I think the daedric prince of Bel Aire is a notable candidate for the strongest of them all.

You are forgetting nazeem the daedric price of the cloud district

Everyone: Calls Peryite the weakest. Peryite: Aight Imma release corona virus.

Meridia is only a draedric prince by technicality, but you must remember that she did go toe to toe with Molag Bal himself in his own realm

Ultimately, Peryite is the weakest Daedric Prince. The reason why is simple: Bethesda calls him the weakest.

"Mehrunes Dagon is incompetent, Meridia is the worst" Bruh, if I lost a tooth for every time Clavicus Vile got out-hornswoggled due to his own incompetence I'd have to eat everything through a straw.

2019: "Peryite is the weakest Daedric Prince" 2020: "Peryite is one of greatest Daedric Princes"

Boethiah, because I'm throwing him under the bus right now. If the Daedric Prince of Betrayal can be betrayed, he's clearly nothing special.

Who else remembers killing Dagon in oblivion right before Martin does? He was so flexible for a dead man

Clavicus Vile deserves an honorable/dishonorable mention in my opinion. I mean what kind of disagreement is worth weakening yourself so much you can't leave a cave? Also it seems like he wouldn't have much influence among mortals because he is fairly infamous for making bad deals.

Meridia is the worst because of 6 words “A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON”

ANOTHER MORTAL TOUCHES THE BEACON

i'm the worst real-world Prince

How is Malacath evil? He created a weapon to help mortals fight off Daedra. He also mostly leave mortals alone.

My bets on Molag Bal for matching our mortal concept of evil the most and Meridia to match our mortal concept of good the most

Namira is actually very powerful, she just isn't interested in meddling with things. She's, according to the khajiit, the corrupt part of Lorkhan, having spawned out of Lorkhan's heart when he died. People mistake her inaction for weakness, but she's one of the driving forces in the world, she basically created nirn, being the conscious part of the heart of Lorkhan and is tied to its existance.

If my memory serves, canonically, Peryite is the weakest and least respected.

3:17 Knew the coronavirus call out was coming.

"Merida didn't start out as a daedra" neither did malacath

Clavicus Vile now claims the status as the weakest prince. I'm inclined to believe that in current times this puts him as top candidate for worst prince considering he actually admits to the Dragonborn being nearly as powerful as him. The Dragonborn far exceeds all but a small handful other mortals in Tamriel but isn't anywhere near a daedric prince in power. Or shouldn't be at least. Yet here we are... "As much as I hate to say it, you're almost as powerful as I am right now. But that's just because half of my power resides in that mutt, Barbas. Come to think of it, I know of a win-win situation for both of us." - Clavicus Vile to the Dragonborn during his quest. Now he does say that's because half his power is in Barbas but also remember that even with Barbas there Umbra devastated his realm and stole much of his power so he's still extremely weak currently.

Probably Azura because of how little control she has of her own Oblivion plane and how easy it is for adept mage to make his home there.

So we're just gonna kinda mention Molag Bal? As a kind of footnote. The one that tortures people into submission? A realm of eternal torture doesn't get you into the Evil category?

My reason I think meridia is the worst daedric prince: A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON Me: not again 😭😭😭😭😭😭

I'd say the strongest princes are Hermeaus Mora, Jyggalag/Sheogorath, Nocturnal, and Molag Bal. I say this because Hermaeus Mora know literally all knowledge in the elder scrolls universe even out side of mundus and it is possible he may have knowledge of the godhead and the process to become the godhead or achieve Chim. Jyggalag/Sheogorath are by far the strongest overall of the princes due to the shear power both have over the mortal realm and in how the other princes fear them plus they have beaten the other princes more than any mortal or deity. Good examples include the time Sheogorath out smarted Hircine in a duel of beasts by using ingeniously using a bird to make hircines beast tear itself apart trying to kill the bird. Another good example is when Sheogorath stole a follower from Vaermina by beating her at her own game. Nocturnal is arguably one of the most powerful princes due to her having one of the most numerous and stable followings of mortals in mundus. It's also been shown she is extremely capable as she tricked clavicus vile into a deal her favor along with mephala. In fact through this deal Nocturnal almost conquered all of mundus in her attempt to gain control of the crystal tower in the summerset isles in the late second era during Molag bald invasion of tamriel. Molag Bal is also one of the strongest due to the fact besides Nocturnal, Clavicus Vile, and the Daedric Tribunal in Morrowind he has the most influence in mundus due to creating the vampires along with his near successful invasion and assimilation of tamriel. It could be argued that he was the closest to succeeding in his attempts more than any other Daedric prince.

Wheres jygggalag? Didnt he literally scare the other princes into trapping him in sheogorath?

I have a theory that the elves scorn the daedra because their actually jealous of the daedra. It makes sense because the elves regret helping create the world. So they would naturally be jealous that those did not kept their immense power as well as never dying.

I think Meridia is that one being who everyone tried to stick in a choir yet she was determined to be her own show. What I like the most about her is that you could easily become your run of the mill Vigilant of Stendarr or you can go edgie and become a knight of Meridia (outfit completely up to you) and be the envy of all undead slaying groups slashing Dawnbreaker around with special effects explosions all around you.

To be fair, decay is always happening, we all decay, slowly until near the end when its it spead up

No good reason for Dagon to invade Tamriel? He's the deadric prince of change, revolution and destruction. Invading Tamriel and changing the balance is the reason HE EXISTS! His mission was not to win. His mission was to shake the world. That's why him invading all of Tamriel is more usefull in creating chaos then at one specific location. Dagon doesn't have to win. That's also why he didn't invade during the events of Morrowind for example. It would have made the situation worse yes. But it wouldn't change the peace. Him attacking at a time of peace and therefor creating a revolution is the mission!

Meridia's consorting with Illicit Spectra was when she worked with Molag Bal to create Merunhes Dagon. I don't remember the whole thing, like why she was convinced to do so, but they needed the help of a magna ge, and they got Meridia to help out. She got banished over it and she's been trying to undermine Molag Bal ever since. Also her morals aren't that good. She did help the Ayleids opress the nedes of Cyrodiil. She's morally neutral, not good. She just hates undead because of Molag Bal and generally is aligned with Anuic forces against Padomeic ones, but is also a bit of a rebel. Also, she didn't necesarily *need* to create thecolored rooms with Magnus' light, she's a magna ge, she wanted to create a home that is comfortable for her, made out of aetherius anuic light, not out of oblivion padomeic darkness.

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Nice channel man, I like listening to your videos in the background while working.

Thought that was Darth Maul in the thumbnail for a second

0:00 Wow that opener was unexpected - it gave me chills! Thank you, of course, for this interesting lore video, but thank you also for that opener!

your videos are awesome!! i watch then while i play skyrim making my experience 2x better.

1:00 The thing with Mehrunes Dagon is that, while he may not plan his invasions with the intent to fail, some power above his own, perhaps even the Elder Scrolls themselves, does. Dagon is the Lord of change and destruction, and while he himself might want power over the souls of Tamriel, a higher power is simply orchestrating this invasion to carry out Dagon's domain against his will, causing destruction and bringing about change without allowing Dagon to actually amass any real power. Essentially, every one of Dagon's invasions is just "Error: Task failed successfully" in action.

To be fair Namira is the goddess of the Void (scuttling Void) and she was strong enough to have a hold of Lorkhan for a time.

Mehrunes Dagon is the prince of destruction and change, his objective during the oblivion crisis was to change Tamriel forever which he succeeded by destroying the septum dynasty, and in doing so this led to the crippling of the empire as well as its eventual defeat in the Great War between the Aldmeri dominion which caused even more conflicts, I’d say Dagon did a pretty dam good job

Could you do a video of the strongest to weakest Daedric Princes? And include Jyggalag! Thanks!

tbf, dagon has probably been the cause for more deaths then the other princes other then maybe molag

I don't know which is the worse one. But my personal favorite is either Sheogorath, Sanguine, or Mora.

Legend tells of an 18th prince, the most powerful. He gets to the cloud district often, he steals sweet rolls, he has taken arrows in the knee and has kept adventuring, he is... Todd Howard

1:27 Jagar Tharn made a deal with Mehrunes Dagon to destroy the Battlespire. Mehrunes was defeated and banished by a mage (who you play as in the Battlespire game), so he DID have the possibility of invading Tamriel, but lost it.

Me: **sees title** My brain: A nEw HaNd ToUcHeS tHe BeAcOn

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Jyggalag... Anyone?

I had a comment about Molag Bol but then I realized that the video is the WORST deadric prince, not who is the most evil which is how I took it at first

OHH I thought you meant who’s “morally” the worst! I was like “Where’s Molag Bal?”

You really dont understand mehrunes dagon, hes also called the prince of revolution. All of his invasions have been successfull because he never intends to conquer just to bring about change, which he does. He is definitely one of the stronger ones.

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Molag Bal: Daedric Prince of knocking on neighbors’ doors reading a note written by the judge

1. Sheogorath, the mad half of the Daedric Prince Jyggalag who was powerful enough to be a threat to all other Daedric Princes. 2. Azura. 3. Boeithiah. 4. MolagBal 5. Mehrunes Dagon. 6. Malacath, arguably has the 4th largest following and was quite powerful in his previous life as an Aedra. 7. Hermaeus Mora, impossible to out think or betray given his spheres of memory and knowledge. 8. Mephala, I don't consider her to be all that powerful but she is the third most venerated prince. 9. Vaermina. 10. Hircine, if you placed him higher or lower I wouldn't argue with you 11. Sanguine, his artifact the Sanguine Rose is among the best in Skyrim its just he doesn't do all that much in the lore. 12. Clavicus Vile, I feel he's nothing all that special although he does have many artifacts which puts him at the 12th spot imo. 13. Noctural: Doesn't do all that much though it can be argued she doesn't need to given her spheres of darkness and shadow. 14. Meridia, she can't defend her own sanctum despite being opposed to necromancy which one would think would stand her in good stead with many mortals. 15. Namira. 16. Peryite, only entrusted with the lowest levels of Oblivion. If you don't agree with these feel free to tell me why, I just felt that the list of the worst 3 daedra in this video wasn't quite right in my view.

Damn. Dudes about to wake up to a UPS package, open it and hear "THE BEACON FINDS A NEW BEARER!" after them fightin words he just put out there lmao.

I can just imagines peryites delight when the thrassian plague was unleashed

hey man, what is the enb and lighting mod you use? that scenes from the background were gorgeous!

I'm so glad he brought back the old intro

If you are gonna do a video called "Who is the worst" you should specify WHAT do you mean by "the worst"... Do you mean who is the weakest? Do you mean who is the worst to mortals? Right now im sill not sure what do you mean by "the worst"... But i think you meant it by "who is the worst at being deadric prince. But you don't understand that not all deadra are bad and not all aedra are good.

Jyggalag is the weakest daedric prince right now we zero influence and followers on mundas.

Which daedric price do you think rewards you with the best artifact weapon or piece of armour?

Lol what if the whole time Nazeem was just one of the daedric princes trolling the Dragonborn

I agree she’s the worst prince by context of the other Princes. Where the others enact some form of change, for good or ill, she wants stability and stasis of life. But unlike the Divines she’s somewhat Machiavellian about it in that she uses mortals for her own agenda and not the good of creation. There’s also evidence that she might actually be like the other Princes in that she also wants to conquer Tamriel. End of her quest in Skyrim, she talks about “spreading her light” and your character may rebuke her by telling her to get someone else to spread her religion. By that thought, mortals not being afraid of her may work to her advantage. She puts herself as an ally to people but in a sinister way. She’s helping you, but to what end? I’ve actually been wanting to see Meridia used as a main villain in the series at some point. Given her former status as a Magna Ge and her supposed ties to Lyg and being cast out of Aetherius, she’d be a very compelling villainess.

Clavicus takes the cake for idiocy. He is the reason why Umbra became an issue.

An I the only one who grew to love the Skyrim music? Feel like “I’m going on an adventure!” Kinda like the hobbit. Love this game.

I thought this was gonna be about who's the most evil. In that case, all of them. Walk in the light of Stendarr, my brothers and sisters.

i think im the only one who loves and follows namira,the level of fear and exceptionality in his beliefs make me love her,i always love primal wild:) anyone else like me?

I wouldn't call meridia weak. She went toe to toe against molag bal in his own realm, she flung a piece of her realm to his even and created a stronghold there, and durring summerset, she was able to defend her realm against nocturnal, even when all her sect upon summerset was defeated! His sword the dawnbreaker was also able to push back/damage Nocturnal's image and clease the stnoe of the tower. Also like other princes she can even convert other mortals and even daedra to her side. "The Purified are beings that have been lustrated for purification by the Daedric Prince Meridia. For mortals, this usually involves being stripped of their will and bestowed with the gift of immortality for the purpose of serving her for all eternity. The Purified are imbued with a golden radiance within their bodies that causes them to emit a glow from beneath their skin. Beings who join the ranks of the Purified include those who willingly pledge themselves to Meridia's service,[1] as well the unwilling[2], such as those who defy her.[2][3][4] They are also referred to as Lustrants by Molag Bal's Dremora minions,[5] though this is sometimes used as a catch-all term to refer to Meridia's followers.[UOL 1]" en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Purified

Nice video, but you made one, typical mistake when you spoke about Meridia. In TES:V she seems to be.... good, carring and she just hate undead. But thing which many people don't know is that... she hate humans too. In Merethic Era, when Ayleids had their kingdom in today Cyrodiil, they were following many Daedra. Meridia was one of them most important for them. She gave Ayleids army of Golden Knights which were one of the Ayleids main force. They build many tempels and shrines for her, but most important thing here is fact, that she was a patron of every game or ritual, in which humans were slain. After Alessia Rebelion, Meridia lost a lot of influence, becouse of humans, but she decited to take her revange in very supprising way. She was using mortals as her subjects and badly punish them if theyr fail, or after they died. She is only acting, in the heart she is as cruel as Dagon or Molag Bal.

The weakest daedra seems to be Sanguine. We never see him worried about strengh or power, Sanguine just wanna have fun.

01:18 But with revolution, yes

"No one launches an invitation with the intention of it failing" - Abbadon would like to know your location

Dragonfires prevented Dagon from invading during the events of Arena as well as during the events of Morrowind. Furthermore, he was working with Jagar Tharn during the events of Arena. Though that was definitely a retcon.

My loyalty lies with Nocturnal. I submit myself to Nocturnal.

"In light of the Coronavirus, you wouldn't want to underestimate him. WOAH WOAH AVARTI CALM DOWN

Jyg or Sheo don't even get a mention I call foul cheese!

Hermaus Mora crafty and even tricked the first dragon born.

“A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON”

I do give credit to Meridia for being able to make her own realm of Oblivion, and the other Princes apparently couldn't stop her.

One thing that I think should be considered is that as the daedra not only have their own planes of existance , but can reconstitute themselves should they 'die'. It doesn't seem like any of them really need mundus, rather it's just a source of entertainment to the princes, and an opportunity to impress for most lesser daedra. So I think the only prince who truly wanted to conquer Tamriel would be Molag-Bal. The rest may play a little rough, but would hate to break their favourite toy.

I must say I love Merida And i am sad that she is not giving a Good Quest...

remember that peryite is only considered weak because of how little he openly associates in the mortal world

I was worried you were gonna attack my boys Hircine and Peryite

Meridia is a Daedric Prince in title only by virtue of having created and ruling over her own realm of Oblivion. In reality, she is a pure Anuic being and therefore of a different class altogether from both the Aedra (who are Anuic and Padomaic in equal parts) and the Daedra (purely Padomaic). That she "consorted with illicit spectra" is non-canon. It is not a phrase ever found in any material in the games. It was written, instead, on the Imperial Library website, but has never been backed up by any canonical, in-universe source. But assuming that it is canon, for the sake of argument, it can easily be explained away as in-universe propaganda meant to deter mortals away from worshipping Meridia (perhaps by the Alessian Order), especially considering her having been a major deity (if not the chief) of the Ayleid pantheon. My own theory, built upon the _Exegesis of Merid-Nunda,_ is that she _chose_ not to return to Aetherius with her father and siblings, prefering instead to stake out in Oblivion so as to remain in close proximity to Mundus (which _is_ partly her creation). That she is called "Lady of Infinite Energies" and said to "[ride? slide?] across the rainbow road from end to end, at one end stretching the Dragon, at the other end compressing him" suggests she serves a vital, stabilizing role for Mundus... perhaps as a (if not, dare I say, _the_ ) source of life on it, and apparently even having some control over its flow of time. And her power, dimished though it may be from what it originially was, is still very great and apparent. She destroyed Abagarlas, the central hub of Molag Bal worship for the Ayleids and home to their greatest temple to him. (And if you accept ESO as canon: She invaded Molag Bal's own realm, took over a chunk of it as her own, and personally faced him down, ultimately gaining victory of him along with those she aided. She played a vital role is saving Mundus from Bal's Plane Meld.) And long before these events, she had invaded Oblivion itself and carved out a realm of her own, despite _all_ the Daedric Princes demanding she leave. As the _Exegesis_ puts it: "The Lords of the Chaos-Realms chided Merid-Nunda for her trespass and bade her return to Aurbis, claiming all existing spheres as their own. But Merid-Nunda formed of her substance a great drag-lens, and the light of Magnus was bent thereby. The rays [carved? focused?] a new sphere from the chaos, which Merid-Nunda, [laughing? sparkling?], did claim for her own." Sorry for thesis. I just think Meridia is the most interesting and badass of the Daedric Princes, and I desperately wish she got a lot more love and attention in the main titles.

She’s not weak! She didn’t invest any power in Mundus. She almost did. Like Magnus. But left before she did so. She created her realm from the light of the sun, Magnus, because it’s the light of atherius. A realm she belongs to. She was banished. But instead of joining the other Daedra, whom she despises, she left with her head held high, and in her own view, created her own paradise. She is likely the most famous, powerful magne-ge. She outwitted Molag Bal through indirections, minions and followers. Not only Bal. but also the triad. It was her weapon that ended nocturnals plans.

A new hand touch the beacon

I thought you meant who was worse as in most evil. I like this one better.

People constantly confuse Mankar Camoran’s goals with Dagon’s. Dagon got everything he wanted out of the oblivion crisis

1. @0:50 - Change. Mehrunes Dagon succeeded at everything he has done because he seeks to change the world in one way or another, not to dominate or take over the world (that is Molag Bal's plane). 2. @3:58 - She tricked the player into giving her control over the Crystal Tower, which can be used to allow to combine yourself with every single timeline variation of yourself due to how the tower is in every plane of existence, every timeline, etc (timey wimey stuff). Basically, Meridia's power is infinity because the player in ESO used Dawnbreaker to repair the Crystal Tower which in turns gave her control over the tower, and essentially allows her to do this... At least, this is to be assumed so far. It hasn't been confirmed fully that Meridia used the Crystal Tower to make her power infinity or not, but it is something she can easily do and has access to do... So... Yeah.

Molag bal is hands down the darkest daedric prince and hircine is probably the most innocent

Of course, this is ignoring the fact that Namira (under the name Namiira) is a massive deal in Khajiiti myth where she is their underworld goddess and bogyman. Constantly seeking to turn Khajiit away from the path of the moons so she can claim them.

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Dagon's reasoning behind why he wants to invade the mortal realm essentially boils down to; "I'm a Daedric Prince I can do whatever the hell I want."

Comment your favorite daedric prince

Dagon had a cult of followers who took out almost every septim.The only reason Martin is there is because he was a unknown bastard and his sigil stones were protected by hell towers and basically demons.What more could he do,defend them personally?

In daggerfall azura was the prince of jealousy and merdia of greed(hence the ring of khajiit being her artifact) and their good behavior towards their followers is based out of their desires to be gods/divines.

Personally, I think Molag Bal is probably the worst. He's a good foil to Mehrunes Dagon; Dagon is supposed to bring change because that's his "purpose," but Bal only wants to bring Tamriel down only because he loves domination and enslavement. You're right in the video; Dagon is an idiotic brute, but Molag Bal is cold, cunning, and worst of all knows *exactly* what he's doing. His ambitions might not be as big as Dagon's, but he's still so incredible at fucking with people and altering events through tactical brutality.

I'd say that currently jygallag or however it's spelt is currently the weakest. The guy recently gave up his own plane in oblivion. That would cut him off from a massive amount of power that would take eons to regenerate

Meridia could confront Molag Bal in his own world. So even if we forget about the fact that a tiny part of her makes up Nirn, which amplifies her influence over it, she is one of the strongest immortal creatures in TES.

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Namira may not get as much attention in most of Tamriel, but she's one of the most feared of all of the Princes by the Khajiit because she can corrupt their souls beyond redemption.

Have there ever been hints that there could be more daedra that we don't know about.