Vamidium

Vamidium are Dwemer Animunculi, ancient mechanical automatons, designed to look and function as beasts of burden. Imitating nature with mechanical constructs, they were most often used as mounts and found amongst Dwemer ruins stretching from Hammerfell to Morrowind. Like other animunculi, vamidiums appear to utilize soul gems, steam or dynamo cores as their power source. The existence of ancient Dwarven horse armor evidences that the Dwemer did not exclusively rely upon these mechanical creatures however. The most common type are the Dwarven spider.

Many vamidiums were collected by the Mages Guild and stored in the vaults below the Arcane University in the Second Era. When the forces of Molag Bal overran the Imperial City during the Planemeld of 2E 582, many of these rare artifacts were smuggled out of the city and began to appear on the open market all over Tamriel.

Varients

 * Dwarven Horse
 * Dwarven Camel
 * Dwarven Guar
 * Dwarven Spider
 * Dwarven Bear
 * Dwarven Senche
 * Dwarven Wolf

Trivia
Vamidiums should not be confused with fabricants, which are partially organic mechanical constructs created by Sotha Sil, also known to be used as mounts.