Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-71.61.178.23-20130623221624/@comment-71.61.178.23-20130717183517

Wolfishtail wrote: Ok so, what we know about the Lilmothiit is that they were a nomadic tribe of vulpine looking Beastfolk, who lived in Black Marsh. Very little evidence of there existence remains.

What we know about the Argonians (their closest Neighbors) is that they believe they were created by the Hist and that the Khahaten Flu didn't affect anyone of "reptilian stock"

What we can deduce from this is:
 * That they were canine, the Khajiit being feline makes it very unlikely that these 2 races are related in anyway.
 * Being from Black Marsh they were probably killed of by the Khahaten Flu, if they were around for it at that time.
 * Being Nomadic in nature they could have just left Tamriel
 * if they were destroyed before the Khahaten Flu, the Hist may have had something to do with there demise(total speculation)

Apart from this, we cannot really speculate much more without more evidence Well, modern felids and canids are descended from common ancestors (I'm talking way back, before the existence of humans or humanoids), so it's possible they might be related, if V E R Y distantly. And since they were from Black Marsh, it seems likely that they had some kind of immunity or resistance to most diseases, like the Argonians, from living in and adapting to such an environment.

It seems likely that their language (if they even had a language of their own; different groups may have simply adopted the language most widely spoken in the area they happened to be in) had some relation or at least similarity to that of the Khajiit, owing to the suffix "-iit", meaning "dwellers", at the end of both names. That may be pure coincidence, but if not, the other component of the name "Lilmothiit" would indicate that they may have originated the city of Lilmoth, or at least dwelt there for some time.

We also know that the Lilmothiit founded the city of Blackrose, and the distance between the two cities therefore gives us a good idea of their roaming territory. Combined with the fact that they may have had some contact with the Khajiit (as evidenced by the apparent language overlap), that would mean that the area in which they likely lived spans a large amount of southern Black Marsh. However, their territory likely fluctuated and may have shrunk over time.

They may have been killed by the Khnaten Flu, as you say, but given that they lived seemingly exclusively in Black Marsh, it seems unlikely that they would be particularly susceptible to diseases. In addition, the Argonians' attitude towards the Lilmothiit at that time is unknown, and so we cannot say with any certainty that they had any hand in the demise of the Lilmothiit. It is true that they may have left the continent. And overall, I believe that we have more evidence than your post would seem to indicate. Thank you for posting, as this thread has been dead for a while and I'd like to see some more speculation and discussion on it. May you walk always on warm sands!

-WorshipsMeridia