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There are plenty of terrible ways for the Tarnished Champion to die in Elden Ring, especially with the number and variety of Dark And Darker Gold bosses scattered throughout the Lands Between. Malenia, Blade of Miquella is likely the cause of a large portion of player deaths in the Lands Between, but some other ways to die in Elden Ring are rather brutal. Among those methods of dying is Death Blight, which can instantly murder a player no matter how much health they have.
Upon closer inspection, a death caused by Death Blight is more gruesome than it first appears. When a player dies from Death Blight, what appear to be branches erupt from the body of the Tarnished with insect wings on them. The status effect itself acts the same as Curse in Dark Souls, and the deaths have some similarities. However, Curse leaves players as a statue instead of a body decorated by branches and bug wings.
Just as Dark Souls has a connection to Demon Souls' universe, it's possible that Elden Ring is connected as well, as a sequel set after the Dark Souls 3 End of Fire ending. With insect wings as part of the Death Blight design, the status effect could be related to the White-faced Locusts in Dark Souls, which are human and insect hybrids that try to lure men into the Dark. Characters in Dark Souls also muse on either the Dark itself or something within it gnawing on flesh like insects would. If Elden Ring is set during an Age of Dark, then the Frenzied Flame's desire is really to return to an Age of Fire once more. It asks the player to become the Lord of Frenzied Flame, which could be the new form of Lords of Cinder.
FromSoftware often adds subtle touches to buy Dark And Darker Gold the lore of their games, and this time it received help from Game of Thrones author, George R.R. Martin. Although developers sometimes reference their previous titles, there is a possibility that the details of design for Death Blight link Elden Ring to the Dark of Dark Souls, therefore inviting the theory that they are part of the same universe. If this is the case, it seems that continuing the Age of Fire is no longer a good ending for the time in which Elden Ring takes place.
Upon closer inspection, a death caused by Death Blight is more gruesome than it first appears. When a player dies from Death Blight, what appear to be branches erupt from the body of the Tarnished with insect wings on them. The status effect itself acts the same as Curse in Dark Souls, and the deaths have some similarities. However, Curse leaves players as a statue instead of a body decorated by branches and bug wings.
Just as Dark Souls has a connection to Demon Souls' universe, it's possible that Elden Ring is connected as well, as a sequel set after the Dark Souls 3 End of Fire ending. With insect wings as part of the Death Blight design, the status effect could be related to the White-faced Locusts in Dark Souls, which are human and insect hybrids that try to lure men into the Dark. Characters in Dark Souls also muse on either the Dark itself or something within it gnawing on flesh like insects would. If Elden Ring is set during an Age of Dark, then the Frenzied Flame's desire is really to return to an Age of Fire once more. It asks the player to become the Lord of Frenzied Flame, which could be the new form of Lords of Cinder.
FromSoftware often adds subtle touches to buy Dark And Darker Gold the lore of their games, and this time it received help from Game of Thrones author, George R.R. Martin. Although developers sometimes reference their previous titles, there is a possibility that the details of design for Death Blight link Elden Ring to the Dark of Dark Souls, therefore inviting the theory that they are part of the same universe. If this is the case, it seems that continuing the Age of Fire is no longer a good ending for the time in which Elden Ring takes place.