Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-14027812-20131029222234/@comment-11509577-20131030173302

Not every Altmer chooses to be a mage as main profession. Fighting the Nords I'd assume they saw the destructive power behind a large two handed weapon and adopted it. Regardless its in game because it would be unfair to not make a full weapon set for one class of weapon just because they might not have used it. Someone in the world of the Elder Scrolls is a High Elven two handed war hammer wielding juggernaut. An example would be the Dunmer who is a Companion, he claims to have the heart of a Nord, granted, he doesn't wield a two handed weapon but he chose arms rather than magicka and he is an elf.