Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-101.103.30.52-20140219060142/@comment-24261859-20140315064852

I don't think it will be in Summerset Isle, for one reason. The trademark of TES games is that you can do whatever you want, completely ignoring the main quest if need be (Skyrim was flawed a little in this regard with the Civil War and MQ tangled mess, but still). Go idle around, talk with NPCs, join a guild, or even be a peasant forever if you so wish.

In Summerset Isle, assuming that it's during the reign of the 3rd Aldmeri Dominion like everyone seems to want, that's not possible. A High Elf might be able to blend in and do that sort of thing, but any other race (especially human races) would be immediately spotted and constantly assailed by Thalmor forces.

If the plot is going to involve the Thalmor, it won't be just "Thalmor are invading/defending! Kill them all!" because that's too basic, even for a TES game. More likely, if they are involved, it will be a small but powerful group of operatives (think Mythic Dawn, in Oblivion) with some sinister and more complicated plot. That would bascially have to involve the Towers, so it could relate to their efforts to deactivate Falinesti or the Adamantine Tower.