Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24.44.141.89-20131113224543/@comment-24081142-20131113232605

I haven't been to Sky haven in a long while...does Esbern say that it was built by Tsaesci specifically? I know the original Blades were Akaviri - but there are several different species in Akavir, so if it doesn't actually use the word Tsaesci, they might not be the ones.

If it does explicitly identify the Tsaesci by name, then I'm not sure why the carvings are human-shaped.

Presumably, if the nickname relates to their armour and the other factors you mentioned, they would have been called 'Dragon folk', not 'serpent folk' (since dragons have no resemblance to snakes beyond the fact that both have scales and tails, it's hard to see how the two would get mixed up)