Little is known about Vaermina, the Daedric Prince of Nightmares. Her area of influence includes nightmares, evil omens, lost memories and other forms of psychological torment. She sounds lovely doesn't she?
She doesn't make an appearance in Elder Scrolls: Skyrim except for a brief communication with her voice. Her physical appearance is described as a typical female mage with snakes adorning her.
Personally, I find that a little boring so I made my recreation of Vaermina as a half serpent, half human mage, beautiful enough to pull you into her realm of oblivion, yet monstrous enough to influence your dreams into nightmares.
Vaermina rules over the plane of Oblivion known as Quagmire or the Dreamstride. I picture this realm as having lots of water. Water holds memory. Vaermina steals dreams and memories and twists them into nightmares. The nightmares are personal, feeding off of whatever the mortal fears the most.
Although Vaermina does have a major quest in Skyrim and in ESO she is the main antagonist in the Stormhaven quests, little is known about her. Unlike some of the other more popular Daedric Princes, she is not mentioned as much in the lore of Skyrim.
I think Vaermina probably likes it this way, as the air of mystery to mortals works in her favour.
"One night you shall dream, and in your dream you will say the Name. And She will come."
- from The Omen of a Hundred Prophecies, Skyrim Lorebook
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