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This will be a long post, here is theTLDR;

So we have all probably seen the news by now, Asha Sharma has seen a live playthrough of TESVI while she was visiting Bethesda Game Studios, after which we have been given the first ever clue regarding the subtitle of the 6th main instalment of The Elder Scrolls franchise. To anyone who have missed it, here is the tweet;

Asha Sharma tweets about seeing TESVI and hints that the subtitle contains 8 symbols. BGS confirmed it in a reply.

This is the most amount of news we have gotten so far after the official teaser has dropped. Knowing it is 8 symbols we can give a more precise guess list for the subtitles. I will later on go more in-depth regarding the possibilities of the subtitles and why these could be chosen as the subtitle. One of these subtitles does have some trademark background which I think is interesting.

Here is the list of probable subtitles;

1. Sentinel
2. Dominion
3. Remnants
4. Redguard
5. Aldmeris
6. Evermore

These are guesses given by the community as seen on this subreddit, but there are also some oddballs thrown in there by myself, which I would say have a lower probability of being the subtitle but the reasons why it could be possible are interesting enough to add them :D

TESVI: Sentinel

I think this is the leading guess for the games subtitle, Sentinel is pretty much the capital of Hammerfell, a huge port city known for trade, craftmanship, music, food... it is the largest city with the highest population in Hammerfell. We do know that it contains a Mages Guild and that many known people like Cyrus or Weltan call Sentinel their home.

This would follow the Province/Place naming convention that Bethesda have used for 3 previous games; Morrowind, Skyrim and Daggerfall.

Source: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Sentinel

TESVI: Dominion

The second most voted on subtitle, this would follow the event naming convention like Arena and Oblivion. Outside of Dominion meaning taking control over a country and/or people, this makes sense seeing Hammefell history where both the Empire and the Aldmeri Dominion seeked to take control over Hammerfell in their own ways.

Hammerfell is currently independent, they have broken off from the Empire and the Second Treaty of Stros M'kai gave them breathing room from the Aldmeri Dominion which seeks to reinstate the power of the 1st Aldmeri Dominion.

Sources;
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Second_Treaty_of_Stros_M%27Kai
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Hammerfell

TESVI: Remnants

This is more of a follow up to the previous on, whilst searching up the lore for the subtitles I came across this little lore bit, that after the Second Treaty of Stros M'Kai has been signed, a more secretive group was formed, the Remnants, also known as Eyes that Watch. This group of warriors and spies have one role, make sure that the Aldmeri Dominion keeps their end of the Treaty.

Interestingly enough also, the Remnants actually do operate in Skyrim and we do meet members of this group, Fijeh whom we help to rescue Rakeed from the Thalmor, we even get a neat armour set upon completing the questline*

This group is very influential in Hammefell, more of an open-secret group but their influence stretches far and wide, and it has been hinted that there is a resistance growing in Hammerfell.

*Redguard Elite Armaments where all this is found is a Creation Mod, however it is an official Creation Mod created by Bethesda Games Studios and published in 2021 for Skyrim Anniversary Edition. It is interesting that such an addition has been added by BGS themselves to Skyrim and in 2021 out of all dates, this would be around the time where TESVI would have been finalizing the concept stage...perhaps a hint?

Sources:
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Second_Treaty_of_Stros_M%27Kai
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:Remnants
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Fijeh
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Interception
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Redguard_Elite_Armaments

TESVI: Redguard

Here, we have a trademark! and a interesting one at that. The trademark was filed on March 2011, before Skyrim released, we know that BGS already knows the next game before releasing the one they are working on. But some may say, isn't it tied to the TES Adventures: Redguard game? well I have checked, and it's not linked to it which makes it weird.... The trademark has finally been closed as abandoned in 2014 after 5 extensions were granted, then the trademark was resubmitted in 2014 and it went through another 4 years of extensions granted and left abandoned in 2018.... Why would Zenimax do that?

Some say, that it was just IP protection, but it doesn't really make much sense to me because for example you do not have the same type of active protective procedures with the likes of High Rock, Khajiit, Elswheyr etc, so what makes "Redguard" so unique? The 98' game has a different set of trademarks, I have checked... also if it were connected to the 98' game there would be an Use Statement filed as TES Adventures: Redguard has been back for purchase on e-stores as far back as 2015 on GOG, that counts as active usage.

Source:
https://www.trademarkia.com/redguard-86332968
https://www.trademarkia.com/redguard-85263438

TESVI: Aldmeris & TESVI: Evermore

These are more of the far-fetched ideas, not going to go into much detail, Aldmeris is the long forgotten land of the elves, and well that is where the Aldmeri Dominion gets it's name. Evermore is one of the Kingdoms in HighRock that borders both Hammerfell and Skyrim, and that is somewhat close to where the camera starts in the TESVI Teaser.

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So there is that, I am actively looking at the trademarks, trying to spot anything out of the ordinary, anything that could match The Elder Scrolls.

Seeing how now we are getting hints at the Subtitle, it does mean that the marketing machine is starting to churn, you do not give such hints if you aren't planning to do a reveal during the next couple of months. My money is on TGA, it just seems fitting, Todd Howard loves stage presence and TGA is the largest gaming event reaching an audience of over 170mil, that is a reach that you cannot just take advantage of.

Xbox needs new customers, so revealing TESVI during an Xbox event just doesn't make sense as there you are just getting people who are already customers of Xbox, these aren't new customers. Not to mention the Xbox Events at most get what? 5mil views? If Bethesda Games Studios would be able to just get 1% of the TGA audience on-board, that is 1.7million new customers, to put that into perspective, if 1.7million new Players bought TESVI at $69.99, that is almost $118 million in revenue, about 25% of the games budget if we are to believe it will be in the ballpark of $400-500mil.