Sorry for spelling, but are the aliead ruins (the weird ruins that serve no purpose). I always wondered what they are for, are they Oblivion's version of Nordic ruins? I have done hours of research but not even a speck of lore. It really makes me mad when I discover a ruin and I don't know anything about it. That and half the forts in game don't have anything to do other than to pass time. But seriously what is their purpose? Why are they there? Who made them?


P.S. Anyone know what Gauntlets, Greaves, Boots that match the Agis of the Defender? It's for the Samuri Build and it's the Chest piece at beginning of the game.

"The Ayleids, also known as the Wild Elves or Heartland High Elves, were the first race to establish an empire in Tamriel, and had ruled modern-day Cyrodiil for countless years dating back to before recorded history. Ayleidoon, their language, is similar to Aldmeris, the ancient language of the Aldmer. The Ayleids were the original founders of the Imperial City, which they called the "Temple of the Ancestors". However, their empire collapsed in the early First Era. While it's believed that the Ayleids remain in the wilds of every province on Tamriel, sightings have been few. There have been no known sightings in the Third or Fourth Eras."

The Ayleid ruins are ancient ruins that were Alyeid cities thousands of years ago.

So what your saying is that the Nords and Emperials took the land from elves when they moved in? Cause cording to lore the Leves first found Tamerial.

Who were the "Leves"? Been playing TES for quite a while now and I've never heard of them. If you meant "elves", the Aylieds were a race of elves. You can learn about them from various ingame sources, including the Mage lectures at the Arcane University as well as many in game books.

Here is a link to the UESP lore page on the Aylieds. http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Ayleids

But Nords took their homeland from elves?

Correct. But the Aylieds were more in Cyrodiil than Skyrim. The Nords took Skyrim from Altmer and Snow Elves if I recall correctly.