he could get ears like his. The rabbit obliged and Ysgramor began to feel his ears lengthening and tapering. Suddenly a fox jumped from the forest and savagely ate the rabbit. Ysgramor felt his ears return to their normal size, the fox looked at Ysgramor and told him that the rabbit was Haermaeus Mora in disguise and he had tried to trick Ysgramor into becoming an elf." This story proves that Hermaeus Mora often disguises himself and tricks mortals as he played the first and last dragonborn against each other to further his goals. The bosmer or wood elfs worship y'ffre who made them sign the green pact in return for living in Valenwood. Y'ffre has not been confirmed as an Aedra, a Magna-ge or a Daedra. He was, as far as we know, not one of the Et-Ada. I theorise that Y'ffre is Hermaeus Mora in disguise. We have agreed that worship makes daedra more powerful and if Hermaeus Mora could trick the bosmer into worship he could gain more power. Fudgemuppet have made a video on the subject which is very helpful. Also his artefacts are among the most powerful. The dwemer, deep elves or dwarves who are credited with being the most intelligent of all the mortal races, often travelled to Apocrypha and owned a Black Book as well as Hermaeus Mora's most known artefact the Oghma Infinium, The cover of which being made of the skin of each elf race.

In summary Hermaeus Mora could predict the moves of every other Daedric Prince before they made them (with the exception of Sheogorath) and order his armies of seekers and lurkers much more effectively.

Also he is the coolest looking in my opinion.