Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-9062114-20140323022721/@comment-13446185-20140329174213

Harold Burned-Mane wrote:

AngryEnclaveSoldier wrote:

Harold Burned-Mane wrote: The Orcs and the Bosmer aren't like that, the Left-Handed Elves might not have been like that since they lived along with the Redguards with relative peace. Until RaGada Sword-Singers nuked Yokuda with their Pankratosword-technique and made it sink. No one knows what happened in Yokuda. It could have been because of the Redguards or it could have been a Daedric Prince or even a natural phenomenon. ''Others suggest that it may have had human origins: during the last civil war, a renegade band of Ansei called the Hiradirge were said to be masters of stone magic. When they were defeated in battle in 1E 792, the argument goes, they had their revenge on the entire land, destroying what they would never rule.''

-Pocket Guide to the Empire, Third Edition: Other Lands

"Surahoon," he said, "We are the ansu, the greatest warriors that live in men. Our swords sent the Left-Handers into the oceans, whose empire was four times the size of the white king. When we fight, our swords can kill the laws of nature itself. Yokuda is as you see it because our hira-dirg swords can cut the atomos, the uncuttable, and we did."

-Vivec's Sword-Meeting with Cyrus the Restless