Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-15888551-20130819093722/@comment-4057437-20130825061747

VAULTEER wrote: War created engineering marvels in RL during the Medieval times, although most of it was to do with war. But beyond that nothing was ever really gained during the dark times, it was after the wars, during the Renaissance where tremendous non-military feats were performed. It was a mostly calm time, but only fueled the current state of the world. Rich get richer, poor get poorer, etc.

Tamriel is still in those dark times where people fight for honour, victory, and general wealth instead of oil and "Freedom". They have everything they could need, people can make a fortune from one adventure, with no banks and police getting involved wondering where you found that pile of money. The Renaissance was anything but peaceful. There were many wars, both in Europe and elsewhere. They were what fueled the changes in shipbuilding that allowed the "Age of Exploration" and greatly improved artillery and firearms.

The last decades of the Renassiance also saw the start of the European colonial expansion and the associated wars.