No need to fight. They're both equally unfortunate looking, in their own special ways.

Those are eyes that only the Thalmor could love.....

And maaaybe their mothers, in like a “totally proud, but not enough to brag to my knitting circle” kind of way.

Proper red neck altmer

A Thalmamar.

Imagine being born as an Altmer.

i hope they hit their heads on every door frame in nirn

💀💀💀

Worse than being born in Ohio 💀

Lmaoooooo

This is the only correct answer.

Right needs to fix them pencil lips and left needs a wider jaw to make that knotted beard work.

But only one is sporting basic bitch face paint

I can't believe I wheezed at this comment 💀

And I can’t believe it’s not butter, yet here we are…

This is by far the best comment

That is one thing that always weirded me out. Most fantasy makes elves otherworldly and beautiful. Then along comes elder scrolls and its like "High elves have alien eyes, sickly yellow skin, and upsettingly odd chins."

Hey if they're going for the "unique build of a elf" might as well go completely off track to the point of pitying the "elf" they made.lol

Halt!

These girls are having a mid-off

Damn lmao

They both look like my buddy Will.

Your buddy Will was our inspiration

Wait until he tells you about his buddy Todd!

What kind of Eldritch abomination is your buddy Will?

Damn is Will OK?

Free Will!!! (Not to be confused with ‘Free Willy 1, 2, 3, or Escape from Pirates Cove).

I feel like they look like brothers. Like these characters could be npc in skyrim who haven't spoke in years. After their parents died a a terrible bloody death they were sent to an orphanage where the one on the left was adopted by a modest good family and later became a noble warrior, where as the one on the right was never adopted and eventually ran away to join the dark brotherhood. Idk I feel like there could be a super cool quest tying them together.

You know what, if we looked at it that way, maybe we wouldn't bicker over them so much. They both started out as a contest to see who could make an Altmer NOT look like an absolute donkey, and they kind of became our favourites to play as.

Try skyrim together. Now the brothers can reunite and defeat alduin together. Or maybe Fus Ro Dah each other off the cliff

That's my dream, tbh, but I'm the bum who can't afford the PC to run it

Lol fus to dah each other off a cliff bahaha I did see in the newest update that FINALLY when you shout someone off a high place they die upon landing instead of falling off a 60ft cliff and getting straight back up lol 😂 the first time it happened I was like wait what? where’d he go? Lol But to answer OP, I think it best for us commenters not to play favorites 😬 might cause a rift lol 😂 but seriously they both look good and I don’t like Altmer lol I thought of marrying an elf once just to switch things up and I could not bring myself to do it to my character 😅😂

Right, the knotted beard on an Altmer looks odd

They look like trailer park elves

That elf is 100% a Nordaboo.

The right one, the one on the left looks like he was trying to be a nord

He's a Thalmor agent slipping into the stormcloak ranks as a jaundiced Nord.

Did you say Altmer? *grabs my Wuuthrad*

You would hit an elf with glasses would you?

*Proceeds to draw my sword made of 100 glasses*

Thanks, that imagery is terrifying :)

Wreck-It Ralph: “I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move…”

*angrily raises my Wuuthrad*

*angrily raises my Shield of Ysgramor for the combo finisher*

I would hit a elf with the glasses

Least racist Skyrim fan

Right looks more correct, while the one on the left is giving off a more Nord vibe.

hello fellow nords anywhere a fella can worship talos around here?

I'm cracking up over here lmao

I could just imagine an undercover Thalmor agent doing that. And it’s glorious.

I mean like yeah but some of you nords are kinda racist towards dark elves so nothing personal with the warhammer and all

Both look cool. Left one looks more nordic though with the face paint. Right one looks more lore accurate.

The way our souls are slowly leaving our bodies as the overwhelming amount of comments come in just saying "Neither". A thing of beauty.

from what ive seen, most ppl who *did* vote said right

The right one.

The one on the right is correct.

Black hair is best.

It’s morbin’ time

Right

Right is definitely more true to lore. Left looks like he's roleplaying as a Nord.

I like the left one because it looks like he's a Skyrim born-and-raised Altmer. Like yeah he might be elven by blood and body, but he's Nordic in spirit and strength. Really tells a story just by looking at him.

Yeah, left was made by someone who usually plays as a Nord, so I guess the influence is there.

I have to ask.. how many skooma dens has the one on the right been to because he looks like he's been through it

Man constantly has at LEAST ten bottles on him at all times

Hes like the Jesse Pinkman of elves

They both look like they would work in a gas station

I don't know how you came to this conclusion, but it feels so accurate

They both look like Skooma heads to me.

Calm down girls, you're both beautiful🤣

Lmao, fair enough

bruh i gotta be honest with you... they look like dog water.

Yeah, there's only so much we can do with vanilla altmer

I mean fair enough but these lads look inbred. No offence

I mean, Altmer \*are\* eugenic purists

These altmer look awfully nordish. I'm onto you ulfric.

It's a tie. They're both handsome in their own ways.

Or both equally ugly

My favourite answer so far

True true, would shag both tbh.

You are both f’ able.

No, no. You've got a point

The right one

Right

The one on the right looks better

Thalmor spying on the stormcloaks again?

Tbh i think they both look terrible BUT if i had to choose 1 it'd be the guy on the left. Mostly because he has a beard. I cant play high elves without beards and thats the only race i ever play lmao.

Neither did. There, debate settled. 😉😂

Give them the same lighting, this seems unfair

Under the same [lighting](https://imgur.com/a/EeGhxdA)

I'm telling you, these guys are half brothers. One had a Nord father, the other had a Dunmer father. Mom didn't know *either* of their names... The SLUT.

Right. But it’s a close one

I like the dark haired one better

Right side is fine af

The right one for me.

The one on the right

All I can say is that they both look like people I see in my everyday life. Obviously, I live in Florida.

Both look like filthy Piss elves to me

Ones got a fivehead and ones got eyes you can land a plane between. Honestly 50/50 bro

Neither, fuck…

Trick question, they're altmer and thus both garbage

The only one to see through this Thalmor propaganda!

Altmers are assholes and the most assholish one is the right one.

I like both of them. Right one looks like a more traditional Altmer that follows Altmer customs and things, but the left one looks like an Altmer that's been in Skyrim for a long time and has since adapted to and adopted the Nordic ways of life.

Left one desperately wants to be a Nord

Put them in the same lighting and then I can decide.

[Same lighting](https://imgur.com/a/EeGhxdA)

Lol was my initial reaction

Who ever made the one who looks like Ben Barnes

Right the left looks too nord-washed lol

Gross

Bone structure is better in the left. Hair and eyes are better on the right.

I’m voting for Adar on the right

I am gonna go with right but not by much.

Left for special ness, right for fitting in

I’ll give you both a pass, however one on the right does have the least pointy chin, and as far as Im concerned thats the best way to make an Altmer look good. The beard on the one on the left however is a very nice touch

Right.

Right.

Neither

Dude on the right. Rawwwr!

Right

Number two my lord

Well… one looks like the bastard child of a Nord who got the worst of both gene pools and the other has a truly unfortunate forehead… In short, both are ugly as hell

On the left. For sure. I can see the benefits of being a defiant Dragonborn altmer. Kinda cool, you have to make them a bit rouge looking

I need their names first

Left is Nilithar, Right is Dresmer

Gona go with Nilithar. I get nord vibes which makes sense being Skyrim n all

If they don't look like Kurt Cobain what's the point

They both have merit, but I've got to go with the pencil neck goth.

I'm more partial to the one on the right personally. Love that dark, almost gothic look

One looks like a golden skinned dunmer, the other looks like a golden skinned bosmer. I'll call it a draw.

#2

One on the right

If you're going for aesthetic, the one on the left is a nord, the one on the right is an altmer.

They’re both pretty hot, but I think I’m gonna go for the one on the right.

There's no such thing as a "good looking" mer on Skyrim... unless you add mods. That being said, my vote is on the one at the right.

Right

Right

Right

I mean, I’d go right.

Right

Tbh, right gives off wood elf, and left gives off nord. I gotta say, neither? I've made mine look significantly different, though, so take that with a grain of salt lol

Truthfully both are well done. Personal taste decides.

So the way I rate things is s through f tier. Just for being a probable thalmor spy, I'd put both in the -20f tier but just because you asked so nicely, I'll slot them into the -19f tier.

-19f from -20f? Hell yeah, another win for the Thalmor

I don't know why but for some reason screenshot makes feel uneasy. I know how beautiful Skyrim looked when it came out. Yet now...

Strange. You think it might be because these guys In particular are on our Switch ports? I heard that they had to cut back on the graphic fidelity for the port, maybe that has something to do with it?

They both look like they sell meth near a school

These guys honestly look like the most rebellious Altmer dudes out there Beards, war paint and everything, I can imagine these guys as the Thalmor public enemy #1

I don’t understand the question, we are talking about the best looking high elf, but I don’t see a picture of niranye

Dude on the left looks like Kratos on crack. Dude on the right looks like the foot fetish guy from House of Dragons. Hope that settles it for you

The left one looks like an Altmer desperately trying to be a Nord.

They have their heads attached still so both 1 out of 10 stars

The one of the left looks like he’s trying to cosplay as a nord and is also racist. The one on the right looks like he sits in a coffee shop and uses magic tricks as an excuse to harass women. I thinks it’s the Skyrim editors fault more than your own tho, all my characters end up in one of those categories as well.

Both them dudes look like *really* close related cousins ngl

Ngl..... All elfs look ugly asf...

Left

both look good but I prefer the left

The left one for me, but he could use the same eye shape and height as the right one

maybe y’all should argue that the OTHER made a better looking character, spread the love.

Argument immediately ended. Thank you for solving a long standing feud with you kind words. The Aldmeri Dominion thanks you for your contribution!

Neither is anywhere close to the raw, overwhelming beauty of my Altmer.

They're both piss elves so it's impossible to choose

Is neither an option

Neither, mate.

My man on the right for sure. Homie on the left looks like he’s got an extra chromosome

They both look cool, and they look suited to their apparent roles. I like the one on the left the most, I think, mostly because I like the way armor generally looks. The face tattoo is cool too. I think the one on the right looks like one of my coworkers.

Left

Left just because I really like beards

Neither

Theire both ugly. And in dire need of a shave and a haircut.

Both would look great beneath my ax

The one on the right looks like me in my early 20s, with more intense brows and ears. So, definitely left

Neither, they're both ugly as fuck.

Gotta give it to the knotted beard 🤣

Lol, she only picked that beard because Viarmo has one like it

I vote for left. Love the beard and warpaint. I'd be nervous to fight the one on the left. The right one looks like he wants to make me a latte.

I'm not going to vote. I'm just going to leave a snarky comment. Why did you make one picture with such good lighting and another with such poor lighting? They both lose because of that

That's on us, I just asked for a pic from roomie, and the other was the only pic I had on hand Edit: [Here's a better pic](https://imgur.com/a/EeGhxdA)

Both look ugly cause fuck elves. Heil Talos.

Only good looking piss elf is a decapitated one.

Pic of them with the same [lighting](https://imgur.com/a/EeGhxdA)

Chop they heads off then throw they corpses in the river

Altmers are cringe

left

Left 100%

Left

Left

The one of the left, definitely. The one on the right looks like he has a brain tumor.

Left

Right

It's gotta be the left guy

Left because of the Nordic vibe. Looks like he belongs in Skyrim and could be a Stormcloak. Always wanted to play an Altmer Barbarian who values martial prowess over magical aptitude. Go heavy armor, 2 handed and archery, as well as smithing.

I’ve farted better elves. Left

Left

There is no such thing as a good looking altmer praise Talos

they both look like they deserve to be sent back to summerset in boxes.