But this particular parentage seems implausible.

The text seems unambiguous: if an Alfiq (housecat) were to give birth while Secunda is waxing and Masser is full, the child would be a Senche-raht, an enormous cat that would grow to the weight of fifty Altmer. ( Jode is apparently Secunda, the smaller moon, and Jone is Masser, the larger moon.) As such, children may look very little like their parents, depending on when they were born. The page on Khajiit physiology at The Imperial Library says that the form a Khajiit takes depends entirely on the phases of the moons at the time of their birth. My daughter here was born when Jode was waxing and Jone was full, so she is a Senche-raht. I was born as Jode was waxing and Jone was new, so I am an Omhes-raht. Is it true that what phase of the moons you are born under determines your physical morphology?”Īnd the Clan Mother said, “Indeed, hairless scholar. The hairless scholar peered at the Clan Mother through little windows on his nose and said, “I want to know about your different breeds. The Lunar Latticeįrom the book The Moon Cats and their Dance in The Elder Scrolls Online: In theory, a quadrupedal Khajiit could give birth to bipedal offspring, but this may never actually happen.