The Elder Scrolls Online Lore Video Reveals Alliances At War

Written by: (@winterinformal) | January 18, 2013 2:30 pm

31 Comments

ZeniMax Online Studios has issued another video talking about The Elder Scrolls Online lore, this time featuring head loremaster Lawrence Schick discussing the roles of the game’s three alliances and their designs on the Imperial province of Cyrodiil.

To summarize, the ruling Tharn family in Tamriel has ties to the daedra prince Molag Bal and is calling upon him to revitalize their failing empire. The three factions — the Aldmeri Dominion, the Daggerfall Covenant, and the Ebonheart Pact — don’t much care for this idea and, with their own leaders taking the forefront, plan to kick the Tharns out of power and take over for themselves.

In game terms, this sets up both a major PvE aspect of the game — how players will fight the influence of Molag Bal and his daedric anchors, which will crop up all over the land — and the three-way PvP action that takes place in the central province of Cyrodiil.

So which alliance will you pledge yourself to?

The Elder Scrolls Online Lore Video Reveals Alliances At War

  • http://www.facebook.com/nbedo Nicolas Bedo

    I wish that man would narrate my life

    • http://www.facebook.com/AMGitsMikey Mike Canning

      For real.
      He made that video 1000% better

      • Chris Catone

        I kept thinking that he was going to put on some glasses, a Boss Hog white suit and sell me fried chicken.

  • Bwcultist

    wasnt interested really in this, just watched video and that guy narrating and im interested as hell

  • Torguish

    Will check this out but monthly fee is too much :/

    • Joseph Gabrielli

      If i recall i’m not sure if a monthly fee is set in stone for this game and we never know if it will be the regular $15 a month or something less. However it would be in everyone’s best interest to have TESO be a BtP game.

      • Torguish

        Aye..
        I want an mmorpg that i can just escape to. GW2 is giving me just that, it’s a bit bummer that it’s really stale but they promised change there. Hopefully they fix all that quickly.. :P

  • http://twitter.com/Nathiest Nathiest

    For the Alliance! 

  • http://www.facebook.com/davidallmighty David Cohen

    please dont be another bioware… please dont be another bioware…

    • Bwcultist

       i 2nd this comment swtor was a big bust

      • http://www.facebook.com/jonathan.hornsby.7 Jonathan Hornsby

        SWTOR was a bust simply because BioWare spent their entire budget on voice acting and tried to make up for that by just copying World of Warcraft. After that disaster I don’t think any sane developer is going to make that mistake again.

        • Key Foster

          I agree with all of you. And SWTOR copied WOW badly. At least RIFT copied WOW  greatly, and made some things better. Still playing my WOW though lol. I realllllyyyy want TESO to be great!!!  I’ve been waiting/wanting this way before SWTOR.

  • Chris S

    Dude’s Voice is epic, he could be radio man or trailer voice over easily.

  • ray reid

    Everyone is so scared to like this one and be wrong. Being screwed by the mmo industry is getting old and Its hard for anyone to really get behind a product unless ther a true die-hard fan. Personally im playing the wait and see on this one. I would really like to see it do well, but i’m still on the fence.

    • Joseph Gabrielli

      I find it better to be skeptical about every MMO and then hopefully be pleasantly surprised.

  • Diequex

    As interesting as this was…still wary of the title. Not to mention the concept art doesn’t feel very Elder Scrolls’ to me. Need to see more game-play before I consider the game at all 

  • Bobby Pinkard

    Aldmeri Dominiooooooon!

  • Bobby Pinkard

    Aldmeri Domioooooooon

  • Krzysztof Kotarba

    wow… guy rly looks like LOREMASTER… dat look, dat voice

  • Revanhavoc

    I guarantee that guy is the game master in some epic D&D.

    • Jado Cast

      HaHa, you know it!  I would make him my DM anyday!

  • http://www.indiesoftware.biz/ Colin Roberts

    I’ve been keeping on eye on this game and everything thus far has the potential to fully deliver an excellent Elder Scrolls Game. Though, recently I’ve learned that they are implementing “faction locked” races…which means once you’ve created your character, you can only explore within the limits of your faction’s territory not including Cyrodill. In my personal opinion, this would sort of hinder my enjoyment of the game because one of the major selling points of the TES series is exploration and the ability to roleplay whoever you want. I know making the elder scrolls into an MMO will have its limitations, but I’ll definitely be a little disappointed when my Breton battlemage can’t go over to Morrowind to enjoy a good bowl of skooma. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lord-Styx/1800631029 Lord Styx

    This video made me cringe.  Every time they bring out little stuff like this that doesn’t show game play it makes me worry.  I don’t think they can pull it off.  Every game that has come out after World of Warcraft is always so damn afraid of being to different that they screw up.

    I hope the game turns out to be good but I am expecting failure for it.  Just don’t think they can pull it off.

    • http://twitter.com/Aoewin Maxime Beaulieu

      If everyone start with this attitude of course it can fail… Thats always like that.. people are either fanboi to the extrem or totally negative.. just go with an open mind waiting to test the game by YOURself, and then you can judge it.

      Go watch the 9 min video “An Introduction to The Elder Scrolls Online”, can be found on the official website..  this video is full of in game footage and you’ll see gameplay.

    • Jeremy Keat

      It was just a lore video, so that in which is to doubt they’d show gameplay. It’s like when they claim to show an art teaser video, don’t expect them to show gameplay then either.

  • Dennis Rodriguez

    i like how everyone is “weary” “keeping my eye on this one” you are going to buy this game stop kidding yourself, its gonna be the new shiny

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Shawn-Hargrave/100003202374593 Shawn Hargrave

    whats with the “over” advertising ffs getting carried away. Did the video just cut off for everyone else towards the end? Grrr to much talking and 0 gameplay footage= 0 nada you have nothing!!

    • http://twitter.com/Aoewin Maxime Beaulieu

      9 min video of gameplay footage on the official website. 

  • http://twitter.com/Xbuster231 Justin

     daggerfall oldschool, all pros will go there

  • http://twitter.com/MiZTiiX MiZTiiX

    after guildwars 2 im skeptical to get hyped for any new mmo only to be dissapointed, but ESO is looking good :)

  • Jado Cast

    Who Needs Patrick Stewart?  This guy would be an awesome Narrator for any Fantasy Game!

    So will they come out with a commercial that says “We’re not in Tyria anymore.’?

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