{"id":4469,"date":"2022-06-06T22:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biggestinjapan.com\/?p=4469"},"modified":"2022-06-06T22:42:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T13:42:11","slug":"a-closer-look-at-the-outer-gods-of-elden-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biggestinjapan.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/06\/a-closer-look-at-the-outer-gods-of-elden-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"A Closer Look at the Outer Gods of Elden Ring<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the most general sense, Elden Ring<\/em> is the story of the god of the Lands Between, Queen Marika the Eternal<\/a>, and her eight demi-god children. Yet, despite her mastery of the titular Elden Ring and the control over the rules of reality it affords her, there are forces far more powerful than Marika at work in the background\u2014namely, the \u201cOuter Gods<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

*This article is nothing but spoilers.*<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Outer Gods are celestial beings existing outside of The Lands Between. Each has its own unique nature and goals. In general, while unimaginably powerful. they cannot act on the world directly. Instead, they act through proxies\u2014specifically a special type of mortal, known as an \u201cEmpyrean<\/a>,\u201d who they can empower and turn into a lesser god to rule in their steads. Each of these lesser gods would then take a mortal champion to be their partner and lord.<\/p>\n

In the story of Elden Ring<\/em>, we learn of at least six likely Outer Gods\u2014some much more central to the story than others. So, let\u2019s take a look at each\u2014along with their Empyrean\u2019s and chosen lords.<\/p>\n

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The Greater Will<\/h2>\n

The Greater Will<\/a> is the most prominent Outer God in Elden Ring<\/em>. It is the Outer God of order. It seeks for existence to be tightly controlled\u2014with all those opposing its \u201cGolden Order\u201d to be subjugated (as in the case of the Academy of Raya Lucaria) or utterly destroyed (as in the case of the Dragons<\/a> and Giants<\/a>). Their Empyrean proxy is none other than Queen Marika herself who became the vessel for a portion of The Greater Will\u2019s power known as the \u201cElden Ring.\u201d Marika had two chosen consorts. The first was the warrior of the Badlands Hoarah Loux who was renamed Godfrey<\/a> upon becoming her Elden Lord. The second was Radagon<\/a>\u2014a male version of Marika herself created through the power of the Elden Ring.<\/p>\n

The Greater Will also exerted its power on the world through a group of eldritch creatures known as the Two Fingers who could communicate directly with the Outer God and speak its words through the finger maidens that served them. The Two Fingers also served as watchdogs\u2014spying on and controlling the fates of any newly born Empyreans who could potentially make a pact with another Outer God and overthrow Marika and the Golden Order.<\/p>\n

In the current era, with the Elden Ring shattered<\/a>, The Greater Will\u2019s power has been greatly reduced\u2014causing it to summon back those once excluded from its grand order as Tarnished. It then attempts to guide these Tarnished via the Two Fingers and the various points of grace and lead them to do what must be done to repair the Elden Ring.<\/p>\n