Edit: s/o to @GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip for this weekend’s discussion topic 💜
A tale as old as time, League of Legends is a garbage game that I cannot stop playing. At least I also fired up Dishonored for old time’s sake which got me a little nostalgic. Neither are soulslikes, sadly.
Inspired by @Skua@kbin.earth’s post on how the Elden Ring maps match up, I’d like to know what your favourite soulslike theory is. I don’t really have any - I leave that to people who know more about the lore of the games. :)
I really like your theory :)
That Radahn seals something related to the giants away seems a bit tenuous to me. But we don’t need to go that far; he is literally sealing something away. He is called “Starscourge Radahn”. He is sealing the fate of the stars away. That this halts Ranni’s destiny always seemed a bit of a byproduct to me; at least that is how I understood it. He seemed to halt, or, you know, seal, a significant amount of fate.
Honestly, Miquella doesn’t feel as much of a stretch to me in this theory. You use his needle to suppress the Frenzied Flame, and the first clue to this usage of the needle is actually in the tomb with the Frenzied Flame. That seems like a pretty solid connection to me. Something that Miquella crafted, suppressing that which he sealed…
On more quote for the road:
Fantastic ending.
That’s reasonable regarding Radahn! I’m not entirely sure how much my position on him having an association with the giants is down to the cut content line from Enia that calls him “slayer of giants”. And you are quite right, he is explicitly keeping that threat in check and also shares features of it
Regardless of what he was sealing away under this theory, I do agree that Ranni’s fate was a byproduct and not the intended target
Thank you for adding to this!