So...can we play as his creation? Vampires? Do you think there will be factions that are joinable(Molag Bal's faction)?

Daedric invasion. Sounds like the plot to Oblivion.

I thought I read somewhere we could be part of three factions. So I guess that's Akaviri/Tsaeci and the Imperials at least. Maybe the third is some vampire faction then.

Yes, there was the Mythic Dawn in Oblivion. But do you think these "evil" factions are joinable?

Well that depends, it very well could be if there are three factions, someone has to play as the antagonists I suppose.
But we know nothing about this, so everything becomes wild speculations really.

A lion, dragon, and eagle? So 3 factions. WOW has 2.

http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/bethesda/elderscrolls/online/cover-reveal/front610.jpg

I hope won't choose factions at the character creation screen. I really hope I can be neutral.

No [censored] wow or swtor combat, if we can i would like skyrim combat.


Sounds like a great idea!

maybe we could have sub-factions too?

As Cool, as Molag Bal is couldn't they have been more creative then Big NASTY Daedric Prince wants to swallow Tamriel into his own real and terrorrize it once its in his DEMONIC REALM!. I think a Daedric Civil war would have been cool!.

I think the war for the Imperial throne alone would be a good enough basis for the game.

"...set a millennium before the events of Skyrim as the daedric prince Molag Bal tries to pull all of Tamriel into his demonic realm."

Actually sounds like a Daedric, er...ex-vasion...He's not trying to come in, he's trying to slurp everything out. Isn't Molag Bal's realm of Oblivion already said to be basically an evil mirror image of Tamriel? Interesting if true...

Yes, Molag Bals realm is an evil corrupted mirror of Tamriel.

So he succeeded?

People, think for a moment about the factions. It's been previously stated that the elven culture / weapons (Aldmeri Dominion) is influenced by birds.

The Lion / Dragon is a bit harder. One of them is definately the Empire - most likely the dragon. I just hope the last one isn't Akavir, because... Akavir really svcks

And before you ask, yes, the Aldmeri Dominion WAS present in the Second Era, before Tiber Septim came to power.

But why not Akaviri?
The Empire, the Aldmeri Dominion (the first one) and the Akaviri overlord were all present, so not having Akavir/Tsaesci as one of them is dumb.
Just sayin'.

Let's just say I have a hatred for that specific style.

Remember http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Tal_Marog_Ker%27s_Researches?

*Brooms out* Shoo, back to the lore forum.

Possibly.
"'The sky is on fire,' I heard him say as he moved on to the next realm. 'The ground is sludge, but traversable. I see blackened ruins all around me, like a war was fought here in the distant past. The air is freezing. I cast blooms of warmth all around me, but it still feels like daggers of ice stabbing me in all directions.'
This was Coldharbour, where Molag Bal was Prince. It appeared to Zenas as if it were a future Nirn, under the King of [Laughing Ponies], desolate and barren, filled with suffering. I could hear Morian Zenas weep at the images he saw, and shiver at the sight of the Imperial Palace, spattered with blood and excrement."

It might be a way for the devs to ignore anything that happens in the MMO they don't want to use in later lore. They can just say it happened in Molag Bal's realm.

Speaking of [Laughing Ponies], I hope they don't try to sanitize Molag Bal first and general lore second. I mean, and I know you aren't supposed to do this but I have to for clarity, he is the King of R-A-P-E. That is a major thing in terms of his function as a Daedra prince.

So I assume that it'll be rated M.

http://www.imperial-library.info/content/guide-akavir If so that symbol looks like to me Imperials(Dragon) defeating Aldmeri Dominion(Eagle) defeating Akaviri(Tiger) who defeat Imperials for control of Tamriel.

Not just surprise six in the literal sense alone though.
Defilement, subversion, domination and all the less literal meanings of the word are in there too.

I can see it fitting his sphere. If he had a plan for it to work that is consistent with current lore on the topic, the most important barrier in his way is the Daedra pact with Sotha Sil by which Daedra lords only heed the summons of powerful wizards or witch covens on auspicious days.
There is also the (largely apocryphal, though not completely so) lore of the towers that hold the world up and protect it from Oblivion.

If the Lord of [laughing ponies] finds a way to circumvent these things, possibly by a subversion of the literal rules, hes not invading but swallowing, or allowing Nirn to drift into Coldharbour by something mortals did, then that would be right up his ally.
I think.

Edit: Another possible barrier for Molag Bal is the Triune.
If Dagoth Ur still sleeps under Red Mountain at the time this is set, theyll be at the height of their power.
If its set after he has awoken he will have done so recently and the Triune will have only missed one renewal, and would still be active gods.
Vivec wont like his people being swallowed by a god he already defeated once.

The scale is my only problem. I mean, I agree that trying to "absorb" or 'svck in" Tamriel is right up his- Oh my God, someone call Prof. Numinatus I know where the continents went.

Anyways, it's right in character, just so big I find it odd nobody in the third or fourth eras mentioned it. Unless the more mundane wars were distracting enough people.

So in looking at the 3rd Era lore (where this should be ~1000 years before Skyrim), there's not a lot of time in between emporer deaths/crownings. I mean perhaps 3E 114 - 121 gives a 7 year stretch, but for an mmo to exist in a 7 year period only seems a bit constrained?


edit: oh wait the Era's arent exact 1000 year periods. So, this lands us in the 2nd Era, prior to Tiber Septim uniting Tamriel..