Why Elden Ring's Caelid Region Was Trending in Spain

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Generally speaking, there is a solid line between video games and reality, although the advancement of technology has begun to make that line blurry in a few places. Sometimes, however, a game like FromSoftware's Elden Ring becomes sufficiently popular that fans begin transferring parts of it to their daily lives. Currently, Elden Ring's Caelid region is trending in Spain for real-world reasons and giving rise to a new meme in the process.

Some video game environments become so embedded in the popular consciousness that fans begin to see them in the real world. One of the most famous examples of this happening is the iconic Silent Hill fog world, which has inspired series fans and newcomers alike to make Silent Hill-themed comments on posts about foggy weather for years. Now, the Caelid region from Elden Ring—a poisoned wasteland under a burning orange-red sky—is set to join it.

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Caelid was trending on Spanish Twitter for one simple reason: large parts of Spain have been coated in Saharan calima. In other words, a load of dust from the Sahara has been carried across the Mediterranean by hot air, dyeing the sky a bright orange and coating cars, buildings, and streets. Many witnesses have taken to Twitter and begun posting about how much it looks like they're living in the blasted land of Caelid.

Twitter user KiruhiShay_TTV even went so far as to post comparison pictures of the real-life and in-game skies. Elden Ring fans may notice a distinct similarity between the real-life city of Murcia and Caelid under these conditions. Although the sky is more of a light orange than the angry red found in the game, the way the whole city looks orange as a result is arguably