Hi all I've just been looking at the timeline for the whole eldar scrolls series , I am finding it very interesting.

is it true that as online is set quite a bit in the past before the time of the imperials ? or have the imperial been defeated?

Also how to the dwarfs fit into all of this ?

So many questions ....

The time is slightly before the events in Morrowind. The imperials were at full strengh during Morrowind so you can clearly see they weren't defeated nor did any of the 3 factions win the war.

The dwarves are gone. The dwemer disappeared at the end of their war with the dunmer and the rise of the tibunal gods (Vivec, Almalexia and Sotha Sil), punished by the gods for the sacrilege of using the heart of Lorkhan for their own purposes (strangely, the gods didn't do the same to the dunmer when the 3 guys did the same as the dwarves).

The time is before "talos" took over the throne, when everyone was fighting over who to control the throne and in the middle of the imperial city, they were led by daedra worshiping entities (read quen ayreen lore and you'll find a guy who tortured her, is quite a baddy in league with mannimarco or w/e his name is)

ok thanks !

actually the aedra azura(if I remember right) punished the whole chimer race by darkening their skin, therefore the name dunmer(cursed elf). the dwarves were never punished by gods. almsivi used the heart of lorkhan to become gods. uuhh I should play morrowind again.

From what I understand Online is set during the second era which is pre-Talos and thus before the Septim Empire. The dwarves are long gone and have been gone since the first era when they had the war with the Dunmer and the whole red mountain event happened. The Nords were involved as well, that is the war in which Jurgen Windcaller was defeated and decided to put down his sword and create the "Way of the Voice" after deciding that he was being punished by the gods for abusing his Thu'um.

The various governments of Online are the same governments that Tiber Septim conquers to create the Empire we have known throughout the other games. So no matter what side you choose during online just know that all three sides loose to Tiber in the end and become the Septim Empire.

Morrowind takes place during the 3rd era well after Tiber is long gone. Every TES game except for Skyrim took place during the 3rd era with Oblivion being the end of that era. So Online is way before any of that. Well before Arena and those events. Before the "Wolf queen of Solitude", before the Orcs have a land of their own, before a lot of things.

Azura is a deadra. Azura and Meridia are the only daedric princes that aren't really evil - they aren't good either but their actions usually benefit mortals rather than not.

Azura got angry at the 3 guys from the tribunal temple for breaking their oath. Beforehand they swore to Azura that they would guard the heart of Lorkhan and the tools of Kagrenac that the dwemer used on the heart, and that they would never use the tools for themselves, but eventually they did it anyway. Azura was furious and cursed the entire dunmer race for the actions of the 3, with grey skin and red eyes.

It's not mentioned why the aedra didn't punish the dunmer for their own sacrilege and only Azura, who is a daedra, got angry. The deadra traditionally don't care about the actions mortals take against their makers, the aedra, and even encourage such actions. Therefore it's a mystery why the aedra didn't punish the dunmer and only Azura even cared.

the lore is so interesting, so hopefully we may seem some famous hero's from the past in our online experience , and I want to think we decide to become one instead of being defeated =D

How come the money in the Morrowind game was septims if there was no "septim empire" ?

but there was a septim empire, I think you misread his post.

To be precise, it's around 720 years before the events of Morrowind, 300 before Tiber Septim conquered the continent and formed the Third Empire, the Septim Empire. The Dwarves have been gone for thousands of years, and nobody really knows why the Dwemer disappeared. The Tribunal used Kagrenac's Tools to become gods, and the Daedric Prince Azura cursed the Dunmer with dark skin and red eyes to remind the three of their betrayal of their oaths and for (by some sources) murdering Nerevar. So that they would forever remember their actions. She also made the Nerevarine Prophecies around this time.

We are 150 years past the final fall of the Second Empire, generally called the Cyrodiilic Empire, which, much like ancient Rome, people are trying to restore and maintain. The Second Empire conquered everything except Morrowind and Summerset, but Summerset paid tribute to the Empire because the very idea of humans landing on their lands was abhorrent to them and their ideas of superiority- better to pay. For the first few hundred years (before 2920 1st Era) it was ruled by the Remans Dynasty. After the last Emperor was assassinated rule fell to the Akaviri Potentates

I believe the timeline is that this is 720 years before Morrowind. The timeline in TES comes in Eras, the first Era ends with the Assassination of Reman Cyrodiil III and his son (ending The Cyrodiilic Empire), TESO takes place in the 2nd Era and the 2nd Era ends when Tiber Septim conquers all of Tamriel and founds the Septim Dynasty. Morrowind takes place in the 3rd Era and Oblivion shows us the end of the 3rd Era with the end of it's main quest, while Skyrim takes place in the 4th Era.

800 before morrowind actually (it takes place in the year 2E: 583 I believe). 1000 before skyrim.

I did some reading to refresh. The chimer worshiped daedra, and nerevar were the hero front figure at the time. learned from azura that the dwemer invented this crude object called lorkhans heart. after they defetead the dwemer and nerevar were wounded but not mortaly, he got poisoned by almsivi and that is why azura cursed them, because she wanted the heart destroyed, but almsivi ascended into godhood instead.

Is one of the stories behind it. Are others too taht could equally much be true, I don't feel like digging it up atm

Ah, I knew there was a 1000 year figure in there somewhere

No, the dwemer disappeared at the end of their war with the dunmer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ownzBOFG1Hc

They know when, they don't know why.

The time table is not in doubt, it was the War of the First Council. The exact reason why they disappeared isn't understood- only Kagrenac knows, and he vanished.

I did not look at the video, so I don't know if they said this in it but 1 theory is that when the almsivi used the heart of lorkhan to ascend it at the same time made all the dwemer turn to dust. however it is no fact they might well be hiding underground.

Nope. The dwemer disappeared BEFORE the Almsivi broke their oath to Azura. The Almsivi did not cause the disappearance of the dwemer.

No not true.

U said no one knew how the dwemer dissapeared, I think we should stick to that

No the dwemer did disappear before Almisivi broke their oath to Azura as they were not around the heart (they were constantly messing with it througout the battle), when Almisivi showed up.

The dwemer disappered when Kagrenac used the tools on the heart of Lorkhan, which happened during the war with the dunmer. Sometime AFTER that the Almsivi used the tools themselves on the heart. This is not open for debate, everyone who knows the lore agrees with it.

Uh... If it is this important as my pride of lore knowledge. ^^ hehe XD

Okey it go as follows

I am not saying this is right but I am not saying it is wrong either and it was long ago and history always get shrouded over time

Edit: here is in the link provided above

This would lean toward how you have read about it. Though note how it says "legend" in the beginning of the text. Legend = "An unverified story handed down from earlier times" from thefreedictionary.com