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High elf may refer to: Calaquendi, an elvish race from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings; High Elves, a race in the Warhammer Fantasy setting, and the Eldar of Warhammer 40,000; Quel'Dorei, descendants of the Night Elves in the Warcraft universe who later mostly became Blood Elves; Altmer, a race of elves in the Elder Scrolls universe
The universe of The Elder Scrolls computer games features distinct races of elves (or Mer as they refer to themselves, while humans are conversely referred to as Men) including High Elves (Altmer), Dark Elves (Dunmer, formerly the Chimer or Velothi) and their offshoot the Cantemiric Velothi, Wood Elves (Bosmer), Wild Elves (Ayleid), Snow Elves ...
Many races exist in the world of The Elder Scrolls, some typical of high fantasy works, such as humans, orcs and elves; some atypical, such as the lizard-like Argonians and cat-like Khajiit; and some subversions, such as the extinct Dwemer, known colloquially as "dwarves", who follow the high fantasy stereotype of being subterranean, skilled ...
Kings of the Noldor in Valinor High Kings of the Noldor in exile in Middle-earth The Sons of Fëanor are (in the order of their birth) Maedhros, Maglor, Celegorm, Curufin, Caranthir, Amras, and Amrod. [T 19] [T 20] The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey comments that the family tree of the House of Finwë is "essential", as Tolkien allocates character by ancestry ; thus, Fëanor is pure Noldor, and ...
This category lists High Elves from the works of J. R. R. Tolkien. This includes all the members of the race of Elves who left for Valinor, and therefore includes the Vanyar, the Noldor and the Teleri of Alqualondë. It also includes those, such as Thingol, who were accounted among the High Elves for other reasons.
The Elder Scrolls: The Elves, or Mer, use languages derived from ancient Ehlnofex, including Dunmeris, Pyandonean, Orcish (Orsimeris) and Bosmeris. [12] Shiväisith: David J. Peterson: Thor: The Dark World: Finno-Ugric [13] The language of the Dark Elves. Written in Todjydheenil runes, based on Nordic runes. Övüsi: David J. Peterson: Bright [14]
Elves of Lothlórien, Men, and Uruk-hai used longbows, while Elves of Mirkwood and Orcs of Mordor used smaller ones. These bows are said to be made of wood, horn and even steel. [2] [10] The most famous bowman in Tolkien's stories of the First Age of Middle-earth is the Elf Beleg; his bow was named Belthronding, and his arrow Dailir.
The Vanyar were the fairest and most noble of the High Elves; their name means "the Fair", as they have golden hair. [T 6] Their small clan was founded by Imin, the first Elf to awaken at Cuiviénen, with his wife Iminyë and their twelve companions: they broadly correspond to the Minyar. Ingwë was the Vanya Elf to travel with the Vala Oromë ...