The most influential characters in **Elden Ring ** can all be tied back to their shared family tree. The game boasts a massive story world with many interconnecting yet seemingly unrelated plot lines. It can be challenging to remember who is who, especially with Elden Ring ‘s similar character names , and why they are connected with someone else. However, if players can keep track of family relationships at the center of the game, the events and character motivations become a bit clea
The shard-bearers of Elden Ring are some of the most malicious characters in the story. They are the demigods who claimed shards of the titular Elden Ring when it was shattered. As a result, the brutal war called The Shattering ensued, in which many perished and no one arose to claim victory. Anyone willing to start a war to claim power for themselves is, at best, morally questionable. Yet, several among them stand out as genuinely evil. The demigods aren’t the only bosses that deserve their demise, as the quest to become the next Elden Lord spawned another character willing to be just as v
At the beginning of the game, players must choose one weapon to wield, each heavily impacting the gameplay style for the rest of the playthrough. While SteelRising lets players swap each weapon to experiment with, they too can greatly change combat from person to person and some looking for a challenge might just like Bloodborne ‘s weapon choi
Sir Gideon Ofnir, The All-Knowing, is a mysterious character in Elden Ring . Sir Gideon is one of the first people the Tarnished protagonist meets at the Roundtable Hold, of which Gideon is also the leader. He is never particularly kind to the player, rudely brushing them off in their first interaction. Sir Gideon is responsible for the ruthless massacre at the Village of the Albinaurics, which he orchestrated to locate a piece of the medallion that grants access to the Haligtree region. Upon returning to Elden Ring’s Roundtable Hold with the medallion, the player is attacked by Ensha, Gideon’s lapdog. Gideon then lies to the player about trying to have them kil
Found at the bottom of a foreboding cave, Manus looks like a Bloodborne boss that escaped into the first Dark Souls game. A mass of contorted limbs, Soulslike Atmosphere horns, and eyes, Manus is as scary as he is powerful, and he far outpaces Gwyn, Lord of Cinder in terms of difficul
Reddit user Practical_Meat devised a detailed analysis and theory that puts Sir Gideon’s actions into perspective. The Reddit theory poses the idea that Gideon only encourages the player Tarnished to obtain the shardbearers’ Great Runes so that he could kill them and take them for himself in one go. This makes sense given what he says in his boss fight; that no one will be allowed to take the role of Elden Lord. It’s good that the player Tarnished is there to make Sir Gideon pay for his acti
When Marika took Radagon as her consort and Elden Lord, they produced two children: the twins Malenia and Miquella, who also attained status as Empyreans. The former received her father’s red hair, while the latter seems to have inherited the golden blonde hair of his mother. Similar to Morgott and Mohg, these twins were cursed upon birth but with afflictions far worse than being Omen. Malenia was cursed by the Scarlet Rot, which slowly eroded her body limb by l
Taking place in a new dark fantasy universe, Dark Souls sets the Chosen Undead protagonist on a quest to either rekindle the dying Age of Fire that was greedily started by Lord Gwyn centuries ago or let the Age of Dark take its turn. Given the setting of FromSoft’s RPGs and Miyazaki’s collaboration with George R. R. Martin on Elden Ring , Dark Souls will also be a natural fit for HotD fans. With this game spawning a series, lore is even more expansive and the story’s pretext centered around a fallen dynasty should feel reminiscent enough. Dark Souls: Remastered is available on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and
Miquella was cursed with eternal youth. Despite many attempts, Miquella could not reverse his or his sister’s curses. This led him to abandon the Golden Order and the Erdtree. As an alternative, he planted and grew the Haligtree, possibly Elden Ring’s true parasite , in which he embedded himself in an effort to finally grow into adulthood and eventually cure Malenia’s Scarlet Rot. This plan was cut short when his step-brother Mohg abducted him from the Haligtree shortly after the Shattering be
Dragon Age: Origins is a modern classic fantasy RPG from the golden days of developer BioWare. The game creatively blends elements of Tolkien’s high fantasy The Lord of the Rings series with George R. R. Martin’s dark/low fantasy of A Song of Ice and Fire into its world to create something that stands proudly on its own merits while honoring its inspirati
Unsurprisingly, many of FromSoftware’s acclaimed action RPGs are easy recommendations, but there are certainly several other well-known franchises that provide rich fantasy worldbuilding, drama, and act