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Dark Elf
Dark Elf is one of the ten playable races in Skyrim. It was voted as the most popular race.[1]
Lore
Dark Elves, or "Dunmer" as they are called in their homeland of Morrowind, are dark-skinned, red-eyed beings with a cruel and proud temprament. They are known to be intelligent as well as strong and agile. Female Dark Elves are known for their promiscuity. The combination of powerful intellects with strong and agile physiques which the Dark Elves posess, produces superior warriors and sorcerers. On the battlefield, Dark Elves, otherwise known as Dunmer, are noted for their skill with a balanced integration of the sword, the bow and destruction magic. In character, they are grim, aloof, and reserved, as well as distrusting and disdainful of other races.
Morrowind
Dark Elves are that of their own and keep to themselves as they are very distrusting, and untrusted by other Races. They are often found in small groups, very proud creatures, ruthless and cruel. Female Elves, despite their superior Skills and Strengths, are well renowned for their promiscuity within the Race. However, those Dunmer which were born outside of Morrowind, or within the Imperial Tradition are usually much more friendly than their native counterparts.
Society
Dunmer who are born outside of Morrowind are commonly known by the native Elves as "Outlanders". The land from which the Dunmer origin is to the far east of the Empire and is commonly known as Morrowind (which contains the island of Vvardenfell). Slavery used to be extremely common in Morrowind, and slaves were most either of Khajiit or Argonian descent, although many men and mer were also enslaved within the area. The City of Tamriel has a ban on slavery but, as part of the terms of Morrowind's entrance into the Empire, Dark Elves were allowed to keep their own sacred and traditional laws. However, in the sequel to Morrowind, Oblivion, it is revealed that slavery has been abolished and the slaves were also freed by House Dres and House Hlaalu.
Nerevar at Red Mountain. [2]
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Though many Dark Elves have become used to Imperial and Foreign Culture, almost all of them have retained their old traditions. Some Dark Elves even prefer to live life by the everyday traditions of the Ashlanders in the scorched dry desert planes of the Grazelands. In the Ashlands, native tribes rule without laws or care for government and live strictly by codes, rituals and ancient traditions usually dictated by a wise woman or seer, while others created or joined the Great Houses and established such cities as Balmora or Vivec, but the land is so infested with dangerous creatures that the inhabitants dare not venture outside.
The Dark Elves have been said to be defined by their environment which is that of their close connection to Red Mountain and relates to the Dunmer as its ash and lava sculpt the attitudes of Vvardenfell residents just as it does the landscape.
History
The Dark Elves, or Dunmer, were previously known as the Chimer, or "Changed Ones", due to their worship of the Daedra rather than the Aedra, who were worshipped by the Aldmer in Summerset Isle. They gained their dark skin after the Battle of Red Mountain, when they were cursed by the goddess Azura. The Battle of Red Mpuntain involved the murder of an ancient and respected hero known as Nerevar (the reincarnation of whom, dubbed the Nerevarine, the player assumes the role of in Morrowind in order to defeat Dagoth Ur). Nerevar was said to have been mudered by his own Tribunal, which also included Vivec, Sotha Sil, The Clockwork Sorcerer and his wife, Almalexia. According to Ashlander legend, these three supposedly killed Nerevar in an attmept to obtain immortal life and become the "Living Gods" within Morrowind. Another version, endorsed by the Tribunal Temple, states that Nerevar died from wounds he received during battle—possibly with the Dwemer King, with Dagoth Ur, the larger Battle at Red Mountain, or a combination of the three.
The battle at Red Mountain [3]
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