Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-178.168.50.2-20170127094623/@comment-31396746-20170407002550

The ehlnofey were the descendants of the Aedra. They existed on Nirn (which at the time was one big landmass not several.) They were split into two groups. The first group was the Old Ehlnofey, they arrived on Nirn together at the area known as Old Ehlnofey. The other group was the wanderers, they arrived seperated all over Nirn. Eventually the wanderers would find Old ehlnofey again, Making them very happy. However the oldies looked down on the wanderers as degenerates. Eventually war broke out. The Oldies still had a lot of the divine power but the wanderers were more numerous and had been strengthened by their time wandering. This war would end up splitting Nirn into several landmasses. Atmora, Yokuda, Akavir and Old ehlnofey (aka Tamriel). There was also several misc. Lands, such as pyandonea and Thrass. The Old ehlnofey stayed in their land, eventually becoming the mer of Tamriel (although it seems some were on Yokuda as well). The wanderers were split between the other landmasses, eventually becoming humans. These humans would also later make it back to Tamriel. As for the other races? The Argonians are descended (or created) by the hist, which were seperate to the ehlnofey. Khajiit likely were just beasts that eventually evolved into the intelligent creatures we know today, or maybe they were changed by one of their gods. I don't really know. The dragons were created by Akatosh himself, but weren't ehlnofey.