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They are certainly good questions.

As for the first, yes, but I think Nede/Aldmer would be more accurate than Nord/Altmer.

As for the second, I believe some of the confusion stems from 'Before the Ages of Man' which confuses the term Nedic and Atmoran. Among the various sources, I think 'Frontier, Conquest' describes what occured best. You see, after the Ehlnofey Wars, between the two groups which would later be called the Old Ehlnofey and the Wandering Ehlnofey, the former won and drove the latter from Tamriel. The Wandering Ehlnofey were the progenitors of Man, who spread to Atmora and Yokuda. However, a few remnant human undoubtably hung around in Tamriel, but the contient was utterly dominated by Mer, which is why the Cyrodiils were held as slaves. It was not until the Return that humans had some more semblance of freedom, and held another strong kingdom after the Yoku returned. So, indeed, the Ehlnofey did have some influence.I think that part of the matter is, that the human presence on a Merrish contient was so little that they had no real impact until the return from the Atmora, which Man a much greater position against Mer.