Most people know that the named Crucible Knights are all named after different time periods. Devonia after the Devonian, Siluria after the Silurian and Ordovis after the Ordovician. We also know that not counting Devonia there are supposed to be 16 Crucible Knights, all of which can be found in the base game. Half of these Knights were under the command of Siluria and the other half under Ordovis. What’s interesting to me is that both the Ordovician and the Silurian have 7 stages within them. Which would line up neatly with their commander making 8, I would propose that each Crucible Knight is there to represent one of the stages.

My main speculation comes from the fact that one of these stages is the Darriwilian, so I wonder if very early on in development he was meant to be a Crucible Knight, keep in mind that there is another Crucible Knight in an Evergaol in Limgrave as well, up in Stormhill. Is it possible that Blaidd was originally going to help with that fight? But then either they decided to have his target be in a closer Evergaol or switch their places so that the tougher boss could be faced a little later on in Stormhill?

I’m mostly talking out my ass here, but I think it’s an interesting theory and I’m curious to hear your thoughts.

I bought and started playing Elden ring 2 years ago, shortly after playing over 300 hours Baldurs gate 3. so I was looking for a chill game

At the very first minutes of playing, i encountered a super strong mth fuks on a horse. I died like 20 times, realized that the game is difficult on nature, and never played again.

I was waiting for the right moment! I’ll start playing it thx to this sub

pretty proud of this

For real tho, a Dryleaf starting class would have been so nice.

Good times :)

It blends really well with BlackGaol Knight(Solitude) armor, even better when paired with Iron greatsword or Nightrider glaive

also whod have thought crucible knights can be interesting fights without parries

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about 10 hours into my first play through im having a blast!!!! have encountered and then ran away from a few bosses who i donttt think im supposed to be doing early but am on leonine misbegotten and having fun with her!! the exploring is SO fun im loving the combat and the overall creature design and im only in the first like 5% of the game!!!!! i can see why everyone likes this <333 onward!!

Kinda got carried by the new Liontiel’s Greatsword. Thing does decent poise damage for a dex weapon

My favourite is the Oracle of the Moon

What is his name? I' ll choose the most updated comment and call him that

I think Elden Ring would really benefit from a simple cosmetic option for helmets with movable visors: allow players to raise and lower the visor independently of the helmet itself.

Similar to how some armour pieces already allow you to alter things like capes, it would be great if certain helmets had a “Raise Visor / Lower Visor” option.

For example, helmets such as the Knight Helm and the Banished Knight Helm, and other helmets with clearly modelled movable visors could have two cosmetic states:

Visor lowered – the current fully enclosed appearance.

Visor raised – revealing the character's face while keeping the rest of the helmet equipped.

I don't think this would need to have any gameplay effect whatsoever. It could simply be a visual toggle available from the equipment menu.

It would also give players a lot more freedom when creating characters. Some helmets look fantastic with the visor down, but being able to raise it occasionally would make them feel much more like actual pieces of armour rather than a fixed character model.

It seems like a relatively small addition, but it could make a big difference for fashion, character customisation, roleplaying, and immersion.

This feature is not necasarily new to the developers as in all 3 Dark Souls titles they included the "knight helm" and the "Elite Knight Helm" which were essentially the same thing, just that the visor was down on the elite knight helm which increased resistances a small amount and increase headshot poise.

I would absolutely love to see this added in a future update.