Suthay-raht



The Suthay-raht are a breed of Khajiit, a race that hails from the land of Elsweyr.

Appearance and physiology
The Suthay-raht are very similar in appearance and physiology to their cousins, the Suthay. However the two are not identical. Like the Suthay, the Suthay-raht have upright pointed ears, fur covering their entire bodies, and long tails. They are also significantly taller than the Suthay, though still shorter than some races of Men and Mer. Unlike the Suthay, the Suthay-raht are plantigrades, walking flat on their foot and with a skeletal structure much more similar to that of Men and Mer.

The Suthay-raht have been the most common breed of Khajiit seen in Cyrodiil and Skyrim for more than 200 years, from 3E 433 to 4E 201.

Influences of the moons
The Suthay-raht are one of 17 confirmed breeds of Khajiit, and each breed is born due to the influences of Nirn's two moons, Masser and Secunda.

The former is Nirn's largest moon, and the main influencing force on Khajiit breeds. Depending on Masser's lunar lattice, the Khajiit will fall under one major appearance and physiology out of four possibilities. These are as follows:

Secunda, Nirn's smaller moon, influences the appearance and physiology of a Khajiit in more subtle ways than that of Masser. Generally, the closer Secunda is to a full phase, the less beastlike a breed appears. The closer Secunda is to a Waning phase, the more beastlike a breed appears.

The Suthay-raht is a small biped, born under Masser's new Phase, and Secunda's waning Phase. Interestingly enough, though the Suthay-raht is born in Secunda's waning phase, the Suthay appear more beastlike due to their digitigrade skeletal structure.