Summerset Isles

The Summerset Isles (also Sumurset Isle and, rarely, Summurset Isle) is a region in The Elder Scrolls series of games.

History
Summerset Isle is the traditional home of the Altmer, or High Elves, and the possible first landing place of the Mer arriving from their ancient homeland. The Altmer of the lands have allowed little in the way of exploration of their lands, beyond the capital of Alinor by Ambassadors of the Second Empire of Cyrodiil. Recently, travel into the Isles has been more frequent, as Tiber Septim, with the aid of the Numidium brought it into the Third Empire, but most of the Isle is still unknown. It is also noted that daedra worship in the Summerset Isle is quite prevalent and is largely considered to be the main religion of its people.

Geography
Little is known of the Isle beyond the capital of Alinor and that it has beautiful beaches. Also, because the Altmer have golden skin, it can be assumed that the Summerset Isles are warm and possibly tropical. In Elder Scrolls: Arena the Summerset Isles is very desert-like, complete with sand dunes and palms.

Politics
The Altmer have a monarch, and presumably they have an Imperial King. Little else is known.

Alinor
The capital of the Isle, Alinor, has been described by human traders as "made from glass or insect wings." Other accounts, by diplomats of the Reman Dynasty, say that it is "a hypnotic swirl of ramparts and impossibly high towers, designed to catch the light of the sun and break it to its component colors, which lie draped across its stones until you are thankful for nightfall."

Crystal Tower
A monument to the spirit of the elven people. Within the glittering walls of the Tower are housed the graves of the early Aldmeri settlers, preserved forever as a lasting symbol of the power of the people for that brief moment in history, fully unified.