Official hints for the next chapter received

SkaiFaith · January 9

Also, let's not forget that the NPC for the Blackwood Event quest in November said he was headed to Sanguine's realm. In 2022's Skyrim Event the NPC said he was headed to the Telvanni Peninsula. So, even if we could see Falinesti, it could be in Sanguine's realm perhaps...

RaddlemanNumber7 · January 9

This looks like a gorget to me - a decorated metal plate worn high on the chest, suspended from cords tied behind the neck. IRL such things were worn as badges of office or rank in Western European cultures, mostly by the military in the horse and musket period. Not a musical instrument.

This is a thumb

RaddlemanNumber7 · January 9

ArchMikem wrote: »

Has anyone remembered/considered Ithelia, the Prince of Paths may be referenced here in those glass shards? With memory of her restored to Torvesard and us, she's going to regain some semblance of existence.

What if she had a hand in Falinesti? Before Mora erased her from memory.

The whole piece is covered by small fracture lines. It looks like it has been shattered and then reconstructed. Like the whole of history has been shattered and we have to put it back together again.

I think we need to prepare to go to lots of different times and places that never happened, and somehow put history back on the right course. Meet earlier/different versions of familiar NPC's. Lots of wibly wobly, timey wimey stuff like that.

I also think the four trees and the surface they stand on may represent Nirn, and whole thing is heading for winter.

Sort of like a Dragon Break, but not a Dragon Break. Helps explain away lore anomalies

LunaFlora · January 9

Jaraal wrote: »

I was wondering if the stylized blue tree in the shard could possibly represent a hist tree. It seems to have an exaggerated base, or root system. We know the story of the Saliache elves as it relates to the Remnant of Argon. Could the southwest coast possibly be in Murkmire? There was also a deposed emperor (Kastav) who was exiled to Murkmire. Perhaps the ruins we are supposed to stay away from could be the Ayleid Nexus? It could definitely be connected to Fargrave via portal somehow. Not sure how it would tie in to the theorized Bosmer story, although anything's possible.

I know not everybody has access to Murkmire, although it was given away for free as a daily reward at one point. It wouldn't take much for them to make it a part of the base game, so everyone could have access to the prequel.... if that's where it could possibly start.

Murkmire is southeast and dlc.
The letter most likely is for the prologue quest so either refers to southwest coast of Greenshade or Auridon(maybe even Summerset if zos makes that free this year).

the blue leaf symbol looks like the Ayleid life tree.

MrCray78 · January 9

Order of the lamp ?

IviRo · January 9

MrCray78 wrote: »

Order of the lamp ?

Yes

The_Saint · January 9

Found the Last Fragment on Twitter
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https://twitter.com/Camelworks/status/1744696310647996909?t=oZ2Cdcn-t1wDs8LZlBlMsQ&s=19

The two moons is skingrad
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Better_Cities:Skingrad

prof-dracko · January 9

Lantern, Skingrad banner, Fargrave medallion, Aylied(?) tree decal, Mora's eye, Something that looks like the Mage's guild eye, and four trees.

Syldras · January 9

The_Saint wrote: »

The two moons is skingrad

Yup. ZOS made that "hint" quite obvious.

Elyon3019 · January 9

Oh Skingrad moons are there after all. Amazing.

Elsonso · January 9

I was wondering if the last piece had Skingrad, given other parts of the disc

LunaFlora · January 9

yay all 4 pieces are there

i wonder what the other blue symbol is on the 4th piece?

edit: maybe it's ithelia's symbol if it's not an old symbol

Ashnarug · January 9

RebornV3x wrote: »

I hope the portal has something to do with Winterhold and the College of Winterhold seem like some type of magical elements one can only hope

If you want to go back to Skyrim we are also missing Whiterun, The Pale and Falkreach (of which we only saw a dungeon).

Syldras · January 9

Have we ever seen a symbol for Ithelia yet, somewhere?

LunaFlora wrote: »

i wonder what the other blue symbol is on the 4th piece?

Not sure what exactly it is, but it looks like it's made of leaves or at least includes a leaf-like structure.

LunaFlora · January 9

Syldras wrote: »

Have we ever seen a symbol for Ithelia yet, somewhere?

LunaFlora wrote: »

i wonder what the other blue symbol is on the 4th piece?

Not sure what exactly it is, but it looks like it's made of leaves or at least includes a leaf-like structure.

we havent seen a symbol for ithelia yet.
though there is the weird tower during the Vaermina fight in Necrom.

it could be mephala's crown

Syldras · January 9

LunaFlora wrote: »

it could be mephala's crown

That was my first throught, but doesn't it look more like leaves instead of spikes?

Although, of course, depictions of her might vary across cultures. I mean, statues of Azura also look different depending on what part of Tamriel they were made in.

LunaFlora · January 9

Syldras wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

it could be mephala's crown

That was my first throught, but doesn't it look more like leaves instead of spikes?

Although, of course, depictions of her might vary across cultures. I mean, statues of Azura also look different depending on what part of Tamriel they were made in.

i guess it's always possible she has a leafy crown instead of a spiky crown now.

but it looks spiky to me.
and we already have leaves with the trees so of course some plant stuff is involved

LunaFlora · January 9

and the Wilder monarchs have leaf crowns, but they look different.

The_Saint · January 9

LunaFlora wrote: »

Syldras wrote: »

Have we ever seen a symbol for Ithelia yet, somewhere?

LunaFlora wrote: »

i wonder what the other blue symbol is on the 4th piece?

Not sure what exactly it is, but it looks like it's made of leaves or at least includes a leaf-like structure.

we havent seen a symbol for ithelia yet.
though there is the weird tower during the Vaermina fight in Necrom.

it could be mephala's crown

Hmmm mephala. The leaves with the letter are automn leaves and
"The city's disappearance not only attracted the Falinesti Faithful to its site but scholars and mages were also drawn to the anomaly. Telenger the Artificer; Archmage of the Mages Guild in Skywatch[23] brought an expedition team to the Autumn Site to study it and eventually discovered the subterranean temple of Mephala, deep in the Halls of Ichor"
Also a connection to the mageguild

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Falinesti

tomofhyrule · January 9

Clearly Skingrad. I'm hyped!

I am interested to see who's count of Skingrad. We all know that Janus Hassildor was a vampire, but in TES4 he says he was turned "more than 50 years ago." It'd be very awkward for him to be count here since that's now around 800 years previous.

I mean, yeah... "I was turned 800 years ago" is technically more than 50 years, but that's a really awkward way to say it. I do hope that Janus Hassildor is not count, and instead it ends up being a Hassildor ancestor.

tomofhyrule · January 9

Also someone in my Discord completed the window now that we have the last piece

The_Saint · January 9

The_Saint wrote: »

LunaFlora wrote: »

Syldras wrote: »

Have we ever seen a symbol for Ithelia yet, somewhere?

LunaFlora wrote: »

i wonder what the other blue symbol is on the 4th piece?

Not sure what exactly it is, but it looks like it's made of leaves or at least includes a leaf-like structure.

we havent seen a symbol for ithelia yet.
though there is the weird tower during the Vaermina fight in Necrom.

it could be mephala's crown

Hmmm mephala. The leaves with the letter are automn leaves and
"The city's disappearance not only attracted the Falinesti Faithful to its site but scholars and mages were also drawn to the anomaly. Telenger the Artificer; Archmage of the Mages Guild in Skywatch[23] brought an expedition team to the Autumn Site to study it and eventually discovered the subterranean temple of Mephala, deep in the Halls of Ichor"
Also a connection to the mageguild

https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Falinesti

There is a Quest with Telenger at Reapers March at the automn place. And at the end he said he will go to apocrypha

"I'm already beginning to plan our next field mission. I'm thinking one of the planes of Oblivion. It's been some time since I perused the stacks in Apocrypha, for example."
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Telenger_the_Artificer

msetten · January 9

I'll won't be surprised if ZOS will release a full image of the stained-glass image soon. But thank you ZOS. This was really a nice way to let us speculate about what is coming up this year.

Luke_Flamesword · January 9

My little theory, when be look at blue icons of whole image:
1. Right side - Mephala and Mora as main Princes this year
2. Bottom - Mages guild and Twin lamps? as main organisation involved into plot?
3. Upper-right - Skingrad and something else - as 2 main new zones of this year?

GoAvs34 · January 9

quick n dirty, i can try and properly align everything more

ZOS_Kevin · January 9

Now that y'all have gathered the pieces, make sure you tune in for Global Reveal to see if your predictions are right.

LunaFlora · January 9

ZOS_Kevin wrote: »

Now that y'all have gathered the pieces, make sure you tune in for Global Reveal to see if your predictions are right.

can't wait to see!

luen79rwb17_ESO · January 9

Place your bets for the new stuff guys!

I'm all for a new Bosmer Casino Dice game. Bet all your gold and always lose!!! Loool

LonePirate · January 9

luen79rwb17_ESO wrote: »

Place your bets for the new stuff guys!

I'm all for a new Bosmer Casino Dice game. Bet all your gold and always lose!!! Loool

Don’t we already have that in the game in the form of crown crates?

emilyhyoyeon · January 9

isn't that the White Gold Tower in the banner image?