Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-96.33.33.144-20160426124845/@comment-68.196.232.125-20160427110742

96.33.33.144 wrote: To the poster who mentioned the infanticide thing, yeah, that's definitely old propaganda from the Empire just to put them in a negative light. And yeah, I've been thinking it's a rare hair color for Mer - or at least some types of Mer like the Altmer. Then again... the Chimer were basically Altmer with another name and instead of Aedra worship, practiced Daedra and ancestor worship - and I believe they had plenty of dark hair before their change to the Dunmer.

As for why Altmer are taller, Bilitis - well.... no clue. Well, aside from the fact that the Altmer try to stay as close to their Aldmeri ancestors as possible physically, so that I think is the answer. And as for why your female Bosmer's smaller than her Nord housecarl - although Bosmer females are much taller than Bosmer males, there are still races who have females that are tallest (Nords, Orcs, and Altmer). Plus, Nords are typically considered the tallest of the races of Man - both genders.

Anyone else care to chime in on this?

Perhaps Altmer hight could be do to their diet. Bosmer,(the shortest) traditionally only eat meat. Dunmer,(middle hight) the  food mostly relies on small farms, fishing or egg mines, slaves use mostly for luxury good plantations. Altmer,(the tallest) have lage farms that use Goblin slave laber, and they can easily trade for more exotic or nutritious food.