Lore:Modern Heretics

worship is not prohibited by law in  . Primarily  this is a result of the   Charter granted the   permitting the summoning of Daedra. Nonetheless, chapel and public opinion is so strongly against Daedra worship that those who practice Daedric rituals do so in secret.

However, opinions about Daedra worship differ widely in other provinces. Even in Cyrodiil, traditional opinions have changed greatly over the years, and some communities  . Some more traditional Daedr  are motivated by piety and personal conviction;  any modern Daedr  are motivated by a lust for arcane power. In particular, questing heroes of all stripes seek after  abled Daedric artifacts for their potent combat and magical benefits.

I personally  iscovered one community worshi ping the Daedra Lord  , Queen of Dawn and Dusk. A researcher curious about Daedra worship might   in several ways: through a study of the literature, through exploration and discovery of ancient  aedric shrines, through questioning local informants,   through questioning worshi pers themselves. I used all these means to discover the shrine of Azura.

First  I read books. References like this one may provide a helpful general background concerning Daedric shrines. For example, my researches led me to understand that  in Cyrodiil, Daedric shrines are generally represented by statues of Daedra Lords  are generally situated in wilderness locations far from settlements ach shrine generally has associated with it a community of worshi pers, often referred to as a  coven hrines have associated with them a particular tim  often a day of the wee  when a Daedra  ord might be solicited  Daedra Lord   not deign to respond unless they regard a petitioner of sufficient prowess or strength of character hey will only respond if given the proper offerin he secret of which offering  ften known only to the community of worshi pers n return for the completion of some task or service, the Daedra Lord  will often undertake to offer an artifact of power to a successful quester.

Then I questioned locals with an intimate knowledge of the wilderness. Two classes of informants I found especially usefu  well-traveled   adventurers  who might come across shrines in their travels , and scholars of the Mages Guild. In the case of the Shrine of Azura, both sources were profitable. I discovered a   hunter who had chanced across a strange epic statue in his travels.   a woman with outstretched arm n one hand  she held a star; in the other hand, she held a crescent moon. He had shunned the statue out of superstitious fear, but had marked the location in memor ar north of Cheydinhal, northwest of  , high in the  .   proceeding to the local Mages Guild with a description of the statue, I was able to confirm from its description the identity of the Daedra Lord worshi ped.

Having discovered the location of the shrine, I visited it  and discovered there the community of worshi pers. Because of the strength of opinion against Daedra worship, the worship ers were  at first  reluctant to admit their identity.   I had won their trust, they were willing to divulge to me the secrets of the times when Azura would hear petitions  from dusk to dawn , and that the offering required by Azura was  , a substance obtained from the  .

I am, of course, nothing more than a   scholar, so it did not lie within my power to find a will-o-the-wisp to obtain glow dus or am I certain that Azura would have found me worthy to make such an offering, even had I proffered it.   I was assured that if I had been able to make such an offering, and if it had been accepted, Azura would have given me some sort of quest  might have earned   the reward of  , a Daedric artifact of legendary magical powers.

I have since heard rumors of the existence in Cyrodiil of several other Daedric shrines,   the Daedric Lords to which they are dedicated, and the Daedric artifacts that might be won by questing heroes.   the Huntsman, for example, is linked in legend to the  , a powerful enchanted armor. The     is associated with  , Lord of Monsters, and the eponymously named   of   is also thought to be the object of Daedra worship. Other Daedra Lords, their shrines  and   remain to be discovered   by earnest and persistent researchers.