Namira

Namira is a Daedric Prince whose sphere is the ancient Darkness. She is also known as the Lady of Decay, the Spirit Daedra and the Goddess of the Dark. Namira is the ruler of sundry dark and shadowy spirits, and is often associated with slugs, spiders, and other things that inspire mortals with instinctive revulsion, though the symbol of a bat is featured on her emblem. The Khajiit believe that all creatures who feed on rotten flesh are her spies.

She is the Daedric Prince of spirits and shadows, as well as the patron of vermin and squalor. Namira also appears to be associated with beggars and the beggaring gifts of disease, pity, and disregard. Namira and her shadowy endeavors are often recognized to bear some association with eternity. Somewhat in line with this, the Khajiit believe that she is a spirit of infinite realms. Namira sees herself as the rightful ruler of all spirits. In some culture's creation stories, she is responsible for the corrupting Lorkhan,[8] or making a deal with him during his endeavor to create Mundus.



Mortals who become ensnared by this spirit are tortured until they forget who they were and know only Namira. Ancient Khajiit knew her as an Ur-dra, a term also used to describe Nocturnal. It implies that the owner of the title is the "eldest and most powerful of the Daedric Princes". Hermaeus Mora is similarly called the Ur-Daedra who is "elder than Ada". Namira's followers and the priesthood of Arkay have clashed in the past. Namira counts Azurah, the Twilight Cantors, Khenarthi and Ebonarm among her enemies. Her summoning day is Marukh's Day, the 9th of Second Seed.

amira can be worshiped in a variety of different ways depending on the cult's motive. Simply living in darkness and squalor is enough in some cases. Others practice ritual murder and cannibalism to honor Namira. Namira does not consider the practice of mortals eating ogres to be cannibalism, and would be offended if one of her followers did such a thing while touting it as "cannibalism". Namira's worshipers are rarely open about their beliefs, as they would be viewed as dangerous and perverse by society. They often live normal lives, working standard jobs and socializing with fellow civilians as anyone else would, and organizing into secret covens to hide their unconventional appetites.



Namira's followers keep to themselves, some preferring to live peacefully in dark and squalid conditions. Those who devote their full time to Namira can be found congregating around her shrines or forming colonies, such as the Forgotten Ones, deep within abandoned ruins. The Forgotten Ones were so accustomed to the dark, they would recoil from the light. They also reacted violently at any attempts to "save" them from their lifestyle. Some of Namira's cults (such as Namira's Forgotten) require prospective members to consume human flesh in order to join.

Namira's followers tend to congregate in dark or filthy places, reveling in their misery and the darkness.[46][43] Those who are ostracized by others may be drawn to worship Namira.[48] Her worshipers are more inclined to have unsanitary habits, such as a tendency to not wash their hands before handling meat.[49] Cannibals also tend to worship Namira. A life in Namira's service is said to bring bleak and horrifying side-effects.



The Crow-Wife Clan of Reachmen worships Namira. At every two-moons'-dark, the clan draws lots at random to select a child from the clan, be it kin or slave, to be sacrificed. The sacrifice is set upon the Ever-Oozing Altar, where its heart is cut out by the clan's hagraven matriarch and offered to Namira. In addition to these regular sacrifices, children the matriarch deems too weak are also sacrificed to Namira. The Crow-Wife Clan also practices live burnings, bathing in blood and engaging in raucous ritual dismemberment to please Namira. When the tribe calls to Namira, writhing masses of centipedes, roaches and other squirming creatures form a thick carpet on the floor of the clan's ritual hut. Members of the clan sometimes pluck these creatures off the ground and eat them during worship. The Hagfeather Coven of western Falkreath, a subset of the Glenmoril Wyrd, also reveres Namira.

The witches of the Ghostsong Clan witches have historically spoken directly and often with Namira. Namira personally chose the clan's foremothers to keep dark, powerful secrets, such as the Prophecy of the Dark Heart. She led the first Ghostsong matron to a bottomless pit deep beneath Lost Valley Redoubt called the Dark Descent. In ancient times, the Reachfolk honored Namira with blood sacrifice, believing death pleased her; death is the greatest, most permanent gift a mortal can give. Their beliefs held that Namira granted them power in exchange for the souls they sent to her realm.

Namira is the spirit of death and decay. As such, using her energy and gifts to avoid dying a natural death is an affront to the Daedric Prince.



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