Julian Lefay is a programmer, video game designer and musician. Lefay was in an

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band named Russia Heat, who charted with their single, "Tell Me Your Name". Early in his work, he worked on some PC,

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and

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projects, programming and composed music for ''

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'' and ''

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'', among others. Sometimes referred to as the "Father of '' The Elder Scrolls''", he joined

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shortly after the company's creation in 1987. He held the role of Chief Engineer there for many years, and guided the company through the creation of some of its seminal games, such as ''

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'', ''Arena'', ''Daggerfall'' and ''Battlespire''. ''The Elder Scrolls'' deity Julianos is based on Julian. He worked briefly on '' The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind'' as a contractor after quitting Bethesda in 1998. He also worked at

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briefly and was the Vice President of Development at

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for a time. He was briefly involved in the production of ''

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''. He has said that he does not have a deep love for the products or the jobs he performs today, but he cares greatly for his work and precision in his programming. He implied that he has not visited the Bethesda Studios office in years and that he lives only a few minutes from it. He has stated the house implementation in ''Daggerfall'' was done late and was therefore underdeveloped. He was unhappy with the lack of furniture and other assets that did not make it into the final game. In 2019, it was announced that Lefay would be working on a new open world

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with former

developers Ted Peterson and Vijay Lakshman.

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Julian Lefay
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