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BookText: '<align="center">Varieties Of Daedra<br>
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By Aranea Drethan,<br>
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Healer
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and Dissident Priest<br>
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<br>
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<align="left">Here is little chance
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of our ever understanding the various orders of Daedra and their relationships
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to the Daedra Lords and their dominions. Of the varieties of Daedra that appear
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in our world, and the varieties of their relationships to their fellows and their
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Daedra patrons, there is no end. In one place and time they are seen to be this,
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and in another place and time they are seen to be the opposite, and in another
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place and time they are seen to be both this and that, in completely contradictory
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terms.<br>
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<br>
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What Daedra serves this Prince? What Daedra gives
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orders, and what Daedra serves, and in what hierarchy, and under what circumstances?
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What Daedra exist in fellowship with one another, and what Daedra have eternal
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enmity to one another, and what Daedra are solitary, or social, and by turns
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solitary or social? There are no limits to the varieties of behaviors that may
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be observed, and in one place they may be this, and in another place they may
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that, and all rules describing them are always found to be contradictory and
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in exception to others.<br>
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<br>
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Further, from whom may we seek answers
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to our questions about these orders? From mortals, who know little but what they
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may observe of another world? From the gods, who speak in riddles, of enigmas
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wrapped in mysteries, and who keep things from us, the better to preserve their
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dominion over us? From the Daedra themselves, who are never the models of straightforwardness
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or truthtelling, but rather are famous for misstatements and obfuscations?<br>
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<br>
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And
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even were the Daedra to speak the truth, how can we know if they know themselves,
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or that there is any truth about them that is to be known, or are all arrangements
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among the Daedra protean and ever subject to change?<br>
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<br>
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In
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short, what is to be known is little, and and what is to be trusted is nothing.<br>
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<br>
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These
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things being said, I shall venture to relate what I have observed and heard of
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the relationships of the servants of Lord Dagon in my brief service to the Telvanni
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Wizard Divayth Fyr, when I sought him out and offered to bring peace to the victims
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of corprus in his sanitarium, once the Prophecies of the Incarnate had been fulfilled,
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and Dagoth Ur had been destroyed, and the Blight had been banished from the island
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of Vvardenfell forever.<br>
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<br>
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Divayth Fyr told me that he, by
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choice, trafficked only with two Daedra Powers -- Mehrunes Dagon and Azura.<br>
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<br>
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Azura,
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he said, knew and understood all things, and declined to speak of these things,
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or only spoke in riddles.<br>
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<br>
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Mehrunes Dagon, on the other hand,
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out of pride, fixity of purpose, and a predictable lack of subtlety in thought,
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knew nothing and understood nothing, and was inclined to speak freely and without
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falsehood.<br>
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<br>
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Divayth Fyr said that Dagon''s chief servants,
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the Dremora, were like him in pride, fixed purpose, and lack of subtlety, with
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the addition of the peculiar traits of honor and loyalty, both within their class
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and within their relationship to Lord Dagon.<br>
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<br>
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And Divayth
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Fyr said that the Dremora were ordered into clans and castes, and these clans
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and castes were well-defined. Individual Dremora might rise or fall in ranks,
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or move back and forth among clans, but only when regulated by complex oaths,
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and only at the will and pleasure of their Lord Dagon.<br>
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<br>
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The
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Dremora refer to themselves as ''The Kyn'' (''the People''), contrasting themselves
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to other Daedra, whom they consider unthinking animals. The term ''kynaz'' refers
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to a member of the Dremora race (''he of the Kyn'').<br>
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<br>
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The
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least of kyn castes are the Churls, the undistinguished rabble of the lowest
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rank of Dremora. Churls are obsequeous to superiors but ferociously cruel to
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humans and other Daedra.<br>
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<br>
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Next in rank are the Caitiffs,
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creatures of uncalculating zeal, energy without discrimination. Caitiffs are
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used as irregulars in the faction wars of the Daedra, as berserkers and shock
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troops, undisciplined and unreliable, but eager and willing.<br>
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<br>
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The
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highest of the regular rank-and file of Dremora troops are the Kynvals, warrior-knights
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who have distinguished themselves in battle, and shown the deliberate steadiness
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of potential war leaders.<br>
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<br>
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Above the rank and file warriors
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of the Churl, Caitiff, and Kynval castes are the officer castes.<br>
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<br>
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A
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Kynreeve is a clan sheriff or clan officer. Kynreeves are typically associated
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either with a clan fighting unit or an administrative office in the order of
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battle.<br>
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<br>
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The Kynmarcher is the lord and high officer of a
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Daedric citadel, outpost, or gate. A Kymarcher''s command is usually associated
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both with a unit and with a ''fief'' -- a location or territory for which he
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is responsible.<br>
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<br>
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Above the Kymarcher is the Markynaz, or
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''grand duke''. A Markynaz is a lord of lords, and member of the Markyn, Mehrunes
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Dagon''s Council of Lords.<br>
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<br>
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The highest rank of Dremora is
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the Valkynaz, or ''prince''. This warrior duke is a member of the Valkyn, Mehrunes
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Dagon''s personal guard. The Valkynaz are rarely encountered on Tamriel; normally
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they remain by Mehrunes Dagon''s side, or serve as commanders of operations of
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particular importance or interest to Dagon.<br>
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<br>
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Of the varieties
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of other Daedra I encountered while I served in Divayth Fyr''s Corprusarium --
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Ogrims and Golden Saints, Daedroths and Winged Twilights, Scamps and Clannfear
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-- there is much that might be said, but little that is helpful or reliable.<br>
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<br>
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I
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did note, however, that when Divayth Fyr sought a Daedra of a character like
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unto the Dremora, but of greater power, and greater inclination for independence
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and initiative, or solely as a master, he summoned Xivilai, who are like the
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Dremora in personality and temperment, except that they hate subordination, and
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are liable to disloyalty and betrayal when they feel they have not been treated
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with the proper deference and respect.<br>
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<br>
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The feral, beastlike
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Daedra like the Clannfear and the Daedroth appear in the service of many different
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Daedric Powers, and may represent common creatures existing like wild animals
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in the wildernesses of Oblivion. Other savage, semi-intelligent creatures like
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Scamps and Spider Daedra may also be found in the realms of various Daedra Lords.<br>
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<br>
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The
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case of the Elemental Atronachs, on the other hand, is less certain. Flame and
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Frost Atronachs, for example, appear to be highly intelligent, but not all varieties
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of Elemental Atronachs seem to be social or to have the power of speech. Divayth
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Fyr preferred not to summon or deal with these creatures, had little experience
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with them, and showed no inclination to speculate upon their nature, so I learned
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little about them during my time at Tel Fyr.'
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