Mysterious Akavir Content . Akavir means " Dragon Land " . Tamriel means " Dawn ' s Beauty " . Atmora means " Elder Wood " . Only the Redguard s know what Yokuda ever meant . Akavir is the kingdom of the beasts . No Men or Mer live in Akavir , though Men once did . These Men , however , were eaten long ago by the vampiric Serpent Folk of Tsaesci . Had they not been eaten , these Men would have eventually migrated to Tamriel . The Nord s left Atmora for Tamriel . Before them , the Elves had abandoned Aldmeris for Tamriel . The Redguards destroyed Yokuda so they could make their journey . All Men and Mer know Tamriel is the nexus of creation , where the Last War will happen , where the Gods unmade Lorkhan and left their Adamantine Tower of secrets . Who knows what the Akaviri think of Tamriel , but ask yourself : why have they tried to invade it three times or more ? There are four major nations of Akavir : Kamal , Tsaesci , Tang Mo , and Ka Po ' Tun . When they are not busy trying to invade Tamriel , they are fighting with each other . Kamal is " Snow Hell " . Demons live there , armies of them . Every summer they thaw out and invade Tang Mo , but the brave monkey - folk always drive them away . Once Ada ' Soom Dir - Kamal , a king among demons , attempted to conquer Morrowind , but Almalexia and the Underking destroyed him at Red Mountain . Tsaesci is " Snake Palace " , once the strongest power in Akavir ( before the Tiger - Dragon came ) . The serpent - folk ate all the Men of Akavir a long time ago , but still kind of look like them . They are tall , beautiful ( if frightening ) , covered in golden scales , and immortal . They enslave the goblins of the surrounding isles , who provide labor and fresh blood . The holdings of Tsaesci are widespread . When natives of Tamriel think of the Akaviri they think of the Serpent - Folk , because one ruled the Cyrodilic Empire for four hundred years in the previous era . He was Potentate Versidue - Shaie , assassinated by the Morag Tong . Tang Mo is the " Thousand Monkey Isles " . There are many breeds of monkey - folk , and they are all kind , brave , and simple ( and many are also very crazy ) . They can raise armies when they must , for all of the other Akaviri nations have , at one time or another , tried to enslave them . They cannot decide who they hate more , the Snakes or the Demons , but ask one , and he will probably say , " Snakes " . Though once bitter enemies , the monkey - folk are now allies with the tiger - folk of Ka Po ' Tun . Ka Po ' Tun is the " Tiger - Dragon ' s Empire " . The cat - folk here are ruled by the divine Tosh Raka , the Tiger - Dragon . They are now a very great empire , stronger than Tsaesci ( though not at sea ) . After the Serpent - Folk ate all the Men , they tried to eat all the Dragons . They managed to enslave the Red Dragons , but the black ones had fled to ( then ) Po Tun . A great war was raged , which left both the cats and the snakes weak , and the Dragons all dead . Since that time the cat - folk have tried to become the Dragons . Tosh Raka is the first to succeed . He is the largest Dragon in the world , orange and black , and he has very many new ideas . " First , " Tosh Raka says , " is that we kill all the vampire snakes . " Then the Tiger - Dragon Emperor wants to invade Tamriel .