They hate me for my exuberance and joy. Just like how Maormer hate dolphins....

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They hate me for my exuberance and joy. Just like how Maormer hate dolphins....

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on "maormer" and their origins in māori racial stereotypes
kia ora (hello/good health), i made a post about this a few years back, but i feel the need to update it. this isn't a dig at anyone with maormer ocs, just a post acknowledging racism in the elder scrolls regarding maormer.
basically, a concerning number of people don't know that maormer are based off of māori people, despite it being in the name. we understand that the races in the elder scrolls are heavily based off of real-world races and maormer is a very poignant example for this. like, in this post i point out a depiction of a sacred entity is traced into tes:o for an example of how blatant it is, so if the name isn't enough to convince you, keep reading.
māori are indigenous polynesians with a rich culture, known for our woodwork and carving, weaving, and tā moko (sacred tattooing), among other things. we have a deep respect for the ocean as voyagers.
we fought off pākehā (white colonisers) for quite awhile and thus got treated as uniquely vicious, warhungry, and violent. we did not stigmatise sex, so we were seen as overtly crude and predatory. during the musket wars/genocide, certain iwi (tribes) sided with pākehā and took other māori as slaves. while we had the concept of slavery pre-colonisation, it looked very different to modern day slavery and the slavery practiced by these iwi was taken directly from european influence, not traditional māori customs.
meanwhile, maormer are a race of vicious, tall/large slavers who pillage the mainland, the good people of tamriel. they have "intricate tattoos". they are said to have potentially been a cross between aldmer and the "bestial tribes of pyandonea", implying that there are not only other tribes in pyandonea that are racialised as primitive and inhuman, but that maormer had sex with these "bestial" beings, which is a bit. eugh. they also interbreed with sea giants to make even larger inhuman brutes. there are multiple depictions and theories in the in-game lore that imply maormer are less "human" than the other elf races.
The Elder Scrolls: Online - Night Market Leaders
Maormer Cheat Sheet
I've been obsessively combing through every bit of information I can find on the Maormer, also known as Sea Elves, since being introduced to them in ESO. Here are all my notes about them!
“There are those that would say some of your dreams are impossible for you. I say that is a challenge to show them what you are capable of.” -Talin Warhaft, Eternal Champion
Please enjoy this art of Talin, my maormer Arena character!

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Molto excitedly pointing Melandir towards some intriguing knowledge or a curious trinket.
This technically counts towards Mermay because Melandir is a Sea Elf
My new(ish) OC, Lethiros - a Maormer diplomat working under King Orgnum. His main focus is establishing support and potential alliances for anti-Dominion groups.
general high fantasy interpretation, but heavily elder scrolls inspired. Still, you don't need to be familiar with the games at all to answe
As a follow up to both the mermaid and elder scrolls quiz (somehow those connect in my mind) I made a "What kind of elf would you be" quiz! Its very TES inspired but I took some liberties, going for a more general fantasy experience, but if you read the answer descriptions you'd think "yeah this is an altmer/dunmer/bosmer etc."
Enjoy! let me know what you get :D
Ps. someone typed this is a suggestion way back when I first published the mermaid one, but I forgot the name they put, so thank you if you ever see this <3