Quote Originally Posted by A Tad Insane View Post
When 3 chimera had the gull to say that they didn't need her after the battle of Red Mountain, she warped all of them into the modern day dunmer and made a prophecy that would lead to the red year.

She did all of this to show the dunmer how much she LOVES them, and that the should never forget that.
Keep in mind those three had just murdered Nerevar, whom I gather she was fond of. Also a good chunk of the Dunmer people forsook her for those three, which has got to grate a bit. Also also, she DID lead a decent number of her followers out of the Red Year mess--witness the enormous shrine they built for her in Skyrim as a thank-you.

That said, I gather the less malevolent Daedric Princes (Azura, Meridia) aren't quasi-benevolent because they like mortals, but more because they like worship (remember the gods get POWER from worship), and have learned that if they keep their followers from being wiped out they tend to get more of it.