“Yes. House Dagoth had strong ties to House Dwemer, who also had strong associations with scarabs. Much of our old folklore uses the scarab as a symbol of the passing of one world, and the birth of another, or the enlightenment of a person to the ways of Lorkhan’s Psijic Endeavor.” To be honest, she’s not sure why the Dwarves were so keen on scarab symbolism when they were as secular as they were, but perhaps the idea of ‘surpassing the gods through enlightenment’ resonated with them in their own way, through their work with machines.