§ 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