Lawrence Schick | |
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Role(s) | Designer, Writer |
Softworks tenure | May 2009–Feb 2019 |
Alias(es) | ZOS_LawrenceSchick |
Lawrence Schick was the lead content designer and loremaster at ZeniMax Online Studios in the late 2000s and throughout 2010s. Schick joined ZeniMax Online Studios in May 2009 as lead content designer for ESO. He was promoted to lead content writer in 2010, and in 2011 was promoted again to lead loremaster. He announced in February 2019 that he would be retiring from his position due to family reasons, being succeeded by Leamon Tuttle, and wrote an open letter to the community about the lore of the franchise's unique world. He now works at Larian Studios in Dublin, Ireland.
Schick's career as a game writer began in the late 1970s, when he was one of the early writers involved in Dungeons and Dragons. Through the 80s and 90s he was involved with many successful titles, and developed an interest in LARPs (Live Action Role Playing). In the early 2000s he was a freelance writer, up until 2007 when he joined the team for the planned MMO (but released as a single-player game) Kingdoms of Amalur. The team for KOA included former Elder Scrolls developer Ken Rolston.
Schick often roleplayed and answered questions under the name Phrastus of Elinhir, and occasionally appeared as a guest on episodes of ESO Live.
CreditsEdit
- The Elder Scrolls Online — Lead Loremaster[1]
- The Improved Emperor's Guide to Tamriel — Co-Author[2]
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited — Lead Loremaster[1]
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind — Lead Loremaster[1]
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Morrowind: Naryu's Journal — Author[2]
- The Elder Scrolls Legends — Lead Loremaster
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset — Lead Loremaster[1]
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset: The Alinor Codex — Co-Author[2]
- The Elder Scrolls Online: Elsweyr — Lead Loremaster[1]
Books AuthoredEdit
This list is non-exhaustive and includes only texts of which Schick is known to be a primary author.
- A Betrayal of Our Heritage[3]
- A Child's Tamriel Bestiary[3]
- A Life Barbaric and Brutal[3]
- A Life of Strife and Struggle[3]
- A Looter's Paradise[3]
- A Reminder from the Judge[3]
- A Royal Embarrassment[3]
- A Warning to the Aldmeri Dominion[3]
- Alchemy: Discovering Traits[3]
- Amethyst Mining in the Alik'r[3]
- Ancient Scrolls of the Dwemer IV[3]
- Ancient Scrolls of the_Dwemer VIII[3]
- Ardent Flame: Draconic or Endemic?[3]
- Aspects of Lord Hircine[3]
- Aura of the Righteous[3]
- Aurbic Enigma 4: The Elden Tree[3]
- Ayleid Survivals in Valenwood[3]
- Ayrenn: The Unforeseen Queen[3]
- Bangkorai, Shield of High Rock[3]
- Beginning Bladecraft: 7 Precepts[3]
- Bisnensel: Our Ancient Roots[3]
- Blessed, Blessed Satakalaam[3]
- Bowyer and Fletcher[3]
- Breaking the Cycle of Tyranny[3]
- Chaotic Creatia: The Azure Plasm[3]
- Chim-el Adabal: A Ballad[3]
- Clothier: Light Armor Basics[3]
- Cohort Briefing: Arenthia[3]
- Cooking Mastery, The Easy Way[3]
- Correct Ways of Slaying Ra-Netu: 12[3]
- Crimes of the Daggerfall Covenant[3]
- Crow and Raven: Three Short Fables[3]
- Daedra Dossier: Cold-Flame Atronach[3]
- Daedra Worship: The Ayleids[3]
- Daedra Worship: The Chimer[3]
- Dark Magic: Three Pretexts[3]
- Den of Thieves, Part Two[3]
- Elven Eyes, Elven Spies[3]
- Enigma of the Runestones[3]
- Epode of the Ansei Wards[3]
- Eulogy for Emperor Varen[3]
- Exegesis of Merid-Nunda[3]
- Factor Luluelle's Report[3]
- Field Guide to Spriggans[3]
- Forged in the Heart of Mundus[3]
- Fragmentae Abyssum Hermaeus Morus[3]
- Ghosts of the Old Tower[3]
- Glyphs and Enchantment[3]
- Goodnight Mundus[3]
- Guide to the Daggerfall Covenant[3]
- Guide to the Ebonheart Pact[3]
- Guild Memo on Soul-Trapping[3]
- House Tharn of Nibenay[3]
- I was Summoned by a Mortal[3]
- Jorunn the Skald-King[3]
- Khajiiti Honorifics[3]
- King Farangel's Beer Ballad[3]
- King Kurog's Promise[3]
- Lady Laurent's Qharroa Notes[3]
- Lady Murcien's Folly[3]
- Legacy of the Dragonguard[3]
- Legend of the Yokudan Chargers[3]
- Lessuns Lerned Garding Caravans[3]
- Letter to Hosni[3]
- Mine Safety Regulations[3]
- Moon-Sugar for Glossy Fur? Yes![3]
- Mora'at's Theory of Lightning[3]
- Motalion Necropolis Report[3]
- Mythical Beast, Real Powers[3]
- Nilata Search Plan[3]
- Northglen Farm Opportunities[3]
- Northpoint: An Assessment[3]
- Note to Throne Keeper Farvad[3]
- Noxiphilic Sanguivoria[3]
- Oath of a Dishonored Clan[3]
- On the Detachment of the Sheath[3]
- On the Nature of Coldharbour[3]
- On the Utility of Shock Magic[3]
- Once[3]
- One Staff, Many Staves[3]
- Persistence of Daedric Veneration[3]
- Picnic at Pelin (A Horror Story)[3]
- Princess Urenenya's Letter[3]
- Principles of Conjuration[3]
- Proper-Life: Three Chants[3]
- Proposal: Schools of Magic[3]
- Protocols of Propriety, Order Seven[3]
- Protocols of the Court of Contempt[3]
- Crafting Motif 1: High Elf Style[3]
- Crafting Motif 2: Dark Elf Style[3]
- Crafting Motif 3: Wood Elf Style[3]
- Crafting Motif 4: Nord Style[3]
- Crafting Motif 5: Breton Style[3]
- Crafting Motif 6: Redguard Style[3]
- Crafting Motif 7: Khajiit Style[3]
- Crafting Motif 8: Orc Style[3]
- Crafting Motif 9: Argonian Style[3]
- Crafting Motif 10: Imperial Style[3]
- Crafting Motif 11: Ancient Elf Style[3]
- Crafting Motif 12: Barbaric Style[3]
- Crafting Motif 13: Primal Style[3]
- Crafting Motif 14: Daedric Style[3]
- Receipt for Arcane Tomes[3]
- Regarding the "Fists of Thalmor"[3]
- Regarding the Ebonheart Pact[3]
- Return to Orsinium[3]
- Rituals of the Harmonious Masters[3]
- Rumors of the Spiral Skein[3]
- Sacred Rites of the Stonechewers[3]
- Sacrilege and Mayhem in the Alik'r[3]
- Secrets Overheard in Apocrypha[3]
- Sentinel, the Jewel of Alik'r[3]
- Shipyard Workers, Take Warning![3]
- Shornhelm, Crown City of the North[3]
- Sorcery is Not Necromancy![3]
- Speech Notes[3]
- Sphinxmoth Bandit Leader's Notes[3]
- Stendarr's Divine Spear[3]
- Stepping through Shadows[3]
- Stibbons' Qharroa Checklist[3]
- Strakes and Futtocks[3]
- Subtropical Cyrodiil: A Speculation[3]
- The 26th of First Seed is Upon Us![3]
- The All-Beneficent King Fahara'jad[3]
- The Ballad of Navid the Singer[3]
- The Black Forge[3]
- The Book of Circles, Sundas Maxims[3]
- The Book of Circles, Tirdas Maxims[3]
- The Book of Circles: Forging Maxims[3]
- The Bretons: Mongrels or Paragons?[3]
- The Coldharbour Compact[3]
- The Consecrations of Arkay[3]
- The Eagle and the Cat[3]
- The Eight Steps of Mummification[3]
- The Exclusionary Mandates[3]
- The Five Points of the Star[3]
- The Four Abominations[3]
- The Friend of All Mortals[3]
- The Glenmoril Wyrd[3]
- The Great Siege of Orsinium[3]
- The Heartland of Cyrodiil[3]
- The Horse-Folk of Silverhoof[3]
- The Illusion of Death[3]
- The Knightly Orders of High Rock[3]
- The Lay of Firsthold[3]
- The Library of Dusk: Rare Books[3]
- The Lightless Oubliette[3]
- The Lost Islands of Old Yokuda[3]
- The Moon Cats and their Dance[3]
- The Mystery of Gargoyles—Solved! [3]
- The Nereid's Dilemma[3]
- The Onus of the Oghma[3]
- The Order of the Black Worm[3]
- The Remnant of Light[3]
- The Ring of Daggers[3]
- The Rite of Boethiah's Gauntlet[3]
- The Royal Lineage of Sentinel[3]
- The Salas En Expedition[3]
- The Second Akaviri Invasion[3]
- The Slave Pits of Coldharbour[3]
- The Story of Princess Eselde[3]
- The Time of the Ebonheart Pact[3]
- The True-Told Tale of Hallin, Pt. 1[3]
- The True-Told Tale of Hallin, Pt. 2[3]
- The Viridian Sentinel[3]
- The Whithering of Delodiil[3]
- The Worthy Ar-Azal, His Deeds[3]
- Threat of the Baandari Pedlars[3]
- To Clarice—Be My Darling![3]
- To Dream Beyond Dreams[3]
- To Smite with Dragon Claws[3]
- Tower of Adamant[3]
- Triumphs of a Monarch, Ch. 3[3]
- Triumphs of a Monarch, Ch. 6[3]
- Triumphs of a Monarch, Ch. 10[3]
- True Heirs of the Empire[3]
- Tu'whacca, Arkay, Xarxes[3]
- Uela's Song[3]
- Vindication for the Dragon Break[3]
- Wait Till Next Time[3]
- Wayrest Guard Orders[3]
- Wayshrines of Tamriel[3]
- Welcome to New Aldmeri Irregulars[3]
- Worm Saga[3]
- Yours for the Taking![3]
- Lady Cinnabar Answers Your Questions
- Sage Svari Answers Your Questions
- Divayth Fyr Answers Your Questions
- Telenger the Artificer Answers Your Questions
- The Unveiled Azadiyeh Answers Your Questions
- Phrastus of Elinhir Answers Your Questions
- The Abbot Crassius Viria Answers Your Questions
- Thendaramur Death-Blossom Answers Your Questions
- Aicantar of Shimmerene Answers Your Questions
- Flaminius Auctor Answers Your Questions
- Gwaering Answers Your Questions
- Heita-Meen Answers Your Questions
- Turuk Redclaws Answers Your Questions
- Kireth Vanos Answers Your Questions
- High King Emeric Answers Your Questions
- Moon Bishop Hunal Answers Your Questions
- Chancellor Abnur Tharn Answers Your Questions
- Arthenice Belloq Answers Your Questions
- Telenger the Artificer Answers Your Questions 2
- High Astrologer Caecilus Bursio Answers Your Questions
- Moth Sister Terran Arminus Answers Your Questions
- Esqoo of Dhalmora Answers Your Questions
- Lyranth the Foolkiller Answers Your Questions
- Artorius Ponticus Answers Your Questions
- Augustine Viliane Answers Your Questions
- Chamberlain Haskill Answers Your Questions
- The Drake of Blades Answers Your Questions
- Master Assistant Materials Acquirer Pacrooti Answers Your Questions
- Gabrielle Benele Answers Your Questions
- Chancellor Abnur Tharn Answers Your Questions 2
- Lady Clarisse Laurent Answers Your Questions
- Lady Honnorah af-Lahreq Answers Your Questions
- Lady Eloisse Answers Your Questions
- Mycaelis Julus Answers Your Questions
- Lord Fa-Nuit-Hen and Tutor Riparius Answer Your Questions
- Lord Fa-Nuit-Hen and Tutor Riparius Answer Your Questions 2
- Members of the Hew's Bane Thieves Guild Answer Your Questions
- Loremaster's Archive: Murkmire Q&A
- Loremaster's Archive: Murkmire Q&A Part 2
Out-of-game (see also: Lawrence Schick's Posts)
Relevant InterviewsEdit
- Jan 2013: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: The Elder Scrolls Online: Alliances at War
- May 2013: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: Journey to Coldharbour
- Jan 2014: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: Unboxing the Imperial Edition
- Apr 2014: Wired: Meet 'The Loremaster': Elder Scrolls historian
- Jun 2014: Treehouse Brand Stores: The Hero's Guides to the Elder Scrolls Online - Official Unboxing by Loremaster Lawrence Schick
- Sep 2014 ZenimaxOnlineStudios: ESO Writing Team AUA
- Oct 2014: ESO Guild Summit 2014 - Writing and Lore
- Apr 2015: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: ESO Live - Episode 15
- May 2015: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: ESO Live - Episode 18
- Jun 2015: 20 Minuten: The Elder Scrolls Online: "Die Welt muss exotisch und glaubwürdig sein"
- Oct 2015: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: ESO Live - Orsinium Special
- Nov 2015: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: ESO Live - Episode 29
- Dec 2015: Roleplay Headquarters: The Loremaster Talks RP - Scrollplay Special
- May 2016: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: PAX East 2016 - ESO Community Q&A Panel
- May 2016: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: PAX East 2016 - Storytelling in ESO Panel
- Sep 2016: Matt Chat 353: Lawrence Schick on Elder Scrolls Online
- May 2017: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: ESO Live - The Influential Factions of Vvardenfell
- Jun 2017: ShackNews: Elder Scrolls Online's Lead Lorekeeper on Story, Collaboration, and History
- Oct 2017: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: ESO Live: Learn the Lore of Clockwork City!
- May 2018: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset Story & Lore Livestream
- Sep 2018: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: The Elder Scrolls Online – Summerfall Event Special Livestream!
- Jan 2019: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: The Elder Scrolls Online – Season of the Dragon Reveal
- Feb 2019: ZenimaxOnlineStudios: A Letter to the Community from ESO's Loremaster
- Oct 2019: Tel Mora Independant Press: Post-ZOS interview with Lawrence Schick
- Apr 2021: Lawrence Schick and Phrastus on Altmer Culture
- Mar 2022: Sidequest: Meet Lawrence Schick the "Loremaster" – ingles
- May 2024: Eurogamer: From creating D&D to making Baldur's Gate 3: meet the man who coined the term XP
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External LinksEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b c d e ElderScrollsOnline.com: ESO Credits
- ^ a b c SwashbucklingAdventure.net: Lawrence Schick Game Credits
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