Elden Ring Video Describes Unsettling Cut Content From Rennala Fight
A new video exploring the lore and development of Elden Ring questions the nature of Rennala's Juvenile Scholars by considering certain cut content from the game. The Rennala fight in Elden Ring, and especially the first phase, isn't particularly difficult, but it is incredibly unsettling and lore-heavy. Something has gone very wrong in the Academy of Raya Lucaria and the reasons why remain a mystery, even now seven months after Elden Ring's release.
Much regarding Rennala herself is revealed within Elden Ring. Rennala is the head of the Carian Royal family, the head of the Academy of Raya Lucaria, and was once the wife of Radagon. While she is no demigod, she bears a shard of the Elden Ring itself in the form of the Great Rune of the Unborn, which takes the form of Rennala's amber egg. Rennala uses this egg, and her own magical powers, to grant rebirth — though those reborn are «all frail and short-lived. Imperfect beings, each and all.»
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The child-like students that surround Rennala are an example of these imperfect beings, as they crawl across the floor and seem detached and ethereal. Players must kill the students in order to defeat Rennala's first phase, a sacrifice the students are more than willing to make for Rennala. Cut dialogue from Elden Ring for these students adds some unsettling perspective to the situation, showing that the students are seemingly well-aware of the violence at hand but largely apathetic about it.
Voices for the Juvenile Students during the first-phase boss apparently used to ask the player to be their friend and treat the fight as a playful endeavor. They also mention making Rennala «whole again,» teasing some awareness of the
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