The Daedra are powerful ancestor spirits, similar in form and substance to the Tribunal (Blessed Be

Their Holy Names), but weaker in power, and more arbitrary and removed from the affairs of mortals.
n old times, the !himer worshipped the Daedra as "ods. But they did not deserve this veneration, for
the Daedra harm their worshippers as often as help them.
The #dvent of the Tribunal (Blessed Be Their Holy Names) chan"ed this unhappy state. By the
#potheosis, the Tribunal (Blessed Be Their Holy Names) became the $rotectors and Hi"h #ncestor
%pirits of the Dunmer, and bade the Daedra to "ive proper veneration and obedience. The Three &ood
Daedra, Boethiah, #'ura, and (ephala, reco"ni'ed the Divinity of the Triune #ncestors (Blessed Be
Their Holy Names). The )ebel Daedra, (ola" Bal, (alacath, %heo"orath, and (ehrunes Da"on,
refused to swear fealty to the Tribunal (Blessed Be Their Holy Names), and their worshippers were cast
out.
These )ebel Daedra thus became the *our !orners of the House of Troubles, and they continue to
pla"ue our tran+uility and tempt the unwary into Heresy and Dark ,orship. The $riests of the Temple
remain ever vi"ilant for si"ns of the #dversaries- return, sometimes aided by the loyal Three &ood
Daedra, who are familiar with the wiles of their rebellious kin.
The &ood Daedra are known to the Temple as the #nticipations, since they are the early ancestral
anticipations of the lovin" patrona"e of the Tribunal. The #nticipations are the Daedra .ords Boethiah,
(ephala, and #'ura.
Boethiah is the #nticipation of #lmale/ia but male to her female. Boethiah was the ancestor who
illuminated the elves a"es a"o before the (ythic 0ra. He told them the truth of .orkhan-s test, and
defeated #uriel-s champion, Trinimac. Boethiah ate Trinimac and voided him. The followers of
Boethiah and Trinimac rubbed the soil of Trinimac upon themselves and chan"ed their skins.
(ephala is the #nticipation of 1ivec, but manifold and andro"ynous. (ephala tau"ht the !himer to
evade their enemies or kill them with secret murder. The !himer were few in those days and threatened
on all sides. (ephala tau"ht the !himer to build Houses. .ater, (ephala created the (ora" Ton".
#'ura is the #nticipation of %otha %il, but female to his male. #'ura was the ancestor who tau"ht the
!himer how to be different from the #ltmer. Her teachin"s are sometimes attributed to Boethiah. n the
stories, #'ura is often encountered more as a communal pro"enitor of the race as a whole rather than as
an individual ancestor. %he is associated with Dusk and Dawn, and is sometimes called the (other
%oul. #'ura-s %tar, also called the Twili"ht %tar, appears briefly at dawn and dusk low on the hori'on
below the constellation of the %teed. #'ura is associated with mystery and ma"ic, fate and prophecy.