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r/teslore • … • u/DrogoMontague

If the Dunmer breed horses only so that they can eat them, then what do those breeds of horses look like?

If it is the traditional custom of the Dunmer to use horses as a food source and not as mounts or beasts of burden, then wouldn’t the horses commonly bred in Morrowind be noticeably distinct from the horses found in the rest of Tamriel?

I don’t know of any lore sources that specifically reference the selective breeding practices of Dunmeri horse owners, but one could assume that the horses they keep are fatter, meatier and more sedentary than horses which are used for riding or farm work. A bulkier less active equine would yield a greater quantity of, and a more tender product.

Although if horse meat is seen as more of a delicacy in Morrowind, then I could totally see the Dunmer choosing to breed horses with the leanest, toughest, gamiest, most sinewy, most thoroughly difficult-to-chew meat possible. Sounds very Dunmeri for one to suffer while they supper, to serve food that is as much ordeal as it is meal; striving to reach sustenance through violence.

Has anyone else ever thought about this? I’d love to see Dunmeri horses as a mount in ESO or modded into one of the main titles (I know living horses would a difficult thing to add to Morrowind, but carcasses and butchered meat wouldn’t).

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