Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24.44.141.89-20131113224543/@comment-74.211.92.147-20150420134048

Old discussion, but I'll add my two cents anyway I guess. It's said that the Tsaesci bred with Imperial highborn families, and that in more recent times it was considered quite an honor to bear a Tsaesci name and have their features. If they were serpent-folk, A: how would they breed with humans, and B: wouldn't their progeny appear more serpentine? How many humans with tails instead of legs have we seen? The accounts of them being "snake-like" are largely from books in-game that have gotten other things wrong, so the validity of the book itself is in question. Esbern claims the Tsaesci built Sky Haven, and bowed before Reman, but all depictions of Reman have humans bowing to him. If I were to venture a guess, I'd put my money on them being human, having armor made of scales from beasts in Akavir, riding serpent or lizard like mounts and dragons. And to top it off, much like we frequently refer to people who are underhanded and treacherous as "snakes" (or, snake in the grass, etc) so too were the Tsaesci after betraying the Imperials and taking the throne.