Morrowind saw me run as a Nord

Oblivion had me running around as a Breton

Skyrim, the majority of my characters tend to be the master race Altmer.

Argonians since Morrowind. I like the beastly looks and the mystery around their homeland and the weird relationship with the Hist.

Don't worry about character being mute, get the player voice sets mod

Nords aren't boring!!!

"Don't you see?! Elven supremacy is the only truth!"

Agreed.

Unless you ask the Falmer,Ayleids and Left handed Elves

Well, I don't know about you, but from what we've seen of the races in the game, I'd say that the Imperials(no identity of their own unless you ignore Oblivion and go back to the Pocket Guide to the Empire 1st Edition) and Bretons(essentially slightly more magical Imperials) are the really boring races. Even with the watering down of the Nordic pantheon(mixed bag, not as straight forward as it might seem), they stand out among the (white) human races, if nothing else. Of course, this has nothing to do with subjective interest, but I find them much more in possession of an actual identity than the Bretons and Imperials(again unless you simply ignore Oblivion).

Redguards

half-elf knights and hedge wizards are no where near as boring as racist Vikings, and Romans are better than anything else so they are also exempt

It changes with the games. In morrowind, dark elves. Oblivion, the imperials. Skyrim Nords and Bretons.

Argonian! now and forever

I think, like many people it seem, my favourite has changed with each game. I remember very little of playing Morrowind, but my main character on that was a Redguard. I hardly played Oblivion, never making any significant headway on the main quest but greatly enjoying my sneaky Dunmer and Bosmer characters. in Skyrim I cannot seem to make an elf character of any race I am happy with so I have stuck with the races of Men, Nord and Redguard being my favourite. So I guess that leaves my favourite race overall as....

Redguard!

I have 2 basic points in return for that:

1) I think you severly misunderstood my point, and

2) Calling the Imperials "Romans" shows a very simplistic understanding of the actual Romans.

As far as you misunderstanding my point, I did say that what I was talking about had nothing to do with subjective taste, so if you find the Nords boring, that's fine. What I was adressing is actual substance regarding the identity of the races.

If you look at Skyrim, you will see a myriad of things. Some of them are:

- the importance of strong Clans in the Hold(Silver-Bloods, Black-Briars, Battle-Borns, Grey-Manes),

- lokal traditions regarding the Giants(like painting a cow to give to them to make them stay away from your herd),

- lokal ritual of passage(Ice Wraith hunting, both referred to as a Nord custom by a Dunmer in Riften and you are asked to prove yourself that way if you try to join the Stormcloaks),

- the Companions who try to live by "honor and glory", but each member sees it differently if you ask them about it

- A few traditions between the Jarls, among them challenges at court(including customs that the High King can lose his throne by refusing the challenge) and sending an axe as a diplomatic ultimatum

- The Moot choosing the reigning High King

- Worshipping Talos as the "protector of Man and patron of Nords"

- Greybeards choosing which children they want to teach and being held in high regard by pretty much everyone

- a past to compare the modern Nords to to see how they have changed. From the Dragon Cult ruled Skyrim to now, there is quite a bit of difference.

- Gildergreen in Whiterun being a site of pilgrimage

- Falkreath basing its culture around its large and famous graveyard

- Bard's College putting on festivals in Solitude, like the Burning of King Olaf One-Eye

- And some other things, but I don't want to spend too much time typing it out. There are some basics to begin with.

If we look at the Imperials going only by the books adressing their culture, the Imperials of the Colovian West are basically Nords without the frost resistance, while the Nibenese Imperials are heavily invested in religious cults, mercantile traditions, made the basis for the modern battlemage and has a magistocracy, heavily influenced by Akaviri culture.

If we look at the Imperials we actually see in the games, what is their identity? They are visually inspired by the Romans, but that does not make their identity Roman. We know the Imperials as we see them in Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim tend to fall towards the Nine Divines in religion. That's a start. What are their religious customs? What rituals of passage do they have? What differentiates the Colovians from the Nibenese? And so on. I can't answer those questions without disregarding Oblivion's representation of the Imperials, and even then I mostly can't, since it is never fleshed out much in what little we have.

The Bretons, even in the best of representations we have on them(ESO) comes back to essentially being Oblivion's Imperials with Knightly Orders instead of the Legion. This is further supported in Morrowind, where Pelegiad is described as being essentially a "High Rock town" and I can't say anything about the culture there either.

I don't care which ones you like better, but when it comes to actual substance for their identity? The Bretons and the Imperials have fallen pretty flat, especially compared to the Nords in Skyrim(game).

The Dunmer are my favourite race because of Morrowind. Admittedly they were rubbish in Oblivion, but so were all the other races.

Bosmer since I like to play a lot of assassin builds.