Submitted 1 week ago by GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip to patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
cross-posted from: kbin.earth/m/soulslike@lemmy.zip/t/2750872
How the Realm of Shadow Fits Into the Lands Between (in video format this time, non-youtube link in description)
Non-youtube link (only in 720p to fit within file size limits): https://streamable.com/0j2w4a
I posted my idea for this a few weeks back here, and eezeebee@lemmy.ca suggested making a video about it, so here it is!
I thought it was like another continent on the same planet?
There's not a solid answer on exactly what it is, though given that I made the video I'm sure I don't need to re-iterate what I think. A lot of people, myself included, think that it was a part of the Lands Between that got hidden away because of a few different things. The Suppressing Pillar inscription and Miyazaki's own statements make it pretty direct, in my opinion, but there are various other smaller things. I've seen some people argue that it's an afterlife of a sort, or that it's entirely within Marika's dreams, but I don't personally find those explanations particularly convincing or satisfying. Whatever it is, it was at some point "obscured by the Erdtree", and there is literally a colossal veil hanging over the entire sky to reinforce that
One of our community members @Skua@kbin.earth at !soulslike@lemmy.zip put together this Elden Ring video theorizing how the lands between and lands of shadow were geographically connected.
What are your personal favourite soulslike theories? Drop by and join our discussion
mastod0n@lemmy.world 6 days ago
As far as I remember the most accepted theory by the lore community was that the Shadow Realms was where the “ocean gap” in the Lands Between is. I mean one of the hints was how the giants’ remains got from the Mountains all the way to the North down to Caelid
Skua@kbin.earth 5 days ago
This is one of those theories! There are just a lot of different ideas on exactly how and where it fits into the sea. The connection between Caelid and the Mountaintops is part of why I think my idea works (though not what I based it on)