Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5227390-20130303003434

I was just thinking about how interesting it is that the origins of the races of Man and Mer aren't quite as straightforward as it would seem. At least, not in regards to their residence in Tamriel.

Of course we all know of the Aldmer and the Nedes... but there were Men already inhabiting Tamriel alongside 'Aldmeri' races before the Nedes arrived in the M.E. What's interesting is that there really is no way to tell where they truly came from... the Nedes traditionally migrated to Tamriel from Atmora to expand and escape their in-warring, and later Men came from Akavir and other continents. The Nedes are thought to be the "father-race" if you will of Men.. and yet the race of Men was obviously more diverse than this simplification of their history would lend.

There were Cyrodillic settlers of Nedes living amongst the Ayleids before the Nords travelled south from Skyrim, for example... and these humans' relations with the Ayleids progressed drastically throughout the Era and played directly into Man's eventual posession of Cyrodil with the Alessian Empire forming.

I don't mean to ramble, but I just wish that the very earliest histories of Man (And Mer for that matter, as the Aldmer weren't as straight-forward as their religion may indicate) were more defined. It doesn't really make a difference in the grand scheme of things, but I'm a traditionalist... I like to understand a culture from its roots and watch how it's developed and changed. A lot of the time, this knowledge can impact one's regard for that race in general.... this interest in culture and history is why I'm so fond of the Aldmer (or more specifically the Altmer.)

If anyone can scour through sources to discover a closer indication of the TRUE origin of Man, and how they TRULY first interacted with the Mer inhabiting Tamriel by the time of their migration, please point me in that direction.... even if it ends up being debatedly un-canon writings from the Arena days. I'm aware of the clashes between the Mer races and humans once the Nedes, Nords, Akavir, and other races began migrating to Tamriel in large numbers... what I'm interested in is the FIRST true origin point AND first true migration of Humans into the already Mer inhabited continent of Tamriel.

To my knowledge Bethesda simply didn't delve that far back into the specifics of starting cultures... as early M.E. accounts seem to suffice in their eyes as a backdrop for their arrivals in Tamriel, and given those records' ancient nature, their lack of completion seems to make sense as a plausable reason for every little mundane detail not being spelled out exhaustively. (Unfortunately so..)

Just interested and curious. 