This is random, I know, but I always love sharing anything that illustrates the awesome superiority of the master race.

We all remember the weird, alien glass gear from both iterations of Morrowind (TES:III and ESO). In ESO, it's called the "Buoyant armiger" style, and I always assumed it was a dunmeri version of traditional malachite armor.






Well, as we all know a ton of stuff about the ES universe was retconned in between Morrowind and Oblivion, especially when it comes to the altmer. In the current canon, this motif is of buoyant armiger origin, but did you know that all this weird looking gear was intended to represent the altmer?

Take a look at the game data for Morrowind, or ask a smith in-game, and you'll get an interesting piece of dialogue:

"Raw glass is similar to raw ebony, but less well-known. Ebony is jet black, while glass is a milky translucent green. Less durable, but much lighter and more flexible than ebony, glass is used primarily to make the distinctive, elegant glass armors and weapons of High Elven design."

"These light and elegant weapons of High Elven design feature extravagant use of rare metals and cutting edges made from rare crystalline materials. Duelists and assassins appreciate the delicate balance and sinister sharpness of glass weapons."

If the glass armor we see in Morrowind was supposed to represent the altmer, it makes me wonder just how strange their homeland and culture were originally intended to be. I would have loved to see a "Morrowind era" intepretation of the Summerset isles, full of weird crystals and weirder clothing.

So yeah, I had no real point to sharing that. Just thought it was a cool tidbit for anyone curious about how the lore has changed over the years.