Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-101.103.30.52-20140219060142/@comment-3256727-20140710004822

It's unlikely the game will start in an area that is not a part of the Empire, though there may be major parts of it in areas like the Somerset Isles. Nowhere else would it be possible, story/lore-wise, to be any of the existing races that people are accustomed to being able to play, unless...maybe the usual "starting in prison" motif will be carried forth with the new protagonist in a Thalmor jail cell for whatever reason, but it doesn't seem likely.