How does TESO fit into the Elder Scrolls timeline? : Othor Games

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:08 pm

It is said to be based 1000 years before Skyrim, which according to http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:History and assuming that I counted correctly, would be around the middle of the Second Era. That is before any other Elder Scrolls game as far as I am aware. I am just wondering how different the world is going to be, and how does this Molag Bal thing fit in? I hadn't heard of that before, is it a new thing or was that part of the lore already?

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:15 pm

After TES: Arena

Same Time period as TES II: Daggerfall.

But far enough from daggerall to not be affected by it in any way. (hopefully)

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:41 pm

Yeah the Time frame it takes place is around there but to be brutally honest, I'd be more inclined to believe if it was set 1000 years after...not before rofl.

WAIT WHAT? What do you mean after Arena, I read that Tharns family was apart of the plot.....<_>

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:24 am

After TES: Arena

Same Time period as TES II: Daggerfall.

But far enough from daggerall to not be affected by it in any way. (hopefully)

What? No, those are all third era events.

This is after the assasination of the Akaviri potentate but before emperor zero, Cuhlecain.
If you take 1000 years literally it would be around 2E500.

http://www.imperial-library.info/content/second-era.

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:07 pm

What? No, those are all third era events.

This is after the assasination of the Akaviri potentate but before emperor zero, Cuhlecain.
If you take 1000 years literally it would be around 2E500.

god nearly scared me there....wasn't reading his post right

» Mon May 14, 2012 11:27 am

What? No, those are all third era events.

This is after the assasination of the Akaviri potentate but before emperor zero, Cuhlecain.
If you take 1000 years literally it would be around 2E500.

http://www.imperial-library.info/content/second-era.

Ah, I dont know the timelines well enough. I was going off of another post.

You are probably more knowledgeable about the subject than me.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:30 pm

Ah, I dont know the timelines well enough. I was going off of another post.

You are probably more knowledgeable about the subject than me.

The Imperial Library I linked to contains all my knowledge, young grasshopper

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:52 pm

If I had to venture a guess, I would say that the game kicks off right after the assassination of the Akaviri potentate in 2E 430. This is a major event that would logically fracture Tamriel and give rise to several factions and an ideal "anything goes" MMO world.

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:00 am

Indeed, there is even mentioned a period of civil war during the 2nd Era that seems ripe for what we know about the game.

2E 431
Civil wars and insurrection dissolve the Tamrielic Empire.

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:15 am

"The main story focuses on the war on the continent of Tamriel taking place 1000 years before the events of Skyrim. Nerevarine’s battle against Dagoth Ur in Morrowind, fractious lords desperately fight against the invasion coming from Oblivion and a civil war rages in the land of Skyrim"

This is the story, apparently.

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:20 pm

Maybe it'll be during the reign - or just after - the Tsaesci Potentates? That will be fun to see, proper Snakemen at last.

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:27 am

"The main story focuses on the war on the continent of Tamriel taking place 1000 years before the events of Skyrim. Nerevarine’s battle against Dagoth Ur in Morrowind, fractious lords desperately fight against the invasion coming from Oblivion and a civil war rages in the land of Skyrim"

This is the story, apparently.

yes as in TESO happens before all that.

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:36 am

yes as in TESO happens before all that.

Yeah, I was just saying it's very vague, basically before 'Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim', probably wasn't very clear in my post

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:41 am

Can anyone tell me how they are making Orcs to be a part of an alliance at the time when they still were hostile barbarians who lived on the mountains without breaking the lore?

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:09 am

Can anyone tell me how they are making Orcs to be a part of an alliance at the time when they still were hostile barbarians who lived on the mountains without breaking the lore?

It actually fits in surprisingly well: "Orsinium briefly became an Imperial territory under the Akaviri Potentate, though this ended with the death of Savirien-Chorak in CE431. The Orcs have recently petitioned the New Emperor to grant them a similar status, but Tiber Septim is famous for his hatred of their kind, and has yet to bestow the beastfolk good answer."--From the First Pocket Guide to the Empire. So basically the orcs were a recognized nation right up until the time frame when the game starts.

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:14 pm

Can anyone tell me how they are making Orcs to be a part of an alliance at the time when they still were hostile barbarians who lived on the mountains without breaking the lore?

By breaking the Lore, Come on Anchors from the Sky is a significant event to not include in books, So Heres ammo for all the Proponents. TESO is not in the TES section, TESO is being made by a different Group, TESO can thus sidestep Lore. TESO is an MMO is TES elements...no?

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:27 pm

What? No, those are all third era events.

This is after the assasination of the Akaviri potentate but before emperor zero, Cuhlecain.
If you take 1000 years literally it would be around 2E500.

http://www.imperial-library.info/content/second-era.

If you do the math, TESO's time period is about 2E 530. So this will have the oldest setting out of any TES game, older than Redguard's time period which was 2E 864.

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:30 pm

Can anyone tell me how they are making Orcs to be a part of an alliance at the time when they still were hostile barbarians who lived on the mountains without breaking the lore?

With thousands of level 100 "heroes" running around that are capable of wiping out entire armies, Orcs not making since lore-wise should be the least of your worries.

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:03 am

With thousands of level 100 "heroes" running around that are capable of wiping out entire armies, Orcs not making since lore-wise should be the least of your worries.

I can't see that to happen. On MMO you can't reload so if player dies he dies and needs to start on a new server. And if someone is getting too high lvl others can and probably will kill him.

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:55 pm

It actually fits in surprisingly well: "Orsinium briefly became an Imperial territory under the Akaviri Potentate, though this ended with the death of Savirien-Chorak in CE431. The Orcs have recently petitioned the New Emperor to grant them a similar status, but Tiber Septim is famous for his hatred of their kind, and has yet to bestow the beastfolk good answer."--From the First Pocket Guide to the Empire. So basically the orcs were a recognized nation right up until the time frame when the game starts.

This. In any case, one man's barbarism is another man's culture.

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:43 pm

Another question about lore breaking, how there can be Dunmer when Nerevarine is still fighting? Shouldn't them to be Chimer until they'll sacrifice him and gets the punishment from Azura?

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:07 am

Nerevar is dead by now.

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:54 am

Nerevar is dead by now.

Not during the MMO. Haven't you read the article about it?
"The main story focuses on the war on the continent of Tamriel taking place 1000 years before the events of Skyrim. Nerevarine’s battle against Dagoth Ur in Morrowind, fractious lords desperately fight against the invasion coming from Oblivion and a civil war rages in the land of Skyrim."

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:59 pm

Another question about lore breaking, how there can be Dunmer when Nerevarine is still fighting? Shouldn't them to be Chimer until they'll sacrifice him and gets the punishment from Azura?

2nd Era, this is way after the events of Red Mountain.

The most likely time period IMO is this:

http://www.imperial-library.info/content/second-era

This fits perfectly for about 1000 years before and during a time when such alliances would be possible. Its after the Akaviri Emperor has been assassinated. Though it says the Empire has dissolved, more likely they will retcon/explain it as having lost control of Tamriel and put in the struggling state described in the magazine.

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:37 am

Not during the MMO. Haven't you read the article about it?
"The main story focuses on the war on the continent of Tamriel taking place 1000 years before the events of Skyrim. Nerevarine’s battle against Dagoth Ur in Morrowind, fractious lords desperately fight against the invasion coming from Oblivion and a civil war rages in the land of Skyrim."

Nerevarine is the Reincarnation, Nerevar is the original, that part is talking about TES Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim, its saying all of this happened before the games.

How ever upon closer reading, now I'm confused

mmk what Chimer said