Sithis Sithis , also known as Akel , SITHISIT , Psijii , and the Dread - Father , and not to be confused with Padomay , is a deity representative of emptiness and the void . Other sources say that he is also a representation of utter misanthropy . He is worshipped by the Dark Brotherhood and many other cults . Although usually referred to as male by the Dark Brotherhood , Sithis , like most deities , has no gender . Background . Sithis is neither an Aedra nor a Daedra . Sithis is the birthed soul incarnate of Padomay and the equal yet opposite force to Anui - El , who is the birthed soul incarnate of Padomay ' s opposite force , Anu . The conditions Sithis and Anui - El placed on each other in their interplay would bring about the creation of what is known as the Aurbis , in which the realms of Aetherius , Oblivion , and Mundus would form . It is implied that the Daedra may have been created from Sithis . When Anui - El birthed his soul , Auri - El , to stabilize the then confusing and turbulent Aurbis by creating time , Sithis birthed his own soul , Lorkhan , as well . Sithis is believed to have created Lorkhan to destroy the universe through trickery and deceit , and return the universe to the void . Popular opinion and worship . According to some sources , the name " Sithis " is actually a corruption of the term " Psijii " which is derived from the prevailing concept of PSJJJJ , that being Padomay . Some believe that Sithis was actually born when a cult of nihilistic , Mephala worshiping , Chimer merged Daedric influences with the essence of Padomay . This concept of Sithis eventually evolved into a cult that wished to " murder the world " . The worship of Sithis is rejected by most cultures , most likely because of his association with death . During the First and early Second Era s , little is known about the worship of Sithis . However , the Dark Brotherhood , which formed sometime during the Second Era by the Night Mother , became the main known cult dedicated to the worship of Sithis . The Crimson Scars , an all - vampire group of assassins , worships Sithis as well . Additionally , some of the Argonian culture revolves around Sithis . Though the main religious figure within the Argonians is the Hist , the Hist as well as the Argonians accept Sithis as the original creator . In fact , Argonians born under the sign of The Shadow are given to the Dark Brotherhood at birth , where they are trained as assassins and spies such that one day they may earn the rank of Shadowscale and serve Argonia and Sithis . Vampires have been known to worship Sithis as well , with many claiming allegiance to the Crimson Scars or the Dark Brotherhood . Vampires that are not a part of these organizations will often worship either Molag Bal , one of the Daedric Princes , or Sithis instead of the Nine Divines . Mortals often represent Sithis as a skeletal being , to signify His relationship to death . In truth , the Dread Lord is formless , and infinite as the Void . Sithis , in the eyes of the Altmer , is nothing but an embodiment of all the limitations Anui - El used to ponder himself after his creation . But according to Sithis worshipers , Anuiel was actually one of many ideas created by Sithis that refused to die and enslaved the universe . Sithis is described as the embodiment of everything evil , but at the same time , he is described as being nothing at all : a void . He is appeased through death ( although he himself is not a god of death ) and other acts of suffering and strife . In the belief of the Dark Brotherhood , Sithis visited a Dunmer woman who gave birth to five children of Sithis . The Dunmer woman then claimed to hear the voice of Sithis in her head , telling her to send their children to him . However this could not be achieved easily , so she sacrificed her five children , thus sending them to the Void to reunite with their father . Following this , many angry citizens killed the Dunmer lady for her actions and burnt down her house . It is said that this action created the Night Mother . At least 30 years after this , a man heard voices in his head , much like the Night Mother heard Sithis . He followed the voices to her tomb and it was there the first Listener of the Dark Brotherhood was created . Following this and the establishment of the Dark Brotherhood that worships Sithis , he became much more publicly worshiped throughout all of Tamriel than he was before . The Dark Brotherhood believe that Sithis is ' married ' to The Night Mother , and the Dark Brotherhood are their metaphorical children . According to some sources , the Night Mother may actually be the Daedric Prince Mephala . Theories . According to the book " Sithis " , Anu is described as not being a deity of any kind , but is rather a static force without consciousness , personality , or intent or will , being depicted as immutable static light that does not change . It is Sithis , according to this book , that created all things . Sithis is said to have sundered the Eternal Anu to create new ideas . However , Sithis unintentionally created Anui - El who became Aetherius and the Aedra . Sithis then created Lorkhan ( which the book describes as neither Aedra nor Daedra ) to destroy these " false " creations . The book greatly downplays any involvement by Anu and differs from the other known documentations detailing the origins of the worlds , as such its validity is questionable considering that the book was written by worshipers of Sithis . Interactions with Mortals . Second Era . Sometime after the assassination of Potentate Versidue Shaie in 2E 324 , Sithis came to the Night Mother in a village on the future site of Bravil . He visited her in her bed chamber , and begat to her five children . After two years passed , the Night Mother killed her children and sent them to the Void to be with their father . In 2E 582 , a being claiming to be an aspect of Sithis appeared to the Vestige in Shadowfen during the Three Banners War . After reclaiming the Fangs of Sithis from Khajiiti pirates , if the Vestige refuses to hand them over to a group of Shadowscale assassins , a being in the shape of a large red serpent will appear . It claimed to be a " minuscule piece of Sithis , a jolt of intellect and will , contained within this shadowed form " . The Vestige must then hand over a Fang , but the " Aspect of Sithis " allowed him to keep the other , believing the relics had been too long hidden away from the world . Later on during the war , a defected Dark Brotherhood member known as The Black Dragon retreated to Knightsgrave , awaiting the Vestige and Shadowscale Green - Venom - Tongue . Sithis assisted the two assassins by sending out a Wrath of Sithis , and in his dying moments after being struck by the Black Dragon ' s blade , Green - Venom - Tongue believed that Sithis too was hunting the Dragon . Once the Black Dragon was killed , the Wrath of Sithis shackled her soul and brought her to the void .