User blog comment:Raylan13/Elder Scrolls Online Community Q&A/@comment-9062114-20140319154835/@comment-67.171.88.45-20140321235040

The legion does not exist as it was formed by tiber septim who was not yet born, there are familiar faces such as sheogorath, and people who you've only heard mentioned such as archmage shalidor the original arch mage who pop up, but it is 1000 years before skyrim. It deffinitely has an Elder Scrolls feel to it but how much varies from  person to person, you pretty much have to try it to see if its the right amount of elder scrollsy enough for you, but don't anticipate it to be skyrim online.