The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion - Does The Champion Of Cyrodiil Become Sheogorath?

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Thanks to his general chaos-loving demeanor and his appearances in The fourth and fifth installments of The Elder Scrolls series, Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of Madness, is quite the fan-favorite. He's loved for how random his dialogue is and the engaging DLC, the Shivering Isles, that features him heavily.

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But there's one question that gets asked quite a lot about Sheogorath, specifically concerning the end of that DLC's main quest. Does the main character become the Daedric Prince of Madness and take on that mantle themselves? There's evidence to suggest that this is the case! Let's dive in.

Sheogorath is one of the 16 Daedric Princes of The Elder Scrolls games. They are akin to gods, and each of them rules over a certain realm of Oblivion and is associated with certain concepts. Sheogorath's realm is called the Shivering Isles, and while many Princes have a few different concepts under their purview, Sheogorath is wholly dedicated to Madness. It's his whole thing​​​​​.

In actual fact, Sheogorath's form and realm are the results of a curse laid on him by the other Daedric Princes. He used to be Jyggalag, the Daedric Prince of Order. Long before any of the games take place, Jyggalag rose to power and started to threaten the other Princes, and the curse they laid on him turned him into the incarnation of the thing he hated the most - madness and disorder.

The Shivering Isles DLC for Oblivion begins with a mysterious door appearing in the middle of the Niben Bay. This door leads to the eponymous realm of Oblivion, and it's here that the Champion of Cyrodiil (the player character) gets to meet Sheogorath in the flesh.

Throughout the DLC's main quest, it's