Uh, that "interview" was a quote taken out of context. Bethesda confirmed that there will be a TES V.


Shouldn't we switch Nords with Bosmer?

I know, It was meant to be said with Uber Sarcasm in it.
But what I was getting to was that we can't ask them, because they would probably deny its existance, so there is only one way of finding out when it will take place... :ninja:



I always thought they said that they had no future plans, but thanks for confirming that they confirmed its existance.

NOTE: This part a response to the post that is shown BELOW, not above.

Please, no more about whether or not Bethesda confirmed it or not, not reason to get even more off topic...

No, Bethesda said there would be a TES V. We don't know anything about it but Bethesda confirmed it's existence.

Btw, I meant that I feared a daedric invasion.

Nah. That doesn't match. Era's happen when ever some one on Nirn decides it's time. In Sheogoraths realm they seem to have happened every 1000 years straight. Nevermind the possibility that there is more then one system for keeping dates like the Alesian years.




Yes two epic gods battling it out while I'm sitting on the side line. I'm feeling like a real epic hero there.

Nah man nah


Not unless you want to be horribly murdered from 200ft plus by sniper rifle Bow

Couldnt it stil be in the 3rd era ( before OB ) who knows?

It would be a prequel then but it is possible. I would rather have them continue with the collapsing empire though.

(Question) How many years are in one era? I,ve always wanted to know.

100 right?

The emperor decides when to declare a new era.

oo: I bet that helps the people stay organized. :rolleyes:

If it follows Oblivion, it will be in the fourth era or on. At the end, Martin says that the fourth era has begun, so quite technically, a small part of Oblivion itself takes place in the fourth era.

As long as it isn't a prequel to Oblivion, then Fourth Era it is.

Isn't it 1,000?

(In a traditional sense, I know in Tamriel it's whenever the Emperor declares one)

First era lasted for 2920 years.
The second era lasted for 896 years, starting when Potentate Versidue-Shaie immediately came into power after the last of the Remans was assassinated
The third era lasted for 433 years, started when Tiber Septim united all of Tamriel.

Personally, I think Martin was being over dramatic

Why was Martin being over-dramatic? Even Ocato acknowledged thing were going to be different. I mean, Martin's sacrifice and what it did is/was huge.

I find many of the events in the previous eras to have more significance and strife than the end of the third.

Doesn't make the events on this era any less significant than they are.

The only items of significance worth ending an era over were the end of the Septim line and the breaking of the red diamond jewel, signifying a permanent change in the link between Nirn and Oblivion. Just another measly battle between a couple of gods wouldn't cut it, just as it wasn't the end of the era when Old Mournhold was destroyed by M. Dagon and he in turn was banished by the Tribunal (3 "living gods").

Epic? Sort of. It was beyond "mortal" proportions, but not a particularly major fight in terms of human participation: about 30 guys in assorted tin suits battling a couple dozen miscellaneous Daedra in an almost meaningless struggle, while the two main contestants did their own thing to settle the issue regardless of the actions of the "lesser" parties, and you sat and twiddled your thumbs on the sidelines through the latter half. That falls into what I would describe as a "small skirmish", not even close to a true "battle".

In MW, you got to swat at least a small portion of a true diety yourself, while a demi-god tried to stop you. The outcome ended the blight storms, even if the difference between Blight storms and the still-frequent Ash storms wasn't overly apparent.

Well not to mention what Martin and the player did are far more permanent.

Except what did the player really "do?" Martin annoyingly trumps all with the mythic apotheosis card. The player was always just the errand boy.

And SI doesn't' count, as no-one outside of SI will know what has occurred there. Sheogorath is dead. Long live Sheogorath.

Not to mention if Martin was around, he probably would have called the assassination of the Potentate as the end of the second era.

Quite frankly, Martin has no authority to call the end of the third era, because he's dead for one. All I heard was him just monologuing, and Ocato has no authority to call the end of this era. What was the beginning 400 years of the second age basically amounts to what the third age. After the last legitimate ruler was killed off (what was Potentate at the time, and not even Tamriellic), Tamriel dissolved into many civil wars and splintered kingdoms (almost like the dark ages in our time). It wasn't till 400 years after the Potentate was killed did Talos start kicking ass, and then declared the end of the second age when he united all of Tamriel under the banner of the third empire.

This is why I am saying that these third age should last a little longer. Just because Martin died and MD had a skirmish was the imperial city, doesn't mean the era has to end. If that sort of thinking was applied, we'd be in the 5th era or something. Seriously, in the first era, we had the enslaved humans, they rose up and become the dominate force in Cyrodiil. If we use Martin logic, it becomes the end of the first era, and we're now on the second when the first empire arises. Then it falls, and we're left with a bit of chaos. Martin probably would have called this the end of the second era. Then, when the Remans took over and kicked some butt, Martin logic would have said this would have been the third era. Then came the last of the Remans assassinated, the Potentates take over and that becomes the 4th era. Then they die and the land dissolves into civil war, marking the 5th in Martin Logic. Next, we get Talos kicking butt, and uniting Tamriel under one banner of the third empire, marking this to be the 6th era in Martin Logic. And now at the present, with Martin Logic, we're now in the 7th era. See why I am against the fourth era suddenly appearing, just because MD decided to stomp on 1 or 2 buildings in the Imperial City.

EDIT: Extended my argument further

Marching out? You mean pacing back and forth?

The Septim line is not ended, there are maybe thousands of other descendants of Tiber Septim other than the Imperial family, and i recall that each Era ends when there are no more heirs to the current line, so a new family must take up the throne.