#but I do quite like thinking about the animunculi

[ehlnofay]

The Dwemer have been gone for millennia, but their animunculi remain, patrolling their citadels and dutifully performing their tasks. They have not survived because they are wonders of technology (though they are that) – no construct (no matter how powerful) could last so long before breaking down without routine maintenance, much less survive incidental environmental damage and the occasional overbold adventurer busting into their homes swinging swords and slinging spells. Every remaining construct has been damaged to the point of losing function more than once. They continue to operate only because they repair each other. There are groups of automatons whose sole purpose is to mend and maintain all the animunculi in their area – usually hidden until their rounds, so it’s rare for aforementioned adventurers to come across them – and they are able to keep each other functional and fix any damage, unless key components are destroyed or taken.

#surprise headcanon! #I have no idea if this is original at all or ANYTHING. I'm just having a time here #this thought came to me in the middle of the night and I stumbled out of bed to write it down. so I had to fix it up and post it #I really like the idea of all the robots in their empty cities carrying out the machinations of their own unconscious society #all having a role and doing it well. caring for one another and the space they reside in. #I don't know if I'll ever have a lot of thoughts on the dwemer bc they are obviously very enigmatic in canon. and the stuff I like #to think about in my headcanons is usually slice-of-life style stuff. which isn't super applicable to a culture that #I don't really have much of a starting concept for #I'm not oppose to thinking about them more I just don't have a lot of thoughts now and don't have any particular desire to generate them #but I do quite like thinking about the animunculi #tes headcanons #dwemer #dwemer animunculi #tesblr #the elder scrolls #fay talks