Summary
The Elder Scrollsseries from Bethesda is an RPG/fantasy franchise set in the fictional content of Tamriel. Each of the five mainline games in the series so far has picked a new region in this world as the backdrop for the new game, which has made fans very curious about where the upcomingElder Scrolls 6will take place.
There are plenty of other places on the map that are yet to feature in a main seriesElder Scrollsgame, and Elseweyr is one of them. As the home to the cat-like race of Khajiit, there area lot of powerful reasonswhyThe Elder Scrolls 6should take place in this mysterious region.
6Familiarity With The Elder Scrolls Online
Players Can Already Explore This Region In An Elder Scrolls MMO
The Elder Scrolls: Onlineis an MMO version of the games set in Tamriel, withmany changes over the years. The third expansion of this game saw players travel to the region of Elsweyr. While giving players the option to see this iconic part of Tamriel was great, this online version of the map only featured a small part of the region.
The Elder Scrolls: Onlineonly included the northern region of Elsweyr, which is a much more desert-like part of the region than its Southern counterpart. As a result, there are already a lot of assets that the developers could use to start creating this region forThe Elder Scrolls 6.Plus, there is plenty more of the region to adapt and include as part of a main series game. Therefore, the studio can still incorporate some surprises for the online community.
5Explaining Mysteries
Elsweyr Is A Strange Place With Questions On Khajiit Ancestry
When the first game in the series,The Elder Scrolls: Arena, was released, the Khajiit was included as one of the main races that players could choose to play. Hailing from Elsweyr, these nimble people were great at stealth and acrobatics. However,these Khajiit look very different from those found in later games in the franchise. Instead of being a human-cat hybrid that fans of the franchise recognize, the Khajiit inArenaare more humanoid and wear masks inspired by their feline ancestors.
The decision to change the Khajiit into actual cats was probably made to make the races in Tamriel more varied. However, such a big change in this look has never been explored or mentioned in the game’s lore. Perhaps setting a main series game in Elsweyr would give players the chance to unravel this unique mystery.
4Dark Brotherhood Connections
Elsweyr Provides A Great Starting Point For An Assassin Side Quest
Much of the lore inThe Elder Scrollsgames can be picked by talking to the residents of Tamriel or by reading books. A key example of this occurs whenSkyrimplayersread one of Cicero’s diary pagesin the Dark Brotherhood sanctuary. This assassin’s guild is spread across all the regions of the continent, but Cicero’s diary goes on to explain how the guild was destroyed and forced to flee Elsweyr and settle in a town called Cheydinhal in Cyrodil.
Such an event could provide the next game with the perfect chance to re-introduce the Dark Brotherhood questline. Players could start a journey to re-establish the assassin’s presence in the region, or some characters from the Cheydinhal guild could make an appearance. This would be extra fun given that this was the main guild that players know fromThe Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion.
3Climbing Mechanics
Khajiit Are Good At One Thing Above All Else
Despite the fact that the Khajiit looked very different in The Elder Scrolls: Arena, one aspect of this race has remained prominent ever since this introduction. The game mentions that the Khajiit are an athletic race of creatures, who are best at climbing the sheer cliffs in their homeland of Elsweyr.
The Elder Scrollsgames already have an Athletics skill tree as a part of their RPG style. This skill helps players improve their jumping and traversal across the map. However, there are no climbing mechanics in the series as yet. Perhaps the region of Elsweyr would give the developers the chance to experiment with this inThe Elder Scrolls 6.
2Necromancy
A New Class Not Bound To Just Spells
Necromancy has been a style of magic inThe Elder Scrollsseries for a long time. Many fans of these games even know thatbringing people and creatures back from the dead is an illegal practice in most parts of Tamriel.However, the third chapter in The Elder Scrolls: Onlinetakes this school of magic in a new direction.
InESO: Elsweyr and Necrom, players have the opportunity to choose Necromancer as their chosen class. The class system inThe Elder Scrollshas been the same throughout the last three main series entries, and so introducing the necromancy class inThe Elder Scrolls 6would be a great opportunity for players to experience a new way to play, especially if this power lurks deeper within Elsweyr itself.
1A Varied Landscape
Elsweyr Is More Than Just A Bland Desert
Anyone who has heard a description of Elsweyr in the main series ofThe Elder Scrollswill have heard it being described as a vast, and harsh desert. However, this description only refers to the northern parts of the region andsome of the areas players can explore inThe Elder Scrolls: Online.Venture southward in this part of the continent though, and players will find a very well-built empire, one filled with cities and religious architecture.
It is this divide between the regions that makes Elswyer such an interesting location inThe Elder Scrollsuniverse. Some of the games can take place in the badlands in the north, all while there is a secure place of refuge for players to escape to in the South. That is, only ifElder Scrolls 6takes place in Elsweyr at all.
