Elden Ring Story Timeline

Elden Ring Lore Timeline: Myself @LoreHunter and @tarnishedarchaeologist attempt to order the lore and story elements of the game into a coherent Timeline of Events in Elden Ring. From the Ancient Dragons to the Shattering War, we explore and explain the Story of Elden Ring.

Intro: 0:00
The One Great: 2:03
The Prehistoric Era: 4:30
Ancient History: 7:33
Pre-Erdtree Era: 23:50
Crucible Era: 30:39
The Erdtree Conquest: 36:51
Early Erdtree Era: 45:33
Dawn of the Golden Order: 54:30
Radagon's Reign: 1:03:50
The Shattering: 1:11:55
The Age of the Tarnished: 1:16:55
100k Thank You: 1:18:23

This is an extremely expansive video that looks at the entire story of Elden Ring including: The Shattering, Erdtree, Marika, Radagon, Godfrey, Ranni, Fia, Radahn, Malenia, Miquella, Morgott, Margit, Bernahl, Rykard, the Greater Will, Elden Beast, Godwyn and More!

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CREDITS

Thank you to both Lore Hunter and Tarnished Archaeologist for not only reviewing my timeline and helping me with it but also for their own original work and voice.

Thank you to @SekiroDubi for showing me how to take some of the more interesting shots.

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Soundtrack is Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Sekiro and Elden Ring

I do not own the rights to Elden Ring, all rights to FromSoftware

#eldenring #timeline #radagon

[SmoughTown]

Happy 100k everyone! Thanks so much for watching, let me know your thoughts below!

[leviklopfenstein]

I still love the detail of Godfrey regaining grace when he lays Morgott to rest, as Morgott's body becomes the rays of grace, pointing Godfrey to his next objective, the tarnished player

[miomio]

So glad for this video! Usually a timeline is a basic thing established in any fantasy universe...except Elden Ring where everything is old or oldER 😂

[aifos]

59:56 the war against the dragons happened when Godfrey was still Elden Lord: Vyke is one of the most ancient Tarnished we meet, and being a Tarnished he was of course exiled with Godfrey. Considering that Vyke was Lanseax most beloved knight and a dragon cult member, a religion established after the war against the dragons, Godfrey and his tarnished warriors were exiled after the war

[aktriaz]

I don't think Radahn is loyal to the Golden Order specifically. My main evidence for this is one specific NPC; Jerren.
Most of the dialogue I will reference is obtained by joining Ranni before reaching Altus, and clearing Redmane castle and talking to Jerren, which leads to a back and forth between Iji and Jerren, which ends in the Festival of Radahn being started without having to enter Altus.

Although he is a commander for the Redmanes, Jerren is loyal to Caria, and goes as far as to hunt down Sellen when she attempts to expel Rennala from Raya Lucaria. He's on good terms with Iji, and Iji himself even made weapons for the Redmanes against Malenia's forces, commenting how they never degraded when faced with the scarlet rot. Seriously, read or hear the dialogue of Iji and Jerren.

Radahn's combat with the stars is not difficult to explain, seeing how deadly Fallingstar beasts are. If conquering the stars simply prevents more Fallingstar beasts from landing, then that seems like a good enough reason to conquer the stars. Furthermore, in the exchange between Iji and Jerren, Iji comes to a realization that Ranni's fate is held hostage by Radahn; a revelation that all but says that was NOT the intended reason Radahn conquered the stars.

That said, there is very little on where Radahn's loyalties are. He has a painting in Volcano Manor (which would be odd if he was allied with the Erdtree), and the previously mentioned link through Jerren to Iji and by extent Ranni/Caria. If he was allied with the Golden Order, you'd think he would be on better terms with Morgott, but like every other demigod he is rebelling.

Personally, I think Radahn is very similar to Godfrey/Hoarah Loux was, being a warrior king who seeks to prove his might, which also explains his desire to adopt his imagery. I don't think he was someone with grand aspirations for how the world should be run, but he wanted to be the next Godfrey, in a sense.

[Beairstoboy]

In a game that focuses so much on the number of fingers, the cinquedea's symbolic meaning is really interesting. A being with five fingers, in other words having both a set of two fingers (representing the Two Fingers as a sign of order and unity) as well as a set of three fingers (representing the Three Fingers as emblematic of Chaos). It's interesting philosophically, because it implies Chaos and Order are both necessities of civilization in their own ways. Order on its own is far too stagnant, and so Chaos must also exist to encourage change and innovation.

[talkingmudcrab]

25:35 It's definitely possible the Beastmen created their weapons using cast methods instead of smithing. Two very different techniques whose products can still resemble one another.

[aidenmclaughlin]

I love how you’ve re-enacted the events of the story, awesome work!

[daniell]

Maybe I've read Martin's works too much, but I can't help but see his fingerprints all over the story. He loves writing about what he calls Interregnums, times where any consistent authority has broken down or is breaking down, such as in Game of Thrones or the Shattering. He has a fascination with celestial objects being living creatures of great power, as with the Volcryn in Nightflier and as with the Elden Beast. He likes the imagery of men intertwined with trees, as with Miquella and Bloodraven. Elden Ring's lore feels almost like a remastering of all Martin's favorite motifs and themes.

[GamerKito]

I feel like this is one of those videos I'm going to rewatch so many times.

[sly]

Hands down the best Elden Ring lore channel out there. I follow a ton of different creators aorund the game but your effort, theories and narration is unrivaled. Kudos and congrats on 100k, well deserved!

[cfh]

Having the whole timeline laid out really puts some gravity to the situation the tarnished walks in on. Still makes me wonder where ol patches fits in all of this. And hoping there is more to his story.

[LunaPendragon]

One of the insane things to realize is how long it takes for a tree to grow in real life. If the crucible was when the erd tree was sprouting from it's trunk and Godfrey was around for that.... if the erd tree grew instead of magically bursting up to it's gigantic heights, then that means he's OLD AF! Like I know they're all immortal, but that is still a extremely long time.

[eel-to-eel]

Collaboration!!! We love to see it!!

I'm heading to graduate school for my Masters in archaeology next fall and I'm considering the Elden Ring lore hunt to be a preparatory exercise

[AlbertusSalvatierra]

To boot, the Banished Knights too served the Storm Lord. Oleg and Engvall were known as Wings of the Storm. And, interestingly enough, Stormveil, Farum Azula, and the dragon religions were all closely tied in cut content. Stormveil was essentially a settlement of exiled warriors of the Capital who partook in the faith of the dragon, in hopes of reaching Farum Azula one day.

To me, I sort of just saw it as, after the Storm Lord was overthrown, all of Limgrave moving forward would be passed down unto Godfrey’s kin since his conquest left it lordless — hence Godefroy, who left Stormveil to siege Leyndell, and Godrick, who claimed it after the second siege and he who would appoint the Banished Knight Edgar as Castellan of Morne.

[DirtRider]

I love this channel. George r Martin already stated that the part he wrote was a thousand years in the past from the current time of the game. So Miyazaki is primary influence on the actual game. But the crucible, great tree, shattering and all the events before we start playing the game happened a thousand years ago. That has helped me put the lore into perspective as well.

[johnapple]

Unreal that this is basically a documentary and it's the length of a movie

[lihan]

this video truly feels like a culmination point of months of work and research from the community.
i have enjoyed how accessible each of you have been able to translate all this info, into something greatly comprehensible videos and posts. i wanna thank you all for working this well together, and also for the solid presentations.
I've been following your output since the game came out, have greatly enjoyed it ever since, and if you ever feel like moving to a different series / game etc. that you
find interesting enough to make more videos about, then i'll be there.

[ziounford]

Truly there is no other like Radagon his theme is iconic almost makes you feel like his boss was made special regardless of if he was part of Marika or perhaps a numan male he's still one of the coolest. When I fought radahn there was fear but with this guy just awe.

[deadlyjax]

I love listening to your content during my long work shifts. Keep up the fantastic work!