Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-186.215.22.127-20130215011559/@comment-24358064-20140104202311

66.31.136.193 wrote: Unless I am mistaken, no one corrected Tarkastio. Pelagius Septim (TIber Septim's grandson) was in fact a Nord, not an Imperial. The Septim lineage did not become mixed (Nord/Imperial) until Pelagius Septim II. Tiber Septim or Hjalti is infact a Nord that was born in High Rock since his biological grandson was 100% Nord. There are no true hybrids in TES. Race is inherited from the mother's side. So, that's not a valid argument.

As for Pelagius II, he married a Breton, not an Imperial (according to The Wolf Queen). And as for all Septims before him, we do not know their consorts. It seems unlikely to me they all took Nord consorts, though: There are five Emperors before Pelagius II after all, plus Agnorith, Tiber's brother, through which the bloodline goes (after Pelagius I, no Emperor is actually a direct descendant of Tiber). Since we do not know the consorts of any of them, I find it hard to believe that by chance they were all Nords.