October 30, 2013 2:39 PM EDT
Thank you all so much for the ideas, I never expected such great feedback! If any of you are interested, I did a combination of your suggestions: my character lost a friend in the Skyrim civil war and turned to the Aedra in an attempt to bring them back with endless prayers and rituals. However, when no help came, my character became convinced that the nine divines had abandoned Nirn entirely so she began destroying their temples and murdering all those who worshiped them. My character was supposedly helping everybody by 'cleansing' the world of their presence.
Unfortunately I cannot claim any credit for this idea, my thanks to Armathyx for 'The Dark Templar'! Such a brilliant build- it fit perfectly with my characters skills! Check it out!