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<br>That makes it fitting that Prisoners start with the Glintstone Staff, which is regarded as one of the stronger "jack-of-all-trades" staffs in the [https://Eldenringfans.com/articles/the-bleakest-endings-in-rpgs-when-victory-tastes-like-ash.html existential video Game themes]. The Glintstone Staff has a good scaling with Intelligence and is upgraded normally with standard Smithing Stones. On top of being a starting weapon for Prisoners, it's also able to be found as a drop from enemies in Caria Ma<br><br> <br>The logic of the Painted Worlds isn’t fully explained, so much of how they work is merely speculation. One theory is used to suggest how Elden Ring connects to Dark Souls and FromSoftware's other games. At the end of Ashes of Ariandel , the player finds someone called the Painter. She sits in front of a blank canvas awaiting the return of Gael, who will bring the paint she’ll use. After completing The Ringed City , the player acquires this paint, which is actually an item called Blood of the Dark Soul, the description of which says it is " used as pigment [...] to depict a painted world ." When the player gives this to the Painter, she says, " I will assuredly finish the painting. Of a cold, dark, and very gentle place. One day, it will make someone a goodly home. " The player never sees the completed painting, but it is theorized that it could be the world of Elden Ring or Bloodbor<br> <br>Scattered across The Lands Between are seven paintings that are tied to scavenger hunt quests. These puzzles require the player to find the locations from which each painting was made. When the correct places are found, the player will discover Wandering Artist Spirits. Upon interaction with the spirits, they drop a unique item and disappear. Fans of the Dark Souls series will almost certainly think of the Painted Worlds whenever they come across interact-able paintings in FromSoftware’s Soulsborne gam<br><br> <br>Anor Londo's name is likely an adoption of a language created by J.R.R. Tolkien in Lord of the Rings , and can roughly be translated as " Land of the Sun ." If Elden Ring and Dark Souls were connected, the Sun Realm Shield could be an artifact from when Anor Londo basked in the sunlight. Though this is likely just an obscure Easter egg for fans, it does present the interesting idea that the events of the Dark Souls series could have happened long ago in Elden Ring ’s timel<br><br> <br>Although she's relatively easy to miss, Rya is an integral NPC who can help the player considerably in their travels. Speaking to her in Liurnia of the Lakes will allow the player to converse with Blackguard Big Boggart, and, when encountered in Altus Plateau, she'll offer to take the player to Volcano manner, thereby skipping the notorious ascent up Mt. Gelmir. Rya is another fairly tragic Elden Ring character; secretly a man-serpent who is troubled because of her connections to Lady Tanith and Lord Rykard, the player can assuage her worries by giving her the Tonic of Forgetfulness. Unfortunately, completing her questline rewards players with Daedicar's Woe, the absolute worst Talisman in Elden Ri<br><br> <br>Of all the possibilities discussed, Miquella is the most likely to be featured in Elden Ring’s upcoming DLC. He is the twin of Malenia, and according to her, he is the most fearsome of all the Empyreans. As the Scarlet Rot curses Malenia, Miquella is cursed with eternal youth, and to counteract the curses, he grows the Haligtree, which might be a parasite . He put himself in a cocoon embedded into the tree so he could grow and find a cure. However, Mohg, the Lord of Blood, prematurely removed Miquella from the tree to fulfill his plan to raise the Empyrean to godhood and become his consort. The intro sequence shows a still image of Mohg’s abduct<br><br> <br>Painted Worlds appear in the first Dark Souls - the Painted World of Ariamis - and during Dark Souls 3 ’s expansion, Ashes of Ariandel - the Painted World of Ariandel. In both cases, these worlds are accessed when the player interacts with a painting. What follows is a short cutscene of the player character being pulled inside the painting when their hand touches the canvas. The player is then transported to a world entirely separate from the rest of the g<br><br> <br>A late-game staff, the Staff of the Guilty is found deep in the volcanic Mt. Gelmir. Unlike other staffs in Elden Ring , this one is more focused on the Faith stat and the complementing incantation abilit<br> <br>FromSoftware has not confirmed that their games take place in the same continuity, but they’ve done a remarkable job of keeping the themes of Dark Souls and Bloodborne in **Elden Ring ** alive. The mastermind behind most of the Soulslike games, Hidetaka Miyazaki, has notably been averse to sequels, which may explain why there has not yet been a Bloodborne 2 . Despite this, the studio seems to deliberately include Easter eggs and references that fuel speculation of a shared unive<br><br> <br>Understanding the Erdtree requires knowledge of the Lands Between before the Outer Gods, particularly the Greater Will, take an interest in it. Outer Gods that are seeking power would need to have a reason to choose the Lands Between as the place they seek to spread their influence. The Greater Will wouldn't put in the effort and send the Elden Ring to a land if it doesn't gain anything from controlling that land. What the Greater Will is likely after goes back to a point on the timeline before Elden Ring begins . The first hint at what the Greater Will wants is in the Aspects of the Crucible description, which says, " This is a manifestation of the Erdtree's primal vital energies - an aspect of the primordial crucible, where all life was once blended together." Any object or being capable of holding all life blended together would certainly be a target for the power-hungry Outer G<br>