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Are you faded livers okay these days? Compared to the degree of advancement, I am currently riding a spirit horse around in this open world, which is very happy. Less than thirty levels, not a single boss has been killed, but the castle has seen a lot, and admiring these castles and walled cities with European medieval Renaissances really immerses me in them.
In fact, "Eldon's Ring of Law" was portrayed as Hidetaka Miyazaki and George W. Bush. RR Martin's co-creation of works, many things can be found in "A Song of Ice and Fire" to some extent. The game has peninsulas, lakes, valleys, swamps, laterites, plateaus, imperial cities, volcanoes, snowy mountains, dungeons, each region has a very representative castle in it, which is very similar to Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire". The seven major countries have their own unique living environment, and different environments have created different castle forms and styles. For example, The City of Rush is built on the basis of water, and the Iron Archipelago is formed by connecting several islands. On closer inspection, the castle in The Eldon's Ring of Law does have a lot of similar shadows to some of the buildings in A Song of Ice and Fire.
What castle do you think the Rush City in A Song of Ice and Fire looks like?
Combining A Song of Ice and Fire and the various buildings in reality, let's take a brief look at the castles in the game that people can't help but stop and admire.
Stormveil Castle
In the game Eldon's Circle of Law, there are actually many place names and castles that are directly transliterated, which sometimes leads to the player's lack of information when understanding something. Stormveil Castle, for example, translates Storm as Storm or Hurricane, and Veil translates as Veil, so I think this castle with a cold Gothic wind in the valley should be called Storm City more than Stoneville City.
In terms of appearance, the castle's wall flags, stone arches, stone reliefs and other physical features are mixed with Middle Eastern, Byzantine and European characteristics, although the appearance is not too similar to the realistic architecture, but its own cool style is very much like Miyazaki Hidetaka's architectural characteristics in the "Dark Souls" series. It is worth mentioning that in "A Song of Ice and Fire", the Storm's End, where the Baratheon family is located, has a lot of similarities with it. For example, they all use Storm to name themselves, and the castle has always been accompanied by storms, witnessing the rise and fall of the kingship on the continent; for example, Lan Li, who guards the Wind Castle, is the emperor's brother and a weak and incompetent person, and the city lord of Stoneville, although he is the son of god, is also a weak and pathetic person who can only use the power of others to arm himself. This strong personal style of Mr. Martin must have buried a lot of Easter eggs for it when it initially framed the worldview and the entire junction.
Redmane Castle
In this land of corruption, which has been turned into a protracted battle, stands the Red Lion City, the royal city of Rataen. Unlike the transliteration of Stoneville City, Redmane Castle's translation is "Red Mane City", which is not an exaggeration to translate to Red Lion City when it comes to Rataen's red hair with fluttering hair.
However, from the outside, this mottled and dilapidated castle has the simple shape of medieval Sicily, but also has an Orthodox diamond-shaped spire, and in my opinion, the design of the two parts of the Red Lion City seems to be a little mislugged, just like Rataen and his ponies, which makes people look a little awkward. According to the game's setting, this continent destroyed by war is sparsely populated, reminiscent of Dragonstone Island, which was also destroyed by war in A Song of Ice and Fire, which is also rarely populated. At the same time, both castles are named after animals, and there are many dragons living in the land of corruption. This land that was corrupted by the war was the pain of Rataen's life, and the barren status quo on Dragonstone Island was also caused by various political factors after the war, and this continent can also be said to be full of desolation and pain.
Castle Morne
From a plot point of view, some of the stories that happened on the Sobbing Peninsula make people feel that they are completely the handiwork of Mr. Martin. Geographically, on the Sobbing Peninsula, which has the best geographical environment, if it is effectively developed and utilized, relying on shipping and pleasant climate at the southernmost tip of the continent (in terms of farming and farming), it is too similar to the West Kaiyan City controlled by the Lannister family. In addition, this castle carved out of huge rocks, with square towers and walls, plus arrow towers embedded in the mountain, narrow and long windows, and trebuchets at the top of the tower, is also as easy to defend and difficult to attack as Kaiyan City.
But on the other hand, The City of Moen has many similarities with the appearance of the Red Lion City, such as bow and arrow windows, arch eaves and gray-black stone walls, perhaps because they are also located on the coast, together with the erosion of the ocean.
The word Morne is a transliteration, which means morning in Croatian, so the sun in the game rises from the south and can see the first rays of sunlight on the junction ground.
Raya Lucaria Academy
When you first see the Magic Academy, it's hard not to be drawn to this magnificent castle. Many people even immediately think of the magic school that swept the world: "Hogwarts". Perhaps the unprecedented strength of the Harry Potter series can't help but make future generations unconsciously refer to the Academy of Magic. The Rhea Lucaria School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has borrowed from Hogwarts in terms of structure, style, location, courtyard, hall, interior and other aspects, but the castle in the game is not as rustic as the castle Annick Castle in the real life of "Hogwarts", and many castles in the "Elder's Circle" have a strong Victorian style.
In addition to the famous "Hogwarts", similarities to this magic academy can also be found in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, such as the Old Town. The second largest city to train bachelors on the road to Westeros is where the academic elite are located, and some scenes are shown in the TV series. Although the city of the old town is not as luxurious and sacred as Rea Lucaria, it still exudes its unique literary atmosphere, such as the vast sea of books. There is also a lighthouse in the Old Town Castle that has been burning, giving directions to the ship capsizing in the fog, and in the game, the towering castle of Rhea Lucaria stands in the middle of the Lake District, guiding the directionless players.
Leyndell Royal
This is the land of the heirs of the Eldon Ring of Law, and the target of the faders. If semantically translated, Leyndell's Icelandic word means secret, which can be translated as "Secret City" or some other more credible Daya name, but the transliteration of Rodel will make people mistakenly think that this is the original name of the city.
The architectural style of Wangcheng is the most magnificent, which is built by many building complexes. The building is built in both Byzantine and Roman styles. Among them are Roman columns, Corinthian columns, ornate reliefs and magnificent arches. Its detailed decoration style is changeable, the courtyard staircase is wide and atmospheric, and the color scheme of the building is mostly white and yellow tones, which all reflect the nobility and elegance of the royal city. It is reasonable to speculate that the building was originally planned to be based on some of the most sacred and classical buildings in the West.
There is no doubt that this royal city is very similar to King's Landing: it is also the capital of the continent and the center of the whirlpool of power struggles. In King's Landing in A Song of Ice and Fire, except for the Red Fort and Belle Cathedral, which appear noble and sacred, the poor commoners can only build wooden huts outside the city to settle down, and in the environment of symbiosis, the stench of excrement can even be smelled far outside the city walls. In the game "The Ring of Eldon Law", the broken and depressed royal city is lonely and desolate because there is no people to live in, and the remains of a dragon are left behind. There is no people's royal city, just a ruin, these two royal cities are displayed in two extreme forms, which makes people a little sad.
Of course, in addition to the castles listed above, there may be many buildings in the game that can be found in related novels or film and television works, but there are many places that I have not explored, and I will not list them here for the time being, but there is no doubt that Martin's profound knowledge combined with Miyazaki Hidetaka's game design makes many details in the world of "Eldon's Law Ring" more interesting. In addition to the major castles, I wonder what unknown Easter eggs you have found in this game world?