Lore:Eagle

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A frost eagle from Wrothgar
The eagle stone in Nordic ruins

Eagles are birds of prey that can be found across Tamriel and carry cultural significance across the major races. Frost Eagles live in snowy regions like Skyrim and the Wrothgarian Mountains.[1]

The Eagle carries a lot of significance in elven cultures.[2] The Aldmeri Eagle (also called the Golden Eagle[3] and the Eagle of Summerset)[4] represents many things. Firstly, as a totem of the Altmer religion[5] the eagle represents their ancestors, the Aedra, who descended from Aetherius and became trapped on Nirn.[6] The eagle is also associated with Auri-El,[7][8] the chief divine of the Aldmeri pantheon.[9] Though they are mostly daedric worshippers, the Ayleids also built statues of Auri-El with the eagle behind him.[9][10]

The eagle also represents the First Aldmeri Dominion,[11] who are sometimes called the eagle,[12][13] and the royal Aldmeri family from Alinor.[11] They say that on the night Princess Ayrenn disappeared and began her travels across Tamriel, an eaglet landed on Topal the Pilot's statue, among other auspicious signs.[14] As a symbol of the Aldmeri Dominion it also features in a variant of an ouroboros, a symbol associated with the Three Banners War.[15][UOL 1]

Present in Orcish myth is the great eagle Zylvara, Trinimac's companion mount who brought him to battle against the man-demon, Quarvish. Light armor pauldrons crafted by the Trinimac Cult have a winged motif meant to represent Zylvara.[16] Sapiarch axes have an eagle claw motif across the blade and inspired its three-pointed edge.[17]

The town of Eagle Vale is located between the cities of Haven and Southpoint on the southeastern coast in Valenwood.[18] In Morrowind, there was a town southeast of Ebonheart called Eagle Moor.[19] The village of Eagle's Brook is located in western High Rock near Camlorn.[20] The eagle is present in the ancient Nordic totem religion,[21][22] though unlike most other animals, it does not correspond to a specific divine. The hawk on the other hand, a visually similar totem, represents Kyne.[23]

The Reachmen who live in northwest Tamriel in the eponymous region venerate the legendary First Era king of the Reach, Faolan, whose name translates to "Red Eagle" in the Reach-tongue. He was named as such for the screeching bird call that greeted his birth.[24] A similar legend exists for the Second Era warlord that became Emperor of Cyrodiil, Durcorach. Propaganda from that time explained that during Durcorach's early youth, he gained wisdom from surviving in the wilderness. The eagle taught him to hear tidings from faraway lands and to see into a man's heart with a single glance.[25] The Eagleseer Clan are an ancient and powerful tribe in the Reach that is named after the animal.[26]

The Eagle's Gaze is a type of enchantment that enhances the wielder's vision.[27] A similar alchemic trait is used in a potent potion rumored to be used by Altmer archers.[28]

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Note: The following references are considered to be unofficial sources. They are included to round off this article and may not be authoritative or conclusive.