Other Daedra Lords seem to have faded away to a last few cultists meeting in secret - some of them diseased (Peryite) or no longer even alive (Clavicus Vile's dozen or so vampire cultists).

Even among them, only Azura retains her open popularity - even Boethiah and Mephala, also revered by the Dunmer, have suffered by comparison: and the Orcish cult of Malacath still persists in their strongholds, though not so much among Orcs who live in the wider world. And since the Oblivion Crisis (and the closure of the Oblivion Gates which seems to have mostly shut unbound Daedra out of the mortal plane), the world has largely - and probably justifiably - turned away from Daedra-worship, with the exception of those still revered by the Dunmer. Narratively this makes sense - Daedra-worship was always part of the Dunmer culture and was thus comparatively common in Morrowind, even during the reign of the Tribunal, and there were still many Daedric ruins there where unbound Daedra of all levels from Scamp to Golden Saint could be found: but there are no such ruins and no such cults in Skyrim at all.

There are far fewer unbound 'wild' Daedra in Skyrim than there were in the previous two Elder Scrolls games, Morrowind and Oblivion. Many of these summonings are successful and those Daedra serve their masters without fail, but even more summonings go wrong and result in unbound beings turning on their masters. Despite the lasting ramifications of the Oblivion Crisis, conjurers across Tamriel could not resist the allure and power associated with summoning Daedra and attempting to command them. Only two of these types of Daedra appear in Skyrim, however: the atronachs and Dremora.

An atronach under the command of a conjurerĭaedra are creatures and sentient beings that can be found across the vast expanses of Oblivion.

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