Elden Ring Fans Are Confused About Why Rennala is So Big

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Every boss you fight in Elden Ring is huge. Even the very first Godrick Soldier you take down in the Stranded Graveyard is like eight feet tall. There are a few human-sized Tarnished you'll have to fight either as an invader or in Evergaols, but by and large, you're the smallest thing with a sword in the Lands Between.

Which is fine; you're a Tarnished of no renown, after all. But there are some bosses in Elden Ring that are just inexplicably huge, and Rennala is chief among them. She's supposed to be a regular old human--one with phenomenal cosmic power from a lifetime of studying the stars, but she's still just a person. And yet when you fight her, she's easily twice your size, with unnaturally long arms and a neck that'd make a giraffe blush.

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"Why is Rennala so giant? Reddit user MeowNugget asks. "I get gods/demi-gods being huge, but isn't she just a human who uses magic (albeit, royal)? Is there lore for her being huge?"

In terms of lore, the best explanation comes from user Black-Mettle, who reminds us that Rennala was given the Rune of Rebirth from Radagon when they went through a messy divorce. However, if the Rune of Rebirth causes unnatural growth in humans, this would imply that Rennala was normal-sized during her marriage with Radagon (who as we know from the end of Elden Ring, was pretty big himself).

I'd like to propose a second possible reason, however. The architecture of Raya Lucaria Academy is generally larger than what a normal-sized human would need, which implies Rennala was always pretty big (Ranni's body at the top of the tower is also fairly large). Various in-game lore entries explain the ancient Astrologers were once neighbors to the giants at