[@Leos Klien] I understand much of where you are coming from, especially with the scars, but I think a lot of what you spin as realism is just preconceived notions from how Argonians are [i]typically[/i] played in the game. In fact, I could make this exact character in Oblivion and he would outclass dremora and daedroths in terms of raw strength. Just because Orcs are stereotypically brutes and Argonians are stereotypically rogues doesn't mean outliers are impossible. And do we really know enough about the science dictating the nature of these races to say that anything unobscene is an impossibility? 

You're very right about the scars, however. In regards to the skills, the idea was that he's a novice with a few of those skills just because having been in the arena, he's been able to observe a lot of different people training/fighting with a lot of different weaponry. I can get ride of the apprentice blade and block if that seems too far though. 

EDIT: I'd also like to inquire as to why you even care about a 3 inch height difference, especially when you had nothing to say about Adamiir's height.