#falmeris

(Compiled from interlinear notes, annotations, and tone-glyph translations found across several Dwemer ruins in Skyrim. Written jointly by Mzulan Arctur Nheztar and Queen Azhrina Caerdwen.)

💠 Entry: “Raldbthar – The Spinning Bastards”

Mzulan:

“Whoever engineered the rotating stair-mechanism here deserves a posthumous punch in the tonal chamber. It’s not functional. It’s performance art. ‘Ah yes, let us ascend—but only after six concussions and one surprise flame jet.’”

Azhrina (in Falmeris):

“Your people were very theatrical. Like peacocks with brass feathers.”

Mzulan (response):

“Thank you. I will pass your compliment along to the next peacock I reanimate with tonal resonance.” (Margin: tiny doodle of a brass peacock breathing fire, captioned: “Clan Rourken fashion experiment?”)

🐌 Entry: “Nchuand-Zel – Decorative Hall of Absolutely Nothing”

Azhrina:

“I walked for twenty-two minutes in a corridor lined with golden busts of one Dwemer whose name is written only as: ‘Zzalm the Appreciator.’ What did he appreciate?”

Mzulan:

“Mirrors. Himself. Also, the sound his own footsteps made on resonant stone. Classic narcissotonalism.” (Snort written as: “hhkkkhk–pfff.”)

🕊️ Entry: “Irkngthand – Echoes of Grudges”

Engraving found in tonal vault:

“To the Chimer thief who took my tonal driver: may your ears twist into ash and your children be born with inverted kneecaps.”

Azhrina (noted translation):

“Quite aggressive for someone who was presumably very short.”

Mzulan:

“We were not that short. Also: it was probably Varkuln of Clan Tharn—he was five foot nothing and furious at the world. Once kicked a tonal loom because it ‘sassed him.’” (Sketch: grumpy bald Dwemer yelling at a loom)

❄️ Entry: “Falmer Ruin Overlay—Beneath Shar-Atur”

(Joint observation where a surviving Snow Elf sanctuary overlaps with older Dwemer pipework)

Azhrina (in Falmeris, scrawled lightly):

“They built over our prayer chamber. Didn’t even move the urns.”

Mzulan:

“That wasn’t malice. That was Dwemer efficiency. Urns = non-mechanical. Therefore: non-priority. Translation: ‘Move for boiler, not for bones.’ Brutal, yes. But practical.” (Pause. New line added hours later.) “...We should move the urns.”

📖 Entry: “Dwarven Joke, Confirmed”

Found inscribed behind a wall plate in Mzinchaleft, only revealed through Aetherial detection.

Engraving (Dwemeri):

“This wall hides nothing. Just your expectations.”

Azhrina (sarcastic comment):

“A very expensive way to disappoint people.”

Mzulan (grinning in margin):

“Exactly. That was the joke. We called it ‘The Void Wall.’ Scholars would stare at it for weeks. One Altmer cried.” (Tiny sketch of a sobbing Altmer with magnifying glass)

🧊 Entry: “Personal Reflection: Falmeris vs. Tonal”

Mzulan:

“Falmeris is lyrical. Soft consonants. Dripping with reverence and spiritual gravity. Our tonal script? Brutal. Exact. Like a hammer made of syllables. When Azhrina reads ancient prayers aloud, the stones lean closer. When I read tonal equations, they shiver and obey.”

Azhrina (written in her curlier script):

“We use words like petals. You use words like chisels.”

Mzulan (beneath):

“And yet, somehow, you’ve carved me. Damn.”

✨ Entry: “Markarth Deep – Hidden Chamber Dialogue”

Azhrina (upon entering):

“You know, despite everything... this place feels hollow.”

Mzulan:

I blame @falmeris for all of this. ALL of this.

We got into talking about Vampire Lords again--well, really when ARENT we talking about VL's xD and she made me wonder what a Lord influenced by Mephala would look like.

Messing around with Thur. Pmuch figured this would happen if he ever went 'fuck this' to Molag Bal and started really worshiping Mephala again, and Bal's all like "Oh no you dont, I'm taking your VL privileges away" and Mephala is all like "pfffff I can fix that *makes a 100x better*"

ilpen av sou meldi nagaiale as guntumnia spantelepelaelia arani morae

ye sou liebali racurane ye nu rautane sye ye nu hautalle nou buroi

gune sou gravuloi sa metane sye garlis frey as gondra doemera tarcel

lane sou agea silya nu hecta sou arcten rias nu nemalanta ge nu hecta sou epe

gandra rias ne nemelauta ge nu frey sepe sye arcta varlor denai

cullei noue staneiaye ry sou alasil auta ry loria shenta abagaiavoy

malautavoy fey nou darre ye alata rou malae asma maraga sou anyamis

[ He pulls his ears back a bit, looking a tad uneased at the question. ]

I feel.. as though I am better off without them. I miss Alinor, I miss what I had grown up with. And though here I am hated simply for my race... I am... not being judged by my peers. It feels so much more painful to hear judgement from someone whom you have been taught to take value in their opinion, than one whom you do not value nearly as much. The traditionalist Altmer... definitely more painful to hear it from... They are never happy, and speak it quickly and harshly.

Naive. Idiotic, naive little - how is it possible to feel so guilty, yet so angry? Throwing a child's fit when I disagreed with her, trying to eschew all blame. She could have been killed, her child could have been...

I’ll be the first to admit I didn’t know it was your birthday, but that’s not going to stop me adding to the pile of happy birthday wishes. eue *AFFECTIONATELY BURIES IN CAKE.*