User blog:Zippertrain85/Real life comparisons to Elder Scrolls races (human edition).

In the Elder Scrolls games it didn't take long for me to notice each race is based off of a preticlar culture. So I'm going to write this blog to go over my intepretation of each human race and what I believe they represent. My opinion may not be the same as yours, so if you have different opinion feel free to share it in the comments. I like seeing what you guys think.

Nords & Skyrim:

If you've played Skyrim you can definitely see how the Nords are releated to Vikings and Skyrim is realated to Scandinavia. The way the Nords talk, fight, and how their cities look are very viking like. For example, a lot of Nords have blonde hair, which a lot of northern europeans do too. They value combat prowess, the vikings did too. And they love to drink mead and sing songs of their adventures, vikings did too. They even have their own Asguard, Sovngarde. The way their weapons look are also viking like, the big axes, the warhammers, etc. Skyrim it's self looks like the Viking homeland, Scandinavia. Which was cold and had a lot of tall mountains. In my opinion the real life version of Skyrim I would imagine is Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and possibly Germany and Russia. With Iceland being kind of like Solstheim. I also have always considered Greenland to be the real life version of Atmora. Now I know that's not the most lore accurate idea, but bear with me. A large large mass that's extremely cold to live in. That's kind of how Atmora is described.

Imperials & Cyrodiil:

It's pretty obvious what the Imperials are supposed to be too, the Romans. They're somewhat dark skinned, they're buidlings and armour looks the same as the romans, etc. Also, Rome used to have a huge Empire that spanned most of Europe, the Middle East, and Northern Africa. What is Cyrodiil known for if not the Empire of Tamriel. I would consider Cyrodiil to be Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, and Turkey in the real world. It even makes sense geographically, since Scandinavia is right above most of those countries, just like Skyrim is right above Cyrodiil.

Bretons & High Rock:

The Bretons just based off of their name could be considered the Celtics of Tamriel. They seem to have very middle ages or renaissance type culture. They kind of do look like Celts, not as muscluar or warrior like as the Nords, but not as syphisticated as the Imperials. Like a half breed, which is what Bretons are (not with Nords and Imperials though, but I digress). I would say High Rock is kind of like France, UK, Ireland and possibly Spain and Protgual. Because that's where the celts usually lived, and the Temperate foresty area that High Rock is like is common in those areas.

Redguards & Hammerfell.

Looking at Redguard NPCs you see in the Elder Scrolls game you'll probably realize that they're based off of Middle Eastern or Arabic culture. The way they look might not look completey middle eastern and more south african, but it's a hot place and they do have pretty dark skin there. They also where pretty arabic looking clothes, just look at the what Nazir wears. The "curved swords" that the Redguards are also known for using are pretty popular in arabian countries. I assume Hammerfell would be in real life, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Yeman, Isreal, and Armania. I consider the Reguard's original homeland to be kind of like Australia, now just like Atmora being like Greenland it isn't completely lore friendly. But the Environment fits the decription. An island that's supposed to be hot and barren. That's what Australia is like.

So that's my intepretation of all the human cultures on Tamriels. Tell me what you think in the comments. And stick around for the Elven edition.