Elden Ring STORY Explained: What Are The Tarnished?



Elden Ring STORY Explained: What Are The Tarnished?

Elden Ring takes place in the realm of the Lands Between, sometime after the destruction of the titular Elden Ring and the scattering of its shards, the Great Runes. Once graced by the Ring and the Erdtree which symbolizes its presence, the realm is now ruled over by the demigod offspring of Queen Marika the Eternal, each possessing a shard of the Ring that corrupts and taints them with power. As Tarnished—exiles from the Lands Between who lost the Ring’s grace and are summoned back after the Shattering, players must traverse the realm to ultimately find all the Great Runes, restore the Elden Ring, and become the Elden Lord.

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27 thoughts on “Elden Ring STORY Explained: What Are The Tarnished?”

  1. I’ve spent over 30 hours playing Elden ring now and I’ve started to understand a little bit about what’s going on. You have to really find certain characters to understand tidbits here and there and also understand the areas you’re in. Like “what am I fighting?” “Why are these knights here?” The names of the items they’re dropping. Like the godrick knights etc. it all slowly unravels as you get into the game. You just have to listen to what characters tell you and what snippets you find. It makes sense

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  2. "Elden Ring STORY Explained"
    I saw this title expecting to have the story explained not a bunch of theory.

    The way you presented your infos made things confusing, I coukdnt tell which were actual "facts" from the lore and which were your own theories.

    I just wanted the lore explained or at least specify in the title that this was theories and not the actual lore of the game

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  3. It’s really cool to see this game bringing so many fresh faces to the souls series. Reading people’s comments about how hard the bosses are and how hidden the lore is makes me feel like I’m playing demons’ souls for the first time. Good stuff!

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