The snow elf race is one of the most mysterious of the Ancient Scrolls universe. Since their footprints are visible everywhere in the most popular fifth of the line called Skyrim, fans are interested in these people. To find out a brief history and basic information about it, you should read this material.
general information
Before installing a mod related to snow elves on Skyrim, the player should learn more about this race. Even in ancient times, this people separated from other measures and created their own authentic culture. His empire occupied a large part of the northern province of Tamriel, the island of Solstheim, and reached High Rock. In terms of power, the culture of the race competed even with the legendary altmers. People got their nickname “snowy” because of their bright white appearance. Only eyes could have a gray or blue tint. Representatives of this people were inferior to people in the ability to handle weapons, but compensated for this with magnificent magical skills.
Culture, part 1
Players should understand that the snow elves were defeated when they rivaled humans for a settlement in Skyrim province. They had certain difficulties in handling weapons, although some organizations within the race, such as the Order of the Paladins, were oriented toward this. In most cases, people used magic. They were especially strong in recovering and witchcraft using frost (one of the schools of destruction).
Now it’s difficult to talk about exactly what the culture of this people was. The only small surviving building is the Auri-El Temple, which can be found in the Forgotten Valley. It is difficult to appreciate the magnificence of an empire of an individual elven race. We can say for sure that their language was incredibly difficult to master. At the time of the dragon adventure in Skyrim, the player could meet only a few people who were able to master it. Among them is the former head of the thief guild Gall, as well as Kolselmo, who serves as a sorcerer at the court in Markarth.
Other culture information
It would seem that elves with snow-white skin color could not handle weapons, they were bad blacksmiths, and therefore the snow elf armor would not be popular. It turned out quite the opposite, because their armor was light and beautiful at the same time. This people skillfully compensated for the disadvantages of the pros, and therefore the armor was created exclusively by magical abilities. The material was specially processed and inlaid with expensive parts.
The architectural skills of the snow elves are almost completely covered in secrets. In one existing temple, players can see the beautiful decoration of the stones, but for confirmation you need to look at ordinary houses that no longer exist. The race was also famous for being able to create special paragon platforms. These are devices that allow you to teleport between them. How exactly they were created is unknown, the technology has been lost for many years of oblivion.
Bloody story
If players think that the snow elves have been undeservedly destroyed by the Nords from the mainland of Atmor, then a closer look at the story. Initially, it was the measures that separated from their people that occupied the province of Skyrim. After the arrival of the Nords, there were small local conflicts, but it was the future Falmers who unleashed the real war. At the end of the Merethic era, a tragic event called the Night of Tears. In the dark, snow elves attacked sleeping people in Saartal, the first settlement in Skyrim.
Because of this massacre, Ysgramor collects five hundred of his associates and begins military operations against the elves. How exactly the campaign went is unknown, but it was a great success. The enemies of the people were defeated, many fell into slavery. It was they who were used to build stone cities and the first of them was Windhelm. The battle of Moesring was the last attempt of the elves, but they again received a crushing defeat. Head of the race - The Snow Prince was killed.
The fate of the remnants of the race
In the game "Skyrim" mod on the snow elves adds them to the world of this project. In fact, it is almost impossible to meet them without adding additional authoring content. The war with people greatly weakened them, and therefore the elves decided to find refuge with the Dwemer.
The high-tech race agreed to host them, but with concern. They made a contract under which their current "friends" should regularly take narcotic mushrooms. They were artificially created in order to greatly weaken the elves. The idea of the Dwemer was 100 percent successful. The once great race, after being defeated by the Nords, became slaves. The Dwemer used them as a free labor, and poisonous mushrooms became part of the diet. This food caused addiction; without it it was impossible for the elves to live. It was at this stage that they began to turn into Falmers - blind and ugly creatures that are often found in various dungeons of the province of Skyrim.
last try
By installing a mod for the snow elf race, players pay some tribute to these people. Even when the Dwemer almost conquered them, they decided not to give up. Representatives of the vast nation of measures were already half-transformed under the influence of those same mushrooms, but at one point they managed to rise from their knees. Slaves remembered the glory of their ancestors and decided to take revenge on the Dwemer for what they did to them.
It is not known exactly when the uprising took place, but the event gained on a large scale. In history, he was dubbed the Cliff War. It all ended in the fact that in 1E 700 the Dwemer simply disappeared somewhere. Before this, a battle took place near Red Mountain, but the story does not tell how the battle ended. In any case, the Falmer were left alone in the ancient settlements, completely dependent on poisonous mushrooms.
Surviving representatives
If you want to look at the snow elf armor in Skyrim, the player should go to Nirn. It was there that there were living representatives of the race who did not mutate into the Falmer. In this settlement, users will be able to chat with Gelebor and his brother Wirthour. The first will report that not all snow elves went to the Dwemer for salvation. Some simply hid in the far corners of the northern province of Tamriel. This happened due to the fact that there was no faith in the Dwemer, and therefore the choice to settle in the Forgotten Valley was more attractive.
You can also learn from the brothers a story about why they were left only together, and where the Auriel Order disappeared, even though initially there were more of them. Gelebor suggests that other snow elves are also hiding somewhere, waiting for the moment to appear to the world.
Research
If the player does not install any modifications that are related to the snow elves, then you will have to find information bit by bit in the world of Skyrim. To understand more the nature and origin of the Falmer, the best source would be a museum in Markarth. A small number of exhibits is a premise that people really have a small amount of information about them.
In fact, information about the Falmer for scientists in Skyrim is considered almost invaluable. That is why the most diverse theories about the existence of snow elves are put forward. One of the most plausible is that they mixed with other measures and simply dissolved like a race. In any case, the universe is developing, there is an online version of the "Ancient Scrolls", where the history of this nation, developers can fully reveal.