Starscourge Radahn Is Elden Ring s Most Misunderstood Hero Theory

Whether through navigating the hidden areas of the Volcano Manor or completing enough assassination missions for Tanith, players can eventually gain access to the Elden Ring boss known as Rykard, Lord Of Blasphemy, a Demigod child of Rennala who searched for the power needed to destroy the Erdtree and found it in an immortal, god-devouring serpent. The description for the Great Rune Elden Ring 's Rykard drops when defeated reveals what happened n


Many players will be recruited into Elden Ring 's Volcano Manor society after encountering Rya, a hunched over, suspicious-looking woman who will teleport players directly to the red-lit halls of the Volcano Manor estate itself. After two completed assassination quests, Rya strangely becomes a lot more friendly and trustworthy after revealing her true form and identity – a humanoid shawl-wearing serpent named Zorayas. Zorayas proudly expresses the belief that she's the daughter of Tanith, the leader of Volcano Manor, "born by the grace of a glorious king." If the player talks to the gold-masked Tanith, however, the Volcano Manor's head will refer to herself as Zorayas' "adoptive mother" and laments how she "hardly deserves the sweet child." Later on in Zorayas or Rya's complete questline, she tells the player about a strange sight she saw – a slithering serpent figure just like her who wandered into a side room and never came


Multiplayer elements have been part of FromSoft's Souls-like RPGs since Demon's Souls , with Elden Ring expanding on that approach in an open-world setting. The context of this format was key to making multiplayer a realistically accessible part of the game, given that these games are already famous for their difficu


This magic is used by the followers of the Three Fingers, opposite of the Two Fingers vying for the Tarnished's fealty. These merchants were once a greater people but were persecuted for dabbling in dark, heretical arts. In return, many of these merchants cast a curse upon the Lands Between before their de


From these four Elden Ring items' essential descriptions , it's possible to piece together a sold picture of Rykard's original motivations and current agenda. The blasphemous serpent Rykard fed himself to was an immortal being, capable of resurrecting from death; by becoming one with it, Rykard would similarly become immortal, able to challenge the Erdtree over and over until he defeated it. Furthermore, Rykard and the serpent he was part of could grow more powerful with every new victim devoured. And so the Volcano Manor – both as a place and an institution – became a vessel for feeding Rykard's appetites. The wheeled machines called the Abductor Virgins would drag new bodies or recruits to join Elden Ring 's Volcano Manor , while the finest assassins of the Manor were invited to have "audience" with their lord, who would devour them and add their strength to his


To understand why it is likely that Radahn was protecting the Lands Between from celestial beings, one first must know the Nox's and Ranni's goals with the Dark Moon . Ranni asks the Tarnished to defeat Radahn specifically to gain entrance to Nokron, one of the Eternal Cities of the Nox, to obtain the Fingerslayer Blade. This fetish is described as proof of the Nox's blasphemy against the Golden Order, showing that they, like Ranni, wish to fight against the Greater W


Part of the Ranni questline can completely sabotage Nepheli Loux's story in Elden Ring , however. One of her followers, Seluvis, will at one point send the Tarnished on a mission to give Nepheli a potion he has created. If the player completes this task without questioning what this potion does, Nepheli Loux loses her autonomy and essentially becomes a puppet to Selu


This is what makes accidentally killing Boc one of the most regrettable things players can do in Elden Ring . Near the end of his quest line, the Tarnished can help Boc gain a Larval Tear so that he can visit Rennala and be reborn as a human. Boc's hope - along with the player's - is that he can find self-worth in a new body. However, what ends up happening is that Boc becomes a feeble being who perishes very quickly after being reb

After using the Dragonburnt Ruins teleporter trap to get to the Sellia Crystal Tunnel in Elden ring Bosses Ring , players eventually make their way back to the surface and find themselves in an ominous, red hellscape. It's not flames that taint the land of Caelid , though – it's the Scarlet Rot.

The best Talisman for a Scarlet Rot build is undoubtedly the Kindred of Rot's Exultation. This Talisman increases the player's attack power whenever Scarlet Rot damage occurs in the nearby area. This means that whenever you get the ailment to proc on an enemy not only do they take damage over time, you also deal more damage to them for the duration of the effect.


They detailed what happens when the player kills Miriel, and it's exactly as soul-crushing as it sounds. He refuses to fight back, still shows the Tarnished compassion, and if the player tries to repent their sins in the Church of Vows it will say there's no need for absolution -- implying that, even after being murdered, Miriel has already forgiven the player. This lowly Tarnished did the dark deed so no one else feels the need