Lore:Vaermina

"We meet again, mortal, for we have met before, whether you know it or not. When you mutter in your sleep, you speak to me. When you waken wet with sweat, you've just left my house. I dwell in your dreams; I savor your nightmares. Now, you will serve me."
—Vaermina

Vaermina, Prince of Nightmares

An emblem representing Vaermina

Vaermina (also spelled Vaernima), called the Prince of Dreams and Nightmares, the Gifter, the Mistress of Nightmares and Dark Portents, the Lady of Nightmares, the Weaver of Dreams, the Queen of Nightmares, Weaver of the Panoply, Daedra Lady of Corruption and Decay, the Dreamweaver and the Dark Lady is a Daedric Prince whose sphere is the realm of dreams and nightmares, and from whose realm evil omens issue forth, as well as corruption and decay. All mortals come under her sway as they sleep. She is considered one of the more "demonic" Daedra in that she is destructive for the sake of causing destruction, her method being torture. She is disgusted by mortals who maintain a moral compass, instead taking delight in those who commit outrageous sins or are unafraid to kill in pursuit of power. Laymen know her for her reputation as the Daedric Prince of nightmares and evil dreams.

Vaermina's plane of Oblivion is Quagmire, described by observers as a nightmarish land. It is said Vaermina hungers for the memories of mortals, collecting them from her citadel at the center of the realm, and leaving them with visions of horror and despair. Every few minutes, reality shifts and becomes ever more horrifying. It is not known what Vaermina does with these memories, but it is assumed to be malevolent.

Vaermina is said to be an enemy of Ebonarm, Boethiah, Peryite, and Hermaeus Mora, but an ally of Sanguine. She is also at odds with Azura. Her summoning day coincides with the Merchants' Festival, the 10^th of Sun's Height.

In Religion and Culture

"Vaermina lights the sky of our world! Vaermina is the stars of our world! Her thousand truths are a thousand lights in the night sky!"
—In Dreams We Awaken

Khajiiti Religion

Varmiina, also called the Lost Daughter, is a spirit found in Khajiit traditions predating the Riddle'Thar Epiphany. She is said to be a child of Fadomai, born out of her mother's fear of losing her children. Azurah killed Varmiina in the Underworld, and now she can only haunt the dreams of the Khajiit. It is believed that she tests them by playing to their fear, for she cannot directly harm the Lunar Lattice.

According to one pre-Riddle'Thar Epiphany Khajiit account, during a battle to defend the Lunar Lattice from Merid-Nunda, Molagh and Merrunz, Noctra, is said to have learned from Azurah's vanquishing of Vaarmina, and used the Skeleton Key on herself in order to stop Merid-Nunda from accessing the Aether Prism.

Sixteen Accords of Madness

One tale in the Sixteen Accords of Madness involves the Lady of Nightmares learning about the importance of madness for dreams from the Mad God Sheogorath. In the story, Sheogorath and Vaermina make a wager over the mind of Darius Shano. Shano was a disciple of Vaermina who had been given dreams that nurtured his literary inspiration by his patron, and thus found acclaim as an emerging bard and poet. The Prince of Madness, Sheogorath, argued that it was the hatred of mortals that confirmed one's greatness, rather than their love, and so the two Princes made a bet to see who could inspire greater hatred of Shano. Each Prince agreed to exert their influence on the mortal for ten years. For her ten years, Vaermina showed Shano terrible nightmares, but the shocking scenes he saw were put into his new work, which both revolted and fascinated the public. Than, after ten years, the dreams completely ceased. Bereft of that which had given him meaning, his contact with a deity, Shano soon began to believe that he'd imagined the whole experience, and the gods did not exist at all. The disillusioned Shano performed a number of displays which the public deemed blasphemous and heretical and, eventually, wrote a text ridiculing Tiber Septim for integrating into the Nine Divines cult. For his actions Shano was executed for blasphemy. When the Princes met again, Vaermina accused Sheogorath that he'd done nothing during his time with the mortal. But Sheogorath simply responded that doing nothing was his influence, bereft of that which had given him meaning, Shano had fallen into bitterness and resentment that turned into a rage filled madness, and the poet's soul now resided in Sheogorath's own realm. Thus did Vaernima learn that, without madness, there are no dreams, and no creation, a lesson she would never forget.

Worship

Vaermina often communicates to her worshipers while they sleep. Exposure to the horrors Vaermina shows them may cause her faithful to be less inclined to feel fear. Her cultists perform blood sacrifices to appease and petition Vaermina, as well as to summon Daedra from Quagmire. They are not averse to using dark magic. Some cults that venerate Vaermina do not allow the children within their ranks to socialize.

Vaermina's followers sometimes partake in rituals that involve falling asleep or forcing captives to have vivid nightmares. Some of her cultists steal memories from sleeping innocents. The priests of Vaermina who dwelled in Nightcaller Temple created a gas called the Miasma for their sleeping rituals. It lulls those it affects into a deep slumber, and was designed to slow the aging process, as the rituals in Nightcaller Temple could last for months or years. Vaermina's militant cults kidnap citizens to use as vessels for Vaermina's Daedric minions. The victim is put into an enchanted sleep and bound in front of a portal from Quagmire. A Dremora's heart is used to summon a Daedric spirit to inhabit the body.

A Priest of Vaermina wearing purple robes

Priests of Vaermina are reputed to be master alchemists, their highly-prized potions fetching handsome prices on the black market. Notable among these is a concoction known as "Vaermina's Torpor", which places the imbiber in a state known as the "Dreamstride". Subjects are granted the ability to enter the dreams of others and travel distances in the real world. One seems to vanish when entering the Dreamstride, only to reappear in the location their dream-self was in when the effect wears off; subjects have been known to reappear thousands of miles away in minutes. However, the Dreamstride is not without risks, and death or disappearance remain very real possibilities.

The Supernal Dreamers were a cult dedicated to Vaermina that was active during the Interregnum. They sought to plunge the world in Vaermina's darkness. The waking world was full of suffering, lies and starvation, and the Dreamers believed that they would create a better world. The Supernal Dreamers believed that those who refused to accept this, those who were driven mad by Vaermina's dreams, were weak, unworthy, and blind to Vaermina's truths.

There exists people known as Dreamwalkers, who can step into the dreams of another through the use of a simple spell. Some believe these Dreamwalkers must have sold their souls to Vaermina to enter her plane, but this claim cannot be verified. Their abilities are compared to that of Vaermina's priests, who can enter the Dreamstride using an alchemical concoction. The Dreamwalkers' abilities seem innate; not taught nor hereditary. Many of the Dreamwalkers acknowledged in academic works were noted to be kind and gentle, using their abilities to help others. They are capable of eliminating painful memories and curing ills that touch the mind.

A shrine to Vaermina located southwest of Cheydinhal dates back to at least the Interregnum. The devoted who worship at this shrine seek for her to grant them true visions"; they believed the nightmares she sent them allowed them to see the world as it truly is. They receive visions and portents from her in their dreams, and their Nightcaller interprets the Prince's message.

The ruin of Ten-Maur-Wolk in Shadowfen is dedicated to Vaermina.

History

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

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. 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. 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.

At some point, a Breton noble from Menevia named Galthis, started to dwell in dreams more than in the waking world, believing the colors of his dream homeland were more true and pure than those of its waking version. Galthis sought to reside in his "Reverie-Menevia" forever. Speaking the name over and over, it soon morphed into "Vaermina". Than the Prince came to him and took him to her side as her consort, naming him Supernal Dreamer and First Nightcaller. In this event Galthis was transformed into the Night Terror, a shapeshifting creature of dreams.

Second Era

During the Interregnum

The Night Terror

Some time during the Second Era, Azura foresaw that Vaermina would attempt to plunge Stormhaven into a nightmarish state. She called upon an Orc named Durak to travel to the region, where he founded the Spirit Wardens to protect the land from Vaermina's plague of dreams. The Spirit Wardens used an artifact called the Dream Shard to produce dreamless potions to protect themselves and others from Vaermina's influence.

In 2E 582, the plot foreseen by Azura would come to fruition when a cult known as the Supernal Dreamers sought to spread her influence across Tamriel in the wake of the Soulburst. The cult undermined the efforts of the Spirit Wardens wherever they could, and desecrated Azura's shrine in Gavaudon. With the cult's assistance, Vaermina's Omens invaded the dreams and minds of influential figures throughout Daggerfall Covenant. This conspiracy culminated with her consort Galthis, the first Nightcaller, taking over the mind and body of High King Emeric in Wayrest. Luckily, the Daedric Prince Azura intervened, and the plot was ultimately foiled when the Vestige entered Emeric's dream and defeated Galthis the Night Terror, ending Vaermina's control of the Covenant.

Later that same year, Vaermina would exploit the weakened barrier between Oblivion and the Mundus in the Rift by merging Skald's Retreat with her own realm. She enthralled a bard and instructed her to sing an ancient song that allowed Skald's Retreat to be swallowed by Quagmire. She also ordered her minions to destroy any tomes or artifacts mentioning her name, as Vaermina doesn't like anyone knowing about her. Vaermina's hold on the college would be broken by the Vestige once more when they woke the sleeping bards and had them sing an ancient Nord epic, breaking the spell placed on the isle.

Invasion of Apocrypha

Members of the Hidden Kindred in Apocrypha

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.

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. The Hidden Kindred also formed an alliance with Telvanni Master Shelreni Baro.

The memory contained in the Glyphic

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. 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.

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.

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.

Vaermina in Shelrenin's body

Vaermina's Nightmare, a manifestation of the Prince after Shelreni's body was destroyed

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, that infected and corroded Apocrypha's fabric, tormented, blinded, and frenzied Mora's servants, and gradually incapacitated even the Prince himself, threatening to eventually dissolve Apocrypha and sever Mora's link to his domain entirely. 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. The plague soon spread both within the realm proper and adjacent dimensions such as the Infinite Panopticon.

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.

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, 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 slay Blightcrown, and even to help in combat against a manifestation of Vaermina herself, 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. Though the invasion was ended and Apocrypha was saved, Torvesard managed to escape with his recovered memories of Ithelia.

The Bastion Nymic being warped into a nightmarish landscape by Vaermina's influence

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. Within, Vaermina's influence warped parts of the structure into a nightmarish landscape. Vaermina's Dremora servants in the Dreamcarver Clan also attempted to enter the Crux, a realm said to contain the pact of the Remnants Clan with Hermaeus Mora. The pact was said to be the source of their abilities, their connection in a mental web that empowered them and connected them to every other member, and the Dreamcarvers sought to claim that power for themselves. The gate to the Crux would open only for one of the Remnants, thus, the Dreamcarver leader, Uxunath, carried out a ritual that would siphon the Remnant's essence and merge it with her own Vestige in order to be allowed entry. An act which proved mentally devastating for the affected Remnant Dremora, cutting them off from the mental web and driving them to madness. With the aid of the Vestige Uxunath was slain and the Dreamcarver assault was repelled.

Around that same time, a powerful Mind Terror titled The Walking Nightmare, described as the dreams of a Daedric Prince made manifest, escaped into the mortal world, but was ultimately tracked down to its lair in the Telvanni Peninsula and slain by the Vestige.

Elsewhere in the Telvanni Peninsula, the experiments of the warlock Vanton with a relic called the Dreamstone, an artifact known to mentally influence its holders and drive them insane, caused the powerful nightmare Daedra of Vaermina that was housed within, Ansuul the Tormentor, to infiltrate his mind. Ansuul warped Vanton's mindscape into a place of nightmares, hoping to break his will so she could fully take over his body and power and use them to enter the waking world. Worried that Ansuul would eventually succeed, "tear a hole in the Mundus", and "infect" both the waking world and other victims with her power, the Mages Guild enlisted the aid of the Undaunted to enter Vanton's mindscape and slay Ansuul.

Third Era

Shrine of Vaermina in Cyrodiil

The interior of the warped tower

Around 3E 405, Vaermina was summoned by an agent of the Blades in the Iliac Bay region. The Prince gave the agent her Skull of Corruption in exchange for killing a treacherous lich.

The Nerevarine was afflicted with vampirism while exploring Vvardenfell in 3E 426, and sought out Molag Bal for a cure. Curiously, though he is known for creating vampires and to whom contrite ones turn to for relief from their curse, the Prince of Pain claimed he had to retrieve the cure from Vaermina after some difficult "discussion".

In 3E 433, the Orb of Vaermina was stolen from the dreamworld and brought into reality by the wizard Arkved, who brought the Orb to his tower in the Nibenay Basin, and started using it to explore the realm of dreams at will. Vaermina wanted it back, and tasked the Hero of Kvatch with retrieving it. Reality had become warped inside the tower due to the Orb's influence, transfiguring it into a place of waking nightmares, but the Hero braved the horrors and recovered the Orb. Vaermina rewarded the Hero with the Skull of Corruption, and promised Arkved would never again escape his nightmares.

Fourth Era

Vaermina's statue in Nightcaller Temple

In 4E 201, the city of Dawnstar in Skyrim was being plagued by continuous nightmares. While in town, the Last Dragonborn met Erandur, a priest of Mara (and former priest of Vaermina) who explained the disturbances were originating from the nearby Nightcaller Temple. Years before, the temple had been invaded by a band of Orcs, and as a last resort Vaermina's priests released the Miasma, a gas which placed everyone within into a never-ending, ageless sleep. The pair entered the temple ruin and soon found the source of Dawnstar's nightmares—the Skull of Corruption, which had begun feeding off the memories of those nearby.

The path to Vaermina's artifact was blocked by a magical barrier, but Erandur had an idea—the Dragonborn would enter the Dreamstride. The priest and the Dragonborn fought their way past awakening Orcs and cultists, and located a vial of Vaermina's Torpor. The Dragonborn imbibed the concoction, and entered a dreamlike memory of the temple under attack, from the point of view of the one who released the Miasma—Erandur. When the vision ended, the Dragonborn reappeared inside the barrier, disabling it.

The duo pressed on toward the Skull of Corruption, battling their way past Erandur's former friends. The priest then prepared to banish the artifact back to Oblivion, but Vaermina tried to intervene. The prince pleaded with the Dragonborn to kill Erandur before he could complete his ritual, and offered the Skull as a reward for this service. What choice the Last Dragonborn made remains unknown.

Artifacts

The Skull of Corruption, as seen in Oblivion

The Skull of Corruption

The Skull of Corruption is Vaermina's signature artifact. It is an incredible staff that creates a duplicate, or "clone", of whomever it is cast upon. This clone then attacks the original at the behest of the caster. Legends say that the staff has a mind of its own, and can feed on the memories of those around it.

There is a story about a Thieves Guild Master and the Skull that is probably fiction, but highly amusing. The Master used the Skull on her enemy, creating a clone of him to fight. After defeating the original, the clever duplicate snatched the Skull from the Master and used it on her. Although the cloned enemy could not directly attack the Master, it could use the Skull to create a duplicate Master. The two clones jointly ruled the Thieves Guild for years.

The Orb of Vaermina, as seen in Legends

The Orb of Vaermina

The Orb of Vaermina, named for its patron, was an orb apparently used for scrying. At some point before 3E 433, it was in the possession of a wizard named Arkved, by whom it was apparently "snatched from the dreams of [Vaermina's] followers".. It was recovered by Vaermina's champion, who received the Skull of Corruption in return.

According to the Moth Priest Kellen, the Orb was used by Lord Naarifin—then in the service of Boethiah—to spy on Titus Mede II and his armies. It was recovered by the Forgotten Hero from the Emperor's chambers, who either destroyed or kept it.

Quagmire

"'I am in a storm,' he told me as he entered the next realm. He described the landscape of dark twisted trees, howling spirits, and billowing mist, and I thought he might have entered the Deadlands of Mehrunes Dagon. But then he said quickly, 'No, I am no longer in a forest. There was a flash of lightning, and now I am on a ship. The mast is tattered. The crew is slaughtered. Something is coming through the waves … oh, gods … Wait, now, I am in a dank dungeon, in a cell …' He was not in the Deadlands, but Quagmire, the nightmare realm of Vaernima. Every few minutes, there was a flash of lightning and reality shifted, always to something more horrible and horrifying. A dark castle one moment, a den of ravening beasts the next, a moonlit swamp, a coffin where he was buried alive. Fear got the better of my master, and he quickly passed to the next realm."''
—The Doors of Oblivion

A glimpse into Vaermina's realm of nightmares

Quagmire

Quagmire, or the Dreamstride, is a realm of Oblivion, created and ruled over by the Daedric Prince of Nightmare, Vaermina. It is a realm of horrors, where reality shifts upon itself in seemingly impossible ways. Every few minutes, lightning flashes and the realm morphs into a terrifying scene, each one more frightening than the last. Mortal sleepers often slip into this realm without any help at all.

From her citadel in the center of the realm, Vaermina reaches out into Mundus and collects the memories of sleeping mortals, leaving nothing but visions of horror and despair. These experiences, known as nightmares, involve the mind of a mortal traveling to Quagmire. Through magical teleportation, it is possible for a mortal to enter Quagmire while awake, as was done by the mage Morian Zenas. It is inhabited by Omens, daedric servants of Vaermina, who sends them to haunt the inhabitants of Nirn.

Servants

The Prince is served by various Daedra including scamps, clannfear, Dremora, mind terrors, and the powerful Omens. Vaermina's servants also include the Dreamcarver Clan of Dremora, who call upon nightmares like their Prince, and powerful nightmare Daedra that take the form of Gloam Knights such as Ansuul the Tormentor.

Omens are powerful, malicious Daedra who seek to spread chaos on Nirn. They are among the most powerful minions of the Daedric Prince Vaermina, and can be found in her realm Quagmire. Omens enter people's dreams to influence them, driving them to make decisions they would otherwise consider poor or objectable. Their influence persists in the waking world, and an Omen may whisper to its victim or torment them by showing them horrible visions or forcing them to relive their worst memories. An Omen's victim may be driven to murder those they love, incite bloody conflict, or betray those close to them. They dwell in dreams, and must be slain in their victim's dream in order to eject them from Nirn forever. Followers of Vaermina believe that Omens, are directly sent by the Daedric Prince herself. These Omens have the power to ordain death among Vaermina's devotees, with the belief that those who excel in serving the cult may be reborn in Quagmire, the realm of Vaermina, to further aid Omens in their "holy" work.

The exact nature of Omens is unknown. They can assume various shapes such as Watchers, Dremora, Wispmothers, as well as disguise themselves as mortals. Vaermina named her mortal lover Galthis the Omen of a Hundred Prophecies. Although he was originally a Breton, he assumed the form of a monstrosity resembling a Bone Colossus. Despite being an Omen, his nature was different from those who are proper Daedra.

Among the most elusive of these Omens is the Omen of Deception, whose true name is Ykal. He seeks to wreak havoc by spreading lies and driving Nirn's inhabitants to distrust and betrayal. Ykal can be summoned by cultists who perform a specific ritual. It involves lighting four braziers, slaying a human sacrifice, and speaking his true name; the caveat is that the sacrifice must be dead when Ykal arrives, or he will be summoned in a weakened state. He was slain by the Vestige in 2E 582 after the Supernal Dreamers called him to Tamriel. The Omen of Betrayal has been encountered by mortals across Tamriel during the First and Second Eras. The inhabitants of Summerset knew it as "The Gray Sleep", the Argonians referred to it as "the Egg-Terror", and the Orcs called it "The Visiting Breton". It was also responsible for the obsessions plaguing Gavaudon and desecration of the Azura's Shrine.

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  Omen of Fear

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  Omen of Blood

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  Dreamcarver Dremora

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  The Walking Nightmare, a Mind Terror

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  Mind Terror

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  Ansuul the Tormentor

Gallery

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  Vaermina (Daggerfall)

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  Concept art a statue of Vaermina in ESO

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  A statue of Vaermina (ESO)

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  Vaermina's shrine (Oblivion)

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  The Skull of Corruption at a shrine of Vaermina (Skyrim)

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  Tome bearing Vaermina's likeness (Skyrim)

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  A shrine dedicated to Vaermina (Skyrim)

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  Vaermina's Nightmare, a manifestation of the Prince after she was expelled from Shelreni's body

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  A Nighthaunt Gloomspore Senche, believed to glow thanks to the influence of Vaermina artifacts (ESO)

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  The Dark Lady's Headrest, enchanted by Vaermina to summon dreadful nightmares to afflict whoever uses it

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  One of Vaermina's Mirrors, portals in Quagmire

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  A Crystalline Mind Barrier of Quagmire

Notes

• Vaermina is said to have blessed or cursed an artifact known as the Dark Lady's Headrest. The pillow, though comfortable looking, would summon dreadful nightmares to afflict those who used it.
• Entering a portal in a location afflicted by the plague Peryite unleashed against Apocrypha, formed of Peryite's pestilence mixed with Vaermina's dream essence, could result in unforeseen effects, such as causing the portal to fracture, depositing those who enter in different locations or reality layers than the intended destination, or even ejecting them to become lost to the Void.

See Also

• For game-specific information, see the Daggerfall, Oblivion, Skyrim, and Elder Scrolls Online articles.

Books

• 16 Accords of Madness, v. IX — Vaermina's Tale
• Crow's Spell of Binding — A Daedric incantation
• The Book of Daedra — Excerpts from a lengthy tome describing the nature of each of the Daedra
• Dark Ministrations — Notes on the construction of a temple dedicated to Vaermina
• The Doors of Oblivion by Seif-ij Hidja — The chronicles of Morian Zenas' journey through the realms of Oblivion, penned by his apprentice
• Dream of a Thousand Dreamers — A poem dedicated to Vaermina
• Dreamers Our Time Has Come — A rallying cry to the followers of Vaermina
• The Dreamstride by The Mysterious Alchemists of Vaermina — A description of the nature and effect of Vaermina's Torpor
• In Dreams We Awaken — Evangelism for Vaermina
• To Dream Beyond Dreams by the Omen of a Hundred Prophecies — The autobiography of the First Nightcaller