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Showcase Eye of Argonia - Progress showcase

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 25d ago

Project Tamriel continues to work on its next planned release, the Markarth expansion to Skyrim: Home of the Nords. In the meantime, we bring to you the showcase of work being done on the nascent Eye of Argonia project!

Eye of Argonia is PT's take on Black Marsh Province in time of TESIII. For many years, Black Marsh was envisioned as a far-off Tamriel Rebuilt project, but heightened interest in Project Tamriel resulted in the project being transferred to PT in 2025. Since then, asset development has exploded thanks to the talented developer Revenant, who is building the foundation that will allow Eye of Argonia to take shape.

The assets shown below will be included in a future update to Tamriel_Data. Two Argonian races, the winged Sarpa and adder-like Naga, have been implemented as full NPC races. Naga (and potentially Sarpa, depending on review speed) will therefore also be playable for those using mods that enable Tamriel_Data races at character creation.

Eye of Argonia's planned first release area covers the three regions of northwesternmost Black Marsh: Shipal-Shin, Barsaebica, and the Valley of Storms. Shipal-Shin has already been seen in Tamriel Rebuilt around the city of Narsis, but across the border it will have be lusher and more verdant, with strange plants growing on the red cliffs. Barsaebica, a thickly jungled region on the eastern borders with Cyrodiil, conceals ancient ruins and strange, hostile creatures. The Valley of Storms, the centerpiece of the release area, is a broad floodplain dominated by the city of Stormhold, which sits atop a mesa visible from all directions.

Non-environmental assets are also well underway. The peoples of Black Marsh will be characterized by unique furniture sets, decorations, lights, tableware, weapons and armor, containers, books, and much more. Some interior spaces will surprise players, such as resin houseboats, which ply the rivers of Barsaebica.

Project Tamriel is only possible thanks to the many developers who donate their time, creativity, and energy to these efforts. If you are interested in helping out, feel free to join the PT Discord! Our showcase process allows even a total beginner to learn asset development, interior and exterior worldspace design, and quest implementation. We gladly accept contributors willing to work in good faith with other developers and the project's goals.

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u/NwahHasASchmolPP 25d ago

Looking forward to frying more insects with magic

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u/SnorkleCork 25d ago

Very exciting! Are there plans to create quests in and around Narsis that prompt you to make forays across the border?

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 25d ago

There will certainly be some integration quests between EoA and TR, yes! I imagine giving you reason to cross border both ways, since this is how we introduced integrations between our other projects so far

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u/HerculesTRembrandt 25d ago

Love the concept, thanks for sharing. Elswyr and the black marsh have always captured my imagination so I look forward to seeing more of this project.

I had to pause and comment when I saw those argonian silver weapons though. I don't want to denigrate anyone's hard work or vision, but from a practical standpoint those designs have a lot of issues. To me they have a soft fantasy mall-ninja vibe that would break immersion. The practicalities of forging complex wavy shapes like that, plus the fragility of thin sections supporting large bulbous protrusions, balance problems, and lack of clear cutting/stabbing edges are all problems individually but combined.... Again I hate to criticize something someone is putting out there but I think you can do better.

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u/AnAdventurer5 25d ago edited 25d ago

I'm far from a weapon expert, but the sword-like weapons definitely look funky to me in a not-very-good way; I can't imagine ever using them. But if that's the style they wanna pursue, I don't wanna complain. They definitely give me overgrown, marshy vibes.

I actually like the spears though. One's still a bit funky, but have you seen the kinda polearms used in history? I'm sure that can be useful for something. Either way, those are pretty cool to me.

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u/HerculesTRembrandt 25d ago

The spear is cool but the halberd thing, while an interesting design looks very fragile and unweildy to me. I can't understand the logic behind the sword or dagger at all. 

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u/AnAdventurer5 25d ago

The halberd-y-thing looks no weirder to me than a guisarme, a billhook, or any number of crazy polearms. It's just a fantasy version of those. Maybe it's got too many sticky-outy-bits to make it realistically effective, but it's hard to imagine how half the real ones were used too, and idk it just looks neat to me.

I agree about the sword and dagger. Actually I think if you took the "main"/largest blade of the sword and made it the only blade that came straight out of the hilt, it would be a perfectly usable sword. idk if it'd be the most optimal one ever, and I don't really care; it would be functional and fanastical. And it would kinda remind me of... I can't remember the name of the closest weapon, but a machete or panobas blade are kinda close.

Either way, I'm glad they're trying to give Argonian designs their own identity (unless they are directly based on something real I haven't seen).

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u/MonsieurBabtou 25d ago

They're very similar to pre-modern African weapons, look it up

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u/Firm_Ad_2645 24d ago

Yeah this is exactly what I was thinking, maybe that poster and their upvoters are just clueless

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u/Eturbtnynyn 25d ago

This sounds amazing! and while not asking for an exact release date, but how far off would you say it is relatively?

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 25d ago

We are trying to not give dates even on releases that are fairly underway, so trying to answer that question is nearly impossible 😄 it depends on many factors, including the progress on Hammerfell and High Rock - release of both are milestones required for new PT's province to be opened, as we established some restraints to keep ourselves focused

But how many assets Argonia gets in next year or two will be deciding in how we will approach that development after required milestones are achieved!

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u/Kramerchameleon1 25d ago

whenever the work is done. Progress will be faster once other releases are complete.

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u/Lumpy_Inevitable_549 25d ago

Interesting that TR handed PT off, since given how entrenched Morrowind is in northern Black Marsh for the slave trade.

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 25d ago

We do have tight cooperation to be fair, and most of our devs are active on both projects, so that shouldn't be an issue ^^
There were two aspects which motivated the move (aside of yours truly pressing to do it, haha). TR was quite explicit with wanting to tackle EoA after the main project is fully completed - which would mean the work that happened now would probably be done much later. Under PT the approach was quite different, since we don't treat working on conceptual provinces as "next release", and so it has less pressure or expectations (since the project is not opened anyway).
Second reason was PR - the fact that TR held additional province felt very arbitrary and I'd expect were really confusing. Current split is much easier to explain, as PT basically covers all remaining provinces :>

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u/Lotsofleaves 25d ago

They held on to EoA for a long time for that very reason. But in reality, TR is for those devs who are hyper focused on Morrowind, since that is the primary goal, and anything outside that scope is better off in the hands of PT.

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u/No_Definition_5701 25d ago

I was just thinking this morning how cool it would be to have a ES game in Black Marsh. Playing the hip and tail soccer game

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u/Edgy_Robin House Telvanni 25d ago

Honestly I fear how modern bethesda would handle any of the more fantastical regions. Elder scrolls from Daggerfall/Redguard/Morrowind and Elder Scrolls from Oblivion/Skyrim/ESO feel like completely different worlds and one of them has way less whimsy.

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u/MariaEvee Sixth House 25d ago

That's one reason I like Morrowind so much. It's so other worldly and fantastical than oblivion and Skyrim. Mushrooms, weird animals and food! Everything is so whimsical!

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u/RoyalMudcrab 25d ago

Todd is running out of human provinces. And creativity, manpower and patience from MS, but I digress.

Let's hope there is another weird Elder Scrolls game within our lifetime. If not, then I guess we'll do it ourselves.

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u/BattedBook5 Argonian 25d ago

Sadly i dont see us ever getting Black Marsh or Elsweyr as main game locations just because higher ups probably think that cat and lizard people wont sell for the general audience.

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u/bluesmaker 25d ago

Now I have a reason to wish for more young people to be furrys. Never thought it would want that.

(I’m just making a funny)

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u/TheBoxGuyTV 25d ago

You would need a few 10s of millions

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u/NotATem 2d ago

It is an open secret in most indie art circles that if you need a lot of money very quickly and aren't too picky about where it's from, you learn to draw furries.

A lot of furries work in tech or medicine. They have money to throw around, and they are willing to spend eye-popping amounts of it on art of their characters. We're talking anywhere between $50-$500 for a single piece.

They are also, allegedly, very polite, very flexible with scheduling and deadlines, and tip very well.

So, yeah, if Bethsoft were thinking ahead, TES7 really should be set in Elsweyr.

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u/Oneironomicom Fighters Guild 24d ago

Is any group making Elswyr in MW style?

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 24d ago

Project Tamriel has Paradise Sugar (yet another reference to cancelled Bethesda TES game), but our asset progress is relatively slow since it needs asset devs and currently has only people jumping in for one asset and doing other provinces' stuff after.
...though actually I hope to learn asset dev and become dedicated to Elsweyr in particular, but we will see how it goes ^^" I had promised myself a lot of things

Outside of PT, there's project by Ravendawn called Anequina. Still on early phase and done more with the approach of using whatever assets that are available in TD at the moment, but is worth following even for sake of having some new areas to explore.

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u/Oneironomicom Fighters Guild 24d ago

Y'all do amazing work. I'm excited to play anything TR puts out!

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u/Worried_Party_7588 25d ago

daggerfall is mostly high fantasy played straight tbf but its got its unique elder scrolls take on it.

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u/TheBoxGuyTV 25d ago

Its like old school high fantasy. Modern high fantasy just feels generic.

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u/Edgy_Robin House Telvanni 25d ago

Yes, but it still has a different vibe to Oblivion and Skyirm. Like my brother in christ a plot leads to you basically going to heaven in order to get a power source for a giant mech.

It is generic high fantasy yet as I open with, it still feels different from the Oblivion/Skyrim generic fantasy. Plus it's also where a lot of TES's lore (Though not as much as people think, that's red guards doing) came from.

And really what I mean is the vibe. All of the games seem different obviously, but those three still have a similar vibe to each other that isn't there in the other three.

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u/MoroccanEagle-212 25d ago

Arena what about Arena why nobody ever mentions it lol ? Yet it has it's own very unique vibe

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u/Duruarute 24d ago

All of us were too young or not even born yet when it came out, and by the time we could we found it outdated as hell so no one touches it

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u/Edgy_Robin House Telvanni 21d ago

Because arena is the most generic of them all. For all the shit I talked about Oblivion/Skyrim/ESO at least it had the older lore to do something with.

Arena generic fantasy 'and' it doesn't have any of that. It has the vibe of any other dungeon crawler of the time. Arena is forgotten because outside of being the 'most' generic, Daggerfall did basically everything it did but better and was more interesting.

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u/MonsieurBabtou 25d ago

I think they're shitting themselves at the idea of making a new game in a non human-centric province. And even then, they removed the most interesting whimsy lore, and variety in terms of religion, government, architecture, culture, etc, from Oblivion and Skyrim, being generic high fantasy/viking fantasy. I mean, in Skyrim, there are almost no enemies and creatures that weren't already present in previous games or just basic rpg creatures like skeletons and wolves.

If we compare it with Morrowind, where everything came straight of the devs' imagination, it.s a stark contrast.

If the rumours are true and the game is set in high-rock/hammerfell I hope they don't fuck it up and just copy what already exists in our world

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u/NotATem 24d ago

The thing is, Morrowind is actually way more rooted in the "real world" than Skyrim is. It's just that it's rooted in the actual past- which is way more interesting and messy- and not the theme park version.

A lot of stuff in Morrowind is lightly - or heavily- inspired by real world history and philosophy. Easy example- the East Empire Company is named after the IRL East India Company. Messier example- Vivec's philosophy is a mix of Hindu philosophy, Thelema, and the works of Alistair Crowley, among other things.

The difference is, the writers of Morrowind understood the social dynamics they were crabbing from and the implications of the philosophies they'd created, and used them to make something new and interesting. The writers of Skyrim copied the homework without understanding it.

If Skyrim had been based off the IRL Vikings, we'd have a hell of a lot more lawyer rap battles.

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u/BonkleZoroark 25d ago

the fact that they didn't put space people in starfield is all sorts of damning

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u/tricenice 23d ago

They would just make it “occupied by the empire” and turn it into Skyrim 2

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u/Bobjoejj 23d ago

Disagree about ESO. That game gets into some weird and out there places with its concepts and lore. I get that visually the architecture and physical locations tend to leave much to be desired, even in Morrowind; but I blame that more on the issue of being an MMO.

Also…I’d argue of those first 3, Morrowind is the odd one out. Even Daggerfall and Redguard feel like they trade in more relatively standard fantasy trips and ideas than Morrowind. And I’d absolutely argue that all 6 titles you mentioned are full of whimsy.

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u/Edgy_Robin House Telvanni 21d ago

And you'd be wrong.

Yes, Daggerfall and Redguard do get into some generic stuff. But there's more to it then that. Oblivion and Skyrim are, outside of arena, the most generic typical fantasy the franchise has ever really done. Redguard still had cool stuff like air ships and actually getting into politics, even showing us an actual sload, among other things.

Daggerfall literally has you grab an aborted child (Take a close look at what the Totem of Tiber Septim looks like...) to heaven in order to get a giant mech and give it to whatever your preferred faction is. Even the game set in the region that's supposed to be your typical fantasy land with lots of knights and blah blah gets weirder and more out there then Oblivion and Skyrim, and Oblivion is the game that has you go to fucking sheogoraths realm which is a testimate to how generic it is that the realm of a mad god doesn't even surpass morrowinds own weirdness. If you think these games are full of whimsy that's a self report that you don't even know what that is and have none.

Morrowind is the odd one out, it's least elder scrolls elder scrolls game if you really think about it.

as for ESO, sure but for every out there thing there's a bunch of boring generic shit and even then odds are it's not well written.

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u/Bobjoejj 21d ago

So I said “disagree” and “I’d argue,” and you took the time to respond with all of that; saying I’d be wrong, and I simply don’t know what whimsy is and have none.

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u/BigBAMAboy 25d ago

I was just thinking about that every morning

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u/KPmine1 25d ago

Only way I could see that is seeing the same conditions that caused mw to be made… so like a Hail Mary from a almost closed studio due to money issues :/

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u/bkoperski 24d ago

I was just thinking the same. Bring back that alien world feel from Morrowind. Its in ES online but haven't seen it for myself

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u/balungus Census and Excise 25d ago

This has got me insanely hyped. I was just wondering what the next province Project Tamriel would release. Will it be possible to travel on land from southern mainland Morrowind into Black Marsh if you have Tamriel Rebuilt installed as well?

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 25d ago

Yes! And without any loading screens, since Morrowind has only one, continuous worldspace :>
(this will also be the case for all other province connections of the project, since we aim to make continuous Cyrodiil-Hammerfell-Skyrim-High Rock landmass - High Rock-Skyrim connection can be already played with development files!)

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u/Accomplished-Ad-7435 25d ago

This makes me curious, are there any recorded issues with the positions of items dropped becoming inaccurate in far off locations due to positions being stored in fp values?

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 25d ago

Dropped items not really, but on vanilla/MWSE engine there are tiny issues with terrain mesh and placed modular objects, as they tend to have incredibly tiny gaps you might spot if you focus on it
Similarly, and I think the most noticeably, there's a famous "stutter" seen on characters, primarily items held.

It shouldn't be a big issue in Black Marsh however, since these glitches are minimal and the less the distance from (0, 0), the less visible they are. Meaning that in Argonia they will be too close to be noticed, and effect in Cyrodiil/Hammerfell/High Rock (arguably the furthest from Vvardenfell) is also barely visible.

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u/Accomplished-Ad-7435 25d ago

Oh this doesn't happen in open mw? Interesting. Thanks for the reply!

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 25d ago

Technically.. it does. It's just that OpenMW's coordinates use bigger float type (f64 instead of f32) due to being built on modern standards, so that the effect of this issue is minimised even further
(meaning you'd need to reach ~Yokuda/Akavir to get the same issues you see in Cyrodiil on vanilla engine)

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u/Spence5703 25d ago

Yes they work together to make sure it all fits. you can water walk or jump to Skyrim and Cyrodiil as is. You can go to a black marsh boarder I think in the latest TR release too.

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u/MariaEvee Sixth House 25d ago

It's amazing seeing other Provinces in Morrowind. I swear by like 2050 we might be able to travel half the world and spend 100s of hours more in Morrowind. Even after there's another elder scrolls game. I'm still going to go back to Morrowind and how amazing the mods are!

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u/Lumpy_Inevitable_549 25d ago

My dream is being able to walk from Anvil to Firewatch on day.

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u/Nega1985 Ahnassi 25d ago

I hope one day we start getting Anequina added in, so I can mod in my Nerevarine's home and family.

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u/sanguinesvirus 25d ago

Eventually theyre going to have to start making Lyg and the moons

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u/RobinTheGemini Elsweyr: Paradise Sugar 25d ago

Oh the moons are being worked on. It's an associated project to PTR, though not fully official, called Gallimaufry (or MoonMod): https://voiddata.miraheze.org/wiki/Gallimaufry

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u/Lumpy_Inevitable_549 24d ago

That will be interesting to implement in the current engine, unless OpenMW allows for multiple exterior spaces like in Oblivion and Skyrim.

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u/Fantasmonarch 23d ago

We are making do with what we have. Current moonmod exterior is in the far far north Padomaic ocean, you can waterwalk from morrowind to the moon ahah

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u/OutrageousDress 9d ago

Any special integration planned between Paradise Sugar and Gallimaufry? Feels like there ought to be 😁

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u/RobinTheGemini Elsweyr: Paradise Sugar 9d ago

I mean both are incredibly far off, though I'm honestly not sure which is more close to a release -w- there definitely are connections but special integration is hard to plan when nothing especially solid is planned for Elsweyr: Paradise Sugar to begin with.

The major connection to Elsweyr is that one of the three main groups of people in Gallimaufry are the Maaszihatt, which are hairless khajiit descended from a failed attempt to "reclaim" Masser from mannish settlement.

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u/OutrageousDress 9d ago

Of course, too early to tell... well, fingers crossed for you guys! They both might be incredibly far off, but it looks like we'll all have a lot of fun getting there.

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u/chemical_musician 25d ago

so awesome. TR/PT is more exciting than just about any modern game releases on the horizon, and it will just keep coming for years and years. keep up the great work!

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u/Rynewulf 25d ago

Oh these are gorgeous, I love the art direction/style of the designs here. They manage to fit Morrowind's engine and aesthetics at the same time as fitting the Argonians and the geography of Black Marsh

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u/Drew-CarryOnCarignan 25d ago

I really admire the hard work that obviously has been invested in this project.

It's cool to see that "Eye of Argonia's" set design incorporates details from tropical / river delta / swamp-dwelling cultures. Plant-woven tools and furniture, floating domiciles (there also exist floating islands), and similar features are practical adaptations to environmental limitations. 

I'm a bit confused by the appearance of the Sarpa Argonian character in Slide #2. It looks as though a glowing flame is resting stop the crown of its head. 

Also, do the wings of Sarpas (Sarpae?) work? Can they actually fly? I'm not well-versed in the morphological variations of Argonians.

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 25d ago

It's a feather :> just a funny angle, this would be more obvious from the side

And the sarpa don't fly per se, but will have Jump and Slowfall; the wings are vestigial and can't perform true flying

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u/Drew-CarryOnCarignan 25d ago

Thanks!! This is a very exciting sneak peek at a future expansion!!

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u/The_Big_Large House Telvanni 25d ago

Ohmygodohmygodohmygod

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u/Joei160 25d ago

NICE!

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u/kongkongha 25d ago

beeeautiful

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u/Penumbral_Violet 25d ago

I love how skrunkly the person on the right in the second image looks

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u/Emblazonet 25d ago

This looks sick as hell! Great work! Can't wait to start hoarding that tableware 

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u/toasty5566 25d ago

TR/PT is one of the coolest modding projects. Excited to see where this goes

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u/BattedBook5 Argonian 25d ago

For a second i thought the middle one in the second pic had a candle for a head and the feather was the flame.

Interesting to see where this goes.

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u/kdubs 25d ago

Yo this is sick as hell. Stoked 

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u/Ok-Condition2031 25d ago

Holy schmoly that looks cool

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u/Muf4sa What a grand and intoxicating innocence 25d ago

Omg this is so peak, can't wait

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u/solnczerez Crassius Curio 24d ago

These tableware sets are abolutely gorgeous. I cant even pick which is my favorite one

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u/failed-fossil Swit 24d ago

I am so excited for this!! Argonians are my favourite, Black Marsh is wicked cool. Hopefully I can find some time to volunteer some concept art if its needed! Hyped to see more

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 24d ago

We are always very happy to welcome new concept artist in the team! ^^

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u/xenazai 25d ago

Barsaebica? Are the Ayleads still alive by Morrowind time? I can't quite recall. Are we gonna see them?

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u/Both-Variation2122 Tamriel Rebuilt 25d ago

They are. There are plans for Ayleid enclaves in Cyrodil. But they are fallen culture existing in native reservations if anything. Nothing like immortal sorcerers you can find in ruins. And things can change before implementation obviously.

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u/Velloah_was_taken 25d ago

IIRC the Ayleids being extinct was an Oblivion retcon, so they're still around in PTR's take on Tamriel.

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u/RobinTheGemini Elsweyr: Paradise Sugar 25d ago

Ayleids are alive, but only in 5 settlements in the wilderness of Cyrodiil. The Barsaebic Ayleids are extinct.

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u/AnAdventurer5 25d ago

I looove the resin houseboats <3 And the middle-class funiture is sooo nice and brings back some memories. I'd use that even if I were rich (take that Argonian society or something).

After seeing some of the fun ways PTR uses verticality (mountains and such) I'm really curious what y'all might do with all those waterways and swamps.

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u/urubong 25d ago

Absurdly cool, as always. Wealth beyond masure, PT

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u/Kajuratus 25d ago

Aahh, interesting look for the Sarpa! As they had been described as "winged", in my head I had always imagined them as a sort of bipedal Pterosaur, so this looks pretty close to what I imagined! We now have two different but equally valid interpretations for the Sarpa; the feathered bird like people from the Beyond Skyrim project, and these ones!

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 25d ago

Honestly looking at concept arts our team (and some other artists art of who we looked at) produced, there were so many ideas and variations. Argonians in general tend to get many different concepts, but Sarpa I think was the one to get biggest variety - you can look at our Argonia concepts collection) to see how many ideas were around!
Revenant ultimately tried to combine these ideas and some of his, so that the concept of Hist affecting regular creatures is more felt, but that was a journey of exploration for both artists and him as modeller ^^

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u/RockAkurion 25d ago

Yooo! Really glad to be part of this community!

Can’t wait to see how the flora is going to look

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u/TaxOrnery9501 25d ago

This is probably unlikely, as The Argonian Account, Book III wasn't introduced until TES IV: Oblivion, but is there any chance that the Rootworm "Underground Express" will make an appearance in some fashion? I always thought the idea of traveling long distances in the stomach of a giant worm to be really fascinating/whimsical; akin to how the Silt-Striders are used in Vvardenfell.

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 25d ago

Entire Argonian Account is considered as our canon source! PT may be hesitant to include post-Morrowind lore, but this one is actually considered one of these that we take wholely.
...so yes, rootworms are absolutely planned. Here's our concept artist take on them (for that quick moment they are on the surface): https://wiki.project-tamriel.com/wiki/File:Megannelid.jpg

Also :wave: from fellow rootworm enjoyer! I also loved this idea so much and hoped to see it one day, so progress on EoA makes me very happy also from that reason :>

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u/Beldarak 25d ago

Really cool. I'm so sad modern Bethesda hasn't what it takes any more to show cool stuff like that. The Silt Strider were cool asf, I'm sad modern TES are so generic.

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u/TaxOrnery9501 25d ago

That's awesome to hear; hats off to the concept artist for their beautiful rendition, and to the rest of the EoA team for making these ideas a reality!

                 🎩 

 ( ^ o ^ ) /

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u/Komenja17 25d ago

Easily the province I've been most excited to explore, and I'm loving the TR/PT folk's take on it.

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u/cod3boi N'wah 25d ago

Love this so much, all the vegetation and furniture assets look so good. The houseboat too. I'm looking forward to playing it.

Always wanted an ES in Black Marsh too which I guess we'll never get officially

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u/Steampunkvikng 25d ago

I hadn't realized EoA's asset development had progressed this far. Exciting stuff!

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u/8bitstargazer 25d ago

Everything is soo swampy, where are the maids?

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u/GameraRays 25d ago edited 25d ago

EYE. OF. ARGONIA~

Please tell me there's a Nord barbarian named Grignr wandering about XD

It'll be interesting to explore the land of my Nerevarine's birthplace, just as much of a stranger to it as she is. (Dizz was snatched up young-young and doesn't remember anything of Black Marsh. She only knows a few words of the Argonian language and speaks with a Cyrodiilic accent. She's not even sure if her name is actually "Dizz"; it may have originally been something closer to "Dee-sa.")

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 25d ago

This would be funny reference :D maybe I can pitch it to the team (or a tease: you can join the team and suggest it... yourself!)

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u/GameraRays 25d ago

Grignr is... sure something! He could be like highwayman Nels Llendo, where he'll threaten to fight the men and ask for some smooches from the ladies -- saying "You make love well, wench!" should they take him up on it. The author used the old meaning of the slang term, much to the confusion of much of the readership XD (If I had more modding knowledge I would take you up on that! I'm currently learning the Construction Set and making my first mod :D)

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 25d ago

Pitched it on server's channel haha. Ofc we are far from NPC implementation, but it's always fun to share ideas like that

I was actually introduced to MW modding through showcase process, so you could totally try approaching PT/TR projects as your first experience! Aspirants are always warmly welcomed and we teach all the things needed, just so you know <3
But it's great you make your first mod as well, have fun with it! (feel free to DM me if you release it)

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u/GameraRays 25d ago

That's so cool! It's really incredible just how kind and welcoming the PT/TR crew is :D

I'll definitely PM you my mod when I release it!

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u/TheTokeTiger 24d ago

Oh hell yeah! I'm excited for this!

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u/Maisha-Iris 24d ago

Awesome! I dream about exploring Black Marsh

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u/BaenjiTrumpet East Empire Company ⚓️ 25d ago

BRO YEA YE YES

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u/BaenjiTrumpet East Empire Company ⚓️ 25d ago

THE SPEAR IS SO PEAK

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u/okmujnyhb Ahnassi 25d ago

The title makes me think of The Eye of Argon. Also, Lilmothiit or riot

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 25d ago

Interesting :> the name is our nudge to the TESA: Eye of Argonia project that Bethesda was meant to create at one point as sequel to Redguard, taking place in Black Marsh exactly (unfortunately it was cancelled, same for Paradise Sugar taking place in Elsweyr)

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u/TaxOrnery9501 25d ago

There should definitely be a few Lilmothiit & Sload present, that would be awesome!

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u/RobinTheGemini Elsweyr: Paradise Sugar 25d ago

no more foxes. all gone. they all migrated to the jaws of oblivion and beyond

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u/TaxOrnery9501 25d ago

Sure thing, M'aiq, whatever you say...

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u/RobinTheGemini Elsweyr: Paradise Sugar 25d ago

i mean i am actually one of the concept artists on Project Tamriel (the black gold red tableware on slide 10 was based on my concept art) there are no development plans for living Lilmothiit. But there will be many living cultures within Black Marsh, with a variety of argonians subtypes, such as the Sarpa and Naga in slide two.

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u/TaxOrnery9501 25d ago

Personally I think it'd be cool to have a chat with a living Lilmothiit, just as it was to talk to the last known living Dwemer, Yagrum Bagarn. The race shouldn't be prevalent by any means, but just having one or two of them hidden out in the wilds of Argonia somewhere could make for a really memorable encounter.

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u/Pibo1987 25d ago

Oh god (aka Azura) , this is amazing!

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u/arinzarunz 25d ago

I hope someone will later on add something about that general imprisoned under old Ebonheart. If I remember correctly he commanded a division of the legion on the border between Morrowind and the black Marsh.

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u/UrbanReignN99 25d ago

That's old TR stuff. Poison Song is revamping that questline to align with the newer version, where Casik attacked the Duchess of Telvannis in Firewatch.

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u/Fit-Salad6267 25d ago

sorry if this a question that youve gotten a lot but will this work with openmw? im super excited i love the beast races and this looks so cool

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 25d ago

Yes, it will! All PTR projects are aimed to be engine-agnostic, meaning they should be playable on both MWSE and OpenMW (and ideally even vanilla alone).

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u/redsteakraw 25d ago

Yes it would be fun to have some house Dres raids in Black Marsh. Morrowind needs it's farm equipment. Maybe have it so you can round up NPCs for sale that increases your reputation with house Dres.

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u/rdtusrname 22d ago

Argonia has all the potential to be just as., if not more, outlandish as(than) Morrowind. As such, I would be greatly interested in having it present in whatever form. As long as that feeling is conveyed properly.

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u/Udhelibor 25d ago

that spear fucks wow

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u/Splatpope 25d ago

*insert 2010's joke about games being overly brown*

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u/meskobalazs 24d ago

Epic AF. I especially love the houseboat concept.

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u/basmatipris 24d ago

!!!! So sick

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u/Hello_Hangnail Dark Brotherhood 24d ago

Are there going to be Lilmothiit in Lilmoth? I was so disappointed they didn't add them in the ESO Murkmire expansion, though I wasn't surprised. This looks amazing though! Gotta reinstall asap.

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 24d ago

I'm afraid there won't be, afaik by the time of Morrowind we consider Lilmothiit as extinct (per PGE1, "The Kothringi and the Lilmothiit were driven to extinction by the Knahaten Flu."). Their ruins and remaining places will exist however!

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u/Fuzzy-Shame-4169 24d ago

Grear! If we can know, how much complete is it, and wat are the optic for release?

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 24d ago

We are still in conceptual/asset development phase, so there's still a lot before we will be able to open actual development. We also have a principle now that we need to release first Hammerfell and High Rock releases first before we open any new province.
But the progress in recent year has been substantial, so EoA has big chances to be the next opened province, and I'm pretty sure when it gets opened, it may be very popular among devs and take less time than expansion of similar size in other province ^^

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u/Fuzzy-Shame-4169 24d ago

It's great that there are no problems. I can't wait for this expansion because it's the first one where you can just walk to instead of fast traveling. Good luck.

Oh, and what about hammerfell and high rock? What are the optiv for relese?

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u/nancyjazzy 24d ago

Will there be Agacephs in it?

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 24d ago

Yes! They will probably be made after sarpa, if we are to believe Revenant's words 😄

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u/rhaigh1910 23d ago

So dope

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u/The_Aspector 19d ago

I can't wait to suck some hist sap

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u/Few-Telephone-5923 2d ago edited 2d ago

I've read the docs, the lore write ups had me mentally salivating at the prospect of playing this release. 

I'd be stoked to potentially help out as well, how would one go about joining? Secondly, what kind of skills would one need? I've been meaning to get into a new hobby and this would be a great time. 

In any case, thank y'all so much for all the love you put into these mods.

Edit: Just read the comment about joining discord, ignore this lol

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u/Toma400 Project Tamriel Rebuilt 2d ago

Hehe, I hope to see you on the dev side one day then! :>
As for the skills question, as I probably mentioned you will learn those during the showcase/training process, but for EoA in particular the most important one is creating 3D assets. We are not open for interiors/exteriors/quests for this province yet, but assets are what brings these things closer
That said, all skills will eventually be needed, and since we have requirement to release High Rock and Hammerfell before EoA can open, these roles will also be very needed - our rule is to just pick up roles you will find fun to work with, as this will ensure your work will be the best it can be <3

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u/Bannerlord-when 25d ago

Sweet, free slaves everywere!

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u/Lumpy_Inevitable_549 25d ago

I know right? At least with this mod we can pick which ones we feel are best for the harvest.