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Why are Dunmer dark? ›

The Tribunal's actions, either in using the tools to become gods, or in murdering Nerevar, caused Azura to curse the Tribunal and the Chimer people, turning their skin to ash and their eyes red, making them the Dunmer.

The Elder Scrolls games are action role-playing games and include elements taken from action and adventure games.

Elder Scrolls – The Elder Scrolls are artifacts of unknown provenance. They show various interpretations of future events, of what might be. Each reader comes away with a different interpretation, until the events described in the scroll come to pass, at which point the scrolls become fixed.

The game is set in Cyrodiil—a province of Tamriel, the continent on which all the games in the series have so far taken place. The story begins with the player imprisoned in a cell for an unknown crime.

And in case you didn't notice, in Helgen there's a book talking about the dragonborn, and it explicitly states that a dragonborn can be of any race, and has been multiple times.

Culture. Status is an important concept to Dark Elves. They do everything they can to present themselves as influential, wealthy, and attractive. They maintain their appearance immaculate and they wear their best, most expensive clothing whenever they can.

Since opening in 1998, Oblivion has scared and delighted 1700 Alton Towers visitors every hour that the theme park is open. Oblivion was built by Bolliger Mabillard, as the first ever dive coaster. After cranking brave thrill seekers 65ft up on a chain lift hill, they wait…

There are six gods and three goddesses. In Cyrodiil, there is a chapel in each major city venerating the divines. There are also wayshrines along the roads that are devoted to the Nine Divines. Many of these gods also appear in various combinations in the pantheons of other cultures.

Akatosh is considered the chief deity of the Elder Scrolls universe. He is thought to have been the first of the gods to emerge from the Beginning Place. And while not every race worships Akatosh, everyone acknowledges his existence.

Scandinavia refers to the region in Northern Europe that consists of Norway, Denmark and Sweden. The similarities between Skyrim and Scandinavia are uncanny. They're both northern regions, which means plenty of snow and ice.

Why was Oblivion changed to M? ›

In a surprise move from the ESRB, the rating for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has been changed from Teen to Mature, reflecting, among other things, the discovery of a locked skin allowing players to make their on-screen female heroes topless. A third-party modification unlocks the skin in the PC version.

Tom Cruise as Jack Harper—Tech 49, a technician who works to repair drones on Earth and questions his mission.

Many fans look back on this game as much smaller than other entries, but it is the opposite. Oblivion is a larger game compared to the latest three main entries, allowing players to explore the province of Cyrodil.

The two terms were oftentimes used interchangeably, even by elves (Tel-quessir) themselves. Dark elves had dark brown skin, as opposed to the ebony skin that drow had, and pale hair. It was believed that some of them may have had black hair instead of white, and no darkvision.

The Dunmer, more commonly known as Dark Elves, are the grey-skinned elven natives of the province of Morrowind. After the eruption of Red Mountain, many Dunmer fled to Skyrim, where they have endured extreme prejudice as a result of their elven heritage and status as refugees.

The Light Elves wish to keep using the Light of Alfheim, while the Dark Elves wish for the Light to be left alone, leading to their conflict over its control.

The Dunmer are the descendants of the Chimer, who were punished by the Daedric goddess Azura for the betrayal of their General, Indoril Nerevar. Azura's punishment was to turn the color of all the Chimer race's skin to ash-gray and their eyes to ruby red."