Welcome to the 49th installment of my Oblivion Immersion Series.  Fantasy racism, a common staple of fantasy, is one of the many things that adds depth and nuance to the world of Tamriel.  Oblivion handles this by adding racial disposition modifiers so that certain groups will be shown relative favor or disfavor depending on the race of the player and NPC. 

See the UESP for a summary of Oblivion: 
https://en.m.uesp.net/wiki/Oblivion:Races

Notice anything?  Unfortunately, many of the racial modifiers in Oblivion do not make sense given the lore.  For example, why don't the Dunmer LOATHE the Khajiit and Argonians on sight?  And why don't the Khajiit (who were/are also enslaved by the Dunmer) hate the Dark Elves any more than everyone else does.  Shouldn't the Nords and Dark Elves hate each other a lot, as centuries-long historical enemies?  Aren't the Khajiit and Bosmer also historical enemies?  Last, don't the Bretons, Orcs, and Redguards all share a 3-way hatred of each other? 

This mod makes adjustments to better reflect these elements of the lore.  Positive racial modifiers have been left unchanged. 

Here's a summary:

- Argonians: disliked by everyone for being one of the beast races, super hated by the Dunmer because farm equipment should not be allowed to roam free

- Bretons: disliked by the Redguards due to historical wars, super hated by the Orcs who are perpetually salty about Orsinium

- Dark Elves: disliked by everyone on general principle, super hated by the Nords, High Elves, and beast races, Dark Elves return the favor and hate everyone else on general principle because they are snotty Dark Elves

- High Elves: disliked by everyone on general principle, super hated by the Nords and Dark Elves, High Elves return the favor and hate everyone else on general principle because they are snotty High Elves

- Imperials: disliked by the Dark Elves and High Elves on general principle and for being the inferior humans that nevertheless conquered them

- Khajiit: disliked by everyone for being one of the beast races, super hated by the Dunmer because slavery and by the Bosmer due to historical conflicts

- Nords: disliked by the Orcs due to historical conflicts, super hated by the Dunmer due to being longtime enemies

- Orcs: disliked by everyone because they are Orcs (being hated is their thing), super hated by the Redguards and Bretons due to centuries of mutual conflict

- Redguards: disliked by the Bretons and super hated by the Orcs due to centuries of mutual conflict, no longer disliked by the Imperials (who in vanilla are cool with everyone else but for some reason not the Redguards)

- Wood Elves: disliked by the Nords because they are elves, super hated by the Khajiit due to historical conflicts

Requirements
===========

Oblivion Version 1.2.0416

Installation Instructions
===================

Copy contents into your Oblivion data folder. 

Uninstallation Instructions
=====================

Delete the added plugin

Incompatability
=============

Will be incompatible with mods that edit vanilla races, including OCO, so make a Bash patch to use them together.  The main version and the optional file are mutually incompatible.   

Optional Files
===========

Reworked Race Relations - Orcs and Dunmer Self-Love is an optional version that adds a +5 modifier to the Dark Elves and Orcs so that they will respond positively to their own kin.

Known Issues
===========

None at the moment

Troubleshooting
=============

Feel free to come to me with questions or issues and I will help as best as I can.  That said, please bear in mind that I am a novice modder and may not be able to offer much in the way of assistance.

Credits and Thanks
===============

Thanks to:

Bethesda Softworks
TES Nexus
LHammonds - Readme Generator
UESP

Licensing and Legal
================

I am making this mod open to revision by the public.  If you have any ideas of how to expand or improve upon this mod, then go ahead. No permission needed.  All I ask is that you give credit to me and to the creators of these resources.  This mod and its contents may not be distributed commercially.