At TGA2021, which just concluded last week, Hidetaka Miyazaki met with "A Song of Ice and Fire" author George W. Bush. R· R. Martin's "Eldon's Ring of Law" won the "TGA Most Anticipated Award of the Year" again. Although the game has not yet been released, in addition to winning the 2020 and 2021 TGA Most Anticipated Games of the Year, the game has won many honors in the Cologne Game Show, Golden Joystick and other awards.
TGA also released a new promotional video on the same day " Eldon's Legal Ring ", let's talk about the content presented in it, as well as the speculation and expectations of the official version of the plot story.
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At the beginning of the video, a new character slowly opens his mouth as a narrator, depicting part of the background story to us. She was pale to the point of not being human, and had four arms, with her upper hands concealed in a prayer-like manner and her lower hands folded on her legs. At the end of the video, we can also see that she shares half a face and one eye with another "person" in the shadow state of the soul or shadow.
Because of the phantom element, I am reminded of Morrigan, one of the three goddesses of war known in Celtic mythology as the "phantom god". First of all, the narrator has clearly experienced countless wars and is looking for a way to change the situation and save the world, and the myth of Morrigan does not represent justice, but satisfies the desire for revenge of mankind, which seems to correspond to the narrator's reasons for waiting for the "King of Eldon". Secondly, in Celtic mythology, Macha was originally the goddess in charge of fertility, but as the war began, people's reasons for worship became more and more complicated, so on its basis a new goddess was separated and given her faith in war, and this goddess was Morigan. The narrator's image of a single twin may be linked to the twin relationship between Morrigan and his sister Macha.
In addition, based on what was previously published, it is not difficult to connect the narrator with Melina, first of all, both ("three") rings are worn on the ring finger, and the unique symbols of Melina's eyes, perhaps related to the design of the narrator's shared eyes. And in Celtic mythology, macha and morrigan have another goddess badb, the image of the three goddesses is the same, they can be combined into the trinity of the goddess Badhbh Cath, the name means "the goddess of war incarnated as a black crow", which seems to imply that Melina is inextricably linked to the narrator, and the image of Gbab holding the harvest is also similar to the "fire girl" Melina providing attributes to the player. It is worth mentioning that in Celtic mythology, the three sisters belong to the Tuatha Dé Danann, you can remember this term first, and there will be many related figures of this force in the subsequent article.
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As the narrator recalls, a squad of Knights of the Rings appears in the dense forest, stealing Death Lune during the night in the icy fog. In previous online tests, we have encountered similar-looking enemies at night, and it is not yet known which side these masked riders belong to. But what we do know is that the word rune comes from the ancient Germanic language and belongs to a type of mantra. The more common modern version is that it originated in Norse mythology, where Odin, the king of the gods, hanged upside down on a world tree for nine days and nine nights, and eventually learned the wisdom and mysteries of the Loon script. In Eldon's Ring of Law, the Ring of Law is made up of countless Lunes, and the loss of the larger Lun is also one of the triggers for the collapse of the previous rules of the world.
Back in the plot, the effects of the theft of Death Loon are significant, and the "Golden Order" maintained by the Eldon Ring of Law constitutes the law of nature, an order that makes the world prosperous and stable. The absence of Death Loon directly leads to the dead crawling out of the graveyard again, and the race that was not bound by death loses its immortal talent.
The most intuitive example is the narrator's next description, where the death of "The Golden" Godwin became the beginning of the demigod's fall. Here I can introduce my speculation that the Queen of the Eternal, Malika, that all demigods are the heirs of Marika and are prefixed with "gold", they are the titles held by the lords of the gap before the ring is broken, the "Golden Law" is the power controlled by the "Golden Family" headed by Malika, in addition to the powerful golden spell, immortality should be one of the effects. But the absence of "Death Lune" dissipates this ability, and the dead Godwin is "resurrected" again with some kind of parasite squirming under the skin, and has to hand-blade blood relatives, which may be the main reason why the narrator's second half of the sentence: "Queen Malika fell into madness".
Remember the Danu gods mentioned earlier? I think the Golden Family led by Queen Malika corresponds to this ethnic group. In Kelda mythology, Danu is the daughter of Dagda, the "father of the gods", who rules the fertility and blessings, similar to the blessings of the Golden Law in the game. The brave and warlike warriors of the Danu clan are all descendants of the goddess Danu, which is also similar to queen Malika.
Players in the online test booth can still be revived with the help of the statue of Queen Malika, which seems to indicate that she herself has not passed away. However, due to the shattering of the Eldon Ring, the golden blessing gradually faded, and the golden family lost its rule over the gap land. That's why it's occupied, and the fader we play may be able to help Queen Malika regain power, although she can't give the player the original immortality ability and powerful gold spells, but Queen Malika can still borrow gold blessings to resurrect us after repeated defeats.
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The narrator continues her story, and the following clip shows our old acquaintance "Evil Omen" Markett, who previously described in an official Eldon's Circle of Law tweet that "the curse he had at birth was an ominous omen for the royal family." Combined with the video clip of Evil Omen placing the crown on the throne, we can infer that Marcette should also be a member of Queen Malika's "Golden Family", perhaps a demigod's dependents or a member of the demigod herself, and should now be looking for the next King of Eldon like the narrator to save the decaying family. But what kind of curse he is carrying, and whether it is related to the rupture of The Ring of Eldon, we still do not know.
The ensuing footage describes a grand battle in which the narrator asks "Why did the demigods fight?" Based on the above, we roughly deduce that its roots are still in the battle for Lune. We can observe the lion coat of arms from the clothing of the soldiers who besieged the castle, and the monsters such as tree guards and mountain demons that appeared in the network test were seen in the siege force, which seems to indicate that they are subordinate to the previously disclosed boss successor Greg. At the same time, the city also resembles the "City of The Cliffs, Stonewell", which goes uphill much like the Stonewell Gate that could not be entered head-on in the previous real machine demonstration.
Judging by its name and the golden spells used, Greg should also be a member of the Golden Family, so this war also indicates that in addition to external troubles, the Golden Family is also full of internal troubles. Official Twitter sources show that the shattered kingdom is in the midst of war, and That Greco's claim as one of the legitimate heirs to the throne is not without controversy, with some revealing that he wants to hand the throne into the hands of more valuable people.
Subsequently, the "Blade of Mikaela" Marlenia, which has appeared in the early materials, appears, and the battle is fought by General Radain, the "Star Conscript", and the battle presents an extremely exciting camera scheduling, the most notable of which is undoubtedly Marlenia's prosthetic limbs and the final release of the orange lotus skill. So let's start with her and go back to Celtic mythology, where it was mentioned earlier that there was a famous god of the Danu clan, nuada, the "silver hand". The Danu clan succeeded in the First Great War of the Gods, but their leader Nuada also lost an arm in this battle, which was replaced by a silver hand. The contrast between the two is obvious here, from which we can basically conclude that "Mikaela's Blade" Marenia is a member of queen Malika's camp and belongs to the Golden Family.
The gravity purple spell used by General Ladaan, the "Star Recruiter", is consistent with the coat of arms of "Meteorite" in the network test, and it should be possible to conclude that it belongs to the same vein. The skill description of "Meteorite" shows that this is the spell of the hundred kings with stony skin. It is not known what power the "White King" is subordinate to, but in Celtic mythology there is a Fomorians deep-sea giant clan, their king is the "Evil Eye Demon King" Barol, it is rumored that he only uses one eye in his daily life, the other is always closed, once the closed pupil is opened, it will shoot out the power of the gods. General Rata's huge body can obviously be associated with the Giants, and the evil eye elements are also contrasted. The mythical Furmore Deep Sea Giants also went to war with the Dana Gods, which also coincided with the scene in the trailer.
It is worth mentioning that in the myth, it was in the battle with the Furmore Deep Sea Giants that Nuada lost his arm, and he subsequently ceded the throne to Bris of the Furmore Deep Sea Giants who defected to the Dana God Clan, but due to the brutality and inhumanity of the bloodline against the rule of the Flames, it soon attracted strong dissatisfaction from the Dana God Clan and was eventually forced to abdicate. The "Silver Hand Nuada" died in the battle with the "Evil Eye Demon King" Barol. Combined with mythology, we can roughly judge that the "Blade of Mikaela" Malenia did not defeat the "Star Conscript" General Radain in the end, and the image of "25 Boys" Bresse may correspond to the previous claim to be criticized and wanted to change the throne to the successor Greg.
>>>尾声
OK, the above is all my analysis of the TGA trailer, of course, most of them are still based on speculation combined with Celtic mythology, still failing to connect a complete story line, and the family's words are inevitably subjective and one-sided, and they should not be true after all. But to be able to share a little bit of unpopular myth bean knowledge, it is not a waste of my energy to check the information, I hope you are happy to see. Let's wait for the official release to see Hidetaka Miyazaki and George W. Bush. R· What kind of story will R. Martin bring?
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Eldon's Law Ring will be released on February 25, 2022, landing on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC.