Lame CorprusEdit
Lame corprus are deformed and deranged victims in the advanced stages of the dreaded Corprus Disease. They are more dangerous than their Corprus Stalker counterparts. The disease greatly increases the victim's strength and abilities which makes them dangerous opponents, in addition to the fact that you can catch the incurable disease from them. They are able to regenerate themselves.
- See also: Ash Creature
LamiaEdit
Lamias (or Lamiae) are a species of amphibious reptilian beastfolk. They have a serpentine appearance, with the torso of a woman and the tail of a snake. Despite appearing to be exclusively female, it is assumed they are hermaphroditic or sexless. They repoduce by laying eggs. Lamias are larger than most other mortal races, and according to one unconfirmed fable, are capable of interbreeding with them. They appear to be cold-blooded and are known to lounge in the sun.
Found in various parts of Tamriel, they can live in water or on land, although they rarely venture far from the water, and are known to take up residence in abandoned ruins. The smaller, more aquatic Lamia of High Rock are considered a distinct variety from the larger scaley "desert Lamias" found in other parts of Tamriel such as Hammerfell.
Land CoralEdit
Land Coral is a bizarre, bioluminescent, and possibly sentient coral species that grows on land. They can very rarely be found on land along the Inner Sea on both inner Morrowind and Vvardenfell. They come shaped as Antler Coral of a variety of sizes, with the potential to grow large enough to tower above the landscape. They give off a natural firelike bioluminescent glow.
Land DreughEdit
Land Dreugh are crab-like creatures that are a common but dangerous target for hunters after their armored hide and the unique wax from their shells. Sometimes called "billies", Land Dreugh are more aggressive and territorial than aquatic Dreugh. The Land Dreugh are commonly accepted to be a unique stage in the life-cycle of the normally aquatic Dreugh, which undergo karvinasim for a single year and emerge onto land to breed.[1] After the year of karvinasim, the Dreugh return to the sea, shedding their air organs in a process known as meff.[2] However, other scholars have argued Land Dreugh are a separate species, only distantly related to aquatic Dreugh.[3]
LarkEdit
Larks are a type of songbird. Snow larks are a variety of larks found in the province of Skyrim,[4] while meadow larks were known in the province of the Summerset Isles.[5]
Larks are often associated with beautiful singing voices, and skilled bards were sometimes said to possess the voice of a lark.[4][6] Some ships were named after them, such as the River Lark.[7] Idioms involving larks were present in the cultures of the Khajiit,[8] Altmer,[5][9] and Nords.[4][6] An infamous thief from Rosgard, active during the Second Era, adopted the nickname Lark of Rosgard. He was known for his mask featuring avian motifs.[10][11]
- See also: Meadowlark
LeechEdit
Leeches are blood sucking parasitic worms that can found in swamps and marshes, often in stagnant water.[12] The Shadowfen Creeping Leech is a type of leech that can be found in Shadowfen at certain times of the year. The Moray Leech can be found in the waters of Coldharbour.[13] Silk Leech is used as an ingredient in the kitchens of Tamriel.[14]
The Ebony Blade is sometimes known as "the Sword of Leeches",[15] or simply "the Leech".[16]
LemurEdit
Lemurs are a type of primate,[17] very similar to monkeys. Sugarsnow Monkeys are a species of lemur native to Elsweyr known for stealing moon sugar.[18] Lemurs are the namesake of certain enchanted fur helmets found in Cyrodiil.[17]
LichEdit
Liches are undead necromancers which have embraced the power of lichdom, the most sophisticated form of Undeath. It is commonly done by transferring their soul into an object called a 'Phylactery'. They are typically selfish and power-hungry, destroying all in their search for souls to repair the Phylactery. Extremely intelligent and powerful, a commonly held myth is that if the Phylactery is destroyed the lich will also be destroyed; however, the Phylactery simply serves as a vessel during the transference, and once the necromancer has transcended the Phylactery is of no consequence.
Though destroying the Phylactery will not automatically destroy a lich, a number of liches have used their Phylacteries as an anchor to allow them to revive after being slain. In such cases the destruction of the Phylactery is required in order to permanently slay the lich itself, with the Phylactery being described as an object to which the lich is bound due to their unique nature, and a tether along which the lich can return to the world, thus making their death no longer a concern. Phylacteries have also been likened to a spiritual focus, like an arcane vessel or container that contains larger portions of one's soul, thus making them powerful but dangerous tools. The form a Phylactery takes can vary, and there have been cases of liches using their towers, or even an entire realm they created themselves as a Phylactery, to anchor themselves and revive after death.In some cases, permanently destroying the lich might require shattering its otherwise imprevious Phylactery with tools imbued with the lich's own power, and physically killing it before it can recreate a Phylactery while in its "hemomorphic spiritual form". In others one might have to shatter multiple Phylacteries and vanquish the slivers of the lich's soul guarding them in order to destroy the lich itself. There have been liches that achieved such a form of immortality that they could not be permanently slain and had to be sealed away through the use of a sealing ritual and an Elder Scroll that would bind them to the one future where they failed to escape.
There have been cases of slain liches whose souls were extracted through rites of cleansing possessing their would be killers and consuming their spirits from within, instead, merging the lich and its vanquisher into a composite being. Such was the case for lich Erandur-Vangaril, a lich formed when the spirit of the former Mages Guild wizard Vangaril, was consumed from within by the spirit of his former friend whom he had slain, the lich Erandur.
- Variations: Ancient Deathpriest, Ancient Lich, Ayleid Lich, Dragon Priest, Nether Lich
LionEdit
Lions are large, predatory felines found mainly in Cyrodiil, Hew's Bane, Bangkorai, and Reaper's March. A female lion is known as a lioness.[19] Desert lions are a species found in the Alik'r Desert.[20] The Black Mane lion is evidently named after the black mane their species has. They are used by the Bi-Lunar Guard as mounts at the Palace of the Mane near Torval, and riding one near them is considered taboo.[21]
The name lion is sometimes used interchangeably with Senche-lions, a type of Senche-cat.[22]
- See also: Mountain Lion
LizardEdit
Lizards are small reptiles that can often be seen basking in the sun, their habitats include deserts or more tropical environs.[23] Lizards are typically harmless, living on a diet of small bugs, but some are poisonous, or feast on live flesh. It can be nearly impossible to tell harmless ones apart from the deadly species.[24] Lizards are able to smell with their tongues and can make good trackers.[25] Xaht lizards are very small lizards that inhabit Blackwood.[26] Other species of lizard include ancestor lizards, chameleons, geckos, and skinks.
Lizard BullEdit
The Lizard Bulls are a mysterious race of beasts indigenous to the islands along the coast of Pyandonea. They were accidentally discovered during the Interregnum on an ill-fated expedition to Pyandonea by a crew of pirates, who were led by the infamous Captain Wereshark. Due to both the immediate hostility between the two parties and their sheer remoteness from Tamriel, little is known about them beyond what was documented during this expedition.
Captain Wereshark's first mate described them as massive quadrupedal monstrosities, wielding "glittering trident(s) shiny as one you'd see carried by some stuffy Altmer Queensguard". The first mate theorized that they may have killed the inhabitants of the island who lived within the stick huts scattered throughout, though whether any other race ever truly lived there was left unclear.
Lizard Bulls are extremely durable and skilled at combat, with just eight of them of defeating an entire Maormeri armada. Their level of intelligence is unfortunately unknown, as Wereshark's crew never had a chance to speak to them prior to their mage assaulting one with a fireball to the face.
Lizard-SteedEdit
Lizard-Steeds (sometimes spelled Lizard Steeds) are Useful Lizards shaped by the Hist to look like large animals commonly used as mounts by the people of Tamriel. The Hist shaped them as such to allow the Argonian people to travel long distances in the swamps. Horses, wolves, and other creatures traditionally used as mounts are not suited for long travel through the deep swamp; these mounts can get stuck in the mud, catch sloughskin from fleshflies, or eat poisonous flora and die. Lizard-Steeds do not have such issues.
The origin of the Lizard-Steeds is similar to the Argonians' own origins. The Argonian Parable of Becoming states that the Hist found the humanoid forms of Men and Mer useful, molding the form of the swamp's lizards after them to create Argonians.
Lizard ManEdit
Lizard men (or lizardmen), though once thought to be distant cousins of the Argonians, evidently possess nothing human within them whatsoever. They are a race of carnivorous reptiles, whose use of language stretches only far enough to communicate the location of their prey to the rest of their hunting party, which then move in to attack and feed.[27]
During the Imperial Simulacrum, lizard men were among the beasts that infested Stonekeep during its occupation by goblins working for Golthog the Dark.[28] One was also among the specimens in the Bestiary of the Crystal Tower.[29]
LobsterEdit
Lobsters are clawed crustaceans known for their use in Imperial cuisine.[30] Deadrock Lobsters are a species found only in the lake waters of the Telvanni Peninsula.[13] Dreugh meat apparently smells like lobster.[31] Hadolids are sometimes compared to lobsters.[32][33]
LocustEdit
Locusts are a type of swarming insect,[34] known to eat crops.[35] In ancient times, the "Chase Away" song was used to ward off cane-locusts.[36] Certain spriggans use a spell known as "Locust Rain".[37]
- See also: Cricket and Grasshopper
LouseEdit
Lice are tiny parasitic insects that infest fur,[38] hair,[39][40] and feathers.[41][42] They are also known to commonly infest the beds in taverns and inns.[43][44][45][46] One particularly stingy innkeeper who charged for keeping pets in their rooms, would count lice as pets.[47] Some people dismiss groups of people they consider unclean as "lice-ridden".[48][38][49] Kwam-lice are a species found in Morrowind.[UOL 1]
LurcherEdit
Lurchers (or Log-striders) are lumbering plant-like creatures of multiple origins. They often created as a form of wooden golem, described as constructs made from bark, moss, and evil magic. Lurchers often attack by expelling clouds of choking pollen from their glowing core. This pollen has been known to spread disease in High Rock.
Reachmen create them by binding evil spirits to crudely made bodies of vines, twisted branches, and knurled bark. There also have been instances of Briarhearts from the Winterborn clan transforming themselves into briar heart tree lurchers through hagraven rituals involving fire, vines, and blood.
Lurchers have been described by Nords as the "accursed brothers" or "polluted cousins" of Spriggans. Their crude artificial bodies are said to contrast them with the lithe forms of the Spriggans created by Kyne. The Bloodthorn Cult performs a perverted ritual using Spriggans as a base, twisting the creatures into lurchers and leaving them as shells of their former selves. Members of the Beldama Wyrd considered these lurchers abominations.
Lurchers are looked upon positively in Valenwood, where they are created by the local Bosmer frequently. The Bosmer create Lurchers using the local flora as a base, adding other ingredients such as bug parts to give their lurchers special elemental qualities. The Shimmering Kollopi Tree produces seeds that can be grown into vengeful lurchers. In Greenshade, the tribal Bosmer see lurchers as gifts from the Wilderking, and "embodiments of the raw energy of the forest". The lurchers that resided within Shadowfen were known to coexist peacefully with the native wildlife and nature spirits, some of them having resided in the area since ancient times.
LurkerEdit
Lurkers are large daedric creatures that come from the murky waters of Apocrypha. They appear as tall, fishlike amphibious humanoids with gaping mouths and needle-like teeth described as "towering monstrosities". They have what appears to be armor or thick scales lining their lower arms and legs.
LynxEdit
Lynxes are small wild cats found in Cyrodiil and Skyrim. They are usually found either sitting or resting on top of bigger rocks and cliffs, often alone or in pairs. They can even be found in the tops of large trees. Lynxes are common in the snow banks east of Morthal.
There are large species of lynxes that can be used as mounts.[50][51] Most notably, tiger-lynxes that can be found in the West Weald. The cubs of these species are the size of normal adult lynxes.[52]
- See also: Caracal
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 2920, Sun's Dawn — Carlovac Townway
- ^ Revolting Life Cycle of the Dreugh — Fronto Maecilius
- ^ Brenus Astis' Journal — Brenus Astis
- ^ a b c Hilde's dialogue in Skyrim
- ^ a b Selenwe's Journal — Selenwe
- ^ a b Generic Dialogue in Skyrim
- ^ Adwig's Journal — Adwig Racicot
- ^ Nazdar's dialogue in ESO: Elsweyr
- ^ Five-Fold Felicitations! — Ambarre
- ^ Lark of Rosgard's dialogue and appearance in ESO: Necrom
- ^ Armiger Rilasi's dialogue in ESO: Necrom
- ^ The Pig Children — Tyston Bane
- ^ a b Fishing in ESO
- ^ The Infernal City — Greg Keyes
- ^ Divayth Fyr's dialogue in ESO: The Deadlands
- ^ Item description in Arena
- ^ a b Helmet of the Lemur in Oblivion
- ^ Sugarsnow Monkey pet description in ESO
- ^ Lions and Lionesses in ESO
- ^ Desert Lion and Desert Lionesses in ESO
- ^ Black Mane Lion mount description in ESO
- ^ Haras' dialogue in ESO
- ^ Lizards in ESO
- ^ Lizards — Hatiha
- ^ Vena's dialogue in ESO
- ^ Ioxi-Tulm's dialogue in ESO: Blackwood
- ^ Lizard Men description from Arena's manual
- ^ Fang Lair quest in Arena
- ^ Crystal Tower quest in Arena
- ^ Appearance of Leyawiin Meal, Lobster in ESO: Blackwood
- ^ Maj al-Ragath's dialogue during Pledge: Fungal Grotto I in ESO
- ^ High Isle Preview—The Zone
- ^ Lobster Cracker Achievement in ESO
- ^ Dust-On-Scales, Watch Captain Rama, and Wyress Elain's dialogue in ESO
- ^ Fa'zin's dialogue in ESO
- ^ Twilight Rites and Hymns
- ^ Nazaray's abilities in ESO
- ^ a b Captain One-Eye's dialogue in ESO
- ^ Sheogorath's dialogue in Daggerfall
- ^ A Tale of Kieran — Vegepythicus, editor
- ^ Crowfeather Crown item description in ESO
- ^ A Feast Among the Dead, Chapter III — Severia Quasitto, renowned traveler
- ^ Inn Patron dialogue in Arena
- ^ The Inescapable Helm — Ghrash
- ^ Contumeliorus Florius' dialogue in Oblivion
- ^ Scipion Averno's dialogue in ESO
- ^ Abadarun's dialogue in ESO
- ^ Talerion's dialogue in ESO
- ^ Eyewitness to the Wall
- ^ Falkreath Riding-Lynx mount description in ESO
- ^ Highland Spotted Lynx mount description in ESO
- ^ Highland Spotted Lynx Cub pet description in ESO
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.