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Feel free to add or change things here. Planning on citing sources on Lore:Dunmer so we can gather everything we know and make a more thorough, coherent page. Not that it isn't already coherent, but everything can be improved, and if something is cited with "Events of Morrowind", we can give it a more on-the-nose and accurate reference.

HISTORYEdit

Four Score WarEdit

CULTUREEdit

IsolationismEdit

Morrowind was once occupied by the Nords, and the Empire later made several attempts to annex the nation. Feelings of national pride and hatred for outsiders were not entirely unheard of, especially after Vivec signed the Armistice.

^{Personal Note: insert synopsis of nationalism and isolationism, 3E Ashlander feelings on outsiders, the rise of the Camonna Tong, feelings about the Empire, and Dagoth Ur's eventual exploitation of these sentiments}

Potential sources to draw from: Hlaalu Letter of Complaint

Somewhere in this article, maybe not in this section, talk about narcotics.

Potential sources: Journal of a Fallen Officer

→ See the main article: Camonna Tong

Online:The Lure of the Camonna Tong

OutlandersEdit

Oath-Bound: An Outlander's Rise Vol. 1

Music and LiteratureEdit

^{Form paragraphs. Use contraband. Talk about popular literature. Saryoni's sermons have already been mentioned, don't use those.}

Lit:

Blessed Almalexia's Fables for Morning, Blessed Almalexia's Fables for Afternoon, Blessed Almalexia's Fables for Evening. The Brave Little Scrib: Mean Old Torchbug

Poems and song adaptations to make use of:

The Brave Little Scrib, adapted to the Brave Little Scrib Song. Songs of Vvardenfell.

Cliff Racer Song. Drinking songs. Red Mountain Drinking Song. Mention somewhere in culture how the inhabitants of Vvardenfell just wave off Red Mountain like it's nothing. Red Mountain's Might. What instruments can be found on Vvardenfell?

Narsis Dren was a famed adventurer. Write about his books. Use the first Blacksmithing Correspondence. Narsis Dren and the Cursed Coffin.

Talk about how Vivec's sermons are popular. Adaptations of Vivec's stories. Link to Ruddy Man Rhyme.

ArchitectureEdit

Morrowind:Generic Dialogue D

Dunmer Metropolitan Style:

"Vivec City presents a unique panorama of high Dunmer architectural style. Grand multi-tiered blocks are arranged along canals. High bridges lead across the canals to block-top plazas and markets, while below gondoliers guide flat-bottomed skiffs along the canals. The whole city is overshadowed by the grand monumental architectures of Vivec's Palace and the Archcanon's High Fane."

Dunmer Urban Style:

"Urban Temple compounds feature high-walled outer courtyards, with smaller shelters and halls clustered around the Temple Shrine itself. Aristocratic residences of the Great Houses are similar to Temple compounds with walled outer courts and outbuildings for craftsmen and servants, dominated by a grand manor residence in place of the Temple Shrine.

"Dunmer towns are typically organized around a dominant central feature, either the Temple or the grand manor residences of the Great House nobles. Simple multi-storied public and commercial buildings -- tradehouses, craftguilds, and such -- are usually rectangular in floor plan, built from local materials, featuring organic curves with decorated exteriors. More modest one-story private dwellings follow the same plan, except with less decoration."

Dunmer Village Style:

"The Dunmer village style is the most familiar style in all districts. Huts are built of local materials, with organic curves and undecorated exteriors inspired by the landscape and the shells of giant native insects. Villages are dominated by Temple compounds and courtyards in traditional villages, but in newer plantations, the manor houses are the central features."

FashionEdit

^{ESO costumes and MW clothing. Generic dialogue may be necessary.}

ECONOMYEdit

"Let me tell you about Morrowind's economy. Morrowind used to be an agrarian aristocracy, mostly free farmers and herders and fishermen ruled by great houses and their noble councils. But since the Imperial occupation, and especially here on Vvardenfell, the Dunmer are developing a mercantile economy on the model of the Empire, ruled by the Emperor, law, and legions, but driven by trade in crafts and goods." (Generic topic: Morrowind Lore)

RELIGION AND PERSONAL VALUESEdit

"Though some Dunmer are Imperial cult initiates, most of them are also members of the Tribunal Temple. Religious fervor is exceptional in the Empire, compared with Morrowind's more passionate Temple worshippers, and Dunmer who adopt the Imperial cult often share the moderation and religious tolerance of Imperial culture." (Generic topic: Morrowind Lore)

Mention somewhere that it's illegal to wear Ordinator armor without being one. Ordinator Edict: Mandate Seven. Talk very briefly about the Ordinators and their role in society. Mention the Buoyant Armigers briefly as well if they're not already here.

POLITICSEdit

Morrowind:Generic Dialogue M]

Morrowind:Generic Dialogue C

EPEdit

EP AND GENERAL DUNMER CULTURE

Lore:The Improved Emperor's Guide to Tamriel/Morrowind

great house dramaEdit

"Three Great Houses dominate Vvardenfell's politics. Aristocratic, warlike House Redoran champions ancient Dunmer honor and morality, and strongly supports the Temple. Great House Hlaalu is an aggressive mercantile culture, influenced by Imperial values of progress, tolerant polytheism, and free enterprise. The sorcerer-lords of Great House Telvanni dedicate themselves to ruthless competition among themselves for arcane mastery, and competition with other Great Houses for Vvardenfell's resources." (Generic topic: Morrowind Lore)

rogue telvanni circa TES IIIEdit

"Let me tell you about rogue Telvanni. No Great House may build new settlements on Vvardenfell without Duke Dren's approval. However, the Duke has little power to enforce restrictions, and 'rogue' Telvanni have occupied many sites on Vvardenfell, defying the Duke's authority. House Telvanni publicly denies supporting the rogue settlements. Volunteer expeditions and mercenary raids on these outlawed settlements are silently endorsed by the Duke, but have been largely ineffective." (Generic topic: Morrowind Lore)

dissident priestsEdit

"Let me tell you about the Dissident priests. A group called the Dissident priests has rebelled against Temple authority, and are outlawed and persecuted by the Temple. Ordinators arrest and imprison these heretics, and according to the terms of the Armistice, the Empire cannot interfere. The Dissident priests challenge certain traditional doctrines of the Temple. They also condemn the arbitrary power of the Ordinators, and accuse the Temple hierarchy of self-interest and corruption." (Generic topic: Morrowind Lore)

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