Racial motifs 15 : Dwemer
Original media : TES Online
By Raynor Vanos
Kireth says I should write down what I've learned about Dwemer artisans and the styles and motifs of their lost civilization.
Dwemeri axe designs reflect the wheels, gears, and cogs that are central to so many devices of the Deep Elves. The haft is surmounted by a round disk resembling the hub of a wheel, from which spokes radiate to the blade or blades, which are like portions of a wheel's outer ring. The blades maintain an edge remarkably well, considering their great age.
All Dwarven chest armor consists of metal plates of various sizes affixed to a leather cuirass -thin, flexible leather with a few small plates in the case of light armor, the leather becoming thicker and the plates larger and more numerous as the armor gets heavier. The plates are typically geometric in shape and ornamentation.
Dwarven shields come in many shapes, but all echo the geometric forms seen on Dwemer armor, albeit writ large. They are formed from relatively thin plates of Dwarven metal, and are much lighter and wieldier than they appear.
Dwarven shoulder pauldrons were usually made of thick and inflexible metal, mounted on cops of heavy "leather". The pauldrons of heavier armor sometimes sported metal keels echoing the crests seen atop their helmets.
Even the most elaborate Dwarven staff has a utilitarian look about it, as if it was going to be used with paddle to draw a loaf of bread from an oven. The haft is made of some close-grained substance that looks like wood but is not, circled with ring of Dwarven metal. The finials are circular or fan-shaped, and usually modest in size.
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