§ 24 – SANGUINE , whose sphere is hedonistic revelry and debauchery , and passionate indulgences of darker natures . 59
Fittingly , he often appears on the seals and signs of brothels and whorehouses . Sanguine is depicted as a portly man with a dremora-like head with horns , always with a bottle in his hand or a whore under his thumb . He is thought to control thousands of realms .
The term sanguine can mean either " cheerfully optimistic " or " bloody "; the double meaning is appropriate for a prince whose realm encompasses both the light and dark sides of passion . 60
The Myriad Realms of Revelry are a congeries of one hundred thousand pocket and subrealms of Oblivion , created and ruled over by Sanguine . The realms are used mainly as pleasure pockets , refashioned to meet the needs and desires of its visitants . As such , Sanguine himself has very little control over them . 61
§ 25 – SHEOGORATH , whose sphere is Madness [ insanity ], and whose motives are unknowable . 62
He is sometimes referred to as the Mad Star , the Mad Lord , the Mad One , and the Mad God among other things . The Mad God typically manifests [ himself ] as a seemingly harmless , well-dressed man often carrying a cane , a guise so prevalent it has actually been coined " Gentleman With a Cane ". 63
His realm , best known as the Shivering Isles , has also been called the Madhouse . It ' s believed that those who go there lose their sanity forever . Of course , only the Mad God himself may decide who has the privilege to enter . 64
§ 26 – VAERMINA , whose sphere is the realm of dreams and nightmares , and from whose realm issues forth evil omens . 65
59
The Book of the Daedra
60 http :// www . uesp . net / wiki / Lore : Sanguine
61 http :// www . uesp . net / wiki / Lore : Myriad _ Realms _ of _ Revelry
62
The Book of the Daedra .
63 http :// www . uesp . net / wiki / Lore : Sheogorath
64 http :// www . uesp . net / wiki / Lore : The _ Shivering _ Isles