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Damn Ancano I know Winterhold is cold but you’re just being dramatic at this point!
Some Thalmor agent you are, can’t even handle a slight nip in the air smh
#can’t even light a proper fireball spell pathetic#tesblr#ancano#tes#skyrim#the elder scrolls#elder scrolls shit post#college of winterhold
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What flavor is this??
#vivec#vehk#almsivi#elder scrolls online#elder scrolls shit post#elder scrolls#tribunal#elf#morrowind
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It. Just. WORKS.
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Falmer appearance and attire headcanons
(click on drawings for more details and notes!)
Hair
In Skyrim, we pretty much only see two hair styles to go off of: completely bald and the hair the "shaman" have (which are also the only females we see (a post for another day)).
In concept art, particularly Adam Adamowicz's, we see more potential hairstyles. He draws it as wispy and messy, as well as containing braids and the ties we see in the shaman in the game. This art is largely what defines my own interpretation of their hair.
I picture the typical Falmer hair as wavy, thin, wispy, and looking frizzy. Given the high number of hairless Falmer we see, I imagine baldness is common, particularly among males, and sometimes among females. Their hair can be commonly styled into braids or knots to keep it under control.
The ability to grow long, thick hair is less common, but those who can tend to style it in other unique ways. Especially among females, long hair is commonly styled into large dense locs (akin to a Polish plait) and held into shapes using ropes or leather ties.
(While I think the intention with the way their hair is drawn and modelled in the game models and concept art was that it was braided and held up with those ties, before looking at it closely I always sorta interpreted it as too stiff to just be braided. As a result, I developed the locs headcanon and have become kinda attached to it even though I have 0 in game or lore support for it)
Materials
The material used in their clothing is obviously dependent on what is accessible to them, and given their unique situation that makes the materials they use and value unique as well. In Skyrim, we see that almost all of their armor (which is mostly what we see them wearing) and homes are made of chaurus chitin (and potentially shellbug chitin), so this is likely the most common resource available to them for non-combative coverings as well. Other materials from their arthropods companions could include their cocoons, unhatched eggs, etc.
Bones from other creatures (draugr, skeevers, trolls, adventurers, bandits, etc.) underground or from aboveground raids could also be used fairly often. These could also provide a source of leather or fur, albeit not a lot of it.
Falmer groups and subcultures inside or in close proximity to Dwemer ruins probably make regular use of the materials present in those ruins as well. With all the metal and machinery present in Dwemer ruins, metal probably makes regular appearances in their clothing (and general decorations) even if they can't manipulate it themselves. Falmer more separated from Dwemer ruins would make much lesser use of these materials, however. Additionally, We see implications of Falmer preparing, cooking, and potentially cultivating fungus in-game, but see nothing indicating they have any plants in their diet, and therefore it is unlikely they regularly make or use textiles or fabrics in their clothing, and if they do they likely come form Dwemer ruins or raided adventurers/bandits/settlements from the surface.
On that note, we know that there have supposedly been incidents of Falmer coming to the surface to attack its inhabitants and travelers, as well as instances of them killing bandits, adventurers, and researchers who venture below, so it's not far fetched to believe that they have access to some materials from the surface. This could give them some access to furs from surface animals, beads, glass, jewelry, textiles, metal objects, etc. they might not otherwise have access to. The rarity of these material among the Falmer would depend on the amount of access any given group of Falmer have to the surface, but among many of them these materials could be seen as more valuable for their rarity and the difficulty to gain them.
While gemstones and ore might be accessible from both natural deposits and underground ruins, unless they had some kind of auditory function or unique texture, they might not have much value to Falmer.
General Attire/Accessories
I like to imagine that the Snow Elves, and by extension the Falmer, have an innate cold resistance in the same way Nords do, and therefore don't require clothes for the purpose of warmth even in the chilly caves of Skyrim. Additionally, their blindness likely means that wouldn't dress for visual aesthetic either. My thoughts are that they are then left with the sense of sound and touch to communicate with each other, and their clothing and accessories could reflect that.
Falmer clothing, decoration, and society in general is very heavily based on touch and texture and little on appearances. They touch each other very often for both communication, movement, and just general day-to-day interactions, and their clothes isn’t very modest, but the tactile patterns and materials used can communicate certain things such as position in society, “wealth”/power, whether they are taken, single, pregnant, with a child, etc., their roles, their age, notable achievements/skills, who is who, etc. on both their clothes and buildings. The more noise one makes, the more attention they draw and the more they drown out other noises, and the more noise making things they can “afford” to have, so the amount of noise one makes in a Falmer settlement is a status symbol. Certain types of noises or noise makers are more coveted than others (chitin beads are common, while furs are less common, and materials only gained from raiding the surface are rare and coveted).
Some noise making accessories could include:
Dangling metal, bones, beads, chitin, etc. that hangs off of their clothing or ears and jingle/clank against each other (in my drawing I show them as pretty uniform in shape and size, but they would probably be much more irregular than I depicted them)
Bells (metal or other materials) that are affixed to or dangle off of their clothing or as earrings.
Hollow bracelets, anklets, necklaces, or other accessories that are filled with rocks or beads.
Rattles tied to the body (made of chitin, dried hollow chaurus eggs, dried chaurus cocoons, beads, etc.) with leather or rope.
Flute or whistle like tubes made of metal, chitin, or dried and treated tube-like fungus that makes a woodwind-esque noise when air passes through it in a certain way. They have been designed to make noise easily from even the slightest movements.
Dried grasses (more temporary) tied to the body that make a swishy noise. More permanently, a similar thing can be achieved with hair. The hair can be sourced from Falmer (either through just cutting hair or through taking it from fallen enemies) or killed humans/mer/draugr. That sort of thing can also act as a kind of trophy.
Necklaces with various materials dangling close together that jingle against each other.
Various materials can be tied into braids or the leather ties in their hair as well.
Some textural accessories could include:
Beads. Since they wouldn't have the ability to tell the color of the beads, the patterning of beadwork would be based on the roughness, material, size, or shape of the beads. (I'm sorry I suck as drawing beads)
Furs. This wouldn't be as common since the Falmer likely don't have too much interaction with furry mammals, but some they may have access to that are big enough to make clothing/accessories out of include skeevers or trolls (and potentially rarely animals from the surface). A potential meaning of wearing furs could be as hunting trophies, but it could have other meanings as well.
Chaurus chitin would like be the most common material in Falmer attire, and depending on the part of the chaurus body, the size of the chaurus, or the life stage of the chaurus it was sourced from it could have different textures. Some chitin parts could include large spikes and deep groves, while other parts could be smoother and less rough. The use of this chitin in clothing could take advantage of this contrast in textures. Additionally, chitin or shells from shell bugs might be a different texture from the chaurus chitin. (it's unclear to me whether shell bugs are exclusive to the caves around the Forgotten Vale or if we should consider them distributed throughout Skyrim's underground)
The placement of textured components on the body could have their own meaning to it alongside what accessories or textures are being used.
Specific Falmer Subcultures
While most Falmer settlements we see in Skyrim are just a small-ish collection of huts and chaurus corrals, there are two distinctive settlements that are larger, seemingly more organized, and I like to think have their own distinct subcultures worth mentioning: Blackreach and the Forgotten Vale. The unique scope and environment of these Falmer cities (as I like to think of them) could lend to unique clothing cultures as well.
The Falmer of Blackreach have access to a vast Dwemer settlement and have has the space to spread out throughout it more fully since it seems to be more in tact than other Dwemer ruins we see. These guys would likely have a clothing culture much more heavily based on what the can access from these Dwemer ruins (metal scraps, leftover fabrics, etc.)
The Falmer of the Forgotten Vale would also have access to unique resources, such as Vale deer, Vale sabre cats, and frost giants for fur and leather. Additionally, materials accessed from the Chantry of Auri-El such as textiles from clothing, bedding, tapestries, etc. could give them a greater access to fabrics than other Falmer groups. We don't see many close Dwemer settlements to the Vale, so they would have less Dwemeri influence in their clothing than other Falmer groups.
I like to think that the Falmer's evolution exclusively underground has made them poorly equipped to handle the outdoors during the day and has made them particularly susceptible to sunburn, necessitating the need for covering for those in the Forgotten Vale who have significant settlements outdoors. With greater access to textiles and leather, they could use them as coverings when outdoors.
Armor
I actually have very few notes on armor, for two reasons. 1) I hate designing and drawing armor. It is the bane of my existence. 2) I really like the armor they have in game! I think they look awesome aesthetically, and I like how clearly they are made from chaurus chitin. Per usual, Adam Adamowicz's designs seem to have been the major inspiration for the Falmer armor, and he did a great jobs (even if it isn't the most functional looking armor ever).
(off topic but I also just want to add that he draws them with little hairs and tufts on their ears and I love it. ok that is all)
I do have a few thoughts about armor though.
Even attire made of textiles make noise when someone moves in them, and I can imagine moving around in armor, especially armor made of hard, insect shells would make a lot of noise when someone moves around in it. When you're relying on sound to navigate your environment and pinpoint potential threats or targets, wearing something making a lot of noise would not be ideal. On the other hand, getting into a fight unarmored would be a problem.
So here's my solution: heavy armor (see below) would only be worm within the camps/settlements where noise was already high and space is more cramped (and therefore more risky in a fight) as a sort of guard in case they were attacked. Those guarding the settlements along the outside might still wear armor as well, but less of it. Those going out to scout or hunt (if they do hunt) would wear as little armor as possible, and try to wear it strategically so that it wouldn't rub against itself and make noise. This is why most Falmer we encounter in the game are wearing little except for loin cloths and kneepads.
One more idea I have for armor is a specific armor piece. On the note of guarding or protecting a camp or settlement, I imagine the noises of it all (especially with the noise based headcanons I've laid out here) would make it hard to actually catch any potential threats when you can't see. A large slightly concave piece of armor worn behind the head could block out noises from behind the wearer, as well as a help focus sounds ahead of them.
That is all! Thank you for reading! A lot of these concepts around the culture of sound I think could also be applied to their buildings and even a culture of music, but those are posts for another time.
All of the concept art I used was taken from here and all of the Skyrim screenshots are from UESP.
#skyrim#tes#the elder scrolls#falmer#skyrim headcanon#tes headcanons#headcanon#sorry this is long (but not really)#i just cant express my thoughts like a normal person. college conditioned me to format everything like an essay where i have to provide#sources and shit lol#also im kinda autistic about falmer#i appreciate those of you who read it all!#mine#adam's concept art makes me feel very validated in my echolocation headcanon because its very obvious he references bats in their face#which is another post idea i have for another day#my art
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#elder scrolls#dagoth ur#tes#morrowind#drawing#elder scroll meme#the sixth house#morrowind memes#shit post#drawing meme
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hehehehe hahaha Ryan!
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LET ME MARRY THE GRUMPY SILVER FOX GENERAL BETHESDA
#tesblr#the elder scrolls#skyrim#skyrim memes#general tullius#imperial legion#stolen from reddit#the comments on the og post were kinda shit tho#anyway im obsessed with this man#ill never forgive bethesda for not giving him as much content and lore as they did to ulfric
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Many people talk about the overachiever elder siblings, but nobody has spoken of the pains of an elder sibling who has more academic achievements but couldn't pursue their passions and hobbies due to the pressure given by their parents and other useless gharwales. Those gharwales that taunt you every chance they get, and try to cage you within the boundaries of the home. Once you get your own room, they keep telling you how you've "snatched" the room from your sibling and how you have a lot of mental and physical space. The irony is that the very mental space being preached about is constantly destroyed by them. They don't even know how they've become the most traumatic experience of your life and how they've broken a big part of your soul and snatched your liveliness away from your life. They don't know that watching your sibling being loved and nurtured in every way possible satisfies your heart but also hurts to the bottom of your heart that you aren't being nurtured yet. Sometimes, we wish we weren't the first one...the heck with that...we are forced to wish that our existence is the biggest burden to their lives.
I'm sorry for the long post, but I couldn't stop thinking about it.
#desiblr#desi tag#su bolu!#desi tumblr#desi girl#desi shit posting#just desi things#desi dark academia#desi student#desi academia#desi life#the elder scrolls#first borns assemble#elder sister#elder siblings
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haven't even watched DW, but my fave popcultural blogger wrote that the recap of previous events from the new episode of Doctor Who looked like a loading screen from Skyrim and
I had to make it.
(trivia bit x)
#he's just Standing There like 🧍🏻♂️ over a space background. amazing#tes#doctor who#doctor who 60th anniversary#doctor who spoilers#the 14th doctor#fourteenth doctor#dw spoilers#the star beast#david tennant#skyrim#the elder scrolls#the doctor#new who#my posts#skyrim memes#doctor who memes#i am begging for a crumb of context besides getting the camera laser focused on david's sadwetpathetic figure#not complaining. this shit is the funniest#i love camp
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Terrible Skyrim mod idea: immortal snail
Everything is the same except there’s a snail following you and at random moments in the game it may appear. No matter the location or what you’re doing, you have to be on guard. If it touches you, your character dies and you have to start from scratch.
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her shenanigans take 10 years off his life
#camilla valerius#lucan valerius#skyrim#the elder scrolls#tesblr#tes#bro hes TIRED of her shit#their dialogues are so funny#another one suggests hes been bugging her to pick sven or faendal and settle down already#anyway theyre war refugees so theyve had a pretty hard life#i think lucans Like That because he took up the role of the parent and it never rlly went away so now hes just very overbearing#camilla has all these ideas for the shop like taking the goods on the road#but he just wants to play it safe because hes had enough of instability but he sheltered camilla + she doesnt remember the worst of it so#shes much more carefree#so lucan wants her to settle down with someone in riverwood in the hopes that itll make her Stay where its relatively secure#and he wont have to Stress abt her#one day ill make an actual headcanon post instead of incoherently rambling in the tags i swear#my art
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#the elder scrolls#elder scrolls online#tumblr memes#memes#meme#meme humor#gaming memes#video game memes#elder scrolls memes#funny#funny stuff#funny post#funny memes#funny shit#ha ha funny#funny meme haha#funny meme xd#shitpost#shitposting#humor#humour#lol memes#lol#dank memes#dank humor#humorous#dankest memes#best memes#meme shitpost#meme lol
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here’s a light sketch of kaidan since this is all i got ⚔️
smfh i hate art block
#artists on tumblr#small artist#tumblr artists#fanart#sketch#skyrim#skyrim fanart#kaidan#kaidan skyrim#skyrim mods#the elder scrolls#oblivion#dragonborn#sketch dump#wip#art wip#video games#shit post
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hes suffered worse!
bonus frame i didnt use but aelas pose goes hard here (and i booted up skyrim just to get a reference of her and i didnt end up using the panel grr grrr grr)
#fuck#sorry werewolf aela looks fucked up i forgot how to draw werewolves#fucked up looking werewolves are cool but this one looks a little odd#i also scrapped every other idea i had because ive been cursed with ''cant draw disease'' today#youll get sheogorath beating the living shit out of miraak later though ill do that#skyrim sexyman poll#aela the huntress#lucien lachance#skyrim#tes#the elder scrolls#art#myart#debating on even posting this im personally not too satisfied
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