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Dwemer
The '''Dwemer''' (pronounced /{{IPA|ˈdweɪ.məɹ}}/ or "Dway-mur") are a fictional race of Elves from [[The Elder Scrolls]] video game universe.

== Etymology ==
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== History ==
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Dwemer are thought to be a reclusive, independent group of 
[[Mer]] (Elves), dedicated to the principles of science, alchemy, and engineering. Although they are commonly referred to as dwarves, evidence from their dwellings and armor indicates that they were of average height, similar to that of other mer. In the main quest in Morrowind, the player encounters Yagrum Bagarn, the last living dwemer. The name [[dwarf|Dwarves]] is due to an apocryphal tale in which the Dwemer came into contact with a species of giants, who gave the Dwemer that name. However, this may be a scholastic error, as their name Dwemer was given to them by the Ehlnofey, their giant creators, who loved their curious nature.

Records of Dwemer activity date back to before the First Era, most notably in the Vvardenfell region (Vvardenfell, in Dwemeris, means "City of the Strong Shield"), which has the highest concentration of Dwemer ruins of any land in Tamriel. Feuding between [[Chimer]] and Dwemer continued until the First Council, when the Dwemer and Chimer unite to expel the [[Nord (Elder Scrolls)|Nords]] from Morrowind. One clan of Dwemer, the Rourken, refused to make peace with the Chimer, and their patriarch threw his ceremonial warhammer, Volendrung, across Tamriel, proclaiming that his clan would settle where it landed. Eventually, they settled in modern-day [[Hammerfell]] (explaining that region's name), home of the Redguards.

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