Is Meridia a good daedric princess?

[Silver]

Since she hates the undead? Does she harm mortals though?

[Vita, Mortis, Careo]

Meridia, like most daedric lords, is lawful, but I'd put her at lawful neutral at best. Interested in her rules, not the benefit of others. Meridia hates the undead because she hates them, not because they hurt people.

[Zsrai]

She's "good" as in she's not "evil"; she doesn't really care one way or the other about mortals, but she does hate undead. The reason that most of the Daedric Princes are viewed as evil is because their godly portfolio's are viewed as evil by mortals, not because they are actual evil beings bent on harming others. Unless their portfolio contains that, such as Molag Bal.

EDIT: Also what Two Bears said. The Daedric Princes are basically selfish beings only interested in their own sphere, really. They use mortals to their own ends, not help them out because of any real feelings of altruism.

[Roscaria]

Meridia does nothing. She basically just wants you to kill the necromancer raising all the dead in her temple and to change some objects that will let her light shine through the temple again.

Same as Azura - not benevolent but not anti-human. The only two Daedra I like.

[Flynn1138]

Meridia and Azura are the 2 daedric 'princes' that are often considered "good" and not inherently evil. Meridia just hates undead, that's all. However, Sheogorath is good too... sometimes... maybe... not really...

[[ λ³ ] nob]

Well, cleansing undead should be appealing to any lawful good characters. She doesn't harm/make you harm people that don't deserve it.

She does a good thing, but might not have good reasons.

[Vita, Mortis, Careo]

A good analogy for entities like Meridia and Azura is the Brotherhood of Steel. The BoS wants to hoard technology for themselves. Sometimes people will benefit from that effort. For example, in retrieving some bit of tech they may wipe out a group of bandits that were harrasing a nearby village. Now, they didn't kill those bandits because they were pillaging the countryside, but rather simply because they were in their way. The BoS would also just as easily wipe out a village to claim any technology they were using. The rules are the focus, not the benefit of others. That's Meridia in a nutshell.

[lxMattAranxl]

Let's not forget te Dawnbreaker Meridia gives you, which is pretty cool.

But as for if she's good... I dont know. On my old computer... she talked to me normlaly... then dropped me... then KILLED me!!! A 80-ft plundge all the way to my death!! No dragon can match that!

...then again... I was having computer issues.. she don't do that no more... maybe it was from mods or soemthing? But was funny, though. Expects you to kill the necromancer... and also expects you to survive the fall first. XD

[Brandybuck]

I didn't like how Namira was changed to be the evil goddess of cannibalism. It didn't fit her lore. Neither did Peryite fit his lore, but at least he wasn't made out to be enitirely evil. In fact, Peryite's questline actually fits Namira better.

A lot of mixups in Skyrim. The Keeper of the Lore must not have been in house at that time. Boethiah's questline fit Mephala much better. He should have had more of a plotting/scheming questline. And while Clavicus Vile was mostly true to form, his deal didn't negatively affect the petitioner (the player).

[Erei]

Meridia is considered as one of the very few "good" Daedra. Mostly because her goals are aligned with mortals. She hates undead/necromancers, and they are a nuisance for mortals.
She is associated to living energy, so she will always helps mortals. Doesn't mean she do that because she likes them, it's her job, basically.

But yeah, Daedras are lawful. Which mean they can be helpful or not, depending on what they represent. Meridia is not helpful because she likes us, she is friendly because her goals are ligned with ours. That's all.
I think the only Daedra who is helpful because she is truly good is Azura. She intervened several times to help people around, or punish them for their bad deeds (as seen in Morrowind for example).

Basically :
Good : Meridia, Azura
Neutral (doing both good and evil, or neither) : Sanguine, Sheogorath (crazy, doing both according to his mood), Nocturnal, Jyggalag, Malacath, Hircine, Hermaeus Mora, Boethiah, Clavicus Vile
Evil : Dagon, Namira, Peryite, Molag Bal. I think Namira and Mephala are both pure evil to, but not so sure.

[𝕊𝕋𝕌ℝ𝕄-𝕂𝔸𝕋]

As with the way of all the Daedra, Meridia cannot create, she can only destroy. Is that 'good'? hm, well depends on what she would destroy, doesn't it...

[Improper Use]

Sooo what, Daedric Lords are punnily enough Stoic Greek Elemental Gods?

[fenrar28]

Publicado originalmente por Flynn1138:

Meridia and Azura are the 2 daedric 'princes' that are often considered "good" and not inherently evil. Meridia just hates undead, that's all. However, Sheogorath is good too... sometimes... maybe... not really...

I see what you did there... or maybe not... possibly... in anycase I won't be making a jump rope out of anyones intestines today...HAHA!

[GeneralDisorder]

I say no Lady of infinite light was once and Adra now Daedra gives player a sword of burning light. Connot tell if boy or girl. She's the Elder Scroll universe equivalent of Satan.

[voehringer_nitron]

Publicado originalmente por GatEkEEpEr57:

I say no Lady of infinite light was once and Adra now Daedra gives player a sword of burning light. Connot tell if boy or girl. She's the Elder Scroll universe equivalent of Satan.

Ironic that you would necro a thread about a Daedra who despises Necromancy. And Meridia was never an Aedra. The Aedra gave up part of themselves to help create the mortal world. The Daedra did not.

[The Beast in Black]

Publicado originalmente por voehringer_nitron:

Publicado originalmente por GatEkEEpEr57:

I say no Lady of infinite light was once and Adra now Daedra gives player a sword of burning light. Connot tell if boy or girl. She's the Elder Scroll universe equivalent of Satan.

Ironic that you would necro a thread about a Daedra who despises Necromancy. And Meridia was never an Aedra. The Aedra gave up part of themselves to help create the mortal world. The Daedra did not.

She was originally one of the Magna Ge. She was cast down when so was caught consorting with daedra.