After what has seemed like forever since its initial announcement a year ago, on Wednesday we finally got a full trailer for Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree.
Eurogamer spoke to creator Hidetaka Miyazaki to gain some more details: it’s FromSoftware’s biggest DLC to date, is based on previous workings from George R. R. Martin, and has a developed world design that blurs the line between field areas and dungeons.
But is there more we can garner from the trailer itself? Let’s go into detail.
It’s Miquella’s world
As suspected from the DLC’s concept art and now confirmed in the trailer, Shadow of the Erdtree will follow the story of Miquella. Who’s Miquella? He’s the twin brother of Malenia, the boss we all love to hate.
The twins are the demigod offspring of Queen Marika and Radagon, though both were cursed from birth. While Malenia is afflicted with Scarlet Rot, Miquella is doomed to be eternally young. He devised Unalloyed Gold, which some suspect is a new form of magic seen in-game as the Unalloyed Gold Needle that allows players to ward curses from the gods.