
Hermaeus Mora is associated with the ancient tome of knowledge, the Oghma Infinium, apparently given by Mora to Xarxes, the scribe of Auri-El. The only known residents other than various ghosts are Seekers, Lurkers, and Miraak together with his dragons. Rising up from this sea are many cathedral-like structures build of crumbling stone and iron walkways, with books and scrolls crammed haphazardly into countless shelves, or else stacked in massive spiraling towers.
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The realm of Apocrypha appears as an endless sea of roiling black oil, with greasy tentacles slithering about the waves beneath a green-tinged sky full of dark clouds and numerous portals through which Hermaeus Mora travels. It does, however, lack the ghosts mentioned in the above paragraph. Some areas have Lurkers who also guard the realm and sometimes appear in the mortal realm, unlike the Seekers. The halls are filled with Seekers who read books and guard the realm. This realm can be accessed via Black Books, which can give the reader special abilities. Masses of ghosts move through the stacks, rifling through books, eternally searching for the knowledge they sought whilst living. Every book has a black cover with no title. It is an endless library, with shelves stretching onward in all directions, stacks on top of stacks. Hermaeus Mora maintains a realm in Oblivion called Apocrypha, where all forbidden knowledge can be found. He is also known to betray his servants to their deaths when he perceives them as having outlived their usefulness to him. He will offer potential servants knowledge that they desire in return for serving him, though many legends, such as those around his Nordic aspect Herma-Mora involve him tricking seekers to gain their knowledge. He usually chooses to appear to mortals as a void of darkness, or as a grotesque mass of tentacles and eyeballs. In his rare dealings with mortals, he often chooses to appear as a grotesque mass of tentacles." ― Skyrim loading screenĪlso called the Demon of Knowledge, he is vaguely related to the cult origins of the Morag Tong if only by association with his sibling, Mephala. "Hermaeus Mora is the daedric prince of fate, knowledge and memory.
