Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-90.206.3.47-20140727224950/@comment-27027447-20151012004938

LDuka wrote:

Liam Shooter Price wrote:

Actually nords are directly descended from Atmorans. As a matter of fact, they are still considered Atmorans even among themselves. This is solidified when the Greybeards refer to Tiber Septim as Talos of Atmora, when you would think that being a Skyrim native, he would be considered "nord", further discrediting the idea that nords are seperate from Atmorans. Although there's no way to tell certainly, Talos is believed to be Atmoran, not Nord. Also, I don't remember seeing any Nord consider him/herself Atmoran. You don't call a dog a wolf just because its a descendant. As this guy:

Purrington wrote: Meh, the Atmorans are to the Nords, what the Aldmer are to the Altmer. Basically the predecessors of the many different races of elves and men, from which they branched off from, and separated. said, Atmorans are to the Nords what Aldmer are to the Altmer. Nords are actually pure-blood Atmoran, but upon arriving in Skyrim, refashioned themselves as "nords". It could also be believed "nord" is simply what Atmoran natives refered to themselves as, much like Morrowind natives called themselves "dunmer".