Dwemer

From the Elder Scrolls game Skyrim. The Dwemer are also called Dwarves. (Also referred to as the "Deep-Elves," "Deep Folk," "Deep Ones," or the "People of the Deep") were an ancient, "Lost Race" of Mer who were remnants of the early Aldmer, and lived primarily in the region of Dwemereth. The Dwemer were an advanced race and civilization, and were far ahead of other races and civilizations in terms of government, society, technology, architecture, stonework and city-planning. They were well known for their revolutionary developments and achievements in technology, engineering, crafting methods, metalwork, stonework, architecture and city-planning, science, mathematics and magic, as well as their skills in engineering, crafting, metalwork, stonework, city-planning and the academic arts (science, mathematics and magic). They are an ancient Steampunk race that vanished off the plane of planet Nirn during the 1st. era.