Like many others, I'm guessing High Rock for location, though Hammerfell, Summerset/Alinor, or Elsweyr would be desirable locations, too; again, like others have already said, the landscape looks quite mountainous, and High Rock is supposed to be the only place in Tamriel with so many mountains (though not nearly as tall as the mountains of Skyrim, which these certainly didn't look, further pushing location toward High Rock); however, I think the Summerset Isles might also be a strong possibility, since the main island is supposed to have some low mountains (especially Eton Nir, which we know of from ESO), also, I think it quite likely that the war with the Thalmor will be either continued or finished (my guess finished; see below for in-game-date-/time-setting reasoning) in TES6: if continued, then probably Hammerfell (as others noted, Hammerfell isn't all desert, though this teaser suggests perhaps a little too much green? Plus, I don't think the Thalmor are quite finished with the Redguards); if finished, then obviously the Summerset Isles would be the place, being Thalmor base-of-operations and all. Personally, I think either Alinor or High Rock will be our new setting, since we haven't really gotten a decent opportunity to see Tamriel's mages at their finest (TES3 & 4 had their main races focused on being "Bards"/all-rounders, with a slight penchant for stealth (Imperials more-so); TES5 focused on the warrior Nords; both High Rock and Summerset are well-known for their wizards and spell-crafters, so I think it likely that the home-province of a race typically seen as spell-casters/mystics/enchanters likely for our next setting, since, as mentioned, we haven't seen pure mages take the limelight), and either High Rock or Alinor would be prime places to delve into magic and the realms beyond (perhaps we'll get to activate Numidium yet again, and reforge the Empire for good? Would be a great way to show us Aetherius and/or one or more Daedric realms, even if the lore would need to be worked on to bring back either the Ash-king and/or the Mantella); those would also be great places for BethSoft to capitalise on the spell-maker system that was present ever since the beginning and a cornerstone of what made The Elder Scrolls what it is, but went AWOL in Skyrim. For release date, I'd say either next year (2019) or 2020 (probably 10/10/2020; Bethesda and Zenimax seem to have gotten a preference for humourous release-dates during Skyrim's development). In-game time period could literally be anything at this point; I wouldn't be surprised if we're now in the 5th Era, since each new Era seems to last only half as long as the one before it, which means TES will be coming to a dead stop before long. Anyway, we left off in 4E 201, my guess is TES6 will be set between 4E 210-220; if Bethesda wants to create a new Era, then 5E 10-20, since I expect the new game to be (as mentioned) either a continuation, or the conclusion, of the Thalmor War story arc.
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