Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24627553-20140316230248/@comment-26893431-20160918152152

Dovahsebrom wrote:

''Virtually nothing is known of the elven homeland. Its location, its environment, its politics, its religion, even its current existence are the stuff of conjecture.''

''Some say that Aldmeris was sunk into the sea by the angry gods of the Aldmer. Others claim that the elven homeland has left Mundus, and will only return when the races of mer are united as one.''


 * Pocket Guide to the Empire, Third Edition: Other Lands

Aldmeri (mortals of Elven origin) refugees left their doomed and now-lost continent of Aldmeris (also known as 'Old Ehlnofey')


 * Before the Ages of Man

''This war reshaped the face of Nirn, sinking much of the land beneath new oceans, and leaving the lands as we know them (Tamriel, Akavir, Atmora, and Yokuda). The Old Ehlnofey realm, although ruined, became Tamriel.''


 * The Annotated Anuad

''They were chased south and east to Old Ehlnofey, and Lorkhan was close behind. He shattered that land into many.''


 * The Monomyth

Every source agrees, even if Aldmeris did exist, it does not anymore. It is 'the Atlantis' of The Elder Scrolls. But according to the IL, it never existed to begin with. Which is exactly why it's an unreliable source.