Even though I'm slightly Nordic looking, going with Altmer.
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I'd be an Altmer, and I'd collect Argonian and Khajiit friends so that people would see that I don't consider myself better just because I belong to the superior race.
They're called races, but they're actually species or subspecies. The Dwemer are a presumed-extinct subspecies of Mer, which include the living subspecies Orsimer, Altmer, Dunmer, Bosmer, etc.
Khajiit and Argonian are individual species.
Nord, Redguard, Imperial, and Breton are subspecies of Men with some common ancestry.
Race, meanwhile, is an artificial social construct used to categorize, isolate, and control.
Perhaps that's why "races" is used in quotation marks in Notes on Racial Phylogeny and why it's called a "imprecise but useful term."
To get even more specific, the species is Ehlnofey, the subspecies are Men (Wandering Ehlnofey) and Mer (Old Ehlnofey), and the subsubspecies are the eight excluding Argonians and Khajiit. That would explain how the eight subsubspecies can mate with each other - Ehlnofey ancestry.
To add to it, I'd be a Norc...something between tribal Orc and Nord as I'm a savage at heart that would gladly live off meat and mead for the rest of my days.
Hmm...cantankerous, solitary, irritated by all forms of distraction?
Probably Altmer, I hate to say. Would love to say Khajiit, but I don't think I'm that awesome. Argonian would be totally awesome too, but I'm just not that into swamps. Spent enough time in the Southeast US to care to stay there.
Edited to add that the aforementioned traits could also be applied to Dunmer, but they are generally much more religion-oriented and spirit-based for my personality type. Again, it's a shame. I started on Morrowind, and absolutely adore Dunmer.
You know- I always thought Dunmer were the Australians of ESO. They've usually got that gruff, throaty voice and they come from a deadly land. They've got a lot of survivability, too.
With that being said- I'm sitting in an air conditioned house on a comfy chair in Kodiak, AK. Still- I'd like to be a Dunmer.
Want to enjoy the game more? Try both PvP (crybabies) and PvE (carebears). You'll get a better perspective on everyone's opinion.
Khajiit of course though I prefer a mix breed of Khajiit and Argonian
Friend: This one has a cool joke to tell. Want to hear?
Me: Sure okay.
Friend: What can a frozen band-aid be applied on?
Me: This one don't know. Tell me.
Friend: A cold cut. Get it?? hehehe
Me:.... *activates Grim Focus!*
Friend: No wait! it's a joke! please!