Second Era of Tamriel

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fictional time period historical era

The Second Era of Tamriel is a turbulent historical period in The Elder Scrolls universe marked by political fragmentation, warring alliances, and the events surrounding the rise of the Second Empire.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Second Era of Tamriel canonical	2
First Era of Tamriel	1
Interregnum in Cyrodiil	1
Second Era (The Elder Scrolls Online timeline)	1
Second Era (The Elder Scrolls Online)	1
Second Era of Tamrielic history	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2911088 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Second Era of Tamriel
Context triple: [The Elder Scrolls Online, hasFictionalTimeSetting, Second Era of Tamriel]

A. Warlord Era
The Warlord Era was a turbulent period in early 20th-century China marked by fragmented regional rule, military cliques, and ongoing civil conflict following the fall of the Qing dynasty.
B. Dark Ages
The Dark Ages is a historical term, now largely outdated, that refers to the early medieval period in Europe, traditionally characterized as a time of cultural and economic decline following the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
C. The Elder Scrolls
The Elder Scrolls is a long-running fantasy role-playing video game franchise known for its expansive open worlds, deep lore, and player-driven exploration and storytelling.
D. Second Age
The Second Age is a pivotal era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the rise and fall of Númenor, the forging of the Rings of Power, and Sauron’s first great bid for dominion.
E. Third Age
The Third Age is a pivotal historical era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the rise and fall of Sauron and culminating in the events of The Lord of the Rings.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Second Era of Tamriel
Target entity description: The Second Era of Tamriel is a turbulent historical period in The Elder Scrolls universe marked by political fragmentation, warring alliances, and the events surrounding the rise of the Second Empire.

A. Warlord Era
The Warlord Era was a turbulent period in early 20th-century China marked by fragmented regional rule, military cliques, and ongoing civil conflict following the fall of the Qing dynasty.
B. Dark Ages
The Dark Ages is a historical term, now largely outdated, that refers to the early medieval period in Europe, traditionally characterized as a time of cultural and economic decline following the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
C. The Elder Scrolls
The Elder Scrolls is a long-running fantasy role-playing video game franchise known for its expansive open worlds, deep lore, and player-driven exploration and storytelling.
D. Second Age
The Second Age is a pivotal era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the rise and fall of Númenor, the forging of the Rings of Power, and Sauron’s first great bid for dominion.
E. Third Age
The Third Age is a pivotal historical era in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, marked by the rise and fall of Sauron and culminating in the events of The Lord of the Rings.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional time period ⓘ historical era ⓘ
appearsIn	The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard ⓘ The Elder Scrolls Online ⓘ The Elder Scrolls franchise ⓘ linked to: The Elder Scrolls
characterizedBy	absence of a unified Cyrodiilic Empire ⓘ interregnum period ⓘ political fragmentation ⓘ rise and fall of multiple short‑lived regimes ⓘ warring alliances ⓘ
chronologicallyLocatedIn	Mundus ⓘ
createdBy	Bethesda Game Studios ⓘ
documentedIn	in‑universe texts of The Elder Scrolls ⓘ
follows	First Era of Tamriel ⓘ linked to: Second Era of Tamriel
genre	fantasy ⓘ
governedBy	local kings and warlords ⓘ various competing alliances ⓘ
hasTheme	Daedric interference in mortal affairs ⓘ conflict between alliances ⓘ rise and collapse of empires ⓘ struggle for imperial unification ⓘ
languageOfDepiction	Tamrielic (in‑universe) ⓘ
medium	game lore ⓘ video games ⓘ
notableFor	Akaviri influence in Cyrodiil ⓘ Daedric Prince Molag Bal’s attempted fusion of Coldharbour with Nirn ⓘ Mannimarco’s activities ⓘ Planemeld crisis ⓘ Three Banners War ⓘ emergence of the Fighters Guild ⓘ emergence of the Mages Guild ⓘ formation of the Aldmeri Dominion (Second Era) ⓘ formation of the Daggerfall Covenant ⓘ formation of the Ebonheart Pact ⓘ reign of Emperor Reman Cyrodiil’s successors ⓘ rise of the Dark Brotherhood ⓘ rise of the Second Empire of Cyrodiil ⓘ rise of the Thieves Guild as a continent‑wide organization ⓘ
ownedBy	Bethesda Softworks ⓘ
partOf	timeline of The Elder Scrolls universe ⓘ
precedes	Third Era of Tamriel ⓘ
setIn	continent of Tamriel ⓘ linked to: Tamriel
universe	The Elder Scrolls universe ⓘ linked to: The Elder Scrolls
usedAsSettingFor	main storyline of The Elder Scrolls Online ⓘ various ESO expansions and DLCs ⓘ

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