Altmer

A portrait of an Altmer

The **Altmer**r, or self-titled "Cultured People", are a tall, golden-skinned race, hailing from Summerset Isle from the game series, The Elder Scrolls. They are also known as **High Elves** by the denizens of Tamriel, or the more obscure term **Salache**, High Elves are generally viewed as being proud or snobbish. Altmer consider themselves to be the most civilized culture of Tamriel; the common tongue of the continent is based on Altmer speech and writing, and most of the Empire's arts, crafts, laws, and sciences are derived from Altmer traditions.

They are an evolved subspecies of Aldmer.

## Physiology

As a race, some Altmer strive to maintain the appearance of their ancestor race, the Aldmer, primarily through highly selective traditions surrounding marriage and reproduction. They are among the tallest of the humanoid races, taller than most humans and much taller than other mer. Their skin maintains a very pale gold hue, not quite the pale white of the northern human races such as Nords or Bretons, but far lighter than the Bosmer. They are slender, with prominently pointed ears and almond-shaped eyes that can be amber, green, or yellow. Altmer are among the most intelligent and magically-inclined races on Nirn, surpassing even the Bretons in magical aptitude. High Elves are well known for their noble countenance, and are arrogant or disdainful more often than not when addressing humans. Altmer live two to three times as long as humans; with a 200-year-old Altmer being old and a 300-year-old Altmer being very, very old.

The Altmer are the most strongly gifted in the arcane arts of all the races, and they are very resistant to diseases. However, they are also somewhat vulnerable to magicka, fire, frost, and shock, which makes them very weak against their strongest point - magic. They are among the longest living and most intelligent races of Tamriel, and they often become powerful magic users due to both their magical affinity and the many years they may devote to their studies.

## Pre-Apocalypse

Since the first Elder Scrolls game, there have been many avatars of the Altmer species and ended-up living just like the other Altmer. Although there is quite a lot of history of what happened to most Altmer on Nirn, but too long to go into detail. In the psyche multiverse, many of them venture forth to find more knowledge in magic of all kinds. They are a proud race and will go to great lengths to be the best magic casters there is and hate any form of humans. Because of this, they became very snobbish and act like they know everything. Yet when it comes to more scientific technology, they lack the aptitude and see them as "terrible devices that are abhorrent to magic", as they say. As a result, not many would like to travel via starship unless it is magical in construction and in nature.

There have been many Altmer avatars that were infected by the parasitic organism mostly because many thought that they can handle and get rid of it. Unfortunately, their arrogance got them infected and spread it like wildfire.

## Post Apocalypse

The true Altmer remain the same and even opened up a little to some of the humans of our own Earth. Even given people magical abilities but limited to a few.

As for the avatar Altmer, unfortunately, have been banished including those that weren't infected. Their houses were confiscated, some of their belongings and research taken and locked away, and ostracized in noble society. So many fled and ended-up in other places in hopes of rebuilding what they lost. But their snobby personalities can lead them into more trouble than out.