To be born high elf is to be born with perfect genetics, in a private gated community, to parents with tons of wealth who then make sure to put you through all of the best schools and teachings, as well as constantly be under the constant impression that you are the best. You then go out into your gated community and converse with all of the other children who are also the best and boast about how the best you each are.
But because you're born the best, you have little to reach for, but aeons to do so, at first you may seek to elevate your station to try to better your peers, but in a society with such rampant narcissism, nobody really notices your achievements, only the purity of your blood matters and no one will recognise you for fear of diminishing their own status. So, not getting anywhere with your peers, you decide to live for yourself, sampling only the finest of delights and reveling in your wealth and power, but after centuries, the wine all tastes the same, the food you've eaten a thousand times before, the music follows the same progressions yet you face centuries more of interminable boredom, but you're far too superior to ever try to enjoy anything but the finest. Time, boredom and existential apathy turn you cruel, and in that cruelty you abandon the pursuit of happiness, bringing misery to all who have to suffer your presence.
It's certainly a distopia but you start out at the top. No need to wade through some rebellion or hardship. You start out with the tools to be great and the smarts to be even greater. Best of all you have thousands of years not to screw it up. There have been elves who screwed it up, many; but overall you'd be a fool not to take the opportunity. It's like being offered a bar of gold and refusing to take it because it doesn't match the silver on your wrist.
@@Neion8 Still rather do that than risk being born into slavery as an Argonian or being ostracized like the Orcs. Besides, you can always venture out and experience the rest of Tamriel. Queen Ayrenn did this and she became a very potent and respected leader for it.
Fudgmuppet: Is being a High elf worth it? Altmer : of course it is Fudgmuppet: according to the lore you can be kinda racist Altmer: Impossible! How can the Perfect race be racist?
technically Elves are superior because of they long lived, which allow them to master many things. Humans tho are better at learning many things and could have a bigger determination (because they have less time to achieve things).
My Skyrim main was an Altmer man that fought for the Dominion during the Great War but later left Summerset before the game. Plagued by nightmares from the war he turned to Stendarr for mercy from his guilt he eventually ended up in Skyrim where he lived for a time as an amateur scholar of Nordic and Dwemer ruins and as a traveling healer before the Thalmor caught up with him leading to the beginning of the game.
I love you for this comment. I always thought that I’m the only persons that creates a complicated background for my character. But I’m not alone thankssss
@@cal_f2379 I do the same for my characters though this mostly applies for Fallout: New Vegas since I consider it to be my favorite video game of all time. Plus I'm really into ranged weapons like guns and bows. Elder Scrolls: Skyrim is probably the only game that comes to an extremely close second for favorite video game of all time. One build that strongly inspires me to not only make a character build for Skyrim but also write a fantasy story for a book is a female Altmer who strongly disagrees with her state-sponsored belief system. Her quiet dissent opinions soon become public and is forced to leave her country to the mainland. However what she doesn't realize is an elite team of mages (Altmers obviously) have been dispatched to "put her out of her misery." I'm also currently writing a post-apocalyptic action crime thriller storybook that takes inspirations from The Punisher from Marvel comics and Fallout: New Vegas. Basically the jist of this story is a former army ranger comes home after ending his military service only to watch his mother get murdered just weeks later. Police do nothing about his problem and he decides to solve the problem himself but what he doesn't realize is someone in his family set all this up for vindictive reasons. To put it simply, nobody in this story is totally innocent.
@@cal_f2379 Perhaps an Altmer who, sick of the culture he lives in and fleeing persecution and or banishment from the Isles for political reasons, ends up in Skyrim to quench his or her thirst for adventure, probably fascinated by the lore of the dragons. Upon his or her arrival in Skyrim, however, the mc was cornered and caught by Stormcloaks thinking of him or her a Thalmor until the Imperials arrived placing you in a wagon with the captured Stormcloaks they ambushed believing you to be a lone Thalmor they could execute without repercussion and upon the Commander's hatred you are sent to the chopping block until... (Note even if Elenwenn was present at the time it could be she was focused on Tulius and didn't notice or knows of you and says "To hell with that traitor they can die.")
@Craig Unshallach High elves in the elder scroll games do have a lot of connection to eugenics outside of representation by humans. Like in Oblivion frequently high elves mentioned racial purity and supremacy. It might not be as common as shown but would likely be still precent in the population. The older generations are highly xenophobic and puritan
They don’t really kill “imperfect” babies. They usually abandon them. The abandoned children are called “Hulkynd” or “broken child” and the “perfect” Altmer use them to work on things they consider below them.
A High Elf paladin, who travels the province healing the sick and infirm, providing justice to those who have been wronged... Yeah that is probably 90% of my playthroughs
Altmer would definitely be the best race to be, that crazy long lifespan and intelligence are insanely OP for wealth generation and/or scholarly pursuits the long lifespan would also be great for travelling as you could spend 20 years exploring Tamriel as if it is like a gap year
Is it narcissism if you truly are better? enter the high elf... ;) and yeah, I guess I would tend to choose being a high elf if given the choice... but living under a regime like the thalmor might result in me regretting my decision.
Sizano Green Hail the thalmor for their good work. The aldemeri dominion is the truth . All others should knell before the altmer and then and only then will Tamriel be perfect.
High elf anywhere else but The Summerset Isles would be great, like being a big fish in a small pond, if you went somewhere like High rock or Cyrodiil you'd find your cultured tastes appreciated and you'd probably be highly sought after in your chosen profession. I like to think I'd oppose the dominion first chance I got and aid the Empire, or at the very least avoid them.
My issue with Skyrim in this regard: you really can’t roleplay a character who is sympathetic to the Aldmeri Dominion. The only ways are to purposely avoid huge questlines like the College of Winterhold or the main story, or roleplay as some undercover secret Thalmor agent whose actions are only taken to further your cover
There's not even really a way to destroy the thalmor either. You can act against them but never really just kick them out of skyrim. It's an annoying middle ground where you clearly oppose them but never in a truly meaningful way.
@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat I hope the next game will focus more on the Thalmor and have the player character aid in destroying them in the main story.
Its not like you can roll a character and get aborted before you reach Helgen in the wagon...obviously if you roll a high elf it IS the one out of 10 that survives.
Yes!! But they would probably avoid things set in games except maybe the oblivion crisis. People will totally flip out if they made main protagonists a certain race because then it would not live up to their own expectations lol.
While I'm fine with the Elder Scrolls staying video games, I'd love to see a movie/show set around the time of Nerevar and the Battle of Red Mountain. There's a fair amount of history, culture, and political intrigue for Morrowind and the dunmer that I think has a chance as a cinematic adaptation. The Elder Scrolls universe has really fascinating lore that isn't seen to the full extent in the games. So there could be several good stories to explore which separate from the games entirely. However, knowing how most video game movie adaptations turn out, I think it wouldn't amount to much success if any. It would probably be painfully average at most.
I would totally love that but it would be weird because of player choice. Like what guilds u join, what race u are, ur name, etcetera. I assume they would just go for canon though. Although none of the 3 heroes of Tamriel (Nerevarine, Savior of Bruma, Dragonborn) don’t have names just titles so idk 🤷♂️
i’m really attached to the altmer. i have been since the beginning of my interest in the elder scrolls universe. that's always the race i choose. i just think they're neat 🥺
Just started playing as a high elf seriously for the first time a few days ago. So far this is my most enjoyable Skyrim playthrough ever, though that's with a heaping helping of mods
One of my most immersive builds was an Altmer terrorist. A disgraced altmer that was destined to die by the necessity of keeping the bloodline pure. He was saved by what he believes divine intervention and went on to become one of the most wanted fugitives in the Isles. Destroying as many glass towers as possible and executing those he believed were representative of the culture that was meant to destroy him before being forced to flee his homeland. Sounds nerdy as hell to reread that but was a very fun build.
I love it! That was my idea as well and it fits in well with the whole Dragonborn storyline. After all, your bloodline is not pure Altmer and you're pretty different to everyone else!
Yies. I want to be a high elf in es Imagine having thousands of years to master magic. Beings practically biologically immortal and be the most magically gifted. Please do Dark elves, to me they are the most alien race out there. Also if by any chance you cover other non playable races do Snow elves (not the falmer)
I always play as an Altmer, and I’m very big on magic. I would happily be a High Elf. The land is Beautiful, culture and lore is rich, it’s very peaceful in Summerset as well. Altmer ftw
Being an Altmer, in and of itself, I wouln't mind. I love magic and the way Summmerset's described sounds absolutely perfect. however... the Aldmeri Dominion, and the Thalmor in particular, are the biggest dealbreakers. I want nothing to do with any of that, nor do I buy into the Aldmri/Anuic belief that life on Mundus is some kind of prison.
Probably worth it, and they aren't all bad. Some of them have even lowered themselves to being able to live among other races and be accepted. I don't know if I'd be able to stand being in the homeland though, that's a lot of attitude concentrated in one place I'd rather avoid.
A ton of them don't stand in the Homeland and marry other races, predominantly humans. Altmer seem to be very prone to internal discord, even before the Thalmor.
"Is being a High Elf worth it?" I don't know, I would really love to travel all (or most) of Tamriel without the worry of waking up with a dagger slitting my throat because everyone hates my race lol
I recently made a high elf character and I was role playing as a former member of the thalmor but was betrayed and had to flee the summerset isle and ended up in skyrim. As a cruel joke the gods have made me dragonborn to piss off the thalmor and my quest was to destroy them and get revenge while foiling their plans. It actually works quite well with the main quest line of the game
Many altmer distanced with the Thalmor recall the horrors of the Great War and attrocities such as the Night of Green Fire in 4E 42 committed on their own people to dissidents living in Sentinel, or the strings of assassinations of those living in exile with Clan Direnni on Balfiera in 4E 48. One of the first victims that subsequently allowed the resurrection of the Aldmeri Dominion with little resistance was the assassination of the Altmer Potentate of the Third Empire, Ocato of Firsthold, by the Thalmor in the decade after the sacrifice of Martin Septim in 4E 10. The first blood to stain the hands of the Thalmor has been their fellow Altmer with rumors of regular purges in the last century to the Bosmer and possibly the Khajiit in their client states in Anequina and Pellitine. Altmer outside Alinor in the current setting are either most likely Thalmor spies and agents or those trying to not to cross paths with the Dominion or draw their attention.
My high elf would just be focused on his magic research and exploration collecting all sorts of artifacts. I wouldn't care for whatever the thalmor are fighting for. My altmer would have all sorts of friends from a grumpy nord who he argues with from time to time but always has each other's back. A female orc blacksmith who's obsessed with forging the best armors and weapons. An adorable kahjiit merchant( i really like cats), a dunmer assassin that accidentally set things on fire, a breton palladin. And finally a lusty...urgh .. An argonian priestess.😏 Sorry for my awful grammar/English
I'll admit, I love being a High Elf Druid in most games. Focus on healing and alchemy, but fully able to throw out powerful conjuration and destruction if needs be. And really, most of the downsides to being an Altmer are either societal, so you can just leave Summerset, or they're personality problems, and we've seen a number of compassionate, humble Altmer throughout the series. So yeah, imo totally worth it. Even people who might dislike me at first would come around when I turn out to be a skilled healer. Everyone loves the White Mage.
Did you see their foreheads or cheekbones in vanilla Skyrim? Pretty sure it ain't working as well as they think, unless they're going for a while race looking like Peter Cushing.
This sounds like Japan during the Tokugawa era. Ports closed, Dutch and Asian countries able to set up shop at ports, but that’s it. Persecution of Christianity and followers. Then into the Meiji… They went to war with China to “free Korea” but ended up just taking over Taiwan to start building an Empire in the Southeast with Japan at the top
As an introverted nerd, who loves professionalism in the workplace and who gets creeped out by intimacy. Baing part of a race of unfriendly mage nerds, with a lifespan of more or less several centuries. Sign me up. 100% YES!
High elf is my favorite! I spent almost 20 minutes perfecting my character's customization so he wouldn't look so damn ugly and evil (actually kinda sexy 😏 rawr) Then I began my quest to become the greatest wizard Skyrim and Solstheim have seen! And best friend with J'zargo whom I went to college with.
All this talk of Altmer ego and narcissistic personalities and I have to ask what about Ulundil at the Windhelm stables? He is Altmer, and he is one of the chillest and nicest NPCs you encounter. He's no snob: talks about his "pa" and is happy to clear out the stables and deal with the smell, even though his wife Arivanya is not so keen on their simple life. Why are they stuck in that freezing sh*thole of Windhelm in that tiny cottage where their kind are clearly not welcome? Then there's Legate Fasendil, who is surely one of the most interesting NPCs in the game and one of the most respected from what i have read. An Altmer openly fighting against the Aldermeri Dominion. He opens up about the Night of Green Fire, in which the Thalmor laid waste to Altmer dissidents and refugees in Hammerfell and it's grim. Thalmor kill dissidents in the Summerset Isles. The Altmer are not united. If they don't welcome immigrants into the Summerset Isles, who shovels sh*t for a living because sewers don't clean themselves? I am calling BS on the infanticide claims because the Altmer need a workforce for labour and traditionally, poorer families have been bigger because of this. They wouldn't have time to cull 90% of their population. They don't breed that fast. I reckon it is a very rigid class-based society and the high and mighty attitudes you're seeing are from Thalmor and the ruling classes. Eugenics, racial purity, cultural superiority all suit their mindset down to the ground. I have played as an Altmer a couple of times. One - I can't play Skyrim without magic. Two - they run really bloody fast!!
I've played a high elf once and was impressed by it's power, even early on in the game. However, I typically play Breton now, a personal character-type I call a "Breton Throwback". All the racial powers and abilities of a typical Breton, with the general appearance leaning more toward the elfish. I love the "Is it worth it" series. It's too bad there are only 10 races :-)
Not exactly original but in my head my Altmer wasn't raised by their own kind and followed the warrior path, using natural inherent magic only when all else fails
At the same time it is possible for altmer to be more humble. Take the one who runs the windhelm stables. Not a very glorious life but he seems happy and content
Honestly it does sound really rad, magic, warm tropical homeland full of gorgeous and wonderful things, granted I don’t think I’d be too popular because as an individual I do not at all have an Anuic mindset but it sounds good to me. Pocket Guide is probably full of lies to 😂
I know it's a separate different dimension. But I imagine roleplaying a character from The Silmarillion. A high elf named Caranthir, who meets and befriends an amazonian leader of men of Harad. She was named Haleth. She was cool and so was he.
Being a High elf would be amazing, especially if you want to experience the Thalmore first hand. Although being a Dunmer is still an interesting one. But there about equal to me at this point.
Idk... The Altmer on Summerset has that obsession with chasing perfection and it seems to not serve them that well. Yes, beautiful cities, art, design etc.. but imagine the anxiety, the constant hunt for acknowledgement, your whole family tree's reputation hanging on a thread the whole time.. Nope.
I hope the villain of Elder Scrolls 6 is Altmer. Not a supremacist, but something like an unapologetic, badass sword-master who was not inherently gifted in the arcane arts and thought he'd build a career out of badassery instead. He could be the champion of Jyggalag or something of that sort, and be like the Ebony Warrior in terms of the boss fight.
@@KingRumar *Slaughters them mercilessly and goes to a random pub, chats up the MC and goes on randomly killing everyone until (s)he must be put a stop to*
@@fisebilillah4406 I did not intend him to be working for the Thalmor, but the Thalmor to be working for him. He'd be a sort of anti-CHIM being who managed to not get zero-summed but could not achieve it as it must be an act of love, which he lacked. Therefore, now cursed with madness, he tries to kill everything on Nirn in the name of 'order'. If TES6 is set in Hammerfell, it would be a fine boss to honour their duelling tradition.
I never really used race powers, I mainly used Red-guard Adrenaline Rush for that sweet Stamina Regen, but I would use the Breton Dragon Skin when playing my Heavy Armor, Two Handed named Brengoff, whom I dubbed Brengoff the Beast [Werewolf] and my Red-Guard named Abniria the Savage [Vampire]
Thank you for this video series. I actually didn't know all that stuff about the green pact that you talked about in the bosmer video, and I have sent reversed my opinion on bosmer vs altmer, I feel I might prefer being an altmer to a bosmer.
The best thing about being a High Elf is how tall you are, since height effects run speed and swing speed. This makes High Elves not only good mages, but good warriors as well.
@Stavros S. Redguards are useless since Vegetable Soup lets you use infinite power attacks, the other races are good though. I'm not contesting that there are other good warrior races. I was explaining that High Elves have a hidden advantage because of the way height boosts swing speed and movement speed.
My current character is my very first Altmer, and I gotta say…it’s the very first race with abilities that felt so natural to me…it was like my perfect glass slipper! Sadly, I’m barely learning enough lore to even keep up with why they’re so hated, and any opinion I have that goes against the majority seems to be attacked immediately (Reddit), so I don’t even have a way to ask people stuff about it without them getting nasty and downvoting me into the void. 😭
Idk why but when he said that the younger generations want a social change the first thing I thought of is altmer punk rock
"We present our latest album, Never Mind The Bosmer."
Well the dunmer were once altmer and they have Mohawks and piercings, dunmer are just punk high elves (and falmer are emo cuz they’re sad)
I guess wood elves are grunge elves
THEN ITS EVEN MORE WORTH IT!! 🤘🤬🤘
Those damnable youth with their edgy Boethiah metal tracks and Mohawks.
Is being a high elf worth it? Depends on what they're high on.
Best comment ever
High on that sweet, sweet 50 extra Magika and insane regen.
High on life... Or skooma. Take your pick.
The highest of the elves look down from their glass towers... I guess they're living in bongs this whole time.
@@KingRumar You've cracked the case. This is the answer.
*TES 6 is set in Summerset*
Me : *chooses non altmer race*
Game: you will be instantly killed by this action. Continue?
Robbie Coombes same with black marsh but with argonians
TES 6 is based in Hammer fell
I thought is was in Hammerfel hence Redfall
@@hornhunter6213 it is, the op has his facts wrong
*TES set in Summerset*
*Chooses Redguard*
>:D Genocide time.
To be born high elf is to be born with perfect genetics, in a private gated community, to parents with tons of wealth who then make sure to put you through all of the best schools and teachings, as well as constantly be under the constant impression that you are the best.
You then go out into your gated community and converse with all of the other children who are also the best and boast about how the best you each are.
But because you're born the best, you have little to reach for, but aeons to do so, at first you may seek to elevate your station to try to better your peers, but in a society with such rampant narcissism, nobody really notices your achievements, only the purity of your blood matters and no one will recognise you for fear of diminishing their own status. So, not getting anywhere with your peers, you decide to live for yourself, sampling only the finest of delights and reveling in your wealth and power, but after centuries, the wine all tastes the same, the food you've eaten a thousand times before, the music follows the same progressions yet you face centuries more of interminable boredom, but you're far too superior to ever try to enjoy anything but the finest. Time, boredom and existential apathy turn you cruel, and in that cruelty you abandon the pursuit of happiness, bringing misery to all who have to suffer your presence.
@@Neion8 I'm almost certain this is why High Elves leave Summerset.
It's certainly a distopia but you start out at the top. No need to wade through some rebellion or hardship. You start out with the tools to be great and the smarts to be even greater. Best of all you have thousands of years not to screw it up. There have been elves who screwed it up, many; but overall you'd be a fool not to take the opportunity.
It's like being offered a bar of gold and refusing to take it because it doesn't match the silver on your wrist.
@@Neion8 Still rather do that than risk being born into slavery as an Argonian or being ostracized like the Orcs.
Besides, you can always venture out and experience the rest of Tamriel. Queen Ayrenn did this and she became a very potent and respected leader for it.
Darkpaw1 Yep, the limitation of “contemporary and staying in homeland only” would hurt the high elves perhaps the most.
Fudgmuppet: Is being a High elf worth it?
Altmer : of course it is
Fudgmuppet: according to the lore you can be kinda racist
Altmer: Impossible! How can the Perfect race be racist?
😂😂😂 this comment is brilliant ha ha
Altmer: Can't be racist towards a race If it doesn't exist
Goku Black hey team four star hahaha
@@gokublack8342 yes
You can't be racist if actually you are superior.
_Of course it's worth it, we _*_are_*_ the superiour race after all._
-Every high elf ever
@Not a Nazi
Your username makes this answer significantly better.
technically Elves are superior because of they long lived, which allow them to master many things. Humans tho are better at learning many things and could have a bigger determination (because they have less time to achieve things).
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What was his reply he deleted it.
I picture this said in that snobby high elf voice
@@UNSCMarine117 And now I don't even remember what he said. ):
If we take into account the canonical Helgen beginning, an Altmer Dragonborn is likely the most ironic character you can create in Skyrim.
Suppose I'm a sucker for irony.
Thus join the stormcloaks
@@ryokohonda4619 A perfect excuse to kill imperials before the next great war.
My literal first dragon born on the old Xbox 360💀
Honestly I happen to get giddy for irony. Most especially if the irony is hilarious.
A good high elf mage build can be seriously op
@asznee REYOID according to lore. These videos consider lore.
Magic in vanilla is trash lol
Alchemy is magic. Magic is infinite
@@marceloherdoiza393 Its very good its just not op like broken crafting build
Hell yeah it's OP if built well
When life gives you lemons make sure that you throw them at random people for good luck and runaway like hell.
It didn't work they threw a knife at me.
I thought you made life take the lemons back, or you use them to burn life's house down.
@@DonkMel now you have a new knife, what's the problem?
@@Undomaranel No you're supposed to put the lemons in a sack and beat life relentlessly until it gives you what you want.
No it's "when life gives you lemons, go murder a clown"
My Skyrim main was an Altmer man that fought for the Dominion during the Great War but later left Summerset before the game. Plagued by nightmares from the war he turned to Stendarr for mercy from his guilt he eventually ended up in Skyrim where he lived for a time as an amateur scholar of Nordic and Dwemer ruins and as a traveling healer before the Thalmor caught up with him leading to the beginning of the game.
I love you for this comment. I always thought that I’m the only persons that creates a complicated background for my character. But I’m not alone thankssss
@@cal_f2379 I do the same for my characters though this mostly applies for Fallout: New Vegas since I consider it to be my favorite video game of all time. Plus I'm really into ranged weapons like guns and bows.
Elder Scrolls: Skyrim is probably the only game that comes to an extremely close second for favorite video game of all time. One build that strongly inspires me to not only make a character build for Skyrim but also write a fantasy story for a book is a female Altmer who strongly disagrees with her state-sponsored belief system. Her quiet dissent opinions soon become public and is forced to leave her country to the mainland. However what she doesn't realize is an elite team of mages (Altmers obviously) have been dispatched to "put her out of her misery."
I'm also currently writing a post-apocalyptic action crime thriller storybook that takes inspirations from The Punisher from Marvel comics and Fallout: New Vegas. Basically the jist of this story is a former army ranger comes home after ending his military service only to watch his mother get murdered just weeks later. Police do nothing about his problem and he decides to solve the problem himself but what he doesn't realize is someone in his family set all this up for vindictive reasons. To put it simply, nobody in this story is totally innocent.
@@cal_f2379 Perhaps an Altmer who, sick of the culture he lives in and fleeing persecution and or banishment from the Isles for political reasons, ends up in Skyrim to quench his or her thirst for adventure, probably fascinated by the lore of the dragons. Upon his or her arrival in Skyrim, however, the mc was cornered and caught by Stormcloaks thinking of him or her a Thalmor until the Imperials arrived placing you in a wagon with the captured Stormcloaks they ambushed believing you to be a lone Thalmor they could execute without repercussion and upon the Commander's hatred you are sent to the chopping block until...
(Note even if Elenwenn was present at the time it could be she was focused on Tulius and didn't notice or knows of you and says "To hell with that traitor they can die.")
High Elves look down on people because they're *_HIGH_* elves, not Eye-Level Elves.
But what about the wood elves, wood comes from trees. Trees are large. Bosmer are small
@@nickmols3030 wood elves dont come from trees
Veckrin, its in the name
Ah ha!! I get it
Dark elves are... the dunmer of the mer.
Altmer:
Nord: What do you want, little elf?
Altmer may be tall, but they're the physically weakest elven race. So technically that's true.
@@SilverFang2789 they are not the physically weakest elven race.
They are physically stronger than the Bosmer
@@the_dropbear4392 Oblivion racial stats would disagree
@@SilverFang2789 and morrowind says they are the same as Bosmer.
But I am talking about lore
@@the_dropbear4392 Bosmer are probably the most physically active of all the races, I wouldn't bet on an Altmer in an arm wrestle
By Azura by Azura by Azura, it's the Grand Fudgemuppet, can i like your button perhaps?
Love playing as an Altmer, hate the Thalmor.
Good
the thalmors end goal is to destroy the earth who does'nt hate them
For the true sons and daughters of Skyrim!
@@thewin9459 Preaching to the wrong guy here. I'm an Empire guy.
I play as a Highelf, hate the Thalmor and joined the Stormcloacks..... does that make me partially speaking to the right crowd?🤔
Fudgemuppet: is it worth being an Altmer ?
Me: 13 minutes? That's a long way of saying yes 🤔
Next episode: is being a Dragonborn worth it? (40 minutes video, mostly consisting of of fus'ing Nazeem off various mountains.)
Me: which races are worth being and why is it Nords?
@@nathanlane6668 Nord and Altmer are the only races worth playing.
@@raiderfox7229 Having plenty of fun on my imperial file
@@raiderfox7229 Why would you be a Nazi Elf?
Is the Altmer worth-
Imma stop you there. Yes. Yes they are.
Gets reborn as a high elf
Killed for not being pure enough
What ever let you be reborn: back sooner than you thought eh
Or u just load the save just before character creation.
@Craig Unshallach High elves in the elder scroll games do have a lot of connection to eugenics outside of representation by humans. Like in Oblivion frequently high elves mentioned racial purity and supremacy. It might not be as common as shown but would likely be still precent in the population. The older generations are highly xenophobic and puritan
They don’t really kill “imperfect” babies. They usually abandon them. The abandoned children are called “Hulkynd” or “broken child” and the “perfect” Altmer use them to work on things they consider below them.
True
I never liked referring to the elves as high elves. I always called them Altmer, Dunmer, etc. That always felt more immersive to me
Do you want to be tall, beautiful/hansom, powerful, near-immortal, graceful, etc etc? Then *yes!*
But you're also Racist, Not strong enough to lift an iron warhammer, and the Thalmor will gut you for not being pure enough
Well, it's kinda hard to not look down on others when you're the tallest people on Tamriel
They don’t even come close to the giant Khajiit
@@MiguelFernandez-tq5kk Them Jaguar Bois is 9 feet tall. 💪
Thanks Fudgemuppet nice to know you read the comments as I wanted high elves next!
Best Elder Scrolls Lore Channel! Keep it up love this series!
A High Elf paladin, who travels the province healing the sick and infirm, providing justice to those who have been wronged... Yeah that is probably 90% of my playthroughs
Same here
My latest is a altmer anti thalmor activist who fled to Skyrim after being tracked down by the thalmor
Epic restoration!
@@Zenovarse Restoration is an underappreciated school of magic. "You believe restoration is a valid school of magic, don't you?"
Fellow altmer, playing as a paladin/spellsword to assist the vigilant of Stender in their quest.
Altmer the Master Race...
Altmer would definitely be the best race to be, that crazy long lifespan and intelligence are insanely OP for wealth generation and/or scholarly pursuits
the long lifespan would also be great for travelling as you could spend 20 years exploring Tamriel as if it is like a gap year
In other words they are Chads above all
Is it narcissism if you truly are better? enter the high elf... ;)
and yeah, I guess I would tend to choose being a high elf if given the choice... but living under a regime like the thalmor might result in me regretting my decision.
Sizano Green
It would make infiltrating and destroying the thalmor easier
Sizano Green Hail the thalmor for their good work. The aldemeri dominion is the truth . All others should knell before the altmer and then and only then will Tamriel be perfect.
The Thalmor arnt the majority of the population, simply a party in the vast high elven system.
High elf anywhere else but The Summerset Isles would be great, like being a big fish in a small pond, if you went somewhere like High rock or Cyrodiil you'd find your cultured tastes appreciated and you'd probably be highly sought after in your chosen profession. I like to think I'd oppose the dominion first chance I got and aid the Empire, or at the very least avoid them.
@Craig Unshallach Um, if it's the high elf officer I'm thinking of you might want to reconsider trusting him. Just saying.
So pros: you’re the best.
Cons: people dislike you for it.
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Wow, that Elf with that bluish Glass Armor looks awesome!
The first one, too, it looks like glass armor with Stalhrim texture, but I can't find it anywhere. >:(
It would be perfect for my Snow Elf!
Being a high elf would be hitting the jackpot. Love this series! Can't wait for Redguard
The Racist Jackpot. Also you got a big chance you my be killed at birth if you aren't "perfect"
@@monkeyporche225 I don't think the chance is so high.
Altmer or Dunmer would be my top 1 and 2. 3rd is a tie between Bosmer and Breton. The elven lifespan is just toooooo damned good.
My issue with Skyrim in this regard: you really can’t roleplay a character who is sympathetic to the Aldmeri Dominion. The only ways are to purposely avoid huge questlines like the College of Winterhold or the main story, or roleplay as some undercover secret Thalmor agent whose actions are only taken to further your cover
There's not even really a way to destroy the thalmor either. You can act against them but never really just kick them out of skyrim. It's an annoying middle ground where you clearly oppose them but never in a truly meaningful way.
@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat Not yet anyway.
There are mods where you can start off as a thalmor
@@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat I hope the next game will focus more on the Thalmor and have the player character aid in destroying them in the main story.
Its not like you can roll a character and get aborted before you reach Helgen in the wagon...obviously if you roll a high elf it IS the one out of 10 that survives.
I havent watched the video yet but I can tell all of you that it is. Im not biased I swear!
This is off topic. But who else would be down for an Elder Scrolls TV series?
Yes!! But they would probably avoid things set in games except maybe the oblivion crisis. People will totally flip out if they made main protagonists a certain race because then it would not live up to their own expectations lol.
A show set during the Great War would be amazing...we’re also getting a Fallout show!
While I'm fine with the Elder Scrolls staying video games, I'd love to see a movie/show set around the time of Nerevar and the Battle of Red Mountain. There's a fair amount of history, culture, and political intrigue for Morrowind and the dunmer that I think has a chance as a cinematic adaptation. The Elder Scrolls universe has really fascinating lore that isn't seen to the full extent in the games. So there could be several good stories to explore which separate from the games entirely. However, knowing how most video game movie adaptations turn out, I think it wouldn't amount to much success if any. It would probably be painfully average at most.
I would totally love that but it would be weird because of player choice. Like what guilds u join, what race u are, ur name, etcetera. I assume they would just go for canon though. Although none of the 3 heroes of Tamriel (Nerevarine, Savior of Bruma, Dragonborn) don’t have names just titles so idk 🤷♂️
Maybe an anthology? Like one episode about the. Old Nights, another about the War of the Red Diamond, another about the ALMSIVI, etc...
i’m really attached to the altmer. i have been since the beginning of my interest in the elder scrolls universe. that's always the race i choose. i just think they're neat 🥺
This Altmer main agrees.
High Elves are my favorite race in Elder Scrolls by far. Even the "negative" traits appeal to me.
@kg062007 Yes.
Love the race lore videos!! Keep up the amazing work as always FudgeMuppet!! Best channel out there
Just started playing as a high elf seriously for the first time a few days ago. So far this is my most enjoyable Skyrim playthrough ever, though that's with a heaping helping of mods
The same happened to me. Made a kind of Loki/Legolas Arcane Fighter. They're like the Lamborghini of Avatars
One of my most immersive builds was an Altmer terrorist. A disgraced altmer that was destined to die by the necessity of keeping the bloodline pure. He was saved by what he believes divine intervention and went on to become one of the most wanted fugitives in the Isles. Destroying as many glass towers as possible and executing those he believed were representative of the culture that was meant to destroy him before being forced to flee his homeland. Sounds nerdy as hell to reread that but was a very fun build.
Sounds like kamikaze samurai elf.
I love it! That was my idea as well and it fits in well with the whole Dragonborn storyline. After all, your bloodline is not pure Altmer and you're pretty different to everyone else!
Yies.
I want to be a high elf in es
Imagine having thousands of years to master magic. Beings practically biologically immortal and be the most magically gifted.
Please do Dark elves, to me they are the most alien race out there. Also if by any chance you cover other non playable races do Snow elves (not the falmer)
Somekind of Dude Hundreds or thousands of years and a preternatural aptitude with magic to help you live even longer. Definitely my #1 pick.
Please, Dunmer next! 😊
I always play as an Altmer, and I’m very big on magic. I would happily be a High Elf. The land is Beautiful, culture and lore is rich, it’s very peaceful in Summerset as well. Altmer ftw
Yes, use atronach stone, its like becoming a mage regardless of your perks
J. Troy Doe but you can’t regenerate magicka naturally. If you aren’t fighting a mage, you’re fucked when you run out of magicka.
@@2yoyoyo1Unplugged if I'm not mistaken, in skyrim the atronach stone only slows your magicka regen, not stops it completely.
@@Sandstimes Yup, wear Morokei and eventually some +[chosen magic school] +[magicka regen] stuff and you're golden. 100 Enchant + 100 Destruction = top kek weapon enchantments.
Mages like when their conjuration spells resolve. So no. It's not like being a mage.
Being an Altmer, in and of itself, I wouln't mind. I love magic and the way Summmerset's described sounds absolutely perfect.
however...
the Aldmeri Dominion, and the Thalmor in particular, are the biggest dealbreakers. I want nothing to do with any of that, nor do I buy into the Aldmri/Anuic belief that life on Mundus is some kind of prison.
Of course it is worth being a direct descendant of the divines, is it even a question?
all the races are direct descendants of divines.
Nanderlizer Nanderlizer
Exactly
Nanderlizer Nanderlizer Breton lies
well the Aldmer are the direct descendants. Altmer are second hand descendants
@@nanderlizernanderlizer684 Aside from lizards and cats, every race in Tamriel are
Probably worth it, and they aren't all bad. Some of them have even lowered themselves to being able to live among other races and be accepted. I don't know if I'd be able to stand being in the homeland though, that's a lot of attitude concentrated in one place I'd rather avoid.
"Folly of Man" says everything
Your Wayward Destiny it’s like listening to voice chat while in Riften in the Elder Scrolls Online.
A ton of them don't stand in the Homeland and marry other races, predominantly humans. Altmer seem to be very prone to internal discord, even before the Thalmor.
So close to 800k. Congrats guys!
He reached it! 😄👍
Is being FudgeMuppet WORTH IT? - Elder Scrolls Lore
😂😂😂
Short answer: *yes*
Reason: *op mage builds*
That sweet +50 magic to, +300 magic before level 10. :D
*Be The dragonborn*
*Be a high elf, always hide race.*
*Save world*
*Reveal yourself as the Pillar Elf with muscles that's put an orc to shame*
-pillar men theme plays-
Pretty much my default race in elderscroll
I love this channel. Can't wait to see what they do when ES6 finally comes out.
"Is being a High Elf worth it?"
I don't know, I would really love to travel all (or most) of Tamriel without the worry of waking up with a dagger slitting my throat because everyone hates my race lol
I recently made a high elf character and I was role playing as a former member of the thalmor but was betrayed and had to flee the summerset isle and ended up in skyrim. As a cruel joke the gods have made me dragonborn to piss off the thalmor and my quest was to destroy them and get revenge while foiling their plans. It actually works quite well with the main quest line of the game
Many altmer distanced with the Thalmor recall the horrors of the Great War and attrocities such as the Night of Green Fire in 4E 42 committed on their own people to dissidents living in Sentinel, or the strings of assassinations of those living in exile with Clan Direnni on Balfiera in 4E 48.
One of the first victims that subsequently allowed the resurrection of the Aldmeri Dominion with little resistance was the assassination of the Altmer Potentate of the Third Empire, Ocato of Firsthold, by the Thalmor in the decade after the sacrifice of Martin Septim in 4E 10.
The first blood to stain the hands of the Thalmor has been their fellow Altmer with rumors of regular purges in the last century to the Bosmer and possibly the Khajiit in their client states in Anequina and Pellitine.
Altmer outside Alinor in the current setting are either most likely Thalmor spies and agents or those trying to not to cross paths with the Dominion or draw their attention.
Legate Fasindel in Skyrim
My high elf would just be focused on his magic research and exploration collecting all sorts of artifacts. I wouldn't care for whatever the thalmor are fighting for. My altmer would have all sorts of friends from a grumpy nord who he argues with from time to time but always has each other's back. A female orc blacksmith who's obsessed with forging the best armors and weapons. An adorable kahjiit merchant( i really like cats), a dunmer assassin that accidentally set things on fire, a breton palladin. And finally a lusty...urgh .. An argonian priestess.😏
Sorry for my awful grammar/English
you are literally talking their language so they can understand why tf would you apologize for your english
I'll admit, I love being a High Elf Druid in most games. Focus on healing and alchemy, but fully able to throw out powerful conjuration and destruction if needs be. And really, most of the downsides to being an Altmer are either societal, so you can just leave Summerset, or they're personality problems, and we've seen a number of compassionate, humble Altmer throughout the series. So yeah, imo totally worth it. Even people who might dislike me at first would come around when I turn out to be a skilled healer. Everyone loves the White Mage.
Altmer, proving that eugenics works since ancient times.
Did you see their foreheads or cheekbones in vanilla Skyrim? Pretty sure it ain't working as well as they think, unless they're going for a while race looking like Peter Cushing.
@@ingonyama70 As Altmer we simply prefer distinctive features. The other species have faces that are absurdly soft and featureless.
They claim it works.
This sounds like Japan during the Tokugawa era.
Ports closed, Dutch and Asian countries able to set up shop at ports, but that’s it.
Persecution of Christianity and followers.
Then into the Meiji… They went to war with China to “free Korea” but ended up just taking over Taiwan to start building an Empire in the Southeast with Japan at the top
His magicka boost is worth 5 levels & his tallest height gives them the fastest running speed so yes.
*The Aldmerri Dominion would like to know your location*
As an introverted nerd, who loves professionalism in the workplace and who gets creeped out by intimacy.
Baing part of a race of unfriendly mage nerds, with a lifespan of more or less several centuries.
Sign me up. 100% YES!
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Watch the magic!
Always a High Elf here. Either in Elder Scrolls, Warhammer Fantasy, LOTR or whatever game that features them.
I have Dunmer and Altmer characters. For me its hard to say which I like more but most time I played as Dunmer.
My vampiric high elf battlemage, has always agreed with the Thalmor doctrine.
I've waited for your thoughts on my favorite race. Well put
High elf is my favorite! I spent almost 20 minutes perfecting my character's customization so he wouldn't look so damn ugly and evil (actually kinda sexy 😏 rawr) Then I began my quest to become the greatest wizard Skyrim and Solstheim have seen! And best friend with J'zargo whom I went to college with.
Sounds fun, I love high elves. So divine, beautiful and majestic.
All this talk of Altmer ego and narcissistic personalities and I have to ask what about Ulundil at the Windhelm stables? He is Altmer, and he is one of the chillest and nicest NPCs you encounter. He's no snob: talks about his "pa" and is happy to clear out the stables and deal with the smell, even though his wife Arivanya is not so keen on their simple life.
Why are they stuck in that freezing sh*thole of Windhelm in that tiny cottage where their kind are clearly not welcome?
Then there's Legate Fasendil, who is surely one of the most interesting NPCs in the game and one of the most respected from what i have read. An Altmer openly fighting against the Aldermeri Dominion. He opens up about the Night of Green Fire, in which the Thalmor laid waste to Altmer dissidents and refugees in Hammerfell and it's grim. Thalmor kill dissidents in the Summerset Isles. The Altmer are not united.
If they don't welcome immigrants into the Summerset Isles, who shovels sh*t for a living because sewers don't clean themselves? I am calling BS on the infanticide claims because the Altmer need a workforce for labour and traditionally, poorer families have been bigger because of this. They wouldn't have time to cull 90% of their population. They don't breed that fast.
I reckon it is a very rigid class-based society and the high and mighty attitudes you're seeing are from Thalmor and the ruling classes. Eugenics, racial purity, cultural superiority all suit their mindset down to the ground.
I have played as an Altmer a couple of times. One - I can't play Skyrim without magic. Two - they run really bloody fast!!
Valid Take. Agree on all fronts
The High Elves coninue to remind me more and more of Japan and I don't completely know why.
They are isolationist and xenophobic just like old Japan. They think of themselves as direct descendants of gods... So does Japan :D
The High Elves encompass the mindset of the Chinese, the perfectionism of the Japanese and the overall 'high culture' attitude of the sinitic peoples.
Just look at the retro illustrations of the Altmer from the studio. It screams Japanese influence.
Love playing an altmer pure mage build who goes on a murderous magical rampage against the thalmor.
Everyone: Can't you do something about your superiority complex
high elfs: But i am superior
I like to rp a high elf who's family was exiled due to opposing the Thalmor rise
I've played a high elf once and was impressed by it's power, even early on in the game. However, I typically play Breton now, a personal character-type I call a "Breton Throwback". All the racial powers and abilities of a typical Breton, with the general appearance leaning more toward the elfish.
I love the "Is it worth it" series. It's too bad there are only 10 races :-)
There are only 10 playable ones.
Want to take the red pill, and see how deep the lore rabbit hole goes?
Not exactly original but in my head my Altmer wasn't raised by their own kind and followed the warrior path, using natural inherent magic only when all else fails
I always run an altmer mage character... I guess that explains a lot
At the same time it is possible for altmer to be more humble. Take the one who runs the windhelm stables. Not a very glorious life but he seems happy and content
Duh
Hail to the Altmer! My favorite race by far!!!
The only High Elf Id play would be a Thalmor Traitor. A high elf who is disgusted by the Thalmor and their delusional of grandeur.
Watching this while sharpening Wuuthrad.
Ah yes, the axe of racism
Every High Elf is pompous until a Barbarian Orc absorbs enough pain from their magic and closes in and smashes their face with a mace or shield.
The phyjicc order is the group that has the most gifted mages in all tamriel and all accounts of them they seem to be quite humble
The psicc order is the best order
Honestly it does sound really rad, magic, warm tropical homeland full of gorgeous and wonderful things, granted I don’t think I’d be too popular because as an individual I do not at all have an Anuic mindset but it sounds good to me. Pocket Guide is probably full of lies to 😂
Imagine being an High Elve in TES6 on Hammerfell, boy he's gonna do many more videos if that game comes out
I know it's a separate different dimension. But I imagine roleplaying a character from The Silmarillion. A high elf named Caranthir, who meets and befriends an amazonian leader of men of Harad. She was named Haleth. She was cool and so was he.
High elves are a very scary race full of magic and power
Being a High elf would be amazing, especially if you want to experience the Thalmore first hand. Although being a Dunmer is still an interesting one. But there about equal to me at this point.
Me, dual wielding illusion spells at level 10 without having to worry about my magika: yes
Idk... The Altmer on Summerset has that obsession with chasing perfection and it seems to not serve them that well.
Yes, beautiful cities, art, design etc.. but imagine the anxiety, the constant hunt for acknowledgement, your whole family tree's reputation hanging on a thread the whole time..
Nope.
A high elf vampire illusionist assassin is the most OP thing in Skyrim so
I hope the villain of Elder Scrolls 6 is Altmer. Not a supremacist, but something like an unapologetic, badass sword-master who was not inherently gifted in the arcane arts and thought he'd build a career out of badassery instead. He could be the champion of Jyggalag or something of that sort, and be like the Ebony Warrior in terms of the boss fight.
Turns out to be Grandma Shirley this whole time. "Hey, grandkids... Youre going to regret that!" *draws sword*
@@KingRumar *Slaughters them mercilessly and goes to a random pub, chats up the MC and goes on randomly killing everyone until (s)he must be put a stop to*
Yes, I would not like to defeat Thalmor already in 6th part.
Although some assume that Jyggalag is behind Thalmor.
@@fisebilillah4406 I did not intend him to be working for the Thalmor, but the Thalmor to be working for him. He'd be a sort of anti-CHIM being who managed to not get zero-summed but could not achieve it as it must be an act of love, which he lacked. Therefore, now cursed with madness, he tries to kill everything on Nirn in the name of 'order'. If TES6 is set in Hammerfell, it would be a fine boss to honour their duelling tradition.
They should bring back mannimarco the one that became a god not the one that died in oblivion
It sounds like these high elves are very strong worshippers of jyggylag
I never really used race powers, I mainly used Red-guard Adrenaline Rush for that sweet Stamina Regen, but I would use the Breton Dragon Skin when playing my Heavy Armor, Two Handed named Brengoff, whom I dubbed Brengoff the Beast [Werewolf] and my Red-Guard named Abniria the Savage [Vampire]
Dunmer are my guys, wealth beyond measure outlanders
Glory and gold.. glory and gold.
Obligatory, Have you heard of the high elves?
xD
Thank you for this video series. I actually didn't know all that stuff about the green pact that you talked about in the bosmer video, and I have sent reversed my opinion on bosmer vs altmer, I feel I might prefer being an altmer to a bosmer.
The Magic, the age limit and your homeland is a superpower.
Yeah that’s a big yes for anyone.
The best thing about being a High Elf is how tall you are, since height effects run speed and swing speed. This makes High Elves not only good mages, but good warriors as well.
@Stavros S. Redguards are useless since Vegetable Soup lets you use infinite power attacks, the other races are good though. I'm not contesting that there are other good warrior races. I was explaining that High Elves have a hidden advantage because of the way height boosts swing speed and movement speed.
I wish I could discover your channel again so I can binge watch all your videos again.
I’m always a evil ass high elf night blade, who lived in a area feeling like end game Eren jeager
Gotta be a high elf. In Daggerfall. For that poison immunity.
As well as the paralysis immunity and give yourself a crippling weakness to paralysis. Easy level up with absolutely no downside.
My current character is my very first Altmer, and I gotta say…it’s the very first race with abilities that felt so natural to me…it was like my perfect glass slipper! Sadly, I’m barely learning enough lore to even keep up with why they’re so hated, and any opinion I have that goes against the majority seems to be attacked immediately (Reddit), so I don’t even have a way to ask people stuff about it without them getting nasty and downvoting me into the void. 😭
Its because high elf mostly Thalmor look down on humans, think of them as an elven Nazi
Especially strong are the altmer with the Imperious mod. Contingency is incredibly OP.
And the way you unlock contingency is absolute genius on Enai's part. You are 100% correct.