Skyrim - The Real Reason Meridia Became a Daedric Prince... - Elder Scrolls Lore 

Meridia: "LISTEN! HEAR ME AND OBEY!" Drewmora: Must be daddy issues

"It's not a phase, Dad! I'm a Daedric Prince!"

In the Khajiit myth, Meridia assaulted the Lunar Lattice with the bad boys of Oblivion, Molag and Dagon. She was obviously going through a phase and hanging out with a bad crowd to piss off her father. Meridia "I can change him".

"Meridia has daddy issues." This is what peak TES Lore looks like.

Meridia's entire backstop can be narrowed down to "A girl wants to be an artist and paint the world in bright colors. But her father wants her to join in the family business. The girl rebels and is abandoned and bastardized for it. Now she hangs out with other bastard children and tries to make her dad happy by spreading light into darkness."

Your dissertation and oral presentation on "The Real Reason Meridia Became a Daedric Princ" has been approved by the Elder Council of the Arcane University. You are hereby awarded the title of Ph. D. in Daedrology and shall henceforth be referred to as Dr. Ewmora.

I think that Meridia became a dedra to avoid losing more of the strength she already lost in creating Mundas. Also I think that Meridia's sphere being the light left by Magnus and her siblings is in direct spite of her family. Imagine if a mother abandoned her child the very moment she saw their personality develop. That's what Magnus did to the world

Heretical theory : The Magna Ge are shattered pieces of Magnus, with Meridia, Mehrunes and Molag being the largest ones that found themselves in Oblivion

Meridias beacon is literally one of my favorite missions in Skyrim

Definitely in my top five favorite daedric princes. It's a shame she's so underrated.

Always said that Meridia and Hircine are my favorite Daedric Princes. The above all others seem to represent a neutral ground between Order and Chaos.

"The Hist would beg to differ" I would LOVE a video on the topic. Argonians are my favorite race, it was really interesting to read the duology of Umbra, who spoke of Hists too. GREAT video as allways!

Meridia reminds me of the Orsimer. She’s not accepted by Daedra, Aedra, or Magne-Ge. Much like the orcs, who generally aren’t accepted by men, other elves, or beast folk. Great video as always drew. You’ve earned another like and share.

In my most recent playthrough of Skyrim, I decided to be an extremely snarky High Elf. So when I completed her quest and got Dawnbreaker, I decided to tell her "thanks, but go find someone else to spread your religion", and I found it interesting how that didn't anger her at all. If you were to mock any other Daedric Prince like that, they would get pissed off and tell you to "know your place" or threaten that they could replace you with a new champion in the future

So basically Meridia is an ex-Magna Ge turned Deadre who larps as an Aedre of Light

You know, Khajiti lore is brought up many times, even having its own video entirely, but it always makes me wonder; are khajit anuic or padomaic? They see lorkhaj as a trickster, but so are they, to an extent. They seek what is beyond mortality, but have a reverence and love for the beauty of the harsh lands they reside in. Khajits are the race I genuinely think about the most, cause their lore is *wild*.

Can we take a moment to adress the fact that Lorkhan seems to be the god of throwing D? As a fact we know he had Kyne as his wife, stole Mara from Auriel, and sprung Boethia so hard that she killed a god for him. And there is good reason to speculate that he also threw that Divine D to Dibella and Meridia as well. Its no wonder why Auriel and Trenimac tried to kill him, he wasnt leaving a play left for the other Gods. I would even argue that this was also his gift to Man, as it is through our quick reproduction and virulent fertility that we Humans have outpaced and outnumbered the Elves.

Your videos unironically cure my depression dude please never stop

> starts off with deep discussion of comparative religion and mystery > title: bro does meridia have DADDY ISSUES??

I have this theory that the Aedra and at least some of the Daedric Princes are the same thing. I don't mean that they're all gods that simply played different roles in Creation, I mean they're literally the same entities, the way Barbas is an aspect of Clavicus Vile. I believe that the Daedric Princes are the parts of themselves that the Aedra gave up to create Mundus. This would explain why the Daedra are so much more present in the lives of mortals than their Aedric counterparts - the Daedra encompass their given sphere almost in its entirety, while the Aedra represent only the purest, most desirable aspects of it. For example, Mara represents a highly idealized version of love. She's the perfect wife, the perfect mother, endlessly nurturing, benevolent, and selfless. But that's rarely what love looks like in reality. Love can be vain, selfish, possessive and demanding, as demonstrated by Azura. What if they're the same? Similarly, I believe Hircine to be an aspect of Kyne/Kynareth, who is (in part) a goddess of nature, animals and the hunt. She represents harmony and balance, but we know that nature is rarely so peaceful. It's a realm of brutal competition, especially between predators and prey, and is only held in balance by bloodshed and death. No one understands this better than Hircine, Lord of the Hunt, who encourages men and mer alike to embrace their more primal, bestial nature in the name of survival. Perhaps there is a reason the Skyforge, which is heavily implied to be associated with Kynareth, also has an Underforge, which is a sanctum for followers of Hircine. And it doesn't end there. Is it truly a coincidence that in Skyrim, Sanguine's Daedric quest leads us to the temple of Dibella, and that a shrine of Dibella can be found at Morvunskar? Why is Peryite often depicted as a dragon, like Alduin/Akatosh? Are the trades Zenithar presides over really that different from Nocturnal's business transactions or perhaps even the deals of Clavicus Vile? Of course, there are exceptions. Namira, who was born of the Ancient Darkness. Hermaeus Mora, who was made from leftover fragments of Creation. Molag Bal, who may have been the mortal ruler of the Dreugh in another Kalpa. Mehrunes Dagon, who was created by his fellow gods. Malacath, who is the corrupted version of Trinimac. Meridia, who decided to embrace the entire spectrum of her sphere in all its shining, shimmering glory. Maybe, just maybe, she, too, left behind a fragment of herself in Aetherius - Arkay, the god of souls and the cycle of life and death. Or, the "split" between the Aedra and Daedra is merely an illusion created by mortals too fearful too embrace the gods in their entirety. Just an idea.

Meridia: "As a reward, I shall make you immortal... so that you can be MINE and adore me FOREVER..."

After watching the video it's no wonder why Azura hates Meridia. If Meridia influence grows Azura's influence becomes irrelevant. Meridia is what Azura pretends to be, Azura only having influence over flow of time (future sight) means that she cannot actually touch Magnus's light, while Meridia bends and controls the very dawn and then uses that dawn to create dusk she also controls .

Finally some justice to Meridia, I love your take Drew, thanks for always delivering!

Drew's videos are always a cut above the rest 💅 Meridia and Hermaeus Mora have been some of my favorite Daedric Princes, ever since TES-IV Oblivion. I've been playing TES since 2003, starting with Morrowind. I don't play ESO, but glad to hear that Meridia has been fleshed out a bit more. Malacath has been one of my favorites since TES-III Morrowind, his story is so compelling, the whole fall from glory by treachery and the struggle to find some semblance of it afterwards. Can't help but root for him, while holding the hope of vengeance so we can see his comeback story come full circle. In some way, Meridia and Malacath both had a fall from grace, one by choice and the other by force, both had to find their way beyond the existence they once knew. It's interesting to learn about their choices before and after their "transitions" into Daedric Princes. Namira has always been a bit difficult to understand, more a force than a being, for that reason she/they/it has been interesting too. Would love to see a video about the life of Xarxes if you ever get around to it. Thanks, Drew!

The best Skyrim character I ever played was a Meridia worshipping Imperial who had travelled to Skyrim after hearing rumors of the temple there. Avoided doing anything related to being the LDB of course, but purging the vampires in the name of Meridia with Dawnbreaker at my side was a blast. She's always been my favorite of the princes, and she's also the only one I view as being a real and sapient being rather than a mere force of nature. She can think and do where the others can't.

Now this is a damned great topic. Thank you for this, Drew! Had been missing your lectures by now.

It's a shame they made her voice (in Skyrim) so grating. It's hard to have a more balanced view of a daedra when her voice is literally scraping against your brain like fingernails on a chalkboard. ;) She does seem to have maternal feelings towards Mundis, but because Magnus is her daddy (and no momma) she doesn't really know how to love either. So she speaks "hear me and obey" out of one side of her mouth with a grating screech, and speaks of her love out of the other.

Familiar with the real-world Gnostic myth, Meridia's story rings in parallels with the goddess Sophia (Wisdom) who fell from the Pleroma of her own will into the tenebrous Void. My astute Altmer mage would say that it is our responsibility to re-member (that is, regather) those divine sparks to eventually create a mandala-like Light Vehicle to ascend, united once more with our "other half;" for it is She! Is this not the example Auri-El set in motion?

It is not enough to simply make something wonderful, and then abandon it Meridia cherishes her creations and wishes to guide them even if it means others think she is selfish

Don't start a new playthrough, don't start a new playthrough, don't start a new playthrough... Hey you, you're finally awake. DAMN IT!

Fuck yeah, a Meridia Video

So Meridia thought, "if only I could be so grossly incandescent..." Just too bad Daedra aren't good at jolly cooperation.

Meridia gave me a sword that made undead into combustibles. Meridia will never be able to do wrong in my eyes 🥺 Edit: lol wait til you hear my opinion on the wonderful Vaermina 😂 yall gonna really take that one hard!

Please do more videos on the Divines. It deeply fascinates me. Thanks Drew

Love this take on Meridia. I like that you point out her aspects being similar to a controlling mother. It’s clear she cares for her followers (and the Mundus to an extent) but she’s not the biggest on free will. Look at Darien Gautier in eso for that.

Yep, even though I don't 100% agree on the Khajiit view on Meridia her "love" is definitely a very twisted kind of "love". Meridia pretty much viewed her own demi-prince son, Darien Gautier as nothing more then a tool and discarded him like he was nothing once his purpose was fulfilled, pretty much dooming him to his fate of fading out of existence. So yeah, if Merdia is at least trying to be a better parent then her old man was, I got to say that she is doing a pretty terrible job at it.

I love your videos, they make it so much easier to research elder scrolls lore for my elder scrolls dnd campaign, one of my players want to worship Meridia so this will be helpful

Regarding the Ayleids and Meridia's relationship to them in the Alessian Rebellion, I honestly cannot fault her. Aside from those city-states who revered Molag Bal and Mehrunes Dagon (those city-states being the ones who committed the grotesque and inhumane atrocities against their slaves), the Ayleids revered Merid-Nunda and Auri-el as their patron deities. And it could be argued that Merid-Nunda was the chief of their pantheon, taking into consideration their devotion to the stars and starlight magic, and that their confederation was lead by Umaril the Unfeathered, a quasi-divine champion of Merid-Nunda who ruled from the White-Gold Tower, the Ayleid "city of cities," if you will. But do take note, however, that Meridia did also have an active, world-renowned temple (Kilkreath) in Skyrim at that time, where she was openly worshipped by the ancient Nords and many others from around the world. Considering she was arguably the chief patron deity of the great majority of the Ayleids, why would Meridia not ally with them and support them against an uprising that was aimed at the atrocities committed by those who did not revere her? An uprising which, it should be noted, was fomented by a bloodthirsty lunatic who could not (would not) distinguish between the different kinds of elves, or between the elves and beast folk (i.e., Pelinal Whitestrake). He slaughtered all with reckless abandon. And regarding Meridia's supposed capriciousness, I submit this thought: If the "Akatosh" that came to Alessia to bless and aid her rebellion was indeed Auri-el and not Lorkhan/Shor, then he is proven far more capricious than even Meridia. If it was Auriel, then he wholly abandoned and obliterated his own people who, on the whole, revered him and were innocent of the atrocities of the few who did not, but which were attributed to the whole race of Ayleids regardless. Meridia, however, stood her ground with those who loved and were loyal to her, and so proved her love and loyalty to them in return. She ridicules "the constancy of mortals, their crafts and their hearts" precisely because mortals are fickle and inconstant, whereas she proved resolute and constant.

Yay! Another Drewmora video! Thank you for doing this story, Drew.

Yes yes she does. I've never fucking laughed harder about Elder scrolls lore than I have at that thumbnail

Here we go, here we go... Drew you're really helping my life with anxiety here. Really, of course no pressure and that is my problem, but you really are. I'm uncertain of many things, but inspite not being a patreon, ('cause I don't have a job right now outta my depression basically) certainly I'm a fan, if not one of the biggest fans, of your lore videos ever since the beginning years ago. Like I said many times, thank you, and hopefully I'll get out of this rot and become a patreon. Cheers from the Uruguay "coffe and weed" guy lml

Your daedrology series were always my favourite videos on fudgemuppet, glad to see you commiting to taking them to another level of awesomeness on this channel. They have all been amazing so far, but this one was my favourite one yet. Can't wait to see the next one!

Whenever I would stumble across her beacon, I would be like," Oh no." 🙈 There's a lot more going on with her than I originally suspected. As always great stuff.🤗

Impeccable timing that this came up just as I began another modding session. Love these videos Drew ❤

Meridia: A new hand touches the beacon. Luke: Nooo! That's impossible!

I’m not sure if it was Michael, Scott, or Drew that came up with this idea but I hope they roll with the idea of doing multiple quests for one daedra lord and getting several artifacts from them, we also should be able to worship a certain diety of our choice and join their temple, there should be temples for each deity, such as Ebonarm or even Yffre, spread throughout the map. If orsinium is included, there should even be temples to Trinimac. It would be nice to become not only a champion of for example, Meridia since she is the topic of the video, but also join her temple and get bonuses for worshipping

Meridia is pretty cool except for that one line. That one line I avoid at all costs. That awakens me in my sleep and does not let me rest.

This video proves drew was the glue that held FudgeMuppet together. He’s here dropping videos like this the same quality / style of the old fm videos and they are posting mod shorts now lol. Dude is killing it.

I could listen to you read anything and probably be absolutely stunned by it. Love these videos

Interested to hear your take on this. Meridia very unique daedra. Thanks!!

Easily my favorite Daedric Prince.

I was always fascinated by her playing through the games and your inspections and conclusions about her make a lot of sense, thank you. Though I'm glad you said "twisted maternal instinct" first cause I was about to say she's got serious "Mommie Dearest" vibes about her lol.

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Meridia is my all time favourite daedric prince.

Easily my favorite of the Daedric entities. So glad you made this one man. Your passion for this sort of project shows through and I appreciate the effort you put into each of them.

More info on the various deities please. These videos are super fun and interesting. And the show a lot about the actual lore of the elder scrolls.

I think Drewmora really really likes Meridia… 😂

Great video! I always loved your daedric videos on fudgemuppet and nothing has changed!

Excellent video Drew! What are your thoughts on the theory that Meridia is a black hole? That her “light” is the accretion disc around her as she greedily devours what creatia she can? Also lines up with the concept that black hole = fallen star

Loving all these longer videos Drew! Thanks for your hard work. I hope she’s explored more in TESVI too

Honestly, though I love the series deeply, the World of Elder Scrolls always struck me as pretty generic. Apart from Morrowind of course - all hail that place of wonder. And yet, the cosmology behind it all is pretty awesome and surprisingly weird. The spirit of Glorantha runs deep in Mundus and I salute you for your work!

4:01 Meridia, the Daedric Prince of RGB lighting.

Wonderful and interesting. I appreciate your hard work.

Keep popping out absolute bangers, man. Top tier video.

NEW DREW LETS GO

Your thorough content is greatly appreciated👋

Man, how I did not know about this channel and how I love the way he reads these stories! I am hooked and it helps me get through the night at work. And I need it most nights with what i deal with and what I see and do. I love this game as well. Skyrim needs another game!

Drew has an ability to fascinate and an inspire me unlike no other creator here on RU-vid. Meridia is also an interesting figure for sure, I did not know much about her prior to playing Skyrim in 2012 for the first time. But after that quest she sure left an impression on me. And she is one of the saving graces for the Elder Scrolls Online's base game main quest.

I love lore videos from Drew the Daedrologist!

If only I could be so grossly incandescent \[T]/ I read a reddit post a while ago on how Meridia is the ES equivalent of gnosticism's Sophia. It was a good read, especially considering that the altmer would view Lorkhan as the demiurge.

Amazing video man!

Thanks for the content!

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I love ❤️ seeing these videos if only the books spoke to us but drew your narration is good to listen to keep work your best!

Just gotta comment on Darien doing that little "catch-up" run to his scripted spot xD

Awesome video!!

Beautifull video .... earned a sub mate i look foward exploring all off your content :)

Nice video, found it interesting

Drew of Atmora sailed from the ancient land to gift us this great tale.

DREW! Glad I stumbled across this. I think Scott and Michael aren't really doing a lot of lore anymore, and I was missing it.

i'm a simple girl, i see 'daddy issues' i click video

I don't know what we did to deserve a video this long. Drew, thank you so much for all these incredible videos. I just looked back through the catalog, and I've decided i need to rewatch them all again! You're my favorite RU-vidr hands down! I wish you all the success you deserve.

Been on a binge with these videos and they're incredible man. But what's the back track you play at the beginning of some of these videos, cause it sounds familiar but I can't place it? Keep up the good work!

The moment you pick the beacon description 👌🤣🤣🤣

Lol. That rock you pick up. It's pre minute men, minute men.

Meridia is definitely my favorite Prince. It's so incredibly cool to see that level of nuance in the Elder Scrolls pantheon. That said, I can't forgive her for helping Umaril defend the Ayleid empire. Not cool at all.

I like how you show her thinking, planning and contemplating on how to make the sky and the rest of the world.

I still hear " ...welcome back to fudgemuppet" but also rly happy for u. U doing good job

Glad you finished with the streets of whiterun music. My favorite by far.

Beautiful theory and story ❤

Also almost 30k!

drew back at it with another hot daedrology take

I apologize for being late, my connection to the world wide web was disturbed. But now I can see that Drewmora uploaded again. Although the celebration might be over... My heart will rage on in happiness of this occasion.

Meridia: i will make you the instrument of my cleansing light! Me: You had me at "daddy issues".

Interesting, thank you 😊

Nice to see another video from you Drew, this'll keep me entertained while at work

I’m obsessed with these videos. Watched them all. It’s like Christmas when you post!

"A NEW HANDS TOUCHES THE LIKE BUTTON"

Babe wake up! Drewmora has just posted!

I am illiterate in ES lore, but I am enthralled by your voiceover and writing . Nice