The Elder Scrolls: Arena

The Elder Scrolls: Arena

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Genres

Role-playing (RPG)

Developer

Bethesda Softworks

Release Date

March 24, 1994 (32 years ago)

Publisher

Bethesda Softworks

Content Rating

T

Franchises

The Elder Scrolls

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Summary

The Elder Scrolls – Arena is the first RPG fantasy game of the Elder Scrolls series.
The game takes place on a planet called Nirn in the empire of Tamriel. The emperor of Tamriel, Uriel Septim, is planing to gather the whole Nirn under the imperial flag. He allies himself with the mage Jagar Tharn who is unfortunately intent on stealing the emperor’s throne. Jagar Tharn imprisons the emperor in another dimension and locks the key inside a dungeon under the imperial city. Your job is to find all the pieces of the key, reassemble it, kill Jagger Tharn and free the emperor.

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