Prologue
Even the calmest people are raging.
Raging at what? No one quite knows except them, unless they wish to scream it out to the world. Inside everyone, nagging thoughts ring, gripping their hearts and their minds like iron. In some cases, it permeates. They get consumed by this thought, rambling and tittering over it. These now contain the ultimate form of something. Something everyone owns, but only some embrace.
This, dear mortal, is madness.
Madness, in the minds of all but in the hearts of few. Madness, the thought that ranges from nothing changing to everything changing all at once. Madness, the thing that can turn even the bravest of people into savages.
No one is completely sane. That is why there are opposites. Black and white, dark and light, happiness and grief, love and indifference, sanity and insanity. There is always opposition in the world. The people that go to try and assay these differences may find themselves fruitless in their endeavors. So lost in their research they may find themselves obsessed, bedeviled...crazy.
Then there are those thrust into the madness, ones that simply found themselves in the wrong moment at the wrong time. These unfortunate people tend to be the worst off. Or, they can be the most well-suited.
Say me, for example. Sheogorath, the new Daedric Prince of Madness. Well, when I say new, I mean the newest one of Me for the era. I've always been around, lurking, waiting to strike with my darling creation.
I started out normal, yes. As normal as one can be. As normal as the Dragonborn was, until I had the luck to meddle in his affairs. Meddling is always fun; I highly recommend it.
But like always, I digress. Point is, the most average people can change so drastically when insanity comes into the picture.
Just the way I like it.
A/N: Greetings! I figured two years since its release would be as good a time than any to put up a Skyrim fanfic. Let it be known that it'll be a slight AU - meaning, I'll need to tweak a few things for the plot to flow smoother. Nothing too major, but I might as well say it. Be prepared for a pretty long ride if you're up for it. Also, I don't exactly have a schedule for this story, but I'll try to be as swift as I can in uploading chapters. I don't want to promise anything, but it might be weekly updates. Don't quote me on that. Anyway, thanks for clicking and review!
Disclaimer: I'm only putting this up once that I don't own the Elder Scrolls series at all. That much should be obvious.
Rating: (again, only once) Rated for typical Elder Scrolls violence and shenanigans.