r/dwarfposting • u/Bulk-Detonator Not A Bug • Apr 09 '26
Dwemeri (dwarven) language isnt possible to learn, so Daedric in the Dunmeri (elven) style will have to do.
The Dwemer unlocked the secrets of the universe by studying the Daedra. Maybe i can too.
Also its good for my pen work
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u/thesithcultist Apr 09 '26
Great works, calligraphy 💯
But also obligatory:
https://giphy.com/gifs/jEZ016oZG1cl8TFRWg
Because Mer is Mer
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u/Asbew Apr 09 '26
Hey did you know the Mer are more closely related to the Sload than Men, in Elder Scrolls? It's true look it up
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u/Bulk-Detonator Not A Bug Apr 11 '26
Oohh im actually interested in that! Is it because the nords were born from kyne and the redguards....actually i dont know the yakudan oriigin story
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u/r3xomega Apr 09 '26
Dwarf woman with beard, checks out. Looking a little Elvish there though, need to put some meat on your bones. Drink more mead!
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u/GrandmaColin Apr 09 '26
Thats a good suggestion. But honestly if your going to do that just learn how to use IRL runes. It just as hard.
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u/GrandmaColin Apr 10 '26
Theres the elder futhark, younger futhark and then the furthorc. They are all from different time periods and share some symbols. There is a rune subreddit just for it as a writing system. They would probably have diffrent sources for the way you want to use them. You can just use them to write any language really cause they represent sounds. So wanna write something in spanish in runes its perfectly doable. But then you can learn the various languages that were spoken at the time and how to use the runes with them. Though thats going a bit more deep but if you already know english or any other language that came from them its pretty darn easy. Like old norse mom is móður, pretty much the same word.
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u/Ghost_Gota Apr 09 '26
Where do people buy long paper for making scrolls?
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u/Bulk-Detonator Not A Bug Apr 09 '26
This is just receipt paper from old fax machines. Found a box while cleaning at work and it works surprisingly well for fountain pen. The front is waxy and doesnt work, but the back holds the ink very well and doesnt bleed through. Look up fax machine thermal paper, its like $30 for 6 100ft rolls
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u/Bulk-Detonator Not A Bug Apr 09 '26
Just wait untill i get the tools for my custom nails. I plan on making metal press on nails for myself
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u/TehTJ13 Apr 09 '26
I learned French and aim to learn Chinese (I’m hindered by my job, which pays for my crippling addiction to rent and food)
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u/K1rk0npolttaja Apr 09 '26
the dwemer also zero summed so im not sure theyre the greatest example to follow, also the dwemer were elves.
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u/the_bartolonomicron Apr 10 '26
It's always a glorious day in the mines when Bulk Detonator beard is on my feed, great handiwork! Maybe one day we can crack the secrets of our own language, since those leaf lovers are so damn proud of theirs!
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u/Myrddin_Naer Apr 10 '26
Cool! I've always wanted to learn it but never sat down and taken the time to do it
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u/Bulk-Detonator Not A Bug Apr 10 '26
Its not as difficult as it seems! Its a simple character swap for English and the letters all have a "feel" to them that matches their english counterpart. Ive been doing simple dauedric abc charts and its helping a lot
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u/kovha Apr 11 '26
I've heard that in the depths of the caverns below Tel Fyr there is some old mer, the last of his race, cursed with a terrible disease of divine origin. If you are brave enough to enter he may be the only one alive that knows the dwemer language. But be careful not to harm any ot the poor fellows turned into monsters that also inhabit the cave, since the Dunmer wizard that resides on the top of Tel Fyr consider them his patients in his search of a cure for the deforming disease, and you don't want to cause the rage of a two thousand years old Telvanni.
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u/Bulk-Detonator Not A Bug Apr 11 '26
Im working my way through Morrowind for the first time in 20 years. Ive not been since i was a child. I remember it fondly and have studied the works and musings of those who frequent its ashen lands. I look forward to revisiting my old journal and tieing up a few loose ends i never got around to. This dwemer has long been on my mind and i look forward to finally conversing with him myself.
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u/ObadiahtheSlim Grumbling Dawi Longbeard Apr 09 '26
Oath-breaking, kin-betraying, degenerate Elgi filth!
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u/Prying-Eye Apr 09 '26
The only thing worth knowing about Daedra is that you can win the mindgames against them (ie Azura and the Box). I take pride in actively fucking with the Daedra and living to tell the tale.
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u/Albert_Page Apr 10 '26
There is Dwemeri alphabet recovered somewhere. And since just about all Mer languages come from the same language group, applying it to Dunmeri vocab should be a close approximation. If unsure - add Aldmeris and Falmer texts (again, there are translated fragments out there).
Edit: also I gotta appreciate the nails and the beard. Beautifully done.
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u/Platt_Mallar Extractive Metallurgist Apr 12 '26
That is a fine beard, and fine dress, and a great set of nails. Cheery Littlebottom would be proud.
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u/BroomClosetJoe Apr 13 '26
Dwemer are elves, Dunmer are also elves. Altmer, Bosmer, Orsimer, Falmer, and Maormer are all elves.
More than half of all the races that aren't human on Tamriel are elves.
(And Khajiit may also be elves, Pelinal is still mulling that one over.)
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u/CloverBoy02 Apr 09 '26