Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24.44.141.89-20131113224543/@comment-24081142-20131113225734

There are books which mention the Tsaesci, which make it clear that they are not human. There's one in particular, though I can't remember the title, which describes a duel in the Imperial Arena between a human knight and a Tsaesci warrior, who is mentioned to have a long tail and (I think?) scales. Also, as I recall, Potentate Versiduie-Shae (sp?) governed the empire for considerably longer than any human could have.

When I think of them, I visualize them as roughly humanoid but slimmer, with a tail, long neck and snake-like head.

Annotated Anuad may be inaccurate, or may just have a particularly broad definition of 'men' (it wouldn't be the only book to do this - Racial Phylogeny mentions that some researchers believe Argonians to be an offshoot of humanity)