Elden Ring: Blaidd is The Game's Most Tragic Character

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It seemed almost impossible for FromSoftware's Elden Ring to live up to its own hype. For years before release, fans of the developer's previous works like Dark Souls and Demon's Souls were eager to see the latest iteration of FromSoftware's notoriously challenging format, and anticipation was high for Elden Ring. This was only increased by glimpses of the game, which detailed the vast setting, impressively detailed character creator, and flexibility of combat. Elden Ring promised much, and it seems to have mostly delivered.

Typically, FromSoftware games feature a level of attention to detail that not a lot of other titles can measure up to. Their worlds are littered with lore and scattered with secrets to uncover, with the majority of narrative detail revealed incidentally and through environmental elements. The stories of many characters that populate the world in games like Elden Ring are sometimes similarly shrouded in mystery, but once players do discover them they can be incredibly nuanced and bittersweet. Among Elden Ring's cast of characters are some tragic figures, but few more tragic than the wolf-like Blaidd.

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Hidetaka Miyazaki and his team of developers are pros at creating memorable characters. Most of these fall under the umbrella of bosses or enemies, and are one of the many elements that FromSoftware games are best known for. Players aren't likely to forget Dark Souls 3's encounter with The Nameless King and his wyvern, or the incredibly challenging Lady Maria from Bloodborne's Old Hunter DLC. The creatures and characters that inhabit the worlds created by FromSoftware give them life as well as lore, and Elden Ring's characters help elevate it.

Throughout Elden Ring, the