The discharge of Elden Ring‘s DLC is quickly approaching, and we’re lastly getting some official photos from FromSoftware, teasing among the expansions parts.
The group is pulling their pondering caps out to attempt to make out any lore hinted in these footage, and a few have already began connecting the imagery with another ideas; primarily, some themes which might be very prominently explored within the studio’s PS4 unique masterpiece, Bloodborne.
May the Elden Ring DLC Be an Homage to Bloodborne?
Fearsome foes of “unfathomable energy” await gamers within the Realm of Shadow. That’s all of the Elden Ring X/Twitter account needed to say to set off tens of 1000’s of followers, who broke right into a frenzy, excited at any crumb of reports relating to the upcoming DLC.
Fearsome foes of unfathomable energy await you within the Realm of Shadow. #EldenRing #ShadowoftheErdtree pic.twitter.com/FanctKb6DC
— ELDEN RING (@ELDENRING) May 17, 2024
The account posted an image of a chilling and horrific (in one of the simplest ways attainable) entity that we’ll probably need to combat within the DLC. Followers have been mesmerized by the design, however time awaits nobody, particularly not the group’s theorists.
Some X/Twitter accounts instantly observed the connection between the monster’s design and a uterus, with the arms and round weapon resembling a fallopian tube.
Observed the identical factor lol https://t.co/wswKF1wgyK
— Bjackson2929 (@bjackson2929) May 17, 2024
Should you’ve performed Bloodborne, you’d perceive why numerous folks instantly began mentioning the sport within the replies.
Whereas the sport’s story on the floor revolves across the horrors taking place in Yharnam and the responsibility of a hunter to hunt, there’s quite a bit to be stated about its underlying themes surrounding ladies, visceral femininity, and the horrors that accompany womanhood and motherhood.
No approach bloodborne in elden ring
— himedanshi frank horrigan (@NiroOfBhaal) May 17, 2024
The reference was not misplaced on folks, and lots of hope the DLC will revisit among the themes explored within the gothic horror Soulslike from 2015.
the way in which that that is in all probability 100% intentional when you consider the egg in mohg’s enviornment trying like a uterine rupture https://t.co/EQLh1rR9Ot pic.twitter.com/mAFuB9aYBg
— jay. 🎧 (@voxsouls) May 17, 2024
Followers additionally noticed one other connection between Elden Ring and motherhood.
The egg in Mohg’s enviornment (confirmed to be the way in which to get to the DLC space) is an intentional callout to a uterine rupture. You may as well spot one thing that appears just like the pelvis bone, proper underneath the egg. The resemblance is uncanny when placing the 2 photos facet by facet.
Shadow of the Erdtree Will Be One to Keep in mind
In only a month, FromSoftware can be making some of the monumental releases it’s ever had. We don’t know a lot in regards to the DLC’s plot, save for some hints that Miyazaki has dropped throughout numerous interviews.
For starters, the DLC will comply with Miquella’s footsteps into the Land of Shadows. We all know that this has one thing to do with Queen Marika and her presence there, however we don’t know his actual goal or motive.
Some folks have theorized that this new land has been hidden in plain sight on account of interference from Queen Marika.
We’ll be assembly a ton of mates and adversaries alongside the way in which, together with the uterus-looking monstrosity.
Are you excited to play the DLC? What do you suppose goes to occur within the Land of Shadow? Tell us your theories within the feedback under!