Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.74.78.209-20141019230536/@comment-173.163.74.249-20150114135541

If the Dark Elves and Nords mix, there will be no more Dark Elves and Nords as separate races. They would start to merge together and all look the same, essentially. It's a good thing that Ulfric wants them to remain separate, then the identity of each would remain. Who wants to play a game of Skyrim where you can't choose a character from a unique race? Maybe the real world should follow these same principles...