Dunmer

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The Dunmer, also known as Dark Elves, are a culturally complex, ash-skinned elven race from the province of Morrowind in The Elder Scrolls series, known for their strong magical traditions, ancestor worship, and harsh volcanic homeland.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dunmer canonical 8
Dunmeris 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (105)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mer ⓘ
fictional race ⓘ
playable race ⓘ
alignmentWithMagicSchools Conjuration ⓘ
Destruction ⓘ
Illusion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dark Elves ⓘ
architectureStyle cantons and tiered cities ⓘ
armorStyle bonemold armor ⓘ
chitin armor ⓘ
artForm funerary rituals ⓘ
burialCustom preservation of ancestors’ bones ⓘ
capitalCity Mournhold ⓘ
conflict Oblivion Crisis impact on Morrowind ⓘ
War with Nords of Skyrim (historical) ⓘ
continent Tamriel ⓘ
creatureAssociation guar ⓘ
netch ⓘ
culturalTrait ancestor veneration ⓘ
clan-based society ⓘ
house politics ⓘ
rigid social hierarchy ⓘ
slavery tradition (historical) ⓘ
strong magical traditions ⓘ
xenophobic tendencies ⓘ
diasporaCity Windhelm Gray Quarter ⓘ
linked to: Windhelm
diasporaRegion Skyrim ⓘ
event Red Year eruption of Red Mountain ⓘ
eyeColor red ⓘ
faction Ashlander tribes ⓘ
Camonna Tong ⓘ
Morag Tong ⓘ
Tribunal Temple ⓘ
firstAppearance The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind ⓘ
formerRaceName Chimer ⓘ
founderFigure Saint Veloth ⓘ
game The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind ⓘ
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion ⓘ
The Elder Scrolls Online ⓘ
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ⓘ
government Great Houses ⓘ
greatHouse House Dres ⓘ
House Hlaalu ⓘ
House Indoril ⓘ
House Redoran ⓘ
House Telvanni ⓘ
homeland Morrowind ⓘ
homelandEnvironment volcanic ⓘ
homelandFeature Red Mountain ⓘ
homelandRegion Ashlands ⓘ
Deshaan ⓘ
Stonefalls ⓘ
Vvardenfell ⓘ
language Dunmeri ⓘ
Tamrielic ⓘ
legalSystem Great House law ⓘ
lifespan long-lived ⓘ
magicUse conjuration of ancestor spirits ⓘ
migrationCause destruction of Vvardenfell ⓘ
notableCity Ald’ruhn ⓘ
Balmora ⓘ
Blacklight ⓘ
Narsis ⓘ
Vivec City ⓘ
notableIndividual Almalexia ⓘ
Almalexia’s Hands ⓘ
Almalexia’s Ordinators ⓘ
Indoril Nerevar ⓘ
Nerevarine (player character) ⓘ
Sotha Sil ⓘ
Vivec ⓘ
notablePantheon Tribunal ⓘ
originMyth Chimer cursed by Azura ⓘ
patronDaedra Azura ⓘ
Boethiah ⓘ
Mephala ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Velothi pilgrimage ⓘ
playableIn The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind ⓘ
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion ⓘ
The Elder Scrolls Online ⓘ
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ⓘ
province Morrowind ⓘ
racialAbility Ancestor’s Wrath ⓘ
proficiency in Destruction magic ⓘ
resistance to fire ⓘ
religion Daedra worship ⓘ
Reclamations ⓘ
Tribunal Temple ⓘ
ancestor worship ⓘ
skinColor ash-gray ⓘ
socialDivision House Dunmer vs Ashlanders ⓘ
socialIssue persecution and discrimination in Skyrim ⓘ
subculture Ashlanders ⓘ
Velothi ⓘ
transport silt striders ⓘ
tribunalMember Almalexia ⓘ
Sotha Sil ⓘ
Vivec ⓘ
typicalAlignment morally gray ⓘ
typicalClassStrength assassin ⓘ
battlemage ⓘ
spellsword ⓘ
typicalWeapon bonemold weapons ⓘ
chitin weapons ⓘ
universe The Elder Scrolls ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tamriel → hasRace → Dunmer ⓘ
High Elves → relatedRace → Dunmer ⓘ
Bosmeris → relatedToInLore → Dunmeris ⓘ
subject linked to: Bosmeris (Wood Elf language)
linked to: Dunmer
Bosmer → relatedRace → Dunmer ⓘ
Nirn → homeTo → Dunmer ⓘ