A key part of Elden Ring ‘s backstory is the fate of the Tarnished, the lineage of humans the player’s character belongs to. Near the height of the Golden Order – the divinely-inspired monarchy which rules over the Lands Between’s denizens – Elden Ring ‘s Queen Marika the Eternal banished a number of her subjects from her realm, stripping away the golden Grace that had once connected these individuals to the power and vitality of the Erdtree. These Tarnished people departed the Lands Between, embarking on a long voyage to other lands, carving out new, lesser lives for themselves, until the guidance of Grace returned and called them to the Lands Between once more. Players of Elden Ring never directly see the Tarnished traveling from their places of exile, but certain details about the regions outside the Lands Between can be gleaned from item descriptions and the features of certain N
Music and musicians are a strangely beautiful part of Elden Ring ‘s gameplay ambiance; the nomadic merchants scattered throughout the Lands Between play ditties on their fiddles to lure customers in, the pages of Leyndell Royal Capital weave haunting melodies with their wooden flutes, and certain winged bat creatures in the open world will sing mournful Latin dirges about the glories they lost. **Elden Ring ** DLC boss weapons modeled after string, brass, or woodwind instruments of these NPCs would not only let players show off their character’s “talents” in front of summoned players, but could also logically justify the creation of new weapon Skills designed to strengthen allies or distract enemies in true Bard fash
The opening cinematic of Elden Ring further identifies Godfrey/Hoarah Loux as ” Chieftain of the Badlands ,” while the item descriptions for the Champion’s Set armor pieces expound on how ” the brave warriors of the badlands shun excess adornment ” __ in emulation of their chieftain. In-game, the character of Godfrey never discusses his life in the Badlands (which hopefully won’t be Elden Ring’s DLC setting ), but the NPC Nepheli Loux , a distant relation of Godfrey and axe-wielding warrior, shares a lot about her life in dialogue with the player. In the Village of the Albinaurics, Nepheli recounts a grim slaughter she witnessed as a child, describing it as ” The oppression of the weak. Murder and pillage unchecked. A waking nightmare, made by men. ” __ Throughout her quest line, she refers to the ” wind ” as a divine force of nature and the ” storm ” as a force of cleansing justice. These words and others suggest that the Badlands are a harsh, desolate place, wind-swept like Stormveil and full of marauders who use their strength to take from the w
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