Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6685058-20130727045056/@comment-98.28.88.47-20130904223752

Pretty much, yes. The Ehlnofey (or whatever they were called) are the only "creator race" other than the Hist and Khajit that survived Mundus' creation (if I remember it correctly) and eventually evolved into Men and Mer (likely the reason why they can interbreed and create Bretons), Auri-el and the other seven original Aedra supported the Mer (for whatever reason, probably because they were pretty or something.) while Lorkhan/Shor supported Men, and the Daedra just did whatever they were doing back then. After they killed Lorkhan, the Mer ascended to dominance over Nirn until Alessia's time, then slowly lost ground until finally falling under Tiber Septim who would later take up Lorkhan's mantle to become Talos, thus truly showing Man's rise to power. Perhaps this is cyclical, with Men and Mer exchanging positions of power and the balance is slowly turning in the Mers' favor?