Who are the Khajiit based on?

Meanwhile, the Khajiit resemble a diverse array of cultures with ties to the Indian Subcontinent, according to LeftoverPat. Traces of Persian, Romani, Indian, and other cultures can be found in Khajiit society.
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What cats are Khajiit based on?

Phases of the Moons

These appearances can vary drastically from one breed to another, with some Khajiit resembling the common house cat, other Khajiit resembling huge bipedal jaguars, and others being almost indistinguishable from Men or Mer.
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Who are Redguards based on?

Redguards: Moors, Middle Eastern. Dunmer: Ancient Hebrew-ish. Dwemer: Ancient Babylonians, Atlantis. Altmer: Japanese.
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Who are the Nords based on?

In the Elder Scrolls universe, the Nords are based on Vikings and the Imperials on Ancient Romans.
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Who are the Imperials based on?

Imperials are based off ancient Romans. Nords are based off the Nordic peoples (Scandanavian.) Bretons are based off the Bretons of Brittany in France.
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Who Created The Khajiits?

What race are Bretons?

Bretons are a race of both human and elven ancestry. They populate the province of High Rock. They are excellent mages with high magic resistance, but have few other distinctive features.
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Who are the Bretons based off of in the Elder Scrolls?

The fictional "Breton" race has some similarities with the real-life Celtic Bretons who are natives of the Armoric Peninsula in Northwestern France. For example, both of them have similar sounding names.
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Who are the true owners of Skyrim?

Any "true owners" of the land are long since gone or driven insane (falmer). The Nords are the only ones left to even claim Skyrim. Nords have more claim to Skyrim than Americans have to America. Nords have basically been the only race to call Skyrim their home for 4,500 years (aside from the Reach).
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Are there black Nords?

To answer your question, TC, black Nords are the result of Nord and Redguard men and women realizing they are the master races, so they mate.
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Is Skyrim Celtic or Norse?

Skyrim in general is based around Scandinavian culture, so a fair amount of the lore and background has Scandinavian or Norse inspiration.
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What is Morrowind culture based on?

Morrowind's developers, rather than basing the culture of Morrowind onto the typical Medieval European setting of fantasy games, chose a more eclectic route, taking elements from African cultures, specifically Ancient Egyptian, but also early Japanese, and Middle Eastern cultures.
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What is Skyrim inspired by?

Both Skyrim and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien are heavily influenced by Norse mythology, and this leads to quite a few overlapping ideas between these series. Although in other cases, it's entirely possible that Skyrim borrowed ideas from The Lord of the Rings, and The Hobbit took some cues from Skyrim after that.
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What is Hammerfell inspired by?

Something about Hammerfell is so unique and different, borrowing heavily from Arabic Fantasy and North African Influences, what tropes and influences would you like to see in a game based in Hammerfell?
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Which God do Khajiit worship?

Most text imply Jone and Jode are their main gods and the most revered. Meanwhile other sources say that Alkosh is more popular especially in the northern regions. The concept of polytheistic religion is foreign to me personally.
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What inspired Khajiit in real life?

Meanwhile, the Khajiit resemble a diverse array of cultures with ties to the Indian Subcontinent, according to LeftoverPat. Traces of Persian, Romani, Indian, and other cultures can be found in Khajiit society.
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Is Dragonborn canonically a Nord?

The coming of the Last Dragonborn is a popular legend in the Nordic culture of Skyrim, but does lore say the prophesied hero has to be a Nord? Answer : Nope, and Skyrim game itself had already proven that.
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What races do the Stormcloaks hate?

They most certainly hate the thalmor (who doesn't) and they refer to the Thalmor as, "the elves" and they sometimes say "those witch elves" or derogatory terms like that, but remember they DO NOT hate every elf in skyrim.
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Has there been a non Nord Dragonborn?

Miraak was a Nord, but other notable Dragonborn, such as Saint Alessia the Slave Queen, Reman Cyrodiil, Tiber Septim, Martin Septim, and Mankar Camoran, were all members of different races.
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Is Ulfric Stormcloak evil?

As it is revealed during the quest "The Forsworn Conspiracy" and the book "The Bear of Markarth", Ulfric committed horrible atrocities when retaking the city, particularly against captured reachmen fighters, and as we have no in game quest, document or event that contradicts the claims of this book, its content should ...
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Who is the kindest person in Skyrim?

I would have to say “Jarl” Elisif of Solitude. She is gentle, kind, cares about all her people, and has just lost her new husband. She doesn't hate anybody, doesn't plot against anybody, and is even willing to talk to Ulfric about Skyrim's future.
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Who are the real good guys in Skyrim?

To call either side good guys or bad guys is rather unfair. It depends on what you consider to be good really. But objectively speaking, the only faction with purely good intentions is the college of winterhold. Mainly because they don't oppress anyone or want to rule over anyone.
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Are Bretons half elf?

Bretons are humans with elven ancestry (often referred to in game as “half-elves” even though their ancestry is probably a bit more removed than that).
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What god do Bretons worship?

Although all Eight Divines are included in the latter, Talos is unsurprisingly missing. The additional four gods are Y'ffre; Phynaster; Magnus; Sheor (or Lorkhan). Unlike the Nordic afterlife, Bretons wholeheartedly believe in the god of death Arkay, taking charge of their souls and conveying them to Aetherius.
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Are Bretons French or Celtic?

Bretons are Celts who live in north-west France. The present administrative region of Brittany contains only four of the five historic provinces (départements). The province of Atlantique Maritime and the city Nantes, formerly a capital of Brittany, is now part of the region of Pays de la Loire.
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