?

"Exceptional qualities tend to run in families, or so I've found."

"Possibly. Ena doesn't seem like the type to fade into the background, from what I've seen just talking to her. Though I'm not going to touch the drama between her and Lianda with a ten foot pole."

"Drama?"

"Something about their family? And of course Lianda refusing to talk about her - usually she's pretty chatty with me. Don't know the details though."

"A mystery for another time then, I suppose."

"Mhmm. Any questions about the displays?"

"The dragon claws. Where are they from?"

"They're associated with important Nordic ruins - they're the keys to puzzle-doors. Sometimes they're in the ruin itself, but more often some villager or adventurer has it."

"Puzzle-doors."

"We have a mock-up of one in the Nordic section... They're these large stone doors with bands that have animals carved on them. You need to align the animals correctly, then insert the key, and the door opens."

She rolls her eyes. "Nords."

"Certainly fits their - aesthetic."

"A brute force sort of cunning."

"Like - the Word Walls. They're a fascinating bit of magic, each encodes a word of power, but they're - the exact opposite of subtle."

"I much prefer the construction of the Ayleids. Their cities were a sight to see, when last I visited Cyrodiil."

That sparks a round of questions about the Ayleids! (Most of what's left is ruins, now.)

Oh, what a shame. Presumably to do with this new Cyrodiilic Empire she's heard about?

The Ayleid Empire fell in the early First Era to the Alessian Empire, yes - a different empire than the current one, though. Some of the buildings remain - the Temple of the Ancestors actually became the Imperial Palace, which has just barely finished being reconstructed after being sacked by the Thalmor - though many of the cities are ruins. She's been to a few, they're even more impressive than the Dwemeri ruins. 

The Dwemer as well? All things fade, it seems.

The Dwemer especially were a weird case. They didn't fade, they literally vanished overnight. 

What happened to their Snow Elf servants?

It's unclear. Most figure they're extinct. 

It was delayed, at least.

Yeah. She's not sure what sort of catastrophe would get the Dwemer but not their servants.