Dwemeris
The replicated insignia above belongs to a Dwemer lexicon, a special type of artifact constructed by the ancient Dwemer, whose language we will examine next.
There is a great deal known about the taciturn metalworkers, engineers and scientists
Read more…XI
"Chdla! Ldil, md!". Those were the first words I heard the scaly monstrosity regurgitate after it had slithered towards us. I can't even begin to emphasise how hideous this foul creature from the depths truly was. A bastard of man, fish and eel am
Read more…Dovahzul
Dovahzul, the language of the ancient Dov, the Dragons. While their terrible rule was nirnwide, no single province had been influenced as much as Skyrim. There, most of the existing word walls can be found and Nords famously learned the ways
Read more…VI
I turned around, ready to tell of my newfound revelation pertaining to the strange pages, only to find that most of the volumes that had been present fell to dust as Shthelith's relentless trying had transformed the shelves into small deserts of b
Read more…Divine Script
The Divine Script is a system of writing that has been observed in oy two instances: On the Eye of Magnus and on the banners and within the black books that are found within the Apocrypha of Hermaeus Mora.
There are no known translation
Read more…Daedric
Daedric in and of itself is not so much a language as it is a system of writing not exclusive to the denizens of the planes of Oblivion. It sees just as much use as the common form of writing in Dunmeris or Alt-Redoranis, the language spoken
Read more…Bosmeris
Bosmeris is the language of the Wood Elves who inhabit the province of Valenwood. In stark contrast to what their name might suggest, the Bosmer are a bloodthirsty, cannibalistic folk bound to ancient rites in their many, many tribes.
The lang
Read more…Ayleidoon
Ayleidoon is what scholars call the language of the Ayleids, an eleven race of man-enslaving mer who ruled over the Heartland during the First Era.
Their language is well researched and sports an alphabet as well as s good amount of grammar
Read more…Atmoran/Runes
Atmoran is the ancient precursor to the modern Nordic, spoken by the old Atmorans who lived on the now frozen continent of, you guessed it, Atmora. This ancient, pre-nordic civilisation was forced to migrate when their homeland began to
Read more…Altmeris
Altmeris is the tongue spoken by the Altmer of Sumerset - a race of rather self-confident mages and quite proficient wizards who are more often than not misunderstood as being snobbish. Albeit the Thalmor fit that cliche, most non-Thalmor Al
Read more…Altmeris
Altmeris is the tongue spoken by the Altmer of Sumerset - a race of rather self-confident mages and quite proficient wizards who are more often than not misunderstood as being snobbish. Albeit the Thalmor fit that cliche, most non-Thalmor Al
Read more…III
The view was both a relief and a grave concern. "There is a good chance this place is infested with the undead scourge as well", I cautiously stated as I examined the grove before us.
"Thine assumption may be correct", Shthelith chimed in, hand o
Read more…I
Neither in my dreams, nor in the waking world, could I have prognosticated the execrative flagrancy that I had up to this point already laid eyes upon - or the damnabilities I was yet to encounter in the future, up to my improbable escape from that
Read more…The Menace from the Woods
Written in honor of Curse's Skyrim Character Build: The Wolf Spider
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In a more benevolent world, this account of the terrible incidents that transpired would tell of my family, friends and fellow village dwellers being utte
Read more…Aldmeris
Aldmeris is, aside from Ehlnofex, perhaps one of the oldest mortal languages we know, outclassed only by the Daedric and Dovahzul immortal languages in terms of sheer antiquity. Aldmeris is the ancient ancestral language to all other forms o
Read more…Ald-Chimeris
Ald-Chimeris is the ancient precursor tongue to modern Dunmeris and was spoken by the Chimer, the progenitors to the Dunmer prior to their transformation. The Chimer lived alongside the Dwemer, the Deep Elves, and later in history, their
Read more…Akaviri
Akaviri is the language of a long extinct human race who went by the same name. They are said to have inhabited the legendarily fabled continent of Akavir, far to the east of Tamriel. This now long gone, old civilization is said to have held t
Read more…The Book of Languages
And yet, even if our ancestors are lost, we do find their traces. In the world we inhabit, in the traditions we adhere to, in the way that we live, in the way that we look. And it is these very ancestors that taught us how to sp
Read more…The Horror From Within the Mist
Written in honor of Teccam's Skyrim Character Build: The Undying
That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons, even death may die.
- H.P. Lovecraft
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On behalf of my fallen colleagues, I hereby file the
Read more…Per Mortem Maleficarum
Written in honor of Curse's Skyrim Character Build: The Maleficar
Albeit the very prospect of witchcraft had fallen out of favor in response to the White Gold Concordat and the rise of the Aldmeri Dominion, there still exist nu
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