What's Happening In Elden Ring? The Game's Story, Part 2: Liurnia Of The Lakes

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With the death of Godrick the Grafted in Elden Ring, you've bested your first demigod and claimed a Great Rune--a major step on the path to becoming Elden Lord. That solidifies your place in the Roundtable Hold and opens up more of the Lands Between to you. Next, we'll head north to Liurnia of the Lakes, the land beyond Stormveil Castle and home to the Academy of Raya Lucaria, where sorcerers learn mystic arts that are separate from those taught by the adherents of the Golden Order.

In Liurnia, you can learn a lot more about the demigod children of Radagon and Rennala, as well as major parts of the history of the Lands Between, and pursue one of the game's endings. It also opens the path to the east, allowing you to reach Leyndell, the Erdtree capital, and Mt. Gelmir. Here's everything that happens as you make your way in Liurnia to claim a second Great Rune, and what you need to know about the sorcerers who have taken control of it. Of course, you're going to find spoilers in this article as we try to explain the story of Liurnia.

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Entering the Roundtable Hold with Godrick's Great Rune in-hand makes you a full-fledged member of the Hold, opening the door to the chamber at the back of the Roundtable's main chamber to you. There, you meet the Two Fingers and discover that name is not a metaphor. The Two Fingers are, in fact, two giant fingers, literally (almost) half of a massive hand in a small throne room. Beside the Fingers you meet Enia, a cleric of the Golden Order known as a Finger