Uploaded April 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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From the One Great to the Shattering War, this Elden Ring Lore video aims to give a thorough overview of the game's main narrative and background lore. By explaining the main story we hope to provide players, old and new, a catchup before the Shadow of the Erdtree release.

Intro: 0:00
The Elden Ring: 1:25
Life and the Erdtree: 9:58
Ancient Dragons: 16:22
Crucible Era Civilisations: 23:14
Mountaintops of the Giants: 28:25
Crucible Warrior Culture: 37:01
The Erdtree Wars: 45:55
The Nox: 58:49
Early Erdtree Era: 1:08:01
Gloam-Eyed Queen: 1:12:01
Erdtree Faith: 1:22:22
The Long March: 1:27:56
Radagon and Fundamentalism: 1:33:58
Miquella and Malenia: 1:41:44
Night of the Black Knives: 1:54:17
The Shattering: 2:02:09
The Return of the Tarnished: 2:17:20

This is an extremely expansive video that looks at the entire story of Elden Ring including: The Shattering, Erdtree, Marika, Radagon, Godfrey, Ranni, Fia, Radahn, Malenia, Miquella, Morgott, Margit, Bernahl, Rykard, the Greater Will, Elden Beast, Godwyn and More!

Editor: Creators Studio - creatorsstudio.co.uk

Commission Thumbnail art by Shimhaq: twitter.com/shimhaq

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REFERENCES

Ratatoskr Video Re Greater Will: youtube.com/watch?v=tOrOygLipnQ&t=23s
Tarnished Archaeologist Re Farum Azula: youtube.com/watch?v=JW6A53xgfsg&t=2s
Dark Tark Farum Azula Video: youtube.com/watch?v=2gdTjVHgYzw&t=4s
Tarnished Archaeologist Ancient Civ: youtube.com/watch?v=ZyiOtwyH0Sk&t=463s
Quelaag Tweet re Rune of Death: twitter.com/xIngenue/status/1630793485916995585?s=20
Hawkshaw Re Elden Ring Colors: youtube.com/watch?v=xcIEWVFSce8&t=740s
Tarnished Archaeologist Re Godfrey: youtube.com/watch?v=syzMebGy7HA&t=60s
Tarnished Archaeologist - Creeds of the Erdtree: youtube.com/watch?v=6MNPMmL6N3g&t=1576s
V-Limit video on Fire in Elden Ring: youtube.com/watch?v=8w8gMUigyOs&t=209s
V-Limit video on Vyke: youtube.com/watch?v=S3XvpHeAe3E
Last Protagonist on Greattree and Crucible: youtube.com/watch?v=oNe8EtddkS8&t=2s
Ratatoskr Podcast with Smough on Elden Ring: youtube.com/watch?v=TUDRAYSG3jY&t=1435s
Ratatoskr Heroic Concept - Rykard: youtube.com/watch?v=jz6YubLocIo&t=688s
Ratatoskr Heroic Concept - Radahn: youtube.com/watch?v=cs_Rzs4x49s&t=434s
Ratatoskr Heroic Concept - Godrick: youtube.com/watch?v=cqgEDUzr-ZI&t=143s
Miyazaki DLC Interview with Famitsu: famitsu.com/news/202402/22335199.html
Miyazaki Pre-Release interview with Playstation: blog.playstation.com/2022/01/28/an-interview-with-fromsoftwares-hidetaka-miyazki
Shout out to @TheAshenHollow for some of the Malenia Footage
Shout out to Lokey and Last Protagonist for their translations and insights

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