What Happens In Elden Ring? The Game's Story, Part 9: Eternal Cities, Deeproot Depths, And Mohg
After making your way to the Haligtree, there's only one Shardbearer remaining in Elden Ring. The Lord of Blood waits for you in a hidden place deep underground, and if you venture into those depths, you'll find a huge world. These subterranean places have their own history with the Golden Order and the Lands Between, and despite their destruction long ago, they're actually pretty important to the events you see in the world above. Not only is the last Shardbearer hidden here, but we learn some things about the past of the Lands Between, and what impacts the events of the game's history, like the Night of Black Knives, have had on the world ever since.
The underground world and the Eternal Cities you find there have a lot to do with Ranni and her quests, and it's here you'll find out about the ultimate fate of Miquella and Godwyn the Golden. There's a lot to learn down here in the false night--and even a huge well of Scarlet Rot, the «Lake of Rot,» that might even house the essence of the Outer God responsible for the affliction that plagues Malenia, Radahn, Caelid, and the Haligtree.
Spoilers follow, of course, as we uncover the stories hidden beneath your feet as you venture through Elden RIng.
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If you did a lot of exploring in Limgrave, you likely stumbled on the Siofra Well, discovering a huge underground area surrounding the Siofra River. This is your first inkling of the land beneath the Lands Between, and the cities that have been built there: Nokron, Nokstella, and a city that is nameless.
As with a lot of areas in Elden Ring, the fine details about what's going on with the underground lands aren't always clear. The open areas themselves are populated by the spirits of Ancestor
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