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Loading Screen (Refuge of the Dread)

Example of a Loading Screen

For other uses, see Loading Screens.

Loading Screens appear when a new area is loaded. Along with concept art related to the area and name of the area, a message is displayed that can often be of help, especially to new players.

Some loading screen messages can only be seen by going into certain locations.

Gameplay Messages[]

General[]

  • Every once in a while, just pick a direction and run. Quests are everywhere, and exploration can reveal unexpected surprises, valuable treasures, and other rewards.
  • Want to sell items to other players? Guilds have built in guild stores. Join a guild and sell them to other members.
  • If you don't know what to do next in a quest, look for hints in the tracker text on the right side of your screen.
  • Old books, notes and journals can be found throughout Tamriel. Some just tell interesting stories, but others can unlock quests or provide close to hidden treasures. Read everything!
  • Press 'T' (default key) to cycle through your active quests, and to select which quest you are currently tracking.
  • Wayshrines aren't just for resurrection. When you discover a wayshrine, you can use it to fast travel to other wayshrines you've visited.
  • You can speak to other members of your guilds on guild chat by typing "/guild1," "/guild2," etc.
  • Enter 'cursor' mode by pressing "." (default key).
  • You can be a member of up to five guilds at the same time.
  • Once obtained, Collectibles such as Mounts, Costumes, and Pets are unlocked for your entire Account.
  • While using a crafting station anywhere in the world, all of the crafting materials stored in your bank will be available to use.
  • Any ability marked CRIMINAL ACT can and will result in significant legal trouble if cast where citizens or guards can see.
  • Running low on inventory space? Purchase Bag and Bank upgrades from in-game vendors or the Crown Store.
  • Larger homes can generally hold more items and collectibles.
  • You can become a werewolf or vampire if you get infected by certain monsters or bitten by another player. This infection can be cured by a Priest of Arkay if you do not want to embrace your new nature.
  • Need help accessing DLC? Visit the in-game Help for detailed information on how to get in and play.
  • In a Domination Battleground you must capture and hold specific locations, while fighting off your foes, in order to win the match.
  • In a Crazy King Battleground you must capture and hold specific locations—but those locations will randomly change, shifting the tide of battle and allowing for sudden upsets.
  • In a Deathmatch Battleground your objective is simple: Find and kill as many opponents as you can.
  • In a Chaos Ball Battleground you earn points for your team by holding the Chaos Ball, while withstanding the ever-increasing damage it deals to you.
  • In a Capture the Relic Battleground you must capture enemy Relics and bring them to your home base.
  • Zanil Theran in Coldharbour or Craglorn is a Luxury Furnisher whose stock of high quality furniture changes periodically.
  • Items purchased from the Utility section of the Crown Store will be deposited directly into your character's inventory.
  • Giving another player Home Decorator permission allows that player to move your furnishings but not remove them from the house.
  • If you accidentally sell something to a merchant, you can buy it back from the buy-back tab of their store.
  • If you lose track of where you are in a quest, press 'J' (default key) to open your journal and read task information related to that quest.
  • Purchase the Digital Imperial Edition Upgrade to gain access to the Imperial Race and Horse.
  • Adventuring takes its toll, so don't forget to check your gear every once in a while. Most merchants can repair damaged gear—for a modest fee, of course.
  • The Antiquarian's Eye can be used within a Dig Site to indicate the direction of the nearest Antiquity.
  • You can only have one Mundus Boon at a time, but you may change your Mundus Boon by visiting another Mundus Stone.
  • If you need help completing a dungeon, try using the Dungeon Finder in your group window. It looks like a dungeon you might see in the world.
  • Some furnishings, like crafting stations and lights, provide special interactions when placed in your home.
  • There are several unique homes themed to each of the ten playable races of Tamriel.
  • You can enter Cyrodiil once you reach Level 10 by hitting 'L' (default key) and selecting the Campaigns Menu, then selecting a Campaign. Then press 'E' (default key) to join!
  • Nirnhoned is a rare Trait for weapons and armor. One piece of Nirnhoned equipment can be found after completing the quests in Craglorn. To learn the Nirnhoned Trait on other items, you'll need to trade with other players.
  • Trials will always have the following icon beside their name: Trial Icon. Once you discover a Trial, you can fast travel to it at any time.
  • Battlegrounds are fast and deadly matches between three teams of four players each, open only to characters above Level 10. You can queue up for a Battleground in the Activity Finder, by pressing 'P' (default key).
  • You can find a list of all Chapters and DLC available to you within the Stories section of your Collections UI.
  • Membership in the Dark Brotherhood, available in the Dark Brotherhood DLC, conveys the right to use the Blade of Woe. The Blade of Woe ability allows you to assassinate most unaware humanoid creatures with a single stroke.
  • Each Item Set only comes from a certain region of the world—if you want to find more pieces of that Set, look in the region where you found it before.
  • Crown Store Soul Gems can be given priority over regular in-game Soul Gems by toggling the Default Soul Gem setting in the Gameplay submenu of your Options.
  • Unlocking the Antiquities system, available in the Greymoor Chapter, allows you to use Leads to find valuable treasures throughout Tamriel. These can include impressive furnishings, powerful equipment, dangerous siege engines, a mount, and more.
  • You can change what permissions other players have while visiting your house.
  • Group Instances will always have the following icon beside their name: Group Dungeon Icon. After you discover a Group Instance, you can fast travel to it at any time.
  • You can set your active Mount, Non-Combat Pet, Appearance Collectibles, and Assistants from the Collections menu.
  • You can save your character builds and quickly switch between them by using the Armory.
  • Speaking to some NPCs or reading specific books in towns can reveal new locations on your map.
  • You can own one of each of the purchasable homes in Tamriel.
  • If choices in a conversation show up in red, the choice presented is significant and cannot be reversed without abandoning the quest. Select your response carefully!
  • Explore different ability combinations on your ability bar. But remember, you can't change equipment or abilities while you're in combat unless you've unlocked weapon-swapping.
  • Items with Set Bonuses can be found by completing certain quests, defeating Bosses, and from Treasure Chests, among other sources.
  • Group Delves will always have the following icon beside their name: Group Delve Icon.
  • Available DLC is automatically unlocked when you are an ESO Plus Subscriber.
  • Purchase the Any Race, Any Alliance Bundle to create characters of any Alliance regardless of race.

Crafting[]

  • Fishing requires using a proper bait at the proper location. Your chances of getting a rare fish improves when more people fish at the same spot, but that can also make a fishing hole dry out faster.
  • To add an enchantment to an item, right click the item and select "enchant." If you have a glyph of the appropriate level, you will be able to enchant that item.
  • Items come in five quality levels represented by five colors: white, green, blue, purple, and gold. The colors signify the quality of the item in ascending order, but only for that particular level. For example, a blue level 14 item might be better than a gold level 10 item.
  • While using a cooking fire you can view recipes you've learned and ingredients required by unchecking the "have ingredients" and "have skills" check boxes.
  • Crafting furniture requires rare materials used specifically for creating furniture.
  • You can refine multiple materials of different types at once at a crafting station
  • Traits provide armor, weapons, and jewelry with additional power, and are chosen when an item is created. You can Research these Traits at Crafting Stations to learn how to make them yourself.
  • Alchemy Plants like Blessed Thistle, Columbine, and Dragonthorn like to live in grassy places, or near other plants.
  • Mushrooms, used in Alchemy, can often be found growing near tree stumps or in shady areas.
  • Enchanters use three types of runestones to make glyphs: Aspect, Potency, and Essence. As long as you have at least one of each type, you will be able to create a glyph.
  • There are three types of glyph categories that can be used to enchant item types: Armor, Jewelry, and Weapon.
  • With Alchemy, you can use the oils harvested from monsters to make poisons. Apply a poison to your weapon to inflict debilitating effects on your foes.
  • Leather can be harvested from animals, such as guar, mammoths, deer, or mudcrabs. Use Leather to make Medium Armor.
  • Jewelry Crafting requires the Summerset Chapter, but anyone can harvest precious materials and trade Jewelry Crafting resources.
  • Jewelry and Blacksmithing Resources both show up along cliff bases, mountainsides, and rocky outcroppings.
  • Alchemy requires fresh water for potions. Look for ripples of bubbling, fresh water on the shores of lakes and rivers. Water can also be found in flasks, particularly in dry places like deserts.
  • To craft, you will need to locate an appropriate crafting station. These can be found in most towns, and sometimes even out in the wilderness.
  • Binding non-crafted Item Set gear will add it to your Set Collections. You can then reconstruct bound Item Set gear at a Transmute Station for a certain amount of Transmute Crystals.
  • You can select multiple items to deconstruct at once at a crafting station.
  • Transmutation allows you to change the Trait on an item, at a cost of 50 Transmute Crystals. A Transmute Station can be found in the Clockwork City, and is only available in the Clockwork City DLC. You may purchase one from Rolis Hlaalu for your own home.
  • Some Alchemy Plants appear along bodies of water. Look for Water Hyacinth and Nirnroot while near lakes, rivers, and waterfalls.
  • You can harvest Wood to create staves, bows, and shields. Look for fallen logs near trees and stumps.
  • Most overland zones in Tamriel have an Achievement Furnisher who sells unique furniture to players who complete certain achievements.
  • Provisioning ingredients can be found in crates, barrels, and baskets all over Tamriel. They can even be found lying around in the open!
  • You can craft multiple items at once at a crafting station.

Skills[]

  • Reading books from bookshelves will sometimes grant you a rank in one of your skill lines.
  • Soul gems can be filled using the Soul Trap ability, found in the Soul Magic skill line, by casting the ability on a foe and killing it before the effect wears off. You must have an empty soul gem in your inventory to trap a particular soul.
  • Additional skill lines may be unlocked by using new weapons, new armor, and exploring new areas.
  • You don't just have class abilities; you have lots of skill lines. Press 'K' (default key) to view your abilities, and to review skill lines for weapons, armor, race, and the many other types you may have acquired.
  • When you collect three skyshards, you get one skill point. You can see the skyshards you have collected in the Zone Guide, as well as find hints about skyshard locations you might have missed.
  • The art of lockpicking involves both sight and sound. Watch the tumblers, and when one trembles and begins to rumble, release it.
  • Be sure to spend your skill and attribute points after you level up.
  • Unlocking the Thieves Guild skill line, available in the Thieves Guild DLC, allows you to open the Thieves Troves scattered throughout Tamriel. Thieves Troves may contain stolen valuables, as well as equipment and potions useful for a thief.
  • Your character's Riding Skill applies to all your mounts.
  • Some quests grant skill points as a reward upon completion.
  • Unlocking the Psijic Order skill line, available in the Summerset Chapter, allows you to see Psijic Portals all throughout Tamriel. Psijic Portals may contain powerful equipment and Crafting Motifs, among other treasures.

Combat[]

  • Fleeing is a perfectly valid tactic if you wander into a tough situation. Find or craft better gear, use Skill Points, or level up a bit more, then come back to fight another day.
  • You can resurrect yourself or another player on the spot if you have a full soul gem in your inventory.
  • You can't sprint and use abilities at the same time.
  • When you unlock weapon-swapping at level 15, you can decide to place the same type of weapon in both slots but select different abilities for your ability bar.
  • Pay attention to the effect your abilities have on different types of monsters. Some powerful creatures are immune to certain effects, while whole groups of monsters might be resistant to others.
  • Avoiding a hostile pursuer for several seconds without getting hit may allow you to escape through a door.
  • Consumable items (potions, food, etc.) can be loaded to your quickslot menu for use during combat. Press 'I' (default key) to open your Inventory, then click the "Quickslots" button in the top right corner and drag the item to an empty slot.
  • You can direct combat pets and Companions in combat via 'Y' + 'Left Mouse Button' (default keys). To call them off, use the 'Y' + 'Right Mouse Button' (default keys) key.
  • Once you've begun a light attack, you can immediately activate an ability from your skill bar without interrupting that light attack.
  • To dodge attacks, double-tap a movement key in the direction you wish to dodge.
  • Fully charged heavy attacks with melee weapons and bows restore stamina. Fully charged destruction staff and restoration staff heavy attacks restore magicka.
  • Powerful monsters lurk in the wilderness of Tamriel. Sometimes you will need help to defeat them. If you find one of these creatures, form a group with friends or guildmates.

Removed[]

  • You can resurrect yourself or another player on the spot if you have a full soul gem of appropriate level in your inventory.
  • You can enter Cyrodiil once you reach Level 10 by opening the Alliance War tab and joining a campaign. Once you have join a campaign, enter it by selecting it and pressing 'E' (default key).

Base game[]

Aldmeri Dominion[]

Auridon[]

Image Location Description
Auridon Loading Auridon The second largest of the Summerset Isles, Auridon has always served the High Elves as a buffer between their serene archipelago and the turmoil of Tamriel. The Altmer of Auridon have been hardened by generations of repelling invaders, pirates, and plagues.
Inner Tanzelwil Loading Screen Inner Tanzelwil To the Altmer, Tanzelwil is one of the most sacred sites on Auridon, combining the functions of temple to the Elven ancestors and mausoleum of the ancient kinlords. The High Elves cremate their dead and then bury the ashes in wall shrines.
The Banished Cells Loading Screen The Banished Cells I The High Elves live long lives and have a talent for magic. Sometimes an Altmer's pursuit of magical power leads to tampering with forbidden knowledge and illicit dealings with evil Daedra. It was to confine such trespassers that the Banished Cells were created.
Tower of the Vale Loading Screen Tower of the Vale This tower, nestled in the heart of the Glister Vale, was constructed as the summer home for Kinlady Tuinden's immediate family. Since the death of King Hidellith of Alinor it has fallen into disuse and disrepair. Still, strange noises can sometimes be heard echoing off the vale walls.
[?] Bewan The high vaulted halls of Bewan were originally built in the Merethic Era as a shrine to Trinimac. Bewan was abandoned early in the First Era when the priesthood moved to the grand Trinimac Chantry outside Skywatch.
[?] Temple of Auri-El Auri-El is god-ancestor to all the High Elves, who claim direct descent from the divine Aedra. Auri-El is the god of time and creation, and is worshiped by most of Tamriel's humans as Akatosh.
[?] Smuggler's Tunnel The tunnels beneath Mathiisen lead to the sea, and over the centuries various smugglers and criminal organizations have utilized them for a variety of purposes.
[?] The Veiled Keep The Errinorne Academy was destroyed when the Sload sacked Skywatch in 1E 1301 and never rebuilt, as its island location was thereafter deemed indefensible. But now the ruined halls of the academy's great library have been reoccupied.
[?] Phaer Catacombs Despite its name, Phaer Catacombs is not the village cemetery, as the High Elves cremate their dead. These caves are a worked-out porphyry mine, now converted to a burial site for those foreign workers the Altmer bring in to do their menial labor.
[?] Ezduiin Undercroft There are obvious similarities between Altmer architecture and that of their cousins the Ayleids, but there are clear differences as well. High Elven architecture is cleaner and more direct, with less baroque ornamentation than that of the Wild Elves.
[?] Saltspray Cave On the one hand, the High Elves are second to none in their appreciation of the wonders of nature. On the other hand, their impulse to improve things to make them more artistically perfect is nigh irresistable. This urge even applies to natural caverns.
[?] The Refuge of Dread Mehrunes Dagon's plane of Oblivion, known as the Deadlands, is an inferno of lava, razor-sharp obsidian, and deadly Daedra. Its only visitors are beings of steadfast courage and desperate purpose.
[?] Wansalen Legend has it that the excavation of Wansalen was halted, and the halls abandoned, when the Elven miners roused and angered an ancient rock-spirit called a Gheatus. But the wise Sapiarchs of the Crystal Tower dismiss this story as a fable with no truth to it.
[?] Entila's Folly Kinlady Entila of Clan Auralus had a vivid dream that beneath the coastal cliffs near Skywatch was a fabulous fist-sized gem, the Egg of the World. Based on the directions in her vision, she hired a score of miners to dig until they found it. The funds of Clan Auralus ran out first.
[?] Mehrunes' Spite Before the followers of the Prophet Veloth left Summerset for Morrowind, they built several secret shrines for illicit worship of the Daedric Princes. It is believed that after the Chimer left Summerset, all of these heretical shrines were found and destroyed.
[?] Del's Claim No one believed the old ouster Del when he staggered into Vulkhel Guard and claimed he'd found a huge deposit of lapis lazuli in the hills, but it turned out to be true, and now Del's Claim is one of the most profitable mines on Auridon.
[?] Ondil Now ruined, the subterranean halls of Ondil were built in the early First Era to house Kinlady Fiorallelle's extensive collection of ceramic figurines. It was abandoned before completion when its alignment with the constellation of the Atronach was found to be seven percent off true.
[?] The Vault of Exile Castle Rilis is one of the oldest Elven structures in all the Summerset Isles. The vaults beneath the castle are even older still—and are said to preserve some things that would have been better left forgotten.
[?] Toothmaul Gully Goblins are native to the Summerset Isles, and were here when the Elves first arrived from Old Aldmeris. The Altmer enslaved the native Goblins to perform their manual labor, but never quite eradicated the free tribes in the wild.

Khenarthi's Roost[]

Image Location Description
Khenarthi's Roost Loading Screen Khenarthi's Roost This island off the south coast of Elsweyr is named after the Khajiiti goddess of weather and the sky, who is usually represented as a great hawk. She finds many worshipers among the cat-folk's sailors and farmers, especially those who grow moon-sugar cane.

Grahtwood[]

Image Location Description
Grahtwood Loading Screen Grahtwood This region is the southern heart of the Wood Elves' great forest, and home to more of the gigantic graht-oaks than any other part of Valenwood. Its capital, now also the capital of the entire Aldmeri Dominion, is Elden Root.
Elden Hollow Loading Screen Elden Hollow When the Daedra-worshiping Ayleids were driven from Cyrodiil after Alessia's Slave Rebellion, many of the Wild Elf clans took refuge in Valenwood. One of the foremost of those clans was granted the right to excavate dwelling-halls under Elden Root itself.
Grand Topal Hideaway Loading Screen Grand Topal Hideaway You probably think only the mad masterminds of vast criminal organizations have their own private tropical islands. Well, think again: you, too, could have a hidden hideaway ever-trembling on the verge of volcanic destruction!
Greenhill Catacombs Loading Screen Greenhill Catacombs Though originally built by Colovians, the catacombs below Greenhill Church have burial chambers for each of the three local races. Khajiiti bury their dead much the same way the Imperials do; the Bosmer, of course, bury only their skeletons.
The Aquifer Loading Screen The Aquifer The port city of Haven, on the border with Elsweyr, has changed hands many times. During the late First Era it was governed by the Reman Empire. More recently it has become a sort of High Elf colony. The Altmer replaced the Imperial buildings with their own—but they kept the Imperial sewer system.
The Scuttle Pit Loading Screen The Scuttle Pit The spiders of Tamriel are fearsome carnivores that prey on everything they can catch, even each other. They have adapted to every environment, both above and below ground, and there seems to be no limit as to how large they can grow.
Vinedeath Cave Loading Screen Vinedeath Cave The strangler is a carnivorous plant that lurks in the shadows of the forest floor. Its tentacles excrete a sticky, sweet substance that attracts prey. The strangler reacts to warmth and movement by lashing out with its tentacles and drawing what it captures into its hungry maw.
The Middens Loading Screen The Middens The Wood Elves' practice of throwing all garbage out their windows to fall at the roots of their tree-houses is regarded by other folk as revolting and unsanitary. The Bosmer say they're fertilizing the roots of their beloved trees, but most others just think they're lazy.
Nairume's Prison Loading Screen Nairume's Prison Trickster god Rajhin the Footpad, known as the Purring Liar, is much beloved of Khajiiti storytellers. He sends his Seven Shadows into the world to accomplish amazing feats of larceny and stealth.
Cave of Broken Sails Loading Screen Cave of Broken Sails The corsairs of the Southern Sea may not have as fierce a reputation as the pirates of the Abecean, but that's probably because they keep a lower profile, as they must constantly dodge the warships of the Altmer and Maormer. The corsairs may be of any race, but most are Khajiit.
Cathedral of the Golden Path Loading Screen Cathedral of the Golden Path Toward the end of the First Era, when Valenwood was ruled by the Second Empire, Southpoint was the most important Imperial colony-town in what was then called the Kingdom of Grahtwood. The cathedral there was built by Governor Zantonius, a Colovian from Kvatch.
Reliquary Ruins Loading Screen Reliquary Ruins The official histories of the First Empire state that when Empress Alessia's forces captured White-Gold Tower, all the Ayleids' evil relics of arcane power were taken and destroyed. But Duke Quarl of Twil insisted until his dying day that an Elf King escaped with the chief artifacts.
Reliquary Vault Loading Screen Reliquary Vault "The most famous burglar in Elsweyr's history, Rajhin is said to have stolen a tattoo from the neck of Empress Kintyra as she slept." —Brother Mikhael Karkuxor, "Varieties of Faith"
The Orrery Loading Screen The Orrery "As for the Osseous Orrery: can anyone really claim to comprehend the full intentions of Anumaril in his metamorphosis to instrumentality? Do we even know how many axes of circumpenetration its arms rotate through?" —Morian Zenas, "Commentaries on Beredalmo"
Burroot Kwama Mine Loading Screen Burroot Kwama Mine Expatriates often try to bring beloved aspects of their culture with them when they emigrate. So it was with Llevyn Buratil of Narsis in Morrowind, who tried to establish a kwama mine in Grahtwood. The experiment was less than a resounding success.
Mobar Mine Loading Screen Mobar Mine With the flurry of construction going on in nearby Elden Root, the Foriniel Brothers have reopened Mobar Mine to supply the builders with clay for making bricks. Strangely, no one has heard from the Foriniels in over a week.
Laeloria Ruins Loading Screen Laeloria Ruins "Throat of Darkness." That's how the scholars at Arcane University translate "Laeloria." The Wood Orcs at Barkbite Stronghold just refer to it as "the Haunted Pit."
Ossuary of Telacar Loading Screen Ossuary of Telacar The Altmeri wizard Telacar excavated and occupied this ancient Ayleid ruin, converting it to his own uses. The site's original Ayleid name has been long forgotten.
Root Sunder Ruins Loading Screen Root Sunder Ruins The name of these Ayleid ruins implies they were abandoned because of encroaching tree roots. But the Wood Elves whisper that the sundering roots were not those of normal Grahtwood trees.

Greenshade[]

Image Location Description
Greenshade Loading Screen Greenshade Greenshade, a land of flowing rivers and fertile plains, occupies the southwest portion of Valenwood. The port city of Woodhearth sits upon the western shore, while other towns include Marbruk and Greenheart.
Abecean Sea Loading Screen Abecean Sea South of Hammerfell, west of Cyrodiil, north of Valenwood, and northeast of Summerset is that pocket of the Eltheric Ocean called the Abecean Sea. It bustles with trade, merchant ships—and pirates.
Barrow Trench Loading Screen Barrow Trench Some caverns are prized, not for the ore that can be mined from them, but for the exotic fungus that grows within them. Barrow Trench is the latter sort.
Carac Dena Loading Screen Carac Dena Though abandoned thousands of years ago, many Ayleid ruins are still lit by the blue glowing varla and welkynd stones found in them. These stones are among the so-called "Aetherial Crystals," gems that can store, transform, and emit magicka.
City of Ash Loading Screen City of Ash Not all Wood Elves are happy about Valenwood joining the Aldmeri Dominion. Some fear for their beloved forests, while others fear their heritage and traditions will be diluted or replaced. A few groups have retreated to refuges deep in the jungle.
Harridan's Lair Loading Screen Harridan's Lair According to the Spinners in Marbruk, these cliffs were once inhabited by a flock of the rare, and possibly extinct, cockatiel harpies. They were said to kidnap young male hunters as mates, thus the saying about the lovestruck, "He's carried off to Harridan's."
Hectahame Grotto Loading Screen Hectahame Grotto In the Ayleid language, Hectahame means "home of the exiles"—appropriate for a city built by Wild Elves who fled Cyrodiil in the wake of the Slave Rebellion of Saint Alessia. Scholars believe this was a refuge for those who ruled the White-Gold Tower itself.
Ilmyris Loading Screen Ilmyris Hermaeus Mora, hearken to the plea of this unworthy, for I come to barter for knowledge denied. That which I seek is named on this parchment, which I consume in your honor, O Demon of Knowledge. For my desire to know is beyond reckoning, and in recompense, whatever price is named shall be met.
Imperial Underground Loading Screen Imperial Underground When Valenwood was a part of the Second Empire, and Woodhearth was an Imperial Kingdom, the Wood Elves had their first encounter with Cyrodilic bureaucracy. The Imperials didn't think much of the Bosmeri city's sanitation, and constructed its first real sewer system.
Isles of Torment Loading Screen Isle of Torment In addition to the major planes of Oblivion, there is an almost unlimited number of so-called "pocket planes," small self-contained realities where the ordinary rules of nature may or may not apply.
Naril Nagaia Loading Screen Naril Nagaia These ruins have a bad reputation in nearby Woodhearth—which is not surprising, considering their name in Ayleidoon means 'final death.'
Nereid Temple Cave Loading Screen Nereid Temple Cave According to old stories, Nereids are female nature spirits mystically linked to bodies of pure and flowing fresh water. But there are few known facts to either support or belie these tales.
Rulanyil's Fall Loading Screen Rulanyil's Fall The underground city built by the Rulanyil clan after they were driven from Cyrodiil is one of the most impressive Ayleid ruins in all Valenwood. Scholars believe the Rulanyil originally came from Vilverin, an Ayleid site on the shores of Lake Rumare.
Serpent's Grotto Loading Screen Serpent's Grotto The Maormer are native to the island kingdom of Pyandonea, an archipelago in the southern ocean. Their ruler, King Orgnum, is said to be immortal.
Shademist Enclave Loading Screen Shademist Enclave The cursed disease of vampirism comes in many different forms, and it's said there are more than a hundred different vampire clans in Tamriel. There are at least four clans in Valenwood, including the Keerilth, who can escape vampire hunters by transforming into mist.
Shrouded Hollow Loading Screen Shrouded Hollow Wood Elves build towns by persuading trees to grow into homes, but that is a long and slow process. As much as they like the woods, they're perfectly happy to exploit natural caverns as an easy source of lodgings.
Silatar Loading Screen Silatar This offshore island feels like it's from another, better world. It radiates an almost palpable aura of magicka. It's wonderful … and somehow very, very wrong.
The Underroot Loading Screen The Underroot When Valenwood was conquered by Emperor Reman II late in the First Era, the princes of the Camoran Dynasty were exiled and the province was reorganized into nine small, semi-autonomous kingdoms. This bolstered local pride, and made Valenwood easier to govern.
Valenheart Loading Screen Valenheart After Princess Ayrenn mysteriously disappeared from Alinor in 2E 563, her younger brother, Prince Naemon, was named heir to the throne of the Summerset Isles. In preparation to rule he studied Royal Ceremoniarchy for nearly ten years. Then Ayrenn returned to Summerset.
Gurzag's Mine Loading Screen Gurzag's Mine One of the reasons the Wood Elves tolerate the presence of Orc clans in Valenwood is that the Wood Orcs are nearly as talented at forging metal as their northern cousins. Bosmer who follow the Green Pact still have a use for metal tools and weapons, and buy them from the Orcs.

Malabal Tor[]

Image Location Description
Malabal Tor load screen Malabal Tor Malabal Tor is the northwest region of Valenwood, on the coast of the Abecean Sea and the Strid River estuary. Its capital is Silvenar, the spiritual home of all Wood Elves.
Abamath Ruins Loading Screen Abamath When the Daedra-worshiping Ayleids fled from Alessia's Slave Rebellion in Cyrodiil, many of the clans went south into Valenwood. Legend has it that the Abamath Ayleids drove a tribe of Wood Orcs out an existing cave system and converted it to their own uses.
Black Vine Ruins Loading Screen Black Vine Ruins The name of the long-dead Ayleid clan that built these halls has been forgotten. Their latter-day name is Black Vine, for the writhing, dark vines that spill from the crumbling arches and doorways.
Crimson Cove Loading Screen Crimson Cove The Pirates of the Abecean Sea are the most notorious buccaneers in all of Tamriel. A loose confederation of crews with elected captains, most consider Stros M'Kai their home port, though they're liable to be found anywhere from Senchal to the Iliac Bay.
Dead Man's Drop Loading Screen Dead Man's Drop Thanks to the Green Pact, the more industrious Wood Orcs of Valenwood have prospered by mining coal and kindlepitch and selling it to the Bosmer, who won't cut down trees for wood to burn, but still need to fire their forges. Dead Man's Drop is one such mine.
Dra'Bul Loading Screen Dra'bul There were already Wood Orcs living in Valenwood when the Elves first arrived from Old Aldmeris. Though there has often been conflict between Orc and Bosmer, they usually share the forest in a tentative truce.
Hoarvor Pit Loading Screen Hoarvor Pit The Hoarvor, a colossal, blood-sucking tick, is one of the most repulsive creatures in all of Tamriel. To anyone who knows the Bosmer, it will come as no surprise that many have a perverse admiration for the hoarvor, adopting the gross insect as a sort of mascot.
Roots of Silvenar Loading Screen Roots of Silvenar The Wood Elves don't do much mining in earth or loose rock, as such mines require a lot of lumber to shore up their sides and ceilings, and the Bosmer won't cut live trees for lumber. Other races, however, have no such scruples.
Shael Ruins Loading Screen Shael Ruins No one is sure nowadays which of the Daedric Princes were worshiped by the Ayleid clan who built the haunted corridors of Shael, but it was certainly one of the more malefic of the Lords of Oblivion.
Shrine of Mauloch (Abamath) Shrine of Mauloch (Abamath) Is Mauloch the Aedra different from Malacath the Daedra, or are they a single entity, cast out by both groups of Divines? No one can agree as to the truth of the matter—not even the Orcs.
Silvenar's Audience Hall Loading Screen Silvenar An old story about the Silvenar states that the office represents all Wood Elves by being held simultaneously by from three to eight Bosmer from all walks of life. Such an arrangement would, of course, be completely impractical in real life.
Stormwarden Undercroft Loading Screen Stormwarden Undercroft Like the High Elves, the Sea Elves also came from Old Aldmeris. But where the Altmer settled in the paradise of Summerset, the Maormer ended up in low, marshy, and insect-infested Pyandonea―and the Sea Elves have never forgiven the High Elves for it.
Tempest Island Loading Screen Tempest Island Surrounded by sand bars and shifting channels, this island in the Strid estuary has long been a haven for pirates, raiders, and fugitives from law enforcement. It has never been fully explored by any civilized authority.
The Hunting Grounds Loading Screen The Hunting Grounds The Oblivion realm of Hircine is an endless forest where the Master of Beasts and his Huntsmen pursue great beasts, people, and even their own kind.
Tomb of Apostates Loading Screen Tomb of the Apostates The Green Pact, the Spinners say, contains its own punishment for those who turn their back on it. Such apostates become the Accursed of Y’ffre, doomed to haunt lost corners of the Green until they find a way to redeem themselves.
Velyn Harbor Outlaws Refuge Loading Screen Velyn Harbor Outlaws Refuge This refuge is the headquarters of the Gang of Scroungers. While "scrounger" has negative connotations in some cultures, that's not the case with Wood Elves—or with Wood Works.

Reaper's March[]

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Claw's Strike Loading Screen Claw's Strike Adoption of the Riddle'Thar Epiphany was not without controversy: when the priests of the Shrine of the Consummate S'rendarr in the Jodewood refused to accept the new edicts, they were exiled and the temple desecrated. Today it is a bandit lair.
Den of Lorkhaj Loading Screen Den of Lorkhaj Others (it is always Others) contend that the Moons are literally the rotting corpses of Lorkhan himself, spinning in eternal dual ellipses above but ever beyond that creation for which he gave his Heart. But the War of Manifest Metaphors has rendered this (and all narratives) absurd.
Do'Krin Temple Loading Screen Do'Krin Monastery Still magnificent even in decay, Do'Krin Temple is the crowning architectural achievement of the reign of Darloc Brae, the Golden Beast of Anequina. It was built with the loot of the Anequine Conquests, when Darloc Brae ruled from Rimmen to Arenthia.
Fardir's Folly Loading Screen Fardir's Folly For generations, tomb robbers have been trying to find their way into the halls beneath the Ayleid ruin known locally as Fardir's Folly. Word has reached Dune that they may finally have succeeded.
Fort Sphinxmoth Loading Screen Fort Sphinxmoth Built by the Second Empire to house a garrison of Border Scouts, Sphinxmoth was placed between feuding tribes of Bosmer and Khajiiti in an attempt to stop their cross-border raiding. When the Empire fell, the fort's garrison was replaced by the very raiders it was built to control.
Halls of Ichor Loading Screen Halls of Ichor The city of Falinesti occupies the boughs and bole of a great walking Elden Tree—possibly the original Elden Tree from which all others are derived. These towering graht-oaks are so huge as to beggar belief, trees on a mythic scale.
Jode's Light Loading Screen Jode's Light The shrine of Jode's Light just outside Pa'alat was founded by Moon-Bishop Thizzrini in the mid-First Era as a place of safe contemplation for all moon-monks, no matter when they were born on the ja'Kha'jay. It was abandoned during the mass mortality of the Thrassian Plague.
Khaj Rawlith Loading Screen Khaj Rawlith The ruins at Khaj Rawlith mark the westernmost extent of the Anequine Conquests, when the Cat-Folk soldiers of the Golden Beast ruled the land from the Larsius River to the Strid. The vast echoing halls still evoke a certain brutal majesty.
Kuna's Delve Loading Screen Kuna's Delve There is a ready market in Senchal and Torval for Khajiiti relics from the glorious period of the Anequine Conquests. Objects that date from the reign of Darloc Brae the Golden Beast are particularly prized.
Moonmont Temple Loading Screen Moonmont Temple Though sacred to worshippers of Jone and Jode, the temple at Moonmont has fallen on hard times. The chaos in Reaper's March has cut off the flow of pilgrims to its shrines, and the Two-Moons clergy has had to abandon the site until peace returns.
Rawl'kha Outlaws Refuge Loading Screen Rawl'kha Outlaws Refuge The refuge below Rawl'kha is the haunt of the Darkmoon Prowlers, an "All-Khajiiti Gang" … which means they'll admit non-Khajiiti members, but only if they agree to wear a cat-mask.
Rawl'kha Temple Loading Screen Rawl'kha Temple Though not the largest temple in northern Elsweyr, Rawl'kha is probably the most culturally significant, for it is here that the Mane revealed the Riddle'Thar Epiphany in 2E 311, the key event in modern Khajiiti theology.
Reaper's March Loading Screen Reaper's March Once known simply as Northern Valenwood, this region that borders Cyrodiil and Elsweyr has seen so much bloody warfare since the fall of the Second Empire that it's now known as Reaper's March, even to its battle-scarred inhabitants.
Ren-dro Caverns Loading Screen Ren-dro Caverns The Eyes of the Queen is the Aldmeri Dominion's secret intelligence service. It's said that Ayrenn began assembling a network of informers on the continent of Tamriel long before she returned to Summerset to assume the throne.
Senalana Loading Screen Senalana When the Senalana Ayleids fled the Slave Rebellion that made humans the masters of Cyrodiil, they didn't go far, just a league or so into Valenwood. They assumed the vengeance of their former slaves wouldn't follow them across the border. They were wrong.
Temple to the Divines Loading Screen Temple to the Divines Constructed by the Colovians during one of their periods of rule over Arenthia, this grand temple to the Eight is a testament to their devotion. There are said to be subterranean vaults beneath the nave.
The Vile Manse Loading Screen The Vile Manse The Colovians of the Imperial West are generally known as a devout people, dedicated to the Eight Divines and the old Imperial virtues. But every generation throws up a few who turn to dark and sinister pursuits; these are known to their compatriots as the Woeful Colovians.
Thibaut's Cairn Loading Screen Thibaut's Cairn The cemeteries and graveyards of Reaper's March overflow with the dead slain in war after war, but at least their survivors could always count on them resting quietly. However, that was before Molag Bal began his Planemeld.
Thizzrini Arena Loading Screen Thizzrini Arena The Cat-Folk are inveterate gamblers, and like nothing better than a wager on a good fight. When the fort at Thizzrini stopped serving as a fort, within weeks it was turned into a fighting arena thronged with eager bettors.
Weeping Wind Cave Loading Screen Weeping Wind Cave According to the "Speluncus Tamrielicum," the reason Nirn is seemingly riddled with natural caverns is that, like a living body, the world is veined with a system of nodes and capillaries that once pulsed with the divine essence of the Aedra who created it.
Shrine of the Golden Eye Loading Screen Shrine of the Golden Eye "Devotees of Daedric Princes maintain hidden places of worship across Tamriel. One such site is the Shrine of the Golden Eye, dedicated to Hermaeus Mora. It was built by Khajiiti followers near water to be closer to his library under the sea."—Morian Zenas
The Demi-Plane of Jode Loading Screen The Demi-Plane of Jode Some theological scholars hold that the two moons orbiting Nirn are representations of the "Cloven Duality" of the Aedric trickster-god Lorkhan, who connived at the creation of the world and was punished for it.
Five Finger Dance Loading Screen The Five Finger Dance There are trickster spirits in many of Tamriel's cultures. The Khajiit and Wood Elves have raised one to the level of a major Divine. To them, Baan Dar represents genius, sly innovation, and agile wits. He is the nimble escape when trapped in a tight spot.

Daggerfall Covenant[]

Alik'r Desert[]

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[?] Alik'r Desert Though there are fertile fields on the coast near the capital city of Sentinel, it is the arid expanses of the interior that have captured the hearts of the rugged Redguards. The Alik'r is rich in mineral resources, but its fierce creatures and harsh terrain are daunting to most.
[?] Impervious Vault After his new city of Sentinel was attacked by pirates from the Abecean Sea, the Grandee Yaghoub decided he would build a fortified subterranean storehouse where the Alik'r's greatest treasures could be kept safe. Thus was built the Impervious Vault.
[?] Salas En Salas En contains ruins from three different cultures: first, the unknown clan of Ayleids who initially built the site in the Merethic Era; second, the Corelanya High Elves who occupied it early in the First Era; and most recently, the Yokudan colonists who came with the Ra Gada.
[?] Tu'whacca's Sanctum Tu'whacca is the god who escorts the souls of departed Redguards to the afterlife of the Far Shores. Though a soul may have enemies who will try to keep it from reaching the Far Shores, Tu'whacca is sly and clever, and always outwits them.
[?] Kulati Mines Gem fanciers will tell you that the finest amethysts come from the Alik'r Desert—and the finest amethysts from the Alik'r come from the Kulati Mines.
[?] Wind Scour Temple Hidden beneath the ruins of HoonDing's Watch, this sanctuary hosted the Ceremony of Ascension for every Dragonguard Grandmaster, starting with the honored Ghelin-Brol.
[?] Suturah's Crypt Given the Redguards' tremendous respect for their deceased ancestors, it's no surprise to find that their houses for the dead can be even larger and more elaborate than their homes for the living.
[?] Yldzuun The scholar Guylaine Marilie asserts that "Yldzuun" can be accurately translated as "Mechanized Paradise." However, Thelwe Ghelein says the name is best rendered as "Steam Closet."
[?] Volenfell The ancient Dwarven city of Volenfell was long lost to the sands of the Alik'r Desert. But its ruins have recently been discovered, prompting a race between scholars and treasure-hunters to be the first to search its storied depths.
[?] Sandblown Mine Sandblown? Ah, now I recall it—the player-out copper mine south of Kozanset. That pit hasn't been worked since the reign of King Ramzi.
[?] Aldunz Though some Dwarven automatons were clearly designed for defense of the facilities in which they're found, the function of other constructs is less clear. Some appear to be tasked with maintaining other machines, lubricating joints and replacing worn-out parts.
[?] Divad's Chagrin Mine "Divad's Chagrin" is an epic poem of the redguards describing the great hero's remorse at forsaking the life of a musician to fight tyranny and unjustice. No one seems to know what the story of Divad has to do with this shallow mine in the desert.
[?] Santaki When the Rourken Dwemer migrated west to Hammerfell, they found a land rich in untapped mineral wealth. They roamed far from their city of Volenfell in pursuit of it, building deep mines and busy workshops. Many of these sites remain virtually untouched.
[?] Coldrock Diggings The shipwrights at nearby Tava's Blessing depend upon the mine at Coldrock for grit-rock, used in sanding wooden planks, and holystone, a light pumice used for cleaning the decks.
[?] Lost City of the Na-Totambu When the Crown Redguards arrived in Hammerfell, they were determined to reproduce the culture of Yokuda as nearly as possible. They founded a city in the Alik'r called Na-Totambu, after the lost Yokudan capital. But this new city was buried in a great sandstorm, and abandoned

Bangkorai[]

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[?] Bangkorai This region takes its name from its most famous feature, the Bangkorai Pass, which has served as High Rock's defense against the wild raiders of Hammerfell for countless generations. The uplands north of the pass and the desert to the south are both ruled from the port city of Evermore.
Bisnensel Loading Screen Halcyon Lake The halls of Bisnensel were built by a clan of Ayleid refugees who fled the Alessian Reforms in Cyrodiil. Old tales associate it with Laloriaran Dynar, the so-called Last King of the Ayleids.
Crypt of the Exiles Loading Screen Crypt of the Exiles After High Rock joined the First Empire in 1E 1029, the King of Evermore had a vast cemetery built outside the city to house himself and his descendants, naming it after Saint Pelin of Bangkorai Pass. Some of the empty mausoleums ended up put to other uses than burial.
Nchu Duabthar Threshold Loading Screen Nchu Duabthar Threshold The location of the entrance to the Dwarven city of Nchu Duabthar has long been known, but so far its gates have defied all attempts, physical or magical, to open them.
Torog's Spite Loading Screen Torog's Spite This mine once eked out iron ore to its diligent Breton miners, but it has long been given up to Orcish raiders from Wrothgar.
Troll's Toothpick Loading Screen Troll's Toothpick The Knahaten Flu swept through the Mournoth Dungeons, killing everyone, prisoners, guards and warden alike. The prison was decomissioned and left to decay. Now the locals call it by a different name.
Viridian Watch Loading Screen Viridian Watch In the early First Era, during the days when the Direnni Hegemony ruled High Rock, a series of watch towers was built along the border with the Reach and Skyrim. Today most of them are nothing more than crumbling ruins.
[?] Glenmoril Ritual Site Deep within the passages of the Sunken Road lies a ritual site, one that supposedly houses a spirit meant to sleep until "the barons in ivy robes" need them most.
[?] Ash'abah Pass In their homeland of Yokuda, the precursors of the Redguards fought long and bitter conflicts with the Lefthanded Elves. When the Ra Gada came to Tamriel and found Elven colonies on the Hammerfell coasts, they set out to eradicate them.
[?] Bangkorai Garrison Bangkorai Pass is a natural choke point, the only way for an army from Hammerfell to enter High Rock without marching far to the west or north. There have been fortifications here since the early days of the Direnni Hegemony.
[?] Hall of Heroes Redguard tradition holds that when the souls of great warriors travel on to the Far Shores, they live forever in honor and glory in the Hall of Heroes.
[?] The Far Shores On the Far Shores, according to Yokudan lore, there is no hunger, thirst, or fatigue. But there are enough glorious challenges to keep a warrior-spirit engaged forever.
[?] Sunken Road Everyone knows the fortress at Bangkorai Pass guards the way between the Fallen Wastes and the uplands around Evermore. What the peasants of Bangkorai know, especially those who don't want to pay the toll at the Pass, is that there's another route linking the two regions.
[?] Klathzgar The location of the Dwarven ruin called Klathzgar had been lost since the middle of the First Era, when its entrance was hidden by drifting sand. Now the same desert wind that covered it has uncovered it, and its entrance is revealed.
[?] Nilata Ruins Redguard stories say that when the Ra Gada first arrived on these shores, they found Nilata still inhabited by Elves. Having fought the Lefthanded Elves on Yokuda for a thousand years, wherever the newcomers found Elves in Hammerfell, they exterminated them.
[?] Razak's Wheel According to those who study the long-lost culture of the Dwarves, "Razak" was a fairly common Dwemeri name. Scholars are divided on whether it means "precision engineer" or "tonal modulator."

Betnikh[]

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Carzog's Demise Loading Screen Carzog's Demise The Ayleid Sanctuary on Betnikh was sealed by the Balfiera Elves during the Direnni Hegemony, and its tunnels were never explored or catalogued by the Bretons who came after. They might contain … anything.

Glenumbra[]

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Angof's Sanctum Loading Screen Cath Bedraud Angof the Gravesinger has desecrated the most hallowed vaults of Cath Bedraud, usurping the crypts of the ancient Breton kings for his own vile purposes.
Crosswych Mine Loading Crosswych Mine In the early 24th century of the First Era a trove of iron ore was found beneath the hills of northern Glenumbra by the celebrated Pinifred Lode-Finger. A great mine was delved to dig out the ore, and the town of Crosswych was founded to house the miners.
Cryptwatch Fort Loading Screen Cryptwatch Fort As the name implies, Cryptwatch Fort was once an underground mausoleum. It was later fortified by the addition of a tower during one of High Rock's many internal conflicts.
DaggerfallCastle Loading Daggerfall Castle Seat of the Deleyn Dynasty, current rulers of the city-state of Daggerfall, whose castle has long watched over the town from its unassailable position high atop the seaside cliffs.
Dresan Keep Loading Screens Dresan Keep This crumbling ruin, abandoned since the middle of the First Era, was said to have been built upon the foundation of even older structures. Its purpose, whatever it was, has been long forgotten.
Glenumbra Loading Glenumbra Glenumbra, the westernmost region of High Rock, contains the city-states of Daggerfall and Camlorn, the great cemetary of Cath Bedraud, and the wild areas of Hag Fen, Glenumbra Moors, and the forests of Daenia.
Silumm Loading Screen Silumm The ruins of Silumm are the westernmost known Ayleid settlement in Tamriel. Abandoned early in the First Era, Silumm was occupied again during the brief height of the Direnni Hagemony, before being left once more to the erosion of time.
Spindleclutch Spindleclutch The Ayleid ruins of Dwynnarth that grin down from the bluffs above Hag Fen were plundered and emptied out generations ago. But it seems there are forgotten mine tunnels beneath the lowest levels of Dwynnarth that might not be quite so empty.
Themond Mine Loading Screen Themond Mine This once-thriving mine on the outskirts of Daggerfall belonged to the Themond family before it fell into disrepair and was largely abandoned.
[?] Eimhir's Cavern The Wyrd Sisters give the shoreline cavern near Hag Fen a wide berth, fearing it's haunted after being abandoned for so long. Recently, however, activity in the area hints at a much more menacing threat.
[?] Mines of Khuras These extensive mines, once famous as a source of crystals and gems, were abandoned after a ceiling collapse in 1E 2906 rendered most of the tunnels inaccessible.

Rivenspire[]

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[?] Northpoint Northpoint was founded in the 9th century of the First Era by Captain Yric Flowdys, a Breton trader. He ran ships during the summer months around the northwest coast of Tamriel from Daggerfall to Solitude, and needed a safe and reliable anchorage at midpoint.

Stormhaven[]

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Stormhaven Loading Screen Stormhaven Situated at the head of the strategic Iliac Bay, Stormhaven is the geographic center of High Rock, and also the home of the great trading city of Wayrest, capital of the Daggerfall Covenant.
Wayrest Loading Screen Wayrest It is difficult for historians to declare a certain date for the foundation of Wayrest. A settlement of some variety had been in existence where the Bjoulsae River feeds the Iliac Bay possibly since the 800th year of the First Era.
Godrun's Dream The Omen of Betrayal went by many names throughout the First and Second Eras. High Elves of Summerset once knew it as "The Gray Sleep," while Argonians whisper of "the Egg-Terror." The Orcs of Orsinium still call it "The Visiting Breton."
Emeric's Dream King Emeric has ruled Wayrest so long and so well that his city has become almost an extension of himself. It is with him at all times, even—perhaps especially—when he sleeps.
[?] Storm Talon Temple "Though the Dragonguard were mighty soldiers, they also had a spark for competition. The order would host annual contests in Storm Talon Temple, consisting of games of skill and strength. The grappling bow competition was said to be particularly fierce." —Kiasa-Veda, the Chronicler of Blades

Stros M'Kai[]

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StrosMkai Loading Stros M'Kai One of the first landfalls settled by the Redguards when they sailed east from their lost homeland of Yokuda, the island of Stros M'Kai is now a haven for freebooters, sea-rovers, and other nautical entrepeneurs who roam the Abecean Sea.

Ebonheart Pact[]

Bal Foyen[]

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Bal Foyen Loading Screen Bal Foyen Bal Foyen, on the southern coast of Morrowind's Inner Sea, was a wild expanse of marshland until recently. Now much of it has been turned over to the Dark Elves' former Argonian slaves, who plant saltrice and herd guar in the former wastes.

Bleakrock Isle[]

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Bleakrock Isle Loading Screen Bleakrock Isle Bleakrock is an island off the northeast coast of Skyrim between Windhelm and Solstheim. The hardy Nords who inhabit Bleakrock are mostly farmers and fisherfolk. A small contingent of Pact soldiers keeps a sharp lookout for pirates and raiders.

Deshaan[]

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Deshaan Loading Screen Deshaan The fertile valleys of Deshaan are home to lush fungal forests, deep kwama mines, and broad pastures where netches and guar graze. But all pales before the magnificence of Mournhold, home of the Tribunal and capital of the Ebonheart Pact.
Flaming Nix Deluxe Garret Loading Screen Flaming Nix Deluxe Garret Even if you don't personally have a taste for the famous fire-pit dancing at the Flaming Nix, you have to admit it adds a certain cachet to having a room there. Not to mention an unusual fragrance.
Lady Llarel's Shelter Loading Screen Lady Llarel's Shelter The origins of this cave's name are obscure, but whoever Lady Llarel was it seems unlikely she'd find any shelter here now, as the grotto seems to be occupied by a hive of wild kwama.
Lower Bthanual Loading Screen Lower Bthanual The brazen doors of this Dwarven site slide open smoothly and without hesitation, mute testimony to the uncanny skill of the Dwemeri engineers who built them ages ago. Perhaps the rest of the site will be in good repair as well.
Mournhold Loading Screen Mournhold Mournhold was badly damaged at the end of the First Era when it was attacked by Mehrunes Dagon. The Daedric Prince was defeated by Almalexia and Sotha Sil, and the city has been entirely rebuilt. The Tribunal Temple looms over Mournhold from an eminence to the north.
ESO Tribunal Temple load screen Tribunal Temple (Online) The Tribunal Temple in Mournhold is the center of theopolitical power in Morrowind, and acts as a cathedral to the Living Gods of the Dark Elves: Almalexia, Vivec, and Sotha Sil.
Quarantine Serk Catacombs load screen Quarantine Serk Catacombs The crypts and catacombs beneath the Serk graveyard have been turned into the headquarters for the Maulborn quarantine. Here, the Maulborn supposedly develop a curative for the Llodos plague ravaging Deshaan.
The Apothecarium The Apothecarium Somewhere within these tumbledown Chimer ruins is the secret alchemical laboratory known as the Apothecarium.
The Corpse Garden Loading Screen The Corpse Garden The Siltreen Sanitary Mortuary acquired its ominous new name after it was stricken by an outbreak of undeath. No one is certain why the dead within have chosen to rise and walk among the living.
The Triple Circle Mine Loading Screen Triple Circle Mine Everyone knows the triple circle mine produces the highest quality iron ore in Deshaan. Strange to see such an active mine looking so deserted.

Eastmarch[]

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[?] Eastmarch One of the "Old Holds," Eastmarch was among the first regions of Skyrim settled by the Nords when they arrived from Atmora. Its capital, Windhelm, is the oldest continuously inhabited human settlement in Tamriel, and was founded by Ysgramor himself.
Cragwallow Cave Loading Screen Cragwallow Cave Most locals who've dared to venture into Cragwallow's tunnels say it's just a skeever-infested cave, but some, who've gone deeper, swearthat parts of it seem to have been worked and excavated.
[?] Dark Water Temple The cold halls of Dark Water Temple, now silent and bare, once housed the youngest of the Dragonguard as they trained in the art of Dragon slaying. The sanctuary was quickly abandoned after the order disbanded following the death of Emperor Reman III.
Palace of Kings Loading Screen Palace of Kings The legendary Palace of Kings in Windhelm, seat of power for Jorunn the Skald-King, was severely damaged when the Akaviri attacked the city. After years of renovation, it's almost ready to once again be opened to the public.

Shadowfen[]

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Sanguine's Demesne Loading Screen Sanguine's Demesne Sanguine is the Daedric Prince of debauchery and dark passions. In his demesne, the revelry never ends—but it is a place where all pleasure is mixed with malice.

Stonefalls[]

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Ash Mountain Loading Screen Ash Mountain Towering over central Stonefalls, the great volcano known as Ash Mountain spews smoke and lava in a continual state of eruption. It's said to be honeycombed with caves and lava tubes, some of which hide ancient and perilous secrets.
Charred Ridge Loading Screen Charred Ridge Centuries ago, Chimer mages conducted rituals on the Charred Ridge to help them drive the Nedic invaders out of Morrowind.
Coral Heart Chamber Vivec's Antlers The best-known example of the bizarre land-coral found along the coasts of Morrowind's Inner Sea is the strange conglomeration in Stonefalls known as Vivec's Antlers. Sensitive Dark Elves claim that the land-coral is both self-aware and thoughtful.
Crow's Wood Loading Screen Crow's Wood This uncanny pocket realm of Oblivion is a nightmarish forest ruled by the mysterious Crow Mother. It's like Tamriel, yet unlike—for the Daedra cannot create, only imitate, and their simulacra of mortal realms are always twisted and exaggerated.
Davon's Watch Outlaws Refuge Loading Screen Davon's Watch Outlaws Refuge The fact that Davon's Watch Outlaws refuge is located in an abandoned and desacrilized Tribunal Temple might be deliberately ironic … or just evidence of opportunism.
Emberflint Mine Loading Screen Emberflint Mine All the indicators point to this place being an active flint mine, except one thing: where are all the miners?
Fort Arand Dungeons Loading Screen Fort Arand The dungeons beneath Fort Arand are both sturdy and commodious, constructed during the First Era in the Dunmeri style known as "Responsible Architecture" to plans by the famed architect Guylaine Marilie. Sadly, in recent times they have not been well maintained.
LoadFG Fungal Grotto These extensive caverns in the volcanic rock beneath Stonefalls were once used for unknown purposes by the ancient Chimer, but were abandoned by the Elves long ago. Now they are the haunt of Goblins and other denizens of the underworld.
Hightide Hollow Loading Screen Hightide Hollow The abandoned mine on the coast at Hightide Hollow has been used on and off for centuries as a smugglers' den. Now someone seems to have chased the smugglers out. Who are the new residents?
House Dres Crypts Loading Screen House Dres Crypts The burial crypts of the noble Dres family, one of the Great Houses of the Dark Elves, were excavated beneath Kragenmoor in the middle of the First Era by Argonian and Khajiiti slaves
House Indoril Crypt Loading Screen House Indoril Crypt A burial crypt of the noble Indoril family, one of the Great Houses of Dark Elves of Morrowind. It's said that in times of trouble the House Dunmer dead are unquiet in their tombs, and disapprove of trespassers.
Inner Sea Armature Loading Screen Inner Sea Armature What the vanished Dwarven people called this small subterranean site is now lost to history. Modern scholars of the Dwemer call it the "Inner Sea Armature."
Mephala's Nest Loading Screen Mephala's Nest Ancient Chimer shrines to the Daedric Prince Mephala were referred to in common parlance as "Mephala's Nests." Some of them are remarkably well preserved. Others now host dangerous creatures that have developed a special taste for intrusive scholars.
Sheogorath's Tongue Loading Screen Sheogorath's Tongue In Morrowind there are many shrines to the "Good Daedra": Azura, Boethiah, and Mephala. Far more rare are shrines to the "Bad Daedra," the Four Corners of the House of Troubles: Mehrunes Dagon, Molag Bal, Malacath … and Sheogorath.
Stonefalls Loading Screen Stonefalls The ashfall from the volcanoes of the Velothi Mountains and from great Ash Mountain itself is Stonefalls' bane and benefit, fertilizing the soil where the land isn't too arid to grow crops. It was here that the recent invading army from Akavir met its bloody end.

The Rift[]

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Neutral territories[]

Coldharbour[]

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Aba-Loria Loading Screen Aba-Loria In Old Elvish, aba-loria means "forbidden darkness." According to scholars of the long-lost Heartland Elves, it was also the name of the mortuary crypts of the ancient Ayleid city of Abagarlas.
Chapel of Light Loading Screen Chapel of Light But above all others they did venerate the Lady of Light, building for Merid-Nunda a chapel of colored rays and beams, which was for glory like a piece of Aetherius brought down to the mortal world.
Coldharbour Loading Screen Coldharbour The dreadful Oblivion plane of Coldharbour is a place of death, despair, and infinite cruelty. It is ruled by Molag Bal, the Lord of Brutality and Domination, a Daedric Prince dedicated to enslaving all the mortals of Nirn.
Coldharbour Surreal Estate Loading Coldharbour Surreal Estate This overlooked acreage atop a floating plateau in Molag Bal's Oblivion realm of Coldharbour is available to be developed however you like. It's a secluded location, very quiet and private, even scenic in its own austere way.
WoeLoad The Foundry of Woe Coldharbour is a realm of prisons within prisons, where all the imprisoned work without cease at executing the schemes of the Lord of Domination.
Grunda's Gatehouse Loading Screen Grunda's Gatehouse Molag Grunda is acknowledged in Coldharbour as Molag Bal's daughter—though it's not clear what that relationship means to a Daedric Prince. The Soul Shriven whisper that those Dremora posted to Molag Grunda's court are never happy about the assignment.
Halls of Submission Loading Screen Halls of Submission For the Dunmer, Molag Bal is one corner of the House of Troubles, and the arch-enemy of the "Good Daedra" Boethiah. For the Bosmer, he is the terrible demon who consumed Gil-Var-Delle. To some Ayleid clans he was Mola Gbal, and worthy of veneration.
Heart's Grief Loading Screen Heart's Grief Molag Bal's macabre palace serves also as a fortress and as a temple to himself. In all of Coldharbour, no place is more feared.
Library of Dusk Loading Screen Library of Dusk In the mortal realms, libraries are known as places of learning and scholarship, where those who seek truth may be able to find it. A library in Coldharbour is a place of indoctrination, where one will find only the truth according to Molag Bal.
Lightless Cell Loading Screen Lightless Cell The rules that govern the behavior of Molag Bal's servants are known as the Seven-Hundred-and-One Edicts; special cases are covered in the Mandatory Codicils. Violation of even the least of the Edicts can result in a sentence to the Scathe-Rings.
Lightless Oubliette Loading Screen Lightless Oubliette I could hear Morian Zenas weep at the images he saw, and shiver at the sight of the Imperial Palace, spattered with blood and excrement.
Mal Sorra's Tomb Loading Screen Mal Sorra's Tomb None of the denizens of Coldharbour can actually "die"—all of them, Daedra and Soul Shriven, merely discorporate until they can form new bodies. Why, then, are there so many tombs and graveyards? Because Coldharbour is Molag Bal's plane, and he likes them.
Manor of Revelry Loading Screen The Manor of Revelry Molag Bal is a master of all forms of domination over mortals, including the arts of illusion. As a matter of course the Lord of Brutality prefers lies to the truth—except when the truth is more cruel.
Reaver Citadel Pyramid Loading Screen Reaver Citadel Pyramid The leader of the Citadel commands his Reavers from within this Dremora stronghold. The unique shape and oppressive design of the place can be disturbing to mortals, but it suits Valkynaz Seris just fine.
The Black Forge Loading Screen The Black Forge Only the Dremora Overkyn who supervise the Black Forge know the secrets of smithing the ebony-alloy cold-iron of which the great chains and Dark Anchors are made. The work here is difficult and dangerous, and most Soul Shriven thralls last only a few shifts.
The Cave of Trophies Loading Screen The Cave of Trophies When Soul Shriven become too worn and decrepit for further labor as thralls, they are often set loose to run through the wilds of Coldharbour as prey for hunting Dremora. The victors in this sport bring the bones of their victims to the Cave of Trophies.
The Endless Stair Loading Screen The Endless Stair There are whispers among the Soul Shriven that the Planar Vortex and the Endless Stair were built for Molag Bal by the Mad Architect himself.
The Grotto of Depravity Loading Screen The Grotto of Depravity Soul Shriven who collaborate with their guards and inform on their fellows may be rewarded with a shift of lighter labor—or even a visit to the Grotto of Depravity.
The Halls of Torment Loading Screen Halls of Torment For dread Molag Bal, it is not enough that his enslaved minions labor ceaselessly on his behalf. They must also be made to suffer.
The Mooring Loading Screen The Mooring According to Camilonwe of Alinor, the Sapiarch of Transliminal Arts in the Crystal Tower, an artifact that could physically bind disparate planes together would have to be fabricated so as to exist simultaneously in multiple locations.
The Vault of Haman Forgefire Loading Screen The Vault of Haman Forgefire Most Nords find dealing with the Daedra to be abhorrent, so when Molag Bal has an opportunity to collect the soul of a notable Nord, it is a chance to be savored. Such was the case with Haman.
The Vile Laboratory Loading Screen The Vile Laboratory Many Tamrielic structures in Coldharbour appear to have been stolen directly from Nirn. But the Daedra, though not creative, are great imitators, so some locations may merely be uncannily exact replicas.
The Wailing Maw Loading Screen The Wailing Maw Molag Bal is fascinated by the metamagical technology of Soul Gems, and has several mystical research efforts under way to develop new and more efficient methods of stealing and imprisoning the souls of mortals.
LoadPrison The Wailing Prison You're obviously not in Tamriel anymore. Think of the most miserable, depressing place you've ever been in your life. That's paradise compared to Coldharbour. And to top it off, welll ... there is no easy way to say it. You're dead.
Village of the Lost Loading Screen Village of the Lost The blue fluid found everywhere in Coldharbour is called Azure Plasma, and is unformed "chaotic creatia," the stuff from which all Oblivion matter is formed. When a Daedra is "killed," its morphotype, or vestige, gradually forms a new body by accretion of Azure Plasma.

Craglorn[]

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Belkarth Outlaws Refuge Loading Screen Belkarth Outlaws Refuge It's rumored that members of the Dragonstar Caravan Company are known to frequent the outlaws refuge beneath Belkarth—rumors the caravaneers hotly deny.
Craglorn Loading Screen Craglorn Though crossed by caravans and Covenant troops going to and from Cyrodiil, this wild region of eastern Hammerfell is a virtual no-man's-land. It's anchored on the east and west by the towns of Elinhir and Dragonstar.
Rkhardahrk Loading Screen Rkhardahrk There have been reports of Dreugh infesting the Dwarven ruins of Rkhardahrk. Impossible: how could a colony of Dreugh survive so far from the sea?
Zalgaz's Den Loading Screen Zalgaz's Den The scholar Phrastus of Elinhir claims that "Zalgaz" is Old Nedic for "lizard lady." But his rival, Cinnabar of Taneth, dismisses this as "A reeking load of guarwash."
Hircine's Haunt Loading Screen Hircine's Haunt "The Offices of the Hunt, which the Huntsmen, Master, and Hounds are solemnly sworn to honor … states that the Hare must have a genuine chance to escape the Hunt, no matter how slim." —The Posting of the Hunt
Rkundzelft Loading Screen Rkundzelft Not all the Rourken Dwemer who came to the Dragontail Mountains ventured as far west as Volenfell. The lofty halls of Rkundzelft seem to indicate that the Dwarves built it for some great purpose—but what?
Elinhir Sewerworks Loading Screen Elinhir Sewerworks The sewers beneath Elinhir were the greatest public work undertaken during the administration of Governor Pomptinus, who oversaw the region for the Second Empire from 1E 2820 to 2852.
Balamath Loading Screen Balamath It's said the Ayleids built a citadel at Balamath because the site is a natural juncture point where it is easy to pass between worlds. This story may have attracted the order of renegade conjurers who currently occupy it.
Molavar Loading Screen Molavar Roughly translated, the ancient Elven word "molavar" means "fire mouth," though it's unknown whether that was this ruin's original name in Ayleidoon or a description of the doom that overtook it.
Haddock's Market Loading Screen Haddock's Market Some caravans that enter Craglorn never leave it again. Others do make their way to the far borders—but "under new management." The new proprietors are often members of the Greycloak gang, for such is their illicit business.
Seeker's Archive Loading Screen Seeker's Archive "The Seeker's Archive"—a curious name for something that appears to be a Yokudan temple. A dry, dusty draft seeps out from beneath the door, bearing the scent of a thousand, thousand libraries ….
Mtharnaz Loading Screen Mtharnaz Mtharnaz is one of the youngest known Dwarven ruins. Indeed, it was still under construction when the Dwemer disappeared.
Ruins of Kardala Loading Screen Ruins of Kardala Great statues of Yokudan warriors stand like sentries before the entrance to the ancient crypts of Kardala. What age-old secrets do they guard?
Tombs of the Na-Totambu Loading Screen Tombs of the Na-Totambu "Know, O my prince, that in that forgotten time there arose a ruler of great wickedness, who unjustly took unto himself the title of Emperor. Cruel was he, utterly without ruth, and his name was Tarish-Zi." - The Unveiled Azadiyeh
Buried Sands Loading Screen Buried Sands It's unclear whether the original name of this site was lost, forgotten, or deliberately expunged from the historical record. If they know, the sands aren't telling.
Reinhold's Retreat Loading Screen Reinhold's Retreat The water swirling through the ancient structure and the darkness of the ruined depths hide a multitude of secrets within this forgotten Nedic temple.

Shivering Isles[]

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Chateau of the Ravenous Rodent Loading Screen Chateau of the Ravenous Rodent Sheogorath is associated with a number of recurring Tamrielic artifacts: the polymorphing wand called Wabbajack; the Staff of the Everscamp, which summons scamp companions; Gambolpuddy, or the Ambiguous Glove; and the cursed utensil known as the Fork of Horripilation.
CheesemongersHollow Loading Cheesemonger's Hollow Just one of the many shrines to my lord. The common rabble know it as Cheesemonger's Hollow. Sheogorath is fond of it, but rarely graces it with his presence.

Cyrodiil[]

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LoadCyrodiil Cyrodiil The Imperial province of Cyrodiil dominates central Tamriel. With the Empire's collapse, armies of the Dominion, Covenant, and Pact have all invaded Cyrodiil, vying for the Imperial throne and control of the greatest prize in the land.
Sancre Tor Loading Screen Sancre Tor A site hallowed by its association with Saint Alessia, Sancre Tor was the religious center of the Alessian Order for much of the First Era. By longstanding tradition, Emperors of Cyrodiil are buried in the funerary vaults beneath the city.

Orsinium[]

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Ice Heart's Lair Loading Sceen Ice Heart's Lair Cold posesses this place. It strikes to the heart, a freezing chill not just of the world, but of the soul.

Other[]

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[?] Isle of Balfiera "No one can say precisely how old the Adamantine Tower is. Or how deep it goes. But those who sought to plumb its secrets often left mysteries of their own."—Tessurian Direnni
Dranil Kir Loading Screen Dranil Kir This windswept isle off the coast of Auridon has long been shrouded in mystery. Rumors of magical traps and sudden storms deter even the bravest of sailors.
Eyevea Loading Screen Eyevea Originally an island in the Summerset archipelago, Eyevea disappeared from Tamriel thousands of years ago, spirited away by Sheogorath into his realm of the Shivering Isles.
Eyevea Mages Guild Loading Screen Eyevea Mages Guild Hall Like the Fighters Guild, the Mages Guild takes a strictly neutral stand regarding the wars currently raging across Tamriel. This suits the three alliances, as each fears that if the guilds chose to take sides, it might be with their enemies.
Ragnthar Loading Screen Ragnthar The Dwemer sought to quantify mystical absolutes so as to enable them to manipulate the substance of reality without employing the intercession of divinities.
LoadProphet The Harborage Once the Prophet was a man of vigor and strength. Some harrowing experience has aged and diminished him, leaving him blind and almost feeble.
The Valley of the Blades Loading Screen The Valley of Blades Deep in the Dragontail Mountains of Hammerfell is the almost-inaccessible Valley of Blades, where Redguards devoted to the mastery of the sword seek to revive ancient secrets.
[?] The Valley of Blades The almost-inaccessible Valley of Blades sits deep in the Dragontail Mountains of Hammerfell, where Redguards devoted to the mastery of the sword seek to revive ancient secrets.
Emerald Glyphic Vault Loading Screen Emerald Glyphic Vault "The Sodality of the Eye is a small fellowship devoted to the Great Eye. He directed us to guard this vault until fate's chosen arrives." —Dralys Athren

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AyleidSanctuary Loading Carzog's Demise The Ayleid Sanctuary on Betnikh was sealed by the Balfiera Elves during the Direnni Hegemony, and its tunnels were never explored or catalogued by the Bretons who came after. They might contain … anything.
Split Tusks Den Placeholder Loading Screen
Toestink Ruins Loading Screen
Greenshade load screen Greenshade As the region of Valenwood farthest from all other realms, Greenshade's graht-oak forest is virtually pristine, the Tamriel jungle at its most primeval. Its capital is the trading port of Woodhearth.

DLC[]

Orsinium[]

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Bonerock Cavern Loading Screen Bonerock Cavern There are those who say that orcs and the various races of goblins are closely related. If so, they must not come from a very happy family, because they never seem happy to see each other." ―Phrastus of Elinhir
Nikolvara's Kennel Loading Screen Nikolvara's Kennel The series of caves known as Nikolvara's Kennel have long been home to a wild pack of durzogs, but nearby residents now complain that the place is overrun with the creatures.

Thieves Guild[]

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Underground Sepulcher Loading Screen Underground Sepulcher The major cultures of Tamriel are thousands of years old, and for all those millennia the wealthy and important have been burying their dead in underground tombs. Over time, some of these have been forgotten—or turned to other uses.

Dark Brotherhood[]

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Anvil Castle Loading Anvil Castle A fortification has stood upon this site, guarding the harbor for all of recorded history. Over time, the military Anvil Fortress was gradually rebuilt into the elegant palace known as Anvil Castle.
Anvil Outlaws Loading Anvil Outlaws Refuge Every town needs a safe refuge for thieves and pickpockets—especially a town overrun by pirates. Sea rovers may make a living from theft, but they hate it when anyone else steals from them.
At-Himah Family Estate Loading Screen At-Himah Family Estate Servants of Grand Sermonizer Fithia claim that, late at night, they can hear screams coming from beneath her manor. Of course, these are probably just rumors spread by disgruntled devotees.
Blackwood Borderlands Loading Screen Blackwood Borderlands It would be easy to get lost in the trackless marshes east of Fort Blueblood, on the nebulous border between Blackwood and Argonia. Easy-and probably fatal.
Castle Kvatch Loading Screen Castle Kvatch This traditional fortress-palace has been the stronghold of the Counts of Kvatch since the days of Rislav the Righteous, early in the First Era. It has changed little in the past two thousand years.
Cathedral of Akatosh Loading Screen Cathedral of Akatosh The Colovian people are known for their devotion to the Imperial Eight Divines, so it's not surprising that the church of the Primate of Akatosh is located in Kvatch, on the western edge of the Colovian highlands.
Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary Loading Screen Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary Few get to see the interior of a Sanctuary of the Dark Brotherhood. Even fewer survive to tell the tale.
Enclave of the Hourglass Loading Screen Enclave of the Hourglass The Order of the Hour, one of the oldest knightly orders in Cyrodiil, was re-formed during the rise of the Longhouse Emperors to protect the Akatosh Chantry.
Garlas Agea Loading Screen Garlas Agea In Ayleidoon, "Garlas Agea" means "Cavern of Secrets." But the secrets of the Wild Elves were often dark, horrific, and perhaps better forgotten.
Hrota Cave Loading Screen Hrota Cave Sometimes natural caves serve as lairs for wild beasts, and sometimes they're occupied by criminals such as smugglers or bandits. Occasionally, they may be home to … something worse.
Jarol Estate Loading Jarol Estate Due to Gold Coast's mild climate, it became fashionable during the Second Empire for Cyrodilic nobles to build country estates there, so Imperial manors, some quite sizable, dot the countryside.
Jerall Mountains Logging Camp Loading Screen Jerall Mountains Logging Track The rugged peaks of the Jerall Mountains divide Cyrodiil from Skyrim. A few passes cross the mountains, granting loggers and trappers access into the deep backwoods.
Knightsgrave Loading Screen Knightsgrave The ruins of Knightsgrave are rumored to date back to the founding of the Order of the Hour, and heroes of the Order are said to still haunt its shadowy depths.
Sewer Tenement Loading Screen Sewer Tenement With war raging across Tamriel, the displaced and dispossessed become ever more desperate in their search for safe havens. After enough hard luck and danger, even the sewers can seem like an acceptable refuge.
Smuggler's Den Loading Screen Smuggler's Den "Where would the smugglers of Tamriel be without convenient caves for concealing contraband cargo? I can't conceive."—Cirantille
The Gold Coast Loading The Gold Coast The Gold Coast always served as the Empire of Cyrodiil's gateway to the Abecean Sea—but with the Empire in eclipse, the region has gone its own way.

ESO Morrowind[]

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Dreudurai Glass Mine Loading Screen Dreudurai Glass Mine You may be surprised to think that glass can be thought of as metallic, but appearances are deceiving. What we call glass is nothing like the window panes you see in houses. The greenish material is far stronger and has a much higher melting point.
Galom Daeus loading screen Galom Daeus On the slopes of Red Mountain, beneath the eternal pall of the volcano's ash cloud, the sun never really shines and the gloom may conceal those who have cause to love the darkness.
Vvardenfell loading screen Vvardenfell Surrounded by the Inner Sea, the sprawling volcanic island of Vvardenfell dominates northern Morrowind. The ominous, ever-smoldering peak of Red Mountain looms over this strange land.
Zainsipilu Loading Screen Zainsipilu Its dampness, volcanic warmth, and natural ventilation all combine to make Zainsipilu an unusually lush subterranean environment.
Zalkin-Sul Egg Mine Loading Screen Zalkin-Sul Egg Mine "Kwama warriors protect the colony, reacting quickly to any perceived danger. They should be treated warily and with respect, for they are aggressive and highly dangerous."—Dorayn Redas, Kwama Keeper
Khartag Point Loading Screen Khartag Point The Camonna Tong syndicate has operated most forms of organised crime in Vvardenfell for generations. These Dunmeri crooks are intolerant of outlander interference—to put it mildly.
Ascendant Order Hideout Loading Screen Ascendant Order Hideout "The Ascendant Order pretends at being knights, but they are nothing but malcontents and terrorists. They claim to want to end the Three Banners War, but I suspect they have a much darker agenda."—Lady Arabelle Davaux
Sareloth Grotto Loading Screen Sareloth Grotto "Sareloth Grotto? In Vvardenfell, you say? Never heard of it."—Narsis Dren
Sword's Rest Isle Loading Screen Sword's Rest Isle This island off the coast of Daggerfall makes a perfect getaway for High King Emeric when he wants to escape the daily pressures of running the Covenant alliance. Lion Guard soldiers provide protection, and the keep features all the comforts a monarch could ask for.

Clockwork City[]

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The Shadow Cleft Loading Screen The Shadow Cleft "The Withering Hermit says the Shadow Cleft is just a gloom-dusk echo cast by Nocturnal's Evergloam," whispered the voice from the darkness. "But her wandering star fell long, long ago."
Asylum Sanctorium Loading Screen Asylum Sanctorium "Sotha [sic] [Do not change this to Sotha as this missing or superfluous punctuation is how it appears in-game.] Sil is rumored to have been the one to reverse engineer the Soul Gems in order to create Black Soul Gems. When he began this process, he used three Dunmer Saints for experiments to see if he could grant everlasting life. Three mechanical creations were made to house the souls of these saints.

Summerset[]

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Artaeum Loading Screen Artaeum "Misty hollows filled with gregarious nixads. Hidden lagoons containing singing waters, clear as fresh-blown glass. Flowers that whispered secrets when the wind blew, and stones with names too long for mortal tongues to speak. Such was the island of Artaeum."—Vanus Galerion.
Colossal Aldmeri Grotto Loading Screen Colossal Aldmeri Grotto Once a watering stop for the High Elf navy, this great cavernous grotto on the Summerset coast west of Dusk features shipboard compartments, magnificent Aldmeri ruins, weathered wood from several shipwrecks, and a sparkling subterranean waterfall.
Corgrad Wastes Loading Screen Corgrad Wastes "The reach of Thras has been felt far beyond its own land. The Thrassian Plague, which decimated Tamriel's population in the year 2260 of the First Era, was their most egregious attack against the mainland, but other, subtle predations have also been recorded."
Eldbur Ruins Loading Screen Eldbur Ruins These forsaken and echoing halls once housed the Eldbur Monastery for Mystic Inquiry, which thrived until the Hyperagonal Collapse Incident in 1E 1306 converted twenty-seven Psijic Monks into thin films of glistening liminal particles.
Eldbur Sanctuary Loading Screen Eldbur Sanctuary Presumably, this is where the scholars of the old Eldbur Monastery gathered for meditation and reflection. It looks like it, anyway, but something doesn't feel right ….
Karnwasten Loading Screen Karnwasten "The most rigid and hidebound societies conceal the most illicit activity just below the surface. If you have tariffs and duties, you also will have smugglers who evade them. Of one squeezes hard on a bladder wine-sack, the wine must spurt out somewhere, yes?" —Razum-dar
King's Haven Pass Loading Screen King's Haven Pass Some say Goblins originated in Summerset, and some say the High Elves brought them here to serve as menials and slaves. They no longer perform those functions, but freed or escaped, Goblin tribes still thrive in the island's loneliest corners.
Monastery of Serene Harmony Loading Screen Monastery of Serene Harmony The monks of the Serene Harmony Monastery stand as the most renowned "Aednavorith" scholars in all of Summerset. The study of genealogy and ancestry remains a subject of endless interest to all High Elves.
Red Temple Catacombs Loading Screen Red Temple Catacombs Russafeld means "scarlet shrine in some dialects of Aldmeris, which may explain where the Red Temple gets its curious name. But the most commonly held opinion states that it's a shortening or corruption of "Dread Temple."
Shimmerene Waterworks Loading Screen Shimmerene Waterworks Built piecemeal over two millennia, this subterranean labyrinth of fresh-water aqueducts, reservoirs, cisterns, waste pools, and drainage culverts has secret nooks and crannies unknown even to Shimmerene's sanitation engineers.
Summerset Loading Screen Summerset The land called Summerset is the birthplace of civilization and magic as we know it in Tamriel. On its idyllic sea-kissed shores live the Altmer, the High Elves.
Sunhold Loading Screen Sunhold The southern city of Sunhold serves as the home port of Summerset's famed Dominion navy. But with High Elven fleets over the horizon fighting the alliance war, Sunhold remains virtually unprotected.
The Crystal Tower Loading Screen Crystal Tower The Crystal Tower, sometimes known as Crystal-Like-Law, is so named, not because it's made of crystal, but because the structure houses "the" crystal—Transparent Law, the "mystical stone" of the Tower of the High Elves.
The Spiral Skein Loading Screen The Spiral Skein (Prologue) "Mephala! In Oblivion you keep your secrets, and the secrets of all those entangled in your webs of subterfuge and semblance. The Spiral Skein is your realm." —The Derisive Necromite
Time-Lost Throne Room Loading Screen Time-Lost Throne Room The Imperial Throne Room at the base of White-Gold Tower is one of the most important metaphysical foci in all the Mundus, so much so that it can almost be said to exist adjacent to all time and space in Aedric Creation.
Tor-Hame-Khard Loading Screen Tor-Hame-Khard In Aldmeric, the name means Warlord's Mountain Lair, as these vast halls were originally built in the early First Era for the legendary Prime Battlereeve Fiirfarya. One morning the estate's entire populace was found slaughtered, and thereafter the site was abandoned.
Traitor's Vault Loading Screen Traitor's Vault Based on the quantity of moldering ruins on Artaeum, once there must have been many more monks of the Psijic Order than are present today. This hall looks to have been more recently than most.
Wasten Coraldale (Online) Loading Screen Wasten Coraldale The offshore island of Wasten Coraldale—or Coridale, as the fisher folk call it—contains a wild honeycomb of tunnels and fertile grottos where sea creatures of all sorts spawn and thrive. It's heavily fished for that reason, despite its many dangers.

Elsweyr[]

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Abode of Ignominy Loading Screen Abode of Ignominy For the Khajiit, Mafala is the Clan Mother of Dark Secrets, the recorder of hidden guilt and eternal shame. This fallen temple was once the center of her worship, before the Sinner Suicides brought her cult into disfavor. Now it hosts ... others.
Hall of the Lunar Champion Loading Screen Hall of the Lunar Champion The Khajiit of Elsweyr built this awesome temple as a tribute to the legendary hero, Khunzar-ri. Elsweyr's greatest champions may assume stewardship of the Hall, but only the most patient and cunning will discover all of its secrets!
Meirvale Keep Loading Screen Meirvale Keep Long ago, before this kingdom was shattered into the tattered Scar of Anequina, it was known as Meirvale and its people made sweet sugared brews that could raise your spirits to the Sands Behind the Stars. Those who dwell here now are only known for drowning their sorrows in drink. —Rakhir-dro
Northern Elsweyr Loading Screen Northern Elsweyr This region, also known as Anequina, merged with the southern region of Pellitine several centuries ago to form the province of Elsweyr. It's a patchwork that united many former small kingdoms, including Rimmen, Orcrest, Riverhold, and Meirvale.
Rimmen Outlaws Refuge Loading Screen Rimmen Outlaws Refuge A complex gravity-fed hydraulic system feeds the canals and fountains of Rimmen. In fact, it's so complex that the current rulers aren't even aware that it's drained by underground conduits with a hidden maintenance vault that serves as the city's Outlaws Refuge.
Star Haven Adeptorium Loading Screen Star Haven Adeptorium We Khajiiti are enthusiastic people, and those of us devoted to religion often become adepts to study one of our ascetic traditions. In many ways, the religious history of Elsweyr is the history of its adeptoriums. —Moon-Bishop Hunal
Sugar Bowl Suite Loading Screen Sugar Bowl Suite Those seeking a respite from the heat and bustle of Rimmen's crowded streets can find it in this cozy suite. Easy access to Rimmen's amenities—both legal and illicit—make this the perfect abode for adventurers on the go.

Dragonhold[]

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[?] Vahlokzin's Lair "Those ruins are cursed, I tell you. Some fools tried to turn it into a kwama mine and most of them died. Now it's haunted by something. A ghost, a beast, something. Sure, you can enter. Just don't expect to leave." —Kunorra-ka, Traveling Merchant

Murkmire[]

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Blackrose Prison Loading Screen Blackrose Prison When Imperial Potentate Versidue-Shaie wanted a distant dungeon to house the most feared criminal and political prisoners of the Second Empire, he ordered a penal institution built on the coast of Black Marsh; it was named Blackrose Prison after the ancient city a day's march to the north.
Blight Bog Sump Loading Screen Blackrose Prison Long, long ago, these caverns were the home of the Xuat-Matun tribe, and bore their name. But those Argonians are long gone, and the place is now a lair of the Veeskhleel: the Ghost People.
Lakemire Xanmeer Manor Loading Screen Lakemire Xanmeer Manor An unknown Argonian master of water magic equipped this underwater Xanmeer Manor with its own submerged picture windows that gaze out into the depths of a lush Murkmire lake.
Lilmoth Outlaw Refuge - loading screen Lilmoth Outlaws Refuge Though it's accessible only by way of damp subterranean tunnels, the Outlaw Refuge in Lilmoth is secretly housed in an abandoned building that's safely above sea level.
Remnant of Argon Loading Screen The Remnant of Argon "What can the mortal mind do when transported to a place that is not a place? It has no choice but to interpret its surroundings as best it can."—Morian Zenas
Teeth of Sithis Loading Screen Teeth of Sithis As Sithis is Change, there are naturally no standards for Sithis altars or chapels—but in Murkmire, there is certainly no larger temple to the Dread Father than the Teeth of Sithis.
The Dreaming Nest Loading Screen The Dreaming Nest The Dreaming Nest is a place that no one may enter unless called there—and no one who is called there ever speaks of it later.
Tsofeer Cavern Loading Screen Tsofeer Cavern A spacious and well-watered cave system in Murkmire would normally be used or inhabited by some of the local Argonians, but Tsofeer Cavern is avoided even by the aggressive Dead-Water tribe, all because of one dread word: "Wuju-Ka."
Vakka-Bok Xanmeer Loading Screen Vakka-Bok Xanmeer "We Argonians love warmth, but those who say we worship the sun are wrong. Trees, of course, also love sunlight, and it's said there once was a Hist who had its tribe build a stone edifice to collect it. Is that true? Who knows?"—Desh-Wulm the Blind
Xul-Thuxis Loading Screen Xul-Thuxis The name of this place translates from Jel as "Snake-Means-Death City," and it's known to be an ancient center of reverence for Sithis, the Dread Father whose other names are Chaos and Change.

Wrathstone[]

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Depths of Malatar Loading Screen Depths of Malatar "The light that shone from the statue of Narilmor acted as both guide and protector to Ayleid ships crossing the Abecean, promising warmth and safe harbor in Garlas Malatar, until the city fell in the latter days of the Alessian Slave Rebellion." - Tjurhane Fyrre

Greymoor[]

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Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery Loading Screen Antiquarian's Alpine Gallery Tucked away in scenic Hjaalmarch, this rustic gallery contains plenty of space to display all manner of antiquities. A gorgeous waterfall provides water to a private pond, creating a perfect setting for scholarly gatherings.
Castle Dour Loading Screen Castle Dour Castle Dour, the oldest section of Solitude contains a number of distinct locations within its sturdy walls, including the ancient fortress, the Temple of the Divines, ane the newer Tower of the Wolf.
Deepwood Vale (Online) Loading Screen Deepwood Vale "Nords. They have such an innate fear of desolate and abandoned places like Deepwood Vale that the Icereach Coven has had little trouble hiding in plain sight. For that reason, they have already lost this war."—Matron Urgala
Greymoor Caverns Loading Screen Greymoor Caverns Blackreach, a legendary and long-forgotten realm that stretches beneath Skyrim, hides terrible creatures and even more terrible secrets. The caverns beneath Western Skyrim include Greymoor, the Lightless Hollow, Dark Moon Grotto, and Dusktown.
Proudspire Manor Loading Screen Proudspire Manor Many lived within Solitude's coveted Proudspire Manor over the years, but its last owner vanished, leaving its spacious living quarters empty—and available. Shelter yourself from the cold within this multi-room landmark in the heart of Solitude.
Western Skyrim Loading Screen Western Skyrim Sundered from Eastern Skyrim in years past, High King Svargrim rules the cold and unforgiving land known as Western Skryim. Consisting of the holds of Haafingar, Karthald and Hjaalmarch, the realm gives rise to hardy natures, brave warriors, and suspicious townfolk.

Telvanni Peninsula[]

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Telvanni Peninsula Loading Screen Telvanni Peninsula (Online) Do not doubt our resolve or mistake our isolation for weakness. House Telvanni stands alone. And it will remain so long after your alliances become dust between the pages of history"—Archmagister Nelos Otheri, in private correspondence to Mournhold, Wayrest, and Elden Root.
Anchre Egg Mine Loading Screen Anchre Egg Mine Run with an iron hand by the Kwama Consortium of Necrom, Anchre has the distinction of being the second-highest producing egg mine in this commercial subsection, as defined by the Kwama Council of Morrowind.


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