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The Elder Scrolls: Arena

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Developer
Bethesda Softworks
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
Release
April 26, 2022
4 years and 98 days ago
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Very Positive2,535 reviews80.7%

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The imperial battlemage Jagar Tharn betrays the Emperor Uriel Septim by imprisoning him in an alternate dimension, then assuming the Emperor’s identity and place on the throne. A lone prisoner must travel to Tamriel’s most famous and dangerous sites to collect the shattered Staff of Chaos, save the Emperor and free the Empire.
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