Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24685738-20170731183450/@comment-5583506-20170802171029

"Most likely", Shanks shrugged. "Truth is that Shanks doesn't really remember anything about himself. All that he remembers is Elka the Witch, and the fact that... well... Shanks wasn't always... Shanks. He recalls there being a time when his mind was whole. A time when he didn't possess magic or knowledge of magic. Shanks was simply just another ordinary Khajiit, born into a life distrust."

For someone who was arguably insane the Khajiit seemed remarkably self-aware of it.