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Book Information Aedra and Daedra
ID	163
See Also	Lore version
Collection	Daedric Princes
Writer	Michael Kirkbride
Locations
Found in the following locations: Auridon: Dawnbreak (map) Just outside the Abandoned Mine, north of Dawnbreak (map) At the riverbank just before Dawnbreak (map) South of where Captain Landare can be found (map) Cyrodiil: Sardavar Leed (map) Glenumbra: In a swamp northwest of Hag Fen map marker (map) In a swamp northeast of Hag Fen map marker (map) South of North Hag Fen Wayshrine (map) East, and slightly north of Dark Fissure at Cambray Pass (map) Stonefalls: At the Starved Plain (map) Just west of General Radrathren's location (map) Between Davon's Watch and The Harborage (map) West of The Lady (map) Telvanni Peninsula: In Necrom in front of the Fighters Guild (map)

Aedra and Daedra

by Anonymous

Overview of the basic differences between Gods, Demons, Aedra, and Daedra

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The designations of Gods, Demons, Aedra, and Daedra, are universally confusing to the layman. They are often used interchangeably.

"Aedra" and "Daedra" are not relative terms. They are Elvish and exact. Azura is a Daedra both in Skyrim and Morrowind. "Aedra" is usually translated as "ancestor," which is as close as Cyrodilic can come to this Elven concept. "Daedra" means, roughly, "not our ancestors." This distinction was crucial to the Dunmer, whose fundamental split in ideology is represented in their mythical genealogy.

Aedra are associated with stasis. Daedra represent change.

Aedra created the mortal world and are bound to the Earth Bones. Daedra, who cannot create, have the power to change.

As part of the divine contract of creation, the Aedra can be killed. Witness Lorkhan and the moons.

The protean Daedra, for whom the rules do not apply, can only be banished.