The Entire History of Elden Ring - Lecture Notes

Introduction

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• Scope: Covers every faction, character, event in Lands Between, insights before the 'Shadow of the Ursurper' expansion

Elden Ring Origin

• Form: All-encompassing ring, full and empty, expanse without division
• Division: Time arose, creating order (narrow path) and chaos (broad path)

Formation of Lands Between

• Natural Elements: Stars, lands, suns, waters formed
• Life Formation: Developed perception, thought, came with shadows

Early Civilizations

• Titans: Dominant life forms, master stoneworkers, created megalithic structures, crafted artificial life (golems, crystians)
• Conflict: Presence of protective gear on golems indicates size difference and conflict

Golem Crafting and Technology

• Golems: Combat-focused, intricate detailing, weathered stone indicates longevity
• Crystians: Complex artificial beings guarding crystals, demonstrate ‘wisdom of stone’
• Relics: Impact of crystal darts on golems links to ancient golem crafting

Civilizations and Alliances

• Divine Towers: Built to venerate meteorites, implying a connection to fell gods (e.g., fell god of fire)
• Giants and Titans: Potential relations, shared iconography with fire and red hair depictions
• Natural Balance: Harmony with dragons, forge design indicating alliances

Titans’ Extinction Event

• Meteor Impact: Cataclysmic meteor event caused Titans' extinction, land covered with new earth
• Survivors: Only smaller or flying life forms survived
• Structures: Titans’ constructions buried, supporting today's land mass

Post-Titan Civilizations

• Dragons: Ancient, cyclical balance-focused civilization, structures like Farum Azula exhibit timelessness
• Human Societies: Developed under dragon guidance, hierarchical system among beastmen and trolls
• Storm Beyond Time: Farum Azula’s timeless city, evidence of death concepts
• Dragon Society: Beliefs in time, death, similar to the god of time influencing generations

Shaping the Lands - Pre-Erdtree Era

• Noox: Survived underground, Eternal Cities hold many cultural similarities with surface societies
• Elden Beast and the Elden Ring: Will sent to the lands, influencing crucial Elden Ring creation
• Godfrey & Wars: Led early wars, united lands under Erdtree, espousing diplomacy

Golden Order Introduction

• Establishment: America’s monotheism predominates, orders elimination of rival beliefs/hardline control
• Modern Dragons: Deviated from ancient dragons, lost immortality interactions with Land and sky different

Key Wars and Conflicts

• Liurnia and Radagon: Key wars defining the age, Ra ruling Karian Queen, alliances with Academy
• Night of Black Knives: Notable conspiracy night, fractured golden order, assassin origin theories on conflicting accounts

Tarnished and Golden Order's Fall

• Tarnished Warriors: Beckoned back, serve as pivotal saviors
• Melania & Micha: Twin Imperions with tragic, intertwined destinies hinting shifting powers
• Assaults & Sieges: Detailed accounts, Redmanes, Academy vs Caria, key shifts in loyalties & strategies

Shattering and Aftermath

• Elden Ring’s Shattering: Marika’s final gambit to reset world’s order, God's worlds splintered into power-struggling factions
• Later Events: The war devolved into chaos transitioning to reassembling towards new age.
• Melina’s Origin: Daughter of Marika, insight into Maiden's duty

Future Implications

• Cycles of Nature: Inevitable despite interruptions, illustrative of enduring power struggles
• Tarnish Role: Continually pivotal, rounded contours returning periodically to unsettle status quo

Extraneous Elements

• Mystery Narratives: Few specifics recounting individual character's journeys, black myth interwoven, lingering questions remaining - underscoring opulent history