Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24.44.141.89-20131113224543/@comment-121511-20150215132016

It's important to remember that the Tsaesci were fought against both during the Akaviri invasion of Tamriel and the Imperial invasion of Akavir, and that they ruled the Empire for quite some time as well. I don't believe their description as snake men by so many sources to be simple metaphor: it's likely they simply had humans in their service as part of their empire.