Elden Ring is an open-world RPG created with help from author George R.R. Martin that is set in the Lands Between, where the Greater Will's influence is the most dominant amongst the Outer Gods that have come in search of power. It is the Greater Will that sends the Elden Ring to the Lands Between, and it raises Marika to godhood so she can contain the Elden Ring as its vessel. However, life under the influence of the Greater Will isn't what all residents of the Lands Between desire, and many of them begin to grow disillusioned with the Greater Will and its Golden Order. The demigods, in particular, stray away from the Greater Will and seek their own paths and power in Elden Ri

If the Crucible is the primal energy of the Erdtree and where all life once blended together, then it has to contain an incredibly large amount of power. This connection also shows the Erdtree's parasitic nature because it needs to feed off of the energy of the Crucible, unable to survive without an external source of energy. Since the Crucible is where life blends together, it can be assumed that the second source of energy for the Erdtree is the souls of the dead who will tell the Tarnished that they are waiting to return to the Erdtree. The reach of the Erdtree's roots allow it to gather those souls easily, and allows it to spread the Greater Will's Grace through the Lands Between . Regardless of how the energy is used, it's gathered through parasitic me

Many of these players ended up spending hours on early game bosses, or even prepping to kill them, and likely never made serious progress through the game, often resembling the girl in the second half of the m

The Erdtree is a focal point of Elden Ring, bestowing Grace to the Tarnished . However, the Erdtree has not always been part of the Lands Between. The Erdtree is said to derive its power from the Elden Ring, but there are item descriptions that suggest the Elden Ring might not be its only source of power. Having stable sources of power is among the reasons that Miquella's Haligtree is not able to replace the Erdtree or free him and his sister from their curses as he had intended to do with its creation, since the Haligtree's source of power is forcibly removed from it before the events of Elden Ring be

Sorcerer Rogier is a helpful ally in the fight against Margit, but are the players a helpful ally to him? Personifying an NPC can be hilarious, and thinking about the struggle everyone is putting Rogier through makes it easy to sympathize with the poor

The description for the Sun Realm Shield reads: " Shield of honor depicting a city crowned by the sun. It has seen better days. Much like the wear upon the shield, the Seat of the Sun is long faded away. " This is possibly a nod to Anor Londo, the capital city of Lordran from the first Dark Souls . In the lore, Anor Londo was the seat of Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight, for ages after he and the other Lords discovered the Lord Souls during the advent of f

A true speedster, Dragonflies can dodge just about anything you implement against them by using their varying flight patterns. Despite being named Giant Dragonflies, they are actually quite small, but undoubtedly make up for it with their annoying nat

FromSoftware Bosseshas not confirmed that their games take place in the same continuity, but they’ve done a remarkable job of keeping the themes of Dark Souls and Bloodborne in **Elden Ring ** alive. The mastermind behind most of the Soulslike games, Hidetaka Miyazaki, has notably been averse to sequels, which may explain why there has not yet been a Bloodborne 2 . Despite this, the studio seems to deliberately include Easter eggs and references that fuel speculation of a shared unive

The Raptor’s Black Feathers armor in Elden Ring nods to a beloved Bloodborne character, Eileen the Crow. It features a cape crafted with bird feathers, intended to imitate the Elden Ring 's Deathbirds, and is worn by an assassin called Ravenmount. Eileen’s armor has much in common with this set, being adorned with a cape made from crow feathers, similarly invoking worship of birds as figures of de

Another Malenia cosplay costume - if it can be considered that - came somewhat unexpectedly, but is now a classic nonetheless. During the initial first month after the game launched, players couldn't quit talking online about how much they'd been enjoying the game, so George R.R. Martin created an Elden Ring cosplay of his own, wearing Malenia's famous winged helmet, although it didn't fit him. At that moment, many players hadn't even faced off against the goddess yet because the game was still fledgling, but even Martin knew how players had marveled over her armor that was shown in trailers leading up to the lau

Likewise, another drawback is that it offers no side buffs. However, as rigid as Lusat's Glintstone Staff might be statistically, the immense damage scaling makes it a fantastic magic-focused weapon against several of Elden Ring 's toughest boss