Elden Ring Lore Overview

Introduction

• Cosmic Origins: The story begins with the Greater Will, an Outer God far from the Lands Between.
• Outer Gods: Similar to Bloodborne's great ones, powerful and unknowable by design.
• Elden Beast: Sent by the Greater Will via a golden star, acts as a vassal to bring order.

Elden Ring and Order

• Elden Ring: Composed of runes representing the world's logic and order.
• Fundamentals: Laws of causality (cause and effect) and regression (return to roots).
• Erdtree: Houses the Elden Ring; a symbol of order but possibly a parasitic force.

Pre-Erdtree Era

• Great Tree: Existed before the Erdtree and may be the source of primordial crucible energies.
• Crucible Entities: Once revered but now shunned as impure.

Greater Will's Agents

• Two Fingers: Envoys of the Greater Will, communicate its mysteries.
• Finger Readers: Interpret the messages of the Two Fingers.

Role of Marika

• Marika's Origins: Of the Numen race, chosen as an empyrean.
• Empyreans: Candidates for godhood, aided by a shadow beast.
• Marika and Destined Death: Removed the rune of death to control life and death.

Marika’s Golden Order

• New Order: Death replaced with spirit returns to the Erdtree.
• War and Conquest: Fought against giants, dragons, and other factions.
• Godfrey: First Elden Lord, consort to Marika, father to demigods like Godwyn.

Radagon and Rennala

• Union and Conflict: Marriage unites opposing powers but leads to conflict.
• Demigod Children: Ranni, Radahn, and Rykard born from this union.

Marika’s Rebellion

• Doubts about the Order: Marika seeks truth behind the Greater Will.
• Godfrey's Exile: Sent away to grow stronger outside of grace.
• Radagon's Role: Becomes Marika's consort, leaves Rennala.

Shattering and Aftermath

• Rune of Death Stolen: Fragment used to kill Godwyn, starts the Shattering.
• Marika and Radagon's Union: Radagon is part of Marika, central to the story.
• Children and Curses: Miquella and Malenia born afflicted, potential successors.

Conclusion

• Interpretation and Theories: Encouraged to form personal theories about the lore.
• Future Content: More videos and resources to come on Elden Ring lore.

Acknowledgements

• Thanks to collaborators and the community for supporting lore exploration and understanding.