
"And now the guidance of grace will be brought to the Tarnished who were spurned by the grace of gold and exiled from the Lands Between.


A war that meant abandonment by the Greater Will. "Marika's offspring, demigods all, claimed the shards of the Elden Ring known as the Great Runes, and the mad taint of their newfound strength triggered a war: The Shattering. "In the Lands Between ruled by Queen Marika the Eternal, the Elden Ring, the source of the Erdtree, has been shattered. "Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between. Admittedly it still sounds pretty vague, and there's a lot of references to things tossed in here that mean absolutely diddly squat without further context, but that's par for the course with FromSoft titles: The Elden Ring website is live now and has been updated with a big ol' blurb that summarises the game's plot. (Image credit: Bandai Namco) Elden Ring story
