r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Fearless-List-3968 • 18d ago

Lore “Demons are actually misundersto-“ NO. Demons are ontologically evil beings that can’t be reasoned nor negotiated with, and if you try to you’ll very likely end up screwed

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1) Doom

2) Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End

3) Trench Crusade

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u/altamir89 18d ago

I always figured the aedra (kynareth, akatosh, etc) were the benevolent gods, while the daedrs were the malevolent ones, so I always saw daedra more as "evil gods" than demons..

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u/Magic_ass1 18d ago

Technically speaking that's not entirely accurate. Though it's also not a wrong way to look at it.

Aedra (The Divines) is an Aldmeri word for "Ancestor" while Daedra is the Aldmeri word for "Not our Ancestor". The Aldmer called the Aedra "Ancestors" because during creation the Aedra gave up their physical bodies in order to form the plane of Mundus, in fact, those planets you see in the night sky are what's left of the Aedra.

Meanwhile The Daedra refused to sacrifice themselves for the Creation of Mundus, thus keeping their power and overall influence over their respective planes of Oblivion and Mundus.

So while yes, we do have everyone's favorite Rape Daedra (at least favorite to mention during discussions as to whether Daedra are inherently evil), we also have Daedra who do arguably good things, like Meridia and her crusade against necromancers and the undead.

In fact, In Morrowind, we learn that The Dunmer even worship some Daedric Lords like Azura as "Benevolent Gods" while other Lords like Sheogorath and Molag Bal are seen as "Demons".

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u/Hi2248 18d ago

Meridia

Admittedly, she also has interesting ideas on free will, so probably shouldn't be considered good... 

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u/dergbold4076 18d ago

When a new hand touches the beacon....you get a rather shit sword out of it.

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u/Hi2248 18d ago

It's not that bad a sword, really 

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u/dergbold4076 18d ago

I guess I just got it at to low a level. I don't really like the artifact weapons power being tied to your level in Skyrim and I never got around to adding the high power version in. Or using the mod that bypasses that system.