Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-6941549-20140614143740/@comment-10104661-20140615212059

202.156.137.220 wrote: The high elves are not based on the Nazis, that's the Thalmor, not the high elves. Even then, the Thalmor are kinda like a hybrid between Nazis and the inquisition.

I think, just maybe, the high elves are based on a hybrid of greeks or something similar, ancient chinese and other civilisations that achieved kinda high social engineering expertise in their day. Yeah, ancient China sounds right. Complex art and architecture, and much focus on a dignified society.