From a narrative perspective, Elden Ring 's long-ago Shattering war acts as a call to arms for the player characters of the game. The demigods, through selfish warmongering and ambition, wrecked the Lands Between and forfeited their right to rule, giving the exiled people known as Tarnished a heroic reason to return to the Lands Between and claim the position of Elden Lord for themselves. From a game design perspective, a past war justifies the creation of an RPG open world filled with stately ruins, fortified castles, and roaming bands of soldiers who attack PCs on si

" Lord? Don’t make me laugh. First he hid himself amongst the womenfolk to flee the capital, then hid from Radahn in that castle… Then he insulted Malenia, lost to her in battle, only to lick her boots rather than die like a man. Has he no shame, the big girl’s blou

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While Kalé's role in Elden Ring is minimal, a lengthy cut questline would have given the dedicated capitalist a much greater impact on the narrative. According to data miners, the storyline would have seen Kalé embark on a journey to locate the Great Caravan that his people once called home. The merchant would leave the Church of Elleh to travel all across the Lands Between, with his search eventually landing him in the Subterranean Shunning-Grounds beneath Leyndell where the Three Fingers reside. While Melina typically advises the Tarnished protagonist to resist joining the Three Fingers and possessing the Frenzied Flame, Kalé's cut questline would have put an entirely new perspective on this scena

FromSoftware has a reputation of releasing downloadable content for their dark fantasy action RPGs, and odds are good it'll release an expansion for its latest game, **Elden Ring ** . The setting of Elden Ring is full of dramatic lore, secrets, and enigmatic characters that would make for epic boss encounters. The following side characters in particular would be terrifying and exhilarating foes to face in a hypothetical Elden Ring

Of all the events in the backstory of **Elden Ring ** , FromSoftware's newest dark fantasy RPG, the Shattering is the most consequential to the game's plot and lore, not to mention the challenges player characters face. This war between the demigods who inherited the Great Rune fragments of the sundered Elden Ring tore apart a prosperous empire, threw entire armies into a meat-grinder of slaughter, and literally scarred the Lands Between themselves. By exploring the game world of Elden Ring , reading the descriptions of certain items and monuments, and examining the content of certain cutscenes, it's possible to assemble a rough timeline of the Shattering's various battles and military campaigns, revealing a full picture of a war even more devastating and tragic than it seems at first gla

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Certain essential Elden Ring item descriptions claim that the Gloam-Eyed Queen was at some point defeated by Queen Marika's servant Maliketh, who seized the Queen's power over Destined Death and bound it into his black blade. Theoretically, a DLC boss fight against the Gloam-Eyed Queen could come sometime after the player defeats Maliketh the Black Blade in Crumbling Farum Azula. With Maliketh slain and Destined Death unbound, the Gloam-Eyed Queen could recover from her ignominious defeat and utterly destroy players in a boss fight where she hurls black flames around with reckless aban

May 2022 already has some exciting titles confirmed. Evil Dead: The Game is releasing after being delayed from February, but Forspoken - a new open-world IP from Square Enix - is now launching in October instead of at the end of the month. The list of May 2022 video game releases inclu

Morgott's Great Rune : This Great Rune simply increases your maximum HP by 25%, which can be quite significant for RL1 playthroughs. It's like Radahn's Great Rune, but doesn't affect FP or Stamina and enhances HP to greater effect. Consider using this Great Rune over the others if you don't need stats from Godrick's Great Rune or the FP/Stamina boosts from Radah

The game world of Elden Ring is rich in detail, diverse in environment, and positively teeming with enemies of different origins and affiliations. At the same time, there are many unsolved mysteries in the simulated expanse of the Lands Between along with world-defining characters the player can only glimpse through rumor, statuary, and item descriptions. These unseen titans of Elden Ring 's lore and backstory would make for excellent DLC bosses - particularly if they could plausibly have a presence in the new region unlocked by the