Trailer & In-Game Quotes
"I doubt you could even imagine it... that which commanded the stars, giving life its fullest brilliance. The Elden Ring - ohhh, Elden Ring! Shattered... by someone, or something. Don't tell me you can't see it. Look up at the sky. It burns!"
Narrator, E3 2019 Trailer
It happened an age ago. But when I recall, I see it true.
On a night of wint'ry fog.
The rune of death was stolen
And the demigods began to fall, starting with Godwyn the Golden.
Queen Marika was driven to the brink.
The Shattering ensued; a war that wrought only darkness.
The Elden Ring was broken, but by whom? And why?
What could the Demigods ever hope to win by warring?
The conqueror of the stars, General Radahn.
And the Blade of Miquella, Malenia the Severed.
These two were the mightiest to remain, and locked horns in combat.
But there would be no victor.
And so, we inhabit a fractured world.
Awaiting the arrival of the Elden Lord.
Unless of course, thou shouldst take the crown?
On a night of wint'ry fog.
The rune of death was stolen
And the demigods began to fall, starting with Godwyn the Golden.
Queen Marika was driven to the brink.
The Shattering ensued; a war that wrought only darkness.
The Elden Ring was broken, but by whom? And why?
What could the Demigods ever hope to win by warring?
The conqueror of the stars, General Radahn.
And the Blade of Miquella, Malenia the Severed.
These two were the mightiest to remain, and locked horns in combat.
But there would be no victor.
And so, we inhabit a fractured world.
Awaiting the arrival of the Elden Lord.
Unless of course, thou shouldst take the crown?
Lunar Princess, Ranni the Witch, Story trailer
"The fallen leaves tell a story.
The great Elden Ring was shattered.
In our home, across the fog, the Lands Between.
Now, Queen Marika the Eternal is nowhere to be found, and in the Night of the Black Knives, Godwyn the Golden was first to perish.
Soon, Marika's offspring, demigods all, claimed the shards of the Elden Ring.
The mad taint of their newfound strength triggered the Shattering.
A war from which no lord arose.
A war leading to abandonment by the Greater Will.
Oh, arise now, ye Tarnished.
Ye dead, who yet live.
The call of long-lost grace speaks to us all.
Hoarah Loux, chieftain of the badlands.
The ever-brilliant Goldmask.
Fia, the Deathbed Companion.
The loathsome Dung Eater.
And Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-knowing.
...and one other. Whom grace would again bless.
A Tarnished of no renown. Cross the fog, to the Lands Between, to stand before the Elden Ring.
And become the Elden Lord."
The great Elden Ring was shattered.
In our home, across the fog, the Lands Between.
Now, Queen Marika the Eternal is nowhere to be found, and in the Night of the Black Knives, Godwyn the Golden was first to perish.
Soon, Marika's offspring, demigods all, claimed the shards of the Elden Ring.
The mad taint of their newfound strength triggered the Shattering.
A war from which no lord arose.
A war leading to abandonment by the Greater Will.
Oh, arise now, ye Tarnished.
Ye dead, who yet live.
The call of long-lost grace speaks to us all.
Hoarah Loux, chieftain of the badlands.
The ever-brilliant Goldmask.
Fia, the Deathbed Companion.
The loathsome Dung Eater.
And Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-knowing.
...and one other. Whom grace would again bless.
A Tarnished of no renown. Cross the fog, to the Lands Between, to stand before the Elden Ring.
And become the Elden Lord."
Opening Cutscene
"Given time, technique never fails."
Blacksmith Hewg, summing up the spirit of soulsborne games in a single sentence.
"Togethaaaaaaa."
Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy, treating the scenery as an appetizer.
"Graceless Tarnished.
What is thy business with these thrones?
Ahh... Godrick the Golden. The twin prodigies, Miquella and Malenia. General Radahn. Praetor Rykard. Lunar Princess Ranni.
Wilful traitors, all!
Thy kind are all of a piece. Pillagers. Emboldened by the flame of ambition!
Have it writ upon thy meagre grave:
Felled by King Morgott! Last of all kings."
What is thy business with these thrones?
Ahh... Godrick the Golden. The twin prodigies, Miquella and Malenia. General Radahn. Praetor Rykard. Lunar Princess Ranni.
Wilful traitors, all!
Thy kind are all of a piece. Pillagers. Emboldened by the flame of ambition!
Have it writ upon thy meagre grave:
Felled by King Morgott! Last of all kings."
Morgott, The Omen King. about his siblings and half-siblings when you meet him for the third time.
"However ruined this world has become, however mired in torment and despair, life endures. Births continue. There is beauty in that, is there not?"
Melina Attempting to convince the Tarnished to not embrace the Frenzied Flame.
"Ahh, I knew you'd come.
To stand before the Elden Ring. To become Elden Lord. What a sad state of affairs.
I commend your spirit, but alas, none shall take the throne.
Queen Marika has high hopes for us. That we continue to struggle.
Unto eternity."
To stand before the Elden Ring. To become Elden Lord. What a sad state of affairs.
I commend your spirit, but alas, none shall take the throne.
Queen Marika has high hopes for us. That we continue to struggle.
Unto eternity."
Sir Gideon Ofnir, the All-Knowing, moments before engaging you in battle in Leyndell.
"I dreamt for so long.
My flesh was dull gold...and my blood, rotted.
Corpse after corpse, left in my wake...
As I awaited...his return.
...Heed my words.
I am Malenia. Blade of Miquella.
And I have never known defeat."
My flesh was dull gold...and my blood, rotted.
Corpse after corpse, left in my wake...
As I awaited...his return.
...Heed my words.
I am Malenia. Blade of Miquella.
And I have never known defeat."
Malenia, Blade of Miquella, upon meeting her in the Haligtree.
"O, Death. Become my blade once more."
The Beast Clergyman before revealing himself to be Maliketh, the Black Blade.
Filk Songs
We Rise, by Aviators
To dawn
We've gone
Adrift with the resolve to carry on
When the climb is steep
And the days are long
We rise
All rise
Our fight
Burns bright
From filth we ascend to the tree of life
The lowly empowered in faith unite
We rise
All rise
So far
We are
The hope scattered among the fallen stars
The last note played on an old guitar
But we rise
All rise
With hearts
Of thorns
We're matched with the will of the royal born
To stave off the fall of a house that's torn
We rise
All rise
We will die again
Where the oceans end
Over and over
In the dragon's fire
We will testify
Shoulder to shoulder
In the lands between
Spirits sharp and clean
Mused with a purpose
Through the scarlet mist
For the maidenless
We rise unburdened again
We rise again
We bled
Instead
Of giving ourselves to the void of death
Accepting the power for a final breath
We rise
All rise
To yearn
And burn
With frenzy and flame to the rights we've earned
In face of the falsehoods and secrets learned
We rise
All rise
We will die again
Where the oceans end
Over and over
In the dragon's fire
We will testify
Shoulder to shoulder
In the lands between
Spirits sharp and clean
Mused with a purpose
Through the scarlet mist
For the maidenless
We rise unburdened again
We rise again
Though some of us won't make it back
We're following into the black
Unknown for a long lost throne
We rise again
Where others might look for escape
These lights in the dark search for grace
Once lost
To a blood-soaked cause
We will rise
Through battlefields scarred by the gods
We're striving no matter the odds
When nothing can hold back the tide
We rise, we rise, we rise
All rise
Though graceless and exiled
We're loyal the same
Returning to roots through the
Worst of our pain
When kings rise against
Have it writ on their grave
The old gods were felled
By a mortal unnamed
We will die again
Where the oceans end
Over and over
In the dragon's fire
We will testify
Shoulder to shoulder
In the lands between
Spirits sharp and clean
Mused with a purpose
Through the scarlet mist
For the maidenless
We rise unburdened again
We rise again
Our eternal struggle echoes to the past
We rise, we rise
So even if only to fall then in ash
We rise, I will rise
We've gone
Adrift with the resolve to carry on
When the climb is steep
And the days are long
We rise
All rise
Our fight
Burns bright
From filth we ascend to the tree of life
The lowly empowered in faith unite
We rise
All rise
So far
We are
The hope scattered among the fallen stars
The last note played on an old guitar
But we rise
All rise
With hearts
Of thorns
We're matched with the will of the royal born
To stave off the fall of a house that's torn
We rise
All rise
We will die again
Where the oceans end
Over and over
In the dragon's fire
We will testify
Shoulder to shoulder
In the lands between
Spirits sharp and clean
Mused with a purpose
Through the scarlet mist
For the maidenless
We rise unburdened again
We rise again
We bled
Instead
Of giving ourselves to the void of death
Accepting the power for a final breath
We rise
All rise
To yearn
And burn
With frenzy and flame to the rights we've earned
In face of the falsehoods and secrets learned
We rise
All rise
We will die again
Where the oceans end
Over and over
In the dragon's fire
We will testify
Shoulder to shoulder
In the lands between
Spirits sharp and clean
Mused with a purpose
Through the scarlet mist
For the maidenless
We rise unburdened again
We rise again
Though some of us won't make it back
We're following into the black
Unknown for a long lost throne
We rise again
Where others might look for escape
These lights in the dark search for grace
Once lost
To a blood-soaked cause
We will rise
Through battlefields scarred by the gods
We're striving no matter the odds
When nothing can hold back the tide
We rise, we rise, we rise
All rise
Though graceless and exiled
We're loyal the same
Returning to roots through the
Worst of our pain
When kings rise against
Have it writ on their grave
The old gods were felled
By a mortal unnamed
We will die again
Where the oceans end
Over and over
In the dragon's fire
We will testify
Shoulder to shoulder
In the lands between
Spirits sharp and clean
Mused with a purpose
Through the scarlet mist
For the maidenless
We rise unburdened again
We rise again
Our eternal struggle echoes to the past
We rise, we rise
So even if only to fall then in ash
We rise, I will rise
Fallen Leaves, by Miracle of Sound
To emerge and to breathe anew
For a purpose so far from my own
And this world I've awoken to
Seems familiar but somehow unknown
And the branches of gold on the skyline
Reach out to the sweep of the stars
The beginnings and endings of lifetimes
A guidance of light from afar
Down
Down come the leaves
Do you believe
Words of the gilded and gold
Down
Drenched by the rain
Seared by the flame
Branches shall loosen their hold
Guided by grace ever led
These weary feet still tread
Over the fallen leaves
Do you believe
Do you believe now
Fallen leaves
Wake up and breathe
Do you believe now
Once rejected, the lowest caste
Now they bid us return to their grace
To forget the unfeeling past
To accept this undying embrace
And this light now bestowed on the lowly
Cannot reach the dark corners of old
Cruel rule of the highborn and holy
Lies in smoldering ash in the cold
Down
Down come the leaves
Do you believe
Words of the gilded and gold
Down
Drenched by the rain
Seared by the flame
Branches shall loosen their hold
Guided by grace ever led
These weary feet still tread
Over the fallen leaves
Do you believe
Do you believe now
Fallen leaves
Wake up and breathe
Do you believe now?
Was it all that you wanted and more?
Was it all you imagined before?
Smashed into splinters
Shards they will fall
Tears of the timber
Blanketing all
Branches forlorn
Shed golden leaves
Order and form in the
Patterns they weave
Taste of the tears
Stitches and scars
Spinning the spheres
We severed the stars
Touched the primordial
Entropy lost
The carnal, corporeal
Suffer the cost
Ghosts in the deep
Watch over her shades
Awakened from sleep
To falter and fade
Rot in the roots
And sleep in the womb
A beautiful blue
Paints the rays of the moon
Down
Down come the leaves
Do you believe
Words of the gilded and gold
Down
Drenched by the rain
Seared by the flame
Branches shall loosen their hold
Guided by grace ever led
These weary feet still tread
Over the fallen leaves
Do you believe
Do you believe now
Fallen leaves
Wake up and breathe
Do you believe now
For a purpose so far from my own
And this world I've awoken to
Seems familiar but somehow unknown
And the branches of gold on the skyline
Reach out to the sweep of the stars
The beginnings and endings of lifetimes
A guidance of light from afar
Down
Down come the leaves
Do you believe
Words of the gilded and gold
Down
Drenched by the rain
Seared by the flame
Branches shall loosen their hold
Guided by grace ever led
These weary feet still tread
Over the fallen leaves
Do you believe
Do you believe now
Fallen leaves
Wake up and breathe
Do you believe now
Once rejected, the lowest caste
Now they bid us return to their grace
To forget the unfeeling past
To accept this undying embrace
And this light now bestowed on the lowly
Cannot reach the dark corners of old
Cruel rule of the highborn and holy
Lies in smoldering ash in the cold
Down
Down come the leaves
Do you believe
Words of the gilded and gold
Down
Drenched by the rain
Seared by the flame
Branches shall loosen their hold
Guided by grace ever led
These weary feet still tread
Over the fallen leaves
Do you believe
Do you believe now
Fallen leaves
Wake up and breathe
Do you believe now?
Was it all that you wanted and more?
Was it all you imagined before?
Smashed into splinters
Shards they will fall
Tears of the timber
Blanketing all
Branches forlorn
Shed golden leaves
Order and form in the
Patterns they weave
Taste of the tears
Stitches and scars
Spinning the spheres
We severed the stars
Touched the primordial
Entropy lost
The carnal, corporeal
Suffer the cost
Ghosts in the deep
Watch over her shades
Awakened from sleep
To falter and fade
Rot in the roots
And sleep in the womb
A beautiful blue
Paints the rays of the moon
Down
Down come the leaves
Do you believe
Words of the gilded and gold
Down
Drenched by the rain
Seared by the flame
Branches shall loosen their hold
Guided by grace ever led
These weary feet still tread
Over the fallen leaves
Do you believe
Do you believe now
Fallen leaves
Wake up and breathe
Do you believe now
Scarlet Sky, by Miracle of Sound
Do you remember the proud times?
Standing so tall
Our golden glow used to outshine all
But I'm falling apart
Try to hold on to my soul
Blight beats through my broken heart
My scarlet sky
Gravity will break and bend
My scarlet sky
Waiting for the end
Just you and I
Stay with me through time, my friend
And we will keep the stars from falling through the
Scarlet sky
Down by the waves they will find me
Savage, defiled
This poison spreading inside me, wild
I'm falling apart
I don't recognize myself
Blight beats through my broken heart
My scarlet sky
Gravity will break and bend
My scarlet sky
Waiting for the end
Just you and I
Stay with me through time, my friend
And we will keep the stars from falling through the
Scarlet sky
Out across the red we rush
Constellations yield to us
Down in the roots she slumbers
As I am torn asunder
The hunger ever stronger
Just let me taste my honour lost
My scarlet sky
Gravity will break and bend
My scarlet sky
Waiting for the end
Just you and I
Stay with me through time, my friend
And we will keep the stars from falling through the
Scarlet sky
Rusted steel
The gravity is negative
Out across the red we rush
Constellations yield to us
Standing so tall
Our golden glow used to outshine all
But I'm falling apart
Try to hold on to my soul
Blight beats through my broken heart
My scarlet sky
Gravity will break and bend
My scarlet sky
Waiting for the end
Just you and I
Stay with me through time, my friend
And we will keep the stars from falling through the
Scarlet sky
Down by the waves they will find me
Savage, defiled
This poison spreading inside me, wild
I'm falling apart
I don't recognize myself
Blight beats through my broken heart
My scarlet sky
Gravity will break and bend
My scarlet sky
Waiting for the end
Just you and I
Stay with me through time, my friend
And we will keep the stars from falling through the
Scarlet sky
Out across the red we rush
Constellations yield to us
Down in the roots she slumbers
As I am torn asunder
The hunger ever stronger
Just let me taste my honour lost
My scarlet sky
Gravity will break and bend
My scarlet sky
Waiting for the end
Just you and I
Stay with me through time, my friend
And we will keep the stars from falling through the
Scarlet sky
Rusted steel
The gravity is negative
Out across the red we rush
Constellations yield to us
Moonlight Blue, by Miracle of Sound
Moonlight blue
Grace in the glimmering
Stars are glowing anew
Rings dim
Painting the pale moon
Fates frozen in time
Stars skim
Light on the old runes
Come now see them align
With a watchful gaze on the skyline
We look to the sweep of the stars
My friend through many long lifetimes
I guide your way from afar
Moonlight blue
Grace in the glimmering
Stars are glowing anew
Moonlight blue
Fates in the shimmering
Such a beautiful hue
Here's to you
You stand
A friend through the ages
True-hearted and stern
New hands
Clasped in the changes
Rules compel you to turn
And the ghosts they lie under roots deep
Where golden tresses decay
The marks still burned in the still sleep
Of those I had to betray
Moonlight blue
Grace in the glimmering
Stars are glowing anew
Moonlight blue
Fates in the shimmering
Such a beautiful hue
Here's to you
Of lupine tooth and grey hide
So long I stood by your side
We sought the stars, a new start
But on this path we soon must part
Underneath the
Moonlight blue
Grace in the glimmering
Stars are glowing anew
Moonlight blue
Fates in the shimmering
Such a beautiful hue
Here's to you
Beautiful blue
The moon shall darken over you
And on this path we'll shine anew
Grace in the glimmering
Stars are glowing anew
Rings dim
Painting the pale moon
Fates frozen in time
Stars skim
Light on the old runes
Come now see them align
With a watchful gaze on the skyline
We look to the sweep of the stars
My friend through many long lifetimes
I guide your way from afar
Moonlight blue
Grace in the glimmering
Stars are glowing anew
Moonlight blue
Fates in the shimmering
Such a beautiful hue
Here's to you
You stand
A friend through the ages
True-hearted and stern
New hands
Clasped in the changes
Rules compel you to turn
And the ghosts they lie under roots deep
Where golden tresses decay
The marks still burned in the still sleep
Of those I had to betray
Moonlight blue
Grace in the glimmering
Stars are glowing anew
Moonlight blue
Fates in the shimmering
Such a beautiful hue
Here's to you
Of lupine tooth and grey hide
So long I stood by your side
We sought the stars, a new start
But on this path we soon must part
Underneath the
Moonlight blue
Grace in the glimmering
Stars are glowing anew
Moonlight blue
Fates in the shimmering
Such a beautiful hue
Here's to you
Beautiful blue
The moon shall darken over you
And on this path we'll shine anew
Falling Stars, by Aviators
Where life as an unwilling angel starts
I end
Forgive my intrusion but grace is won
With friends
I'll upturn the roots that withhold this
Shattered place
In cold absolution I carve
My unbound face
Mother have you lost your way
The skies are crumbling as I pray
Shine moonlight from where you are
To guide me by the falling stars
Through golden oblivion I have held
So far
And died for traversal beyond the place
We are
I've cut the soul out of my chest to
Heal this land
I'll sever the fingers to let go of
These hands
Mother have you lost your way
The skies are crumbling as I pray
Shine moonlight from where you are
To guide me by the falling stars
My father's blood boils in my veins
For I have forsaken our name
To tarnish the glow of his golden order
Forgive me for what I have done
The catalyst I have become
To birth a dark moon as these lands grow colder
Mother have you lost your way
The skies are crumbling as I pray
Shine moonlight from where you are
To guide me by the falling stars
I end
Forgive my intrusion but grace is won
With friends
I'll upturn the roots that withhold this
Shattered place
In cold absolution I carve
My unbound face
Mother have you lost your way
The skies are crumbling as I pray
Shine moonlight from where you are
To guide me by the falling stars
Through golden oblivion I have held
So far
And died for traversal beyond the place
We are
I've cut the soul out of my chest to
Heal this land
I'll sever the fingers to let go of
These hands
Mother have you lost your way
The skies are crumbling as I pray
Shine moonlight from where you are
To guide me by the falling stars
My father's blood boils in my veins
For I have forsaken our name
To tarnish the glow of his golden order
Forgive me for what I have done
The catalyst I have become
To birth a dark moon as these lands grow colder
Mother have you lost your way
The skies are crumbling as I pray
Shine moonlight from where you are
To guide me by the falling stars
Purest Gold, by Miracle of Sound
On the wings of the butterfly
From the rings of the falling sky
I linger in my dreams to stay the pain
On the wings of the butterfly
We will sing of a mother's lie
And every sorry soul shall know my name
Beneath the empty womb
The leaves come gently falling
My golden guise a failing remedy
Our tree is halved and hewn
Yet I can hear you calling
Your voice still echoes silently
Torn apart are we
I've waited so long for you
Carrying on for you
Onto the faintest hope I hold
I've waited so long for you
Carried this burden to
Fend off the fortunes long foretold
To rot in purest gold
To rot in purest gold
On the wings of the butterfly
In the deep where we dim and die
I shed my stricken skin, this crumbling bark
All the ruin that I have wrought
All the scars of the battles fought
Through sightless eyes I gaze into the dark
And in my still repose
Time passes oh so slowly
In shrouded shelter I remain confined
Until the flower grows
Blossom of blight will hold me
So I may bloom a final time
I shall dance divine
I've waited so long for you
Carrying on for you
Onto the faintest hope I hold
I've waited so long for you
Carried this burden to
Fend off the fortunes long foretold
To rot in purest gold
To rot in purest gold
And I'm still longing
For the comfort that you brought
No sign or song of what I've sought
I will dance divine
Down in these roots I slumber
My form it falls asunder
Feed me these dregs to conquer
So I may taste my honour lost
I will dance divine
On the wings of the butterfly
From the rings of the falling sky
I linger in my dreams to stay the pain
On the wings of the butterfly
We will sing of a mother's lie
And every sorry soul shall know my name
They will know my name
I've waited so long for you
Carrying on for you
Onto the faintest hope I hold
I've waited so long for you
Carried this burden to
Fend off the fortunes long foretold
To rot in purest gold
To rot in purest gold
In darkness I will dance divine
From the rings of the falling sky
I linger in my dreams to stay the pain
On the wings of the butterfly
We will sing of a mother's lie
And every sorry soul shall know my name
Beneath the empty womb
The leaves come gently falling
My golden guise a failing remedy
Our tree is halved and hewn
Yet I can hear you calling
Your voice still echoes silently
Torn apart are we
I've waited so long for you
Carrying on for you
Onto the faintest hope I hold
I've waited so long for you
Carried this burden to
Fend off the fortunes long foretold
To rot in purest gold
To rot in purest gold
On the wings of the butterfly
In the deep where we dim and die
I shed my stricken skin, this crumbling bark
All the ruin that I have wrought
All the scars of the battles fought
Through sightless eyes I gaze into the dark
And in my still repose
Time passes oh so slowly
In shrouded shelter I remain confined
Until the flower grows
Blossom of blight will hold me
So I may bloom a final time
I shall dance divine
I've waited so long for you
Carrying on for you
Onto the faintest hope I hold
I've waited so long for you
Carried this burden to
Fend off the fortunes long foretold
To rot in purest gold
To rot in purest gold
And I'm still longing
For the comfort that you brought
No sign or song of what I've sought
I will dance divine
Down in these roots I slumber
My form it falls asunder
Feed me these dregs to conquer
So I may taste my honour lost
I will dance divine
On the wings of the butterfly
From the rings of the falling sky
I linger in my dreams to stay the pain
On the wings of the butterfly
We will sing of a mother's lie
And every sorry soul shall know my name
They will know my name
I've waited so long for you
Carrying on for you
Onto the faintest hope I hold
I've waited so long for you
Carried this burden to
Fend off the fortunes long foretold
To rot in purest gold
To rot in purest gold
In darkness I will dance divine
