The Elder Scrolls Online - is a massively multiplayer role-playing game from The Elder Scrolls series.

The game world is the fantasy continent of Tamriel, familiar to fans of The Elder Scrolls from previous games in the series. The events of the game unfold about a thousand years before the story of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. There is a war for power between the 4 main factions of the empire. In addition, the demon prince Molag Bal also seeks to take over Tamriel.

The player can play for one of three factions. The fourth faction is a common enemy for everyone and cannot be played as.