The Year is 2030...

LukosCreyden · August 22

The year is 2030 and the latest ESO Chapter has released. You rush home from work, foaming at the mouth with excitement in anticipation for the adventures that await you. Before long, you have arrived home; crashing through the front door, you all but ignore your wife and her boyfriend as you make your way to your gaming system and fire up ESO.
Finally. It is time.
The screen blazes purple and gold and you see it: 'The Elder Scrolls Online: Shivering Isles.' Oh, how long you have waited for this day. You load up your PetSorc and head for the new zone in Cyrodiil, somehow they managed to squeeze another Cyrodiil zone in there.

You crack your knuckles and set off to explore to tick off all the additional tasks, as you always do.
Six world bosses, six delves, two public dungeons, six of the new iteration of dolmens and eighteen skyshards.
The same old song and dance that embraces you like a dear old friend.

Well, now that the extras are done, it is time to get started on the REAL content.
The story.
You call your mount to your side- giving the four Dunmer that were nearby an epileptic seizure- and make your way to the main city of the Chapter. You notice the Imperials standing guard at the gate as you ride in, wearing the newest variant of the Imperial motif.
Before long, you are accosted by an NPC.

There he is.
Story quest man. You inhale gently through your nose with emotion before interacting with him.
Well, as it turns out, a mysterious cult has brought a fragment of the Shivering Isles to this part of Cyrodiil and it is YOUR job to figure out why. You set off to explore the three areas that Story Quest man tasked you with investigating. Each area introduces you the Cult doing mysterious and unexplained things, along with Story Character One, Two and Three.
Your team of exciting characters thus assembled (one of them in an Orc!), you return to Story quest man who has Urgent News for you.
It seems that Cult is doing a thing in a local fortress and, oh no, they kidnapped the Mayor! You grit your teeth, sweating slightly, as you dash off to the rescue.
You reach the fortress and fight your way through groups of three to four enemies as Story Character two and three talk over each other in the background, their dialogue unable to keep up with the speed at which your enemies fall before you.
At last, you reach the top of the fortress.
You have tears in your eyes when you discover that the Mayor was, in fact, Cult Leader all along. Cult Leader stands on a high-ish ledge in front of you and monologues for a while before disappearing into a portal. You smile and nod gently before tp'ing back to Story Quest man to report, cutting off Story Character two and three's shocked dialogue.

You meet with Story Quest man, who then sends you out on further forays into the zone with Story Character one, two and three. Each quest teaches you more about The Cult and the possible location of Cult Leader, whom you must find before it is Too Late.
Once more you return to Story Quest man, who has miraculously discovered the location of The Cult and implores you to take your close friends and Stop Them before it is Too Late.
Quivering with emotion, you speak with Story Character one, two and three before tp'ing to the wayshrine next to The Cult's secret base.

Adrenaline pumps through your veins as you storm The Cult's secret base, fighting off hordes of enemies in groups of three to four. Things are going well. Your forehead glistens with sweat.
Suddenly, tragedy strikes! The Cult has activated The Thingy! Bad Things begin to happen and, in a bold act of selflessness, Story Character two sacrifices themselves to save you!
The tears stream down your face as you press on to face Cult Leader. Story Characters one and three shout angrily at Cult Leader as he monologues, but you hear nothing over the blood pumping in your ears.

Nothing left but to fight. The battles begins and after a short time, Cult Leader generates a magic shield around themselves. The immunity phase. You grin madly, cheeks wet from tears, as you dispatch the groups of three to four enemies to disrupt the shield. You repeat this another two to three times and finally, Cult Leader falls. Your breathibg as ragged and heavy as you loot his 76 gold and green rubedite dagger.

Welp, nothing left to do now but tp back to Story Quest man.
Upon your return, you chuckle softly. Ah, the end of story party. All the characters you met in the zone are here! How lovely. You and Story Character one and three speak to Story Quest man. You shake your head solemnly as they describe Story Character two's noble sacrifice.
But wait! The twists are not over! Story Quest man reveals his secret at long last; he was Sheogorath, the Prince of Madness all along! You shriek with joy as his magically brings back Story Character two, who makes a witty quip as they step out of the portal.
Sheogorath calls you to speak with him once more and he rewards you with 245 gold and a purple ruby ash staff.

The story is over. What a wonderful and thrilling adventure. Your vision grows hazy and dim as you wander about the now-completed zone. You play around with the new Chapter feature, campfires, which allows you to do provisioning wherever you want.

You are satisfied now. You set down the controller and let the sweet silence if unconciousness take you.
Thank you, ESO. See you in 2031.

Fan-fiction is my passion I hope you all enjoyed it. Love you.

Erickson9610 · August 22

ESO as a game has changed a lot since its early days. I'd expect the formula to change quite a bit by the time 2030 rolls around.

AlienSlof · August 22

'The Thingy'! Thanks for this morning's giggle!

Lugaldu · August 22

Great story. But when I look at the date, 2030, it sounds like it's far in the future... but it's only six years away!

Tra_Lalan · August 22

this story made my day.

"Your breathibg as ragged and heavy as you loot his 76 gold and green rubedite dagger." - so ESO

Runefang · August 22

Loved it!!

bruta · August 22

better than High Isle

ArchangelIsraphel · August 22

Do the characters 'wife' and 'boyfriend' come with the base upgrade of the expansion? Or do I have to purchase the deluxe upgrade to receive them?

I wonder how long their quests will be and if the devs will continue the trend of sending us into a public dungeon when we go get these new companion types.

(Jokes aside, very entertaining parody, I enjoyed the read)

ESO_player123 · August 22

Nice!
It immediately reminded me about The Tough Guide to Fantasyland: The Essential Guide to Fantasy Travel by Diana Wynne Jones.

MEBengalsFan2001 · August 22

I am playing the Dragon Age mmo.

Elvenheart · August 22

LukosCreyden wrote: »

The year is 2030 and the latest ESO Chapter has released. You rush home from work, foaming at the mouth with excitement in anticipation for the adventures that await you. Before long, you have arrived home; crashing through the front door, you all but ignore your wife and her boyfriend as you make your way to your gaming system and fire up ESO.
Finally. It is time.
The screen blazes purple and gold and you see it: 'The Elder Scrolls Online: Shivering Isles.' Oh, how long you have waited for this day. You load up your PetSorc and head for the new zone in Cyrodiil, somehow they managed to squeeze another Cyrodiil zone in there.

You crack your knuckles and set off to explore to tick off all the additional tasks, as you always do.
Six world bosses, six delves, two public dungeons, six of the new iteration of dolmens and eighteen skyshards.
The same old song and dance that embraces you like a dear old friend.

Well, now that the extras are done, it is time to get started on the REAL content.
The story.
You call your mount to your side- giving the four Dunmer that were nearby an epileptic seizure- and make your way to the main city of the Chapter. You notice the Imperials standing guard at the gate as you ride in, wearing the newest variant of the Imperial motif.
Before long, you are accosted by an NPC.

There he is.
Story quest man. You inhale gently through your nose with emotion before interacting with him.
Well, as it turns out, a mysterious cult has brought a fragment of the Shivering Isles to this part of Cyrodiil and it is YOUR job to figure out why. You set off to explore the three areas that Story Quest man tasked you with investigating. Each area introduces you the Cult doing mysterious and unexplained things, along with Story Character One, Two and Three.
Your team of exciting characters thus assembled (one of them in an Orc!), you return to Story quest man who has Urgent News for you.
It seems that Cult is doing a thing in a local fortress and, oh no, they kidnapped the Mayor! You grit your teeth, sweating slightly, as you dash off to the rescue.
You reach the fortress and fight your way through groups of three to four enemies as Story Character two and three talk over each other in the background, their dialogue unable to keep up with the speed at which your enemies fall before you.
At last, you reach the top of the fortress.
You have tears in your eyes when you discover that the Mayor was, in fact, Cult Leader all along. Cult Leader stands on a high-ish ledge in front of you and monologues for a while before disappearing into a portal. You smile and nod gently before tp'ing back to Story Quest man to report, cutting off Story Character two and three's shocked dialogue.

You meet with Story Quest man, who then sends you out on further forays into the zone with Story Character one, two and three. Each quest teaches you more about The Cult and the possible location of Cult Leader, whom you must find before it is Too Late.
Once more you return to Story Quest man, who has miraculously discovered the location of The Cult and implores you to take your close friends and Stop Them before it is Too Late.
Quivering with emotion, you speak with Story Character one, two and three before tp'ing to the wayshrine next to The Cult's secret base.

Adrenaline pumps through your veins as you storm The Cult's secret base, fighting off hordes of enemies in groups of three to four. Things are going well. Your forehead glistens with sweat.
Suddenly, tragedy strikes! The Cult has activated The Thingy! Bad Things begin to happen and, in a bold act of selflessness, Story Character two sacrifices themselves to save you!
The tears stream down your face as you press on to face Cult Leader. Story Characters one and three shout angrily at Cult Leader as he monologues, but you hear nothing over the blood pumping in your ears.

Nothing left but to fight. The battles begins and after a short time, Cult Leader generates a magic shield around themselves. The immunity phase. You grin madly, cheeks wet from tears, as you dispatch the groups of three to four enemies to disrupt the shield. You repeat this another two to three times and finally, Cult Leader falls. Your breathibg as ragged and heavy as you loot his 76 gold and green rubedite dagger.

Welp, nothing left to do now but tp back to Story Quest man.
Upon your return, you chuckle softly. Ah, the end of story party. All the characters you met in the zone are here! How lovely. You and Story Character one and three speak to Story Quest man. You shake your head solemnly as they describe Story Character two's noble sacrifice.
But wait! The twists are not over! Story Quest man reveals his secret at long last; he was Sheogorath, the Prince of Madness all along! You shriek with joy as his magically brings back Story Character two, who makes a witty quip as they step out of the portal.
Sheogorath calls you to speak with him once more and he rewards you with 245 gold and a purple ruby ash staff.

The story is over. What a wonderful and thrilling adventure. Your vision grows hazy and dim as you wander about the now-completed zone. You play around with the new Chapter feature, campfires, which allows you to do provisioning wherever you want.

You are satisfied now. You set down the controller and let the sweet silence if unconciousness take you.
Thank you, ESO. See you in 2031.

Fan-fiction is my passion I hope you all enjoyed it. Love you.

This has been my most favorite topic in a very long time!

Elvenheart · August 22

Lugaldu wrote: »

Great story. But when I look at the date, 2030, it sounds like it's far in the future... but it's only six years away!

I hope by then we get to Winterhold and that we have Class Scribing abilities. For some reason in my mind, those two things kind of go together. 😊

Syldras · August 22

ArchangelIsraphel wrote: »

Do the characters 'wife' and 'boyfriend' come with the base upgrade of the expansion? Or do I have to purchase the deluxe upgrade to receive them?

Boring

Much too simple. If at all, I want content about the weird "romantic" entanglements of the Tribunal in the First Era (or, no, wait, it should include a bit of pre-Tribunal narration, Nerevar Indoril prefering to spend time with either Voryn Dagoth or King Dumac instead of his wife Almalexia can't be left out). Which would probably be a full chapter. Shedding light on the romantic relations between Vivec and Molag Bal, and whether this was before or after his relations with Almalexia, and whether, well, Almalexia was still married to Nerevar at that time, or not. Also, I'd love to know more about Vivec's personal male harem.

No, seriously, I don't want to, but the lore about all that is quite... unusual

ESO_player123 · August 22

Syldras wrote: »

ArchangelIsraphel wrote: »

Do the characters 'wife' and 'boyfriend' come with the base upgrade of the expansion? Or do I have to purchase the deluxe upgrade to receive them?

Boring Much too simple. If at all, I want content about the weird "romantic" entanglements of the Tribunal in the First Era (or, no, wait, it should include a bit of pre-Tribunal narration, Nerevar Indoril prefering to spend time with either Voryn Dagoth or King Dumac instead of his wife Almalexia can't be left out). Which would probably be a full chapter. Shedding light on the romantic relations between Vivec and Molag Bal, and whether this was before or after his relations with Almalexia, and whether, well, Almalexia was still married to Nerevar at that time, or not. Also, I'd love to know more about Vivec's personal male harem.

No, seriously, I don't want to, but the lore about all that is quite... unusual

I do not read all the lore books that I find, but could you direct me to the ones that describe these ... umm bits of knowledge?

Syldras · August 22

ESO_player123 wrote: »

I do not read all the lore books that I find, but could you direct me to the ones that describe these ... umm bits of knowledge?

That would get quite extensive. Vivec's relations with Molag Bal are described within the Lessons Of Vivec, Vivec becoming Almalexia's "consort" (after murdering her husband Indoril Nerevar together with her - which he only admits between the lines) is in the Lessons as well, and also mentioned in dialogues in TES3 (Tribunal expansion, not main game, I think). The Lessons also have a bit about Sotha Sil "dividing himself" and... uhm... Let's not talk about that

And in case of the Buoyant Armigers being conceptualized as all-male and Vivec's personal harem... That was a statement from the developers and was slightly toned down in-game. Although it wouldn't even have seemed weird, considering that even Divayth Fyr had his personal clone harem in TES3... But really, it's mostly bits of info here and there, leading to an overall "interesting" picture. In general, the whole Tribunal - Nerevar - Dagoth thing is quite a personal drama. And strictly seen, being Nerevar's reincarnation in TES3, the player character was somehow personally involved in all that (in the Tribunal dlc Almalexia even tries to lure you into taking back your place at her side as the reincarnation of her husband - with not too friendly intentions, of course)... I've already wondered if that's a reason why I found the story of Morrowind somehow more engaging than the typical "great hero saves world from evil" stories. I mean, you do that too, in Morrowind, but it's more than that.

AcadianPaladin · August 22

And once more, the Chosen One, saves Nirn from yet another dastardly Big Bad about to unleash his Thingie!

Oh. . . what about the endless epilogue that starts as soon as you think you've completed the zone?

oldbobdude · August 22

MEBengalsFan2001 wrote: »

I am playing the Dragon Age mmo.

@MEBengalsFan2001

Wait, what?

ESO_player123 · August 22

Syldras wrote: »

ESO_player123 wrote: »

I do not read all the lore books that I find, but could you direct me to the ones that describe these ... umm bits of knowledge?

That would get quite extensive. Vivec's relations with Molag Bal are described within the Lessons Of Vivec, Vivec becoming Almalexia's "consort" (after murdering her husband Indoril Nerevar together with her - which he only admits between the lines) is in the Lessons as well, and also mentioned in dialogues in TES3 (Tribunal expansion, not main game, I think). The Lessons also have a bit about Sotha Sil "dividing himself" and... uhm... Let's not talk about that And in case of the Buoyant Armigers being conceptualized as all-male and Vivec's personal harem... That was a statement from the developers and was slightly toned down in-game. Although it wouldn't even have seemed weird, considering that even Divayth Fyr had his personal clone harem in TES3... But really, it's mostly bits of info here and there, leading to an overall "interesting" picture. In general, the whole Tribunal - Nerevar - Dagoth thing is quite a personal drama. And strictly seen, being Nerevar's reincarnation in TES3, the player character was somehow personally involved in all that (in the Tribunal dlc Almalexia even tries to lure you into taking back your place at her side as the reincarnation of her husband - with not too friendly intentions, of course)... I've already wondered if that's a reason why I found the story of Morrowind somehow more engaging than the typical "great hero saves world from evil" stories. I mean, you do that too, in Morrowind, but it's more than that.

Ok. So it's MOSTLY from TES3 which I've never played. So, no wonder I'm uneducated about these ... "lessons".

Syldras · August 22

ESO_player123 wrote: »

Ok. So it's MOSTLY from TES3 which I've never played. So, no wonder I'm uneducated about these ... "lessons".

Well, the Lessons of Vivec are also in ESO, in the Morrowind chapter:
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:The_36_Lessons_of_Vivec
But yes, a lot also stems from TES3.

Lumsdenml · August 22

What's a "controller?"

Lumsdenml · August 22

Also, by 2030, TES6 will only be a few more years away...

zaria · August 22

AI could work very well in endless games like ESO, not for the main story quests but for dailies and random extra quests.
Even more so for dialogue for minor characters who has one line, now they has more and might generate an quest.

Talk to Walks Softly about Khiruna https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:Missing:_Khiruna
Also what happened to poor Edeonore Geontene?

ESO_player123 · August 22

Syldras wrote: »

ESO_player123 wrote: »

Ok. So it's MOSTLY from TES3 which I've never played. So, no wonder I'm uneducated about these ... "lessons".

Well, the Lessons of Vivec are also in ESO, in the Morrowind chapter:
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Online:The_36_Lessons_of_Vivec
But yes, a lot also stems from TES3.

I know the lessons are somewhere in Morrowind, but this is the one chapter collection that for some reason I have never bothered to finish.
I guess I'll just read them online. Thanks for the info.

GuuMoonRyoung · August 22

Not trying to be a downer but are we sure ESO will even exist in 2030? Since ZOS is working on their new mmo, will they continue ESO which would directly compete against their new one?

TaSheen · August 22

Well, I'm just one person.... but if the new MMO isn't TES based, I won't bother with it. If ESO sunsets, I'll go back to Skyrim and Oblivion....

MasterSpatula · August 22

I assume by "a new Cyrodiil zone," you mean Braviil and its environs.

Bravil is famously described as "Cyrodiil's cloaca" in Oblivion. But the city is on the Niben, near Lake Rumare, and serves as stopping point for travelers from Colovia and from Nibenay headed south towards Topal Bay. It could, at some point, have been a vital and prosperous trading and diplomacy center.

A lot of the cities we've seen in ESO that had a presence in earlier games bear very strong resemblance to those earlier games, ESO is a thousand years in the past. If we ever do get to see Bravil, I personally hope it's a heyday version of Bravil, a thriving metropolis (despite proximity to a major Aldmeri Dominion base in the ongoing Three Banners War) that has yet to experience the downfall we see in Oblivion.

Sluggy · August 23

It's the year, 3030 2030
And here at the Corporate Institutional Bank of Time Tamriel
We find ourselves reflecting
Finding out that, in fact, we came back
We were always coming back

...

Sorry I could not help myself.

Zastrix · August 23

The year is 2030 and the latest ESO Chapter has released. You rush home from work, foaming at the mouth with excitement in anticipation for the adventures that await you.

Just how it did for High Isle, Necrom and Gold Road... It didn't kekw. Only bought it for the trials honestly.

Photosniper89 · August 23

The year is 2030 and Cyro still hasn't had an update.

kyatos_binarini · August 23

OP is definitely refers to Greymoor … oh and to Summerset … oh and to Deadlands … oh and to … wait a moment🤨

Shara_Wynn · August 23

Awesome