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  • Nox
    Preface We often think of alien races in terms of science fiction, but FromSoftware straddles a fair line where the cosmic remains mystical, and thus any extraterrestrial beings retain a fantastical quality. In the same vein, while imagining concepts like the Erdtree through that alien lens is intriguing, I prefer how this iteration of super-advanced… Read more: Nox
  • Deathbirds
    Preface As I have tried to grasp Elden Ring‘s cosmology, I find myself once again faced with the mystery of death. Maybe it is because the dominion of the dead is antithetical to our own existence, but I seem to always struggle to wrap my head around it in these medieval fantasies. That does make… Read more: Deathbirds
  • Rosus
    Even when Erdtree Burial came to replace the old ways, the dead themselves didn’t change. They were still lost in the realm of the living and in need of guidance. Ushering them to their new resting place is Rosus, whose statue found all across the Lands Between always points to nearby catacombs. This isn’t the… Read more: Rosus

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