They can ignore the Main Quest completely, and simply do Side Quests and kill many creatures in the 100+ dungeons in the game. The player can customize them in many ways, including age, appearance, complexion, and even eye color (for certain races). The player is able to choose from 10 races at the beginning of the game. Oblivion takes place in Cyrodiil, the province in the center of Tamriel. The game begins in a prison cell in the Imperial City. The province has nine counties and nine regions: Anvil in the Gold Coast, Bravil in the Nibenay Valley, Bruma in the Jerall Mountains, Cheydinhal in the Valus Mountains, Chorrol in the Colovian Highlands, the Imperial City in the Heartlands, Kvatch in the Gold Coast, Leyawiin in Blackwood, and Skingrad in the West Weald, each with a capital of the same name as the county.Ī scenic view of the White-Gold Tower. Cyrodiil, due to its proximity to all of the other provinces of Tamriel, is a varied land with the geography being swampy marsh-lands, snowy mountains, and mountainous forests and green fields. Oblivion is set in Cyrodiil on the continent of Tamriel. 'These are the closing days of the third era, and the final hours of my life.' 'This is the 27th of Last Seed, the year of Akatosh, 433. 'Behold, in darkness, a doom sweeps the land. 'I have seen the gates of Oblivion, beyond which no waking eye may see. 'But for all these years, I've never been the ruler of my own dreams. 'For 65 years I've ruled as Tamriel's emperor.

Ultimately, the Hero must stop the invasion from Oblivion and stand between the future of Tamriel and the Daedric Prince of Destruction himself. The adventure begins after a prison escape and with a quest to find a man named Jauffre - and eventually the illegitimate son of Uriel, the last surviving heir to the Septim throne, hidden away for protection since his birth. However, before his death, he hands the Amulet of Kings over to the person who would become the Hero of Kvatch, a lowly prisoner which Uriel had seen in his dreams, with instructions to 'close shut the jaws of Oblivion.' Emperor Uriel Septim VII is assassinated as he attempts to flee from the Imperial City after learning that assassins have killed his sons.

The plot begins six years after the events of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind in 3E 433.

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