i swear he is the oldest cat man ever. he is definately over 250 years old. morrowind was here i first saw him. then oblivion 40 or 50 years after morrowind story. then skyrim 200 years after oblivion story.

altho we are never told the average life span of a kajiit i don't think it is that long (unless he is on like his 5th out of 9 lives)

so i concluded that he is probably a deadric prince that bethesda put in there and never told us.

i have read the discriptions of the deadra princes and the one that fits the lying aspect is Boethiah

Boethiah is the Prince of Plots, who rules over DECEIT, conspiracy, secret plots of murder, assassination, treason, and unlawful overthrow of authority. He is depicted as a great caped warrior, often in a stoic pose. He is one of the original ancestor gods of the Dunmer.
Boethiah loves competition and battle, and this nature is manifested in his quest in Oblivion,[2] transporting the player to his realm of Oblivion for a tournament to decide who is truly worthy of Goldbrand, an enchanted katana with a gold-colored blade (rebuilding his shrine near Khartag Point in Vvardenfell is enough to claim the blade in Morrowind).[1] He is occasionally known as Boethia, a feminine Persona, and the infamous Pillow Book is named in his honor.

Deceit can be taken as lies.

So in conclusion M'aiq the liar is really an aspect of Boethiah.

m'aiq is not aware of this it seems

m'aiq is sad now

M'aiq's father was also called M'aiq. As was M'aiq's father's father. At least, thats what he said.

He's got a dialogue option stating his father's name was also M'aiq and so was his father's father. So git off yo high horse!

"M'aiq's father was also called M'aiq. As was M'aiq's father's father. At least, that's what his father said."

Source: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:M%27aiq_the_Liar

EDIT: Ninja'd!

His father was Maiq, and his father before him.


Edit, ninjad xD

I've heard that the one in skyrim is the great great grandson of the one from morrowind or something like that.

"M'aiq's father was also called M'aiq. As was M'aiq's father's father. At least, that's what his father said."

Yea like everyone else is saying, all the males in "The Liar" family are named Maiq

Aha, so his father lied to him and he lied to us, which makes this the truth... Right? :grad:

As everyone said, his father and grandfather was also called M'aiq.

I just gotta say one thing. M'aiq is awesome !

This.

Still though, even though he's just an easter egg, I'm sure they have some sort of background story for him just for fun but I doubt will ever know what it is.

So you guys believe him when he says that his father was also named M'aiq?

...........he is a liar. i win

M'aiq isn't actualy a liar, he just speaks on behalf of Bethesda, he's done so since Morrowind I believe.