

They found the Thalmor, but because it is a very Ayleidic in its undercurrents, they have trouble attracting pure Altmer, and in combination with bending the knee to their oppressors, the Ayleids starts to dislike the Altmer as well.

The Ayleids and their descendants, having lost family and friends on a massive scale once more to the Empire, has had enough. And then the Empire forces the Altmer to worship Tiber Septim as the god Talos. They might marry Altmer and have children and families and friends and things look up.Īnd then Tiber Septim rolls in and commits genocide against the Altmer until the Altmer king/queen bends the knee to the Empire. Where they lick their wounds and work on getting over their traumas and whatnot to salvage what life they can.

The ones who survived to other lands were also powerful, probably mages, and as such very long-lived (and thus probably one or two or maybe even three survive well into the 4th Era and the Dragons’ return).Ī large number ends up in Summerset. Now, understandably, these Ayleids weren’t happy with being run out of their homes for daring to help humans by humans. So with that out of the way, I will present to you my current favorite Thalmor Theory:Īnd not just any Ayleids, but the Alessian Ayleids who aided in the slave rebellion against their kin, only for the humans to turn against them and forcing them to either die or run away and hide in provinces other than Cyrodiil. Canon in Elder Scrolls is kind of influenced that way). So, we all know the theory that Thalmor “wants to destroy the world by using/destroying the Towers”-theory, right? Well, it’s just a fan theory that got popular and isn’t really based on anything, so I don’t particularly like it (but if it reaches enough consensus in fandom it might end up being turned into canon by Bethesda.
