i love how theyre tough as shit in oblivion later on because of the weird enemy leveling. i think the lore here is that, since skyrim inhabitants call people “milk drinker” as an insult, theyre referring to ppl from other provinces like cyrodiil who just drink like filthy amounts of milk at all times and so their skeletons are strong as hell while peoples bones in skyrim are brittle as all get out

thank you chemtrailer for this true and good deep lore which is very canon