How Elden Ring's Sky Temple Fell To The Earth
Scattered across Elden Ring are pieces of a sky temple that once hovered above the Lands Between. Demolished stone structures littered with rune fragments suggest this ancient floating city existed before even the birth of the Erdtree and the reign of Queen Marika. However, whatever caused it to crash into the ground remains much of a mystery throughout Elden Ring unless one digs deep into its history.
[Warning: Spoilers for Elden Ring are below.]
The time at which Elden Ring takes place in its own lore is an interesting one. While the lore behind Elden Ring's Erdtree and Marika may seem like origin stories, they are actually considered recent events in the Lands Between (at least, recent in terms of history). Before the Erdtree, there were giants, and before them, there were great stags known as Ancestral Beasts and immortal dragons. These different species had entire civilizations that have either been lost to time or have become buried deep beneath the surface of the Lands Between before the time of Elden Ring's story.
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As to which of these past species created the sky temple, it is clear that the dragons are responsible. After Melina obtains the fire of the Fire Giants near the end-game of Elden Ring, she teleports the Tarnished to Crumbling Farum Azula, a floating island off the Eastern coast of the Lands Between that is the home to many dragons. While nothing has been found in Elden Ring that explicitly states Farum Azula is the sky temple that fell apart, many clues suggest it is indeed responsible for the temple fragments scattered across the Lands Between. Not only is the temple city falling apart as its name states, but it also appears to be made of the same
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