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Altmer Names - Numbering System
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:11 pm
by tatortodd22
According to the Pocket Guide to the Empire, the Imperial who visited Alinor pointed out that the Altmer name each other by numbers. Any one who is not fluent in their language merely hears it as a name.
Does anyone know of a source or method of translation for the Altmer numbering system for naming purposes?
Re: Altmer Names - Numbering System
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:32 pm
by Marelo
It's almost entirely certain that that was actually a falsehood. The first Pocket Guide was basically propaganda; it absolutely reeks of Cyrodiilic bias.
Re: Altmer Names - Numbering System
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 5:40 pm
by CBR JGWRR
Marelo wrote:It's almost entirely certain that that was actually a falsehood. The first Pocket Guide was basically propaganda; it absolutely reeks of Cyrodiilic bias.
This.
given the Altmer use goblins as slaves, the most likely explanation is the numeric naming refers to them, and some human scholar grabbed the wrong end of the stick.
Re: Altmer Names - Numbering System
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:03 pm
by tatortodd22
That makes sense. I'm always careful to spot things like bias in my day to day life, but for some reason, I never expect to see it in works of fiction. The Elder Scrolls lore never ceases to amaze.
I've recently started to fall for the Altmer, and that section brought up some questionable subjects. I suppose that they also don't kill nine of the ten babies born in the Isles?... I thought that a bit... extreme.
Re: Altmer Names - Numbering System
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 7:16 pm
by Marelo
Yeah, probably not.
Re: Altmer Names - Numbering System
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 8:05 pm
by CBR JGWRR
tatortodd22 wrote: I suppose that they also don't kill nine of the ten babies born in the Isles?... I thought that a bit... extreme.
Another activity done on goblins most likely.
Re: Altmer Names - Numbering System
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:27 pm
by tatortodd22
Then is the rumor of their less-frequent reproduction true? Otherwise a race that lives that long would run into overpopulation problems in the Isles.
Re: Altmer Names - Numbering System
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 10:47 pm
by Marelo
That one's probably true of mer in general, for precisely the reason you describe.
Re: Altmer Names - Numbering System
Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 7:23 am
by OblivionDuruza
tatortodd22 wrote:Then is the rumor of their less-frequent reproduction true? Otherwise a race that lives that long would run into overpopulation problems in the Isles.
It's fairly safe for us to assume that is the case, because we know that Mer in the TES universe go through a similar developmental process as men do, reaching adulthood around the same age. Therefore, we might conclude that Mer also begin to lose their fertility well before they actually expire (in the same way humans, particularly women, do).
Re: Altmer Names - Numbering System
Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 3:35 pm
by legoless
tatortodd22 wrote:Then is the rumor of their less-frequent reproduction true? Otherwise a race that lives that long would run into overpopulation problems in the Isles.
"I'm very fond of Cheydinhal. It's where I met my love, Eilonwy. Our lives are quite long, and choosing the right partner is very important."