Oblivion start year is 3E433 Options

[Xan]

Just want to tell you that the start of Oblivion would be 3E433, not 3E453 as in the recently released FAQ. There is a mistake in the A Brief History of the Empire. Check this thread for more information. It makes the Oblivion starts after 6 or so years after Morrowind events.

[Rane]

[quote=LostPenguin]
Yeah, but my question is: how could Septim call it the "closing days of the thrid era", when he doesnt know if something big will happen?[/quote]

The Elder Scrolls. Not the series but the actual Scrolls. That's one possibility.

Also, it might have been something he said just for the trailer, not something he has to know in-game.

And let's not forget that he knows that his sons are dead in the trailer. Without an Heir at the Throne the Empire will fall and the gates of Oblivion will open. This is stuff the characters inside the game know, not just we.

The Nerevarine prophecies are not the only prophecies out there.


And that text you gave was from the manual of TES: Arena. But obviously it does not work like that. The First Era alone has 2920 years.