

One of the many subconflicts in the Second Great War, it involved all members of the Iliac Bay Guardsmen and was a defining moment in their history. In 4E 205, the Kingdom of High Rock declared war on Skyrim in a vain attempt to be connected with the Empire.

The force grew very large, almost equal in numbers to the regular army, and in 4E 203 was famous for defeating pirate kings in the Iliac Bay and for putting an end to bandit attacks near several major cities and villages. Over the course of a few years, it developed it's famous "Fleet of the Guardsmen", and after that they evolved a marine force.Īfter observations made by Robent in the Skyrim Civil War, the land force of the Guardsmen underwent several huge changes that improved combat abilities and tactics. Players could still play a variety of races, they could still be exposed to some major plot (perhaps a war breaking out between southern Cyrodiil with the Khajiit and Argonians on both side), and the alien nature of the lands would truly make for some interesting gameplay.The Guardsmen were founded by Robent the Brave after he came to believe High Rock needed a better naval defense force in 4E 195. The emphasis on the human races of Tamriel likely come from an aversion to the "alien," perhaps on the players' part equally to those developing it, but it's not like familiarity is truly necessary in a game like this. It would make for a compelling game to see them in their homeland instead, even if that makes for a more alien game. The locality is as interesting if not more so than Hammerfell or High Rock, but it has the more interesting who.Īs beastfolk, Argonians and Khajiit in Skyrim, Morrowind, and more are often treated as outsiders and simple beasts. Elsweyr, much like Hammerfell, is a desert land, yet complete with dunes, planes, thick forest.

Black Marsh, or Argonia, is hard to travel through and has never been invaded as a result of its marshes, rainforests, waterways, and huge forests. Elsweyr and Black Marsh are close enough that one game could take place in them, with a little bit of Cyrodiil between them, or it could just take place in one or the other.
