elderscrolls: orcs are elves.
forever ago they were a sect from the main ancient elf population that split off and worshipped a warrior-god. then that warrior-god got super messed up, reinvented themself, and that group of elves that followed them visually changed to look like how orcs do now. the end. It's still even in the orc-people's name: "orsimer", where '-mer' denotes elves (dunmer, altmer, bosmer, maormer, etc).
eso: has an orc spout 'all elves are evil'.
and no, she's not talking about herself.
#and orcs being called 'orsimer' and the 'mer' thing is common knowledge#i expect this shit from humans#anti elf hatred#is so fucking boring#eso#elderscrolls#it's another case of laziness in the writing#same with the pelinal worshippers everywhere for this event being 'elves suck'#whILE BEING IN THE ELF ALLIANCE PLACE#WHERE HOLY SHIT THAT WOULD NOT BE TOLERATED#fsjdaklf;ds#all alliances have elves (in that orcs are also elves)#but to go to the alliance with the max elves.#the alliance with the 'we're better than everything' elves.#and spout your 'kill all elves' rhetoric#how are you alive#it's bad writing#it's laziness