Elden Ring: Who Is Blaidd?

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Blaidd is Elden Ring's poster child, the big bad wolf that everyone loves to love. We meet him during Ranni's questline in an underground city, in the middle of the woods, and at Radahn's Festival, ready to help you take on the boss beside Mr Pot and Patches.

But he has a fairly troubled history and a tragic end. Like the poster children of Soulsborne games before him, he's the hero who falls from grace, turning from a fan favourite to a tearjerker - think of him as a Were'Solaire'.

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You first meet him at Mistwood Ruins where he's looking for Darriwil. His quest seems simple enough - find Darriwil, kill Darriwil. But then you go through the manor, fight all manner of ghastly creatures, encounter a large magical dragon, a witch in a tall tower, and a new path which Blaidd helps you follow. A new path and a new chapter in his story.

Blaidd is half-man, half-wolf, and was created by Ranni's Two Fingers to keep tabs on her, to make sure that she followed the path to her destiny of replacing Queen Marika. But Blaidd didn't follow the Two Fingers, instead swearing allegiance to Ranni, even after she sought to abandon her quest, stealing the rune of death. But the Two Fingers had placed a curse on Blaidd - if Ranni ever abandoned her destiny, Blaidd would lose himself, becoming bloodthirsty with an uncontrollable urge to kill. He would go feral.

In defiance of the fate he was born to, Blaidd swore to serve no master but Ranni. As proof, the sword was imbued with a cold magic at the moment the oath was sworn.

As for his vendetta with Bloodhound Knight Darriwil, there's little known. They seem to be part of an order of knights, though we only encounter Darriwill, and they're