Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24.44.141.89-20131113224543/@comment-108.86.172.6-20131117132127

'No, I do not have a lot of proof. But this is meant for theories. You should take this as seriously as the theory of the Earth being Flat, and Nirn being a Bright Blue Dodecahedron!'

Most sources point to them being humanoid. And about the serpent people thing... Many different theories could help to explain it.

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Natives to Akavir who are Snake Men were used as slave warriors. (a Medusa creature was in TES: Arena.)

Here's my theory and as with all theories, this should be taken with a very large grain of salt.

Argonians, while assumed to be native to Tamriel, are actually from Akavir. The Tsaesci came to Tamriel before Men and Mer. And before the 3 invasions predicted by Vivec. The Elves might not have had too many problems with the Tsaesci, or maybe they did; but there were never any reported stories due to Black Marsh being a giant freaking Swamp. When Nedes came to Tamriel it is possible that the Tsaesci captured and enslaved some of them, which would lead to the 'Human Akaviri' or the future Blades. The Tsaesci are described as Snake Men, Argonians would quite obviously be described as Lizardfolk at the very least; but I have some proof* to support my theory.

A subrace of Argonians called Naga, described as Argonians that had heads that resemble Puff Adders. The Naga are known to be very violent in modern Black Marsh, the Tsaesci seem to be violent as well, according to every single record there is. It's possible that the Tsaesci had different tribes, or groups it's possible one of these could have had a name similar to Saxhleel.

What we do know is that Argonians have very little history tied to them, and the same goes for the Tsaesci. It's possible that some of the Tsaesci were left behind after they came to Tamriel, or maybe they were some kind of a rebel faction setting out to find their own home away from their war-driven leaders. Maybe they could have fled from Akavir after they fought with the Kamal.

It's possible that the Tsaesci Argonians were a more peaceful group, or just a group that wished to keep to themselves. They could have gone through severe cultural changes after their colonization of Black Marsh. Especially due to the Elves' invasions, and the slavery of the Argonians.

Some evolutionary connection may exist between the Argonians, Tsaesci, and the Hist as they are all reptilian' and the Hist was one of only two races that evolved into the current ones.' -TES Wiki                                                                                   Apparently I'm not the only one who believes this theory.

(* http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Naga )

Some other good Articles to look at...

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Akaviri_Invasions

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Akavir_(Continent)

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Marsh

http://elderscrolls.wikia.com/wiki/Kamal