Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-8248675-20130606043855/@comment-74.115.1.38-20140520025716

I think he is a Nord. We have established that he is NOT an Atmoran, nor an Imperial, nor Redguard, or elven or beast race. This leaves the Nords and Bretons. Now if you look in Oblivion's depiction of him, he looks Breton, but also looks extremely young. He was dragonborn, gifted with Thum', but most dragonborn's we know, except for the lat one (Skyrim Character) was a Nord, that and Nords by birth are gifted with Thum', but the Empire outlawed it. If you look at him in later years, he looks like a Nord. If you know his real name, it is very Nordic, and was probably from a Nord family in Highrock. Though his name also states a breton back round, remember he was brought up in Highrock. Another reason is the fact that he was trusted by many Nord Jarls, Nords hated/ do hate outsiders, remember night of tears, they still hold a grudged for that and that's much later in the relevant days of Skyrim, think about it back then. My final reason that he had at least some nordic backround is because all the races of men, excluding Reguards, all trace back to the Atmorians, who became Nords :D So, though i do think he is a Nord, if it turns out he was a Breton, He still has to have some Nordic backround, so in the end, Nords win!