Why haven't Dwarves been a playable race for all these years : V

» Sat May 19, 2012 12:49 am

I want to be a tiny bearded man :sadvaultboy:

(I'm actually looking for a lore reason, I know theres Drawven armors, but i've never seen a Dwarf)

» Sat May 19, 2012 5:43 am

Didn't they die out or something?

» Fri May 18, 2012 11:26 pm

Mainly because they're extinct. And, TES dwarves aren't tiny bearded men anyway.

» Sat May 19, 2012 12:27 am

They were too busy being dead.

» Sat May 19, 2012 7:04 am

From what I understand, dwarves (or dwemers as they're called in lore) caused their own extinction. They're gone.

» Sat May 19, 2012 5:05 am

I prefer to play characters who are alive, thank you very much.

...Or at the very least, undead. Preferably not ethereal, though!

» Fri May 18, 2012 9:38 pm

I'll admit, after playing as much Dragon Age as I have lately, I'll be in some state of shock after playing Skyrim with no dwarves...

» Sat May 19, 2012 12:05 am

I seem to recall the dwemer ghosts from Tribunal being vaguely dwarf looking (beard etc) but taller

» Sat May 19, 2012 9:03 am

Dwemer removed themselves from Nirn via heart of Lorkhan. Truth be told, the Dwemer had beards, but they weren't short. Only one was left alive (Visiting the outer realms so to speak) but he is afflicted with Corpus, and he may not be alive following the destruction of Morrowind.

» Sat May 19, 2012 9:01 am

Because there is only a single surviving Dwemer.

And its questionable if he still lives.

» Sat May 19, 2012 4:54 am

I'll admit, after playing as much Dragon Age as I have lately, I'll be in some state of shock after playing Skyrim with no dwarves...

I would "sodding" hope so

» Sat May 19, 2012 12:15 pm

The dwemer are elves, and arent really what we know as dwarves (they arent short) oh and they are extinct.

» Sat May 19, 2012 5:50 am

I'll admit, after playing as much Dragon Age as I have lately, I'll be in some state of shock after playing Skyrim with no dwarves...

Meh there Robots are still around....

» Sat May 19, 2012 8:32 am

I for one am glad that the Dwemer are not the typical Tiny, bearded, battleaxe wielding, scottish accented drunkards they are usually portrayed as, especially fter playing Dragon Age and Warhammer for so long.

» Sat May 19, 2012 1:19 am

The dwarves in TES are called dwarves because although they were of normal height, the giants called them obviously thought they were rather small.

» Sat May 19, 2012 8:17 am

All but one is extict...

» Sat May 19, 2012 11:08 am

I want to be a tiny bearded man :sadvaultboy:

(I'm actually looking for a lore reason, I know theres Drawven armors, but i've never seen a Dwarf)

O DEAR GOD HERE COMES THE LORE-WOLVES RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!!!!!!!! :ahhh:

No but in all honesty they are long extinct and not typical dwarves......and the people here are kinda Nazis about it.........

» Sat May 19, 2012 3:17 am

Dwemer always looked more Persian or Babylonian or Assyrian in their representations as Specters and their images of themselves in their artwork.
Which I always appreciated, it's always nice to see a game experiment with the typical Tolkienesque mold most races are pressed into.

» Sat May 19, 2012 6:58 am

The Dwarves have been extinct for hundreds if not thousands of years(not sure exactly). They are the dwemer and you learn a ton about them and their downfall/disappearance in Morrowind.

» Fri May 18, 2012 10:20 pm

The Dwarves or Dwemer as they are known, simply faded into elder scrolls history. I dont think there was ever a confirmed event as to what killed them off there are many theories though. and there around the size of the bosmer so not exactly dwarf in size.

» Sat May 19, 2012 11:36 am

Use the search function and look up the word "dwemer." The topic of dwemer (or the bastardization "dwarf") has been asked nearly every day for the past 2 weeks, so you shouldn't have trouble finding why they're not playable.

Alternatively, you can search the Lore Forums with the same name.

» Sat May 19, 2012 9:57 am

I always figured the lore revolved around the fact that it would be quite a bit of extra work to program another race that would be rather different from the others. :shrug:

» Fri May 18, 2012 11:04 pm

I would "sodding" hope so

We should be best friends, you and I...

I'm all for an Oghren easter egg.

» Sat May 19, 2012 3:58 am

Dwemer, the ES's Dwarf race equivalent, were actually just bearded Elves that lived in Morrowind, Skyrim, parts of Hammerfell and a few other provinces several thousand years ago. They were the most technologically advanced race, using Arcane Magicks to create living, steam-powered technology and automatons.

They wiped themselves out and literally became the golden skin of a giant robot golem that eventually exploded and was lost in the dragon-break caused at the end of Daggerfall.

» Sat May 19, 2012 5:16 am

Dwemer, the ES's Dwarf race equivalent, were actually just bearded Elves that lived in Morrowind, Skyrim, parts of Hammerfell and a few other provinces several thousand years ago. They were the most technologically advanced race, using Arcane Magicks to create living, steam-powered technology and automatons.

They wiped themselves out and literally became the golden skin of a giant robot golem that eventually exploded and was lost in the dragon-break caused at the end of Daggerfall.

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Also to point out, they looked like http://www.imperial-library.info/sites/default/files/tdgtd_dwemer_image_01.jpg, http://www.imperial-library.info/sites/default/files/tdgtd_dwemer_statue_04.jpg, and http://www.imperial-library.info/sites/default/files/tdgtd_dwemer_ghost.jpg. In addition, the dwemer, or "dwarves" were roughly the height of an Imperial. The reason they were called "Dwarves" is because the giants that first found them saw them as being tiny in comparison. Also to note, the name "Dwemer" or "Deep Folk" has two meanings, in that they did live largely in underground castles made of a brass-like material, but also because they were deep thinkers.