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On New Years Day 2012, Michael Kirkbride and Temple Zero unveiled the Pocket Guide to the Empire: Second Edition. The strange collection of texts became an instant classic, a capstone to the golden years of the Elder Scrolls Lore forum. Parts of its heresy bled into the collective psyche, were mistaken for orthodoxy, became the […]

The Imperial Library has added nearly 80 new books from the latest DLC of The Elder Scrolls Online – Deadlands. To prepare yourself for the chapter we have put together a small list of spoiler free books that help to introduce and expand upon the lore of the Daedra and the Deadlands. Books about Mehrunes

To celebrate Skyrim’s 10th anniversary, Bethesda has given the Imperial Library an official Dragon dictionary! We have updated our translation page with over 300 official terms, including a dozen never before known words.  Here are some of the new translations:  Or check them all out in our Dragon Dictionary page. 

Since 1998, the goal of the Imperial Library has been to preserve all Elder Scrolls lore — including out-of-game material, such as new texts, posts, threads, interviews, and roleplays by developers. The community has always been a large part of what makes Elder Scrolls lore unique, and today we are happy to officially announce a

Today marks the 25th anniversary of Daggerfall! To celebrate we have put together a list of links to help you navigate our extensive archive of texts to maximize your research into TES II: Daggerfall. Daggerfall’s books: A list of all available in game books for Daggerfall Daggerfall’s Story: A transcription of the full Daggerfall story

The Imperial Library has added nearly 140 new books from the latest Chapter of The Elder Scrolls Online – Blackwood. To prepare yourself for the chapter we have put together a small list of spoiler free books that help to introduce and expand upon the lore of the Blackwood region which includes the major cities

We are very happy to announce that Benefactor has been promoted to Librarian!  In his time as Assistant Librarian, Benefactor has contributed frequently and at the highest quality, uploading dozens and dozens of books, tracking down old texts long thought missing, and setting up new interviews. He is also a pillar of the community, representing

This past week in collaboration with UESP we had the pleasure to interview Modiphius, the developers of The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms tabletop wargame. You can listen to the interview on the UESP podcast here. Listen to the end of the podcast to hear a special announcement from Modiphus regarding their next Elder Scrolls product

Happy New Life Festival, one and all! With the new year now underway, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on some of the things added to the Imperial Library in 2019.  Of course, we’ve got some big things planned for 2020 as well! 

Benefactor recently completed the monumental task of adding all upcoming Elder Scrolls Online: Markarth books to the library! There’s a ton of new information (including juicy details on the Reachmen’s history and culture), but if you’re overwhelmed by the idea of reading 90+ books, here are a few highlights.