The idea that the mist is made up of dead souls may sound farfetched at first. However, there is already a connection between the Age of the Duskborn and the souls contained in the Erdtree, and this connection is Elden Ring 's Those Who Live In Death . After Godwyn’s soul died, he was buried at the base of the Erdtree’s roots. The curse mark on Godwyn’s flesh corrupted its root system, though, which resulted in Death Root. Death Roots give rise to Those Who Live In Death, according to the Death Root item description. This confirms that the curse mark that killed Godwyn acts similarly on the Erdtree, killing the souls contained within it while resurrecting the physical bodies of the d
What’s more, the mist being souls explains the few areas in the game where mist exists before the Duskborn ending: the Mistwood and the forest of the Altus Plateau. The Altus Plateau’s woods are directly above where Godwyn is buried, so it would make sense that his curse mark would have infected the area's roots and killed the souls they contained. As for the Mistwood, this is the first area in the game where players have access to the ancient world buried beneath the Lands Between. This ancient world was rejected by Elden Ring 's Golden Order , so it would only make sense that their souls were rejected from the Erdtree and thus smothered the Mistwood in
Fia is a prominent tarnished who is the center of one of the "side endings" of the game. Her quest involves the side quests of other tarnished you can find at the Roundtable, in particular Sorcerer Rogier and D, Hunter of the Dead. A big component of the game's setting is death, very mainly how no one is doing
Anor Londo in Dark Souls is a symbolic masterpiece in that the giant castle in the map's center makes gives off a sense of holy fear. It almost looks like the face of an angry god is looking down on the player that's damned to traverse its location which is further pushed by including the Ornstein and Smough fight which is one of the hardest in the Dark Souls ser
Before, actions or words were branded as heresy based on whichever god was in power. This would lead to conflict between the followers of different gods and cause permanent division within the Lands Between. Without the gods being seen as perfect, the conflict caused by their worship would disappear, and the Elden Ring will hopefully stay intact and not be broken through war ag
This ending is the closest in the game to a straight-up bad ending. By becoming the Lord of the Frenzied Flame, your character will burn the entire world to ashes. While this ending does seem evil at face value and is only barely justified, there is still some reasoning behind it. At the creation of the current world, the Greater Will and Chaos split, shown by the two fingers and three fingers, respectively. The goal of Chaos is to burn the world and return everything together as ash. When looking at the two fingers and three fingers combined, they would make a complete hand, meaning the Greater Will and Chaos could come toget
The Greater Will has been shown to lead the world to devastation, as its guidance resulted in the current Lands Between. The Frenzied Flame wishes to burn the broken world to bring the universe together and make it whole again. While mass destruction seems terrible, this land is an unending curse, and the cycle of pain has only continued up until now. The Three Fingers and Chaos see this destruction as the means to the final end of all the fighting and suffer
The mist being dead souls explains a lot about this Elden Ring mystery . One of the biggest things it helps clarify is what the Lands Between is. Both in the Age of the Duskborn ending and in the prologue of the game, the narrator repeats the line " In our home. Across the Fog. The Lands Between ." This fog is literal, as the distant ocean is obscured in mist all around the Lands Between. Should the mist be souls, it would explain that the Lands Between is some sort of Edenic promised land related to the afterlife. The souls of the Tarnished who were banished were forced to leave, and now that they are no longer touched by Grace, their souls cannot make it back to Elden Ring 's mysterious and coveted Erdtree . They instead seem to only come close to it, obscuring the world of gods and the afterlife from the liv
Ranni's motive is all about striking back against The Greater Will, the game's cosmic entity behind the forces of the Erdtree and the Fingers. She wishes to get rid of the divine influence that guides everyone's fate, leaving her, the tarnished, and anyone else to command their destiny. It was a very ambitious goal she had been after for some time, all she needed to find was the perfect accomplice, the next Elden Ring armor guide L
Elden Ring has a total of 6 known endings. Four of these endings revolve around you becoming the Elden Lord, and the other two have much more significant impacts on the world. Some of the more complex endings to the game heavily rely on you to dive in and understand the lore and follow specific side que
