Compared to any other band of warriors, the Company of the Fallen Hawk stand out as peculiar. Dressed in not even the meagerest of protection, save maybe a helmet, you would hardly expect them to make for much of an army. True enough, descriptions of their ashes deem the naked soldiers as “immature” with how […]
Preface I am no fan of the Shattering. For a war, it is remarkably straightforward, with fewer epic battles born of the twists and turns of competing egos than you would expect. As grand as the narrative makes it sound, laying out this all-encompassing civil war all out leaves me with a bit of letdown. […]
To this day, the Hornsent Grandam beseeches her precious divine beast to unleash its wrath upon Marika’s “children” — the entire tribe she rules — for betraying her people, cursing them even with her dying breath. What she doesn’t realize is that her prayers were already answered long ago. Among those bearing vestiges of the […]
Preface Of all the demigods, Godrick is easily my favorite. Although I hold no particular love for incompetent villains, the Grafted oozes so much personality worthy of his most memorable design. It is a certain awfulness that I don’t think I will ever tire of. You almost want to cheer for this underdog, single-mindedly fighting […]
Preface We all love our heroes, but there is something inherently macabre about that dynamic. In a certain sense, heroism leeches off others’ suffering, profiting from their need to be saved. What does that mean then for those who aspire to become heroes, to seek fame for showing strength and valor? Elden Ring‘s director Hidetaka […]
Kaiden is home to the mercenaries we see roaming the frontier. And while we don’t find even ruins of a settlement by that name, we shouldn’t expect to. True to their name’s origin in Celtic, the Kaiden are a hardy “warrior” culture, roaring before battle like barbarians on the highlands; their helmet even bears similarity […]
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