Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-11345660-20130908095939/@comment-3573184-20130912200254

Pink Slim wrote: didn't they originate in aldmeris, but were sperated from the collective during creation? No, at least not that I am aware. The wandering Ehlnofey chose to wander, they weren't forceably separated from the rest of the group or anything.

either way, they were a single race/species and men/mer are just two different breed types where each race is a part of one of the greater sub-types. Yes, both men and Mer originate from the same original "species".

Argonians are critical creations of the Hist trees, who are from Oblivion.