The Elder Scrolls Treasury III - The Imperial Library

V.V.ValenvaryonOne of the ten ancient → Dunmer strongholds. Valenvaryon is east of the → Urshilaku Camp.ValenwoodValenwood is a largely uninhabited forest wilderness. The coasts of Valenwood are dominated bymangrove swamps and tropical rain forests, while heavy rainfalls nurture the temperate inland rainforests. The → Bosmer live in timber clanhouses at sites scattered along the coast and through theinterior, connected only by undeveloped foot trails. The few → Imperial roads traverse vast densewoodlands, studded with tiny, widely separated settlements, and carry little trade or traffic of anykind.Valley of the WindThere are two valleys, side by side, on the northeast slopes of → Red Mountain. The westmostvalley is called Dry Camp Valley; the camps have no water, but they are sheltered from the wind.→ Dun−Ahhe Caverns are also there. The Valley of the Wind is the eastmost valley; it runs longand straight south between → Airan's Teeth, and climbs towards Red Mountain. → DarelethAncestral Tomb is in this valley. The mouths of these valleys are to the east along the coast. Pass→ Bthuand, a → Dwemer ruin, and just past → Zergonipal, a → Daedric ruin, turn south.Vampire DustOf interest only to necromancers and → alchemists, vampire dust is collected solely from thewithering corpses of slain → vampires.Vampire Hunter"I am a vampire hunter. It is my life's work as it was my father's and his father before him. I seekout the dark ones wherever they may hide. With Light of Day in my hand and Darksun on my arm,I kill them, that they may no longer pray upon the innocent people of Tamriel. Fear these creatures,→ outlander. Destroy them if you can, run if you must, but never let their → disease flow throughyour veins. Or I will find you."VampiresThe → Dunmer hate → necromancy and the undead, and hate blood vampires in particular. Bloodvampires are powerful → undead creatures that feed on humanoid blood. Once they were human,but they get the blood → disease from another vampire, and they become vampires themselves.The vampire curse is contracted from disease−contaminated blood; victims of vampire attackssometimes become vampires. That's why they still exist. There is no known cure for → vampirismbut the destruction of the vampire. → Imperial culture regards blood vampires as destructivemonsters to be hunted and destroyed. Everyone hates them, yet no one wants to come near one.However, romantic notions of noble, virtuous vampires persist in Imperial traditions, and vampires211