Elden Ring: Nightreign combines challenging bosses, fluid movement, and a touch of mystery to enchant fans of the genre. One of the biggest mysteries is the gigantic, shadowy beings that can be seen in the background of a map.
What beings are being referred to? As you attempt to survive the nights of Limveld just to challenge the Night Lord, you will surely have spotted some shadowy beings on the horizon the longer you survive.
They have no name, but their appearance alone can be frightening at first glance. They appear in groups, wander through the surrounding sea, and are initially perceptible as a sort of shadow. The longer players survive, the more their form begins to resemble a wandering tree, with luminous shoot axes reaching up to the head.
These beings are impressive, and considering their size, unique as well, as they are the largest creatures that FromSoftware has ever incorporated into its games.
Even larger than the Ancient from Demon’s Souls
How large are the beings? The dataminer Zullie the Witch, known for her detailed videos regarding secrets from Dark Souls and Elden Ring, has looked into these giants and discovered their size. The giants are approximately 3,450 meters tall.
In another video, Zullie listed the largest beings from FromSoftware’s Souls games and compared them. Before Nightreign, the Ancient from Demon’s Souls was considered the largest being in the Souls games, standing at a total of 628 meters. This being nearly occupied the entire map, but the tree beings from Nightreign are almost six times larger than the Ancient.
In second place is the large serpent from Sekiro at 495 meters, and in third place, the large dragon Greyoll at 392 meters, which players can encounter in Elden Ring in Caelid. Additionally, each of these beings possesses a lore, but what about the giants from Nightreign that are almost as big as a village?
Are there hints about their significance? Not directly. Anyone who completes the story of Elden Ring: Nightreign and reaches the secret ending will see a wooden giant before the Between Lands, turning its back to the Earth Tree and then disappearing into nothingness.
One could view this ending as a sort of conclusion, with the tree being representing the Night Lord as he surrenders and disappears – but this does not explain why many projections of this being appear during the rounds and traverse the sea.
Perhaps the various copies also metaphorically represent the advancing night. Each tree being walks in a straight direction, without retreating. The farther the heroes progress to the end and survive the nights, the more the night and the Night Lord materialize.
It remains to be seen whether the upcoming DLC will provide new information about the Night Lord, but until then, fans will have to wait. More on Elden Ring: Nightreign can be found here: Elden Ring: Nightreign – Roadmap and upcoming content
