GS: We've seen some screenshots of Solstheim's snowy landscapes. Tell us about the setting. Where is the island located, and what's its history?

AC: Solstheim is an untamed land that the Empire has decided needs to be explored. The East Empire Company, a new faction you can join, has received a charter from the Empire to find out what resources are on this island.

The first rumors you hear are about problems at Fort Frostmoth, a remote outpost on the island. When you arrive, you'll realize that none of the soldiers want to be here. It's boring being in the middle of nowhere. And they haven't really put any effort into taming the wilderness. There are no roads anywhere. The forests are full of wild bears, wolves, and spriggans.

The natives are a cast-off tribe of nature-worshipping nords. There's a subset of these nords who broke off and built a mead hall where they do nothing but brawl, drink mead, and sing drinking songs.

There is a mysterious castle to the north guarded by rieklings, small ice minion creatures.

Smugglers use Solstheim as a place a refuge from the authorities. You'll find their camps along rivers and the coast.