The Tarnished can choose to help him, but doing so will ultimately result in his death. See, Thops was disregarded as a sorcerer and scholar at Raya Lucaria, and he was even given the nickname "Thops the Bluntstone" by Elden Ring bullies. It thus appears that he would be treated with hostility upon returning to the school that banished him, and indeed, the Tarnished will find his corpse at a table after giving him an Academy Glintstone. The saddest part about his story is that on Thops's body is a spell (Thops's Barrier) that proves he was on the path to discovering a whole new branch in the Sorcery school of ma

But in other questlines, the Tarnished is absolutely at fault for the deaths of NPCs, and in some case, they can be cursed to something even worse than death. Completing a simple favor can either lead to three beloved characters dying or to an innocent demi-human transforming into ephemeral, lifeless vessel. To help prevent Elden Ring 's Tarnished from making huge mistakes that result in death, here is a list of NPCs who can accidentally die as a result of the player's choi

Mass Effect 2 stepped up the story from the first game, innovating even further by using the Mass Effect 1 save file to influence the second game, so while players could go in without having played the first game, having done so provided an extra bonus. Without that, though, the story is still incredibly well-acted, written, and designed. Best of all, it's welcoming for new play

Inspired by folklore and horror, Bloodborne takes players down a path of investigating a mysterious affliction. It's fantasy meets mystery meets RPG, and the three genres work in tandem to augment one another. Mystery keeps players exploring, fantasy means there's no telling what they'll find, and RPG means player ownership of the character. Babylon's Fall could've benefitted from this co

Thops's storyline in Elden Ring is brief and tragic. The weak sorcerer the Tarnished finds after defeating Godrick in Stormveil Castle only wants to attend the Academy of Raya Lucaria to enhance his magic skills. However, he has been locked out and can find no entry into its great ha

The Mass Effect games also had an impressive selling point: the ability to choose whether the player-character, Commander Shepard, is male or female, with full voice-acting provided for either option. For a game series that released its first entry in 2007, it was a groundbreaking l

While the Tarnished should not be too hard on themselves for any inadvertent mistakes they make, the consequences of their actions can be deadly for Elden Ring 's NPCs. The Lands Between are harsh, and they judge their inhabitants harshly. While the game's design can stop players from making significant decisions or making them unawares, **Elden Ring ** 's cause-and-effect storytelling approach remains impactful a major part of the game's app

Breath of the Wild is more comparable to Babylon's Fall than most, since the former Hyrule Castle is the dominant central focus of the game (as it's where Zelda is located), and Babylon's Fall focuses around scaling the Ziggurat. BOTW , however, has build-up quests and side quests that provide diversity in gameplay, yielding hours of content that rarely if ever bo

The 2010 original Final Fantasy XIV RPG was critically panned upon release, but Square Enix listened to complaints and reinvented the title in 2013; that MMORPG is still running today and just released the Endwalker expansion in 2021. It's unlikely Babylon's Fall could take the same route at this point, because of the bad press, but it's always possible for this kind of reinvent

In this era, the Greater Will begins to search for people who can do his bidding in the Lands Between, as it resides in the Cosmos and cannot directly interact with the land. In exchange for help, the Greater Will offers to ascend one person to godhood when they become its chosen vessel for the Elden Ring update 1.01.3 R

For those who choose to stick by Sellen's side and fight Jerren, there is unfortunately no way to prevent her eventual demise. After defeating Jerren and resting at the Raya Lucaria Grand Library Site of Grace, the Tarnished will find Elden Ring 's Queen of the Full Moon Rennala still there despite Jerren's defeat. Then, to the left, they will see the horrid thing Sellen has been transformed into: a grotesque stone ball of magical masks groaning in agony. Ultimately, to help Sellen in Elden Ring is to doom her to a tragic f

Elden Ring has been one of, if not the most, acclaimed video games of 2022. With a story co-designed by Game of Thrones novelist George R.R. Martin and coming from the same studio that created the Souls series, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice , and Bloodborne , Elden Ring presents an expansive and lore-heavy open-world game that, while difficult at parts, is an extraordinary achievement and an overall bl

**Elden Ring ** and FromSoftware may have given George R.R. Martin the chance to vent his feelings about Game of Thrones season 8 in a creative world, and those feelings may be found in various aspects of the Lands Between and Elden Ring lore . It couldn't have been easy for Martin to weather the backlash that came from Game of Thrones' final season. Luckily, he was able to write a new history, that of the Lands Between, through his work on Elden Ri