Elder Scrolls Forum: Some information from the C&EO on the Census

As many of you know, the Emporer has rescinded the War Tax. What many have not yet heard is that a War Tax Refund is planned for the residents of Vvardenfell, Mournhold and Solstheim. The Morrowind C&EO will be responsible for delivering these tax refunds. As such we had to do a census of residents to ascertain the proper names and residences of all resident, living, non-creature entities on MW.
Each race having its own method of ascribing personal identifiers to its members, and the C&EO being sensitive to these racial heritages; we have prepared a preliminary analysis of the naming structures used by the various races.

Argonian names as used in the entire Empire are approximations of the names Argonians recieve at the naming ceremony. This is due to differences in the vocal structures between argonians and other races.

Bretons and Imperials in general follow the first name father's last name of identifying themselves. Married Breton females almost always take their spouse's last name. Some single named individuals have been encountered.

Bosmers only have one name. Very ocassionally a Bosmer will have a nickname. It was at one time believed that all Bosmer shared the same familial name ( Ur ) but that was a misunderstanding. Dagoth Ur is not a Bosmer and Fargoth does not have the familial name UR.

Altmers or High Elves only have one name and very rarely a geographic identifier.

Redguards also follow the only one name behaviour although they also have the occassional nickname appended.

Khajiiti females also have only one name. And never appear to have an honourific appended to that name. Again some nicknames have been identified.

Khajiiti males while having only one name sometimes have an honourific appended to the start of their name. The rules for these honourifics are very strict and very traditional in Khajiiti culture and offense can be easily given if the proper honourific is not used. Nicknames are rare.

Orcish names are rigidly defined and almost always include a way of identifying the father or step father. gra and gro gar and gor to identify daughter of, son of, step daughter of, stepson of. There are exceptions and we suspect that they represent orcs whose parentage was not discernible.

Dunmer follow various naming conventions. Some have or use only one name. Others follow the first name, father's last name convention, and still others follow an older naming model of House Name, individual identifier. This last model is much more common in house Indoril and house Dres and is used by House Dagoth.

Nord names appear to be either single, or first name, family name, or single name with a specific character trait identifier or battle identifier or historical identifier or profession identifier.

At the present time, the largest families on Morrowind are the Andrano family with 13 members, the Andrethi and Ienith families with 11 members, the Hlaalu family with 10, the Arvel, Dralor, Llervu and Sadri with 9 and the Saren family with 8 members.
The work of processing the addresses of all residents on MW is progressing and the C&EO expects to have the tax refunds into the hands of all legitimate recipients of said refund before the end of the next fiscal year.
The C&EO extends its thanks to the savants at the Imperial Library for their munificent and gracious assistance in our endeavours.

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