Skyrim:Darkest Darkness

Book Information Darkest Darkness
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Locations
Found in the following locations: Angeline's Aromatics, on a bookshelf in the room with the business ledger Bards College, on a bookshelf in Inge Six Fingers' room Black-Briar Manor, on a bookshelf in Hemming Black-Briar's bedroom Blue Palace, on a hallway bookshelf The Brinehammer Below Deck, on the bottom of a shelf, next to a sack Broken Fang Cave, on a shelf near the arcane enchanter Broken Helm Hollow, on the top of a shelf near the boss chest Deepwood Redoubt, on a stone table near the door leading to Deepwood Vale Dragonsreach, on a bookshelf in the main hall Dragonsreach Jarl's Quarters, on a bookshelf in the study East Empire Company, on a bookshelf in the back Fort Dunstad Prison, hidden behind some rubble in a cell Fort Dunstad Commander's Quarters, one on a bookshelf next to a troll skull, and one on the floor next to the bed More Locations Fort Greymoor, on a bookshelf next to the double bed near the boss chest Fort Neugrad, on a low shelf in the corner of the dining area Frostmere Crypt, on a stone table near a copy of Kyr's Bounty The Frozen Hearth, on a shelf in Nelacar's room Hob's Fall Cave, on the shelf of the cupboard holding the unusual gem House of Clan Battle-Born, on the floor in front of a bookshelf in Jon Battle-Born's bedroom Ilinalta's Deep, one on one of four bookshelves in a western room, and another on a bookshelf across from the alchemy lab Jorrvaskr, on a shelf in the main hall The Katariah, two on separate shelves in a room with a map spread out on a table, another on a bookshelf in a hallway next to a door Liar's Retreat, on a table near the bed in a bedroom Pinewatch Bandit's Sanctuary, in a locked room on a bookshelf below the unusual gem Radiant Raiment, two on a bookshelf upstairs Rimerock Burrow, on a bookshelf near the boss chest Severio Pelagia's House, on a shelf in the study Solitude Sawmill, on a low shelf upstairs Thalmor Embassy, on a hallway bookshelf Thalmor Headquarters, on a tall bookshelf near the map room Bryling's House Erikur's House Palace of the Kings Upstairs Sky Haven Temple Thalmor Embassy, Elenwen's Solar (3) Twilight Sepulcher Valthume Viola Giordano's House Vittoria Vici's House Volkihar KeepDG

Darkest Darkness

A description of various Daedra

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In Morrowind, both worshippers and sorcerers summon lesser Daedra and bound Daedra as servants and instruments.

Most Daedric servants can be summoned by sorcerers only for very brief periods, within the most fragile and tenuous frameworks of command and binding. This fortunately limits their capacity for mischief, though in only a few minutes, most of these servants can do terrible harm to their summoners as well as their enemies.

Worshippers may bind other Daedric servants to this plane through rituals and pacts. Such arrangements result in the Daedric servant remaining on this plane indefinitely -- or at least until their bodily manifestations on this plane are destroyed, precipitating their supernatural essences back to Oblivion. Whenever Daedra are encountered at Daedric ruins or in tombs, they are almost invariably long-term visitors to our plane.

Likewise, lesser entities bound by their Daedra Lords into weapons and armor may be summoned for brief periods, or may persist indefinitely, so long as they are not destroyed and banished. The class of bound weapons and bound armors summoned by Temple followers and conjurors are examples of short-term bindings; Daedric artifacts like Mehrunes Razor and the Mask of Clavicus Vile are examples of long-term bindings.

The Tribunal Temple of Morrowind has incorporated the veneration of Daedra as lesser spirits subservient to the immortal Almsivi, the Triune godhead of Almalexia, Sotha Sil, and Vivec. These subordinate Daedra are divided into the Good Daedra and the Bad Daedra. The Good Daedra have willingly submitted to the authority of Almsivi; the Bad Daedra are rebels who defy Almsivi -- treacherous kin who are more often adversaries than allies.

The Good Daedra are Boethiah, Azura, and Mephala. The hunger is a powerful and violent lesser Daedra associated with Boethiah, Father of Plots -- a sinuous, long-limbed, long-tailed creature with a beast-skulled head, noted for its paralyzing touch and its ability to disintegrate weapons and armor. The winged twilight is a messenger of Azura, Goddess of Dusk and Dawn. Winged twilights resemble the feral harpies of the West, though the feminine aspects of the winged twilights are more ravishing, and their long, sharp, hooked tails are immeasurably more deadly. Spider Daedra are the servants of Mephala, taking the form of spider-humanoid centaurs, with a naked upper head, torso, and arms of human proportions, mounted on the eight legs and armored carapace of a giant spider. Unfortunately, these Daedra are so fierce and irrational that they cannot be trusted to heed the commands of the Spinner. As a consequence, few sorcerers are willing to either summon or bind such creatures in Morrowind.

The Bad Daedra are Mehrunes Dagon, Malacath, Sheogorath, and Molag Bal. Three lesser Daedra are associated with Mehrunes Dagon: the agile and pesky scamp, the ferocious and beast-like clannfear, and the noble and deadly dremora. The crocodile-headed humanoid Daedra called the daedroth is a servant of Molag Bal, while the giant but dim-witted ogrim is a servant of Malacath. Sheogorath's lesser Daedra, the golden saint, a half-clothed human female in appearance, is highly resistant to magic and a dangerous spellcaster.

Another type of lesser Daedra often encountered in Morrowind is the Atronach, or Elemental Daedra. Atronachs have no binding kinship or alignments with the Daedra Lords, serving one realm or another at whim, shifting sides according to seduction, compulsion, or opportunity.