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Did You Know: You can support the UESP on Patreon? Your support helps us maintain our site and explore options we wouldn't otherwise have. We also give some perks for those who do, like ad-free access to our app, which is currently in beta for iOS as well.

We even send out physical rewards every year, like this new UESP pin!

You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/c/uesp

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Our standing policy is to ship to anywhere we are able to do so, and try to find a way for everywhere else. We have successfully sent things to every continent on this planet, even Antarctica. If you want us to ship to space, we're perfectly willing to figure out the logistics to do that (although you're probably going to have to pay for it to be transported to whatever other planet you had in mind).

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Did You Know: You can support the UESP on Patreon? Your support helps us maintain our site and explore options we wouldn't otherwise have. We also give some perks for those who do, like ad-free access to our app, which is currently in beta for iOS as well.

We even send out physical rewards every year, like this new UESP pin!

You can find our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/c/uesp

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"After our long history on Tamriel with them, we men and mer should really know quite a bit about trolls, should we not? Perhaps so—but we don't."

--Phrastus of Elinhir

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Pictured: The Official FAQ for Redguard describing Morrowind as the sequel to Daggerfall.

A lot of people were confused by them describing The Elder Scrolls VI as the "sequel to Skyrim" in today's press release, I believe they've done this for every game in the main series. Daggerfall was the sequel to Arena, Morrowind was the sequel to Daggerfall, and so on.

I can find examples for almost all of them, and I believe examples for all of them exist from official posts, but the Wayback Machine is down right now and I can't find every single one.

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Bethesda just did a bunch of announcements on their future. This includes official announcements for an Obsidian Fallout game, confirmation of Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters, confirmation they will still make Fallout 5, Fallout 76 will receive a Raven Rock expansion, and Starfield will receive a Starborn expansion. They also updated the sales figures for Skyrim and Fallout 4 to 65 and 35 million, respectively.

For Elder Scrolls, they confirmed the future of the Creation Engine with their continued commitment to Creation Engine 3, as well as celebrating the Construction Kit and Creations. ESO's future was mentioned, with them claiming that ZOS will be partnering more closely with them for the future of the game.

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Did You Know: Meridia can bestow immortality? Those she turns into her Purified, willing or not, will never die from age or disease, at the cost of their free will. This allows them to serve her for all eternity.

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You are experiencing the Baader–Meinhof phenomenon, the frequency illusion! This is good news, you will notice more and more things will become lustrated in the days to come.

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Did You Know: Meridia can bestow immortality? Those she turns into her Purified, willing or not, will never die from age or disease, at the cost of their free will. This allows them to serve her for all eternity.

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Pictured: The Ancient Traveler's Skull. Notably, unlike the average skull you may encounter, it has several unique properties. Besides its unique name, it is also more than twice as heavy as the average skull, and also completely worthless (unlike the five gold the average skull fetches).

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"We meet again, mortal, for we have met before, whether you know it or not. When you mutter in your sleep, you speak to me. When you waken wet with sweat, you've just left my house. I dwell in your dreams; I savor your nightmares."

--Vaermina

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"I fight for the men I've held in my arms, dying on foreign soil. I fight for their wives and children, whose names I heard whispered in their last breaths. I fight for we few who did come home, only to find our country full of strangers wearing familiar faces. I fight for my people impoverished to pay the debts of an Empire too weak to rule them, yet brands them criminals for wanting to rule themselves! I fight so that all the fighting I've already done hasn't been for nothing. I fight... because I must."

--Ulfric Stormcloak

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"Never! Yield? To you? I'd rather die than yield to you, f'lah! You must be a coward to even imagine such a thing. Knights and gentlemen do not yield to animals. I despise you. Go ahead. Kill me, if you can. And I shall curse you with my dying breath."

--Bolvyn Venim if you manage to speak to him during your duel

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Good news for a change: The UESPians that spoke with ZOS about the future of their studio and Elder Scrolls Online had good things to report. According to both Jason Barnes (Associate Design Director) and Jessica Folsom (Associate Director of Community Management), ZOS is now at the same size as it was when they made both Wrothgar and Summerset.

So while the layoffs are extremely upsetting for everyone involved (including players), this is not necessarily the end of new content or the game going into maintenance mode.

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I spent the weekend representing the UESP at the last ever ESO Tavern, and have somehow personally made the news.

It's so embarrassing but also funny. I am apparently a "prominent Elder Scrolls Online player". Well, I have been playing continuously since the first open beta in January 2014, and I've met the Devs a whole bunch of times, but still... I'm just me.

And then it's amusing the way that the gaming press writes stories by quoting each other. PC Gamer has quoted Massively Overpowered quoting me quoting Jessica and Jason...

The three UESP reps at the Tavern also recorded a number of videos with Community Manager Kevin Gbolie on behalf of the UESP community.

One was for Gina Bruno, Kira Schlitt, and Carrie Day to let them know how much everyone appreciated their work, how shocked we are that they've been let go, and how much we'll miss them.

Another was for Bill Slavicsek, Ed Stark, and the Writing Team members who have been laid off, letting them know how much the UESP has always enjoyed their writing, and specifically calling out the writers of Tanlorin and Zerith-var.

The third was for the team remaining in employment to give them hope, let them know that the UESP community are on their side, and that we know they can continue to make the game that we love even if the timetable has to be revised. Of course THAT ONE was the video I ended up crying in. The other two, I managed to finish before I cried.

I've also been chatting to Mike Finnigan via Discord, trying to lift his spirits because he is - understandably - absolutely bummed out. This wasn't just a job to any of the senior ZOS people who were laid off - it was a game they loved and a workplace they loved with coworkers who had become friends. Many of them have regular gaming nights with each other, playing D'n'D at each others' houses.

We're going to keep in touch with as many of the former ZOS employees as we can. Their contributions to the ESO game and the Elder Scrolls Lore have been so valuable to us, and we wish that they find new jobs quickly with a company owner that cares about them.

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"The harder you swing Weapons, the more Damage they will do."

--Morrowind loading screen

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Good news for a change: The UESPians that spoke with ZOS about the future of their studio and Elder Scrolls Online had good things to report. According to both Jason Barnes (Associate Design Director) and Jessica Folsom (Associate Director of Community Management), ZOS is now at the same size as it was when they made both Wrothgar and Summerset.

So while the layoffs are extremely upsetting for everyone involved (including players), this is not necessarily the end of new content or the game going into maintenance mode.

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Pictured: The cake from this year's ESO Tavern. Although this could potentially be the final ESO Tavern, we did receive some good news about the future of ESO and ZOS while there!

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Did You Know: You can support the UESP on Patreon? Your support helps us maintain our site and explore options we wouldn't otherwise have. We also give some perks for those who do, like ad-free access to our app.

We even send out physical rewards every year, like this new UESP pin!

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"You come to chat with Khina, walker? She would welcome you into her home, but she does not believe you would fit. You may take a seat on her porch if you like."

--Khina greeting you, but pointing out your size difference will make a more proper visit to her home impossible.