| Leamon Tuttle | |
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| Role(s) | Game designer, writer |
| Softworks tenure | Aug 2010—Present[1] |
| Alias(es) | ZOS_LeamonTuttle Tuttle_Power |
Leamon Tuttle Jr. (also known as Lemon Turtle)[2] was the lead loremaster for The Elder Scrolls Online. He joined the ESO team at ZeniMax Online Studios on August 31, 2010[1] as a content designer,[3] doing generalist work including concept artwork for fabricants, pets, and the like.[4] He was a writer on post-launch zones, working as a senior writer-designer for Morrowind and Summerset[3] and was the principal writer on both Clockwork City and Murkmire.[5] He assumed the lead loremaster role in March 6, 2019 following the departure of Lawrence Schick,[5] and retired from the position on April 29, 2022, being succeeded by Michael Zenke.[6] He remains at ZeniMax Online Studios, working on a currently unannounced project.[7] Though he has a youthful appearance, Leamon is currently in his 30s and is happily married, and has two kids.
Tuttle majored in History and Philosophy in college and initially entered the game development industry with the intention of getting into game art, but instead wound up moving into the writing department. He has occasionally appeared as a guest on episodes of ESO Live and has answered community lore questions as part of the Loremaster's Archive series. Among his favorite characters are Sotha Sil, the Drake of Blades, Paarthurnax, Almalexia, and Daedric Princes. He has an Argonian Nightblade in The Elder Scrolls Online.[8]
CreditsEdit
- The Elder Scrolls Online — Content Designers[9]
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited — Writers[9]
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind — Writer/Designers[9]
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Clockwork City — Principal writer[5]
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Murkmire — Principal writer[5]
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset — Writer/Designers[9]
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr — Loremaster[9]
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor — Loremaster[9]
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Markarth — Loremaster
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood — Loremaster[9]
- The Elder Scrolls Online: The Deadlands — Loremaster
- The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle — Loremaster (with Michael Zenke)[9]
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom — Additional Writing[9]
Texts AuthoredEdit
This list is non-exhaustive and includes only texts of which Tuttle is known to be a primary author.
Elder Scrolls Online: Craglorn
Elder Scrolls Online: Imperial City
Elder Scrolls Online: Thieves Guild
Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind
- A Guide to Liturgical Vestments[3]
- Blessed Almalexia's Fables for Evening[3]
- Blessed Almalexia's Fables for Morning[3]
- Dark Elves, Dark Hearts[3]
- Drunken Aphorisms[3]
- Hlaalu Letter of Complaint[3]
- Nix-Hounds: A Manual for New Owners[3]
- Omaren Trial Transcript[3]
- Ordinator Edict[3]
- Silt Strider Caravaner's Log[3]
- Testimonials on Baar Dau[3]
- The Vile Truth of Barbas[3]
Elder Scrolls Online: Clockwork City
- Factotum Model Registry[3]
- Love Poem LT0782[3]
- Proctor Luciana's Journal[3]
- Residential Logistics Log[3]
- Security Survey[3]
- The Factotum's Secret Voice[3]
- The Truth in Sequence[10]
Elder Scrolls Online: Murkmire
- A Culinary Adventure[3]
- Famia Mercius's Journal[3]
- From Wrothgar to Lilmoth: A Smith's Tale[3]
- Murky Time[3]
- On Playing the Frogs[3]
- Teeba-Hatsei[3]
- The Blackwater War[3]
- Tribes of Murkmire[3]
Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset
- Artaeum Lost[3]
- Guide to Altmeri Culture[3]
- The Bright Blade of Captain Castatil: Scene VI[3]
- The Ghost of the Green[3]
- The Price of Praxis[3]
- The Ubiquitous Sinking Isle[3]
Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr
Elder Scrolls Online: Dragonhold
Elder Scrolls Online: Markarth
- Great Spirits of the Reach (with Andrew Young)[3]
- On Dwarven Dynastors[3]
- Red Eagle's Song[3]
- Werewolves: Long-Suffering Guardians[3]
Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood
- Chimes of Silver[3]
- Hymn of Zenithar[3]
- Legate Minutes: Concerning Goblins[3]
- On Marsh Giants[3]
- Tribes of Blackwood[3]
Elder Scrolls Online: The Deadlands
Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle
Meet the Character
- Meet the Character - Divayth Fyr[11]
- Meet the Character — Arana[12]
- Meet the Character — The Impresario[13]
Loremaster's Archive
- Loremaster's Archive — Dragons in the Second Era
- Loremaster's Archive — Mehrunes Dagon & Daedra in the Second Era[14]
Out-of-game
(see also: Leamon Tuttle's Posts)- Interview with Three Argonians in Shadowfen (as Hides-the-Ashes and Heem-Jas)
InterviewsEdit
- Sep 2014: Reddit: Zenimax Online Writer's Reddit AMA
- Sep 2015: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: ESO Live - Episode 25
- Sep 2017: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: What is the Clockwork City?
- Sep 2018: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: ESO Live - The Elder Scrolls Online: Murkmire First Look
- Mar 2019: UESP: Leamon Tuttle Loremaster Interview
- Mar 2019: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: ESO Live - Loremaster Leamon Tuttle Introduction
- Mar 2019: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: Don’t Get Caught! Necromancy in The Elder Scrolls Online
- Apr 2019: The Tel Mora Independent Press: Interview with Loremaster Leamon Tuttle
- May 2019: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: Elsweyr Burns – Dragons in The Elder Scrolls Online
- Jun 2019: Reddit: Elsweyr & Update 22 AUA
- Jan 2020: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: ESO - Dark Heart of Skyrim - Global Reveal Event
- Feb 2020: Loreseekers Podcast: Leamon Tuttle on Loreseekers Podcast
- May 2020: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: ESO Live - Art and Lore of Greymoor
- Oct 2020: Written in Uncertainty: Interview with Leamon Tuttle
- Jan 2021: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: ESO 2021 Global Reveal Event - Gates of Oblivion
- Oct 2021: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: Deadlands Preview—Characters, Stories, & Settings
- Jan 2022: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: ESO 2022 Global Reveal - High Isle
- Jan 2022: ForTheWin: The Elder Scrolls Online lore interview – we won’t “step anywhere near” the Dwemer
- Jan 2022: GameRant: Elder Scrolls Online's Loremaster, Lead Writer Talk What's To Come In 2022
GalleryEdit
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The Lemon Turtle on ESO Live
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The Lemon Turtle
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Leamon (top left)
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Leamon with the writing team (right end)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b @Tuttle_Power (Aug 31, 2020) via Twitter
- ^ The Elder Scrolls Online: New Loremaster & Update 21 Improvements on ESO Live
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- ^ Concept work, wild and crazy generalist-type
- ^ a b c d @TESOnline (March 6, 2019) via Twitter
- ^ ESO Live: April 29 at 4PM EDT—Meet Our New Loremaster & Explore High Isle - The Elder Scrolls Online
- ^ (April 22, 2022) via Twitter
- ^ Leamon Tuttle on Loreseekers Podcast
- ^ a b c d e f g h i ElderScrollsOnline.com: ESO Credits
- ^ @Tuttle_Power (Oct 2, 2021) via Twitter
- ^ ESO Live - Clockwork City First Look
- ^ @slavicsek (Oct 21, 2020) via Twitter
- ^ @slavicsek (Jan 23, 2022) via Twitter
- ^ (May 11, 2021) via Twitter