Following a Happy New Year tweet from the official Elder Scrolls Twitter page, new rumours have begun surrounding the next game in the series, The Elder Scrolls 6.
Whether or not there’s any truth to them remains to be seen, but they seem to add further fuel to previous rumours regarding where the game might be set.
The tweet that has sparked such excitement reads: “Transcribe the past and map the future. Here’s to a Happy New Year!”
Featured in the tweet is a map of Tamriel, and while it might seem innocuous, fans on Reddit believe that the line “Transcribe the past and map the future” is taken from the opening cinematic from Skyrim, during which a character says “halfway to Hammerfell.”
You’ve probably heard of Hammerfell, a longstanding location that fans of The Elder Scrolls will be familiar with. In 2018, rumours made the rounds claiming that Hammerfell will be the location for The Elder Scrolls 6.
Hammerfell is located to the west of Tamriel and, according to the Elder Scrolls Wiki page, is “bordered by High Rock to the north, Skyrim to the northeast and Cyrodiil to the east and southeast.” So in other words, Hammerfell is heavily linked to key locations of Tamriel.
On the map featured in the tweet are three glowing lights. Two of the lights seem to highlight Skyrim, but the third light is slightly off-map and some believe that the “map the future” line from the tweet is also referring to Hammerfell.
While much of the focus appears to point towards Hammerfell, the other rumoured location dating back from 2018 is High Rock, a neighbouring region of both Skyrim and Hammerfell (as seen via the map here).
However for me personally, the most convincing piece of evidence that the next Elder Scrolls might be set in Hammerfell is from a comparison image shared on the Reddit post.
The image shows an out-of-bounds coastline featured in The Elder Scrolls 6 teaser video believed to be Hammerfell.
The bottom image of the comparison screenshot is taken from the game Skyrim, which appears to be the same coastline which featured in the Elder Scrolls 6 teaser trailer.
Obviously at this time it’s all pure speculation, but it’s fun speculating nonetheless. So please let us know your theories across our social media channels.
In other The Elder Scrolls related news it is rumoured that Netflix will produce a new series based upon the popular Bethesda RPG with a whopping $150 million budget…per season!
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