Julian LeFay

Julian LeFay is a Danish programmer, video game designer, musician and affectionately known as the "Father of ."
==Background==
Born Benni Jensen October 30, 1965 in Denmark, LeFay joined Bethesda Softworks shortly after the company's creation in 1987, as one of the original four employees. He held the role of Chief Engineer there for many years, and together with Ted Peterson and Vijay Lakshman, he eventually pitched the idea of expanding their homebrew Dungeons & Dragons setting, Tamriel, into a proper fantasy setting for the company to develop original games for. LeFay would eventually coin the name "The Elder Scrolls" as a name for the setting during the development of the first game, ''.
LeFay eventually quit Bethesda Softworks in 1998, citing concerns over the extensive changes in the company's corporate culture. At the request of Christopher Weaver, then-Executive Producer of The Elder Scrolls series and personal friend of LeFay, he worked briefly on as consultant.
In 2019, it was announced that LeFay and two other original creators of The Elder Scrolls, Ted Peterson and Vijay Lakshman, in an independent studio called OnceLost Games, were creating an open-world RPG called The Wayward Realms. They are also joined by the composer of Arena and , Eric Heberling.The Wayward Realms in development They have said that the project is the spiritual successor to Daggerfall.
==Credits==
* – Lead Programming
* – Project Leader, Programming, Design
* – Lead Programming, Programming, Design and Dialogue
* – Special Thanks
* – Special Thanks
==Gallery==
LeFay mullet.jpg|Older picture of LeFey.
Camaron of Sentinel.png|Lefay as King Camaron in the Winter CES 1995 preview video for .
==Trivia==
*The deity Julianos is based off of his name.
*He was in an Electro-Pop band named Russia Heat. They charted with their single, "Tell Me Your Name."
==External links==
*imdb
*Bethsoft
*Linkedin
==References==
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