Register    Calendar    Members    ST Team    Forum Search    FAQ    Portal    Overview Silgrad Tower: Oblivion » Beyond Cyrodiil » Skyrim for Oblivion » Skyrim Lore » nordic dwarves » Hello You Last Post | First Unread Post Print Page | Recommend to a Friend | Add Thread to Favorites nordic dwarves Author Post « Previous Thread | Next Thread » MarcusAurelio First Knight Registration Date: 24.02.2008 Posts: 138 Location: Tallinn , Estland nordic dwarves        I know that there's no lore supporting this , but I don't recall any lore denying it either , so my question is : is there NO chance of there being nordic dwarves in the mountains of skyrim? since from somewhere the term 'dwarf' was given to the dwemer , I assume there is a source for the word , and they might be nords , that have changed in the mountain shafts , have eventually grown smaller in size , and everything. so , i'd just like to hear the reception to this idea __________________ The Nord pointed his finger at the building on the hill , and said :"That is the Emerald Hall , the Palace of Ysgramor." How can you tell if a Bosmer is lying? If his lips are moving. my concepts - http://ysgramor.deviantart.com 22.03.2008 01:34 bob196045 Monarch of Morrowind Registration Date: 14.05.2006 Posts: 3,961 Location: Dallas RE: nordic dwarves        Thats an interesting theory I don't know of any lore regarding this, but it is true that Dwemer were called Dwarves, which makes no sense since they do not appear to be any shorter than other Elves It is said in lore that its possible the name Dwarf was given to them by the giants which lived on the Morrowind province. Its also saif tha the name Dwemer simply means "Deep Folk" which is either akin to their "thinking" or "deep thought" (I suppose cause they were into science) or it could have been akin to thier living underground Thier is lore I suppose which could support both theories Short Nords, thats interesting I suppose any race can have a short group, height is not a "law" Enjoy Bob 22.03.2008 02:33 MarcusAurelio First Knight Registration Date: 24.02.2008 Posts: 138 Location: Tallinn , Estland RE: nordic dwarves        Thanks for the reply I think that one thing that might support the nordic dwarves is that nearly all races and beasts from nordic mythology are included - all kinds of elves , giants , trolls. Only the nordic dwarves and lindworms are missing , and I believe that both might be rather interesting. __________________ The Nord pointed his finger at the building on the hill , and said :"That is the Emerald Hall , the Palace of Ysgramor." How can you tell if a Bosmer is lying? If his lips are moving. my concepts - http://ysgramor.deviantart.com 22.03.2008 10:40 Richard Chieftain of Skyrim Registration Date: 23.08.2006 Posts: 747 Location: Invercargill, New Zealand RE: nordic dwarves        It's a fair idea, but I think something as significant as a new race would be pushing the boundaries a bit too far. Traditional Tolkien-esque dwarves would also make TES (even our unofficial interpretation) less differentiated from the plethora of generic fantasy universes out there, which is something I'd personally want to avoid. Also, Skyrim already has its own 'lost race' in the Falmer. Plus we it would be another architecture style to create =( 23.03.2008 08:23 Tree Structure | Board Structure Silgrad Tower: Oblivion » Beyond Cyrodiil » Skyrim for Oblivion » Skyrim Lore » nordic dwarves This is an archived forum section of Silgrad Tower Forum.