Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-23371555-20140622024911/@comment-24999978-20150208211747

207.167.254.87 wrote: Why would they be called original, or pure ones if there was no dark elves, there would be no reason to call them that, it is like calling humans would turn into aliens so people today would be called pure ones, even tho nobody knew anyhing would happen. Basically I'm asking what they were called before the curse.

According to the book The Changed Ones, said name refers to the cultural changes of the race after embracing the Three Good Daedra and departing from the Summerset Isles, as opposed to the physical transformation caused by Azura.