If you were to rank the daedric princes in terms of power, who would fall where?
This is a tricky question, because we have one clear objective answer, and according to Google, 355,687,428,096,000 subjective lists. Thatās a fairly big number, but it gets worse because we donāt necessarily know how many Daedric Princes exist.Ā
The objective answer is āit depends on the writerā. As a few examples of this, sometimes Clavicus Vile is so weak that he can hardly interact with the world around him, other times heās casually eradicating villages for fun. Weāve seen Hircine casually hijack reality for his own amusement multiple times, but he can also be beaten in a standup fight at the same time, and weāve been told that he was originally the āweakestā of the bunch. Peryite is sometimes depicted as being the āweakestā Prince, other times heās treated as the archdemon of Tamriel. Molag Bal is somehow able to go toe to toe with the power of the combined Aedra, and at other points has trouble doing much more than pranking some priest with a haunted house. They are going to be as strong or weak as the story requires, basically.
So instead of trying to open that can of worms today, weāre going to open an entirely different can of worms, and judge them based on their fashion sense.
#17 -- Azura (DISQUALIFIED)
Azura is immediately disqualified from this contest for cheating, because of COURSE she would. Her fashion sense is essentially just the Dunmer fashion sense. This is mostly because she expresses her will through possession often enough, so her āchosenā outfit is usually just whatever that person chose to wear that day. Honestly this might be the worst thing she has ever done, and she cursed the entire population of Morrowind to die because of the actions of three people.
You have to play the game if you want points, and Mora doesnāt play the game. Hermaeus Mora, a terrifying monstrosity from beyond the void, doesnāt play dress up. His commitment to himself is respectable, but this contest is about their fashion sense.
Jyggalag is the kind of person we could have told about this contest in advance, given him plenty of time to prepare, only to have him show up wearing the same armor as always. Itās not that he doesnāt care, he cares FAR too much, but he has about the same imagination capacity as the rest of this metaphor when we compare him to āsomeone without much imagination at allā.
Molag Balās relationship with clothing can be best described as āgenerally opposedā, and his fashion sense suffers from that. He is much more interested in tearing clothing off over finding something that matches his complexion. Molag Bal is an awful person.
Meridia is powerful enough to hijack the sun for her own purposes, and she still dresses like she shoplifts from Goodwill. Meridia, youāre supposed to oppose the undead, stop dressing like you are one.
Malacath was never going to win this contest, something heās very fine with. Malacath may not even make it to the top half of the list, but he earns a small amount of personal respect for literally not caring about that fact at all.
What the hell Namira? Sincerely, you may be in the back half of the contest but only SLIGHTLY. Of all the Princes who would have taken a dive to lose this thing, it really should have been you. Namira places on our eleventh spot, but she SHOULD have been at last place. She dresses adequately. Nothing overly fancy, but nothing truly ragged as expected from NAMIRA. I canāt believe you let Azura take last place from you.
Peryite has a small collection of forms. His favorite outfit is his dragon appearance, but he has also been known to use various foul creatures to appear. He understands his gimmicks well, throws some variety in there, and even has āformal wearā. A generally competent performance, and all we can expect from the only Prince with a real job. Bravo!
Mehrunes Dagon breaks through the pack of back half thanks to one thing and one thing only... he works it. He knows the poses, how to make an entrance, how to hold himself. It really is unfortunate he is in the triumvirate of Princes who only really wear loincloths if anything at all, alongside Molag Bal and Malacath. If he worked in some capes, some armor, he could have been a fierce contender for a top spot.
As we head into the top half of our list we start running into difficulties. Everyone after this point REALLY does try. At least usually. Which takes us to Clavicus Vile, and we really need to ask, whatās going on? Clavicus has a degree of style to him, but itās just missing... je ne sais quoi. Itās hard to put your finger on it exactly. So really, this spot is going to Barbas, because heās a good boy!
Vaerminaās appearance does get the notion of āDream Demonā across, so she scores highly with consistency and just a degree of variety. I feel like she could have won this, but she just doesnāt get the limelight enough for the Daedra who literally interacts with every person on an almost nightly basis. Vaermina loses, but from no fault of her own.
Sanguine gets points for variety, which is exactly what heās about. Thereās a lot of forms of pleasure out there, and Sanguine definitely experiments with his wardrobe. Iām going with the Skyrim appearance, but thatās due to the platform. Sanguine would prefer to be strutting with his golden staff of a naked lady, but Tumblr has a problem with that apparently.
Sheogorath, smart dresser, true to himself... and barely lost this. Sheogorath seemed to forget something very important about himself, and that is that he dresses smart to lead people down the Golden Path. Instead, heās been mostly lounging in some variety of his robes from the Shivering Isles for the last thirteen years, with very few exceptions. Sheogorath may have thrown this contest away, but he still gets the fifth spot.
This is a painful one, which is appropriate considering weāre dealing with Mephala. Mephala has some fantastic appearances that have been just absolutely impressive, she knows who she is and how to present herself. She even had her own fashion line. She did not podium, though. Mephala ranks at #4 instead of higher for two reasons. She keeps forgetting to do stuff, for one. Mephala is āaroundā, but just not enough. It feels like her best showing is still to come. Secondly, there have been some āoffā appearances where it really just seems like she wasnāt into it. A bit more flair, and she would have been competing for a top spot.
Nocturnal gets the bronze because she basically hits every point we can ask her too. She is consistent but still a degree of variety, she has a fairly strong presence in the series, and she knows how to steal a scene. Nocturnal is coming into her own, but she just didnāt have enough of a presence in the earlier installments of the series to win outright.
Boethiah earned a top spot just for the wardrobe. Just an absolute ton of variety, Boethiah has fun appearing in new and interesting ways. Really knows how to make an appearance too, usually extremely memorable and just all around fun. Boethiah just barely lost outright to our number one spot, because of a lack of lengthier appearances. A one scene wonder, but a great one.
Hircine is the winner for most stylish Daedric Prince, and with a safe margin! Hircine uses different appearances to make each scene memorable, and adjusts it to match the occasion. He even usually morphs reality to better fit the tone heās going for. He really knows how to hold himself, he steals each scene with the atmosphere he oozes. And most of all, he is OUR PRINCE. Hircine has made time for us again and again, heās even fought us before and made it a fair fight to keep things interesting! He praises us when we ignore his orders, but respects our cooperation when we provide it. Hircine is a class act of a Prince, and one stylish fellow.
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