The Towers
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:52 pm
"Altmer of the sea" ring any bells? The dreugh are not just sea squids with anthropological features.
I'd take the sermons with a pinch of salt when it comes to referencing history from it.
May the holder of the fourth key know the heart thereby: the Mundex Terrene was once ruled over solely by the tyrant dreugh-kings, each to their own dominion, and borderwars fought beween their slave oceans. They were akin to the time-totems of old, yet evil, and full of mockery and profane powers. No one that lived did so outside of the sufferance of the dreughs. - Commentaries
Mankar seems to collaborate the existence of the Dreugh however the way they had their dominion over the world is awfully similair to the way the Aldmer ruled over the world. So being called Altmer of the sea can be a reference to their domination and treacherousness.
Because of this similarity there also is the possibility that there are no Dreugh Tyrant Kings and that they're only a metaphor for Aldmer.