Elden Ring Lore: Volcano Manor, Explained

The serpent demigod hibernates beneath the fire and lava, whispering out to those who'd listen, promising them eternal life. Lord Rykard was entranced with the notion of becoming everlasting and all-powerful not only to merely avoid death but to pave the way for a new world order, one without the weakness of The Greater W

His followers, numerous as they were, followed their Lord with heads held high and a fiery resolve in their hearts, trusting in their leader that he would preserve their shared desire for a world without The Greater Will. Their devotion and sacrifice would ultimately end in Lord Praetor Rykard and Volcano Manor's downfall. On his journey to uncover and fully comprehend the true nature of the dark sorcery hidden beneath Mt. Gelmir, Rykard took on a partner in Tanith, a fearless and bloodthirsty consort who becomes the head of Volcano Manor at the culmination of the legacy dungeon quest l

Of all the threats and divine forces in Elden Ring , few are as terrifying as the Scarlet Rot, an Outer God that manifests as a The Last Of Us -style fungal pathogen. Players of Elden Ring will generally encounter the Scarlet Rot within the Caelid Wilds area, transitioning rather brutally from the verdant green beauty of Limgrave into a festering of massive fungal growths, cancerously mutated monsters, and crimson soil, all beneath a burning blood-red sky. The Demigod boss called Starscrouge Radahn has been eaten up from the inside by this Scarlet Rot, reduced to a feral, cannibalistic monster. The surviving Redmane Soldiers of General Radahn act as a bulwark against the blight, holding the Rot at bay with steel, fire magic, primitive flame-spewing tanks, and barriers of molten rock; even these heroic sentinels, however, seem to be eroded by both the Scarlet Rot and the scorching fires they likely use to cleanse themselves of infection. In addition to the Rot's ravaging of Caelid, the infection has singularly crippled Malenia, one of the Lands Between's most fearsome warri

Decreased FP consumption and increased attack power.

Aspects of the Crucible: Tail / Aspects of the Crucible: Horn / Ancient Dragons' Lightning Spear / Fortissax's Lightning Spear / Flame, Fall Upon

Dragonfire / Agheel's Flame / Glintstone Breath / Smarag's Glintstone Breath / Rotten Breath / Ekzykes's Decay / Dragonice / Borealis's Mist / Unendurable Frenzy

General balance adjustm

The Artorias of the Abyss DLC for the first Dark Souls brings players face-to-face with Artorias the Abysswalker, a noble knight of Gwyn who fought the dark horrors of the Abyss with his faithful wolf companion Sif. By the time the Dark Souls player character encounters Artorias, he has been corrupted by the Abyss and reduced to a mindless beast, lashing out at his enemies with feral leaps and howls; the various versions of the Artorias Greatsword players can acquire in Dark Souls and Dark Souls 3 let players mimic this once-noble knight's iconic somersault sword att

After reaching Anor Londo, city of the gods, Dark Souls players will encounter the deadly double boss fight of Dragon Slayer Ornstein and Executioner Smough. In contrast to Ornstein, a sword-spear wielding knight with lightning powers and leonine armor, Executioner Smough is a frustrating Dark Souls boss that wields a brutally large hammer and wears armor designed to mimic the contours of a portly

Legends speak of a master of the sword garbed in blue, and his curved blade that was patterned after flowing water. Strong attack unleashes a series of strikes akin to a dance, offering a glimpse into the leg

The return of death suggests a lot about the mist in the Duskborn ending. The Rune of the Death-Prince has a dramatic effect on the appearance of the Erdtree in Fia's deathly ending to Elden Ring . The Erdtree becomes pallid and barren and emanates the mysterious mist. In this way, it seems that the Death-Rune causes the Erdtree to die. This is a huge deal, as the Erdtree absorbs the souls of those touched by Grace, allowing them to live eternally. Thus, if the Erdtree dies, so too do the souls that live in it. This then suggests that the mist that emanates from the Erdtree is actually the dead souls that were once a part of the living Erdt

Increased poison status buildup.

Glintstone Arc / Glintblade Phalanx / Carian Phalanx / Greatblade Phalanx / Magic Downpour / Loretta's Greatbow / Loretta's Mastery / Rennala's Full Moon / Ranni's Dark Moon / Ambush Shard / Night Shard / Unseen Blade / Roiling Magma / Rykard's Rancor / Darkness / Elden Stars / Lightning Strike / Lansseax's Glaive / Death Lightning / Giantsflame Take Thee / Bloodflame Talons / Unendurable Frenzy / Greyoll's

The dark fantasy setting of Elden Ring _ , FromSoftware's latest RPG, is full of fearsome warriors - champions of gold who wield holy powers, enchanted knights that cast astral magic, and barbarian brawlers who can stir up storms of wind and shatter the earth beneath their feet. The most fearsome martial artist of the Lands Between, however, may be a figure never encountered directly in the game - a blind swordsman dressed in garments of blue who defeated the anthropomorphic personification of Rot, then acted as a mentor to Malenia, Blade of Miquella, one of the most challenging bosses in _Elden Ring guide Ring 's main game. What follows is an exploration of the lore of Elden Ring 's easily missed item descriptions and area maps in order to piece together a picture of whom the Blind Swordsman was and the role they played in shaping the game's backst