Altmer Names are one of the most difficult languages to master in The Elder Scrolls Online. It is easy to feel like you’re going nowhere if you’re stuck on a particular word or letter. This blog post will help you become a fluent, native speaker of Altmer!
We’ll cover fourteen tips that will make learning this beautiful language much easier.
Numbering Tips Make Learning The Language Much Easier ƒɛllow me as I take yoս through fourteen different tips which should make learning Altmer much easier for those who already have some knowledge of other languages specifically English since we’re talking about Altmer.
Get creative! Use your native language to help you. Write down the English translation, and then compare it to how an Altmer would say the word or sentence.* ƒɛllow me as I take yoս through fourteen different tips which should make learning Altmer much easier for those who already have some knowledge of other languages – specifically English since we’re talking about Altmer.
Tip #13: Try using some basic words and phrases as you learn, such as “I am” which can help form sentences like “I are.” In this case it becomes ƒɛlal.
Tip 13: Keep trying! Remember that the Altmer language uses two aspects – past-tense and future-tense – so eventually you’ll get used to knowing when one should be used instead of another. For now, just remember that ƒɛllow me means “follow me,” while follow means to walk behind someone else.
*Tip One:
Altmer names are usually long and complicated. They’re also composed of four words, which represent their ancestry from the goddess Auri-El (meaning “Sky Father”), ancestor/god Fal Dara (“Fal” meaning “noble,” and “Dara” meaning “hill.”), the god Skaal (“Skaal” means either “[one] who prays to ancestors,” or a deity for weather protection in Nordic tradition.) *
Historical Note*: The first word is always Auri-El’s name, followed by their clan affiliation. If you see an Altmer with two different last names – that means they were adopted into another family after birth but still need to use one designation from their birth family. Auri-El’s last name is Mora, for example, which belongs to the clan Hectahus (meaning “as high as heaven”).
The second word indicates gender and what generation they’re in from Auri-El – so if you see a female Altmer with ‘Nir’ at the end of her first word, that means she’s a descendant of Nirn (“child.”). If it looks like this: “Auriel N,” then she would be one generation after him.
There were five big clans among them who all agreed on how names should look when handed down through generations – but even still there are some disagreements between clans.
In the beginning, it was just a small family tree with two lines for descendants of Auri-El – but over time they grew more and more in size as their numbers increased. This is why Altmer names are so long today! Tip 16 has *
But if someone from clan Hectahus marries into another clan, you won’t see their first name change at all because that’s considered to be part of the marriage contract. In fact, some people even choose to have dual surnames where this happens – like Almalexia Amara Mora (which means “Alma loves Mara”).
Table Topper Content : 14 Proven Tips to Mastering Altmer Names
Table Topper Content: 14 Proven Tips to Mastering Altmer Names
Table Topper Description : 14 Proves Tips to mastering the long-form of names in Elder Scrolls Online.
Table topper content continues with more detail about each tip, and then moves into a story before ending on Tip 16.
*Tip Four: In the beginning, it was just two lines for descendants of Auri-El – but over time they grew more and more in size as their numbers increased. This is why Altmer names are so long today! Tip 16 has * But if someone from clan Hectahus marries into another clan, you won’t see their first name change at all because that’s considered
Tip #14: There are a few tricks to keep in mind when trying to come up with an Altmer name. First, remember that the first letter of your last name will determine which syllable of the Ayleid word for “star” you use as your prefix. For example, if your surname begins with “F” or “S,” then you would start by using the second syllable from words like Anuiel and Nenya. If it starts with a vowel—A through E—you should try starting on the third syllable from Alduin and Azura respectively. Finally, if it starts with a consonant such as C or G then go ahead and pick whichever sound suits best
Tip One: Altmer names are structured in a matrilineal way.
Tip Two: The first letter of the name represents an ancestor, with special exceptions for some letters like D and Z which can have multiple meanings depending on their position within the word.
Aldmeri – Ald- meri (ancestor) + mer = “Elder Ancestors” or “Old Mer”.
Alenia – Al- ena (self) + na = “Self Born.” This is also used as a personal name among commoners who do not wish to reveal their lineage.
Altruis – Altrus (altruism) + ‘ius’ suffix, indicating that it is a virtue.
Tip Three: It is possible to determine the gender of an Altmer by their name if you are not certain, and this can help with using them as NPCs in your campaign world or rendering more realistic characterizations for those who already have names given to them at birth.
For example, males will often use – ena (from Aldmeri) rather than – na; females might use Viddeia instead of Vidus which would be used by men. There are exceptions but generally it’s pretty easy to spot when someone is male or female based on their first letter.
Tip Four: It’s worth noting that these four letters also represent the seasons and correspondingly come from Alduin the World Eater, the brother of Auri-El (the Elven god). Tip Six: Altmer names are also broken down into three sections. The first letter denotes their clan – there are around 23 clans total in Summerset Isles but only five with a significant number of members and these can be found on the map below. The second section is reserved for gender designation while the third indicates if they have been blessed by one of Alduin’s children or not. Aldmeri Clan Map: Spoiler Alert! Click to show/hide For those who want to figure out how this works so that you don’t need to keep referring back here, I’ve created an interactive family tree diagram which maps all
