Elder Scrolls Online Reveals High Isle DLC With Incredible Cinematic Trailer
Since it debuted back in 2014, The Elder Scrolls Online has consistently received new expansions, updates, and DLC chapters. Those chapters have taken players across the continent of Tamriel, sending them to exotic locations like Elswyr and Morrowind. Now, a new chapter called High Isle is on the way, which will focus on a Mediterranean-inspired archipelago and the Bretons that inhabit it. Of course, it wouldn't be an Elder Scrolls Online reveal without a cinematic trailer to go along with it.
The trailer itself is the typical ESO fare, this time focusing on the political intrigue and assassinations that define High Isle. It shows a hooded Breton navigating Gonfalon Bay, which the dev team describes as the «center point of the political dealings of High Isle.» The Breton is apparently a member of The Ascendant Order, which has «chaotic» aspirations in the region.
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High Isle's narrative will follow a promising new chapter in Elder Scrolls Online, as delegates from each of the three primary factions travel to the Systres Archipelago, where High Isle is located, for peace talks that could end the Three Banners War. The peace talks are hosted by the Society of the Steadfast, with The Ascendant Order apparently serving as the primary antagonists of the expansion, at least as far as has been announced.
The Mediterranean setting is a decent bit different from the content players have seen before, with prior expansions focusing on the snowy reaches of Skyrim, desert sands of Elsweyr, and alien landscapes of Morrowind. Elder Scrolls has never strayed from political intrigue, either, but it's a focus for a expansion pack.
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