The antithesis of the Greater Will, the Frenzied Flame seeks nothing but chaos. It does this through the use of its conduit, the Two Fingers, which is able to commune with the Outer God itself, and the Finger Readers, the hunched and decrepit NPCs who can interpret the motions of the Two Fingers and pass on the Greater Will’s instructions.īut many oppose the Greater Will’s desire for order and seek to turn the Tarnished towards the goals of the other Outer Gods. Those that die are to have their life-essence harvested through the roots of the Erdtree in order to be recycled, however, when the Golden Order was shattered and the Demi-Gods began to fall, death itself became corrupted, and the roots began to curse victims as Those Who Live in Death.ĭuring the course of the game, the Greater Will seeks to regain order by manipulating you, the Tarnished, into becoming the Elden Lord, guiding you to sit the throne beneath the Erdtree and restore the Golden Order. Above all else, this Outer God seeks to maintain order and wishes to keep the world balanced through the proper cycle of death and rebirth. The Golden Order, the laws of Elden Ring’s world that govern life, death the very physics of the world, was created by the Goddess Marika to directly serve the Greater Will and spread its influence across the land. Although it is never outright stated as being an Outer God, The Greater Will’s sheer force of influence over the denizens of the Lands Between, and the dominion it holds over the laws of reality itself, proves that it is a god, most likely, given its formless nature, an Outer God. This is likely the first Outer God players will come across during the course of their playthrough, and the one which we know the most about. What is not known, is what exactly these formless beings are, how powerful they are, or even how many there are. What is known, is that the Outer Gods are responsible for influencing many, if not all, the events that occur both during and before Elden Ring’s main story. That is because, despite working with legendary fantasy author George RR Martin – whose expertise helped flesh out and characterize the main players in Elden Ring’s story – there is very little information in game pertaining to what exactly the Outer Gods are, while what is there is purposely vague and obscure, giving you just enough to fill in the blanks yourself if you know where to look. But while you may have heard their names, and even met some of their followers, you probably know very little else about them. Various NPCs hold these names with great reverence and awe, as though they are forces to worship and obey, while others fear them, cow before then, and even despise them, seeking to scrub their influence from the Lands Between. Whilst playing through Elden Ring, you will undoubtedly hear mention of the Greater Will, the Frenzied Flame, and perhaps even the God of Rot. So, just who are these mysterious puppet masters, these formless, incomprehensible, eldritch entities known as the Outer Gods? While cutscenes, dialogue, and item descriptions may grant you insight into character backgrounds and motivations, as well as quite what your role in the story was, it is easy to miss the real players pulling the strings behind the scenes. Finishing Elden Ring, FromSoftware’s latest (and, many would argue, greatest) foray into their Soulsborne series, may leave you with more questions than answers regarding its story, history, and world.
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