General:Michael Zenke

Michael Zenke

Michael Zenke is the third Loremaster for The Elder Scrolls Online. He started off as a Senior Writer/Content Designer in August 2011 before leaving in February 2015. He returned to the writing team in August 2021 and succeeded Leamon Tuttle as Loremaster as of April 29, 2022. He did writing for zones such as Auridon and Reaper's March, and the story quests for the Mages and Fighters Guilds.

As editor of Slashdot games in 2006, Zenke defended Bethesda amid the ESRB re-rating of Oblivion and remarked on the change's chilling effect, which punished developers for content they did not produce. Zenke has stated that he is not as experienced in the lore of the series as his predecessors were, and would not be able to do a "trump the Loremaster" game like Lawrence Schick had done years prior. He has however engaged with the Elder Scrolls IP a lot and has experience solving narrative issues.

Elder Scrolls Game Credits

The Elder Scrolls Online — Lead Loremaster

Books

Books Authored (Non-Exhaustive)
ESO (?) Website Loremaster's Archive - Bretons & High Isle Loremaster's Archive - Tamriel's Dungeons Loremaster's Archive - The Druid Circles of Galen Loremaster's Archive - House Telvanni Loremaster's Archive - The Arcanists Meet the Character — Azandar al-Cybiades Out-of-Universe ESO Writing Team Reddit AUA

See Also

• Michael Zenke's Posts — Various comments from Michael
• ESOU Podcast ft. ESO Loremaster Michael Zenke

External Links

Interview with Michael Zenke

Gallery

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  Zenke (bottom)

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  Zenke teaching the lore to a group of enamored streamers

Notes

• Michael Zenke previously suggested Pyandonea as an Adventure Zone before the system was scrapped.