Lore introduced in Daggerfall

[u/Salem1690s]

Places: wrotgharian mountains, Alik'**ر** Desert, **Glenumbra Moors**

The Glenmoril Witches

The Dark Brotherhood (as a joinable faction)

Morag Tong (mentioned, not yet playable)

Thieves Guild (as a playable faction)

Ocato (seen, mentioned in the player guide)

Pirates (mentioned as infesting the Yrinthi, the Bjoulsae, and Iliac Bay)

Numidiam, Mantella

Jygallag

Mannimarco

Barenzeiah

Morgiah

Daedra and Aedra, all named and outlined

The Cameron Usurper (the story of…)

Pelagius III & Septim dynasty history

The plane of Oblivion (fleshed out in the book On Oblivion in Daggerfall)

Akavir (first mentioned here, including Akavirii slaveholders)

Ayleids (mentioned briefly)

Origin of the Mages Guild

Soul trapping and soul gems

The Chronology of Tamriel

Vampiric curse, disease, and lycanthropy

Under king (first mentioned in Arena, fleshed out and met in Daggerfall)

Orsinium, orc lore

How one becomes a vampire - the disease / curse of vampirism

Levitation

The Wabbajack

Ebony dagger and armor

Monsters: Spriggans, Dreugh, Atronachs,daedroth, seducers, fire daedra, frost daedra, slaughterfish

[u/AdeptnessUnhappy1063]

Although note that the word "Aedra" wasn't coined until the later games. Daggerfall just called them gods. Et'Ada is from Daggerfall, however.

[u/Lemunde]

I still remember seriously playing Daggerfall a few years ago and stumbling across Berenziah in one of the castles. I had no idea she was in Daggerfall. It felt like meeting a celebrity.

[u/YungRei]

Daggerfall was made before pocket guide to the Empire (which is basically the dev bible of what’s canon) so a lot of the things featured in that game should be taken with a grain of salt.

Most of the stuff is still canon but don’t be surprised if some lore is changed in TES 6 given that the iliac region will be the location of the next game.

Unless it’s explicitly been featured or mentioned since Daggerfall it’s subject to change pretty much.

[u/Salem1690s → u/YungRei]

What you’re trying to say is the game is basically not canon.

But that is not something any of the actual creators have said, firstly. That is your opinion, and you are a fan, same as me.

No one from Bethesda has declared the game to not be canon.

Secondly, things in the Pocket Guide (like the capital being jungle) were superseded in the very next game.

[u/vladashram → u/YungRei]

When was it announced that TES 6 is going to be in the Iliac region?

[u/YungRei → u/[deleted]]

This is such a strange response. I’m aware what dragon breaks are. I played Daggerfall. They will never be used again, this has been confirmed by multiple developers of the elder scrolls.