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 […]
Preface Near as I can tell, I have been somewhat of a contrarian when it comes to Marika. Where others see a master manipulator calculating every step with prophetic precision, I see a woman bumbling through her almost every situation, constantly forced to adapt to unexpected complications. Where others see a heartless tyrant born from […]
Despite the name, “man bats” (人蝙蝠) look to just be ordinary bats the size of men. The creatures love to hang in the shadows of cliffs, caves, and other rock formations by day and hunting in the field by night. That isn’t to say that none of them can be spotted active under the sun, […]
Preface Up until this point, my analysis of Marika and Godfrey has been rather bullish. Even when fate wasn’t necessarily on their side, the pair still came out on top in the end, with relatively meager impediments. Whatever their personal drama, history had looked kindly on their efforts to build and maintain a kingdom. Not […]
Preface Rarely are “the good times” the most interesting part of a story, and Elden Ring is no different. Much of this period in the setting’s backstory is simply stacking the building blocks to be knocked down by subsequent events. What little conflict can be mined is narratively flaccid, with hardly many tantalizing secrets to […]
Preface Thanks to the sheer scope of Elden Ring, it has become easier than ever for FromSoftware to hide its history in plain sight. So many crucial events go unmentioned, and none are as consequential as those establishing Marika and Godfrey as queen and king. But while the written narrative might have little to say […]
Preface I often joke about needing another decade before finishing an exhaustive analysis of Elden Ring. For a world as broad as in this game, getting a grasp on everything is a trying task. There is so much history, so much cosmology, that sifting through it can feel like a never-ending abyss. It is just […]
