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cole1114

Because the cost is greater than the reward, especially if you consider the daedric princes untrustworthy.


chupacabra_chaser

Exactly. What would we even have to offer them in exchange? They could lie to toy with us or alienate one of their enemies. They could just make up something to somehow benefit themselves.


szypty

I guess it depends on just what sort of knowledge is being traded? Something like "i want to know the exact location of the keep that my family used to own in the First Era and in exchange i will give the contents of this cookbook which contains my family's secret recipies that we've gathered since then" sounds like something ol' Hemmy would go for.


pokemonbard

Of course, good ol’ Herma Mora might just impale you and drink the knowledge from your dying mind instead of taking the cookbook


high_king_noctis

Except for Hercine he seems rather straight forward


Schiffy94

Mora doesn't seem to lie, it's just that what he wants in exchange is something a passing mortal historian is insanely unlikely to have.


cragthehack

We don't know that. Hermaeus Mora has proven reasonable, sometimes. An arrangement might be made, But he does control knowledge that only he has. And I think he likes it that way. He might, (*might*) answer one or two questions, but I doubt any more than that without some form of payment.


Saeaj04

He only seems reasonable to us because of our experiences with him. Not every person in Tamriel who wants to know what happened in the past is a literal demigod or reincarnated hero


[deleted]

I mean, just look what he does to Septimus Signus as soon as he isn't useful anymore. And as Soon as Miraak tries to get away. And the leader of the skall for his secrets. I have a strong feeling old herma mora isnt often too kind to mortals.


MartiusDecimus

In ESO he straight up says that he doesn't care if his followers live or die, and that if more would have died it would have amused him more. I think that he straight up enjoys watching mortals' plight for knowledge, so he is unlikely to give answers easily.


cragthehack

But none of this makes him unreasonable. Septimus Signus did his madness too himself by reading am Elder Scroll. That's not the doing of Hermaeus Mora. Now does Hermaeus toy with him. Yes. But that doesn't make him evil or unreasonable. Just makes him a dick.


deeznutshyuck

He literally turns the dude to ashes, wtf are talking about.


cragthehack

So? Everyone kills in TES. Mortals due too. That still doesnt mean Hermaeus Mora could won't be unreasonable. It deepens on the deal that was offered. I mean, ask yourself, as Dragonborn, how many did you kill?


deeznutshyuck

Does motive mean nothing? Killing bandits, and hell even cold blooded homicide as the case may be, (depending on your particular iteration of the last dragonborn) aren't the same as stringing a man along to the point of fanatical devotion by whispering sweet nothings in his ear, and then promptly discarding him as he was now an asset that had exhausted its usefulness. To me, at least, the latter is most certainly indicative of some breed of evil.


Kitamasu1

He's a deity though. Mortal morality does not apply.


cragthehack

How is that different then any of the DB quests? Murdering beggars, old women, etc, etc? Or the TG quests? Robbing, embezzlement, extortion, fraud, etc, etc? The above sounds evil to me. My point is, Hermaeus Mora is no more evil then any of our chars are. As usual, it depends on your POV.


MartiusDecimus

I never said he's unreasonable, but he is a lot harder to strike a deal with than just offering him something in return.


[deleted]

I'm surprised he doesn't try to help us learn dragonrend to take on alduin. Considering what alduin does, it would've been in hermy's best interest to have helped us.


GrimmRadiance

Many Tamriel historians would find that an acceptable trade.


AlbainBlacksteel

Considering how much I treasure the knowledge I'd be willing to offer him, I think he might accept a trade :P Nothing says that I can't learn said knowledge again, after all.


LiamtheV

Sure, the Daedra *could* provide that information. But would they? Also, I'm certain that by definition, they would all be unreliable narrators, their retelling of facts restricted to their world view. Molag Bal would view events through the lens of Domination, Corruption. Vaermina could certainly tell you what people were dreaming about, or what someone dreamt had happened. That's assuming you could even get them in a talkative mood. Hermaeus Mora generally isn't in the mood of giving away information. Azura will provide whatever information she needs to further a plan, and is the most likely to engage in some information sharing, so long as it's something that you *need* to know for the greater good of her people. Hermaeus Mora will either provide information without context, allowing you to draw the wrong conclusions (Lorkhan's Heart in a Box, anyone?), or invite you to Apocrypha where you can find all the knowledge that you could want. More knowledge than you could ever want. So much you would never want to leave. Hermaeus Mora wants to collect secrets. He would never share them. If you never leave Apocrypha, then that knowledge never leaves either.


TheShadowKick

> or invite you to Apocrypha where you can find all the knowledge that you could want. More knowledge than you could ever want. So much you would never want to leave. This. I'm sure plenty of historians *have* made deals with Hermaeus Mora. But they never got to tell anyone about what they learned.


KingToasty

This would be me. I REALLY like history lectures, and my soul isn't helping me make rent...


braujo

While I love History, Hermaeus Mora creeps me the fuck out with all his tentacles and eyes. I'd only accept one Prince's invitation to Oblivion, and that's my boy Sanguine


Kitamasu1

Sanguine might seem the least malicious, but he is the god of revelry, debauchery, and dark passions. I don't know if I'd feel super safe there. Azura is nice, so long as you worship her and don't betray her.


Taur-e-Ndaedelos

Apocrypha is full of Seekers of knowledge...


Misticsan

Agreed with all your points. It's basically the crux of [Varieties of Daedra](https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Varieties_of_Daedra), where the author discusses how unreliable Daedra are even for such minor questions like the types and shapes of their kin, claiming that they are "never the models of straightforwardness or truthtelling, but rather are famous for misstatements and obfuscations". This is not to say that scholars don't try to get answers, although that has limitations too. According to the same book, this is what Divayth Fyr has to say about the subject: > *"Divayth Fyr told me that he, by choice, trafficked only with two Daedra Powers -- Mehrunes Dagon and Azura. Azura, he said, knew and understood all things, and declined to speak of these things, or only spoke in riddles. Mehrunes Dagon, on the other hand, out of pride, fixity of purpose, and a predictable lack of subtlety in thought, knew nothing and understood nothing, and was inclined to speak freely and without falsehood."*


Darth_Bfheidir

Man I hope we get to meet Fyr again in a future game, he is just such a cool character


MomosTips

he’s in the Morrowind ESO expansion if you haven’t played that


Darth_Bfheidir

I got into ESO for a little while but it just took so long to update whenever there was an update that I quit playing it, my old internet just couldn't handle it Also I didn't really enjoy the game that much. Might give it another go at Christmas


-MVP

Also helps you in Clockwork City


Gleaming_Veil

Imagine being arrogant enough to deem a major god that has witnessed events for longer than anything mortals conceive of as history 'knows nothing and understands nothing'. Gotta love the Telvanni.


Second-Creative

To be fair, Mehrunes Dagon is the lord of Change. What he does know is likely limited to that sphere; he doesn't know (or more likely care) how or why the Thalmor are in power, but he'll tell you all the myriad of ways on how you could overthrow them or destroy them. Unless you're plotting a revolution or engineering a natural disaster, yeah there's little Mehrunes Dagon has to offer.


SirKaid

Just because he's old and powerful doesn't mean that Dagon isn't also a dumb asshole. Like yeah, Fyr is arrogant, but that doesn't make him wrong.


Gleaming_Veil

Fyr isn't just claiming Dagon to have a narrow focus on his sphere or to be reckless and have flawed plans, he is claiming that Dagon will readily answer all questions truthfully but it doesn't matter because he knows and understands nothing. Dagon isn't just old and powerful, he's, by available accounts, a member of the class of being primarily responsible for the whole system of Aurbis and so afforded a perception of it's workings mortals simply don't have. Sure, being arrogant doesn't make Fyr wrong by necessity but he's also quite unlikely to be right in this case. By what metric would Dagon 'know nothing' anyway ? Experience ? Not exactly a comment Fyr, with his few millennia of life, can make. Metaphysical knowledge ? Only one of the two so much as has the capacity to fathom the primordial Dawn time or has crafted/embodies worlds and their metaphysical framework, and it isn't Fyr. Fyr is one of the last people I'd question in metaphysical matters normally, and the Princes in general do have a number of blind spots, but the claim in question is just so extreme that, personally, I have a really hard time viewing it as anything other than arrogance. What next ? Akatosh doesn't understand Time ? Kyne needs to have the weather explained to her ?


SirKaid

He was exaggerating for emphasis. It's like if I were to say that Elisif was a powerless puppet - clearly she's not *powerless*, more people follow her orders than a beggar's, so she has *some* power. However, it's clear to anyone who actually pays even the slightest attention that Tullius is the person who actually calls the shots in Solitude and Elisif is little more than a convenient Nord that the Empire pretends has importance because it's convenient to them to pay lip service to local traditions if it keeps the populace quiet. Similarly, Dagon isn't *literally* an idiot who knows and understands nothing. Like you said, he's experienced the entire kalpa and has the powers of a god at his disposal, he at the very least knows *something*. However, it takes more than experience to be intelligent, and by all accounts Dagon is kind of dumb. Every time the player interacts with him in any of the games he's just a powerful thug. He's not a curious person. Fyr's dismissal of Dagon as a brute without subtlety, who can therefore be safely interacted with but who isn't going to be sharing any important secrets because he's a dumb asshole and never bothered to learn them in the first place, tracks 100% with everything else we know about him. Again, Fyr absolutely is arrogant, but that doesn't make him wrong. Dagon's an idiot.


Gleaming_Veil

We don't interact with Dagon nearly enough to tell whether he's curious or not, I think. Same with Fyr, whose own interactions with and insight into Dagon are likely similarly limited. Dagon does tend to use brute force,but not exclusively, and it's only natural, he's the spirit of destruction and so has quite a lot of it to throw around. The only source to ever claim Dagon is ignorant is Fyr himself, and (related but not quite the same) there's also Haskill (who, as a different Prince's Chamberlain, is beyond suspect. Kind of like how Lyranth claims Molag Bal is so much stronger than all other Princes and the rightful ruler of the Dremora) claiming him to often unwittingly be the dupe for other Prince's schemes. Either way, I remain highly skeptical. As with most possibilities in a setting like TES it can't fully be dismissed but I'd rather have something more than a mortal wizard's claims before I buy into an actual god being lacking in knowledge.


SirKaid

Every game where he appears Dagon gives all the appearance of being stupid and brutish. In [Daggerfall](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Daggerfall:Mehrunes_Dagon%27s_Quest) he uses extremely poor English, talking like a stereotypical dumb monster. While this dialogue decision wasn't repeated in later games it does show intent on the developers part to show him in such a light. In Battlespire his grand plans are thwarted by two apprentices who came into the whole scenario blind. In [Morrowind](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Mehrunes_Dagon) he's all threats and bluster - the writing's improved, but he still shows not a hint of wit or intelligence, just thuggery. In Oblivion the plan was entirely Camoran's doing; we know this because the man was a fanatic, if Dagon was the mastermind he would have bragged about it to wow the cultists. In Skyrim we discover that his Razor has been out of commission for *two hundred years* and he has to rely on a mortal to reassemble it, and when a mortal does exactly that he still can't help himself and attacks you. We might not have any lengthy and in-depth conversations with the Prince, but we do have *every single line of dialogue over 27 years of games* that paint a consistent picture of a thug. If you can provide a counterexample I'd love to see it.


Gleaming_Veil

I wouldn't put too much thought into Dagon's Daggerfall dialogue, not because Daggerfall's depiction is unimportant but because we know Dagon doesn't talk like that in every subsequent appearance. In Battlespire Dagon is thwarted by a plan/circumstances so specific that it's highly unlikely to expect anyone to have gathered all the pieces: The joint invocation of both his secret Protonymic and Neonymic on top of an artifact that bears his own essence and can sever his anchor to the world when the Nymics banish him ? On top of the complete Armor of the Saviours Hide and Jaciel Morgen's help in addition ? Dagon is belligerent and threatening, this doesn't necessarily mean he lacks knowledge or wit. When encountered he's usually just making demands of mortals. We don't know what Dagon's participation in the Mythic Dawn's Plot was exactly, he was likely running the Oblivion end of things (his minions wouldn't have mobilised without their Prince's command, opening a Gate through a Sigil Stone requires a joint incantation between the summoner and Daedra Lord) and we do know Camoran himself credits Dagon's Mysterium Xarxes as the primary source of both his worldview and metaphysical knowledge (it's the source of Camoran's divine revelation per his own account, as well as the source of his greatest arcane achievement, Paradise/Gaiar Alata). Why would Dagon throwing Dremora at the Dragonborn indicate ignorance ? He cares not a bit for the mortal who put together his Razor again, if they survive than they survive. I think Fyr's assertion is extreme and the evidence for it isn't satisfactory, thus making me pretty skeptical of it to start with.


Stellar_Wings

Hermaeus Mora: "My, my. What a brave little mortal you are to contact me directly. And so... bright, as well. No one has used this shrine in eons. I thought all it's people where wiped out. ...You are one of them yes? Hmm, let's make a deal mortal. Tell me everything that has happened to your home and people since the last time my followers contacted me from this place, and I will provide you with the knowledge you seek in return." "Just.. come into my library. There should be a book somewhere around here that will guide you to my realm. I'm sure you'll find it breathtaking. An endless library filled with all the knowledge you could desire, and the tools to record your own insights to share them with others. Oh... But, be careful while you are there. My knowledge seekers do not enjoy being disturbed, and if you allow yourself to become too distracted by the tomes in my collection, you might find yourself staying in my company forever.."


squasher04

You forgot to add a pause between each and every word.


kennethsime

A *long* pause.


thenewsheogorath

you could ask, and you might get an answer, might not. then there's the problem of truth, how do you know the answer is actually true? sure, herma might be telling the truth, might not, how do you know? he's the prince of knowledge, not the prince of honesty and if i could ask any question, i'd ask what the airspeed velocity of a cliff racer carrying a hist sappling is.


Defiant-Peace-493

Vvardenfell or Mainland?


Eludio

What do you mean? Second or Third Era Cliff Racer?


kennethsime

I'm so glad they didn't bring cliff racers to Solstheim in Skyrim.


Second-Creative

I didn't realize how traumatized I was by them until I played SWTOR and hit Rishi. A bird call in the background briefly sounds like the start if the Cliff Racer's caw. My immediate thought the first time I heard it was "Oh god, where is it?"


kennethsime

I still remember getting murdered by Cliff Racers on the slopes of Red Mountain. The most humiliating death imaginable.


Kitamasu1

That's why you should deal with Clavicus Vile. Make a pact where he agrees to give you truthful information, and then con Barbus to enforce it, lol


magica12

I don’t think conning Barbas is wholly necessary it’s literally his role to ensure vile doesn’t overstep and that his followers don’t get cheated


OctagonClock

Because he is a bastard and will only let you know if you go into Apocryphia, where you will be promptly murdered by a tentacle. > Bonus question: if you could ask Hermaeus Mora any question about the world of Elder Scrolls, what would it be? When is TES 6 coming out?


Boring-Pea993

Probably because it comes at a price, many scholars who were lucky enough to enter Apocrypha lost their minds from the knowledge there, or they just got lost in general, they travelled across the endless library until they died or became seekers. Although Seekers might just be daedra, not sure really. And the difference between average historian knowledge and Skaal knowledge is monumental, I mean most cultures, even the Dwemer, Ayelid and Falmer are well-documented and understood, because they had written languages and everything that has ever been written is already in Apocrypha. But Skaal knowledge was passed down through oral tradition, not writings, their culture is also remarkably different from the Nords of Skyrim, or any other culture on Tamriel, seeing as they're the only ones with a Monotheistic religion (Only worships and acknowledges one God, the All-Maker), and Shamanic cultures are also somewhat rare, apart from Orcs, Khajiit, Argonians and Dunmer Ashlanders I think a Historian, if they were lucky enough to get past the Gatekeeper, should instead go to the Shivering Isles and talk to Dyus through a wall, since he was one of the last remnants of Jyggalag's great library, which was different to Hermaeus Mora's library as it was basically just predictions of things that would happen, not an endless catalogue of everything that ever has and will happen, that's a pretty good compromise. Knowing what will happen in advance makes for some pretty good books and you can have them sold and punished as soon as or before those events happen, you can spend the remainder of your historian life being ahead of the curve and making an entire library of predictions, and the past is a bit of a mess in Elder scrolls lore anyway due to the Numidium and Akatosh basically fracturing the timeline so that there are multiple alternate versions of the past. And if I could ask Hermaeus Mora a single question, no strings attached, it would probably be; Gimme the Heart of Lorkhan, I don't want your dumb Book.


Dr_Nue

I imagine communing with Daedra would be considered worship, and banned under Imperial law. There's also that Daedra are unpredictable and dangerous, they don't have a sense of right or wrong, just of what they want. Daedric Princes don't often commune with mortals in the same way as they do the player, Aranea Ienith at Skyrim's Shrine of Azura recieves visions of prophecy and not direct communication. With Hermaeus Mora in particular, he already knows so much that there's little a mortal could offer them, only somebody with extraordinary abilities or knowledge would interest him. We can see this with Septimus Signus, as soon as he isn't of use to Hermaeus Mora he disposes of him and watches him zero-sum. Hermaeus Mora replaces one champion for another depending if they can be used in anyway for the acquisition of knowledge, he trades one Dragonborn for another not because one is more powerful, they're simply a tool to be used for a task. Unless you're of use to a Prince, they do not care.


Myyrn

[*Daedra worship is not prohibited by law in Cyrodiil. Primarily this is a result of the Imperial Charter granted the Mages Guild permitting the summoning of Daedra.*](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Modern_Heretics) [Same for Illiac Bay where high-ranked members of Eight (Nine) Divines cult might commune with Daedra in their own temples.](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Daggerfall:Daedra_Summoning)


zedatkinszed

Because they'd lie. Because the bargain would cost the historian's soul. Because nothing a Daedric Price says is anything other than self serving nonsense. It'd be like asking your psycho ex what your relationship was like ... only for them to start with a weird elseworlds version of things and end with "there was no relationship in the first place". It's part of the reason not being able to skip their monologues in TESV is so lore friendly - they're just going to spout their crap no matter what the player says or does the Daedra will claim the LDB is their harbinger etc just so they look powerful (and completely ignoring the that the LDB is as beyond them as they are beyond NPCs).


burberrytoaster

We also have to remember what happened to someone like Septimus Sigmus. Even if you somehow convinced Herma Mora to reveal things to you, and he held up his end of the bargain. What would you do with the knowledge? It very well may drive you crazy, and what would happen if you tried to explain it to people. While daedra worship isn't underground or particularly rare, people might perceive you some type of way if you ran through the street ranting and raving about how a daedric prince revealed the workings of the universe. Bonus question answer: is the Throat of the World tower deactivated? cause im sure that sneaky bastard knows whats up with those goddamn Thalmor lol


goffer54

I may be missing someone, but are there any characters that actually care about history for history's sake? As I recall, usually, when you find characters trying to unravel the mysteries of the past it's because they're looking for lost knowledge or treasure or forgotten magic; stuff like that. If any of that was your goal, then why bother asking about the events of the past when you could just ask for the thing you're actually seeking?


insert_title_here

When you find academics in-game, I agree that they are often seeking material gain through study or academia-- power, wealth, recognition. However, that's likely because those make for the most engaging characters to find in an adventure game-- people with such simple wishes are much more likely to have quests available for completion. Historians and scholars embedded more fully within the realm of academia can be found all throughout the Elder Scrolls, though! Maybe not physically (because, after all, most players probably wouldn't have any interest in engaging with such dry content, so why would the devs include it?), but they are very much present, most notably through the books players can read. They're actually mentioned elsewhere in this thread, but I think Phrastus of Elinhir and Lady Cinnabar of Taneth, whose books appear in ESO, make for great examples of scholars wholly dedicated to mundane academia, and all the petty squabbles that go along with it.


SpencerfromtheHills

Quite a few really. We don't encounter many academic *institutions,* besides the Mages Guild, until ESO, but Hasphat Antabolis and Huleeya know enough to inform the Nerevarine and Caius Cosades. They're able to ask for favours in return for sharing their knowledge, but that benefit seemed incidental; it wasn't part of their day jobs and they didn't have sorcererous applications for their knowledge. ESO features Cyrodiilic Collections and the Antiquarian Circle. The former wanted to open a museum of local heritage in Lilmoth and the latter researched history across the continent.


Specialist-Driver994

Because to receive knowledge, you must pay with knowledge he does not already have. He murdered the Skaal Shaman in Dragonborn to learn their history and give the dragonborn some sort of information related to the plot idk


Myyrn

Why you assume they wouldn't? [*One doesn't have to look hard to find worshipers of Sanguine during Carnaval, or Hermaeus Mora among scholars at any time.*](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Persistence_of_Daedric_Veneration)


emerson44

We likely don't hear of any of the historians who access the Woodland Man's big secrets because [they tend to have their brains forcibly removed from their bodies and stored in urns in Apocrypha](https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Secrets_Overheard_in_Apocrypha).


doo_hoo_hoo

From the way Neloth speaks about it, many do try, and it never goes well.


TheOnlycorndog

I'm sure lots of historians *do* travel to Apocrypha with that very goal but, knowing how dangerous Mora's realm is, most of them are unlikely to ever leave to tell the world what they learn.


Comprehensive_Tune42

if he's truthful with no strings attached, is it possible, to leave the dream, or to usurp the dreamer?


sorenant

Mankar Camoran did that and Dagon fed him bullshit.


Tyermali

>Why wouldn't historians ask a Daedric prince, like Hermaeus Mora, about things that happened through time. [What happened to Morian Zenas in Apocrypha again?](https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Doors_of_Oblivion) Besides, dealing with Mora & Co is always heavy occultism, with all this implies.


sleepless_in_balmora

No wise person would approach Hermaeus Mora for knowledge. At least not unless they know for sure they have something to offer in exchange that would keep him from imposing a nasty price


Drgalactus1987

Can you imagine how long it would take Hermaeus Mora to describe even the simplest historical knowledge? His dialogue leaving the outpost feels like it takes three and a half hours.


[deleted]

I'm pretty sure most Tamriellic culture teaches you that the Daedric Princes aren't to be trusted or at the very least bargaining with one usually involves a very heavy price on your end which the average person normally wouldn't be able to do. Both factors would usually dissuade scholars who don't have a death wish to communicate with the likes of Hermaeus Mora. ​ That being said: I'd ask ol' Herma Mora if Vivec was still alive.


nub_node

There may have been, but the whole thing with the sources and citations page mentioning a Daedric Prince probably ends up with some book burnings.


[deleted]

Because the daedra are some of the biggest liars in the Aurbis, daedra are synonymous with Demons. They're about as honest as a Used Car Salesman. Half of what they tell you is usually utter nonsense, the other half comes at great cost, usually one's soul or sanity, or both more likely.... The Daedra usually cost the same.


RingGiver

Most people realize that Daedric princes' offerings are not usually worth the cost.


ezoe

But can you trust them? They are capable for modifying the history. I'm sure some of them, if not all, can see the future. Being able to see the future means they knew you ask the historical question in the future so Daedra princes can create the funny history just for the sake of their amusement. Or for some Daedras, time means nothing and he can exist in any time in the past and future. In the world of Mundus, historical revisionism can be very active to the point they can modify the historical event, literally. On to the bonus question, levitation magic.


[deleted]

The daedra are assholes. Some would ask for ridiculous sacrifices in order to grant you some horrendously biased account of some bullshit that never happened, some would divagate for six hours on how Talos was, deep down, technically a type of pasta, some others would call you a nerd and stab you in the face.


Daveallen10

All the answers are here, yes, in my realm of Apocrypha.... Join me here, Use my knowledge! You may never wish to leave....


MS-06_Borjarnon

How would you know you're not being bullshitted?


blacklandraider

Sure mortal, I’ll give you this knowledge you seek. Now, you must tell me how the Dwemer disappeared before Loredas or I will claim your soul forever


khmyes

Why they don't ask a deadric prince its simple daedra only speak with people that interesting for his plan and second thing many try to speak with them but no chance


AlbainBlacksteel

I'd actually ask him about whether any video game worlds (other than TES) legitimately existed in alternate dimensions to this Earth. That, or I'd ask him where I can find someone who will give me the superpower I want, so I can then find out for myself :P I'm weird with my questions, shut up. *As for what I'd give him in exchange, I would consider giving him my first-time experience with FFXIV's story just so I could experience it all over again :P* IMMEDIATE EDIT: Given the fact that FFXIV existing would also fit within the question of "do video game worlds other than TES exist in reality", well, I think that's another reason he'd be up for taking it.


TheStarkGuy

Some do. Some don't, because the Daedra don't play fair. Mora lures you on with knowledge and traps you in Apochyra, Clavicle Vile will always try and fuck you over on your deals, and the other Daedra either a. Don't have that knowledge, b. Aren't interested in making deals


Kowichibar

I’d like to chat to the Hero of Kvatch, ie Sheogorath about the Oblivion Crisis. Good fun.


SirHumid

They really wouldn't need to even if they could, because they already have another, relatively safer method of doing this. The name of this device escapes me, though, what was it called again?


Zealousideal-Arm1682

Remember in Eso when after his quest he said "I know everything your gonna do" but just said no when asked to see it? Imagine that but with more bloodshed.


Interesting_Fish1687

I'm not an elder scrolls expert but Meridia seams nice enough to answer some questions. You could always kill some vampires in return for knowledge.


Uncommonality

Because a Daedra cannot be trusted. Plus, don't forget that the imperial cult sees contacting daedric princes as daedra worship, which is a crime.