Glenmorils wrote: »Technically speaking, half-elf is a misnomer, as most elven traits have been watered down throughout the millennia since the initial interbreeding (at least physically - especially with Reachmen Bretons having Nord blood). They’re a human species with elven ancestry. Most people don’t refer to them as half-elves anymore.
Anyway, on topic: I chose Breton bc my first character and main is a Breton haha. I’m surprised Dunmer isn’t #1, as in most TES circles they’re everyone’s favorite race. But I’m glad to see some other races getting love too.
That's actually an interesting conundrum. Assuming that all Breton's started out as half human and half elven, if they each reproduced with other half human/half elven Bretons, their children should be some mixture of human and elven. So unless the human dna (dominant) is passed down more than the elven dna (recessive), the offspring should continue to be roughly half human and half elven unless they breed with other human races. At which point they'd no longer be pure Bretons, but Breton-Nord or Breton-Redguard etc.
Xoelarasizerer wrote: »redguard = (sandy stamina-king bois)
imperial = (romanus wes johnson bois)
nord = (angery strong snow bois)
I picked Breton for my no.1 O.C cos Breton makes me think Briton (despite the British being the least magical things in the perceived universe.)
Tucker3711 wrote: »My first character was a Nord, but that's really of no great significance as I have loads of other characters of assorted races and don't consider any of them a "main". The first one is roughly in the middle of the lot level-wise.
ZOS recently stated in their 4th Anniversary announcement that High Elf was the most popular race with 14.8% (from memory) of all characters created.
Do you have a link to this? This is interesting! I thought so originally though, in most guilds I see there are High elves.
https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-gb/news/post/26349
Scroll down to the section "ESO TURNS FOUR!". I see my memory was slightly out, the actual percentage quoted for High Elves was 14.98%.