[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Elden Ring .] After the Night of the Black Knives, Queen Marika was driven to the brink and shattered the Elden Ring. The artifact's shards were taken by her children, in the form of Great Runes, and then began a brutal war known as The Shattering, from which no one emerged victorious. Marika's children, all of them demigods, fought for control over the Lands Between. However, Elden Ring ’s story emerged from seeds that were planted way before this conflict even be

The action RPGs published by FromSoftware have always given players a huge array of character customization options; **Elden Ring ** in particular is chock-full of aesthetically pleasing armor sets, flashy spells both sacred and profane, and an armory's worth of weaponry inspired by historic medieval armaments and the weapons of fantasy fiction. There are, however, a few pre-modern weapons that have been left out of Elden Ring 's repertoire, weapons that developers at FromSoftware could easily add to the game with future

The Guardian's Swordspear is a halberd weapon dropped by the Erdtree Guardians. When it is given Keen Affinity, this weapon has an A scaling in Dexterity, making it perfect for builds specializing in that stat. It comes with the Spinning Slash Skill but can be equipped with different Ashes of War. Compared to other halberds in _Elden Ring News Ring _ , the Guardian's Swordspear has a unique move set that is like Loretta’s War Sic

Underrated weapons in Elden Ring can be very powerful, especially with the different affinity types and Ashes of War. This gives many players, regardless of their build, the ability to use the same weapons. However, there are underrated weapons with specific skills and bonuses that will benefit only one or two types of bui

HBO's House of the Dragon has successfully rekindled the week-to-week Game of Thrones excitement, and there are several noteworthy games to play for fans eager to get their dark fantasy fix in more places than one. Shows like these have cemented the fantasy genre's place in the mainstream, and role-playing video games are arguably the best place in the gaming medium to get immersed in these kinds of wor

Found at the bottom of a foreboding cave, Manus looks like a Bloodborne boss that escaped into the first Dark Souls game. A mass of contorted limbs, horns, and eyes, Manus is as scary as he is powerful, and he far outpaces Gwyn, Lord of Cinder in terms of difficul

The most influential characters in **Elden Ring ** can all be tied back to their shared family tree. The game boasts a massive story world with many interconnecting yet seemingly unrelated plot lines. It can be challenging to remember who is who, especially with Elden Ring 's similar character names , and why they are connected with someone else. However, if players can keep track of family relationships at the center of the game, the events and character motivations become a bit clea

This weapon can be found in two locations. The first is in the Altus Plateau, in a carriage towed by two trolls southwest of the Road of Iniquity Side Path Site of Grace. This weapon can also be dropped by the NPC Magnus the Beast Claw, who can be invaded as part of Elden Ring ’s White Mask Varré's questl

There are a few key potions in the game used for healing and other stat recoveries, with the ones for HP (Hit Points) and FP (Focus Points) being the most apparent. However, players can get more creative by throwing the Flask of Wondrous Physick into the mix as w

Queen Marika’s first marriage was to Godfrey, who became the First Elden Lord and played a critical role in the wars to ensure the Erdtree’s dominance, most notably against the Giants in the North. However, when his usefulness to Queen Marika expired, she cast him out, and he became the first of the Tarnished, those whom Elden Ring 's Two Fingers no longer send Grace to, and led them to a distant land away from the Erdt

While every major boss in Bloodborne is scary on some level , the absolute eeriest is The Moon Presence, the secret final boss which only appears if certain conditions are met. A faceless abomination representative of the hidden horrors lurking in the dark spheres beyond reality, The Moon Presence embodies the madness-inducing terror of many of Lovecraft's most well-known monst

When looked at in broad strokes, Elden Ring ’s story can be summed up as a big family feud with Queen Marika in the center. According to Elden Ring 's lore, Marika is the catalyst for most of the events before and during __ the game. She has had multiple relationships that produced many children. This is only made more complicated when her fluid identity is considered. Still, her offspring shaped the Lands Between in significant ways, not all of which were good. Elden Ring's family tree is detailed below, from the Golden Lineage to the birth of the Empyre

The combat was well-received for being excitingly strategic, while the story and characters were also praised for being investing and how players could shape the plot through meaningful choice-driven gameplay akin to the character drama of House of the Dragon . For modern hardware, Dragon Age: Origins is available on