
In the Fourth Era, when the Last Dragonborn helped Septimus Signus in a quest to open a Dwemer lockbox using Dwemer blood, Septimus Signus revealed that the blood of five Mer races could be collected and mixed by using an Essence Extractor to produce a close enough approximation to open the lockbox. Īs the Dwemer were a race of Mer, their blood was closely related to that of the other Mer races. Other supporting evidence includes visual sculptures and Dwarven Spectres that roam the halls within their ruined dwellings, which indicate that the Dwemer preferred heavy metal armors and robes, most of which are made out of either armored shells of ancient mechanical men or mismatched pieces from various devices. In appearance, the Dwemer were believed to be sized similarly to the average elf or human, though occasionally likened to large children with beards. Come when its set is complete." ― Septimus Signus Įssays, stories, legends, and tales have generally described the appearance and personality of the Dwemer race in general, but not of individuals. The blood of Altmer, Bosmer, Dunmer, Falmer, and Orsimer. Something they didn't anticipate, no, not even them.


A panoply of their brethren could gather to form a facsimile. Dwemer blood can loose the hooks, but none alive remain to bear it. The sealing structure interlocks in the tiniest fractals. It is still being debated who or what caused the Dwemer to disappear, as well as whether they disappeared all at once or over a long period of time. In 1E 700, during the Battle of Red Mountain, for reasons still debated and under circumstances still under investigation, the Dwemer seemingly disappeared. The Dwemer are known for being the subjects of one of the greatest mysteries in all of Tamriel. They are well known for their skill and revolutionary developments in technology, engineering, crafting methods, metalwork, stonework, architecture, city-planning, science, mathematics, magic, and the academic arts.

The Dwemer were an advanced race and civilization, in many respects far ahead of the other races and civilizations of their time. Mer used the term "Dwemer," roughly translated as "People of the Deep." The term also connoted "deep-delving," "profound," and "close-counseled." Men commonly refer to them as "Dwarves," in reference to the fables of the Giants seeing them as small. The Dwemer (also referred to as the Dwarves, Deep-Elves, Deep Folk, Deep Ones, People of the Deep, Deep-Counseled or Secretive People or the under-Elves) were an ancient "Lost Race" of Mer who were remnants of the early Aldmer, and lived primarily in the region of Dwemereth.
