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Elder Scrolls 6 likely subtitled 'Sentinel' after Starfield easter egg and CEO hint

Bethesda CEO Asha Sharma watched a playthrough of The Elder Scrolls 6 and referred to its subtitle using eight asterisks, prompting fans to look for an eight-letter name. An Easter egg in Starfield — the employee number 190514-2009140512 shown during character creation — decodes into the letters S,E,N,T,I,N,E,L, spelling SENTINEL. Sentinel is a city on the Iliac Bay and its name echoes the rumored development codename 'Guardian' and The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall's city-based title, linking the tease to series lore.

• Bethesda CEO Asha Sharma viewed a playthrough and referenced the game's subtitle with eight asterisks while union members protested outside the studio with red flags and a large inflatable rat.
• In Starfield's character-creation screen the employee number 190514-2009140512, split into pairs, maps to alphabet positions 19,05,14,20,09,14,05,12, which correspond to the letters S E N T I N E L.
• Sentinel is an established city and provincial capital in the Iliac Bay region of The Elder Scrolls setting.
• The name 'Sentinel' aligns with the rumored development codename 'Guardian' (a synonym) and mirrors the franchise precedent of naming games after cities, as with The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall.