vocal wise i have to agree, the female argonians sound like chain smokers... As for the races there are pretty much only 4 playble races: human, Mer, argonian, khajiit (although some say that the Khajiit were origanlly a form of mer to begin with). if you go into the human race for ex. you see: Nord, Breton, Imperiel, and redguard. these would be sub-races, or diferent cultures of the humans. Nords get resist cold, and make good warriors because the geology and cultrure favors those traits.... the same could be for the mer. when it comes to dwarfs, I too was kind of diapointed when i found out they where not the short bearded people, when i first played TES (morrowind) I guess it was bethesda thinking outside the box?