Altmer
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High Elves, or Altmer, hail from the island province of Summerset Isle. They are tall, gold skinned people with almond shaped eyes. High Elves are extremely intelligent, agile, and willful. They have a natural affinity for the use of magicka, and often make formidable wizards. High Elves are naturally immune to paralyzation. they are adapt at any art involving the arcane.
The Altmer are easily equal to Bretons in sorcerous ability due to their high intelligence, force of will, and agility, but they are more susceptible to spells than Bretons. High Elves have the purest and longest of the Aldmeri bloodline.
In Imperial speech, the haughty, tall, gold skinned peoples of Summerset Isle are called High Elves, but they call themselves the Altmer or the Cultured People. In the Empire, High is often understood to mean tall, proud, or snobbish. The High Elves confidently consider themselves, with some justice, as the most civilized culture of Tamriel. The common tongue of the Empire, Tamrielic, is based on Altmer speech and writing, and most of the Empire's arts, crafts, and sciences are derived from High Elf traditions. However, the High Elf's smug self assurance of his superiority can be hard to bear for those of other races. Deft, intelligent, and strong willed, High Elves are often gifted in the arcane arts, and High Elves boast that their sublime physical natures make them far more resistant to diseases than lesser races.
The main religion in Summerset Isle is ancestor worship. A small faction of Altmer worship Daedra but not many.
Gods
| Humans | Breton • Imperial • Kothringi • Nede • Nord • Redguard |
| Mer | Aldmer • Altmer • Ayleid • Bosmer • Chimer • Dunmer • Dwemer • Falmer • Left-Handed Elves • Maormer • Orsimer |
| Beast | Argonian • Imga • Khajiit • Sload |
| Akaviri | Ka Po' Tun • Kamal • Tang Mo • Tsaesci |
| Divine | Aedra • Daedra |
