Is that elven chick from eso trailers queen ayrenn ?

Sewedir · January 2024

I do not know where to put it so I put it here.
If she is queen ayrenn why exactly does she differ so much from her in-game representation?
I always wondered that.
Or am i wrong here?
Does characters presented in the trailers, high isle trailer to be preciese, have their in game representation?
For example when i play swtor, wow or ffxiv characters presented in the cinematics look the same in game.
Thanks for the info,
Cheers,

Syldras · January 2024

She isn't. That's just a random "elven hero". Same goes for the Nord and the Breton (who looks much older in the latest trailer, which is a bit strange).

LunaFlora · January 2024

no.
The Altmer hero is supposed to represent the player, specifically Aldmeri Dominion players.
the Nord hero represents Ebonheart Pact players.
and the Breton hero represents Daggerfall Covenant players.

WhiteCoatSyndrome · January 2024

Syldras wrote: »

the Breton (who looks much older in the latest trailer, which is a bit strange).

While I agree he looks a bit more worn than his first appearance, he got killed and zombified at one point. I think that’s to be expected.

NotaDaedraWorshipper · January 2024

There isn't even a mer in the trailers, there's a human with cosmetic pointy ears on.

LunaFlora · January 2024

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

There isn't even a mer in the trailers, there's a human with cosmetic pointy ears on.

the only thing that's human about them is their eyes really

Syldras · January 2024

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

While I agree he looks a bit more worn than his first appearance, he got killed and zombified at one point. I think that’s to be expected.

Okay, that's a reasonable explanation. When was that? I can't remember. To be honest, I don't pay attention to these trailers much; I only watch them once or a few times for discussions after a reveal, but I'm no big fan of them (I especially hate how Dunmer don't really look like Dunmer in them, the one for the Necrom trailer didn't even have Dunmer eyes).

LunaFlora · January 2024

Syldras wrote: »

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

While I agree he looks a bit more worn than his first appearance, he got killed and zombified at one point. I think that’s to be expected.

Okay, that's a reasonable explanation. When was that? I can't remember. To be honest, I don't pay attention to these trailers much; I only watch them once or a few times for discussions after a reveal, but I'm no big fan of them (I especially hate how Dunmer don't really look like Dunmer in them, the one for the Necrom trailer didn't even have Dunmer eyes).

it was in the Elsweyr trailers, the breton was suddenly a necromancer

tsaescishoeshiner · January 2024

Very reductive to refer to her as "elven chick". Her name is Ellevenchique and she's got awesome green magic powers that can make enemies explode like pew pew bwshhh aaaah

Syldras · January 2024

Okay, but if it's that long ago, this shouldn't be the first trailer where he looks like he does now. In the High Isle trailer, he looked fairly normal, though.

NotaDaedraWorshipper · January 2024

LunaFlora wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

There isn't even a mer in the trailers, there's a human with cosmetic pointy ears on.

the only thing that's human about them is their eyes really

The only thing that's mer about them is their ears.

metheglyn · January 2024

LunaFlora wrote: »

Syldras wrote: »

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

While I agree he looks a bit more worn than his first appearance, he got killed and zombified at one point. I think that’s to be expected.

Okay, that's a reasonable explanation. When was that? I can't remember. To be honest, I don't pay attention to these trailers much; I only watch them once or a few times for discussions after a reveal, but I'm no big fan of them (I especially hate how Dunmer don't really look like Dunmer in them, the one for the Necrom trailer didn't even have Dunmer eyes).

it was in the Elsweyr trailers, the breton was suddenly a necromancer

I thought he got killed and zombified in some of the very first (if not the actual first) trailer, and then showed up in Elsweyr after a long absence, caught and caged, as if he'd been outrunning the law for years.

Syldras wrote: »

Okay, but if it's that long ago, this shouldn't be the first trailer where he looks like he does now. In the High Isle trailer, he looked fairly normal, though.

He did look pretty normal in the High Isle trailer, which astonished me a bit, but then he also had his face mask up quite a bit, whereas in the most recent trailer he's out in the open.

WhiteCoatSyndrome · January 2024

metheglyn wrote: »

I thought he got killed and zombified in some of the very first (if not the actual first) trailer, and then showed up in Elsweyr after a long absence, caught and caged, as if he'd been outrunning the law for years.

Agree it was before Elsweyr, IIRC Mannimarco was involved.

Galiferno · January 2024

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

There isn't even a mer in the trailers, there's a human with cosmetic pointy ears on.

the only thing that's human about them is their eyes really

The only thing that's mer about them is their ears.

ESO and fanart can only make elves look good by making them look more human

GLP323b14_ESO · January 2024

tsaescishoeshiner wrote: »

Very reductive to refer to her as "elven chick". Her name is Ellevenchique and she's got awesome green magic powers that can make enemies explode like pew pew bwshhh aaaah

Oh nice, I didn't know her name was Ellevenchique. That's a VERY elvish looking and presumably sounding name. How would one even pronounce that?

Soarora · January 2024

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

metheglyn wrote: »

I thought he got killed and zombified in some of the very first (if not the actual first) trailer, and then showed up in Elsweyr after a long absence, caught and caged, as if he'd been outrunning the law for years.

Agree it was before Elsweyr, IIRC Mannimarco was involved.

Yeah, the Nord Hero killed him then he got resurrected as part of Mannimarco/Molag Bal's forces then healed by the Altmer Hero THEN he showed back up as a necromancer in Elsweyr.

OtarTheMad · January 2024

https://youtube.com/watch?v=92dRIs9aFP8

I think this is all cinematic trailers except Gold Road. Make Popcorn, sit back and watch the closest we will all get to an TES movie or TV show.

NotaDaedraWorshipper · January 2024

Galiferno wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

There isn't even a mer in the trailers, there's a human with cosmetic pointy ears on.

the only thing that's human about them is their eyes really

The only thing that's mer about them is their ears.

ESO and fanart can only make elves look good by making them look more human

I think mer are a lot more attractive when they look like mer 🤷

Beilin_Balreis_Colcan · January 2024

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

Galiferno wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

There isn't even a mer in the trailers, there's a human with cosmetic pointy ears on.

the only thing that's human about them is their eyes really

The only thing that's mer about them is their ears.

ESO and fanart can only make elves look good by making them look more human

I think mer are a lot more attractive when they look like mer 🤷

Agreed, they're not as good without the elven eyes and ears. The eyes should be like this:
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jtm1018 · January 2024

If Queen Ayrenn is the high elf,
then the nord is King Jorunn,
and the breton is King Emiric.

Syldras · January 2024

Galiferno wrote: »

ESO and fanart can only make elves look good by making them look more human

Eww...

tsaescishoeshiner wrote: »

Very reductive to refer to her as "elven chick". Her name is Ellevenchique and she's got awesome green magic powers that can make enemies explode like pew pew bwshhh aaaah

Don't lie, she isn't partly Breton! Of cause her name is Meralanwe. Sorry, must be Merielle. Honestly, from "mer" and "rielle" (meaning "beauty").

metheglyn wrote: »

He did look pretty normal in the High Isle trailer, which astonished me a bit, but then he also had his face mask up quite a bit, whereas in the most recent trailer he's out in the open.

Are there other trailers were he appears without mask after he's been zombified? I don't have time to watch them all at the moment. But the Gold Road trailer was really the first time I thought that he looks somehow different.

jtm1018 wrote: »

If Queen Ayrenn is the high elf,
then the nord is King Jorunn,
and the breton is King Emiric.

They aren't. The name Jorunn is an interesting detail, btw. In reality, it's a female name, which always makes me think they originally wanted to create another queen as a faction leader, but then changed their concept to male - weirdly, without changing the name. Maybe they thought that no one will realize anyway (which makes it even weirder, because there are for sure many players from Scandinavia).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorunn

alternatelder · January 2024

Did anyone else think the Elven woman looks quite different in this trailer, like a resculpted face? I'll have to rewatch them all, but I thought the Breton looked the same. Can't say much for the Nord simce he's always got a helmet on.

metheglyn · January 2024

Syldras wrote: »

metheglyn wrote: »

He did look pretty normal in the High Isle trailer, which astonished me a bit, but then he also had his face mask up quite a bit, whereas in the most recent trailer he's out in the open.

Are there other trailers were he appears without mask after he's been zombified? I don't have time to watch them all at the moment. But the Gold Road trailer was really the first time I thought that he looks somehow different.

I think in the Elsweyr trailer you see him in the back of the lock-up cart without his mask, and he looks fairly haggard in that one.

w002exp · January 2024

LunaFlora wrote: »

Syldras wrote: »

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

While I agree he looks a bit more worn than his first appearance, he got killed and zombified at one point. I think that’s to be expected.

Okay, that's a reasonable explanation. When was that? I can't remember. To be honest, I don't pay attention to these trailers much; I only watch them once or a few times for discussions after a reveal, but I'm no big fan of them (I especially hate how Dunmer don't really look like Dunmer in them, the one for the Necrom trailer didn't even have Dunmer eyes).

it was in the Elsweyr trailers, the breton was suddenly a necromancer

I just went back and rewatched all of the trailers the other day. He actually became a Necro as early as Imperial City. He is killed in the very first few trailers during an anchor drop when a Daedra stabs him in the chest and leaves him for dead. The High Elf hero breaks the anchor and is incapacitated. The Nord takes her prisoner and the Breton is left to die. The next time you see the 3, the Nord is using the High Elf 's power through dark magic to break the wall to the IC while the Breton is marching on IC from the other side with an army of draugr and a black myst aura.

LunaFlora · January 2024

w002exp wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

Syldras wrote: »

WhiteCoatSyndrome wrote: »

While I agree he looks a bit more worn than his first appearance, he got killed and zombified at one point. I think that’s to be expected.

Okay, that's a reasonable explanation. When was that? I can't remember. To be honest, I don't pay attention to these trailers much; I only watch them once or a few times for discussions after a reveal, but I'm no big fan of them (I especially hate how Dunmer don't really look like Dunmer in them, the one for the Necrom trailer didn't even have Dunmer eyes).

it was in the Elsweyr trailers, the breton was suddenly a necromancer

I just went back and rewatched all of the trailers the other day. He actually became a Necro as early as Imperial City. He is killed in the very first few trailers during an anchor drop when a Daedra stabs him in the chest and leaves him for dead. The High Elf hero breaks the anchor and is incapacitated. The Nord takes her prisoner and the Breton is left to die. The next time you see the 3, the Nord is using the High Elf 's power through dark magic to break the wall to the IC while the Breton is marching on IC from the other side with an army of draugr and a black myst aura.

oo that's cool! i didnt remember all that

Soarora · January 2024

vsrs_au wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

Galiferno wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

There isn't even a mer in the trailers, there's a human with cosmetic pointy ears on.

the only thing that's human about them is their eyes really

The only thing that's mer about them is their ears.

ESO and fanart can only make elves look good by making them look more human

I think mer are a lot more attractive when they look like mer 🤷

Agreed, they're not as good without the elven eyes and ears. The eyes should be like this:

Those pupils are Bosmer pupils. No other elf has pupils like that. The thing I find unsettling about the cinematic elves is the angle of their eyes since elven eyes tend to tilt more than human eyes yet in the cinematics they’re untilted.

SpacemanSpiff1 · January 2024

No, that's Cheryl.

LunaFlora · January 2024

Soarora wrote: »

vsrs_au wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

Galiferno wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

NotaDaedraWorshipper wrote: »

There isn't even a mer in the trailers, there's a human with cosmetic pointy ears on.

the only thing that's human about them is their eyes really

The only thing that's mer about them is their ears.

ESO and fanart can only make elves look good by making them look more human

I think mer are a lot more attractive when they look like mer 🤷

Agreed, they're not as good without the elven eyes and ears. The eyes should be like this:

Those pupils are Bosmer pupils. No other elf has pupils like that. The thing I find unsettling about the cinematic elves is the angle of their eyes since elven eyes tend to tilt more than human eyes yet in the cinematics they’re untilted.

yea Eveli's eyes in-game are tilted more.

though in character creation you can make your own elves have non tilted eyes so it's not impossible for mer to have eyes tilted like in the cinematics

Syldras · January 2024

The eye tilt is one minor thing that doesn't annoy me that much, personally. And Eveli doesn't even look bad in that trailer. But how is this an Altmer face? She shape alone is much too rounded:

Eyes are wrong, too, with the iris being much too small. And with Dunmer, it gets even worse:

There's not even one thing right about her. Some people even thought she was supposed to be an orc.

colossalvoids · January 2024

It wasn't always that bad

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But quality indeed dropped down below the ground since Morrowind, probably to cater more to non tes people with more humane looks.

Syldras · January 2024

The first few trailers had flaws, too, though. Like comically large elven ears.