>Altmer are the generic fantasy elves based on no actual people.
Nope, they're based on imperial japan (And with the Dominion/Thalmor now on literal nazis)
>Bosmer are generic wood elves with a bit of savagery.
Just the cannibalism part. They're still the most generic of all mer, but have a lot more flavor than other generic elves.
>Falmer are Russians who lost their former glory and fell into degeneration.
That's fucking retarded. They're not based on anything, just reskinned goblins who used to be elves that got fucked by dwemer.
>Dwemer are steampunk Sumerians and other ancient Mesopotamians.
Yeah. Well, they ain't much anymore, besides being the Numidium's skin now.
>Dunmer are a mix of Jews, Mesopotamians and Byzantines (Tribunal Temple has lots of Orthodox elements).
Just jews
>Imperials are Romans (with both the Roman Imperial Cult and Catholicism included).
Romans mixed with japan/chinese/east asian influences and living in an amricas-style jungle (Before Oblivion retconned it that is)
>Redguard are pirate negroes who took a turn towards Arabs in the later games.
More towards moors, but yeah.
>Bretons are Briton, Norman, something.
Medieval french and norman english, while being welsh/celtic in Skyrim
>Nords are romanticised Norsemen.
Pre christian scandinavians combined with scots and saxons
>Argonians are just lizards.
Probably the most original though they got an aztec whiff in the mmo. They also btfo all the others by not only defeating the invading draemora during the Oblivion Crisis, but entered the gates and invaded Oblivion.
>Orcs are standard orcs except these don't hate humans and they wear samurai armor.
East asian combined with injuns later in Skyrim, what with losing their lands and living in reservations as tribals.
>Khajit are a mistake.
You should read c0da.
>Just Tolkien elves with maximum arrogance.
There's no Tolkien elf or any thing in the entirety of TES. They are in the MMO, but we don't talk about that.
