Summary

The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom revealed that Hermaeus Mora banished a Daedric Prince known as Ithelia from the annals of history out of fear that her very nature would bring about such chaos that it would unravel the fabric of reality. Butin the upcoming Gold Road chapter, she’s back, wandering the West Weald in search of her memories.

We know what the Daedric pantheon looks like in the future as ESO is a prequel, and Ithelia isn’t part of it. Fans have speculated that, sinceshe’s the Fate-Changer and Mistress of the Untraveled Road, that she might bring about a different future,separating ESO from the main canon, but that doesn’t sound likely–instead, it looks like Bethesda will lock her away again by the end of the Gold Road.

I’m almost sorry that we probably won’t be able to bring her back.

“I’m almost sorry that we probably won’t be able to bring her back in the future because of the fact that she doesn’t exist in Oblivion or Skyrim or whatever,” narrative director Bill Slavicsek tells me. “But it all makes sense and I’m happy with the way it came out.

“Without going into spoilers, obviously she’s not around in the future. So, we do find a way to solve that by the end of the story that I think is satisfying and makes sense. But I’ll leave that to the players to see when they get there.”

ESO Narrative Director On Creating A New Daedric Prince

The Daedric pantheon inThe Elder Scrollshas been established for decades now. The last time we saw a major shakeup was with Jyggalag in The Shivering Isles back in 2007, so introducing an entirely new Prince was a daunting endeavour for the ESO team.

“We did a big matrix of all the Daedric Princes to see where the holes in the portfolios were,” Slavicsek says. “We wanted a Prince that wasn’t quite as over-the-top evil as Molag Bal or Mehrune’s Dagon, and a good foil from Hermaeus Mora at the same time. So we tried to think, ‘What would it look like with followers of hers in the Mythic Age or the early age? What would they seek from a Daedric Prince like this?’

Keep an eye out for our full interview with Slavicsek and ESO loremaster Michael Zenke.

“That’s where we got the idea of the Many Paths and travel and journeys. We assumed that her early Ayleid followers would have prayed to her or offered a sacrifice before they went on a long travel or trip. It’s not so much that she wants to destroy everything, it’s just a byproduct she was not even aware of.”

You can meet her for yourself when Gold Road launches on June 3 for PC and June 18 for Xbox and PlayStation.

The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road

The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road is an expansion for the popular Bethesda MMORPG. When a lost Daedric Prince returns to West Weald, chaos ensues. A new zone is added, as well as the Scribing system and a 12-person trial, the Lucent Citadel.