Nords and Imperials are two different races, as dissimilar as Dunmer and Altmer.
When considering combining the two, you might think of Hjalti Early-Beard. Hjalti, of course, was a Nord born in High Rock, not exactly the grand Shezzarine-From-Atmora-named-Talos-Stormcrown legend given by Imperial orthodoxy. He was Shezzarine, no doubt, achieved CHIM and even changed the entire landscape of Cyrodiil sometime after trapping Arctus/Wulfharth (one of the two) in the Mantella, but a Nord he was, even if the Imperials are named after him.
Or are they? In reality, Imperials (both in their native name, Cyrodiil, and in their common name, Imperial) are named after Reman Cyrodiil, the great warlord who was tearing out throats of enemy generals at the age of 12 and was once mentioned by name by Pelinal Whitestrake himself (hundreds of years before his birth; think Reman is John Connor and Pelinal is the Terminator, though the latter is actually pretty perfect
1). Imperials have an entirely separate pantheon from Nords--they have Kynareth instead of Kyne, Akatosh instead of Alduin (though the line is a bit more solid than the Empire suggests, and the same is true for Auri-El, after the Marukhati Selectives' Dragon Break), and of course the Missing Shezzarr instead of the Hero-God of Men Shor.
Imperials are way different.
1Pretty perfect in that Pelinal and the Terminator (Arnie from 2, specifically) are both robots from the future sent back in time to save some woman; "[And then] Kyne granted Perrif another symbol, a diamond soaked red with the blood of elves, [whose] facets could [un-sector and form] into a man whose every angle could cut her jailers and a name: PELIN-EL [which is] "The Star-Made Knight" [and he] was arrayed in armor [from the future time]." The difference here is that Pelinal is Shezarrine/Akatosh-related, giving him a bit of confusion (I.E he's completely insane)
Make sure time-traveling robots are involved in some way in the mod if you do work on it, btw. The time travel is optional.
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