How one baker made a Dagoth Ur pie in an homage to Morrowind

The Elder Scrolls III: MorrowindRPG Classic, still in use today, is known for its sprawling world and meticulous roll-based combat systems. It also has a wide range of characters. More than two decades since the game’s initial launch, its most storied villain has ended up in an unexpected, delicious place. Dagoth Ur pie is the legendary snack that dreamers love and which can be found in only the most daring (or possibly the most ignorant) of dreams.

Molly Carroll, the director of PR at Larian Studios and her partner, saw an Instagram clip of someone baking a face-pie (which was deeply cursed).

“My partner knows I love Morrowind and pointed out that IN FACT, Dagoth Ur (Lord High Councillor of the House Dagoth, the Sixth House, the Tribe Unmourned) wears a mask that would lend itself really well to a pie,” Carroll told me, via Twitter DM. “He was totally right, and I had no choice but to make it. I also had a lot of apples I needed to use up.” (Relatable.)

It took about two hours to bake the crust, and 20 minutes for making it. She followed Smitten Kitten’s flaky pie crust recipe — which I mention in case any readers wish to make their own handsome Dagoth Ur — then chilled the crust overnight before moving onto the other steps.

It was time-consuming to peel, core, and lay out all the tiny apple slices. “I tried to arrange the apples so there’d be little lumps where his cheekbones would be,” Carroll told me. “Attempting to recreate Dagoth Ur’s golden visage only took me another 20 minutes.” That said, she did run up against some construction challenges, as this was her first run at a pie with a crust more complicated than a lattice. She was unable to make the nose and she used egg wash to fix various facial features.

On February 12, she uploaded a picture of her unbaked pie on Twitter. The response was raucous. Fans commented on the idea, and also sent in tons of AI Dagoth Ur clips — a recent meme in which people use Elevenlabs’ AI speech software to make the MorrowindRandom things are read by villains

The actual baking process proved to be a little difficult because the butter left on the crust caused smoke to build up, which gave the pie a smoky flavor. “The crust was slightly burnt, which did not taste great but perhaps accurately reflected Dagoth Ur’s spirit after being cruelly struck down by his pal Lord Nerevar beneath Red Mountain,” Carroll said.