Or, what if the current races ARE the old races, just sent back to the stone ages because of a Space-Time Disruption that pretty much wiped everything from existence and started over again, leaving only the ruins of the old ones?

Dragon Break - if uesp is correct
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Dragon_Break

Are they correct?

Because if that's the case, each Era may end in a Dragon Break, pretty much resetting it.
Thus more races could move in on Tamriel, be everywhere, then when the Dragon Break occurs they are sent back from whence they came with no knowledge of what lies beyond them or what they've previously achieved.
Sea Elves can go all over Tamriel, but Dragon Break occurs and they are no longer on Tamriel.
Faun likewise, Dragon Break, now they are only found on Galen and High Isle again.
Minotaur seem to be almost everywhere, but in low populations... Who says some can't join the common people?
Then from some, comes many.
Look at Sotha Sil, look at the Dwemer, tell me there's no resemblance. Both work on Mechs.
Suspicion: The dark elves are the dwemer, er, at least Sotha Sil and his crew. They make the machines. Dragon Break, they are all wiped from existence. Dark elves regrow. A new Sotha Sil will rise and research the ancient mechs and the disappearance of the "Dwemer." Sounds close to Dunmer now that I think about it. Did mistranslation cause the thought of a disappearance of an entire race?
Another time maybe. *facepalm* Unintended Pun.

Stuff happens, stuff gets wiped out and history is rewritten to make it seem like nothing really happened, and that stories of that are not fact, even if they are, but seem like fiction. Minotaur Emperor, hey that's fiction not fact, (wait, it really happened.)
Faun roaming across Tamriel, naw it's just a story. Those things don't exist. (Wait till you (re)discover High Isle again.)
Sea Elves roaming inland instead of Pirating on their ships. Just a story (or is it?)

Any story could be a forgotten truth. A story of otherlandish races roaming Tamriel could be history covered up and undone by a Dragon Break, or Space-Time continuum.

ASSUMING Uesp's correct about the possibility of such event, Dragon Break.

Eporem wrote: »

KaironBlackbard wrote: »

ASSUMING Uesp's correct about the possibility of such event, Dragon Break.

From the definition there of a Dragon Break I believe something of a Divine nature has to happen to cause one and there is this that re-examines the Dragon Break - though not sure what it means.

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:The_Dragon_Break_Re-Examined

You can actually read about what that means here: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Dragon_Break#cite_ref-TDBR_6-0

Playable Grievous Twilight race? That's a new one. They aren't even NPCs.

I'd like more Argonian subsets, the naga, and especially the Sarpa(which wouldn't be hard to do, just add wings. They could be curious rather than xenophobic, or scouts(SOMEONE has had to see them throughout history to know they exist)

Also Tang Mo, but only if they add monks too.

Legoless wrote: »

Playable Grievous Twilight race? That's a new one. They aren't even NPCs.

There are bosses of them in Imperial City as well as the Sewers. Lord Warden Dusk from the Prison dungeon is technically a large one. Also can spawn as Dolmen bosses.