Are the Dunmer cursed?

The Tribunal's actions, either in using the tools to become gods, or in murdering Nerevar, caused Azura to curse the Tribunal and the Chimer people, turning their skin to ash and their eyes red, making them the Dunmer.
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Why do the Dunmer hate Argonians?

Dunmers are elves, so they're nurturally against pretty much every non elven race. Further, Argonians are a beast race and are generally considered nothing more than animals be other races. An example would be the Orcs too. Prior to the ending of Daggerfall, Orcs were considered nothing more than beats to be hunted.
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Why did Azura curse all the chimers?

It is said that the Tribunal's actions, whether it was harnessing the power of Heart of Lorkhan to become gods or killing Indoril Nerevar, upset the Daedric prince Azura and caused her to curse the Chimer. Azura turned their skin to an ashy blue-gray color and turned their eyes red, transforming them into the Dunmer.
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Did Azura create the Dunmer?

It's said that Azura actually created the Dunmer from the Chimer by turning their skin into ashen grey. This was known as a curse from Azura, who wanted to punish the Chimer for looking up to the Tribunal, rather than worshipping her, Boethiah and Mephala.
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What were the Dark Elves before?

History. The Dark Elf race originated in the Ginnungagap ("yawning abyss"): the vast, primordial darkness that existed prior to the creation of the manifest universe, where they reigned absolute and unchallenged.
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Turns Out The Dwemer Are Still Alive

How were the Dunmer cursed?

Azura's curse and the Chimer's transformation

The Tribunal's actions, either in using the tools to become gods, or in murdering Nerevar, caused Azura to curse the Tribunal and the Chimer people, turning their skin to ash and their eyes red, making them the Dunmer.
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Why are Dark Elves white?

Dark elves are mostly descended from elves of Nagarythe so naturaly have paler skin and dark hair after centuries of cross breeding.
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Did the Dunmer enslave the Argonians?

The enslavement of the Argonians by the Dunmer was commitet by Great House Dres who is one of the houses of Morrowind. It focuses itself on agriculture and, up until the late-Third Era, slavery.
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Who turned the Chimer into Dunmer?

As the three used the tools on the heart, they betrayed Azura, breaking their pledge to her and used the heart to become the Tribunal. Azura, in her fury over this, turned the whole Chimer race's skin dark as ash and their eyes red. On this day, almost all Chimer became the Dunmer, or the "Cursed Ones".
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Why did the Dark Elves flee Morrowind?

The island became completely uninhabitable due to the destruction of the volcano erupting. Even the part of Morrowind that was on the mainland of Tamriel had been destroyed during this. Most of the Dark Elves fled to the island of Solstheim which had belonged to Skyrim at the time.
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Are Chimer and Dunmer the same?

The Chimer (Aldmeris: People of the North), also called the Changed Folk, Changed Ones, or Velothi, are ancestors of the modern Dunmer, or Dark Elves. The Chimer clans followed the Prophet Veloth out of the ancestral Elven homelands in the southwest to settle in the lands now known as Morrowind.
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Is Azura a good God?

Azura is the Deadric Prince of Dusk and Dawn in the Elder Scrolls series. She is often considered as being one of the more benevolent Deadra, although she can be wrathful at times.
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What is Azura the god of?

Azura (in Daedric script, ) is the Daedric Prince of Dusk and Dawn, the magic between Day and Night, also given titles such as Mother of the Rose and Queen of the Night Sky. Her sphere is the period of transition and change, as seen in the constant twilight of her realm of Oblivion, Moonshadow.
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Why is Vivec only half Dunmer?

Vivec chose to take a half Chimer, half Dunmer appearance to embrace his dualistic nature and so he could separate the bronze of the Old Temple from the blue of the New Temple.
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Why do Stormcloaks hate Dark Elves?

In Skyrim they hate the elves because of course the Thalmor started a civil war and conquered the Empire. Ulfric (and many other Stormcloaks and Nords) were members of the Imperial legion and fought in the Great War agaisnt the Thalmor and their dominion.
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Can you marry a Dunmer?

When it comes to Dark Elves (or Dunmer), there are eight different marriageable characters to choose from, four male and four female.
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Who killed the Chimer?

As told in the Iliad, the hero Bellerophon was ordered by the king of Lycia to slay the Chimera (hoping the monster would kill Bellerophon).
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How old do Dunmer get?

This makes it likely that most Bosmer and Dunmer can expect to live to be around 300, while most Altmer can expect to live another 100 years. It is not uncommon for individuals to be able to extend their lifespans using magic, however.
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Is Karliah a Dunmer?

Karliah is a Dunmer thief, a member of the Nightingales and a former member of the Thieves Guild. She is involved in five of the Thieves Guild quests, during which she becomes a temporary follower.
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Did Azura really curse the Dunmer?

Upon this accruing Azura appeared before the Tribunal and cursed them for their sacrilege and heresy, as well as the entire Chimer race, transforming them into the Dunmer by turning their skin the color of ash, and they're eyes as red as blood.
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Did the Argonians actually invade Oblivion?

Thanks to the Hist the Argonians were able to organize forces which went through the Oblivion Gates into the Deadlands, not only defending Black Marsh but taking the fight directly to the Daedra. As a result Black Marsh was far less devastated by the Oblivion Crisis than its neighboring provinces.
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Why did the Chimer become Dunmer?

They appeared like other elves, but their skin was a darker shade of pale gold than the Altmer. After the Battle of Red Mountain and Nerevar's death, the Chimer were cursed by Azura and changed into the Dunmer.
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Do tieflings and elves get along?

Tieflings are persecuted by the superstitious Wild Tribes and the vengeful humans of Galoron, though they have good reason (demons caused the gods to fade and almost destroyed the world). They only really find peace among the elves, who have lived long enough to know that not all tieflings are "demonspawn"
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Why are dark elves eyes red?

The Dunmer are the descendants of the Chimer, who were punished by the Daedric goddess Azura for the betrayal of their General, Indoril Nerevar. Azura's punishment was to turn the color of all the Chimer race's skin to ash-gray and their eyes to ruby red."
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What race are blood elves?

The blood elves (or sin'dorei in Thalassian ("children of the blood")) were not always part of the Horde. They are a playable race composed of former high elves who renamed themselves in honor of their people who were killed during the siege of Quel'Thalas by the Scourge during the Third War.
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