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Elden Ring: 10 Little Known Facts About Malenia

Elden Ring: 10 Little Known Facts About Malenia

Both the Azur's Glintstone Staff and Lusat's are frequently regarded among fans as two of the best staffs in the game. While the latter is more focused on sheer power, the former opts to focus more on the spellcasting side of thi

Elden Ring is a rich medieval dark-fantasy world, but FromSoftware borrowed some elements from its other acclaimed PlayStation RPG, Bloodborne . Specifically, it uses cosmic aspects in its worldbuilding, namely from the world's Outer G

Players take on the role of an amnesiac detective trying to solve the case and his past, with the game being lauded for its incredible flexibility in what kind of detective they want to be and the clever and witty humor that pokes at various philosophical and political ideologies. Few games do immersion as good or better than Disco Elysium , and the voice acting added in The Final Cut makes it even more essent

One of Elden Ring 's most popular characters wasn't even in the game itself. "Let Me Solo Her," controlled by Twitter user Klein Tsuboi was a person who could appear as a co-op partner in multiplayer. They had a very amusing design, being nearly naked except for a pot on their head. They became notorious for beating the video Game franchise evolution's toughest boss, Mele

However, in what's the biggest revelation of Elden Ring , Marika and Radagon are technically the same people. It's alluded in Miriel's dialogue in the Church of Vows that Radagon was hiding a dark secret, and it's that Queen Marika created him as her male h

When it comes to JRPGs, SquareEnix's Final Fantasy franchise is a titan of the industry, becoming synonymous with the subgenre in the process. The publisher recently finished releasing the last of the games in the Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster collection, and are perhaps some of the easiest picks for longtime fans looking for a dose of 16-bit-era nostalgia and newcomers with even a cursory interest in getting into the ser

For whatever reason, the early aughts animated film Shrek has become a big meme, and putting the green ogre in strange new situations is a running joke across the internet these days. Elden Ring wasn't immune to this phenomenon and this mod puts the ogre over the enemy Fire Prel

Marika is an Empyrean, a vessel chosen by the Two Fingers to serve an outer god known as the Greater Will. As ruler of the land, she formed the Golden Order under the Greater Will that dictates many of the world’s inhabitants' actions, like why Trolls pull coffins across the Lands Between . For all the mystery and intrigue surrounding Marika, a few items reveal her backstory. The Numen’s Rune item description explains that Marika belongs to the race of Numen. This also ties her to the Black Knife Assassins, as their armor description reveals them also to be Numen. It’s possible to select Numen as the player’s race in the character creation menu, where it is stated that they are a race of long-lived individuals that descend from another wo

Fia’s quest line brings the Tarnished face to face with Godwyn’s corpse. At one point in the quest, the Tarnished enters Fia, the Deathbed Companion’s Dream , and fights the Lichdragon Fortissax in an arena in front of the Prince of Death. The concept of entering dreams opens the possibility of meeting Godwyn in his younger state. It could also be possible to encounter the real Godwyn, the Golden, by traveling back in time, something the player does when they fight the Dragonlord Placidu

Caelid was thoroughly decimated after Malenia and Radahn's fight during the Shattering War, and especially after the former let her Scarlet Rot blossom. Though, this smaller-scale cataclysmic event did inspire a devout religious following around

Nox, translated from Latin, means "night." The Nox, wanting revenge on The Greater Will, sought to forge their Lord of Night with the use of Mimic Silver Tears. These are fluid beings that make up Elden Ring 's most overpowered Spirit Ashes , and can take on a multitude of forms. They are often seen as silver blobs but also appear as Nightfolk, one of the selectable races in the character creation menu. The Mimic Tear Ashes and Silver Tear Husk item descriptions explain the Nox’s attempts to create a lord. It isn’t clear whether or not they succeeded, but if they had, the Nox wanted this lord to bring about the Age of Stars and overthrow the Greater W

The Prince of Death's Staff will serve as a great weapon for players that want to be flexible in both Intelligence and Faith. As the name suggests, it buffs Death sorceries and can be found in The Nameless Eternal C

[Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Elden Ring .] Marika is one of the most mysterious characters in Elden Ring . Most of her story happens in the past, but the game’s significant events occur because of her actions. It shows how powerful and influential Marika is in this world. The potential of her being a Mimic from the Eternal City is an essential point on the timeline of everything that happened before Elden Ring . It also means that there may be a different way to interpret the game’s main st

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