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EDITORIAL NOTICE

  The realm of academia was once one of the wealthy and well-connected. Once upon a past horizon, only they had access to the sources that backed their written studies. Then came the opening of the record offices and the archives to the people. Turn and school of thought came and went, as they currently come and go, but there is always a constant opening of the information to the public.

  Now it is the gamers turn to jump headfirst into the river academia, fearless of the obstructions and the outcome. For it is those with an unquenchable passion and thirst for knowledge who prosper, and who change the world with their actions. Just as it makes perfect sense for the carpenter to hone his craft making his own furniture, it makes perfect sense that academics-in-training from a wide range of disciplines pool their collective interests together and mix the pleasure of learning and experiencing with the pleasure of entertainment.

  The initial idea for this journal arose in September 2017, when I stumbled across the academic journal Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review, dedicated to “the growing body of critical commentary and scholarship on both J.R.R. Tolkien’s voluminous fiction and his academic work in literary and linguistic fields.” Inspired by this, I spent many months pondering upon the idea of an academic journal dedicated to the lore and universe of ‘The Elder Scrolls’ gaming, novel and card series, created by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Besthesda Softworks under its holding company, Zenimax Media Inc. From there, I wrote my first article, ‘Menace to Master-at-Arms: The Orcish Integration into the Late Third-Era Imperial Legion’, in March 2018 – Orcish Studies being my specialist subject. Now has come the time for others to share their dual passions for both academia and the lore and universe of ‘The Elder Scrolls Series’!

  To Bethesda, developers and publishers of the series, I give the thanks of not only myself, but on the behalf of the authors of the journal articles, and the entire gaming industry.

  To the various authors and readers of this journal, I give my thanks eternal. For without such dedication, this project would have never gotten off the ground.

M A, Falcrenth, Skyrim.

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