There are three types of races. They are the races of men, mer, and beast, and each have their own traits unique to the race as a whole. These traits are both physical and in terms of abilities. For example, mer tend to be leaner than men and have pointed ears.

The races of men are imperial, breton, nord, and redguard. The races of mer are dunmer, bosmer, altmar, and orcs. And the beast races are argonian and kajiit. Each race has their own defining traits, such as the ashen skin of the dunmer.

The bretons are men, and are the result of relations between men and mer thousands of years ago. We tend to be more adept at magic than the other races.