Lore:Peryite

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An emblem representing Peryite
A shrine to Peryite (ESO)
"He is the pus in the wound. Oh, proper ones curl their noses, but it's pus that drinks foul humors and restores the blood. I worship Peryite, yes, because sometimes the world can only be cleansed by disease."
—Kesh the Clean[1]

Peryite (listen[2]) is one of the Seventeen Daedric Princes that dwell within the realm of Oblivion. As the Daedric Prince of Pestilence,[3] his sphere of influence includes tasks, natural order (not to be confused with the perfect order of Jyggalag), contamination, and pestilence.[4][5] Peryite's sphere is described as "ordering the lowest orders of Oblivion".[6] He is also known as the Daedra of Pestilence and Plague,[7] the Taskmaster,[6] the Blighted Lord,[8] Figuring father,[UOL 1] the Lord of Infection and Pestilence,[9] the Bringer of Disease and Pestilence,[10][11]:313 the Lord of the Natural Order,[3] the Master of Tasks,[12] and the Lord of Abundant Pus and Bountiful Vomit.[9] Peryite "blesses" his worshipers with diseases, and is considered one of the more destructive Princes.[13] He is typically depicted as a green four-legged dragon, and often takes on the form of one, with the likeness to Akatosh seen as some primordial and curious jest.[UOL 2] Peryite occasionally appears as ghostly apparitions of vermin, such as skeevers.[14] The coiling, snake-like dragon and the skeever are two of Peryite's most sacred symbols.[9] The Nordic goddess Kyne is said to give Peryite the spirits of skeevers when they die.[15] According to some of his followers, Peryite abhors heterogeny, thus offerings of disease given to him should always be of the same strain.[16]

Peryite is considered one of the weakest of the Princes.[4] Some unfortunate Dremora Churls and Caitiffs find themselves in the employ of the Taskmaster.[17] Peryite's summoning day is the Ninth of Rain's Hand,[18] but an incense can be created from vampire dust, one silver ingot, a deathbell flower, and a flawless ruby that will allow one to communicate with the Prince.[14] His enemies are Ebonarm, Boethiah, Vaermina, and Mephala.[19]

Peryite's breath purportedly pollutes "both cloud and pool".[20] Peryite is in charge of keeping daedrons - chaotic creatia imbued with sufficient purpose and function from the exertion of Daedric or mortal will - from causing damage in Oblivion. Such will-imbued creatia can form 'potentia vortices' which, if unattended, can form destructive 'realm-rips', phenomena which Peryite prevents from forming across Oblivion.[21] When asked, Fa-Nuit-Hen's tutor Riparius says that "trying to keep ahead of it all keeps Peryite mighty busy, but nobody really feels sorry for him." He then goes on to say that Peryite "earned it".[21] Despite his weak reputation, his plagues have often been deemed dangerous enough to potentially wipe out all of Tamriel.[12] and it has been said that, despite Peryite being perceived as less important, people fall ill all the time, indicative of his influence.[22] In addition, Peryite's plagues have shown the capacity to infect other Daedric Princes and their realms and Daedric servants. Such was the case with the realm corroding plague Peryite unleashed against Apocrypha during the Second Era, which afflicted both Apocrypha's inhabitants and Prince with debilitating pain, gradually severed Mora's connection to his domain, and threatened to dissolve the realm itself to nothingness.[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] It is also theorized that Peryite may have been involved in the creation of the Thrassian Plague developed by the Sload.[5]

Peryite often takes a polite or formal tone when dealing with mortals.[31] Instead of reacting with rage when rejected, he keeps a cool head.[32] Rot is sometimes described by the Erabenimsun Tribe as "the touch of Peryite".[33]

History[edit]

A memory of the meeting between Peryite, Vaermina, and Hermaeus Mora

A legend regarding the viridescent dragon frog states that the little amphibians were once a breed of giant green frogs that grew as large as Dragons. These frogs envied the Dovah's ability to fly, so they sought out Peryite and made a pact with him. The Daedric Prince granted their wish, but it came with a price. The frogs got the wings they wanted, but the size of their bodies was greatly reduced.[34]

At some point in the Merethic Era, the Daedric Prince Hermaeus Mora sought out the aid of the other Princes in imprisoning the Daedric Prince Ithelia, whose manipulations of fate and the Many Paths and planned use of the Loom of the Untraveled Road threatened to unravel all of reality.[35][36][37] Eventually an alliance was formed between Hermaeus Mora and Azura, Boethiah and Mephala, who proceeded to defeat Ithelia through their combined efforts and design a plan to erase the very memory of her existence from reality, so that the danger would never return.[38][39][40] Two of the Princes whose support Hermaeus Mora sought were Vaermina and Peryite. However, Mora's attempt to secure their approval for his plans proved futile. Despite Mora's insistence that Ithelia represented a grave danger to reality, Vaermina and Peryite argued that she shouldn't be punished solely because of something she might do, and that the spheres of the Princes were sancrosanct. Believing that Hermaeus Mora was overstepping his boundaries, the two Princes refused to support him. It was than that Mora revealed he was going to proceed with his plan regardless. Mora shattered the statue of Vaermina and cast his spell, removing the memory of Ithelia from every mind across all reality.[41][42]

Second Era[edit]

Before the Interregnum[edit]

Plague doctors carting away corpses and boarding up condemned houses during the Knahaten Flu

The text Deal with a Daedric Prince contains an account by healer Rindral Thirano, of a deal he made with Peryite in 2E 573. A series of disasters had befallen the city of Tear, starting with a series of chill nights in the summer, which was followed by a flood and than a miasma that engulfed the city and afflicted both people and animals with a number of terrible plagues, including the grippe, ague, consumptive coughs, Fiddler's quinsy, and flying heart ticks. After the number of afflicted became too great for the city's healers to treat with their spells and potions, and surrounding communities refused to lend aid for fear of the diseases spreading to them, one healer named Rindral Thirano decided the only solution was to bargain directly with the source of the disasters and plagues itself, Peryite. Summoned forth through a spell cast with specific alchemical ingredients, Peryite manifested in the form of a ghostly Skeever. Rindral furiously demanded that Peryite put an end to the plagues he'd inflicted on Tear, only for the amused Prince to ask how the healer planned to force a Daedric Prince to do his bidding. Rindral threatened that he'd amassed knowledge of disease during his life and would amass more, he'd spread this knowledge as far as he could so that people could use it to cut disease off at the root. In this manner Peryite's sphere would be reduced and his own influence would lessen. Peryite conceded to make a deal, promising that, for a year and a day, Tear would be free of illness. The following day people began to recover and the diseases subsided. Rindral himself, however, paid a heavy price. His limbs began to weaken, his skin grew scaly and lizardlike on one arm while boils grew on the other, food lost all taste and sleep and breathing became difficult. Soon, Rindral's sight started to fail and he finished penning his last account, secluded, as he felt something moving in his chest and cursed ever having made a deal with a Daedric Prince. As Rindral lay in agony, Tear's citizens celebrated their good health outside. Rindral's rotted corpse was discovered in his offices and burned to prevent whatever had afflicted him from spreading. Some witnesses, however, claimed the body was still moving as it was consigned to the plague fire.[43]

Some believe Peryite is responsible for the Knahaten Flu.[44] No one knows what brought the flu to Orcrest, but some natives blamed the Argonians, while others theorized that Peryite was responsible.[45] In 2E 582, a pair of Peryite worshipers sought to enter the city and gather evidence, which they could bend to claim that Peryite was responsible for the flu.[46] Nothing substantial came of the investigation, but they found a few scraps parroting the aforementioned theories.[46]

During the Interregnum[edit]

Statues of Peryite on Scalecaller Peak
Zaan the Scalecaller wielding Spellbreaker

The ancient Dragon Priest, Zaan the Scalecaller, turned to worship Peryite after her Dragon Lord, Thurvokun, abandoned her.[47] Zaan was worthy enough for Peryite to grant her Spellbreaker at some point in time.[48] In 2E 582, a Peryite Cult took up residence in Scalecaller Peak. The cult worshiped Zaan and experimented with a gruesome disease in hopes of unleashing a plague to infect all of Tamriel.[12][49] They infected the creatures that inhabited the mountain with the disease. Ogres, giants, and Leimenids were among those infected.[50] Their symptoms should have been debilitating, but the disease unintentionally made them more powerful and excessively aggressive.[12][51] Zaan and the Peryite cult were stopped by the Undaunted at the behest of Breton historian Jorvuld Davaux.[52] Following her demise, Zaan's wraith possessed Jorvuld and infected him with her plague in revenge.[52] It is unknown whether or not Davaux found the means with which to cure himself.[52][53]

In 2E 582, a group known as Peryite's Chosen attempted to spread the word of Peryite throughout Senchal after the Dragons were released from the Halls of Colossus.[54][46] They also had a presence in Summerset.[55] Some cultists of Peryite expressed the belief that Mehrunes Dagon's failure to take over Nirn with the power of the Four Ambitions may bring profit to their patron.[56]

Invasion of Apocrypha[edit]

The temple to Peryite in Bal Sunnar's future
Statue to Peryite in Bal Sunnar

During that same time, the Dremora Torvesard, former servant of Ithelia, approached Peryite and Vaermina, seeking their aid in uncovering the truth behind a recurring dream he had. The dream was a supressed memory of the meeting before Hermaeus Mora, Vaermina, and Peryite, that was preserved due to the last act of Ithelia, who'd saved Torvesard at the last moment. Torvesard that Vaermina and Peryite had experienced the same dream, though in their case it was not quite as vivid. The two Princes, furious with Hermaeus Mora for altering their memories, formed an alliance with Torvesard and with each other, determined to enter Apocrypha and uncover the forgotten truth.[57][58]

In the course of this effort, Peryite became involved in the events surrounding the Time Knot that enveloped the Telvanni township of Bal Sunnar, trapping it in a time loop from sometime after the Battle of Red Mountain to 2E 582, when it was undone by the Psijic Monk Saresea and the Vestige. The Knot was created by a Telvanni splinter group who sought to escape the rising rule of the Tribunal through the use of a Glyphic, an artifact of Hermaeus Mora. The Telvanni, recognized the Vestige and Saresea from previous loops and tried to stop them, tapping into the magic of the Knot to summon creatures from the time of ancient Nirn or to conjure temporal duplicates of themselves to aid them in combat. The Knot itself resisted Saresea, exploding outward and transporting her and the Vestige both to the distant past and the distant future. When they were transported to the future, Saresea and the Vestige found themselves in a version of the city filled with Peryite's plague and creatures, the result of a desperate deal the Telvanni Matriarch had made with Peryite in order to stop them. Ultimately Saresea and the Vestige succeeded in defeating the Telvanni Matriarch and dispelling the Knot but at a cost: Saresea was fragmented and scattered across time. Though Hermaeus Mora, who had been observing, reached out and pulled her back together she remained "multichronal", a being that manifests at multiple points in space and time simultaneously, both in the past and in the future, ranging from her own birth to her own death and beyond.[59][60][61][62]

Members of the Hidden Kindred in Apocrypha

In order to uncover the truth Mora had hidden, Vaermina and Peryite had their followers form an alliance and form a new cult devoted to both Princes called the Hidden Kindred, which the high priest of Peryite, Blightcrown, assumed leadership of.[63] The Hidden Kindred also formed an alliance with Telvanni Master Shelreni Baro.[64][64][65]

In order to proceed with their plans, the Hidden Kindred sought to retrieve a powerful artifact called the Fulcrum Obscura. The relic, crafted long ago by Hermaeus Mora for Prior Durdryn, had the power to uncover any hidden secret and was kept within the necropolis of Necrom.[66][67] Disguised as a prelate, Blightcrown infiltrated the city and had his Hidden Kindred place Censers of Corruption, plague spreading relics which contained "Peryite's blessed breath" throughout the chapel, hoping the afflicted Keepers of the Dead would reveal the relic's location. Investigating the spread of the illness that had gripped the Keepers, the Vestige found evidence of the Hidden Kindred's activities and plans on the ship they'd used to arrive, and tracked them to the catacombs with the aid of Curate Gadayn. In the catacombs, the Vestige encountered Blightcrown and Torvesard, who fled with one half of the Fulcrum Obscura after the artifact cracked, as it contained the power they needed even when broken.[68][69]

The Hidden Kindred carried out operations in multiple locations in service to their goals, including in the Alavelis Glass Mine and in the Anchre Kwama Egg Mine, where Zaedare the Afflicted infected the eggs with diseased ichor, in an attempt to destroy Necrom by spreading the infection to it when the eggs reached its markets.[70][71][72]

Peryite's plague spreading through the Mythos, core of Apocrypha
Peryite's plague spreading through the Mythos, core of Apocrypha

The Hidden Kindred's plans culminated in an invasion of Apocrypha itself. Blightcrown betrayed Shelreni Baro and sacrificed her, so Vaermina could possess her body and enter Apocrypha through a special portal formed using a spell from the Black Book The Tormenting Eye. A ritual which allowed the Prince to enter Hermaeus Mora's realm uninvited, circumventing the Pact Primordial which prevented interdimensional incursions from one Prince into the realm of another.[73][74][75][76]

In Apocrypha, the Hidden Kindred used magic that allowed them to move objects and beings to different layers of reality in order to conceal a modified version of the cult's Censers of Corruption. These Censers spread an arcane plague formed of Peryite's disease and Vaermina's dream essence,[77][30][78][28] that infected and corroded Apocrypha's fabric, tormented, blinded, and frenzied Mora's servants,[23] and gradually incapacitated even the Prince himself, threatening to eventually dissolve Apocrypha and sever Mora's link to his domain entirely.[24][25][26][27][28][29][30] In addition to the affliction, the corruption of the Censers also allowed the Hidden Kindred to conceal their agents and objects in different layers, so that even Hermaeus Mora's gaze could not immediately track them through the different layers.[79][77] The plague soon spread both within the realm proper and adjacent dimensions such as the Infinite Panopticon.[23][77][80]

Hidden in Shelreni's body, Vaermina entered the Infinite Panopticon, seeking one of the Glyphics that contained the hidden memories. Hermaeus Mora himself, weakened by the corruption coursing through the realm, which was intensified further by Vaermina's presence, was ensnared and imprisoned within one of Vaermina's nightmares. However, the Watchling Scruut and the Vestige managed to break through the nightmare and free him, forcing Vaermina and her allies to flee.[26][28][24][80]

In the end, the ghost of the Telvanni Magister Meln the Mouthless used his Ghost Sight, a power that allowed one to see the hidden, imperceivable, and unseen, to allow the Vestige to locate the minions and Censers of the invading Princes and vanquish them,[41] to destroy the manufactories of corruption which were spreading Peryite's plague within the core of Apocrypha by shattering the dream shards that bound them to the realm, and to slay Blightcrown, and even to help in combat against a manifestation of Vaermina herself,[81] thus preventing the dissolution of Apocrypha, an event that would have produced ripples of fate that would have impacted all of Aurbis, and caused the destruction of Nirn as well due to the powerful connection the two realms share.[82][24][25][83][38] Though the invasion was ended and Apocrypha was saved, Torvesard managed to escape with his recovered memories of Ithelia.[57]

During the invasion, the forces of Peryite and Vaermina also attempted to steal the knowledge held in Bastion Nymic, a fortress within Apocrypha where Hermaeus Mora is said to keep the countless Daedric Nymics which he has recorded.[84][85][86]

Third Era[edit]

The shrine of Peryite in Cyrodiil, east of Bravil (Oblivion Remastered)

In the events leading up to the Warp in the West, an agent of the Blades contacted Peryite in search of power. The agent reminded the Prince of a mortal from the First Era, and Peryite took a shine to the agent. He had the agent slay a Vampire Ancient who had displeased him, and in return he had one of his worshippers give Spellbreaker to the agent.[32]

In 3E 433, five worshippers of Peryite performed a ritual at the Prince's hidden shrine, located along the banks of the Silverfish River in Cyrodiil. The spell was intended to summon Peryite, but instead the worshippers became trapped between worlds, their bodies on Nirn and their souls in the Pits. The Hero of Kvatch stumbled upon the motionless bodies of the worshippers by the shrine and was tasked by Peryite to travel to a plane in the Pits and recover their souls. The plane consisted of a volcanic island inhabited by many Daedra, with a Blood Well tower and a series of volcanic caves called the Sightless Grotto. The Hero rescued the souls of the worshippers and returned them to Tamriel to earn the Prince's favor and receive his artifact, Spellbreaker.[87]

Fourth Era[edit]

Shrine to Peryite in Bthardamz
Orchendor, rogue priest of Peryite

In 4E 201, Peryite tasked the Last Dragonborn with slaying Orchendor, a former priest of Peryite who had abandoned the Prince. Peryite had tasked Orchendor to shepherd those the Prince had afflicted with a wasting disease, initially spread among a number of Breton villages, to the Dwemeri ruin Bthardamz. However, once there, Orchendor lost his way and forsook Peryite. The Dragonborn entered Bthardamz and slew Orchendor, whose soul was sent to the Pits, where Peryite punished him for his disobedience. The Afflicted were scattered, left to their own devices to await the day when Peryite would call on them once more to cover the world with his blessing. The Dragonborn received Spellbreaker as a reward.[14][1]

Worship[edit]

Heavy and concealing clothes worn by Skeevemasters, who often collaborate with rats (ESO)
An Afflicted uses Vile Vapor

Peryite's followers preach the wonders of their Prince and the mysteries of the divine skeever.[9] Peryite's worshippers are not well known or documented, and take a variety of methods in how they worship him. The Natural Order is a cult that consists of venerable nobles and aristocrats across Tamriel who secretly worship the Taskmaster.[88] Some worshipers liken Peryite more to the pus in the wound rather than disease itself; although the pus is unpleasant, it expels foul humors and restores the blood, thereby cleaning it and restoring health.[1] Peryite is viewed as the perfect truth of order by his followers, and they worship him because "sometimes the world can only be cleansed by disease", and "cleansing" the world would bring true natural order.[1][89]

Cults such as the Diseased and Order of the Sacred Skeever are organizations of self-described social outcasts that take more extreme and controversial methods.[88] They would be glad to contract a disease and die in their own filth "as Peryite intended".[3] They see every malady as a blessing from Peryite and revel in suffering and the spreading of plagues: fungal infections, scabies, rashes, mucus-filled lungs, itchiness and irritation in all forms, and tooth decay are some of the many afflictions adored by his cultists.[9][89][22] These cultists seek to spread whatever illnesses they have to everyone they meet.[9] Their recruitment attempts are often unsuccessful, as many see them as imbeciles.[90]

The Scalecaller Cult viewed Nirn as a nasty imperfect world with no order or respect, and they saw other Princes as chaotic lies. They concocted an all-consuming plague to bury the world in corpses so that it would belong to Peryite, who would then bring about a new age of an ordered world without chaos.[89] This event is prophesied among various branches, who say only the most faithful followers of the Prince of Pestilence will survive.[9] An interview with Phrastus of Elinhir and Lady Cinnabar of Taneth also implies that Peryite might have had a minor presence and influence among the Dragon Cult of the Nords due to their veneration of dragon-kind.[91]

There was also a particular group known as the Afflicted that consisted of Bretons located within the Reach in 4E 201. Peryite's "blessing" for them was infection with a plague, although he also granted them some resistance to its deadly effects.[92] They had unusually bright red skin and the ability to spit poisonous vomit at their enemies, but they were eventually killed by Peryite's champion in his quest to kill their overseer, the Bosmer known as Orchendor. Originally from the town of Cul Aloue in High Rock, they were "shepherded" to the Dwemer ruin of Bthardamz.[93] Orchendor and the Afflicted were meant to stand ready, awaiting Peryite's command to cover the world with his blessing.[1] They also worshiped strange draconic totems and brewed tinctures in their worship of Peryite.[94] The Afflicted drank the solutions they brewed, which other mortals would call poisons, to "heal" themselves.[93]

Nathien Mortieu, a plague concoctor of Peryite
The Noxious Herald, a follower of Peryite, spreading disease

Peryite, who is known as the Master of Tasks and the Lord of Order, is a revered spirit in the Reachmen pantheon that shares many characteristics with Akatosh, in pivotal ways such as being attributed to "time, rigid natural order, (and) draconic imagery". This has led to scholars concluding that there was a cultural diffusion between the early ancestors of Men and Mer in the Northwestern parts of Tamriel. To the Reachfolk Peryite serves as a foil to the primacy of conflict. Everything that exists will pass. The fort that rises too high will fall. The clan that starves will one day grow strong. This eternal balance is the work of Peryite. To describe Peryite as a necessary evil would thus be a misnomer, for while the Reachfolk see him as necessary, they see the good in him maintaining a balance as a force of nature. While Reachmen may be claimed by blight or plague, they will come out of these natural tragedies healthier. This keeps the dangers of overpopulation in check and allows a new generation of Reachfolk to build immunity to what Peryite throws at them.[95]

Peryite is invoked in Ashlander rites[33] and is referred to as "Figuring father Peryite" in relation to "Mephala mother" in an obscure text which also names one of his attributes as his "Golden Order".[UOL 1] The stewards of Bal Sunnar built a temple to Peryite as their Matriarch believed he offered the most protection from the Scourge. Sacrifices would later begin that brought about unrecognizable creatures such as "Peryite's Glory", voriplasm-like blobs capable of sapping strength.[96]

Some of the Prince's followers work as plague concoctors, experimenting on the creation and spread of new diseases which they engineer to have specific traits, such as both being nigh incurable and exhibiting symptoms with some delay, in order to help them spread further.[97] Plague concoctors sometimes give Peryite samples of disease as an offering. These offerings need to be of similar strains, such as Crimson Plague and Blood Rot, as the Taskmaster is said to abhor heterogeny.[16]

Artifacts[edit]

Spellbreaker[edit]

Spellbreaker

Spellbreaker (also spelled Spell Breaker) is an ancient artifact stated to have been created on behalf of King Rourken. Some believe it to be forged by a Daedric Prince themself, but regardless of its veracity, it has become claimed by Peryite specifically. Superficially a Dwarven tower shield, it is one of the most ancient relics in Tamriel. The shield not only protects its wielder from physical damage, but also from magical attacks, by reflecting magicks, dispelling curses, or silencing any mage about to cast a spell. It is said that the shield still searches for its original owner, and will not remain the property of anyone else for long.

Scarf of the Obscene[edit]

The Scarf of the Obscene was a minor relic thought to be connected to the Daedric Prince Peryite, existing in an alternate timeline.

It was described as a deceptively beautiful garment made of silks in shades of green and golden thread. However, beneath its initial allure lay a disturbing truth. Daedric runes writhed and flickered across its surface like oil on water, imparting an unsettling and distressing effect on anyone who gazed at the scarf for too long. When worn, the Scarf transformed its wearer into a living vessel for Peryite's most potent contagions. Anyone who came within a few feet of the wearer was cursed to be infected with a variety of these diseases. Each new wearer gave rise to a unique array of afflictions, the method of which remained a mystery. Despite this, it was deemed harmless unless worn.

Other Artifacts[edit]

There are curios associated with Peryite of which little is known, such as the Bilious Censer, the Toxicruciform, and the Golden Scab. They were last known to be in Gazmod the Collector's possession.[56] Although these theories have not been validated or elaborated upon by other sources, two other artifacts attributed to Peryite (Denstagmer's Ring and the Mirror of Hard Truths) are briefly mentioned by an interviewer during the Second Era, whose information may be unreliable.[91]

The Pits[edit]

The Pits is a realm of Oblivion, created and ruled over by Peryite, the Daedric Prince of Pestilence. Here, Peryite guards the lowest orders of Oblivion.

It is unknown what the realm looks like overall. What little that has been seen of the realm resembles the Deadlands, with lava seas, volcanic islands and ruined structures. The realm is usually completely inaccessible to mortals, but there have been several exceptions.

Servants[edit]

Peryite's servants include Voriplasm-like creatures named after the Prince himself.[98] The Prince has also been known to employ creatures infected with his diseases,[99] including giants[100], Death Hoppers,[101] ogres[102], Flesh Colossi,[103] and Skeevers.[104] Peryite has been known to transform his followers into other forms such as ogres to aid them in carrying out their tasks.[105] Some Dremora Churls and Caitiffs are known to serve Peryite.[17]

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Books[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Kesh the Clean's dialogue during The Only Cure in Skyrim
  2. ^ ESO Live: "Episode 1". Retrieved 2025-05-1.
  3. ^ a b c Marthine's dialogue in ESO
  4. ^ a b Skyrim Loading Screen
  5. ^ a b Telenger the Artificer Answers Your Questions 2Telenger the Artificer
  6. ^ a b The Book of Daedra
  7. ^ NPC dialogue about Peryite in Daggerfall
  8. ^ Afflicted's Note
  9. ^ a b c d e f g Filbert Cienne's dialogue in ESO
  10. ^ Steed of the Afflicted mount description in ESO
  11. ^ The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Prima Official Game Guide — David Hodgson
  12. ^ a b c d Jorvuld Davaux's dialogue during Plans of Pestilence in ESO: Dragon Bones
  13. ^ On OblivionMorian Zenas
  14. ^ a b c The Only Cure quest in Skyrim
  15. ^ Kyne's Challenge: A Hunter's Companion: Morrowind
  16. ^ a b Plague Concoctor's Instructions in ESO
  17. ^ a b Lyranth the Foolkiller Answers Your QuestionsLyranth the Foolkiller
  18. ^ Events of Daggerfall
  19. ^ Oblivion Faction data in Daggerfall
  20. ^ Song of Despair — Anonymous
  21. ^ a b Lord Fa-Nuit-Hen and Tutor Riparius Answer Your Questions 2Fa-Nuit-Hen and Tutor Riparius
  22. ^ a b Curate Gadayn's dialogue in ESO
  23. ^ a b c Blightcrown's NotesBlightcrown
  24. ^ a b c d Hermaeus Mora's dialogue during A Calamity of Fate in ESO
  25. ^ a b c Hermaeus Mora's dialogue during An Unhealthy Fate in ESO
  26. ^ a b c Scruut's dialogue during A Calamity of Fate in ESO
  27. ^ a b Scruut's dialogue during An Unhealthy Fate in ESO
  28. ^ a b c d A Calamity of Fate quest in ESO
  29. ^ a b An Unhealthy Fate quest in ESO
  30. ^ a b c Master Shelreni's dialogue during A Calamity of Fate in ESO
  31. ^ Peryite's dialogue during Peryite's Quest in Daggerfall
  32. ^ a b Events of Peryite's Quest in Daggerfall
  33. ^ a b Ritual of Appeasement
  34. ^ Viridescent Dragon Frog's description in ESO
  35. ^ Ithelia's dialogue in ESO
  36. ^ Leramil's dialogue in ESO
  37. ^ Events of The Untraveled Road in ESO
  38. ^ a b Hermaeus Mora's dialogue in ESO
  39. ^ Priest Dandera Helas' dialogue in ESO
  40. ^ Events of Prisoner of Fate in ESO
  41. ^ a b Events of A Hidden Fate in ESO
  42. ^ Vaermina's dialogue in ESO
  43. ^ Deal with a Daedric PrinceRindral Thirano, healer of Tear, circa 2E 573
  44. ^ Letter to Peryite
  45. ^ First Signs of the Flu
  46. ^ a b c Events of Unhealthy Preoccupation in ESO: Elsweyr
  47. ^ Zaan the Scalecaller's dialogue in ESO: Dragon Bones
  48. ^ Zaan the Scalecaller's use of Spellbreaker in ESO: Dragon Bones
  49. ^ Description of Scalecaller Peak in ESO: Dragon Bones
  50. ^ Appearance of the infected giants, ogres and Corrupted Leimenids in Scalecaller Peak in ESO: Dragon Bones
  51. ^ Research of Nathien Mortieu, Vol. 2Nathien Mortieu
  52. ^ a b c Events of Plans of Pestilence in ESO: Dragon Bones
  53. ^ Zaan the Scalecaller's wraith in ESO
  54. ^ Black Kiergo: Primed for Peryite?Yamighu
  55. ^ Events of The Dreaming Cave in ESO
  56. ^ a b Eorda's dialogue in ESO
  57. ^ a b Torvesard's dialogue in ESO
  58. ^ Torvesard's JournalTorvesard
  59. ^ Events of Unstuck From Time in ESO: Scribes of Fate
  60. ^ Saresea's dialogue in ESO: Scribes of Fate
  61. ^ Journal of Nerile BelvaynNerile Belvayn
  62. ^ Journal of Kovan GiryonKovan Giryon
  63. ^ A New Cult ArisesOrdinator Kilao
  64. ^ a b Master Shelreni's dialogue in ESO
  65. ^ Events of Spirit of Fate in ESO
  66. ^ The Prior's FulcrumAbbot Ilvel
  67. ^ On the Fulcrum Obscura
  68. ^ Events of Keeper of the Fate in ESO
  69. ^ Blightcrown's Orders
  70. ^ Zaedare the Afflicted's dialogue in ESO
  71. ^ Tainted Egg Mine Report in ESO
  72. ^ Events of Underwritten in ESO
  73. ^ Secret of the Tormenting Eye
  74. ^ Scruut's dialogue in ESO
  75. ^ On the Pact Primordial
  76. ^ Events of Conclave of Fate in ESO
  77. ^ a b c d Leramil's dialogue during A Hidden Fate in ESO
  78. ^ Hidden Kindred InstructionsBlightcrown
  79. ^ Blightcrown's dialogue in ESO
  80. ^ a b Leramil's dialogue during A Calamity of Fate in ESO
  81. ^ Vaermina encounter during An Unhealthy Fate in ESO
  82. ^ Meln the Mouthless' dialogue during Spirit of Fate in ESO
  83. ^ Meln the Mouthless' dialogue during An Unhealthy Fate in ESO
  84. ^ Kynmarcher Strix's journal ESO: Necrom
  85. ^ Ordinator Tandasea's dialogue in ESO: Necrom
  86. ^ Bastion Nymic in ESO: Necrom
  87. ^ Peryite quest in Oblivion
  88. ^ a b Dagonists Through the AgesLarina Hanus, scholar on Daedric cults
  89. ^ a b c Research of Nathien MortieuNathien Mortieu
  90. ^ Razum-dar's dialogue in ESO
  91. ^ a b A Matter of Voice and Brass: Dragon Bones DLC InterviewPhrastus of Elinhir, Lady Cinnabar
  92. ^ Afflicted Refugee's dialogue in Skyrim
  93. ^ a b Unsent Afflicted Letter
  94. ^ Appearance of the Dragon-tipped totems deep within Bthardamz in Skyrim
  95. ^ Great Spirits of the Reach: Volume 4Vashu gra-Morga, Chief Daedrotheologist at the University of Gwylim
  96. ^ Journal of Adosi FevurAdosi Fevur
  97. ^ Research of Nathien MortieuNathien Mortieu
  98. ^ Peryite's Glory and Peryite's Vessel and Peryite's Blessing in ESO
  99. ^ Peryite's Blessed in ESO
  100. ^ Diseased Giants in Apocrypha in ESO
  101. ^ Plague Hoppers in Apocrypha in ESO
  102. ^ Diseased Ogres and Ogre Brutes and Ogre Shamans in Apocrypha in ESO
  103. ^ Vhogor the Pestilent in Apocrypha in ESO
  104. ^ Blightrats in Apocrypha in ESO
  105. ^ Blightcrown's transformation in ESO
  106. ^ Meln the Mouthless' dialogue during A Hidden Fate in ESO

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