Marah Philomena

Daedric Alliances

I was writing and realized I needed a list of the alliances between Daedric Princes, so I went to UESP and made one. Then I realized I needed a better way of visualizing the relationships, so I made some relationship charts. Maybe someone else will find this useful.

Charts 1 and 2 contain relationships between the traditional sixteen Daedric Princes and Lorkhan.

Charts 3, 4, and 5 contain relationships between the traditional sixteen Daedric Princes, Lorkhan, Ebonarm, and Jyggalag.

Red relationships are for enemies, green relationships are for allies. Solid lines are for relationships confirmed by UESP, and the one dotted line is for a headcanon I just can’t seem to give up.

The text below contains more information than the charts.

Vaermina: Enemy of Ebonarm, Boethiah, Peryite, and Hermaeus Mora, but allied with Sanguine.

Sanguine: He is known to be allied with Vaermina, and is probably allied with Mephala because he created the Threads of the Webspinner for her. His enemies are Ebonarm and the Benevolence of Mara. (I personally also see him as BFFs with Sheogorath, but that’s probably just me.)

Hermaeus Mora: Sibling of Mephala. His enemies are Ebonarm and Vaermina.

Meridia: Enemy of Molag Bal and Ebonarm and all the Divines. Her champion is Umaril the Unfeathered, sworn enemy of Pelinal Whitestrake.

Azura: One of the Three Good Daedra, she is allied with Mephala and Boethiah, and sometimes Molag Bal. She is considered an enemy of Ebonarm and Nocturnal, and the Khajiit say she is the rival of Nirn.

Peryite: His enemies are Ebonarm, Vaermina, and Mephala.

Nocturnal: Enemy of Azura and Ebonarm

Clavicus Vile: Enemy of Ebonarm. Sheogorath dislikes Barbas and plans to kill him with hemlock.

Mephala: Sibling of Hermaeus Mora, and one of the Three Good Daedra, Mephala is allies with Azura and Boethiah, as well as Malacath. Probably allied with Sanguine because he gave her the Threads of the Webspinner. Mephala’s enemies include Ebonarm, Molag Bal and Peryite.

Namira: Enemy of Ebonarm. The Khajiit hold her to have a connection with Lorkhan. Generally at odds with Arkay.

Molag Bal: Archenemy of Boethiah. Other enemies are Ebonarm, Meridia, and Mephala, and is sometimes allied with Azura.

Sheogorath: Dislikes Barbas. Potential enemy of all other Daedric Princes, and more specifically Malacath (because of his treatment of Malacath’s son), Mehrunes Dagon (because of the Champion of Cyrodiil and the Oblivion Crisis), and Hircine (because of the Spear of Bitter Mercy). (I personally can’t see him as anything other than BFFs with Sanguine, but that’s probably just me.)

Mehrunes Dagon: Enemy of Ebonarm. Potential enemy of Sheogorath.

Malacath: Allied with Mephala. His enemies are Ebonarm, and Boethiah. Potential enemy of Sheogorath due to Sheogorath’s treatment of Malacath’s son.

Hircine: Enemy of Ebonarm. Potential enemy of Sheogorath (because of the Spear of Bitter Mercy).

Boethiah: One of the Three Good Daedra, Boethiah’s allies are Mephala and Azura. Boethiah is also said to be allied with the Temple of Stendarr. Archenemy of Molag Bal, and enemy of Ebonarm, Vaermina, and Peryite. Potential enemy of Malacath. Boethiah was in love with Lorkhan.

Bonus:

Jyggalag: Enemy of every Daedric Prince.

Ebonarm, because he keeps showing up: Ebonarm is a defunct god from Daggerfall, a God of War, and enemy to every Daedric Prince except Sheogorath. I personally like the theory that he used to be a god, but his worship fell to the wayside until he no longer had any followers, thus killing him.

I'm running a DTIYS raffle for this piece over on Bluesky, and decided to run a second one here too.

Prize is a halfbody skeb piece from me. I don't really do commissions, so if you want art from me this is your chance!

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All in all their relationship doesn't last long but also never lacked intensity. And here's some thoughts on the details:

Song

I chose the Song "Let me die" (Soundtrack from the Apothecaries Diaries), because their lovestory is a tragic one. Otsuyu will have a phase in which she completely shuts down and later has to learn to let go to find happiness in her life. Eventually she will come to terms with his passing but she'll never stop loving the first love of her life.

Flavour

Sour and Sweet is a combination that can make you grin imo, but take away the sweetness and you're left with the sour... While usually I'd tend to go for bitter - in their case sour felt more appropriate. Especially since they didn't have much time together.

Time

It's hard to pinpoint how much time exactly passes throughout the series, but she's pretty much assigned to him by the butterfly mansion to monitor his health. From then on she sticks to his side and he can't get rid of the shinobi... Until he doesn't want to get rid of her anymore as they get to know each other better. It's hard to tell when exactly it turned romantic though haha~ they were already on a commitment level before either confessed their feelings. So approx. half a year is a good measure??

Favourite season

I HC Genya to like the summer, because for one: Watermelons! But on a more sad note: the days are longer, nights shorter, which means more safe time from demons (especially during the time he was an orphan) - also I can imagine that he had sweet memories with Sanemi from their childhood like going to catch bugs together. Otsuyu is definitely a spring girl - though her Haori has Plum blossoms (which bloom in January) she loves to see the world come to life. It has something hopeful to her and it actually makes her think of Tengen whose influence gave her hope in her life.

Favourite time of day

In Genyas case it ties to Demons again, but more in the sense, that the rising sun is a sign of survival. Also his smile during the sunrise in the Swordsmith arc is one of the cutest so <3 Despite the danger at night, Otsuyu thinks of the darkness as some sort of comfort to hide. It ties to her origin as Shinobi and the skills for stealth that increase during night-hours.

Attachment style

With Genya I was a bit torn, because I think he's afraid to get attached to anyone but his older brother and Gyomei who earned his trust. But he slowly warms up, but gradually becomes anxious to lose another person in his life. Otsuyu has a more anxious attachment style from the start, since her childhood wasn't filled with love and only after leaving the clan she learned just how precious connections are. So precious, that she's afraid to lose that treasure she's finally get to experience.

Ashara as a Revenge attack on @its-zaer !!! I freaking love Khajiits

I fully intended to finish and post this on my birthday but it was deadass too painful to 💀

15 USD sketches

25 USD flat color / grayscale

Currently no cap on how many I'm doing.

Usual commissions also still open.

The GTA girls trend burst in unexpectedly and "out of turn," so plans changed a tiny bit and this week there's no full comic.

BUT! In Jack Sparrow's voice I've got something better than a comic. …a frame from the comic. So I'll post it soon. :D