Malacath, who legend holds was once the Aedra Trinimac, is particularly hostile to other Daedra he even created Scourge, Bane of Daedra. While Aedra and Daedra are precisely defined, there are still some beings who challenge this dichotomy in some respects. A consecrated shrine is the most reliable conduit for contacting a Daedric Prince, though there are other ways to make contact with the powers of Oblivion. However, this is probably not true of most Daedra summons, and the summoner would do well to consider the consequences of his actions in advance.

Mostly these tasks are merely for the entertainment of the Daedra. The Daedric Princes can be summoned, and there is a popular notion that the summoned lords will then give the summoner a quest or task to fulfill and that the quest, once completed, will make the questor richly rewarded. For the most part, however, dealing with the Daedra, one gets the distinct impression of being mused over as a person peering under an upturned rock may momentarily wonder at the lives of the bugs living ignorantly there. During these encounters, they are often surprised at the marginal sanity that comes of worshipping the Daedric Princes. Mainstream religious authorities discourage Daedra worship, and often mount witch-hunting expeditions to drive out Daedra worshippers from the local area. They often take a keen interest in their worshippers, and it is speculated that this is either because of the obvious ego-gratification of being somebody's god, or because the Daedra like to keep an eye on potential future subjects (assuming people of demonic disposition enter Oblivion after death, that is there are as many afterlife theories as there are religions in the world). Elaborate shrines are created to honor the Daedra as gods. However, several princes do seem to take genuine pleasure in tremendous acts of devastation, in particular Boethiah, Molag Bal, Vaermina, Mehrunes Dagon, and Peryite.ДЄlthough the beings are considered evil by most, they are widely worshipped in the realms of Tamriel. They do not know the mortal sense of 'good' and 'evil', and usually have extremist tendencies, which is why Men and Mer fear them greatly. The Daedric Princes seem to view Men and Mer as little more than minor amusements, occasionally applauding the actions of mortals when they exceed their expectations. The limits on their planes, powers, and influence are not readily understood, as there are over 37,000 other planes (such as the Soul Cairn and the Chimera of Desolation, as well as chaos realms and pocket realms) over which they exert little or no control. Each Daedric Prince, with the exception of Jyggalag, is said to have their own plane of Oblivion, over which they have control.

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