Many players will be recruited into Elden Ring 's Volcano Manor society after encountering Rya, a hunched over, suspicious-looking woman who will teleport players directly to the red-lit halls of the Volcano Manor estate itself. After two completed assassination quests, Rya strangely becomes a lot more friendly and trustworthy after revealing her true form and identity – a humanoid shawl-wearing serpent named Zorayas. Zorayas proudly expresses the belief that she's the daughter of Tanith, the leader of Volcano Manor, "born by the grace of a glorious king." If the player talks to the gold-masked Tanith, however, the Volcano Manor's head will refer to herself as Zorayas' "adoptive mother" and laments how she "hardly deserves the sweet child." Later on in Zorayas or Rya's complete questline, she tells the player about a strange sight she saw – a slithering serpent figure just like her who wandered into a side room and never came

The Numen likely came to the Lands Between before the Greater Will arrived. The character creation screen details that the Numen are "other-worldly travelers" who have come to the Lands Between. They have long lifespans but low birthrates. While information about them is scarce, Elden Ring's Nokron, the Eternal City , far beneath the surface of the lands between, gives the most information about the Numen. The Black Knife Set says that all of the Black Knife Assassins were Numen, and Rogier will say that he heard they were from the Eternal C

In place of the round, wide-brimmed hats associated with sorcerers in western fantasy fiction, the Glintstone Sorcerers seen in Elden Ring frequently wear sculpted stone masks with crowns made of Glintstone Crystal (which empower a Sorcerer's spell-casting abilities at the expense of resources such as Stamina). In-universe, the crystalline substance called Glintstone is what makes the scholarly discipline of Elden Ring 's Glintstone Sorcery possible, while the Azur's Glintstone Crown and Lusat's Glintstone Crown items , looted from mute NPCs encountered during the Sorceress Sellen quest-line, share the following passage in their item descripti

The darkest secret of **Elden Ring ** 's Volcano Manor area may well be this: Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy, will never be powerful enough to destroy the Erdtree, because his literal hunger for power will never be satia

Most of George Martin's characters were re-invented as monsters for the game, but the Tarnished were left almost as intact as when Martin created them, according to Eurogamer . Looking at the backstory of the characters it is almost evident that this was one of George's original ideas, given that it follows most of his style when it comes to historical narrat

The dragons used to rule the Lands Between, so it makes sense that they weren't happy about Marika's new reign. Godwyn, however, was able to lead in the defense of the Erdtree. Though the dragons lost, Godwyn earned the trust and friendship of Fortissax during their battle, and the worship of dragons grew, permitted by the Golden Order. Because Godwyn was the champion of this war and not Godfrey, it likely happened during Godfrey's war against the Gia

To reach Leyndell, the Tarnished must first defeat two Shardbearers. Because Godrick counts as one of these Shardbearers, players have the option of who they would like to defeat next: Rennala or Radahn. Because players can choose which of the two they would like to fell, neither is technically necessary for the completion of the g

It is Martin's ultimate gift and talent to convert fantasy worlds into believable realities. His convincing deep descriptions Maris Fathom of Night events almost materialize any sort of universe or character. That is why it is so easy for filmmakers and video game directors to come to him for incredible settings that are comparable to Tolkien's Middle Ea

Although this was attributed to Martin's doings, he stated on his blog "really, why would I have to hide my name inside the game? My name is right there ON the game, as one of the creators." The hilarious response is just another proof of why Martin is such an amazing and relatable personality. It is hard to come up with names, but even those little details were perfectly managed by his creativ

The Tarnished can actually evade some of these bosses as well. There is a dangerous yet usable path that allows players to avoid Stormveil Castle and thus not fight Margit or Godrick. Additionally, there is a glitch outside of the Godfrey/Hoarah Loux fight in Elden Ring that allows for players to finish that battle before it even starts. Despite the fact these bosses can be avoided, other bosses must still be defeated to attain the Elden Ring. However, since players are given the decision as to which of these demigods to slay, they are part of the following list of story-related bosses that are not necessary to beat the g

It's unclear exactly who created the Living Jars, or what purpose they were made for in **Elden Ring ** . References in certain item descriptions to "jar poachers" who hunt Living Jars for their magically potent innards suggest that these strange friendly beings, even if they were created, have become a self-perpetuating species, capable of reproducing with a handful of fired clay and the dead bodies created by the warmongering, Elden Ring-seeking lords and ladies of the Lands Betw