"Master, don't panic, this is your steam guard." The housekeeper hurriedly stopped in front of Wu Chen to prevent accidental injury.

A rare and huge mechanical puppet dragon landed lightly. Wu Chen seemed to feel an imperceptible trace of void energy.

"Ashtaret salutes you, my lord." The female knight on the dragon's back saluted gracefully.

"Are you a Dwemer?" Wu Chen's eyes lit up and he was shocked by the female knight on the dragon's back.

"The last Dwemer magic puppet master in Skyrim." The housekeeper introduced Wu Chen with a smile: "She calls herself Deep Elf."

Ashtaret was born into the respected Clan Namtara in the city-state of Arkngthamz at the beginning of the First Era. He enjoyed the carefree freedom of the Dwemer nobility since childhood.

A carefree and beautiful life. However, all the good things were reduced to ashes after Heijiang discovered the precious Aetherium crystal and eventually triggered a war.

Itherium is an extremely rare blue crystal that emits cold light found deep underground. This crystal has a strong magic field, but it has no effect on alchemy, and cannot be enchanted, smelted, molded, or bound.

Set, or break. Altherium was originally discovered by the Dwemer in the First Age under the deepest mines, and successfully found a way to use it. It is said that the Dwemer dwarves can embed the Altherium crystal in gold and metal

, used to create Aetherium artifacts. They can also be embedded in other materials to make crowns, shields, staffs, etc. These artifacts will have unique and powerful magic powers, such as making enemies illusory and summoning Dwemer machines.

, or use the power of Standing Stones. Because of its powerful ability, it is called "Divine Light Crystal" by the Dwemer dwarves.

Around the year 221 of the First Era (1E 221), the Dwemer discovered a considerable source of divine light crystals. The veins were mainly located in the Raldbthar region and spread all the way to Blackfell. By Arkansam

The four Dwemer city-states led by I formed an alliance to oversee mining, processing, and research. In order to smelt the crystal under precisely controlled conditions, the Dwemer built a divine light deep beneath Bthalft in the Rift.

Crystal Forge. This forge uses lava to create Dwemer artifacts with great power and full of powerful magic. Later, the Dwemer Alliance discovered the more powerful Dark Heart and built various

instruments to study and control its power. They also built the Library of Arkthzand to share this knowledge. Ultimately, they created an orb powered by the Heart of Darkness, which harnessed the energy emanating from the Divine Light Crystal.

The power of crystal energy, kinetic energy and rhythm to draw the void. Eventually, internal disputes occurred surrounding the Divine Light Crystal and the Crystal Forge, and the Dwemer City-State Alliance collapsed, with the four cities and their rivals fiercely vying for control of the forge.

This conflict, which lasted for decades, became known as the "Aetherium Wars".

Many of the Namtara clan went to war, only to be killed by their own people. Ashtaret's parents and most of her friends and family died in that war. When her parents died in the war, the Namtara clan castle

When she was burned, she swore to her ancestors that she would honor the Namtara clan.

As the war in Itherium came to an end and Arkansamz lay in ruins, Ashtaret gathered what little wealth his family had left and delved into the science of magic. From apprentice to master, Ashtaret built a powerful

The Dwemer Animunculi, who helped her rebuild and revitalize her city after the destruction of Itherium War. Centuries passed, and the Dwemer Empire flourished again, in large part thanks to Ashtaret's

The design of some patented Dwemer large mechanical objects (Animunculus). As a master of magic, Ashtaret finally restored the honor and respect that the Namtala clan had had since ancient times. However, she was still the only one in her clan.

The surviving descendants. As the city-state of Akansamz returned to its former glory, she decided it was time to settle down and start her own family to continue the bloodline of the Namtara clan.

Unfortunately this dream never came true.

In the 700th year of the First Era (1E 700), due to the death of the sun, the Ash Woe Blight broke out in the Dwemer Empire. The upstart Alliance of the Kingdom of Resadyn declared war on their dwarf neighbors.

Shitaret joined the defense legion as a master of magic machinery, responsible for manufacturing and repairing mechanical puppets and Vamidium (Dwemer: 'mount'). Although he was far away from war and killing, one day suddenly, he was...

Ashtaret, who tried to create the Brass Dragon Golem, was dragged into the void by a mysterious force and disappeared.

In the endless void, 4,000 years passed by in the blink of an eye. When Ashtaret and her Valmidyum mount, the Brass Golem Dragon, woke up from their long dream and were once again in Akentamuz.

.Discovered that this was no longer the prosperous and wealthy Dwemer city-state in her memory. Deep underground surrounded by the ancient snow elf variant Falmer, Ashtaret struggled to survive with the war puppets left in the ruins.

Fighting her way out of this long-dead city, she set foot on a completely different ground world - the Skyrim Province. Looking at the distant lights and strange cities, she found herself alone again. The 4,000 years of emptiness made her extremely strong.

Ashtaret regrouped after a short period of despair and confusion, turned into a Skyrim traveler, and wandered in the northern lands of Tamriel. She hoped to open up a new life for her in a strange new world.

Ashtaret floated alone in the void for 4,000 years, successfully avoiding the annihilation of the Dwemer dwarves.

Obviously it's not just luck.

A memory copy related to it jumped out of his mind. Wu Chen softly recited Mrs. Beilein's sigh: "Tasting darkness is tasting infinity. This world is suffering from endless painful decline, stemming from a kind of indifference."

Meaningless hope. But you know better. You can hear it, can't you? The beating of the heart. They call it the void."

"Sir, as you said, what dragged me into the void was the energy from the 'Heart of Darkness'." Ashtaret made no secret.

The Heart of Darkness, also known as the Frightful Heart. Its physical form is a dark sphere surrounded by a radiating aquamarine halo. It is a fragment of the primordial void, trapped in Nirn (the Mortal Realm).

), and distorted the surrounding existence. According to the ancient Khajiit (a humanoid feline orc), Namira became a vague imitation of the Heart of Lorkhan, and the Reach people believed that since Locke sacrificed himself to create

After all things, there is a darkness left in the heart. In any case, the Heart of Lorkhan created the Red Mountain today, and the Heart of Darkness is deep in the Reach.

The Heart of Darkness provides a path into the Void, and by devouring souls, its power is significantly increased. Those connected to the Heart describe hearing intrusive whispers and feeling its pulsing, heart-powering

The stronger it is, the more violent it beats. In addition, people can also absorb its power at the risk of being devoured. But those trapped by the Heart of Darkness will distort their physical form and turn into a terrifying thing called the Void.

stuff)'s dark corrosive body.

Of course, to this day, the Heart of Darkness has been completely sealed. And the past experience of the Heart of Darkness changing hands several times also shows that Ashtaret only absorbed the energy of the Heart of Darkness, but did not own it. Although it has not been

The energy of the Heart of Darkness twisted into a dark corrosive body. But it also caused a significant change in Ashtaret's appearance. He was far from the Dwemer dwarf he once was.

"So, this is why you are more accustomed to calling yourself a deep elf." Once upon a time, the deep elf was also one of the names of the Dwemer. But in Skyrim now, many people have forgotten that dwarves are also elves. Let alone regard the deep elf as a dwarf.
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