TES Craft

Nope. I ran the Daedra Worship forums for a while, but it was super dead and I haven't checked it in ages. I was also in like 4 or 5 discord servers, but about a year and a half ago, I culled a whole bunch of servers (mostly the ones that weren't 18+, but also ones that I hadn't been active on in a while, which included all the paganism servers I was on in general)

Even when I was involved in the servers tho, they were pretty dead. It's unfortunately very common, since there are so few of us that keeping a server going is difficult.

Peryite's a difficult one, IMO. Pestilence isn't exactly something you wanna mess around with, y'know? (Especially the last 3 years, with covid lurking around every corner)

That said, the two things that really come to mind would be medical volunteer work (like organizations that take care of people who are sick, bringing food, cleaning houses, the sort of thing that doesn't require actual schooling like being a care aid does) or getting pet rats.

Of course, if neither of those things work for you, simply making a shrine is acceptable, too!

Sorry for taking so long! I've been shit at keeping up with the inbox (I have messages in here from years ago, rip)

Personally, I'm hesitant about Namira, so I don't know how much help I can be. I feel like you'd need to be in a situation where you're okay with life not improving. Because, of course, what room for improvement is there under Someone whose sphere is revulsion, decay, and darkness, whose gifts are disease, pity, and disregard?

Now, keep in mind that it's been a while since I've been involved in the TES paganism community as a whole (I culled a ton of discord communities I was in about a year and a half ago, so I haven't been keeping up with things on those) and I haven't gone through my Namira tag to check and see what all the posts there suggest. So this is just off the top of my head.

Being as Namira explicitly does not like attractive people, uh, do your best to be ugly? Or, I feel like presenting yourself in a way that runs counter to what society says is acceptable/desirable would be good enough. (Like, society says women must shave, but Namira would be like "yetis unite" y'know?)

Anyway, advice for someone interested in Namira. Basically yeah, be comfortable with things not getting better (and potentially getting worse) for you from a societal point of view. Obviously be comfortable with "gross" things -- and if there are any gross things you're not comfortable with, you might wanna get on that, cuz pretty sure Namira would be demanding it.

Also, as I said in the last ask I answered, do your homework. Learn all the lore about Namira, what She likes and dislikes, and just keep that in mind. Set boundaries (although it's possible She may decline to work with you, depending on what your boundaries are and what She wants), communicate with Her (godphone, divination, readings from others), and remember that you can always disengage if it turns out to be more or different than you expected. If you're not getting what you wanted, it's okay to change your mind.

Well, I don't have any experience with Hermaeus Mora personally. But I have worked with a few of the Princes (specifically Azura and Clavicus Vile, as well as honoring Sanguine, and I did an "open invitation" thing once that Someone took me up on... I don't know for sure, but I suspect it was Clavicus Vile then, too).

All my experiences have been fairly good. I made a deal with CV, and although He hasn't held up His end (nor do I expect Him to, being as it breaks the laws of physics), He's stopped poking at me about making deals, so that's a plus, cuz TBH He was getting kind of annoying about it.

Azura has been incredibly loving and supportive with me, and having Her in my life and my spiritual practice has been wonderful. (Although I've had to be careful about who I talk to about it, cuz one person offended Her and I kinda had to be like "plz don't curse my neighbor, she doesn't know any better.")

Actually my worst experience wasn't with one of the Princes, it was with Dibella. I'd made a deal with Her on behalf of a friend, promising to give Her an offering when I got home (I was visiting family at the time), and She held up Her end of the deal, but I ended up extending my trip by a month and for a couple weeks after that, until I realized what was going on, I started seeing stuff moving around outside the door (dark shadows, white mists) and it was super freaky. Once I realized it was Dibella being upset that I'd "broken" our agreement, I sat down and was like "I am still going to give You an offering, it's just going to be later than expected, please be patient" and I stopped seeing weird shit and it was all good. I gave Her the offering when I got home and haven't had a problem since. (I suspect that something similar -- or worse -- would've happened if it had been one of the Princes in that situation.)

I think when it comes to any of the Princes, you need to really understand who They are, as best you can. Dive into the lore, pay attention to what They approve and disapprove of, and don't do the shit They don't like. (Like, for example, while I like Meridia, I would never work with Her, or even set up a shrine to Her, because my apartment is haunted and I rather like the ghost. Meridia would make me get rid of him, and I don't want to do that, so I don't work with Her.)

Do keep in mind that yes, They can actually fuck you up. The open invitation I mentioned above? That resulted in the people it was directed toward going from being millionaires to being bankrupt. (Which is why I think it was Clavicus, that seems like something He'd do, esp since the people in question were very concerned with having money.)

But even so, just keep in mind that the Princes are actual beings, with likes and dislikes and moods. Treat Them the way you'd treat any other being more powerful/differently powerful than you, again keeping in mind Their individual preferences, and you should be okay. Respect goes a very long way, but respect also looks different to different Princes.

It would also be a good idea to work on communicating with Them before you actually start working with Them. If you have a godphone (ability to feel/hear deities), if you do divination, even having someone else do divination for you, all of that can be useful in figuring out how to approach your Prince of choice, and how to do it in the safest manner for yourself.

In the games, people don't really get to have boundaries from the deities, but this isn't Mundus, you are more powerful than you would be if you lived there. Boundaries are healthy, even with the Princes (although some will be better with them than others), and if you're uncomfortable, or your Prince pushes too far, you can disengage. It might take some time, some cleansing, and some wards, but it can be done.

So by all means, be cautious. You want to protect yourself. But don't be afraid. Nothing is set in stone unless and until you make a pact or deal that sets it in stone. (And if you do, you'd best be absolutely sure that's what you want to do, do not jump into something like that until, I'd say, you've been working with the Prince for years.)