[quote=darkwolf687]
Note: It does seem that everything points to them all being descended from the Aldmer rather than the Alyieds. Poor background checking by a script writer, or maybe it just reflects the delusions of an Altmer mage who believes the Alyeids should slaughter the humans in revenge and reassert their rightful place (He'd fit right in with the thalmor lol) Still. I am skeptical it was the Altmer who introduced magic, as the humans fled from Akavir and might have had knowledge from there (Dunno, need to check this). At any rate, it seems the Mer are all offshoots of the Aldmer not the Altmer nor Alyeilds, and the Altmer came into being as they remained in summerset while the ones who went to valenwood became bosmer, cyrodiil became Alyeids and morrowind Dunmer over time, wouldn't it be the Aldmer who introduced magic and not the Altmer as a result, so they would have known it without having headed to summerset?
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Goes to show you, you can't trust mer mages trying to talk you into doing stuff for them. Damn elves.