u/obliqueoubliette

I’ve been thinking a lot about what a modern return to the Iliac Bay could look like for *The Elder Scrolls VI*, and I wanted to share a fan concept that tries to stay true to the spirit of *Daggerfall* while fitting a modern RPG structure.

The core concept is simple: instead of one continuous province with a single linear main quest, the game is built around multiple fully realized kingdoms within the Iliac Bay, each functioning as its own complete RPG experience but ultimately interconnected.

At launch, the game would include three distinct regions, each about half the size of Skyrim's game map: Sentinel, Ayasofya, and Tigonus. Each has its own political identity, storyline, factions, and tone, but all three are connected through a larger overarching main quest that can be approached from any starting point. It’s less about a single “correct” path and more about assembling a larger truth from different regions of the world.

From there, the world expands over time in a structured way that gradually completes the Iliac Bay over five years:

Year One adds the Breton coastal expansion around Wayrest.

Year Two introduces Orsinium and the Wrothgar frontier.

Year Three completes the southern Hammerfell kingdoms.

Year Four brings in the Kingdom of Daggerfall and its political center.

Year Five culminates at Balfiera and the Adamantine Tower — the mythic heart of the region.

The intent behind this structure is to treat the Iliac Bay not as a single boxed province, but as a living, modular continent of interconnected stories, where each kingdom feels like its own game, yet contributes to a larger whole.

In my view, this approach could preserve what made *Daggerfall* so ambitious while making it more readable and structured for a modern audience.

It also seems to me as a much better way for Microslop to monetize the game over a longer period of time. We all hate the current structure of Creations (paid mods) but all love BGS' larger DLCs. A recurring revenue stream for them means a dedicated team and consistent patches for us.

I’d love to hear what others think about a structure like this.

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I’ve been thinking a lot about what a modern return to the Iliac Bay could look like for The Elder Scrolls VI, and I wanted to share a fan concept that tries to stay true to the spirit of Daggerfall while fitting a modern RPG structure.

This idea is called TES VI: Sentinel

The core concept is simple: instead of one continuous province with a single linear main quest, the game is built around multiple fully realized kingdoms within the Iliac Bay, each functioning as its own complete RPG experience but ultimately interconnected.

At launch, the game would include three distinct regions, each about half the size of Skyrim's game map: Sentinel, Ayasofya, and Tigonus. Each has its own political identity, storyline, factions, and tone, but all three are connected through a larger overarching main quest that can be approached from any starting point. It’s less about a single “correct” path and more about assembling a larger truth from different regions of the world.

From there, the world expands over time in a structured way that gradually completes the Iliac Bay over five years:

Year One adds the Breton coastal expansion around Wayrest.
Year Two introduces Orsinium and the Wrothgar frontier.
Year Three completes the southern Hammerfell kingdoms.
Year Four brings in the Kingdom of Daggerfall and its political center.
Year Five culminates at Balfiera and the Adamantine Tower — the mythic heart of the region.

The intent behind this structure is to treat the Iliac Bay not as a single boxed province, but as a living, modular continent of interconnected stories, where each kingdom feels like its own game, yet contributes to a larger whole.

In my view, this approach could preserve what made Daggerfall so ambitious while making it more readable and structured for a modern audience.

It also seems to me as a much better way for Microslop to monetize the game over a longer period of time. We all hate the current structure of Creations (paid mods) but all love BGS' larger DLCs. A recurring revenue stream for them means a dedicated team and consistent patches for us.

I’d love to hear what others think about a structure like this.

I'm a Greek-American. I was baptized into the Church as an infant, was raised as a secular American agnostic, and then found my way back to Christ about a year ago as an adult.

My church, a GOARCH jurisdiction, taught me to take the Apostle's Fast seriously and to practice certain disciplines.

This week I came to visit family in Greece. Several of the people I'm staying with go to church regularly. None of them knew it was a fasting season. One of them literally asked me tonight, "is that a Catholic fast?"

What's the deal here?

My girlfriend and I go for a central park rowboat on our anniversary, and have every year since our second date.

This year, I intend to propose during this.

My vision is that I row us over to the pavillion in Wagner Cove, step out onto that landing (where a photographer is waiting for us), and propose there.

My question:

The pavillion is a popular NYC romantic spot.

Is there any good way to reserve it? I' currently planning on paying a taskrabbit to show up ~an hour before I'm planning to use it and to hold it. I was looking at getting an event permit, but I worry if that will lead to signage (plus, I only need it for like half an hour?)

Hi all!

I'm planning to propose to my girlfriend at the end of this summer.

#My plan was:

We have our anniversary in August. Every year on our anniversary, we go for a paddle boat in the central park lake (which we did on our second date).

We will have just returned (a week prior) from a fairly rugged, week-long canoe trip, and I'll convince her to have her hair and nails done to "clean off" when we're back.

Take her on our standard boat ride, while I talk about all the reasons she's amazing, then row right up to Wagner Cove where a photographer is waiting. Nice picture of me helping her out of the boat, immediate transition to the knee.

10-30 minutes later, meet her family (including a sister who lives 4ish hours away) and my family all in the park (surprise!) and go to lunch.

She has even suggested something along the lines of, "when it happens, can we be alone, and then meet up with everyone?"

#The complication:

My oldest brother is having a baby! Good news. We're all very excited.

It is due the day before my anniversary celebration.

This was flagged to me, I called my brother to talk through, and I ended up agreeing to push my proposal to the Saturday before Labor Day. I don't want to distract from my nephew's birth, I want my family to give them the attention they need, and I selfishly want my family to also give my girlfriend and I the attention we deserve.

#New Plans

Unfortunately, now I'm regretting having agreed to the plan change. The original plan seemed absolutely perfect - not because I had worked out every detail, but because everything just fell together perfectly. Then it fell apart with a significant chance my family would be in the hospital and an even larger one that my brother and sister-in-law would not be able to come to the lunch.

Pushing to Labor Day means an entirely new plan. I need to contrive a new reason to get her hair & nails done. Our anniversary boat ride will be long passed, so I need to come up with a new spot that's just as special to us. And I actually need to get an anniversary gift that isn't the engagement ring 😅

I do have ideas. She's a school teacher, her school starts after labor day, I can suggest to a teacher friend of hers that they go for hair and nails as a "get ready for the year." I can walk her through the ramble, up to belvedere castle, and then get on one knee in the Shakespeare garden and then go for lunch at the restaurant we went to on our first date and haven't been back to.

Part of me wants to keep my original plan, though, and just have the celebratory lunch a few weeks later on the labor day Saturday. It feels disconnected and might still draw accusations of 'overshadowing' the birth.

Okay, reddit, advice?