Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-9062114-20140323022721/@comment-17114085-20140327163149

Zippertrain85 wrote: 71.61.177.24 wrote: Can I just ask where in all Oblivion you guys invented the idea that Men as a group are descended from the Ehlnofey?

Nobody knows where humans come from in the Elder Scrolls universe, full stop. Some are from places pretty far removed from anywhere the Ehlnofey are known to have ever been - Atmora, Yokuda, Akavir (I am going outside of playable races here; I hope you'll excuse me for it), and whatnot. You also have the Kothringi and their fellows, who are from Black Marsh where the Hist seem to have always reigned. I don't understand where you guys are getting this "Men from Ehlnofey" thing.

However, certainly men and mer can interbreed, it's implied that mer and Khajiit can breed although that is in question, and we know that men and orcs can interbreed due to the Gray Prince, which probably falls under the "men and mer" category. Furthermore, I would assume that different races of men can interbreed (there might even be examples in Skyrim) and we know different types of mer can interbreed, presumably including orcs. As to Argonians...well, the females do have breasts, so they're probably at least partially mammalian or at least magically tampered with, but overall, I seem to recall hearing somewhere that they hatch from eggs, and that seems inconducive to interbreeding with mammalians. Unless it's a femal Argonian and a male...whatever else, but even then I severely doubt it would work. Reptile + Mammalian = What sounds to me like a very bad idea. Stick to mucking about in tavern bedrooms. :P

- WorshipsMeridia Books, legends, etc. A lot of different cultures bring up the Ehlonfey and how they are the decendents of men & mer (mostly elven culture, but I digress none the less). Argonians could possibly be like Platipus's, they're mammels, but lay eggs. Which would still mean they can't breed with the other races, as they give birth to their offspring. Argonians only started to have breasts in Oblivion, which is due to Bethesda laziness. They didn't want to make three versions of every armor/outfit in the game(One for Males, one for argonian females and one for non-argonian females). The breasts serve no purpose. As for the Platypus, they feed their milk to their children through their sweat(yes they literately sweat milk), they have no breasts.