Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree

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Guided by Empyrean Miquella, players are beckoned to the Land of Shadow, a place obscured by the Erdtree where the goddess Marika first set foot.

SoulslikeDark FantasyOpen World

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9 min read

Miquella's Divine Ascension & The Lord of the Old Order

Unpacking the tragic pact between Radahn and Miquella, St. Trina's fate, and the Scadutree's origin.

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Miquella shed his flesh, his doubts, and his golden lineage to forge an Age of Compassion. Yet, as the Tarnished discovers beneath the Gates of Divinity, purity achieved through the dispossession of one's humanity is indistinguishable from divine tyranny.

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