Daedric Forces of Madness The Daedric Forces of Madness were the army of the Daedric Prince Sheogorath . They acted as the defenders of the Daedric Realm of Madness , the Shivering Isles . This task was executed primarily during the numerous Greymarch es , when the opposing Daedric Forces of Order would sweep the Isles in an attempt to conquer them . History . It cannot be determined when exactly the Forces of Madness came into being . Sheogorath himself was not a product of the original creation of the Daedra . He was , in fact , the alter - ego of Jyggalag , the Prince of Order , who was cursed with Madness by the other Daedric Princes . When Jyggalag became Sheogorath , and the latter began reforming the Realm of Order into that of Madness , it can be reasonably assumed that the Forces of Madness came into being . Whether they existed previously and came into the Madgod ' s service , or were created personally by Sheogorath , is unknown . Nevertheless , the two species of humanoid Daedra , Golden Saints and Dark Seducers , became the new soldiers of Sheogorath ' s army , tasked with the defense of the Shivering Isles . Greymarch . The most notable act of defense the Forces of Madness performed over the eras was certainly during each Greymarch when , due to the nature of his curse , Sheogorath would transform back into Jyggalag and attempt to re - conquer his Realm with the Forces of Order . The response to this attack would come from the Forces of Madness , but it was to no avail . Each time , with every millennium that passed , the Saints and Seducers would be defeated by the Knights of Order and Jyggalag would lay waste to the Realm . Then the curse would be renewed , and Sheogorath would be left to rebuild the Isles , as well as his army . This cycle would continue indefinitely until the Fourth Era of Tamriel , when Sheogorath enacted a plan to end the cycle of the Greymarch . By ensuring the Throne of Madness was occupied when Jyggalag came , there was a chance that he would be defeated by the new Madgod . For his successor , Sheogorath chose not one of his own servants , but a mortal , none other than the Hero of Kvatch , who had previously defeated Mehrunes Dagon ' s Forces of Destruction in the Oblivion Crisis . The Fourth Era Greymarch truly began when Order launched an offensive on the Fringe of Madness , the entry point of the Shivering Isles . The Madness army was quick to respond , initiating the battle ; based in the town of Passwall , Madness fought to hold the line against the Knights of Order until the Hero arrived under Sheogorath ' s command and led Madness to victory . Madness would continue to hold the Fringe for the rest of the Greymarch . Order ' s answer to this defeat was a covert assault on one of the strongholds of Madness , either Brellach or Pinnacle Rock . This attack too would be overcome by the Hero . Had Order succeeded in taking the stronghold , it would have meant the end of either the Golden Saints or Dark Seducers . Following an attempt at poisoning the Wellspring of Madness itself , Order made its last attack . The Forces of Madness met those of Order in the Battle of New Sheoth ; here the Hero , now the new Madgod , succeeded in defeating Jyggalag and freeing him from the curse , bringing the Greymarch cycle to an end . From that time onward , the Forces of Madness served the new Madgod , the Hero of Kvatch . Forces . The soldiers of the Daedric Forces of Madness were two similar yet distinctly different forms of humanoid Daedra , the Golden Saints and Dark Seducers . The Golden Saints — or Aureals , as they called themselves — guarded the land of Mania . They were based in Brellach , a fortress set on a peninsula called Saint ' s Watch . During the Fourth Era Greymarch , they were led by a Saint named Staada . The Dark Seducers , or Mazken , were affiliated with Dementia . They were based in Pinnacle Rock , which sat on the Madgod ' s Boot peninsula . During the Fourth Era Greymarch , they were led by Dylora . Despite both groups being defenders of the Isles , neither was fond of the other , and they were constantly clashing in a bid for Sheogorath ' s favor . Certainly the greatest of these clashes was the conflict over Cylarne ; that , too , was ended by the Hero during the Battle of Cylarne .