Namira is the Daedric Prince of the ancient darkness, the Lady of Decay. She is tied to slugs, spiders and all the other creatures people would rather not look at too closely, and she likes her worshippers about as unappetising as her symbols. In Skyrim her shrine sits in Reachcliff Cave.
In Skyrim
Her quest is The Taste of Death, and it is not for the squeamish. A group of cannibals worships Namira, and you can either join them or wipe them out. Join them and finish the rites, and Namira herself speaks to you. Your feasting on what she calls the flesh of Arkay’s own pleases her, so she gives you the Ring of Namira.
The ring grants her power whenever you feed on the dead, which is exactly as grim as it sounds. Thank her and she tells you to wallow in your wretchedness. Mock the reward and she promises that one day another servant will eat you and find the ring in her teeth. Charming. The ring is one of the Prince rewards gathered on our Daedric artifacts page.
Lore
Our source material on Namira is thin. Her sphere is the ancient darkness and decay, and she is associated with spiders such as the frostbite spider, slugs and other repulsive things. She has appeared in Daggerfall and Oblivion as well as Skyrim, always as a patron of the shunned and the disgusting rather than a conqueror.
Good to know
- The quest has two clean paths: become her champion and get the ring, or turn on the cult.
- The fungus Namira’s Rot carries her name, which feels about right.
- She is one of the few Princes whose reward actively changes how you are expected to play.
Details checked against community wiki articles and the Skyrim game files, written in our own words.
