Main characters from the cinematics: names, backgrounds?

shiva7663

Have the three major alliance exemplar characters from the cinematics been given names and story backgrounds?

nerevarine1138

No.

PBpsy

I am also kind of confused as who the brown hair Altmer lady from the forums background and various other places is supposed to be.

mattgbrowneub17_ESO

I just assumed they were "you"

lecarcajou_ESO

Why, their names are Jenna the Elfman, Tiger "Winning" Blood the Rogue, and Big McLargehuge the merry Nord.

Thechemicals

Generic characters are generic cinematic characters who will continue to be generic. A cinematic can sell a consumer faster than any other feature.

shiva7663

Ah, well. I was hoping that they were part of the game lore.

Nox_Aeterna

shiva7663 wrote: »

Ah, well. I was hoping that they were part of the game lore.

So did i mate , so did i.

jircris11

i dont care who they are...i just want the rogues armor lol

mattgbrowneub17_ESO

lecarcajou_ESO wrote: »

Big McLargehuge

Space mutiny?

Rotherhans

That Elf lady though..

.. need moar pics ..

FrauPerchta

shiva7663 wrote: »

Ah, well. I was hoping that they were part of the game lore.

That would make too much sense.

jdandrews108b14_ESO

From Bethesda's company lore...

Bethesda is known for creating scenarios where the player is left clueless and able to formulate their own story for the game.
It was stated by a few of the game directors for all the Elder Scrolls games since Morrowind that the reason the player starts in a prison every time is not for "tradition" but because it is the first piece of the story you as the player write for your character.

You immediately think, subconsciously even, I was wronged to be put in prison (i'm a good guy) or how the bleep did I get caught (bad guy).

The 3 you see in the cinematic are representative not just of the 3 classic archetypes (warrior, thief and mage) which a player will instantly feel connected too, but it also shows that there are 3 factions, fighting for the throne.

Why no name? So that the factions they belong to are still hidden to the person watching.
Nords are from Ebonheart though, right? But they can also be on any faction they choose to fight for.

See how even what you thought was literal and faction based is left up to the viewer to interpret?

That being said, the videos themselves are part of a small webseries that will help to explain why the Daedra are in the city, what's stopping them, and how we are going to get in.

lecarcajou_ESO

mattgbrowneub17_ESO wrote: »

lecarcajou_ESO wrote: »

Big McLargehuge

Space mutiny?

I think so. Laughed my ass off about that one for hours for some reason.