The King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, King Charles has a new portrait and it looks like it could be from Elden Ring.
What kind of portrait is this? On Tuesday, May 14, King Charles unveiled a new portrait of himself. The painting by artist Jonathan Yeo is the first portrait of the monarch since his coronation last year.
The painting sparked discussions among video game fans after its unveiling, as many describe the painting as malevolent and creepy. This is likely due to the large amount of red that covers the background of the King. Additionally, he is wearing military clothing in the portrait.
Elden Ring will soon continue with the new DLC “Shadow of the Erdtree”; here you can see the trailer:
The painting could hang in a boss room of Elden Ring
How do players make the connection to Elden Ring? The image of the monarch fits stylistically well with the paintings found in Elden Ring. Especially in boss rooms, large portraits of nobles often hang. Players of Elden Ring would probably also hang the painting of the King of Great Britain in such a picture frame.
On X, the user @DemonfireTanto writes: “this is the kind of crap you see hanging over the throne of a guy in Elden Ring, and then the guy is called ‘Morgorem, Bloodrot Baron’ and lives in the ‘Sanguine Temple of Decay'”
In Josh Scherr’s post, you can see the painting next to one from Elden Ring:
Does the painting fit into other games as well? The internet quickly got creative regarding the portrait. One player inserted the painting into Dishonored through a mod and stole it there. He also published a video on X:
The user @itragamuffin also saw a reference to Dishonored and created a modified graphic where King Charles became the target of an assassination in Dishonored.
Other players also brought the portrait into their games. Like wildfire, it appeared on X in Doom 1 or was surrounded by the Ghostbusters (via X).
The internet really let loose about the new portrait of the King. One thing is clear, at least no artificial intelligence was involved in the painting. This is different in a popular strategy game, where AI is your enemy, but is used by developers in working on the game: Strategy game on Steam warns you about AI, even though the developers use it constantly themselves
