Altmer
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Altmer are a race of tall, magically gifted High Elves from the Summerset Isles in The Elder Scrolls series, known for their powerful sorcery and haughty, aristocratic culture.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Altmer canonical | 42 |
| Altmer culture | 2 |
| Altmer of the Summerset Isles | 1 |
| Direnni Altmer | 1 |
| Thalmor | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12792822 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Altmer Context triple: [The Elder Scrolls, notableRace, Altmer]
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A.
Dunmer
The Dunmer, also known as Dark Elves, are a culturally complex, ash-skinned elven race from the province of Morrowind in The Elder Scrolls series, known for their strong magical traditions, ancestor worship, and harsh volcanic homeland.
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B.
Khajiit
Khajiit are a feline, humanoid race from The Elder Scrolls series, known for their agility, stealth, and association with trade and thievery.
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C.
Hermunduri
The Hermunduri were an ancient Germanic tribe, traditionally associated with the Elbe region and later Thuringia, known from Roman historical sources.
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D.
Valyrians
Valyrians are a legendary people from the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire," famed for their dragonlords, advanced magic, and the once-dominant Valyrian Freehold.
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E.
Mordvins
The Mordvins are a Finno-Ugric ethnic group of Russia, primarily known for their distinct Erzya and Moksha subgroups, languages, and cultural traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Altmer Target entity description: Altmer are a race of tall, magically gifted High Elves from the Summerset Isles in The Elder Scrolls series, known for their powerful sorcery and haughty, aristocratic culture.
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A.
Dunmer
The Dunmer, also known as Dark Elves, are a culturally complex, ash-skinned elven race from the province of Morrowind in The Elder Scrolls series, known for their strong magical traditions, ancestor worship, and harsh volcanic homeland.
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B.
Khajiit
Khajiit are a feline, humanoid race from The Elder Scrolls series, known for their agility, stealth, and association with trade and thievery.
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C.
Hermunduri
The Hermunduri were an ancient Germanic tribe, traditionally associated with the Elbe region and later Thuringia, known from Roman historical sources.
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D.
Valyrians
Valyrians are a legendary people from the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire," famed for their dragonlords, advanced magic, and the once-dominant Valyrian Freehold.
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E.
Mordvins
The Mordvins are a Finno-Ugric ethnic group of Russia, primarily known for their distinct Erzya and Moksha subgroups, languages, and cultural traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
High Elves
ⓘ
Mer ⓘ fictional race ⓘ playable race ⓘ sentient species ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
ⓘ
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion ⓘ The Elder Scrolls Online ⓘ The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ⓘ |
| architectureStyle | elegant and ornate ⓘ |
| averageHeight | taller than most human races ⓘ |
| capitalCity | Alinor ⓘ |
| conflict |
hostility toward the worship of Talos in the Fourth Era
ⓘ
rivalry with the Empire of Tamriel ⓘ |
| continent | Tamriel ⓘ |
| culturalTrait |
aristocratic
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emphasis on racial purity ⓘ haughty ⓘ scholarly orientation ⓘ strong emphasis on tradition ⓘ xenophobic tendencies ⓘ |
| earShape | pointed ears ⓘ |
| educationFocus | study of magic and the arcane arts ⓘ |
| favoredSkills |
Alteration magic
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Conjuration magic ⓘ Destruction magic ⓘ Enchanting ⓘ Illusion magic ⓘ Restoration magic ⓘ |
| gameplayBonus | +50 magicka in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ⓘ |
| gameplayWeakness | increased weakness to magic in some titles ⓘ |
| governmentTradition | Thalmor rule ⓘ |
| historicalReputation |
claim to be direct descendants of the Aldmer
ⓘ
consider themselves culturally superior to other races ⓘ |
| homeRegion |
Alinor
ⓘ
Summerset Isles ⓘ |
| language | Altmeris ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Elven languages of Tamriel
ⓘ
linked to:
Tamrielic languages
|
| lifespan | long-lived ⓘ |
| magicalAffinity |
high aptitude for magic
ⓘ
strongest natural magicka among playable races in Skyrim ⓘ |
| notableProvince |
Summerset
ⓘ
linked to:
Summerset Isles
|
| originUniverse | Nirn ⓘ |
| partOf |
The Elder Scrolls universe
ⓘ
linked to:
The Elder Scrolls
|
| politicalFaction |
Aldmeri Dominion
ⓘ
Thalmor ⓘ
linked to:
Thalmor (Fourth Era influence)
|
| religion |
reverence for Auri-El
ⓘ
reverence for Magnus ⓘ reverence for Trinimac ⓘ worship of the Aedra ⓘ worship of the Eight Divines ⓘ |
| skinColor |
golden
ⓘ
pale golden ⓘ |
| societalStructure | rigid hierarchy ⓘ |
| viewOfMen | often regard humans as inferior ⓘ |
| viewOfOtherMer | see themselves as closest to original Aldmer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Altmer Description of subject: Altmer are a race of tall, magically gifted High Elves from the Summerset Isles in The Elder Scrolls series, known for their powerful sorcery and haughty, aristocratic culture.
Referenced by (47)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Altmer
subject linked to:
Second Aldmeri Dominion (temporarily, lore-dependent)
subject linked to:
Second Aldmeri Dominion (temporarily, lore-dependent)
subject linked to:
Second Aldmeri Dominion (temporarily, lore-dependent)
linked to: Altmer
linked to: Altmer
linked to: Altmer