Strongest Race in Tamriel?

AlexDougherty · November 2014

Zorrashi wrote: »

Aren't Dragons considered a race? They are of mundus, and unlike the various beasts that share the realm, they have an unprecedented amount of 'higher' valued aspects that make them akin to being totally unrelated to beasts. Their self-awareness and their higher modes of thinking are but a few examples.

They are highly intelligent, have their own language (both written and spoken) and have an inclination toward magic. They even seem to have their own culture (of a sort) in that involves the idea of 'truth' being the supreme power. To them, the dominating thuum is the equivalence of being 'right' seeing as how a battle between dragons is actually a debate.

Combined with the fact that they ruled over mortals (particularly the nords) with their own system of governance that was highly domineering, I would think dragon should be considered a race on its own. A race that could be considered the "strongest" in various terms.

Their brute strength alone is at least 10 times the strength of any nord or redguard, have an innate sense of magic that can surpass any magic thrown by an altmer or breton, and had their own society that seemed beyond or parallel to any other society held at the time.

(But of course, even despite this, I suppose dragons could be considered more along the lines of 'creatures' rather than a 'race'. But that seems highly demeaning considering their higher thought processes.)

Dragons are a race, and you bring up a great many good points. However for me they are disqualified because they don't act as a race. They are instead a number of extremely powerful being that act alone.

If they acted together then the Nords and Akaviri couldn't have wiped them out (bar surviving exceptions).

sumitkr2590 · February 2018

I think IMPERIALS are the strongest race

WHY:

Because of following reasons:

1. They are Nirn's most versatile fighters - They can use swords, maces, axes and can also 2H weapons proficiently. I mean look they are not like no.1 in using them as single handed experts are RED-GUARDS and in 2H there are NORDS. But IMPERIALS are 2nd in BOTH weapon categories

2. They are good healers too as shown in SKYRIM (them having extra 10pts. in Restoration School). Maybe not as good as ARGONIANS. But again 2nd in that too.

3. While in Destruction school DUNMER (i.e DARK ELVES) and ALTMER (i.e HIGH ELVES) vie for no.1. But Imperials have decent magical ability when considering Destruction magic.

4. In Conjuration, BRETONS are powerful than most ELVEN races. Then again IMPERIALS have good conjurers too

5. Considering Stealth Abilities, many members of the TWO infamous guilds: DARK-BROTHERHOOD and THIEVES GUILD are IMPERIALS. They may be not as stealthy as BOSMER (WOOD ELVES) or KHAJIT (Best in Stealth) but not as bad as ORCS (best in HEAVY ARMOR, which makes them poor in stealth) or NORDS (essentially loud in whatever they do)

6. They are sort of progenitor in HYBRID fighting styles: Like BATTLE MAGES (who use Magic and Physical weapons side-by- side while in fully clad Heavy armor), SPELL-SWORDS (just like battle-mages but have an option to Heavy armor) or STEALTH-MAGES (who employs Illusion Magic). Believe me, No race in Tamriel wants to fight an ARMY OF BATTLE MAGES.

7. This was all about their Fighting skills. Now Economy : They're very good Merchants, thanks to their silver-tongue. Their speech is their greatest advantage. During Skyrim's timeline they have established biggest Trade Company : EAST-EMPIRE COMPANY.

8. Because of their Oratory or speech, they've been able to connect with most races in Tamriel and maintain cordial relation with them. That MAY be one of the reasons why they were able to built 1st EVER TAMRIEL WIDE EMPIRE.

9. Now lets consider history: IMPERIALS were able to build not ONE but FOUR EMPIRES up till Skyrime's timeline. Of course there have been breaks in that too. But still they over came all of them. Whether it may be the Akavirs, Reachmen, Thalmors or any other. Not only that one of the Emperors was given the status of DIVINES, raised to the Aedric Pantheon and was worshiped by many.
Many would question the ancestry of Tiber Septim (Talos) of him being as NORD(?). But no one knows that for sure. But he is still largely considered as IMPERIAL as only heirs of St. Alessia could be called as Dragon-Born. St. Alessia was a NEDES (predecessor race of IMPERIALS).
History shows that IMPERIALS are politically strong
Recent war with Thalmor may have weakened them as the Thalmor took the advantage of the lack of strong central authority in Cyrodiil after the Oblivion crisis. But the IMPERIALS still manged to push the Thalmors back and brought the war to stale-mate.

10. Cyrodiil is the largest region in all of Tamriel and probably having the highest population. So the IMPERIALS do have higher numbers than any other race

HatchetHaro · February 2018

Argonians. Have you seen them around? They're ripped!

JamuThatsWho · February 2018

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say either the Tsaesci or Ka Po' Tun.