Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24.44.141.89-20131113224543/@comment-218.186.253.234-20131220050023

Dovahsebrom wrote: "His counter-strike met only air as his foe fell flat to the ground and slithered between his legs, tripping him"

"When Savirien-Chorak was rearing back to begin another series of blinding attacks, the Prince kicked at his tail, sending him falling back momentarily"

-2920, vol 01 - Morning Star

"How that Akaviri could slither across the grass without making a sound was a mystery to him."

-2920, vol 03 - First Seed

"Savirien-Chorak slithered to the wall"

-2920, vol 06 - Mid Year

“I am a snake, your Imperial Majesty, inside and out.

-2920, vol 12 - Evening Star

Everytime these Akavri move it is said that they "slithered", so it seems to be that it is a bit more literall than it is figurative.

It's pretty damn obvious that the Tsaesci are intended to be serpents (the fact that they are referred to as sepent-men/snake-men should honestly be enough evidence to prove that).

It is most probable that men lived amongst the Tsaesci. In real life, if argonians were real, I think you can trip them by stepping on their tail if they were maneouvering really fast. Also, I never said the Tsaesci weren't serpent men, but they could walk on legs and still have a long tail, that could be a hinderence if stepped on, kicked hard enough (cause the tail is not prehensile) or pinned down. Some animals need their tails for balance. Slithered can be figurative, as the potentate and his son were snake men, plus they were crafty and sly, so its kind of a double barrel figurative word, especially if their gait forced their tail to swing around as they walked akin to serpentine motion.

The only Tsaesci we saw here are the Potentate and his son as well (we can assume his wife was a snake person as well) - I did write that they might be a collective of various races under one banner. Just because one person looks like that does not mean everyone else is (for example if you were really handsome (if you're a guy) or beautiful (if you're a girl), I can't assume your whole family looks like you, as they could be ugly...). Unless there was a huge quantifying statement released by Beth that the whole Tsaesci are a single race of snake men, we can't assume such except for the Potentate, where its clearly discribed. In fact, I question the accuracy of the books, cause they can be part truth part fantasy, like the chinese literature "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". The author cannot be seen as 100% reliable, as this is still a secondary source in a way. So, the main problem is that unless we saw a Tsaesci first hand, they can be anything, snakes, argonians, men/mer in fancy dress, eldritch abominations, tiny dragons...

What I am saying is that there is really no point about debating this (although your use of evidence is pretty good), because the evidence is so little and applies to so little people that there is no concrete way anyone can really prove anything, unless Beth releases a official statement, or makes a game were Tsaesci are a race and you play as them.