Character from The Elder Scrolls by Bethesda Game Studios
Daedric Prince of Knowledge, Memory, and Fate. A writhing mass of tentacles and eyes dwelling in Apocrypha. Hoards forbidden secrets and ensnares mortals with promises of forbidden knowledge.
Hermaeus Mora is the Daedric Prince of Knowledge and Memory, the keeper of forbidden secrets and forgotten lore. He dwells in Apocrypha, an infinite library of forbidden knowledge where towering stacks of books stretch endlessly into a sickly green sky and tentacles slither between the pages. Unlike Princes who deal in violence or domination, Mora's weapon is knowledge itself. He collects all secrets — those that mortals were never meant to know — and parcels them out to those desperate or ambitious enough to bargain. But his deals always cost more than they seem, and those who delve too deep into Apocrypha find themselves trapped forever among the stacks, becoming Seekers and Lurkers. In Skyrim's Dragonborn DLC, Mora is the primary antagonist, having corrupted the first Dragonborn Miraak with promises of power. He ultimately claims Miraak's soul and attempts to ensnare the Last Dragonborn as his new champion. His Black Books serve as portals to Apocrypha, each containing eldritch knowledge that grants power at a terrible price. His artifact, the Oghma Infinium, grants immense knowledge to its reader before vanishing back to its master.
Not a humanoid form but a vast, shifting mass of dark green-black tentacles and countless unblinking eyes floating in void. Tendrils writhe constantly, each tipped with an eye or a grasping appendage. When he manifests partially, a single great eye dominates the center of the mass. His voice is slow, deliberate, and ancient — each word chosen with the patience of something that has read every book ever written.
Also known as: Hermaeus Mora, Herma-Mora, The Woodland Man, Prince of Knowledge, The Golden Eye