Even the Senche-tiger, the largest great cat in existence, has proven to be just another form of the khajiit these massive beasts can often be found serving as steeds for their more humanoid cousins. According to the native tradition, a khajiit born while Masser is full and Secunda a thin crescent will grow to be a cathay-raht, one of the aforementioned jaguar-men, while one born under the opposite conditions will be little more than an intelligent house-cat.
The khajiit attribute their improbable biology to the workings of the ja-Kha'jay (the 'Moonstrings,' or 'Lunar Lattice'), a magical and semi-divine phenomena believed to derive from the influence of Tamriel's twin moons, Masser and Secunda. A particular family-tribe, or pride, might include a hunting party of males that appear like upright jaguars, a few beautiful youths who could pass for Elves were it not for their swishing tails, an uncle or two that would stalk the perimeters on all fours, and a chief who, depending on the moons of his birth, might have the form of any of the above. These khajiit are all feline in aspect, some far more than others.
It is inhabited by a strange race of intelligent beastmen, who call themselves the khajiit in their native tongue. Elsweyr is the youngest of the modern regions, and the only one to have established itself in the Common Era, nearly six hundred years ago.
