Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24402683-20131012015855/@comment-108.203.30.44-20140301211218

Man of steak wrote: The Aldmer had the first empire, which spanned all of Tamriel. They definitely did, multiple in-game books agree, I can't remember which ones though. The Aldmer may have had the first empire, but the aldmer are technically extinct. The Altmer (along with all other elves and possibly humans) are merely descended from the Aldmer