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ESO Season One Brings the Thieves Guild to Glenumbra on July 8

A new questline relocates the criminal fraternity from Hew's Bane to High Rock, with returning characters and a new cartel threat — available to all players at Season One launch.

Distilled Jul 7, 2026·1 min read·source confidence82%
The Elder Scrolls® Online

The Elder Scrolls Online's Season One, launching July 8, introduces a new Thieves Guild storyline set in Glenumbra rather than the guild's previous home of Hew's Bane. The narrative premise: the Abah's Landing chapter sees an opportunity to establish a new foothold in High Rock, one of the Daggerfall Covenant's main trading hubs.

What changed

  • A new story questline featuring the Thieves Guild is included with Season One and available to all ESO players
  • The guild relocates from Hew's Bane to Glenumbra, described as a lucrative trading region
  • Quen — a character from the original Thieves Guild DLC — returns as a central figure, now a senior guild member pursued by a Lion Guard captain for a crime she didn't commit
  • The questline involves uniting three distinct Daggerfall gangs: the Streethawks, House Menant, and the Roadsworn
  • The common antagonist is a newly introduced faction called the Koldane Cartel
  • The narrative was shaped by Lead Narrative Designer Richard Baker and Zone Lead Ed Stark

The source text ends mid-sentence, so details about the gang leaders and further plot specifics remain unknown from the material provided.

For returning players, the hook is continuity — Quen and the Abah's Landing guild carry forward from prior content — while the Glenumbra setting and the Koldane Cartel give the arc a fresh stage.

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