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Tamriel: Origins

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Wage war, forge empires, and uncover the secrets of the Elves who first shaped Tamriel’s fate.


Author's Note: Welcome to Tamriel: Origins, a deep-time Elder Scrolls campaign set long before the Empire, before the Septims, and even before written history. This world is rooted in the Middle to Late Merethic Era, a time of mythic wars, divine architecture, and rising Elven empires. In this setting, the Ayleids, Chimer, Dwemer, Falmer, Maormer, and more vie for power across a still-young Tamriel. Great Towers are constructed to shape reality. Daedric cults walk openly among mortal races. And the borders between gods and kings blur with every passing century. This campaign is built on strictly canonical Elder Scrolls lore, reconstructed from in-game texts like Before the Ages of Man, The Annotated Anuad, and The Monomyth. Some areas from later eras have been rewritten to reflect their ancient origins—or replaced entirely. Explore vast wildernesses, witness the founding of civilizations, and decide which myths survive into legend.
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Garlas Malatar
Garlas Malatar
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TypeAyleid City-State Capital
Coordinates(-5911, -1452) to (-5881, -1401)
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Rising from the sun-drenched cliffs of southwestern Colovia, Garlas Malatar glows like a shard of Aetherius made manifest. Hewn from white-gold stone and pulsing with the Deadric Prince, Meridia’s, light, this Ayleid capital overlooks the Abecean Sea, its towers and sky-bridges veined with Welkynd crystal. At its core lies the Grand Welkynd Nexus, feeding enchantments across the city’s palatial tiered platforms. Aboveground, radiant priests, varla constructs, and crystalline sentinels uphold divine law; below, the Ebonlight Catacombs sprawl with tombs and slave warrens. Though dazzling in its grandeur, the city's soul is fractured—some Nedic captives whisper rebellion, Meridia’s purifiers hunt shadowed heresies, and political fractures stir among sorcerer-noble houses. The Twilight Throne watches all, yet secrets persist beneath its light.

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