Being notes by Doctor Alfidia Lupus for a series of pamphlets on the major cultural styles of Tamriel(Dr. Lupus was Imperial Ethnographer for Potentate Savirien-Chorak from 2E 418 to 431) We come now to the Nords, the first human culture on Tamriel to successfully resist, and even displace, Elven hegemony on the continent.Not unlike the Bosmer, the Nords rely heavily on stylized, often interlocking natural motifs in their architecture, crafts, and clothing. However, where the Wood Elves' designs are mainly floral, the Nords emphasize animals, in particular the eight "totem" animals of the old Atmoran religion: wolf, hawk, whale, snake, moth, fox, and so forth. They also allow for much more variation of design, to the point where some of the animal motifs are so abstract they are difficult