I’m embarrassed to say that I have encountered this, this particular type of story on multiple occasions… So I got curious, is there a name to this trope?
I’m embarrassed to say that I have encountered this, this particular type of story on multiple occasions… So I got curious, is there a name to this trope?
The Elder Scrolls. It’s not explicitly stated, but iirc it’s highly suggested it’s post-apocalyptic. That said, it’s still fantasy, there’s still magic, spellcasting and so forth (there’s no indication that the magic is the result of lost tech becoming indistinguishable from magic); it’s just that the lore highly suggests it may be post-apocalyptic.
Sauce? It’s not even on TVTropes
There is a fan theory that Fallout lead to TES because of radiation. It holds about as much water as a sieve, but its fun.
Oh man, you have no idea how deep the Elder Scrolls lore hole goes.
Can’t find anything on this specifically though
Oh wait, do you mean on the post apocalypse idea? Ehhhh I’m not certain it is. There is a creation story, and then a “do over” in the lore. But nothing like our civ level in the past for it.
There’s probably a lore video about it on YouTube somewhere though.
EDIT: Found a video, and it’s a short one.
https://youtu.be/7MrAWS-MiMU?si=qvRmLC5IP0d-FpPH
I’d recommend YouTube for easy to find lore breakdowns. For text stuff look up Michael Kirkbride.
Here’s a bunch of his stuff:
https://en.uesp.net/wiki/General:Michael_Kirkbride’s_Texts