Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree’s new trailer is a dramatic call to arms
by Ash Parrish from The Verge - All Posts on (#6MZ5Z)
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With only a month until release day, there's a new story trailer for Shadow of the Erdtree, and the Elden Ring lore hounds have their work cut out for them.
FromSoftware has been slowly teasing Shadow of the Erdtree and its story beats ever since the gameplay trailer was released back in February. All we knew then was the DLC would take place in the Land of Shadow and feature a bunch of new horrors straight from the slightly warped imagination of game director Hidetaka Miyazaki.
This new Land of Shadow was connected somehow to Miquella - the dude in the egg with the withered arm. The trailer mentions him prominently, giving the impression we'll learn more about him, his connection to the Land of Shadow, and what events led him to abandon...