A dataminer appears to have uncovered some dialogue for Elden Ring’s notoriously silent closing boss, Shadow of the Erdtree, which was written by FromSoftware. This revelation leaves you vulnerable, battered mercilessly before the fatal meteor showers commence with no less than a pleasant “hello”.
It appears the minor audio snippet uncovered by Elden Ring enthusiasts last week, courtesy of St Trina’s restored dialogue, is just one contributor to the DLC’s reduced narrative content, with more unvoiced characters remaining due to Hidetaka Miyazaki and his team’s creative decisions.
Newly uncovered traces pertain to Promised Consort Radahn, attributed to a diligent Reddit user (TheGamer), who scrutinized Japanese dialogue files to uncover discrepancies between these and their English counterparts.
Initially, Radhan would likely have introduced himself with three distinctive marks: “I’m Radahn”, “Born to a lineage of red-maned Radagon, and Rennala, the radiant Queen of the Full Moon”, and finally, “A lion bred for war”. This guy’s got a tinder bio that really stands out – no doubt about it!
Although many were dissatisfied with Radahn’s silence throughout the struggle, a dataminer reveals that FromSoftware initially intended for him to speak. According to their discovery, “I don’t know at which point they’d have played or if it would’ve been during cutscenes, but here are the dialogues.”
What’s behind the enigmatic decision to omit these mildly inconsequential lines, which wouldn’t have significantly illuminated his character beyond what fans have gleaned from online enthusiasts who’ve uncovered a wealth of lore that would fit comfortably within Raya Lucaria’s vast library? If I needed to guess, I’d probably suggest that it’s one thing akin to what appears at play with the St Trina dialogue – FromSoft choosing not to be overly explicit regarding its depiction of events and how they connect the dots between different characters as it could have been.
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