The game was met with lackluster sales, but developed a strong enough cult fanbase to warrant a sequel. The fast-paced gladiatorial combat style remained, though, and Arena was much more action-oriented than other RPGs of the time. Arena was originally going to be about, well, gladiatorial combat arenas, but that idea was scratched in favor of adapting the developers' home-brew D&D setting, Tamriel, into a computer game note The name 'Arena' was retained as an in-game nickname for the realm of Tamriel. Together, they must collect the pieces of the Staff of Chaos in order to defeat Tharn and rescue the Emperor. However, the ghost of Tharn's late apprentice, Ria Silmane, teams up with a minor noble (the Player Character) to fight the usurper.

Arena (1994): The benevolent Emperor of Tamriel, Uriel Septim VII, has been overthrown by his Evil Chancellor/ Imperial Battlemage, Jagar Tharn, who has trapped the Emperor in Oblivion, assumed his appearance, and has been reigning in his stead.

Numerous other races are present in the series' lore and backstory, most notably the extinct Dwemer (Deep Elves or 'Dwarves'), the extinct Ayleids (Wild Elves), and the corrupted, monstrous Falmer (Snow Elves). Tamriel is shared by ten playable races (eight before Morrowind) - four races of Men note Imperials, Nords, Bretons, and Redguards, four races of Mer (Elves) note Altmer (High Elves), Bosmer (Wood Elves), Dunmer (Dark Elves), and Orsimer (Pariah Elves or Orcs), and two ' Beast Races' note Argonians and Khajiit. The Elder Scrolls games are set in Tamriel, a continent roughly the size of Africa, on the planet Nirn. 'TES' or 'ES' for short, the series is renowned for its Wide-Open Sandbox style of gameplay, allowing the player to play as a heroic or diabolical character, to pursue the main quest with vigor or to ignore it entirely, and to gain prowess and fame through working for factions, guilds, military legions, and even the gods themselves.

The Elder Scrolls is a massively popular Western RPG series produced by Bethesda Softworks.

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