The Elder Scrolls Online Gameplay and Lore Overview

Tamriel is in dark times, as the Winters grow colder the lack of food and warmth create dire conditions for the races of Tamriel. Fear is growing in the hearts of many as the dead ravage villages and cities across the land. An Arcane Explosion in the Imperial City during 2E 579, four years before ESO, aptly named SoulBurst has doomed Tamriel.