[quote=GreivousKhan]
^Glad there is someone else who does not take what Shoddy says as fact. He says himself he is not infallible. And yes, you heard me, their boring, all the mug pictures in the world wont change that fact! And ugly too. :PAlso what I hope for is a Hammerfell game at some point, hellvalot of lore in just Yokuda alone they can shed more lot on, ESO gives little tidbits here and there. Also Altmer never struck me as japan inspired, That would seem more in the realm of the Akaviri or Yokudans with their sword-cult.
[/quote]

They LITERALLY make katana swords and they're xenophobic and on an island and the most technologically advanced race. All things japan has, was, and is.

[img]http://images.uesp.net/6/6d/Lore-race-Altmer.png[/img]

Also this.