É possível que algumas tribos de Ayleids continuaram vivendo em florestas de Cyrodiil mesmo na modernidade, mas o relato mais recente de vistas deles tem mais de 1000 anos de idade.{{ref|name=TWE}}{{ref|name=2920L5}} Esses Ayleids, ou Elfos Selvagens, são no melhor uma raridade e podem não ter sobrevivido até os tempos modernos.
==SocietySociedade==:''"In the caverns of loreNas cavernas do conhecimento, ugly and obscurefeia e obscura, shines the gold of truthbrilha o dourado da verdade."''{{ref|name=ART}}[[File:OB-place-White Gold Tower.jpg|thumb|right|The Temple of the AncestorsO Templo dos Ancestrais]]Ayleidic society was an alliance of kingdoms united under one empireA sociedade Ayleidica foi uma aliança de reinos unidos sob um império, which ultimately ended in 1E 243 with the death of their championque teve seu fim em 1E243 com a morte de seu campeão, {{Lore Link|Umaril the Unfeathered}}, and the fall of the Whitee com a queda da Torre Ouro-Gold TowerBranco.{{ref|name=TWE}}
The impact of the loss of the O impacto da perda da torre dos Ayleids' tower, what they called the cuja eles chamavam de "Temple of the AncestorsTemplo dos Ancestrais", should not be underestimatednão deve ser subestimada. They had built it in emulation of the Eles a construíram emulando a {{Lore Link|Adamantine Tower}}, and made the e lá confeccionaram o {{Lore Link|Chim-el-Adabal}}, which they believed to be the crystallized blood of the cujo eles acreditavam que seja o sangue cristalizado do {{Lore Link|Heart of Lorkhan}}, into the tower's Founding-Stonena Pedra de Fundação da torre.{{ref|name=AE4TET}} It is the site where the Ten AncestorsÉ o local onde os Dez Ancestrais, statues sacred to the estatuas sagradas para os Ayleids, were traditionally helderam tradicionalmente guardadas. They were spread to various other settlements during the siege of the WhiteElas foram espalhadas por diversos outros locais durante o cerco da Torre de Ouro-Gold Tower for safekeepingBranco por segurança, but were not reunited again until the late Third mas não foram reunidas novamente até o fim da Terceira Era, long after the fall of the muito tempo depois da queda dos Ayleids.{{ref|name=OBUmbacano}}{{ref|name=Oblivion}}
Ayleids frequently adorned themselves with feathers and magic beadsfrequentemente adornavam à si mesmos com penas e contas mágicas.{{ref|name=TSOP}} They are said to have been É dito que eles eram "obsessedobcecados" with the number eight com o número oito (which may have been why the pantheon Saint cuja talvez seja o porquê do panteão que Santa Alessia created was made up of criou ter {{Lore Link|Eight DivinesOito Divinos}}).{{ref|name=TA}}
Most humansA maioria dos humanos, at leastpelo menos, agree that the concordam que a queda dos Ayleids' fall from powerdo poder, if not their extinctionse não a sua extinção, is for the betterfoi para melhor, já que as descrições deles espalhadas pelos seus próprios escravos não são as the portrayals of them passed down by their former slaves are not kindmais gentis. Their scholars label the Seus estudiosos rotulam os Ayleids as bellicose and arrogantde belicosos e arrogantes, and point to this being the ultimate reason for their downfalltambém apontando isso como a maior razão para a queda deles.{{ref|name=TOAC}}{{ref|name=PGE3All}}{{ref|name=OBHerminia}} Slaves were utilized by the Escravos eram utilizados pelos Ayleids for a variety of purposespor uma variedade de propósitos, including incluindo trabalho agricultural work, entertainmententretenimento, and the building and maintenance of their empire's infrastructuree a construção e reparo da infraestrutura de seu império. According to legendDe acordo com a lenda, the os Ayleids literally turned cruelty into an art formliteralmente transformaram a crueldade em uma forma de arte, and many e muitos Ayleids adoradores de Daedra-worshipping Ayleids across Cyrodiil derived strange pleasures from em toda Tamriel sentiam estranhos prazeres com as "art-torturestorturas artísticas".{{ref|name=TA}}{{ref|name=DWTA}}
TypicallyTipicamente, reinos Ayleid kingdoms where the most malevolent Daedric Princes were worshipped also proved to exhibit the worst treatment of their slavesonde os mais malevolentes dos Príncipes Daedricos eram adorados também proviam de exibir o pior tratamento para seus escravos.{{ref|name=DWTA}} Various settlements became famous for their particularVários lugares ficaram conhecidos pelos seus particulares e elaborados métodos de torturar seus escravos, elaborate method of torturing their slaves, such como as "wailing wheelsrodas da lamentação", os "gut gardensjardins das tripas", as "flesh-sculpturesesculturas de carne", and forced ingestion of hallucinogenic e ingestão forçada de {{Lore Link|drugsdrogas}}alucinógenas , as well as nighttime assim como o noturno "tiger sportesporte dos tígres", which involved the immolation of human childrenque envolvia a imolação de crianças humanas.{{ref|name=TA}}
Magic was an enormous part of their society. In accordance with High Elf religion, they believed {{Lore Link|Nirn}} was composed of four basic elements: earth, water, air, and light (as opposed to the four elements of modern natural philosophy: earth, water, air, and fire).{{ref|name=GAL}}{{ref|name=MFTS}} The most sublime form was starlight, as the stars were the link between {{Lore Link|Mundus}} and {{Lore Link|Aetherius}}. Some of their magic tapped into the power of the weather.{{ref|name=Oblivion}} They used aetherial fragments which fell from the heavens, particularly {{Lore Link|Meteoric Iron|meteoric iron}}, to construct receptacles which are believed to harness energy from starlight. These "Ayleid Wells" are scattered all over Cyrodiil, and can still be used by mages to replenish their energy. The logic used in their placement is a mystery, and none are known to be associated with any particular Ayleid settlements. They kept specially cut pieces of {{Lore Link|Meteoric Glass|meteoric glass}} known as Welkynd Stones (meaning literally "sky children") as storage containers for magical energy, as well what are called Varla Stones (or "star stones"),.{{ref|name=MFTS}} This was still an emerging technology when the Alessian Slave Rebellion brought about the decline and disappearance of their society.{{ref|name=LRN|{{Cite book|Lithnilian's Research Notes}}}} Some of these crystals had the capacity to store and release memories directly to the reader; overuse of these crystals can cause a 'problem of capacity' for mortals.{{ref|name=ESOFlooded|[[Online:The Flooded Grove|Events]] of [[Online:Online|ESO]]}}