Biggest time-skip, ever! - part 2 (Wuz goin' on?)

As I said in my previous article, we are looking at a time skip covering 200 years. Also, the mere shock of the news that the Altmers had taken over the Empire, was enough to make me go Oh, Snap!!


But let us take a moment and delve into the world of The Elder Scrolls. What happened during our 200 years of absence? I can tell you that it'll have an influence on the game, 'cause not every race is as fond of each other as they were in Cyrodiil 200 years ago, which was just one big melting pot.

Right after the Oblivion Crisis, you all remember that there was no heir to the throne. Naturally this made every province see an opportunity to go in and get some real influence, by taking over the Empire (Through politics) and as you might've guessed, this gave birth to resentment and jealousy.

Not long after, the Empire begins to crumble and a lot of nations secede from it. The Mane of Elsweyr is assassinated, and the Imperial rule weakens in the provinces, and are being pushed out. Then, with less than a 1,000 men, Titus Mede marches in and takes the Imperial City by force and thus proclaims himself the new Emperor. A couple of years later, he fathers a son, whom he names Attrebus. Attrebus plays an important role in the book: "The Infernal City."

The Mages Guild (The Imperial guild from Oblivion) dissolves and splits into two different guild, the first called Synod and the other one called College of Whispers. Again--> Oh, snap!!

Red Mountain (The volcano in Morrowind) erupts and takes down most of the Island, which is of course, very, very sad.

If you read the book, you'll also learn something about Umbriel (not the moon,) a floating city with the incredible ability to turn anyone underneath it into undead! Can I get a hallelujah?!! No? .... Okay.

Anywho, I hope you enjoyed getting up to speed. I can also tell you that there have been a lot of fighting in-between nations, in spite of having the new Mede Empire established. A lot of hatred is out there, which we will definitely notice in Skyrim, as racism has its glorious return in this coming title.

Biggest time-skip, ever! (The Septim Empire crumbles)

If you played Oblivion, you definitely remember the death of Uriel Septim VII, given that it were inevitable and the very first thing that happened in the game.

Maybe you are not aware of this, but Uriel Septim was actually with us since the very first game, were the imperial battlemage Jagar Tharn used the staff of chaos to imprison him in a dimension of his own creation. Tharn the disguised himself has Uriel Septim and ruled for 10 years until the player character freed the real Uriel Septim and defeated Tharn.

Given that he is alive until Oblivion, I can easily convince you that the time that passed between Arena and Oblivion is less than a hundred years. In fact it is only 34 years.

With Skyrim coming up, we are facing the the biggest time-skip so far, with 200 years having passed since Oblivion. I thought that we should have a look at something crucial, which shocked me to my inner core!

Those of you who played Oblivion, are aware that the last of the royal Septim bloodline, which are also dragonborn BTW, died. I am of course talking about Martin Septim, son of Uriel Septim VII. He forfeits his body in order to summon the avatar of Akatosh, whom the Nords call Alduin (the antagonist of Skyrim.) Akatosh then defeated Mehrunes Dagon and forced him back into Oblivion forever.


After this event, Chancellor Ocato takes over the emperors duty until a new emperor can be chosen. Unfortunately, this never happens and somewhere between The Oblivion crisis  and Skyrim, an altmer named Titus Mede takes over the Empire and thus makes the Altmer race the ruling race, stealing the power from the Imperials. Whether he, or his son Prince Attrebus Mede, will have a role to play in Skyrim, remains to be seen.