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Akavir: The Soldier and the Serpent<br>
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A study on the existence of both serpentine Tsaesci and humanoid races in Akavir and Tamriel.
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by Adanorcil
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<div align="left"><IMG src="Book/fancy_font/t_52x61.dds" width=70 height=61>he anatomy of the Akaviri has become a major issue among Tamrielic scholars recently. Evidence seems to contradict itself. Some scholars propose that, with the amount of evidence available, the Tsaesci must be very snake-like in appearance, while others think that their serpentine traits refer mainly to their face or posture, and some even suggest that they might be serpentine in a metaphorical way.
Pale Pass Rediscovered<p>
One event specifically fueled the discussion. Narina Carvain, the Countess of Bruma in northern Cyrodiil, (Being an avid collector of Akaviri artifacts.) recently funded an expedition to find the location of Pale Pass, the legendary encampment site of the Akaviri invaders of 1E 2703. According to popular belief, Reman I?s troops found the Akaviri headquarters and delivered the rivaling army a decisive blow, crushing the invasion with a glorious victory. The more critical historians, however, have discovered that the ending of the Akaviri invasion had nothing to do with Reman?s military maneuvers. In fact, Pale Pass, perched high up in the snowy Jerall Mountains, was never found.<p>
Lady Carvain was in the possession of a translation of an ancient diary, supposedly belonging to an Akaviri scout or messenger. She managed to have the diary translated into Tamrielic speech (No small feat, since the Akaviri languages are known to be very complex.). The diary revealed a number of landmarks which the messenger followed to reach Pale Pass. It was now possible to retrace these landmarks and enter the long lost headquarters of the Akaviri. Historic research revealed that the situation must have become untenable for the Akaviri (Presumably because the messenger spoken of earlier never reached his goal with news from the frontline; it is thought he was attacked by ogres.), to the point where they had to surrender to Reman?s forces.<p>
This was no minor discovery and it will probably continue to influence historians for years to come. However, an even more startling discovery was made. Deep inside the ruins of the fort at Pale Pass (Which is known to be an old Imperial fort, yet no one to this day understands how Reman could have been unable to find it.), the researchers encountered the ghost of an Akaviri warlord. The researchers were even more amazed when they stood face to face with a bipedal humanoid being, where they had expected to see a serpentine Tsaesci.<p>
Tsaesci Language<p>
The physiology of the Akaviri had always been a bone of contention among scholars, but this event sparked a debate of never before seen proportions. Those who believe that the Tsaesci are in fact human feel supported in their theory because of the looks of the Akaviri ghosts at Pale Pass, along with the obviously two-legged remains of some other soldiers. Others claim that there is no chance that these Akaviri could have been human, since they say there are far too many ?often very explicit- references to their snakelike appearance to be meant metaphorically. I say that both theories are right.<p>
My theory is based partially on the complexity of Tsaesci language. According to "Mysterious Akavir", the Tsaesci ate the humans of Akavir long ago. "Mysterious Akavir" is not considered to be a very accurate depiction of the continent and its inhabitants, but if the Tsaesci had indeed "eaten" their human neighbors, how then could these people invade Tamriel? At that stage, I started pondering on the meaning of the word "eating". The Tsaesci language is known to be very complicated and very different from our own (The same thing goes for the writings of the Akaviri messenger.) and I started to think that "to eat" was but a wrong or too literal translation of a Tsaesci phrase.<p>
I think that the Tsaesci language works in a different way than ours. In most Tamrielic languages, imagery is a sign of literary prowess, but I strongly believe that this is different in Tsaesci and possibly all Akaviri languages. Rather than denoting one specific concept, Tsaesci words might refer to a whole range of interrelated semantemes and the actual meaning would either be determined by context or by slight changes in spelling or ending of the word. Of course, anyone unacquainted with the Tsaesci language would be happy to make any sense at all out of a completely unknown language. Such translations are often based on conjecture and are thus subject to being translated far too literally.<p>
If we look at the group of words that we might relate to "eating", we are left with a wide range of concepts, ranging from "putting something in something else" to "consuming" or "merging two things". The particular verb in Mysterious Akavir might have carried the meaning of "to annex". Simply put, eating means conquering and subduing. Keep in mind that this eating should not be considered a metaphor, but just another possible translation of the concept in a different context.<p>
In Mysterious Akavir, the Tsaesci also tried to "eat" the dragons native to their land. Mysterious Akavir says ?[...]they (Tsaesci.) tried to eat all the Dragons. They managed to enslave the Red Dragons, but the black ones had fled to Po Tun". If eating is to be taken literally, how can you enslave the creatures you eat? This must mean that eating carries the meaning of conquering or enslaving. These dragons can be immensely power force. Did the forces of his Majesty Tiber Septim not use a dragon in the battle of Stros M?Kai and various other military exploits, decimating their foes?<p>
Men And Tsaesci<p>
This leads us to one very important conclusion: if the Tsaesci "ate" the dragons by subduing them, they must have done something similar to the supposed humans of Akavir. I believe that the Tsaesci and the humans of Akavir are two different races that inhabit or inhabited the same area. The Tsaesci tried to enslave the humans of Akavir or to conquer their territory and rule their lands. The serpentine Akaviri are therefore not the same people as the humans seen at Pale Pass, though both can indeed be classified as "Akaviri" (Surprisingly, Lady Carvain or her researchers never mentioned the term "Tsaesci" and always used the rather generic "Akaviri".).<p>
We are now left with two possible descriptions of the relation between the serpentine Akaviri (Which I will refer to as Tsaesci in the remainder of this paper, whether that term is correct or not.) and the humans and of how the two ended up together in northern Cyrodiil. If the Tsaesci effectively subdued the humans, the latter might still have been their subordinates in the days of the Akaviri invasion, forcing them to fight for their cause. Evidence against this hypothesis would be that the leader at Pale Pass was effectively human and such a high military position somehow seems out of place for an enslaved race. Perhaps then the humans had become the equals of the Tsaesci and, in the late First Era, they launched a joint assault on Cyrodiil, as allies.<p>
Regardless of which theory is closest to the truth, there can be little doubt that both Tsaesci and humans were not all eradicated by Reman?s forces. The Tsaesci became advisors and councilmen in the Imperial court, the highest of these being the Potentate, the Emperor?s right hand, Akaviri by tradition. The humans undoubtedly had an influence on the Empire, since the armor seen on the ghost was very similar to that worn by the Blades, which are known to have adopted Akaviri armor and weapon styles (ex. Katana.).<p>
In History of the Fighters Guild, it is stated that "the Tsaesci, understood weaponry better than armor" and that an experienced armorer "was able to explain to the other Syffim (= name of the early Akaviri Fighters Guild members) what the weaknesses were in their opponent?s armor, even if they could not wear it themselves". Many scholars often read in this that the Tsaesci could not wear armor at all, but I believe it is nothing but a rather confusing shortened relative clause. The Tsaesci probably used little or no armor (cfr. "2920: The Last Year of the First Era".), but I think the phrase means that the armorer could point out the weaknesses in the armor their opponents used, even if they could not wear all of it themselves. Greaves or boots, for example. At any rate, this excerpt proves that there must be a great significant physiologic difference between Tsaesci and humans.<p>
According to the Pocket Guide To The Empire that was published in 2E 864, there still were colonies with Akaviri customs in the Empire at that time and in the same paragraph we read:<p>
"Akaviri surnames are rare and prized possessions among the Cyrodilic citizenry of today, and there are trace facial features of the Akaviri in many distinguished Cyrodilic families."<p>
In the past, many scholars wondered how the Tsaesci facial traits may have entered the human Cyrodiilic population. If they could even provide offspring, who would have chosen a Tsaesci as a partner? However, if the Tsaesci invasion also brought Akaviri humans to Tamriel, it is not a big step to think that the people of Tamriel may have married with the human Akaviri (In this case, especially the nobility, who may have considered an Akaviri partner as a good diplomatic move or a chance to gain status within the Imperial court.). The Redguards from Yokuda could produce children with the Nedic humans as well, even after having been separated for so long.<p>
One of the aforementioned Akaviri "colonies" might have been the city of Rimmen in northern Elsweyr. Akaviri refugees are said to have fled there and Versidue-Shaie himself had his palace there, which would mean he was among his fellow Akaviri there.<p>
Lastly, I would also like to discuss one final factor to prove that there must be a distinction between the Tsaesci and the humans of Akavir and that is the difference in naming. Tsaesci names are tradionally composed of two elements. The examples are numerous; the names of the Potentates and various other Tsaesci for example always have the same structure: Versidue-Shaie, Savirien-Chorak, Sidri-Ashak, Dinieras-Ves... The name of the human commander at Pale Pass, however, was "Mishaxhi"; the name of the scout mentioned earlier was "Xfaferi". Not only do they lack the common hissing sounds of the Tsaesci names and do they have a very uncharacteristic "x" sound, they also don?t have the composite structure of the Tsaesci names. This, to me, is yet another piece of evidence that we are talking about two very different races.<p>
Conclusion<p>
In conclusion, the humans of Akavir and the Tsaesci have to be distinctively different beings. The Akaviri language that makes no sense unless we look at it from a different angle; the way both Akaviri humans and Tsaesci must have had a profound influence on Imperial society, culture and defense; the way that Akaviri bloodlines found their way into Imperial population so swiftly and so remarkably easily and the significant difference between Tsaesci and human names all seem to suggest that Tsaesci and the humans of Akavir are in effect two different races.
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Sources
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A copy of the Akaviri diary found by Narina Carvain<br>
History of the Fighters Guild<br>
Pocket Guide To The Empire, First Edition: Cyrodiil<br>
Scholary discussions.<br>
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