Lore:Weltan

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Weltan
Race Redguard Gender Male
Born 2nd Era
Resided in Sentinel
"TheTamrielicword for the divinely rich child of rot, silky, pressed sour milk is…cheese.The Old Redguard word for it is mluo. Tell me, if you were a poet fluent in bothlanguages,which word would you use? "
—Weltan on his choice to write in Old Redguard, excerpted fromThe Alik'rwritten byEnric Milres.

Weltanwas aRedguardpoet and historian from the mid-Second Era.[1][Note 1]As a native ofSentinel,much of his work pertains to his home, theAlik'r Desert,and his affection for it. Weltan wrote in the original Redguard language ofYokubut is also fluent in Tamrielic. He was friends with another author named Enric Milres who wrote about his experience with him and his first time in the Alik'r Desert in the book,The Alik'r.[1]In his works, which includes theEpode of the Ansei WardsandOn the Immortality of Dust,he is credited asWeltan of Sentinel.[2][3]

Weltan is originally from the city-state of Sentinel and has spent much of his career writing several poems about the Alik'r Desert and its history. These poems have been translated into Tamrielic and compiled into books. Some people, like fellow author Enric Milres from theImperial City,believed they learned much about the region from just his poems.[1]

At some point, the two met in a small tavern in Sentinel, where they bonded over their worldly experiences and writings. Even when Enric read all his poems and felt he had a strong understanding of the desert, Weltan believed that no poem or writing could express its splendor and grandeur. He convinced him to experience it for himself. Enric wandered the region for two years[1]and decided to move to Sentinel,[4]where he wrote about his meeting with Weltan and his journey through the desert in his book,The Alik'r.[1]

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