The Elder Scrolls
The Elder Scrolls is a computer role-playing game series developed by Bethesda Softworks. It is often abbreviated TES.
The Elder Scrolls games take place on the continent of Tamriel, a large landmass divided in nine provinces. An exception is The Elder Scrolls Legends: Battlespire, which takes place in Oblivion, an alternate dimension reigned by the Daedra.
The nine provinces are:
- Cyrodiil, inhabited by the Imperials
- Black Marsh, inhabited by the Argonians
- Elsweyr, inhabited by the Khajiit
- Hammerfell, inhabited by the Redguards
- High Rock, inhabited by the Bretons and the Orcs
- Morrowind, inhabited by the Dunmer or Dark Elves
- Skyrim, inhabited by the Nords
- Summurset Isle, inhabited by the Altmer or High Elves
- Valenwood, inhabited by the Bosmer or Wood Elves
The main three Elder Scrolls games, Arena, Daggerfall and Morrowind are known for their open-ended gameplay and their huge environment.
Two expansions packs for Morrowind exist, Tribunal (2002) and Bloodmoon (2003).
Also, there are some off-shoots that are not role-playing games, but employ the same game universe:
- The Elder Scrolls Legends: Battlespire (1997)
- The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard (1998)
- The Elder Scrolls Travels: Dawnstar (2003)
- The Elder Scrolls Travels: Stormhold (2004)
- The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey
TES Travels games Dawnstar and Stormhold only run on Java-enabled cell phones. Shadowkey is being made for the N-Gage. Morrowind was released for both the PC and Xbox platforms. Other games are only available for the PC.
A new Elder Scrolls title, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, is presently under development. No release date has been specified yet.
The Elder Scrolls themselves are not featured as a plot device or in-game object in any of the existing TES games.
