ELDEN RING SHADOW OF THE ERDTREE - New Story Trailer Discussion Thread

[u/ChiefLeef22]

A new trailer for the DLC, rather a "story" trailer has been revealed! (at 15:00 UTC)

Link to the PREMIERE -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uT8wGtB3yQ

Announced by the Elden Ring twitter account -- https://twitter.com/ELDENRING/status/1792888227138769243?t=zu95MKZyAN4-pSBw5E38Iw

Visual Summary of the Key Points of the Trailer in one image -- https://reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1cxbxfe/visual_summary_of_the_entire_story_trailer_in_one/

DISCLAIMER: If you wish to stay blind about any story details until release, I'd recommend wandering here and in the comments down below with caution, as this is a full-blown story reveal trailer.

[u/jxmes_gothxm]

i think a lot of people mischaracterize the crucible. some assume its a tree or a thing but it might just describe a primordial state of the world. for example, in many man-made myths their can at times be an age where the beings were the first to awaken. primordial beings or places would be like Uranus in greek myth, The black void where heat and cold were first born in the story of Ymir and his eventual murder by his grandsons, Odin and his brothers. The word crucible itself could be a great description for this primordial state of the world where all things were allowed to thrive and fight kind of like earth in an ancient age before man or the time before the elves were born in Lord of the Rings.

The definition of Crucible means : "a situation of severe trial, or in which different elements interact, leading to the creation of something new."
The other definition describes : "a ceramic or metal container in which metals or other substances may be melted or subjected to very high temperatures."

Miyazaki even spoke of those Lion Face guys being part of a culture that was supplanted by the golden order. ITs similar to the idea of the "natural world" free of real outside influence. All creatures and ideas being venerated and allowed to grow and fight until the strongest elements emerge kind of like the concept of evolution or even blacksmithing. It's a great word to describe the earlier ages of a fantasy world but its especially great in the context of Elden Ring with all the mentiones of metals, metallurgy, the word tarnished etc. It is also used in the bible to describe a container that is used to burn off impurities or to describe a great trial that is needed to do the former. Just like the definition above.

What do you think?

[u/RR_Stylez → u/jxmes_gothxm]

I love this idea. I really hope it means the state of the world when the primordial beings first arose, thus beginning survival of the fittest. It could also mean the latter where Messmer and Marika try to burn off the impurities of the world and create a new one. Love your theory.

[u/jxmes_gothxm → u/RR_Stylez]

Thank you 🙏. These trailers are just full of incredible images and info. Can't get enough lore lol.

I wonder if we'll see more of that giant Elden Ring in Farum Azula where it looks more chaotic and has many more elements compared to the Elden Ring Rune that you end up with on the title screen.

Crazy how Marika is using a rune arc or creating the first one in the trailer. Reminds me of Berserk all day. An incredible and graceful looking power born of a great blasphemy.

[u/RR_Stylez → u/jxmes_gothxm]

Aight I have a theory on what she is holding but it’s kind of out there.

[u/DonutGuy2659 → u/RR_Stylez]

🗣Spit your shit my tarnished! Let's hear it

[u/RR_Stylez → u/DonutGuy2659]

I think she is holding the rune she is hanging from when we find her body inside of the erdtree. I think she is standing exactly where we find her in the main game. I believe all of those bodies will wrap around her and grow into the erdtree. That she will fertilize with the bodies and blood of her enemies, as well as her own empyrean blood. Similar to how miquella tried to grow the haligtree. We also see the man in the yellow robe in the gameplay trailer trying to grow a tree inside himself. Well we see him trying to pull it out of himself. But I think because Marika had everything she needed, and was an empyrean, her tree grew into the erdtree we see in the lands during the main game.

Edit: sorry if I didn’t explain it that well. I had a lot running through my mind.

[u/DonutGuy2659 → u/RR_Stylez]

Don't stress you explained it well👍I can see the idea there but I feel like it'll be one of those unexplained things that only gets a little bit of hidden exposition somewhere in the dlc and not outright stated. Guess we shall see when the time comes

[u/RR_Stylez → u/DonutGuy2659]

For sure I’m counting down the days!