ok heres my modern falmer general culture concepts, mostly religious
-scarification is an extremely common practice, with the intent being that the scars are observed via touch. these often come in the form of runes that ease casting, commonly a ‘detect life’ type spell (which doesnt actually cause ‘sight’ but helps triangulate locations to make aiming for things possible)
-most of their agriculture is based around fungi, though depending on where they settle it also may include underground (and aboveground) fishing, and some smaller cave insects.
-there are several different breeds of chaurus, with some being livestock animals and some being companion animals. chaurus help with navigation when aboveground.
-their language has diverged over time, and not all modern falmer speak the same falmeris. the language is oral, but includes a touch sign when speaking one on one. this is not necessary to understanding the language (its the equivalent of hand gestures) but it’s valuable, and can be used to communicate simple concepts silently (valuable for stealth)
-their religion varies heavily by region and clan, but is fairly consistently a mix of aedra and daedra, without either being defined as evil.
-the daedra most consistently present are namira, mephala, and nocturnal.
-namira is conceptualized as a god of death and rebirth and primordial darkness rather than just ‘icky stuff’. she is a sort of chthonic ‘mother’ figure, a dark protective womb.
-mephala also tends to be present, even being considered an ancestor spirit to some, one who taught the falmer to navigate their new life and to survive with subtlety, stealth, and poison. nocturnal sometimes takes this role instead.
-vaermina actually comes into play sometimes, generally regarded as somewhat adversarial and grappled with in dream-hallucinations as a means of divining the future
-the aedra commonly present in some capacity (not always worship) are auriel, trinimac, syrabane, mara, magnus, stendarr
-auriel is the most divisive god, with some clans still honoring him, and some considering him a primordial betrayer, or a negligent father.
-alduin actually has an analogue in their religion, though with little connection to auriel. an akatosh figure isnt directly present, and auriel is not really conceptualized as being the same thing.
-lorkhan is USUALLY reviled and seen as an adversarial spirit.
-there are surface-living populations of falmer on solstheim, and in some isolated areas on the mainland. they are culturally distinct from underground-living falmer (and tend to be the ones who still worship a variant of auriel).
-some clans supposedly know secrets surrounding tonal magic, and most falmer have a better understanding of dwemer technology than like. everyone else, but find much of it to be fairly pointless
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