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The Elder Scrolls VII Lore Codex

An in-universe encyclopedia of the personnel, locations, and concepts behind a game that does not exist yet. Fog, caves, litigious pastries, and the interns lost to both.

Personnel

Sheila, the Weather AI

An artificial intelligence trained exclusively on Oblivion NPC dialogue that answers every question with the weather.

Personnel

Marcus, the Walking Intern

An intern dispatched east across the procedurally generated map on March 1st who has not returned.

Location

The Preston Settlement

A functioning in-game settlement built autonomously by procedurally generated NPCs, all named Preston.

Personnel

Greg, the Voice of Everyone

The single intern who voices all 81,000 speaking roles in Elder Scrolls VII.

Artifact

The Whiteboard (and the Second Whiteboard)

The sole design document for Elder Scrolls VII, now comprising two whiteboards, one of which is deliberately blank.

Concept

The Fog

The single most finished feature of Elder Scrolls VII, maintained by a dedicated team of forty.

Concept

The Sweetroll (Litigant)

A sweetroll simulated to the subatomic level, currently engaged in ongoing litigation with the studio.

Concept

The Nordic Space Program

The official reclassification of physics bugs that launch players into the stratosphere.