Favorite Race?

Hey i was a little bored so i decided to find out what people like most. What is your favorite race? Say why, even if its just cosmetic. I hope we can have a productive argument, AKA a discussion.

Just as an example, I prefer the Khajiit because they are very diverse, and their culture is interesting if you get into it. Also their big cats so that's always a plus.

Are there are restrictions? If its out of the 9 playable races in the TES series I would say I like the Khajiit and Argonians the most since they are more unusual type of races in fantasy and I like the way their culture was set up. I really enjoy rping Khajiit and talking in third person, etc. Other non playable races I find intersting are the Hist, the Dwemer and Falmer and most other now dead races that gave the origin to others. I find it cool to see how races came off others.

Out of the playable races I would say Altmer, because even though they are stuck up sometimes I find their culture interesting, including the whole myths about aldmeris. My favorite non player race would be the Aylieds because of their buildings and the White Gold Tower of course and advances in light harnessing, basically I like their magic, and now I'm just rambling

Khajiit, their culture and religion interested me. When I first started the TES series I reasarched the wiki ALOT and became a TES geek. I love the khajiit the most. The khajiit aren't fancy mer or hot-headed men. They are graceful humanoids that are their own kind and can have multiple subraces that can give them their distinct qualities. Unlike mer or men, they are a beast-folk and are just special in their own way. They have an interesting language, history, religion, and best of all, their beautiful province. Khajiit have racial perks that most dont have, but their lore is what makes them spectacular. Khajiit ftw.

Bosmer!

In other RPGs I almost always play an elf (wood elf specifically, when available). I think they are the most beautiful of all of the fantasy races and the one I most identify with. I wish I looked (more) like one.

I would have to say Khajiit as a playable race simply because they feel most unique to me. The religion and lore behind them are very intriguing. As for non playable.. I'd say the dwemer... because if they were still around Tamriel would have flying airships by now :P hahaha

May I ask how you feel on the meat mandate that the bosmer have to follow? I don't think its barbaric personally but i also don't think its necessary. Your thoughts?

Khajiit <3

Something important that I just learned is that the era in which TES takes place it is generally considered heresy to adhere to the Green Pact. So, it seems that most Bosmer in ESO are probably not representative of Green Pact followers. However, I do know that there are some groups that still practice it.

I think because the Green Pact was made to Y'ffre in exchange for protection that the Meat Mandate arose mostly as a consequence of avoiding harm to vegetation and not necessarily as an original main tenant. My guess is that once the Bosmer made a vow to avoid harm to vegetation that they had to start relying on meat and animals in new ways. This probably yielded a new-found value for meat that resulted in things like the Meat Mandate and cannibalism.

It seems like now Bosmer are still stuck with some of their old habits, mixing old meat practices with something of a hesitation to harm plants because of the Pact's history in their culture.

I think TES universe poses an interesting problem. In our universe it's fairly clear that animals enjoy a kind of sentience that plants do not. Whereas in TES it's not clear whether plants are sentient or not--some clearly are while others seem not to be. I think this poses an interesting dilemma because it's not clear in the case of vegetation whether or not the plants (or perhaps, by extension, their deity) are suffering when they are harmed. Under certain ethical frameworks (Utilitarianism), there is a principle of charity that suggests one ought to avoid causing harm when there is doubt about whether the potential sufferee has the ability to suffer. In TES universe, this would mean avoiding harm to both plants and animals, which is simply unattainable.

What does one do then? I think it's best to consider both plants and animals as on equal ground in TES and that a considerate Bosmer would only use either if their death or damage could yield more good (e.g., to create a bow that might save the Dominion) than harm in the long run.

It's an interesting problem and one I could certainly speak at an even further length on.

My favorite is the Nord. This probably strikes people as odd because why on earth am I now a Khajiit in the Aldmeri Dominion?

First, I really like the Nord because they represent / mimic / stylize a culture that enjoy in real life as well as other games. I really like Vikings and Skavanavian lore and culture. My first major game, which happens to be an MMO, was Dark Age of Camelot and I loved Midgard. I like the idea of larger/stronger race that enjoys beer. It is like Dwarves, but taller, stronger (debatable), smell better, and less beards. Who does not love a tall, strong, handsome man with an accent? I started playing TES series with Marrowind, then Oblivion, and then of course Skyrim. I loved Skyrim because it focused on my favorite race.

Which brings me to why I am not playing them. The fan base of Skyrim was so large that I stayed away from them in ESO because I did not want to be with all the kiddies. This maybe is not true now but it sure was at headstart. I did actually play this game in beta but I was very pregnant. I gave birth March 27 and my head start was March 31st. Needless to say although I have always had an active account, I did not come back to really start playing until a couple weeks ago as my daughter is finally old enough that I don’t have to give her insane amounts of attention. She enjoys playing on her own in the office while I am on the computer. I feel like it is a different game than it was back at launch, a more polish game but still has TES feel I love and the great MMO feel I enjoy with socializing and being apart of a group.

So why am I a Khajiit since I could have been Nord because I do have the Imperial addition; any race any faction,? It did not seem believable to have a Nord side with AD. Top this off, I dislike the elves. All of them! So why AD when there are two elf races? Well truthfully; Razum-dar is hot, and he has a sexy voice. I would not think that I could find a beast race attractive, but hell, if I was I cat, I would have his kittens any day. He totally makes me think of the Faceless Man in the Game of Thrones, Jaqen H’ghar. So there you have it, I am a sucker for an accent, uniform, and a strong jaw line.

And a side note, I am warming up to the Bosmer, but the Altmer… no dice.

I too have imperial edition and I also tend to follow the faction races too. I have characters in every faction, and all of them are one of the races meant to be in the faction. It just doesn't make sense for a khajiit to be in the northern deserts now does it? Actually that would make for some interesting rping if you think of it.

I like playing races outside of their faction with the idea that they are rebels or explorers. Like a Bosmer who fled AD because of Altmer rule, a Nord who fled to combat Nordic rule, a Khajiit smuggling Skooma in EP, etc.