Anyone Played Skyrim (Elder Scrolls V) Yet?

[Minty]

A few little updates for you that may prove of interest. It appears with the last two game updates the programmers accidentally left clues to the next game expansion, & it appears that Skyrim will be heading eastwards to take in Solstheim, the island in the devestated province of Morrowind in previous incarnations of The Elder Scrolls.

Solstheim is just north by north-west of the city of Blacklight in Morrowind, itself east of Windhelm (the two cities are linked by the road the Refugee's Rest tower is along, close to the Skyrim-Morrowind border)

This is what it looked like in an old game screenshot. Doesn't look like it has big enough mountains to have any frost trolls around, but it could also be a refuge for dragons since Alduin's fall




This would give something for the East Empire Company in Windhelm to do in the game, as they had set up a mining town in Raven Rock until they ran out of money.

The Imperials have a large fort over at Fort Frostmoth (where the East Empire Company also has an office), & logically this would make for a launch pad for any attempt to retake Skyrim from the east. There is however a twist, Fort Frostmoth is a punishment posting - legionnaires are sent there as punishment for behaviour committed elsewhere as an alternative to imprisonment (Tamriel does community service orders!), so it could also be ripe for mutiny if there's enough Nords around.

The island is also full of Dunmer (Dark Elf) refugees ever since the Red Mountain eruption that devestated Morrowind (and in turn Winterhold) coupled with the Argonian invasion that followed. With Argonian ethnic-cleansers to the south & east of them, & the politically incorrect Stormcloaks to the west, the Solstheim Dunmer might be feeling a little bit defensive given events.





Also, if you use glitches and console commands to head past the south gate (south of Helgen), you can see the White-Gold Tower in Cyrodiil, so it could be that the game expands into Cyrodiil at some stage (perhaps a one off visit same as happens with Skuldafn Temple)