Yesterday, Xbox boss Asha Sharma teased The Elder Scrolls 6 with a tweet confirming she\u2019d witnessed a live playthrough of Bethesda\u2019s hotly anticipated open-world fantasy role-playing game. She did so by using asterisks where the subtitle of the game should be, which was all it took to send The Elder Scrolls fans down a rabbit hole from which they have now emerged with some solid theories.<\/p>\n
Sharma called the game “The Elder Scrolls VI: ********.” Now, the number of asterisks used here may be meaningless. But! If the number (eight) does equal the number of characters in the actual subtitle, then we have some names that fit perfectly.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve seen lots of people suggest Sentinel as the subtitle. Sentinel is a major coastal capital city of the Redguards located in the northwestern hills of Hammerfell, which some believe is the region in which The Elder Scrolls 6 is set. Indeed, some had suggested Sentinel even before Sharma’s tweet.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n Previous The Elder Scrolls games have been named after various parts of Tamriel, although the rules governing this convention appear loose. The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, for example, included all of High Rock and most of Hammerfell, not just the city of Daggerfall itself. Morrowind only included Vvardenfell, not the entire Morrowind region. Oblivion included more than just Oblivion, obviously (and the game itself was actually about trying to prevent oblivion). Skyrim was pretty much Skyrim. The point being: the name of an The Elder Scrolls game doesn’t dictate the region it\u2019s set in literally<\/em>. It could be named after a city as opposed to a region of Tamriel, so Sentinel would make sense.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, I\u2019ve seen Dominion suggested as the subtitle (it’s eight characters). If true, that might suggest The Elder Scrolls 6 revolves around the Aldmeri Dominion. Balfiera is another name I’m seeing pop up (Balfiera is an island located within the center of the Iliac Bay). Iliac Bay, by the way, is yet another suggestion, but that would be nine characters, not eight.<\/p>\n If the number of asterisks does indeed relate to the subtitle of the game, then it may also rule out a few popular fan theories that have been doing the rounds over the years. The aforementioned Hammerfell (10 letters) and High Rock (nine characters) are now perhaps disproven as subtitles, if we’re running with this theory.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nEvery IGN Elder Scrolls Review<\/h3>\n