Everything about the Argonians is kind of a mess, though. Like there's lore that basically says they're mindless lizards if they don't get socialized into the Hist, but then there are tons of Argonians born outside Blackmarsh who mature into normal sapient beings just fine even without access to the Hist hivemind. There's lore that says they're cold-blooded, but they exist without issue in freezing climates anyways.
They're somehow less clear than the Khajiit, which are nonsense but coherent within their silly framework. Like Argonians pretty much boil down to "the Hist did it, and when the Hist clearly didn't do it they actually did do it somehow," which is the boring kind of nonsense explanation.
There have been some attempts to try to hammer the contradictions into something interesting.
Like, there's a bit in ESO: Murkmire, where you see a vision of a Ayleid getting confused because the organs of the Argonians he's dissecting seem to be changing and don't match with stuff he's seen in other creatures.
Everything about the Argonians is kind of a mess, though. Like there's lore that basically says they're mindless lizards if they don't get socialized into the Hist, but then there are tons of Argonians born outside Blackmarsh who mature into normal sapient beings just fine even without access to the Hist hivemind. There's lore that says they're cold-blooded, but they exist without issue in freezing climates anyways.
They're somehow less clear than the Khajiit, which are nonsense but coherent within their silly framework. Like Argonians pretty much boil down to "the Hist did it, and when the Hist clearly didn't do it they actually did do it somehow," which is the boring kind of nonsense explanation.
The usual excuse for contradictions in Elder Scrolls lore is that the sources are in-setting and are unreliable narrators.
Yeah, you just have to read about the wild racist shit slavers thought about their slaves
There have been some attempts to try to hammer the contradictions into something interesting.
Like, there's a bit in ESO: Murkmire, where you see a vision of a Ayleid getting confused because the organs of the Argonians he's dissecting seem to be changing and don't match with stuff he's seen in other creatures.