#to the Actual alessians of the time pelinal was horrifying. doesnt matter if it was just elves (and it wasnt)

[morihaus]

the problem with being interested in the song of pelinal and alessian lore is that so much fan stuff about pelinal is just utter dogshit bc it folds really neatly into the "uncomfortably enthusiastic about killing elves" type of elder scrolls fan. no i dont actually think the ayleids were a single congruous society who all enjoyed torturing humans for sport and eating babies. i think there were esoteric magelords in positions of power who were the main driving force of cruelty in their societies but that alone does not justify the indiscriminate genocidal violence of this guy who was explicitly stated in a text that by and large praises him to be so awful that the gods were considering abandoning humanity