Even the Bretons have a strong chivalric tradition with various knightly orders and make for excellent battlemages. Nords and Redguards are mighty independent warriors while Imperials have a greater focus on discipline and excelling in group combat.

Humans Are Warriors: Each race of Men has strong martial traditions.

The lifetime of an average Mer might be several times that of an average Man, and the Mer also vastly outclass Men in terms of raw magical power, but because of Men's greater numbers, combined with their tendency towards being both stubborn and tenacious, they have always managed to gain the upper hand whenever it comes down to a war of attrition, which it often does.

Humans Are Survivors: Whenever Men and Mer have been at each other's throats throughout Tamriel's history, there is a clear trend for the former to come out on top.

Lorkhan certainly seems to agree, as he (in his Shezarrine forms) has aided the races of men repeatedly in their struggles against the elves throughout history.

Humans Are Special: The Divines are said to 'belove' the races of Men in particular, who find 'strength-in-weakness' in their mortal forms (as opposed to most of the Elves who feel that the mortal world is a prison) and who live with passion and hope despite always being doomed to death in the end.

According to Altmeri religious beliefs, Men were created by Lorkhan to specifically be bastards, with him having created mankind from the weakest souls to 'spread Sithis (chaos) into every corner'. They see Men as having pitifully short lives filled with violence and savagery who disrupt everything the elves try to achieve.

Humans Are Bastards: To the races of Mer, especially the Altmer.

(The Atmorans/Nords to the Falmer, the Nedes/Imperials to the Ayleids, and the Yokudans/Redguard to the Sinistral Mer/Left-handed Elves.) Three times, in fact, a race of Men has driven a race of Mer to virtual extinction. Humans have conquered large portions (and in one case, all) of Tamriel four times throughout history (once by the Nordic Empire and thrice by the Imperials) despite their inherent disadvantages in terms of natural magical ability and shorter lifespans compared to the races of Mer.

Humanity Is Superior: Something the races of Men obviously believe, and given their successes in dominating the continent, this claim has some validity.

The elves generally throw this right back at the races of Men.

Fantastic Racism: Though it was more subdued during the Septim Empire, the races of Men have traditionally been very distrustful of the elves.

Specific examples can be found in the individual races below.

Badass Army: Just about any large army of Men qualifies.

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