Queen Marika the Eternal, founder and destroyer of the Golden Order, shattered the Elden Ring using a "s tone hammer made in the lands of the Numen, outside the Lands Between. " __ The armor set of the Black Knife Assassins, cutthroats who murdered Godwyn the Golden and catalyzed the Shattering, describes the assassins as " all women, and rumored to be Numen who had close ties with Marika herself. " Aside from hinting at Marika's active role in the murder of her own son, these weapon/armor descriptions imply that Marika herself was one of the Numen, and first came to the Lands Between from the country (or world) where the Numen dwelled. There are no clues in the story or endings of **Elden Ring ** __ about what the Lands of the Numen look like or what culture the Numen possess. If Queen Marika and her Black Knife cohorts are typical of their people, though, the Numen seem to be very ambitious and willing to catastrophically meddle in the affairs of both humans and g

Received with emphatic critical acclaim as one of the best modern fantasy RPGs , CD Projekt Red's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt might be the best fit for fans coming from House of the Dragon and Game of Throne . Not because the two franchises are similar in narrative structure, as Geralt's journeys are more intimate in scale, but because the massive, deeply layered dark fantasy open world and rich storytelling are so easy to get immersed

The opening cinematic of Elden Ring further identifies Godfrey/Hoarah Loux as " Chieftain of the Badlands ," while the item descriptions for the Champion's Set armor pieces expound on how " the brave warriors of the badlands shun excess adornment " __ in emulation of their chieftain. In-game, the character of Godfrey never discusses his life in the Badlands (which hopefully won't be Elden Ring's DLC setting ), but the NPC Nepheli Loux , a distant relation of Godfrey and axe-wielding warrior, shares a lot about her life in dialogue with the player. In the Village of the Albinaurics, Nepheli recounts a grim slaughter she witnessed as a child, describing it as " The oppression of the weak. Murder and pillage unchecked. A waking nightmare, made by men. " __ Throughout her quest line, she refers to the " wind " as a divine force of nature and the " storm " as a force of cleansing justice. These words and others suggest that the Badlands are a harsh, desolate place, wind-swept like Stormveil and full of marauders who use their strength to take from the w

The ruinous open world of Elden Ring is pre-dominantly modeled after the cultures and technologies of pre-modern Europe (with elements of Norse and Eastern Roman cultures being predominant); the basic weapons and plate mail armor sets players can unlock match the panoplies of medieval knights, while other weapons and armor sets more closely match the equipment of Renaissance-era war bands such as the Swiss Pikes, German Landsknecht, and Polish Winged Hussars. That said, Elden Ring is also chock-full of katana-style weaponry and samurai-esque lamellar armor sets (potential homages to FromSoftware's Japanese roots and its previous game, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice ). In-universe, these Japan-coded weapons are said to be favored by Elden Ring 's Grace-gifted Tarnished who hail from the Land of Re

Elden Ring is much more forgiving in this sense, with The Lands Between pretty generously offering a myriad of Sites of Grace. Of course, that's partly required if the Souls -like formula is to fill out a vast open-world g

The story unravels into a layered experience of complex and strategic real-time combat and a story that players can shape. With the help of some mods for The Witcher 2 , it's still a great role-playing game in the modern gaming age. House of the Dragon fans might want to check out Geralt's stories should they want a more narratively cinematic RPG. Much of The Witcher 's world depends on character drama, even if the political drama and wartime strife pass in the background. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is available for current hardware through

Mohg, the Lord of Blood, can be found in a hidden area called the Mohgwyn Palace in the underground regions of Elden Ring . Like his twin brother Morgott, also known as Margit the Fell Omen , he is cursed with Omen blood. As a result, he was locked away in the sewers beneath Leyndell by his parents, Queen Marika and Godfrey. During the Shattering, Mohg claimed a shard of the Elden Ring for himself, but he remained out of the war. Instead, he kidnapped the Empyrean, Miquella, from the Haligtree. Mohg shared his Omen blood with him, hoping to raise him to godhood so that Mohg could rule alongside him as his consort and king of the Lands Betw

Although the Godskins exist when the player enters the Lands Between, their powers are greatly diminished compared to when they were in their prime. The Godskins were at their full power before elden Ring maps Ring takes place and the Age of the Erdtree, when Marika was an empyrean instead of a god and vessel for the Elden Ring. While Marika may not have ascended to godhood yet at that time, she had plenty of reasons to be wary of the Godskins. Marika's rival for godhood was the leader of the Godskins, the Gloam-Eyed Queen, who is also called their mother. The Gloam-Eyed Queen's status in the present time of the Lands Between is unknown, but the Two Fingers chose her as an empyrean as well before the Elden Ring had a ves