SNOW ELVES in ESO...

Thealteregoroman

Would you start a new character as a snow elf? Should snow elves be added into ESO in the future?

Knight-Paladin Gelebor of Skyrim is an example of a snow elf...



What passives would you think they would have? Also, what if we get a new race next year instead of a new class?

FluffyReachWitch

I wish we could play Falmer. I'm working on a character right now who I'm basically pretending is one. An Altmer Warden with a focus on ice.

I'm thinking Falmer would have increased frost damage and frost resistance. If we take the legends regarding Auri-El into account (due to its significance in Skyrim) they might have Bow or 1-Hand and Shield leveling passives. Stamina would compliment those, but magicka isn't unlikely either especially if they get some kind of Destruction bonus instead.

Edit: And I wouldn't rule out the possibility they're looking to introduce a new race. Theoretically, anyone could find a reason to join any alliance. Imperials already have none by default and can go where they please. Given that we got a new class this year despite people generally ruling out the idea for various reasons, I wouldn't be surprised if a new playable race were 2018 chapter content.

idk

Snow elves do not exist in ESO. Any that may still exist are in exile outside of Nirn. Snow elves and the regressed Falmer have not been playable in any TES games to the best of my limited knowledge. It is highly doubtful they will become so in ESO.

MythicEmperor

No. They are too rare to become a playable race.

FluffyReachWitch

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

Snow elves do not exist in ESO. Any that may still exist are in exile outside of Nirn. Snow elves and the regressed Falmer have not been playable in any TES games to the best of my limited knowledge. It is highly doubtful they will become so in ESO.

ESO takes place 1,000 years before Skyrim, in which Gelebor notes that other Falmer might still be hiding out in the world.

But, it would be a little odd if a bunch of elves presumed gone were suddenly running around Skyrim and then nobody remarked on this later. The Nords would die of fright and then demand to 1v1 them. In that order.

Waffennacht

FluffyReachWitch wrote: »

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

Snow elves do not exist in ESO. Any that may still exist are in exile outside of Nirn. Snow elves and the regressed Falmer have not been playable in any TES games to the best of my limited knowledge. It is highly doubtful they will become so in ESO.

ESO takes place 1,000 years before Skyrim, in which Gelebor notes that other Falmer might still be hiding out in the world.

But, it would be a little odd if a bunch of elves presumed gone were suddenly running around Skyrim and then nobody remarked on this later. The Nords would die of fright and then demand to 1v1 them. In that order.

But even with the 1000 year difference, the falmer went blind and mad when the Dwemer allowed them into their ground dwellings.

So even though they exist, they're more like animals than elves

Shardan4968

Atmorans killed most of the Snow Elves. Survivors fled to Dwemers which turned them into feral slaves. Gelebor and this other one are propably last ones. There's no place for players playing them so just stop, ok?

FluffyReachWitch

Waffennacht wrote: »

FluffyReachWitch wrote: »

Giles.floydub17_ESO wrote: »

Snow elves do not exist in ESO. Any that may still exist are in exile outside of Nirn. Snow elves and the regressed Falmer have not been playable in any TES games to the best of my limited knowledge. It is highly doubtful they will become so in ESO.

ESO takes place 1,000 years before Skyrim, in which Gelebor notes that other Falmer might still be hiding out in the world.

But, it would be a little odd if a bunch of elves presumed gone were suddenly running around Skyrim and then nobody remarked on this later. The Nords would die of fright and then demand to 1v1 them. In that order.

But even with the 1000 year difference, the falmer went blind and mad when the Dwemer allowed them into their ground dwellings.

So even though they exist, they're more like animals than elves

That bit was long before ESO and still doesn't rule out the possibility that other Falmer went into hiding away from both the Nords and Dwemer, as Gelebor tells you in TESV. The Chantry of Auri-El seen in TESV was explained to have been exactly that kind of refuge until it was discovered by other Falmer who had been driven mad (disconnected from the Earthbones according to a translation).

SilverIce58

IF we were to get a new race, and for now that's a big if, it'd most likely be Maormer or Reachmen. The two are already in the game, with character models and while the Maormer's racial motif is mostly a sleeveless version of Ancient Elf, the Reachmen would be given a new one (or make Barbaric into theirs). Races like "Snow Elf" and "Dwemer" have been MIA since the 1st Era and before, so lore-wise, it wouldn't make much sense. (Also, Maormer is more likely than Reachmen, as Reachmen would just be a stam version of Breton)

JarlUlfric

@SilverIce58 Reachmen aren't a separate race. They are Bretons. They're akin to the Skaal, a different group of Nords that seclude themselves, yet they are still nords.

Ankael07

Just leave rare and mysterious things as they are. This isnt Skyrim with absurd modes.

Waffennacht

BTW that pic is amazing

FluffyReachWitch

SilverIce58 wrote: »

IF we were to get a new race, and for now that's a big if, it'd most likely be Maormer or Reachmen. The two are already in the game, with character models and while the Maormer's racial motif is mostly a sleeveless version of Ancient Elf, the Reachmen would be given a new one (or make Barbaric into theirs). Races like "Snow Elf" and "Dwemer" have been MIA since the 1st Era and before, so lore-wise, it wouldn't make much sense. (Also, Maormer is more likely than Reachmen, as Reachmen would just be a stam version of Breton)

Agreed. As fun as Falmer would be, Maormer are way more likely to show up as new playable elves. Any surviving Falmer are probably keeping well out of things.

Barbaric is a likely style material for Reachmen if they were ever split off from Bretons for the purpose of character creation, but it's a little rare. I imagine they'd make it more common or introduce something new and common.

Thealteregoroman

Shardan4968 wrote: »

Atmorans killed most of the Snow Elves. Survivors fled to Dwemers which turned them into feral slaves. Gelebor and this other one are propably last ones. There's no place for players playing them so just stop, ok?

...when someone comes onto my post and tells me to stop doing something like they own me.

Thealteregoroman

Thealteregoroman wrote: »

Shardan4968 wrote: »

Atmorans killed most of the Snow Elves. Survivors fled to Dwemers which turned them into feral slaves. Gelebor and this other one are propably last ones. There's no place for players playing them so just stop, ok?

...when someone comes onto my post and tells me to stop doing something like they own me.

WE here.

FluffyReachWitch

Nothing wrong with a little "what if". It's not as if this is going to somehow make the devs add them.

On the subject of speculation and passives, let's look at some of the gods the Falmer that are stated to have worshiped besides Auri-El: Y'ffre, Magnus whoops meant Syrabane (but Magnus is likely too), Phynaster, and Trinimac confirmed by TESV. If we add Y'ffre bonuses along with Frost passives, we're looking at an amazing candidate for the Warden class. If they have more of a Phynaster or Trinimac inspiration, they might get health bonuses.

Dysprosium

I think we should get the Maomer/sea elves. They are already in the game as enemies so why not as a playable race? Perhaps they want to take over Tamriel along with the Daedra and some other fun playable races not of Tamriel?

tplink3r1

Most people don't know it, but there is a Falmer/Snow Elf ruin is ESO's Riften inside Fort Greenwall.

FluffyReachWitch

Not only do we have Fort Greenwall's Falmeri ruins, we also have a loading screen in Eastmarch referring to a cultivar of cold-resistant snow cedars grown by the Falmer.

Who knows? Even if we never get to play as Falmer, we might someday be given a DLC that expands more on their history. That would be pretty neat.

tplink3r1

FluffyReachWitch wrote: »

Not only do we have Fort Greenwall's Falmeri ruins, we also have a loading screen in Eastmarch referring to a cultivar of cold-resistant snow cedars grown by the Falmer.

Who knows? Even if we never get to play as Falmer, we might someday be given a DLC that expands more on their history. That would be pretty neat.

Gelebor does mention that many other people entered the Chantry of Auri-El before the Last Dragonborn, so lore-wise it is possible for ZOS to add the place as a dungeon or something. I don't think it is known when Vyrthur killed every Snow Elf inside the chantry, so it is possible that the other Snow Elves we see as ghosts in Skyrim are still alive in the second era.

crjs1

As much as I LOVE the snow elves and Falmer I think it would be utterly lore breaking if snow elves made an appearance as a playable race, we know they are just far far far to rare.

starkerealm

Thealteregoroman wrote: »

Would you start a new character as a snow elf? Should snow elves be added into ESO in the future?

Knight-Paladin Gelebor of Skyrim is an example of a snow elf...



What passives would you think they would have? Also, what if we get a new race next year instead of a new class?

Minor error there: Gelebor is the ONLY living example of that race.

SilverIce58

JarlUlfric wrote: »

@SilverIce58 Reachmen aren't a separate race. They are Bretons. They're akin to the Skaal, a different group of Nords that seclude themselves, yet they are still nords.

Actually, as it states here: http://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Reachmen "Their ancestry is not solely Breton, but spreads across many of the known races of Tamriel. Although they share descent, Bretons do not consider themselves kin to the Reachmen, and the Reachmen do not see themselves as Bretons." So they are some Breton, but not only Breton.

Blacksmoke

LOL that would shatter the entire lore of TES even zos isnt that stupid

Dracofyre

perfect guy for voicing, Christopher Walken.

we may see falmir sometime later or soon when they "announced" Blackreach, the underground exploring zone with dungeons. it going to be long wait.

Sixsixsix161

Gelebor is the only snow elf left alive.

There were two, but at the end of a quest, you kill the other one.

SilverIce58

Sixsixsix161 wrote: »

Gelebor is the only snow elf left alive.

There were two, but at the end of a quest, you kill the other one.

I wish there could be a sad react to that. Auri-El would've wanted you to save him.

starkerealm

Sixsixsix161 wrote: »

Gelebor is the only snow elf left alive.

There were two, but at the end of a quest, you kill the other one.

Technically, his brother hasn't been killed yet, at the time of ESO. But, he's also undead, so, not "alive."

SFDB

Increased research speed (from experience in woodworking)
Increased stamina (works day and night) and magicka (fills one bag with billions of toys)
Increased frost resistance and decreases damage taken (cold weather conditioning)
Mounts can fly

Slick_007

FluffyReachWitch wrote: »

I wish we could play Falmer.

as long as we can cut your ears off. for alchemy of course. not for fun. though it likely would be both.

tplink3r1

starkerealm wrote: »

Sixsixsix161 wrote: »

Gelebor is the only snow elf left alive.

There were two, but at the end of a quest, you kill the other one.

Technically, his brother hasn't been killed yet, at the time of ESO. But, he's also undead, so, not "alive."

The other paladins/priests we see as ghosts could also be alive at this time, because it is not stated in Skyrim when Vyrthur killed them.