įar away from Alinor, Ayleidic culture flourished. It is also alleged that the Bird Men were enslaved by the Ayleids. The earliest Aldmeri account of the Heartlands of Cyrodiil from Topal the Pilot speaks of friendly feathered Bird Men who resided there, but these natives disappeared from history, only to be replaced by the Ayleids. The cities Gideon and Stormhold were originally Ayleid settlements whose names have been lost to history. The Ayleid rulers of Black Marsh were renowned as necromancers and titled the Fenlords. Though they settled predominantly in Cyrodiil, the Barsaebic Ayleids also had settlements in modern-day Black Marsh. The Ayleids were in High Rock as early as the First Era, and their ruins can be found throughout the province, including the Wrothgarian Mountains and as far as the island of Betony. The first left in the Middle Merethic Era, after the area had been charted by Topal the Pilot and others, In some cases, they left specifically to evade the strictures of Aldmeri regulation, which forbade (among many other things) the worship of Daedra. The Ayleids began as groups of Mer who left the Summerset Isles to create splinter cultures in central and southwest Tamriel. There have been no known sightings in the Third or Fourth Eras.Ī depiction of the Aldmer with the White-Gold Tower in the Merethic Era While it's believed that the Ayleids remain in the wilds of every province on Tamriel, sightings have been few. The Ayleid Empire collapsed in the early First Era when it was overthrown by the Alessian Slave Rebellion. They constructed the White-Gold Tower, which they called the "Temple of the Ancestors", in emulation of the Adamantine Tower. The Ayleids were the original founders of the Imperial City. Īyleidoon, their language, is similar to Aldmeris, the ancient language of the Aldmer. Their complexion was lighter than that of the Dunmer, but they were darker than Altmer their skin tone being a light tan to a dark bronze in color and their eyes ranging from white to turquoise. They were thin and lean with pointed ears and angular facial features. The Ayleids, also known as the Heartland High Elves, Wild Elves, or Saliache, were the first race to establish an empire in Tamriel, and had ruled modern-day Cyrodiil for countless years dating back to before recorded history.
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