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vidvana · 8 months
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I know that nobody asked, but here's some Telvanni lore for all the foodies.
Before you begin this culinary journey, check out this post about ash yams it's essential.
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Telvanni Cuisine
It’s obvious that Telvanni have an extensive knowledge of fungi.  After all, they live in huge mushrooms and collect and plant numerous species from all across the Tamriel to use them in their potions. It goes without saying that their cuisine is also quite fungal. The commonfolk at Telvanni settlements as most of the Dunmer source their protein both from fungi* and insect meat. But Telvanni nobles love nurturing peculiar worldviews and traditions that differentiate them from other races - or even other Dunmer. One of them is their distaste for anything that doesn’t grow in soil. They frown upon hunter traditions of Ashlanders and stock-raising of house Redoran and regard them as “primitive” in contrast to the delicate art of growing fungi. The alchemy ingredients are an obvious exception from this rule, but in general as their occupations don’t usually include menial work, their light and low-calorie cuisine perfectly matches their lifestyle. This resulted in traditional cuisine of the nobility being solely plant-, or more specifically, mushroom-based**, that contrasts sharply with the cuisine of Skyrim that is rich in venison and other animal-based foods***. Noble Telvanni shun debilitating ingredients such as alcohol and moon sugar in their everyday cuisine, as keeping their minds sharp is their main priority. In order to get an indulgent sweet taste marshmerrow is used instead. Telvanni rarely import vast quantities of vegetables from other provinces as house Hlaalu does. They use commonly grown foods like saltrice, ash yams or mushrooms as the base ingredients of the dishes. In some aspects they prefer to stick to the Dunmer traditions. The nobles, though, indulge themselves in expensive imported berries - not only because of their magic-enhancing abilities but also because of their extravagant taste. As the Telvanni ranks feature numerous alchemists the import of alchemical ingredients is obviously very common. Telvanni chefs gradually incorporated some of the exotic spices into traditional cuisine. Especially valued are the most characterful of them that fancy up the bland taste of mushrooms, such as juniper, ginseng or garlic****. * In real life mushrooms are a rather poor source of protein compared to legumes like beans and lentil. But since there are no legumes in TES universe (at least as far as I know) let's suppose there are some protein-rich mushrooms Telvanni can plant. ** It’s also worth mentioning that I’m a Telvanni-fixated vegan ass myself so that’s a more probable reason why I made my beloved house also vegan xD *** A lovely example of that contrast you can encounter in @thana-topsy ‘s fanfic “Breathing Water”. This would nicely explain Neloth’s preference for apple cabbage stew. **** This recipe for example resembles Telvanni cuisine, it was one of the inspirations from my imaginary dishes above.
Above I’ve come up with some examples of what noble Telvanni would eat on a daily basis.
Thanks for reading that and take care :3
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Raven rock, day and night :)
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steamclouds · 6 days
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Inspired by the nose boop Gale gives you in the epilogue when you romace him...
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tytoz · 1 year
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Verin Thelyss from Critical Role/ Call of the Netherdeep. 
I imagen him having long THICC hair, thicker body build, and just flat out taller in complete contrast to not only his older brother Essek but to other drow as well. What makes this even more fun is that drow males are canonly SMALLER than females. So, him being larger than the average drow would be a feat in itself. 
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alifelongpassed · 3 months
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"Let's try that again, shall we?"
Nere really doesn't need the tadpole to be a murder baby.
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kamillyanna · 3 months
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Sometimes its funny for me to draw him in profile view from his left side because he just looks so normal lol/
My drow, Xuraan. Modernified.
🚫 Do NOT repost / trace / plagiarize / use the character / train a.i. with / etc. ! all rights reserved.
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yamikuruku · 5 months
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finished raffle prize from my twitter raffle to celebrate 1k followers! For @/ Nyokohimechan <3
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defnotjarlaxle · 2 months
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Drizzt @ CCON 2023
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rkdvanguard · 6 months
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For #Gobtober2023!
Day 12. Today we have a Goblin Herbalist and her Botanist Dark-elf Girlfriend!
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drfelici · 1 year
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Mikka needed a travel gear (...all for the surprise that he looks quite different underneath and to play a bit with expectations when it comes to drows). He looks a little lost, better ask someone for the right direction!
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the-mad-tinkerer · 9 months
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A soft embrace in a brass fortress.
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vidvana · 10 months
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I would like to request a Dnmer kid with their parent, who is introducing them to an ancestor during a communion in an ancestral tomb or family hearth!
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Dunmer parents be like: "C'mon, say hello to your grandpa."
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My dunmer ocs, Raynis and Remaras, as Dawnguards :3
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steamclouds · 14 days
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That other not-so-nice Do'Urden brother
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faepaintings · 2 months
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Llorvyn.
Commission for a private client.
Do NOT repost/reuse in any way. Reblogs are welcome.
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alifelongpassed · 7 months
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Seht
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