Covering every faction, character, and event in Elden Ring's history.
Speculation and theorizing included; sources provided on screen.
Timeline created before the 'Shadow of the Erdtree' expansion.
The video represents one potential timeline and is based on the creators' opinions.
Creation and Early Ages
Formation
The world begins as a formless expanse and later divides into order (narrow path) and chaos (broad path).
Journey of beings along these paths with perpetual resolution.
Arrival of Titans
Titans as the dominant life form set the stage for the Stone Age.
Known for advanced stonework and creation of megalithic structures without mortar.
Abilities extended to creating Blackstone golems and artificial life (golems, crystallians).
Titan Age and Civilization
Civilization included elaborate structures extending deep into the earth.
Use of intricate stonework and puzzle systems like the Divine Towers and the forge of Giants.
Positions of Divine Towers and structures suggest a cultural reverence for meteorites and perhaps an association with the Fell God.
Titans may have had varied sizes, including the giants known in later history.
Division and Fall
Titan civilization eventually falls due to a catastrophic meteorite event.
Evidence of massive geological changes and the entwining of structures and corpses in the earth.
Rise of New Powers
Emergence of Dragons
Ancient dragons had a structured society focused on time, death, and natural cycles.
Dragons seemingly passive but mighty, intervening only to maintain balance.
Factions and Societies
Fire Giants and Giants
Shared lineage with Titans and aligned with the Fell God.
Knew substantial geological and elemental manipulation (fire, stone).
Nox Society
Subterranean dwellers involved in the Star Courts. Known for secretive and tactical methods.
Created the Finger Slayer Blade to counter the Greater Will, invoking enmity.
Carian and Academy
Established the ruling body in Leonia. Queen Renala leads the Glintstone Knights.
Known for various conspectuses and development of sorceries.
Conflict and Alliances
War Against Giants
Led by Godfrey with various allies (Zamor, Fire Monks, Trolls), eventually leading to the sealing of the Giants and their Flame of Ruin.
Internal Strife and Upheavals
Wars and revolts, e.g., Leonian Wars, leading to alliances like the one between Radagon and Renala.
Many civilizations, such as the shaded customs of knights (like Knights of the Cuckoo), align with the Golden Order out of convenience.
The Golden Order
Ascension of Marika and the Golden Order
Marika becomes the figurehead under the Greater Will, ushering in the age of the Golden Order with her husband Radagon.
Manipulation of birth and death cycles through the Erdtree to form a centralized power.
Establishing the Golden Order involves eliminating existing threats, aligning factions under new laws.
Decline of Inclusive Policies
Over time, the Earthtree Empire becomes stricter, rejecting previous inclusive philosophies.
Rising tensions and fallouts among demigods and factions lead to further fragmentation.
Creation of Shadows and Assassins
Use of Shadows (beastly subordinates) for monitoring powerful individuals and dealing with threats (e.g., knight guards, Assassins of Roundtable Hold).
Destined Death and the Plot of the Black Knives
Destined Death is sealed by Maliketh (black blade imbued in flesh) until stolen by black knife assassins led by Ranni to kill Godwin and herself (in soul and body calculations).
Consequences of the plot: death root spreads, leading to social upheaval and religious transformations.
Strategic Ban and Rise of Tarnished
Godfrey is banished to external lands with an unnamed army, hinted to form the tarnished legacy.
Ancestors of tarnished brought back by Grace to fight for a new lordship.
Persecution of Grafted, ancient noble houses, and exiled criminals highlight the breakdown of the old order.
War and Fragmentation
Aftermath of the Shattering
Demigods scatter across the lands vying for control, leading to war (known as The Shattering).
Shattering seeds chaos, with remnants of previous houses and entities seeking new power dynamics.
Revolts and Re-independence Movements
Entities like Knights Cavalry, Perfumer, fire guardian insurgents acting with new or renewed power, involving attacks on Lainedell and volcano Manor..
The Final War
Marika shatters the Elden Ring, and factions splinter; a contentious Dark Ancestry is sought for broken Gods and Runes.
Civilizations and religious orders fight not just for power but also for the legitimacy of creation and destruction within the lands between.
Conclusion
Tarnished reintroduced to reclaim lordship and order, culminating in the final struggle and shattering of various entities.