The Elder Scrolls Online: Who is the Ascendant Lord?
Since its release in 2014, ZeniMax and Bethesda's MMORPG The Elder Scrolls Online has received a number of new Chapters and DLCs. Each one of these has helped to expand the story and the setting, as well as add new elements like Trials and gameplay systems. Set in the beloved continent of Tamriel so familiar to fans of The Elder Scrolls series, The Elder Scrolls Online lets players explore the Second Era, hundreds of years before the events of The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion, andThe Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.
With each successive Chapter opening up new areas of Tamriel and offering more insights into the franchise's expansive lore, players have been enjoying the post-launch content for The Elder Scrolls Online over the years. The latest Chapter, The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle, is considered by some fans as the best new content the game has had in a while and has been praised for its involved and intriguing story. With political rivalries, plots to uncover, and mysterious factions to investigate, High Isle has it all, but one of the most interesting elements might be the role of the Ascendant Lord and their interfering cohorts.
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High Isle dispensed with a lot of the elements that players might have come to expect from a new expansion, and while this was a risky strategy it seems to have paid off given the positive reception of the latest Chapter. Instead of one Big Bad, High Isle explored some more nuanced threats through societal division and political intrigue – elements that needed some great plotting and storytelling to pull off. Shifting the action into a brand-new area and focusing on the hierarchical world of the Bretons allowed for these more
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