The Tarnished Explained | Elden Ring

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[MsJojoloca]

I want a relationship as strong as Radahn's horse.

[KingDerek]

The tarnished are the army of the first Elden Lord Godfrey. After Godfrey conquered every possible enemy for the Order Queen Marika viewed Godfrey and his army as a threat, so she cursed them as tarnished, removed their grace and banished them.

[thefinestgent]

It’s really cool to see this game bringing so many fresh faces to the souls series. Reading people’s comments about how hard the bosses are and how hidden the lore is makes me feel like I’m playing demons’ souls for the first time. Good stuff!

[Sean-A]

My theory: the tarnished are warriors, mage's & others who serve/fought for godfrey and when he was banished and had his grace taken they suffered the same fate as him or just chose to leave with him.

[karontheone]

Everyone: Lore
Me: why the hell am I shorter than a undead peasent

[Sawhorsedvd]

I imagine unveiling all of the lore will be a slow burn. Great stuff.

[solomoncrowe]

So from the opening cinematic I would assume that "ALL" Tarnished have been technically "DEAD" this entire time until Grace blessed them once more. However other Tarnished speak of lives beyond the fog. So which is it, are all the Tarnished just dead brought back to true life?? Or maybe, given the saying is "Cross the Fog" does this mean those who have been claimed Tarnished float in non-existence?? Are the Tarnished souls that have been cast out of existence entirely until Grace decided to bring their souls back from the void of oblivion??

[simplewrites]

I like to think that the Tarnished are those who didn't accept the way things were that's why they were excited. But now that everything is falling apart they are the only hope for salvation.

"You threw us out of our home. Exiled us, treated us like beasts and forgot us. And now, now that the world is crumbling, now that darkness spreads and gold turns to ash, now you call for us?"

That's just what I like to think

[jimstr]

I’ve spent over 30 hours playing Elden ring now and I’ve started to understand a little bit about what’s going on. You have to really find certain characters to understand tidbits here and there and also understand the areas you’re in. Like “what am I fighting?” “Why are these knights here?” The names of the items they’re dropping. Like the godrick knights etc. it all slowly unravels as you get into the game. You just have to listen to what characters tell you and what snippets you find. It makes sense

[starboy_]

Always curious about the story of this game. Been in a game several hours and i dont know what im doing

[AxxmorbidfloristxxC]

Bro it really sounds like you’re reading to a class of grade 1 students.

[darkangel]

What's also cool is some of these reasons are stated if you start out as a cleric you find out you get Banished for the incantation you start out with. Literally for adding the giants into the story of the erdtree at all. It might make sense for some character reasons too like nightfolk basically being albunaric. Not being a real person could lead to exile too

[mrbob]

"Elden Ring STORY Explained"
I saw this title expecting to have the story explained not a bunch of theory.

The way you presented your infos made things confusing, I coukdnt tell which were actual "facts" from the lore and which were your own theories.

I just wanted the lore explained or at least specify in the title that this was theories and not the actual lore of the game

[raizenss]

So is the tarnished immortal or not? I know in souls games the chosen undead basically is but there's things that happen in elden ring that suggest tarnished are not. Aside coming back to life after every death there are some inconsistencies as we see other tarnished die or are afraid of dying. For example the volcano manor whole assassates tarnished and Rykard tries to make you one with him. Then there's Godrick who apparently grafts tarnished. It seems like tarnished die all the time except you as the protag.

[PeterDB]

Bad YouTube, this video was a terrible answer to my search of "Who are tarnished?"

[jugel]

The thing that most bother me is why does everyone hate us that much? Only a few people don't attack us tarnished right away, but most of them either try to kill us or flee
Hell, even in Stormveil, the soldiers fought an inside demi-human rebellion, and when you come here they almost side up against you
Why?

Your version of "back-up godly warriors" would make sense if anyone wouldn't try to kill us at sight, and the "banned by Markika with Godfrey" doesn't seem to be enough either. Some could feel threatened, but I felt like it was targeted by a public genocide, that it was normal and encouraged to hate and kill tarnished.

[Miguelisimo]

The Deku tree referenced was amazing! Can't stop laughing 😆

[prasg]

This told me nothing, just like the game

[limitedhangoutlive]

Considering your world and other worlds are invaded, even by NPCs, I think each tarnished is operating within their universe where they are the hero of their story. Hence why ever NPC who invaded seems to be surprised when they lose.

[MegaCygnusX]

There's definitely something to be said for a more straightforward take on Elden Ring's lore, and I like how you use examples from real world (excommunication) and mythology (Valhalla) to get your points across. Not everything has to be a Vaati deep dive and as someone who's trying to remain spoiler free the two vids you've done so far are great. Keep it up.