Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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00:00 - Intro
01:07 - Argonians
05:24 - Dark Elves
09:00 - Nords
10:04 - Bretons
11:37 - Orcs
14:13 - Redguards
18:00 - Imperials
19:09 - Khajiit
23:50 - Wood Elves
25:37 - High Elves
28:24 - End & Full List

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[MUSIC & FUN RESOURCES] - In order...
- Various Loading Screens [Sims 1]
// ARGONIAN:
- Music: Various Loading Screens [Sims 1], UnReal World Therme [UnReal World]
geckat.conlang.org/conlang/index.php?title=Jel#Alphabet
mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/language/sayings
sixthsunridaz.com/basic-nahuatl-phrases-2
forum.duolingo.com/comment/11644302/Nahuatl-Phrases-part-1-Nahuatl-lessons
// DARK ELVES:
- Music: Behold the Great Science Fi [Age of Mythology], Ballad of Ace Lebanon [AoM]
imperial-library.info/content/interviews-MW-team
nationalgeographic.org/media/pyramids-and-ziggurats
sacred-texts.com/oto/engccxx.htm
// NORDS:
- Music: Song of the Dragonborn [Skyrim], Out of the Cold [Skyrim]
thuum.org/viewthread.php?thread=809
// BRETONS
- Music: Treasure Town [Pokemon Mystery Dngn], Outset Island [LoZ: Windwaker], Boss Theme [FF7], The Nightingale [Witcher 3], Folk1 [Daggerfall cover by Ramon M]
reddit.com/r/teslore/comments/i7pzc9/are_reachmen_meant_to_be_celtic_an_in_depth_look
// ORCS
- Music: Age of Empires II
elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/news/post/25545
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangzhuang
// HAMMERFELL
- Music: Ingame Theme 2 [TESA: Redguard], Al-Kharid Medley [Runescape 3], Chocolate Outline [AoM]
youtu.be/GQUbCyS1eRk - FudgeM
youtu.be/Kh6d39uNwow - LeftoverP
// IMPERIALS
- Music: Roman Fanfare [RCT2], Merchants of Novigrad [Witcher 3]
en.uesp.net/wiki/General:Douglas_Goodall_Interview
ricepedia.org/italy
// KHAJIIT
- Music: Another Round for Everyone [Witcher 3], At the Summertime Feast [Adrian von Ziegler]
geckat.conlang.org/conlang/index.php?title=Ta%27agra
reddit.com/r/teslore/comments/afokh4/khajiit_language
taagra.com
// WOOD ELVES
- Music: Nevermind the Slacks & Bashers [AoM]
siinfekl.wordpress.com/2015/06/27/are-you-better-off-learning-elvish-or-welsh
// HIGH ELVES
- Music: Eat Your Potatoes [AoM], Out of the Cold [Skyrim], Around the Fire [Skyrim]

[CORRECTIONS]
-TES4 established Bruma to be Nibenese, not Colovian
-REACHMEN are NOT lacking in Elven blood. PGE1 explicitly states they have strong Elven ancestry elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/Pocket_Guide_to_the_Empire,_First_Edition:_High_Rock - though this information did not carry over to PGE3, it's safe to assume some level of Elf blood is a thing.
-Toyotomi Hideyoshi succeeded Oda Nobunaga NOT the other way around. Toyotomi enacted the sword hunt.
-The "Berber" pictured in the Redguard section is sub-saharan African, NOT Berber as stated. On a lighter note, some have pointed out even more sub-saharan medieval influences in Redguards, such as from the Mali and Songhai.
-The Sami people are not just from Finland, but all of northern Scandinavia.

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