Fourth Era

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fictional historical era time period in The Elder Scrolls universe

The Fourth Era is a major historical period in The Elder Scrolls universe, marked by the aftermath of the Oblivion Crisis and significant political and magical upheavals across Tamriel.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fourth Era canonical	15
Fourth Era of Tamriel	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12912268 — 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: Fourth Era
Context triple: [Tamriel, hasEra, Fourth Era]

A. Third Era
The Third Era is a major historical period in The Elder Scrolls universe marked by the rule of the Septim Dynasty and many of the series’ most significant events.
B. Second Era
The Second Era is a pivotal historical period in The Elder Scrolls universe marked by political fragmentation, the rise and fall of empires, and events leading up to the founding of the Septim Dynasty.
C. First Era
The First Era is the earliest recorded historical period in The Elder Scrolls’ continent of Tamriel, marked by the rise and fall of ancient empires, legendary heroes, and foundational events that shape the series’ lore.
D. Imperial Era
The Imperial Era is the period in the Star Wars galaxy when the Galactic Empire holds power between the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Rebel Alliance.
E. Acharonic era
The Acharonic era is a historical period associated with the life, teachings, or influence of the Jewish sage Taz (Rabbi David HaLevi Segal) and his halachic work.
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: Fourth Era
Target entity description: The Fourth Era is a major historical period in The Elder Scrolls universe, marked by the aftermath of the Oblivion Crisis and significant political and magical upheavals across Tamriel.

A. Third Era
The Third Era is a major historical period in The Elder Scrolls universe marked by the rule of the Septim Dynasty and many of the series’ most significant events.
B. Second Era
The Second Era is a pivotal historical period in The Elder Scrolls universe marked by political fragmentation, the rise and fall of empires, and events leading up to the founding of the Septim Dynasty.
C. First Era
The First Era is the earliest recorded historical period in The Elder Scrolls’ continent of Tamriel, marked by the rise and fall of ancient empires, legendary heroes, and foundational events that shape the series’ lore.
D. Imperial Era
The Imperial Era is the period in the Star Wars galaxy when the Galactic Empire holds power between the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Rebel Alliance.
E. Acharonic era
The Acharonic era is a historical period associated with the life, teachings, or influence of the Jewish sage Taz (Rabbi David HaLevi Segal) and his halachic work.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional historical era ⓘ time period in The Elder Scrolls universe ⓘ
appearsIn	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (ending events) ⓘ linked to: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ⓘ The Elder Scrolls novels ⓘ linked to: The Elder Scrolls
characterizedBy	aftermath of the Oblivion Crisis ⓘ decline of the Empire of Tamriel ⓘ increased Thalmor influence ⓘ magical upheaval in Tamriel ⓘ political upheaval in Tamriel ⓘ rise of the Aldmeri Dominion ⓘ
feature	shifts in religious and political power across Tamriel ⓘ weakening of the barriers between Mundus and Oblivion ⓘ
followedBy	unknown later eras ⓘ
follows	Third Era ⓘ
governedBy	Mede Dynasty (later Imperial period) ⓘ
hasLocation	Black Marsh ⓘ Cyrodiil ⓘ Elsweyr ⓘ Hammerfell ⓘ High Rock ⓘ Morrowind ⓘ Orsinium ⓘ Skyrim ⓘ linked to: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Summerset Isles ⓘ Tamriel ⓘ Valenwood ⓘ
includesEvent	Argonian invasion of Morrowind ⓘ linked to: Argonian invasion of Morrowind after the Red Year Great War between the Empire and the Aldmeri Dominion ⓘ linked to: Great War with the Aldmeri Dominion Markarth Incident ⓘ Red Year ⓘ Stormcloak Rebellion ⓘ Umbriel Crisis ⓘ destruction of much of Vvardenfell ⓘ disappearance of the Dwemer remains unresolved ⓘ eruption of Red Mountain ⓘ events of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ⓘ return of Alduin ⓘ linked to: Alduin rise of the Dragonborn of Skyrim ⓘ signing of the White-Gold Concordat ⓘ linked to: White-Gold Concordat
medium	video games ⓘ
notableFaction	Aldmeri Dominion ⓘ College of Winterhold ⓘ Dark Brotherhood ⓘ Empire of Tamriel ⓘ linked to: Third Empire of Tamriel (historically) Imperial Legion ⓘ Stormcloaks ⓘ linked to: The Stormcloaks Thalmor ⓘ linked to: Thalmor (Fourth Era influence) Thieves Guild of Riften ⓘ
occursInFictionalUniverse	The Elder Scrolls ⓘ
partOf	timeline of The Elder Scrolls ⓘ
precededBy	Third Era ⓘ
startEvent	assassination of Emperor Martin Septim ⓘ destruction of the Amulet of Kings ⓘ end of the Oblivion Crisis ⓘ linked to: Oblivion Crisis end of the Septim Dynasty ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tamriel → hasEra → Fourth Era ⓘ

Black Marsh → eraMentioned → Fourth Era ⓘ

Yokudan pantheon → eraOfProminence → Fourth Era ⓘ

Bretons → eraActive → Fourth Era ⓘ

Summurset → eraFeaturedIn → Fourth Era ⓘ

Lilmoth → era → Fourth Era ⓘ

An-Xileel → eraActive → Fourth Era ⓘ

Argonian invasion of Morrowind after the Red Year → timePeriod → Fourth Era ⓘ

Argonian tribes → eraMentioned → Fourth Era ⓘ

Orsinium → hasHistoricalEra → Fourth Era ⓘ

Third Era → followedBy → Fourth Era ⓘ

Alinor → eraActive → Fourth Era ⓘ

Third Era of Tamriel → precedes → Fourth Era of Tamriel ⓘ

linked to: Fourth Era

Great War → era → Fourth Era ⓘ

Abecean Sea → inLoreEra → Fourth Era ⓘ

Wayrest → era → Fourth Era ⓘ

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