Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24.44.141.89-20131113224543/@comment-24358064-20131230200210

Now you're just falling back to cheap semantics. The Tsaesci are a group, a unit... but not one defined by race, but (as I've argued) by worldview. Now you could *define* the Tsaesci as simply being the original biological Tsaesci, excluding humans and dragons, but as I've said, that seems like cheap semantics to me. I mean, in the end, word meanings is all we seem to argue about here, but with the sources all saying the Akaviri humans are "all consumed" and with the "we eat it to become it" logic, I think calling the Men of Akavir Tsaesci really does make sense to me.

As for the Aldmeri Domain, as it so happens, all three main races in it are Aldmeri. That's why it's the Aldmeri Dominion, and not the Altmeri Dominion. Still, the Dominion makes distinction between its three races (de facto, the Altmer rule) - the question is if the Tsaesci do. If they don't make distinctions (and I think that is what is meant by assimilation) then it's more logical to say the Akaviri humans have become Tsaesci.

I'll go do it.