While glancing through the Daggerfall section on UESP, I found http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Daggerfall:Dark_Elf page describing the Dunmer in Daggerfall. It describes young Dark Elf women as "well known for their promiscuity". And yet when we play Morrowind, we see that the Dunmer have "prude-mode" on. Whats with this change from promiscuous Dunmer to prude, religious and strict Dunmer (with the exception of the ever kinky Vivec)

six is six. The Japanese are the same, as well as many other cultures. They view six for what it is, the simple act of ecstatic union.

You think that a religion that worships a divine hermaphrodite puts that much of a girdle on six? A goddess that wears as much clothing as a Baywatch broad, and a sorceror that clones himself for maximum sixual pleasure? Pah.

There are three Morrowind Dunmer that I know of that are promiscuous, but for the most part, the Dunmer culture is literally very family-oriented.

:blink: :shocking: :blink: ... like, WHAT!?

Vivec wasn't the exception. I think it's implied somewhere that Almalexia's Hands play with more than their swords, and Ayem herself is depicted as a fairly sultry girl in the game. In the Sermons, Sotha Sil divides himself so he can have six with Ayem. They were all envisioned as sixual beings, at least by their original creator.

To answer the question, I really wouldn't know, having never really inquired into, or been given the opportunity to indulge in, any sixual encounters. Partly because they're xenophobes and probably aren't interested in me. Partly because only the main characters tend to be very well realised anyway, giving little opportunity for romance (though the khajiit girl one was a nice surprise). And party because the new family friendly direction Bethesda have taken, meaning sixual content tends to be well hidden. I really don't recall any outright signs of sixual repression either, except the bowdlerising of the Real Barenziah, which I think is just the aforementioned family friend direction again, but, by the same taken, lust is not incompatible with sixual repression.

But with a society with a fairly daedric bent, glorifying in assassination,violence and savagery, and adoring a divine, over-sixed hermaphrodite, "irrationally comfortable" with the idea he might have killed a beloved national hero... prudish doesn't seem quite appropriate.

Edit: I'll add that the UESP normally isn't a reliable source, but this piece of trivia thankfully has a couple sources. First is the Daggerfall joke book, which characterises Dark Elves as lustful. Second is the Real Barenziah, which, interestingly, claims young elves in general are promiscuous, and makes no distinction as to race.

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the only dunmer in daggerfall were in the wayrest court, and they looked more like bosmer with red eyes

Don't forget Falanu Hlaalu.

Exactly. Pure and simple. Lore-wise, dunmer ARE horn-dogs. Gameplay-wise, they're a little more reserved.

a society can be promiscuous, yet still be reserved.

Divayth Fyr.

I suspect it was more or less for science, and Beyte Fyr seems to imply that she's more or less settled as his consort for the time. However, I hesitate to be sure it was true cloning, because they're each different.

Some would point out Vivec, but there were many biblical figures that got around, and they're considered heroes. And the fact that the Temple censored The Real Barenziah.

Like, I am still confused... Divayth Fyr did what?! :unsure: :huh:

:yuck: , up untill today I didnt know why she was such a famous NPC... I regret finding out, :yuck: .

Cloned four "daughters", put them to work keeping his tower and his Corprusarium, and married them. Fyr is older than dirt and will experiment with anything, though I don't think his intent was primarily sixual.

I agree. From what I've seen, his wonderful daughters seem to be more of science experiments than sixual toys.

Well, Beyte does describe her position as "paramour, consort, something like that", and Fyr does ask you if you came to "leer at my daughters". So it's not a platonic or scientist-to-subject relationship.

At the same time, Beyte has seemed to more or less settled down as Divayth Fyr's "wife".