15 March 1999 THE ELDER SCROLLS NEWSLETTER Issue 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Latest News of The Elder Scrolls Community ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ **CONTENTS** 1. Morrowind News 2. TES WebMaster News 3. The BattleRealm 4. Links ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MORROWIND NEWS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Concept art and the usual game rumours are surfacing from time to time on some of the popular Elder Scrolls web sites. Some of the more interesting info is listed below: - Morrowind is expected to be released sometime in 2001 (about). - The game is set on the island of Vvardenfell in Morrowind, land of Dark Elves. - It will be much smaller than Daggerfall, but more detailed. Consider it a combination of Redguard's detail and Daggerfall's size. - While DF had 30,000+ cities, Morrowind will have only about 30 detailed ones, not including minor settlements, farms, etc... - Everything will be in 3D, as in Redguard. The game engine will support all major 3D cards, not just 3DFX like in Redguard.. - The NPCs you meet will be more detailed than those in Daggerfall. Monsters will support some degree of conversation as well. - Quests will be more involved than those found in Daggerfall. Note that these are only rumours of the game and may change at any time. For much more information on Morrowind including lots of concept art, check out the sites in the links section at the bottom of this letter. Except more art and other interesting things to appear in the future (we hope). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TES WEBMASTER NEWS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For those familiar with the excellent The Essential Site (www.m0use.net/~crodo/) you may have noticed the lack of presence of its founder and webmaster Andel Crodo for the last several weeks. He reappeared shortly to post a message explaining why and of his temporary retirement from TES. We all wish Andel the best and hope to see him back sometime in the future. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE BATTLEREALM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The BattleRealm website run by Lord Ravana has joined us on the m0use server with his new address at: www.m0use.net/~battlerealm The BattleRealm has been converted into a general RPG news site with several tips sections. Update your bookmarks and give him a visit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Links ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ As usual, check out the following sites for all the latest Elder Scrolls news, information, and utilities. The Hall of Adventurers (HOA) - www.m0use.net/~skelm/ The Essential Site (TES) - www.m0use.net/~crodo/ The BattleRealm - www.m0use.net/~battlerealm The Unofficial Elder Scrolls Pages (UESP) - www.m0use.net/~uesp/ The Official Redguard Site - redguard.elderscrolls.com Authors for this Issue: Dave Humphrey If you have any problems/questions about this newsletter, feel free to direct them to Dave at aj589@ncf.ca. For subscription/unsubscription see the BattleRealm, UESP, or HOA sites listed above. The mailing list is currently subscribed to by 289 people. This newsletter is completely unofficial and is in no way connected or related to Bethesda Softworks. Bethesda Softworks, Battlespire, XnGine, Daggerfall, Arena and The Elder Scrolls are trademarks of Media Technology Limited, Copyright © 1994-1998 Media Technology Limited.