

Time is a construct of the player, and the player's journey through the world," Lambert explained. "The interesting thing about how we tell stories in Elder Scrolls Online is, we never advance time. A pair of new companions, a Khajiit from the street named Ember and an aspiring Breton knight called Isobel, will also join the fray, and more dungeon and story DLC will be released later in the year, and both new and existing players will be able to access the expansion content at any point. The Elder Scrolls Online: High Isle will begin in March with the Ascending Tide DLC, which will add two new dungeons and "set the tone and provide backstory" leading into the High Isle chapter itself, which will get underway in June.

But, just like in the real world, not everyone is quite so enthusiastic about the prospect of peace, and a mysterious group known as the Ascendant Order is, for reasons unknown, determined to throw the talks into disarray.

The narrative focus of this year's adventure is a high-level summit hosted by the Society of the Steadfast that aims to end the Three Banners War, the long-running conflict between the Ebonheart Pact, the Daggerfall Covenant, and the Aldmeri Dominion.
