Sir Gideon Ofnir, The All-Knowing, is a mysterious character in Elden Ring . Sir Gideon is one of the first people the Tarnished protagonist meets at the Roundtable Hold, of which Gideon is also the leader. He is never particularly kind to the player, rudely brushing them off in their first interaction. Sir Gideon is responsible for the ruthless massacre at the Village of the Albinaurics, which he orchestrated to locate a piece of the medallion that grants access to the Haligtree region. Upon returning to Elden Ring’s Roundtable Hold with the medallion, the player is attacked by Ensha, Gideon’s lapdog. Gideon then lies to the player about trying to have them kil
One of the less remarkable bosses of the third Dark Souls outing, High Lord Wolnir is encountered in the Catacombs of Carthus atop a high precipice. A former Lord of Carthus now claimed by the abyss, Wolnir was as detestable in life as he is in de
If the concepts for never before seen lands and creatures weren’t enough to make FromSoftware __ fans yearn for more, the art competitions for Bloodborne features inspired imaginings. Bloodborne and Sekiro evolved combat from Dark Souls , creating entirely new gameplay experiences that elevated FromSoftware __ into even higher territory. Bloodborne ’s portion of Soul Arts is dedicated entirely to fan imaginings of settings, characters, and gameplay of a sequel to Bloodborne . Artist Istrandar imagined the fate of Caryll, a runesmith who is one of the most important, but never seen, figures of Byrgenwerth. Istrandar imagines Caryll’s thirst for knowledge, leaving Byrgenwerth, working tirelessly to communicate with the Great One. Through dangerous methods, Caryll transcends her human form to that of a giant, beastly owl, communicating forever with the Great One, and inspiring whispers of her dangerous desc
When the player encounters Aldrich, the being engages in battle by manifesting powers it absorbed from Gwyndolin. Now nothing more than an amorphous black mass with an all-consuming hunger for powerful beings, Aldrich definitely stands as one of Dark Souls III's most horrific entit
This humiliation and lack of power from the Golden Lineage led Godrick to pursue grafting to make up for his lack of strength. He began abducting Tarnished warriors and attaching their body parts to himself and his soldiers. The player Tarnished arrives to put Godrick in his place, and the Lands Between is much better off for
The former heals the player of their current status ailment in addition to boosting their resistance to all ailment types. On the other hand, the Crimsonburst Crystal Tear slowly heals the player's HP over a few minutes. Pairing these two tears together is a good way to win a tight battle of attrition against a b
Several bosses in **Elden Ring Nightreign Ring ** make little to no effort to hide their evil nature and deserve their eventual fate at the hands of the Tarnished. FromSoftware often designs their boss characters to be morally ambiguous or tragically sympathetic, and Elden Ring is no exception. Plenty of bosses don’t seem that villainous, and an Elden Ring player may feel bad for killing them. However, Elden Ring certainly does not lack downright evil charact
The open world of **Elden Ring ** is large - larger than the worlds of every other FromSoftware RPG to date. As players steer their Tarnished characters across the continent known as the Lands Between, they can visit beautiful forests, mist-veiled lakes, golden plateaus, ice-swept mountaintops, underground cities, and hell-scapes of fungal rot. The Lands Between, however, is just one continent upon a larger planet. This begs the question; what exactly are the Lands Between... betw
As any FromSoftware Souls-like veteran will know, Elden Ring will have players dodge-rolling a lot throughout their encounters across The Lands Between. And like in other video games, dodging into attacks as well as away from them can be executed thanks to the temporary frames of invulnerability that happen during a r
Originally released in 2009, then later remastered for the Playstation 5 in 2020, Demon’s Souls was the first Souls game ever released. Demon's Souls ' Boletaria, before the colorless fog, was an entirely different land than the five worlds to explore in the game. By defeating bosses, various Archstones become available which allow the return to the Nexus. Originally, FromSoftware __ had planned on having a total of six chief Archstones, but had to scrap the final one due to time restraints. The sixth Archstone appears in Demon’s Souls as a broken artifact that cannot be used. In Soul Arts, a section is dedicated to art that imagines what the world of the Northern Limit and sixth Archstone could look like-from different territories, creatures, and battles, and what their backstories might ent
The Dark Souls , Bloodborne (and more) __ fan art kickstarter was fully funded in just one hour. The Irish small press, Tune & Fairweather, partnered with the kickstarter to create the physical deluxe-edition, large-format art book, Soul Arts . Tune & Fairweather previously published the acclaimed Dark Souls book You Died , a companion book to the Dark Souls video game. The final product of Soul Arts contains 256 pages of full-color illustrations, a foreword, and detailed descriptions of the game concepts and art. Within the Soul Arts book, the passion, adoration, and innovation of FromSoftware fans is on full disp
