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Description My take on the world map of Nirn (Elder Scrolls), inspired by old naval maps.

NOTE: I imagined this map to be made by the Imperial Geographical Society of the Mede Empire, about a century before the events of Skyrim. So keep the "unreliable narrator" in mind.



Elder Scrolls Cosmological Map:
 


Flags of the 
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CONTINENTS OF NIRN

Source: A Pocket Guide to the Empire, 3rd Edition, Chapter: Other Lands

Tamriel: The continent that all the Elder Scrolls games take place on, and the only continent where official maps exist (except for post-catastrophe Yokuda).

Yokuda: The original home of the Redguard. The majority of this continent sank into the sea for unknown reasons during the Fist Era. A map of Yokuda (after the catastrophe) can be seen in The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard (1998).

Akavir: A continent lying to the east of Tamriel. It is the homeland of four races collectively referred to as the "Akaviri," which is composed of the Snow Demons of Kamal, the serpent-men of Tsaesci, the Monkey People of Tang Mo, and the Tiger Dragons of Ka'Po'Tun. Little else is known about the continent.

Atmora: A frozen continent located far to the north of Tamriel, across the Sea of Ghosts. It was home to a race of men known as Atmorans around the Merethic Era. The legendary Ysgramor and his Five Hundred Companions came from this continent.

Pyandonea: Home to the elusive Maormer (Sea Elves), This island-continent is covered mostly in dense rain forest.

Aldmeris: Very little is known of the alleged Elven homeland, and it is often considered to be merely a myth. Its location, environment, politics, religion, and even its current existence are matters of conjecture.



About the size of Atmora:
It's not actually as large as it looks on the map, it's a result of the Mercator projection .
Here you can see an example of how the Mercator projection distort landmasses to the far north and south on a map:
i.imgur.com/I66lFCx.jpg


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Sonicblaster180 [2024-10-25 22:49:40 +0000 UTC]

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tabo3445 [2024-06-04 21:03:55 +0000 UTC]

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RedCastorPollux1138 [2024-01-20 01:09:08 +0000 UTC]

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Motion-Music [2023-08-15 23:31:04 +0000 UTC]

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hagnier14 [2023-08-05 13:39:23 +0000 UTC]

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SolGravionMegazord [2023-01-08 22:15:08 +0000 UTC]

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FinalCylon [2022-06-22 20:57:11 +0000 UTC]

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LordOguzHan [2022-06-01 18:29:46 +0000 UTC]

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Canderou [2022-05-15 15:34:44 +0000 UTC]

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MustardScrubber12 [2022-03-12 21:47:34 +0000 UTC]

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westgm [2021-02-16 17:15:40 +0000 UTC]

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MapyNiepraktyczne [2021-01-20 03:29:49 +0000 UTC]

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RPGryphvs [2021-01-20 01:44:09 +0000 UTC]

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GodofWarhammer [2020-07-30 23:32:04 +0000 UTC]

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JimRaynor2001 [2020-04-22 18:48:14 +0000 UTC]

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CSIalchemist [2019-08-20 00:27:12 +0000 UTC]

Am I the only one who wants the next Elder Scrolls game to take place on one of these continents?

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TheAmazingBacon [2019-08-16 03:52:09 +0000 UTC]

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Omegacronalpha [2019-08-08 00:11:27 +0000 UTC]

Whether it's 100% accurate or not, this is beautiful work! Would you mind if I used this in a mod for Skyrim? I'm sprucing up Thalmor-related interiors, and this map would look beautiful hanging on the wall of the Embassy or Headquarters building. 

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andus98 [2019-07-08 18:02:57 +0000 UTC]

I don't care if it's out of proportions or not, it is amazing and I want it on my wall!

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Snowy0349 [2019-06-21 23:52:30 +0000 UTC]

It seems like the Proportions of this map are all out of wack, Pyandonea is about the size of Cyrodill, aldmeris is 3/4 the size of tamriel and Akavir is connected to Atmora, other than that good art

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RoryFrost [2019-06-01 19:42:46 +0000 UTC]

Fun fact: Aldmeris isn't an actual continent, but more a concept of spiritual elven unity. Modern Thalmori Altmer mistake it for a physical place that they hail from, which is only half true (all that is confirmed by Kirkbride). Another fun fact: Pyandonea is DEFINITELY way smaller than that, it's probably more the size of Auridon. Also, this is far from the complete map of Nirn, as there is still Lyg and probably many other continents that are on the other side of Nirn

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Wolves-of-power15 In reply to RoryFrost [2019-08-22 04:09:03 +0000 UTC]

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HopeDiamond3 [2019-03-16 17:43:47 +0000 UTC]

Hey, I handmade a map 🗺 of the fictional world of World of Orbs. I started out small, by mapping out one continent, but then I got to the other seven, and I have to say, I feel like I did well.

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Whisper292 [2018-10-24 17:39:08 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work! And very handy in fanfiction.

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Dankeus [2018-10-13 16:49:01 +0000 UTC]

You forgot lyg :/

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Tharassian In reply to Dankeus [2018-10-26 23:29:46 +0000 UTC]

I actually seem to recall that Lyg isn't actually on Nirn. 

I think it was the previous version of the world, and got shunted off into Oblivion or Aetherius, maybe?

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Snowy0349 In reply to Tharassian [2019-06-21 23:53:28 +0000 UTC]

We dont really know that, there's so little info that who knows where it is...

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biohazard09 [2018-10-12 00:41:20 +0000 UTC]

What is the land mass north east of High Rock I know its Atmora but it looks realitivly habitable

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HarleyMace [2018-10-09 15:46:34 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work! What is that landmass located northwest of the Azurian Sea and Yokuda? 

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Tharassian [2018-09-11 01:20:34 +0000 UTC]

This is simply stunning. The amount of detail is astounding, and it creates such a vivid image for what Nirn might actually look like. And I love the second compass being centered on the Imperial City.

Out of curiosity, how did you think of how Akavir and Pyandonea might look? Is there anything to indicate them having shapes like this in the lore?

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DanielGillett16 [2018-08-30 22:34:28 +0000 UTC]

is it possible to put something like this map on a globe?

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zephalis [2018-07-30 06:11:39 +0000 UTC]

Did you use a particular map projection?

NASA has an awesome program that lets you switch projections using at input image and the projection from the original (www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/gproje… )

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GHW092 [2018-06-24 00:53:40 +0000 UTC]

Is this really Nirn, or did you made up most of the other landscapes.

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Keenonthedaywalker In reply to GHW092 [2018-06-28 18:30:07 +0000 UTC]

No, this is really Nirn.

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Redatomisk [2018-06-12 00:42:39 +0000 UTC]

Wait... I'm bad at geography, but i don't think Morrowind is part of Tamriel?

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Starweird03 In reply to Redatomisk [2018-08-13 00:30:35 +0000 UTC]

Nah, they’re just not part of the Empire, they maintain autonomy in exchange for the regulated sale of ebony to the Imperial Military. I mean, that WAS the case, but now it would seem that between the Thalmor takeover and the Argonian invasion, the place is a lawless war-scape.

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Keenonthedaywalker In reply to Redatomisk [2018-06-28 18:31:49 +0000 UTC]

It is. It's the place at the top right(The top-top right is Vvanderfell and if you go farther down, then that is also part of Morrowind, just different provinces.)

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whatkop [2018-05-14 09:56:28 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful, love how the lines converge on the Imperial City, like with Jerusalem in old maps. Who's Dravarol though?

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gingigamer [2018-04-19 03:14:52 +0000 UTC]

Why are the Somerset Isles called Alinor?

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Keenonthedaywalker In reply to gingigamer [2018-06-28 18:33:02 +0000 UTC]

As far as I know, they were called Alinor before the High-Elves formed the Aldmeri Dominion. 

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Wraithikses-Artses In reply to gingigamer [2018-04-29 15:30:20 +0000 UTC]

The Third Aldmeri Dominion (created after the Oblivion Crisis), is what they call the Summerset Isles

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gingigamer In reply to Wraithikses-Artses [2018-09-06 04:21:29 +0000 UTC]

No the islands were called the Summerset Isles long before the Oblivion Crisis. At least since the Second Era as ESO shows us.

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Dankeus In reply to gingigamer [2018-10-13 16:50:56 +0000 UTC]

The main island was called Alinor in the merethic era, after that it was called the summerset isle and the smaller island has always been called Auridon. During 4E 22 it was named back to Alinor

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SolarStorm7 [2018-03-25 22:08:41 +0000 UTC]

Anyone else see essentially a flooded version of North America in Aldmeris?

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Keenonthedaywalker In reply to SolarStorm7 [2018-06-28 18:33:32 +0000 UTC]

lol, yeah!

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abuchhorn [2018-03-05 15:21:07 +0000 UTC]

Great map. Don't think I have seen one with this much detail yet!

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are414 [2017-12-04 03:24:43 +0000 UTC]

Could you let me use your flag for my micronation? [I refer to this :

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maha0 [2017-11-28 19:48:24 +0000 UTC]

wow, this is so pretty

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EuclideanMan [2017-10-13 11:18:43 +0000 UTC]

So how big is Atmora? Like Antarctica? 

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Veprem [2017-10-10 00:18:45 +0000 UTC]

I heard a theory that Aldmeris was basically the "Pangaea" of Nirn. It was a super continent that split into the continents Nirn has now.

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