Skyrim: The Last Game Chronologically? : V - Skyrim

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:14 pm

Could you get a link to this? I don't know what you're talking about.

No, because I dont know how that linking thing works, soz.
But if you type in 'fifth era' on the imperial library, youll find it

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:16 pm

Could you get a link to this? I don't know what you're talking about.

http://www.imperial-library.info/content/loveletter-fifth-era-true-purpose-tamriel

I just read it. It's the ramblings of some crazy guy who loves Lorkhan I believe?
It constantly references C0DA and The Digitals.
What.

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:42 pm

We still have Atmora,Akavir as well as the afforementioned provinces of Tamriel to visit in a new game. We might be able to hunt Wampamusa in Argonia to craft a new "Fang of Haynekhtnamet"

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:52 pm

My personal theory is that this game will conclude the current story line and commence the next one. Maybe even with Alduin partially destroying this world and reshaping it?

» Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:26 am

Who knows what adventures we'll have between now and the time the franchise becomes unprofitable?

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:08 pm

They stated that the previous games were about the end of the last era and the end of the reign of the Emperor's, while the new game begins a new era and new dynasty.

The only way this would have to be the end of the series is if you lose.

New era you say?? Looks like we are only getting started with the Elder Scrolls series

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:14 pm

They're using this game to tie together the other games so far and bring the (apparently) separate narratives of them into a single thread. That doesn't mean that there's nowhere to go from here - there are far, far more major events that could happen than a world-eating dragon, and there are piles of other things that they could explore that, while not as impactful as a pending apocalypse, are still pretty major.

Put simply: Morrowind dealt with the pending end of the world by a sort of demigod who was spreading a blight that would consume pretty much everyone on it. Oblivion dealt with the pending end of the world by the invasion of an actual god who is the embodiment of destruction and who was invading Tamriel in an attempt to completely and utterly obliterate it. Skyrim is going to deal with the pending end of the world by a dragon eating it, and it's going to tie together those other two apocalypses (and the events of the first two games) as causes for this current apocalypse. They've had no problem escalating so far and they've seen absolutely no issue with saying "well that was just a stepping stone for THIS apocalypse" already, so I don't see the sequels coming to a stop here.

Well actually, in Morrowind, only Vvardenfell was in danger of the blight, but Tamriel was in danger of being conquered by Akulakhan. But the world wasn't really in danger of being destroyed. Oblivion is really the only game where the world was in danger of being destroyed though you could say Battlespire was to stop Mehrunes Dagon so that he couldn't start his plan of destroying the world.

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:38 pm

What will they do after Skyrim? Say: "Oh no, we were just kidding, Alduin really was just a stepping stone for the return of Padomay!"

I've just posted practically the same sentence. :lmao:

It's true that they always escalated world-threats, but that's the first time they take the trouble to tie them all in a neat bundle : every story apparently leads to this one. I do agree it gives a sense of finality.

I would hazard that maybe TESVI deals with something new. They've been increasingly mentioning Akavir, no ? So who knows.

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:05 am

No way.

This is the dawn of the 4th era, and so long as it keeps paying the bills, a long franchise.

» Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:22 am

Well actually, in Morrowind, only Vvardenfell was in danger of the blight, but Tamriel was in danger of being conquered by Akulakhan. But the world wasn't really in danger of being destroyed.

Part of the plans with Akulakhan were to spread Corprus, so that's not entirely true. And I'm aware the world wasn't in danger of being destroyed. Everyone in the world becoming mindless zombies doesn't technically qualify as "destruction" (not in the sense that Mehrunes Dagon was planning for Oblivion). I'd still call it an apocalypse and an "end of the world" scenario.

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:09 pm

Akavir seems to be a growing topic in the games but I dont think the empire is done yet a new age dawns.

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:12 pm

Unless Nirn blows up at the end of Skyrim, I doubt V will be the last installment...

There will always be new enemies, new stories, etc. etc.

There are countless provinces on Tamriel we have yet to explore: Hammerfell, High Rock, Valenwood, Elsweyr, Black Marsh, Summerset Isle, and Morrowind's mainland...

There's also Akavir...

Believe me, The Elder Scrolls has a rich future ahead of it. Skyrim will be far from the last Elder Scrolls game...

» Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:35 am

http://www.imperial-library.info/content/loveletter-fifth-era-true-purpose-tamriel

I just read it. It's the ramblings of some crazy guy who loves Lorkhan I believe?
It constantly references C0DA and The Digitals.
What.

TES...in space! I'm calling it now

That was fun read.

...I would hazard that maybe TESVI deals with something new. They've been increasingly mentioning Akavir, no ? So who knows.

Akavir seems to be a growing topic in the games but I dont think the empire is done yet a new age dawns.

One can only hope!

» Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:38 am

Who knows what adventures we'll have between now and the time the franchise becomes unprofitable?

I say: Convert every new generation to this epic story and it will never happen. Muhahah!

I believe it's just the start of a new beginning, a way to breathe some fresh air into a story. What sort of farmer would kill its milking cow?!?!

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:30 am

Well... it would be a defensible decision if Skyrim was the end of the chronological series. Since we're facing off against the god of Time and all. The rest of the series could all take place within a Dragon Break and thus have a completely unclear temporal relationship to the other games.

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:52 pm

i hope not, im still expecting a TES where you can free roam all of tamriel ... in a couple of decades maybe...

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:47 pm

This is an opening for new lore. It's pretty clear now that Todd and some others want to clear the slate.

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:58 pm

Well actually, in Morrowind, only Vvardenfell was in danger of the blight, but Tamriel was in danger of being conquered by Akulakhan.

Activating Akulakhan would've made the activation of Numidium look like child's play. Numidium was powered by an ad-hoc soul-powered battery, the Mantella, which still managed to cause a dragon break. Akulakhan was going to be powered by the Heart of Lorkhan itself, and was under the control of a power-mad lunatic.

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 6:52 pm

This is an opening for new lore. It's pretty clear now that Todd and some others want to clear the slate.

Right we have meet the end of the Septims now out of the ashs of their story a new power and a new story branch will emerge.

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:09 am

http://www.imperial-library.info/content/loveletter-fifth-era-true-purpose-tamriel

I just read it. It's the ramblings of some crazy guy who loves Lorkhan I believe?
It constantly references C0DA and The Digitals.
What.

WOW!! I haven't seen or heard of that one before, if it's considered canon than the more amazing is the fact it actually predicts a lot of the future of Nirn ()if you decipher it using other lore, the names are different, but even I could do it given some time and I'm not really much of a scholar). Although I doubt they will hang onto it, we've seen lore change in the past and this is probably the first thing to go on devs' list... :sadvaultboy:

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:15 pm

The GI article is very clear. In fact the very first page of the article says "For Bethesda Game Studios, Skyrim is a new beginning.". It also says that Skyrim is the "next major chapter in the prophetic Elder Scrolls"

This is definitely not the last chapter, only the next.

Storm

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:53 am

TES will live forever, I hope.
It's so awesome.

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:28 pm

World destroyed in Radioactive dragon fire? Next game is eighty years later as a survivor is sent out from a deep dungeon to search for water?

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 2:04 pm

Sadly, I think and feel that TESV will be the last installment...

All the previous games culminating into a final event is one of the reasons I think so...

But hopefully I'm wrong and they can make an ES game with a story not so hellbent on WE HAVE TO SAVE THE WORLD!

» Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:43 pm

The GI article is very clear. In fact the very first page of the article says "For Bethesda Game Studios, Skyrim is a new beginning.". It also says that Skyrim is the "next major chapter in the prophetic Elder Scrolls"

This is definitely not the last chapter, only the next.

Storm

Yes, but that can have multiple interpretations. On several points on Alduin's wall (the GI thing) it mentions that the events in the past games were part of a prophecy foretelling Alduin's return. That is also very clear. Yes, Skyrim generally would be the next major chapter, it can still end the storyline. It's possible.