Twilight
Winged Twilights or Seducers are a daedric race born from the essance of Moonshadow, the realm of the Daedric Prince Azura. They prize beauty above all things, and will jealously horde anything they find attractive in their dens. They regularly slip through the Firmament into Tamriel during twilight hours to steal the objects of their desire. On the occation that a mortal strikes their fancy, they change their form to appear mortal themselves and attempt to lure their prey into the shadows and back to their home plane.
They worship their Prince, believing Her to be the most beautiful being in all of creation, and strive to serve Her in all things.
The Mazken
In eons past, a group of Twilights formed a cult in opposition to Azura. They came to believe that Power was more beautiful than even their Prince. They abandoned their home plane, becoming powerful mercenaries in service to whatever Prince or entity was able to bestow upon them greater power. To the mortal races, they came to be known as Dark Seducers. To the educated in the politics of Oblivion, however, their order is called the Mazken. With each new master served, Mazken become less recognizable as the same daedric race, few still possessing wings. They are most known for their black, revealing armor, which belie their merciless tactics. Among the Mazken, a large number have permenantly bound themselves to the land of Dementia within the Shivering Isles; realm of the Daedric Prince of Madness, Sheogorath. They administer the ever-changing laws of their mad god with reverence and grim seriousness. This band of Seducers, in contrast to their name, are known to be subdued and polite, having little interest in acquiring beauty or power. They simply live to serve. Their only joy in life comes from their rivalry with the Golden Saints; their counterparts from Mania in the same realm.Naming Traditions
Feminine names
Adeo, Azara, Drasilla, Dylandra, Dylora, Fatahala, Grunda, Irrai, Jansa, Murelda, Nelrene, Nerazakan, Nikalia, Nuzara, Olesella, Rayyaima, Rayzara, Rozelun, Shayaifa, Shir, Si'ess, Stela, Trilvath, Udico, Ulfri, Ven, Venissia, Vika, Zix
Masculine names
Ak, Ixjokaz, Luxorinaf, Mixtohal, Sko
Family names
Daedra are eternal beings without a clan or family. But many Twighlights and Mazken have adopted monikers over the millennia, usually reflecting the acts or attitudes they find the most beautiful
Beguile, Beloved, Creation, Fatestealer, Frightener, Lover, Melancholy, Prophecy, Rapture, Stillness, Whim
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Daedra are not born and do not have true biological sexes. Their forms are chosen every time they reform in the Chaotic Creatia, the undifferentiated raw material of Oblivion. A daedra can shapeshift at will, but doing so is excrutiatingly painful. For this reason, a daedra will take the rare opportunity of corporeal death to reassess how they wish to be.
Twighlights most often choose forms that mortals would recognize as feminine, inspired by their creator's preferred presentation, however male presentations are not unheard of. Twighlight have an innate sense of what others find beautiful, and will often weave illusions around themselves to entice others, particularly mortals, they desire to possess.
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