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"In Marika's own words. The Erdtree governs all. The choice is thine. Become one with the Order. Or divest thyself of it. To wallow at the fringes; a powerless upstart."


One day a lowly Tarnished will rise and answer the call of long-lost grace. One day they will fell the demigods, claim the Great Runes, and reforge the Elden Ring. One day. But now is the age before the Shattering, before the Elden Ring was torn apart.

It's a different world from the ruined lands that a Tarnished of no renown would one day ride through on a spectral steed. Most would look upon it as the glory days of the Golden Order, but while the Lands Between might shine bright with the light of the Erdtree, there are many dark deeds afoot.

Godfrey, First Elden Lord, has departed for parts unknown, and in his place the red-haired Radagon has taken his spot at the side of Queen Marika The Eternal. Their union brought forth twins, but something is not entirely right about Miquella and Malenia. It's not only the twin prodigies who suffer under curses though. The citizens of Leyndell hear from deep below the howls and screams of the wretched Omen. Two princes and sons of Godfrey watch the world above from their imprisonment in the shunning grounds.

Far from Leyndell, the other great royal family has their own struggles. Rennala, Queen Of The Full Moon, is losing her grip on Raya Lucaria, and the Knights Of The Cuckoo are ready to rebel.

Truly, the grace of the Erdtree has not meant peace.

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Yes, so that is the long and the short of the concept. Elden Ring in the 'golden age'. The timeline is a bit debatable as to when events took place, when the various royal children were around, but I think it's fine to shift events around to whatever suits what people want to go for, or diverge a little away from the canon continuation of events if it goes that way.

There's potential for both canon characters, ie the demigods, or characters who play a smaller role as well, like Rollo, Finlay, Tiche, that sort of thing. I think there's also tons of space for original characters to fit into the setting.

We've got the potential for Omen hunting, perfumers being perfumers, knights and sentinels. Raya Lucaria might be about to kick off, and I'm sure the Carian family have some interesting stuff going on. I'm inclined toward directing things based on what characters we get.

It could be a good time.
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Thou arte playerless tarnished.
(I'll keep an eye on this.)

Question however, is Radahn insane? Or will he be his original self?
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@Dark Cloud But I am filled with the flame of ambition, so that's got to count for something.

The setting is pre-Shattering, so I would assume that Radahn would have his wits about him and be the loyalty-inspiring, horse-helping absolute unit he was in his prime. (Unless anyone had a compelling reason otherwise.)
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I've got a lot on my plate right now but I should have some more free time coming up so I'm gonna toss in a tenative interest here.
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Sounds interesting! Might throw my hat in.
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@Hyades I mean if this was happening just after the shattering it could be interesting to see how he progressively loses his mind. But I'd rather go fishing with the absolute Boi.
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>I'm curious to know how this will work given the inherent lack of freedom in the premise. Don't get me wrong, I love Elden Ring and I'd love to faff about in the Lands Between pre-Shattering, but if we're all ending up at the same destination then I've got to wonder what the point is beyond playing canon characters and maybe a select few OCs. If that's the entire reason for the roleplay, then fine, I'll withdraw my interest in that case - but I'd like to know beforehand how much creative freedom we truly have.
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>I'm curious to know how this will work given the inherent lack of freedom in the premise. Don't get me wrong, I love Elden Ring and I'd love to faff about in the Lands Between pre-Shattering, but if we're all ending up at the same destination then I've got to wonder what the point is beyond playing canon characters and maybe a select few OCs. If that's the entire reason for the roleplay, then fine, I'll withdraw my interest in that case - but I'd like to know beforehand how much creative freedom we truly have.


I don't think there's necessarily anything wrong with diverging from the canon timeline if it comes to it. I mean, even if it was sticking to what we do know, a lot of the canon itself is so ambiguous that it could go a ton of different ways and fit in many stories we never encounter. For the interest of player agency though, I'd probably opt for taking the situation as a jumping-off point and worrying less about ticking off lore events from a list.
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@Hyades what we could do is have this take place at the start maybe a month or two pre shattering. Like something is on the horizon, events are shaping. So we can change things in that window and the shattering can reflect the alternative actions that may or may not happen if our characters have the power to change things.
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I don't think there's necessarily anything wrong with diverging from the canon timeline if it comes to it. I mean, even if it was sticking to what we do know, a lot of the canon itself is so ambiguous that it could go a ton of different ways and fit in many stories we never encounter. For the interest of player agency though, I'd probably opt for taking the situation as a jumping-off point and worrying less about ticking off lore events from a list.


>Okay, that offers more freedom storywise. I have tentative interest for now.
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@rocketrobie2 Cheers for the interest!

@Hyades what we could do is have this take place at the start maybe a month or two pre shattering. Like something is on the horizon, events are shaping. So we can change things in that window and the shattering can reflect the alternative actions that may or may not happen if our characters have the power to change things.


I've been thinking on this, though also thinking it would be interesting to catch things prior to the death of Godwyn, and Ranni forsaking her body, which from what I can tell happened some time before and set the events of The Shattering into motion. So, we could potentially start up in the events that canonically lead up to the Night Of Black Knives.
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@rocketrobie2 Cheers for the interest!

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I've been thinking on this, though also thinking it would be interesting to catch things prior to the death of Godwyn, and Ranni forsaking her body, which from what I can tell happened some time before and set the events of The Shattering into motion. So, we could potentially start up in the events that canonically lead up to the Night Of Black Knives.


>In that case I may have an idea for a PC of questionable sanity and reasoning who wishes to instigate the Golden Order's collapse in order to make getting certain demigod's Great Runes "easier". And that's totally not because they believe that by performing a ritual (once more of highly questionable repute and efficacy) they can make the profane divine via turning the Outer God's own powers against them and return all to the One Great, making themselves its guiding oversoul/overmind and thereby supplanting the position once occupied by the Greater Will.
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>In that case I may have an idea for a PC of questionable sanity and reasoning who wishes to instigate the Golden Order's collapse in order to make getting certain demigod's Great Runes "easier". And that's totally not because they believe that by performing a ritual (once more of highly questionable repute and efficacy) they can make the profane divine via turning the Outer God's own powers against them and return all to the One Great, making themselves its guiding oversoul/overmind and thereby supplanting the position once occupied by the Greater Will.


Sounds interesting!
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Sounds interesting!


>Thanks! It may or may not be because I've taken another deep dive into Elder Scrolls lore that the idea came about.
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