Elden Ring Story & Endings Explained
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The video covers the story of Elden Ring, detailing characters, bosses, and NPCs, along with crucial events before the player arrives in the Lands Between and the significance of the game's endings. Multiple endings exist, including one where the Tarnished becomes the Lord of Chaos, burning the Erdtree, with different outcomes based on choices made.
Insights
- The Lands Between is ruled by Queen Marika, who becomes the vessel for the Elden Ring, a powerful force creating the Erdtree and maintaining order in the region.
- The storyline of Elden Ring involves complex relationships between characters like Godfrey, Maliketh, and Melina, intertwined with themes of immortality, curses, and the struggle for power, culminating in multiple possible endings that significantly impact the game's narrative and outcome.
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Recent questions
Who rules the Lands Between in Elden Ring?
Queen Marika
What is the significance of the Erdtree in Elden Ring?
Represents stability and power
Who is the final boss in Elden Ring?
Elden Beast
What is the role of the Round Table in Elden Ring?
Covert operation base for champions
How many confirmed endings are there in Elden Ring?
Six
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Summary
00:00
Unveiling Elden Ring: Characters, Bosses, Endings
- The video covers the story of the Elden Ring, detailing important characters, bosses, and NPCs.
- It explains events before the player arrives in the Lands Between, who the player embodies, and the significance of the game's endings.
- Sections of the video are divided into chapters on the timeline for easy navigation.
- A spoiler warning is issued for those who haven't completed Elden Ring, urging them to finish the game before proceeding.
- The Lands Between is ruled by Queen Marika, succeeding a dragonlord when their god left, leaving the throne vacant.
- The ruler of the Lands Between becomes a vessel for the Elden Ring, the most potent force in the region, creating the Erdtree and upholding various concepts.
- The Greater Will, an outer god, sent a star holding the Elden Beast, the final boss embodying order.
- To become the ruler, one needs to be an empyrean, have a consort (like Godfrey for Marika), and a shadow (like Maliketh).
- Marika removed the rune of death from the Elden Ring, granting immortality to many, and forced it onto her shadow, Maliketh.
- The shattering event, involving the curse mark of death, the Black Knife Assassins, and the creation of daggers to kill demigods, led to a stalemate among the demigods.
11:01
"Restoring Runes: Elden Lord's Quest Unfolds"
- The goal is to bring the runes together to restore normalcy and become Elden Lord alongside Queen Marika.
- The burning of the Erdtree is the first cardinal sin committed, disrupting the plan.
- Tarnished residents of the lands between are revived by the guidance of grace, granting them life.
- Melina offers to be a finger maiden if brought to the Erdtree to meet her mother and discover her purpose.
- The Round Table serves as a covert operation base for tarnished champions guided by grace.
- Godrick and Margit are key figures, with Margit being part of the golden lineage and Morgott being his twin.
- Margit and Mogh, cursed omen babies, were imprisoned underground, with Morgott seeking love despite the curse.
- Rennala, Queen of The Full Moon, is a sorceress heartbroken by Radagon, offering a chance to respec stats after defeat.
- Radahn, a champion of the shattering, is manipulated by Malenia's curse, leading to a tragic fate.
- Praetor Rykard, at the bottom of Mt. Gemlir, is the final challenge, with a unique story in the lands between.
21:22
"Defeating Rykard and the Elden Lord"
- Rykard committed blasphemy against the golden order, causing destruction and leading to crusades against him.
- Tanith at the volcano manor questions doubts about the golden order and urges us to seek out those aligned with the Erdtree.
- The manor tasks us with invading NPCs aligned with the golden order and provides a recusant finger to invade other players' worlds.
- A spirit in the manor reveals the need to defeat the great serpent, who promised Rykard power in exchange for being eaten.
- After defeating Rykard, members of the volcano manor, like Bernahl and Tanith, acknowledge his weakness and immortality.
- Possessing all great runes, we travel to Leyndell, the royal capital, where knights and tree sentinels showcase the power of the army.
- Morgott reveals the traitorous thrones, including Rykard, and accuses them of seeking power as Elden Lord, not protecting the Erdtree.
- Morgott warns that no one can claim the title of Elden Lord, and we are rejected by the Erdtree, leading to a plan to burn the thorns blocking the path.
- Melina sacrifices herself to burn the Erdtree, leading to Leyndell being covered in ashes and a confrontation with Gideon and Godfrey.
- Gideon and Godfrey reveal Marika's plans for eternal struggle, with Godfrey transforming into Horoah Loux, the chieftain of the badlands, in battle.
31:56
"Elden Ring: Multiple Endings and Consequences"
- The Elden Ring, a crucial element in the lands between, needed repair to restore stability to the Golden Order.
- The Greater Will, possibly having a plan, was disrupted when the Erdtree was burned and the rune of death unbound.
- The Elden Beast, a vassal for the Greater Will, was defeated, seemingly removing the Greater Will's power over the lands between.
- Multiple endings exist in Elden Ring, with six confirmed and a seventh still being investigated.
- The default ending, Age of Fracture, involves mending the body and runes to become the Elden Lord.
- Other endings, like Age of Duskborn and Blessing of Despair, are tied to character quests and involve different outcomes based on choices made.
- The Lord of Frenzied Flame ending sees the Tarnished becoming the Lord of Chaos, leading to the burning of the Erdtree and potential consequences.
