The Elder Scrolls: History of Tamriel Through the Eyes of the High Elves
The Elder Scrolls is a series with an impressive amount of background lore. The games themselves take place across one thousand years, with the history of The Elder Scrolls universestretching back several millennia.
The Elder Scrolls games also tend to focus disproportionately on the affairs of Tamriel’s human residents. This might make some fans curious about what races like the High Elves think about Tamriel and the history of The Elder Scrolls universe.
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Most of The Elder Scrolls’ High Elves, or Altmer, hail from the Summerset Isles, sometimes called Alinor. However, their origins stretch back to before the mortal world even existed. The Altmer believe they descend from the Ehlnofey, descendants of the Adric gods. Furthermore, the High Elves believe that the trickster god Lorkhan manipulated the Adra, deceiving them into sacrificing their power to create the world. This also severed the Ehlnofey’s connection to the spirit world, costing them their immortality.
Altmer myth describes how their chief god Auri-El led the Ehlnofey in a great war against the trickster god. Auri-El won, killed Lorkhan, then helped the remaining Ehlnofey establish the kingdoms of Atmora and Aldmeris before ascending back into the cosmos. The Atmorans became the first humans, while the inhabitants of Aldmeris became the Aldmer, the first elves.
The Aldmer eventually had to abandon their homeland for unknown reasons. Many High Elves believe Aldmeris sank into the sea as a side effect of losing their immortality. However, all the Aldmer’s descendants know for sure is that their ancestors fled their homeland to escape an unknown crisis.
One group of Aldmer refugees were
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