For the most part, it has never been a question whether a part of any FromSoftware game was canon or not, another story within that same world. Dark Souls 2 took a large step away, but ultimately abided by the same rules and history as the original game. This puts 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Elden Ring Nightreign in a very odd place - a roguelike spin-off.

With less of a story-focus and efficient reuse of assets from the original game, much less can be inferred from the environment and enemies of Nightreign. Scant dialogue becomes our largest piece of guidance, though the 💙Nightlords are packed with amble evidence that perhaps Nightreign is a bit more connected than wer may have thought.

As A Sequel To The Age Of Stars Ending

When Dark Souls got sequels, it could never be said exactly when they occurred. Vast swathes of time passed, history built upon itself, and the world slowly but surely faded away. Endings became irrelevant because time wiped them away. Elden Ring stands out in that regard however, having a much more storied, static mythos than those of previous FromSoftware games.

This means Nightreign inherently has to have a place in the timeline, and we are given one very early. The Shattering has already occured, and the Erdtree once stood here but has long since left this land, beyond the memory of most others. While this is still quite ꦉa wide span of time, it does open up a rather specific point at which it is past - the story of the original Elden Rin💟g game.

In Elden Ring, we do not see the Shattering occur, and we are never told exactly how long ago it occurred, either. Death no longer exists and Demigods fight endlessly. However, we do have some definitives, and the literal biggest of them all is the Erdtree. Even without knowing when the Shattering occurred, Demigods roam the land, and the Erdtree towers over it all. So its absence points to it being removed, and that only occurs in two endings.

The Flame of Frenzy ending burns away everything there is in The Lands Between, Erdtree included. Evidently, there is still plenty left in The Lands Between, and there is no major signs of Madness overtaking the populace. That just leaves Ranni Age of Stars ending.

Think on it. The Erdtree is a manifestation of the Greater Will, whom used Marika as its vessel to exert its power over The Lands Between. With Ranni choosing to forgo the influence of Outer Gods like the Greater Will, the Erdtree too should dissipate with it. Thi꧒s would explain its removal, and why there seems to be nothing of the Golden Order or its rule remaining.

While the Erdtree gains its form from the Greater Will, The Lands Between previously had the Great Tree, and this is likely why we still see bleach🀅ed trees when approaching Nightlords. It is a remnant of The Lands Between, rather than that of the Greater Will.

This then brings us to the Nightlords. Ranni seeks to bring in an age of dark, where people must choose their own path. No more gods ruling over you, and no more b𒐪enevolence in exchange for piety. You must strive for yourself, for better or worse. In that sense, the Nightlords become more obvious. They are literal embodiments of night, of the things people fear, but also of those things that have been able to excel in the dark of night.

This brings us all back to the Night Aspect himself, Heolstor. He appears as nothing but a hollow frame before being filled with the power of night. And then we see him unveil more and more weapons. The Darkmoon Greatsword, Moonveil, slashes of magic and the ability to control the very night itself. In some regard, this could even be the consort of Ranni, a hollow frame that harness her power, just like Marika became to 🎀the Greater Will, or Radahn to Miquella.

To that end, Nightreign may well depict a world where Ranni achieved her vision of the world and left to roam the stars. All that remains in The Lands Between are those strong eno🥃ugh to survive in it, without the interference of gods.

As A Parallel Story

In a similar vein, and even acknowledged by FromSoftware with director Junya Takahashi describing the story as being a new branch following the Shattering. So what does that mean then if th꧒e story is not a successor to the events of the original Elden Ring?

Well, from this end we have to assume that all is shared until the Shattering, with that cataclysmic event being our diverging point. Then what could have caus🃏ed the world to become altered so dramati🌌cally?

In the original Elden Ring, it is stated that the Grace of Gold vanished from the eyes of many after the Shattering, making them Tarnished. This grace eventually returned to them, leading to our own character's place in Elden Ring. Then what if in Nightreign, the primary difference is that this never happened at all? What if the Grace of Gold never returned to the eyes of the Tarnished, and The Lands Between was left to fend for 💯itself.

In that vein, it would make sense that The Lands Between would fall to night. Ranni was still active in this period. The Night of Black Knives was the catalyst that broke Marika, driving her to instigate the Shattering. But what if Ranni was even more successful? What if she managed to harnes🌺s Death to truly undue the Golden Order, the Greater Will, and the Erdtree as a whole?

Ultimately, it all comes back to Ranni. This night would have to be invited into The Lands Between. With the Greater Will already present, it would need to be removed before night could take over in its own way. Many of the characters present in Nightreign, the Nightfarers, have only vague memories of their own past, and even less of The Lands Between and what came before them. The Executor seems to be the sole individual who even physically remembers the Erdtree.

So looking at it from this angle, we can perhaps assume that Ranni was even more successful, and used the commotion of the Shattering to further enact her own plan much more successfully in this timeline.

Is Elden Ring Nightreign Connected To Dark Souls?

Of course, all of this leaves a rather major aspect left untouched - why even are there Dark Souls enemies in Nightreign? Unlike the story of Nightreign and where it falls on the timeline, the answer for Dark Souls is both ꦦmore and less direct. For the most part,🦄 we can accept it exactly as it is - cameos and references.

In truth, you could muster up some grand theories. The night that exists in Nightreign is actually an extension of the fire fading from Dark Souls, the Night Aspect is actually the Soul of Cinder, generatioꩲns of fallen warriors coalesced into a single individual that embodies the night. These are fun ideas, but not ones with any real connection to reality. They are just allusions, shared concepts, and most importantly, thematically similar. These things can be connected because they are alike, not because they are the sa𝔍me.

We also get extra outfits for each character after the Night Aspect is defeated, two for each Nightfarer, and all of them based on a character from the Dark Souls series. You can make some fun examinations as to whether these relate to the characters they are given to in some greater capacity, but they serve no narrative purpose. They are, for all intents and purposes, an easter egg. A light-hearted reference.

So no, you will likely not be seeing the Nameless King as a forgotten child of Marika and Gwyn. But hey, you can at least get some fun fan service, and finally see some of th✃e strongest bosses from Dark Souls taken down a notch.