With the deepening of the understanding of the game, the story of "Eldon's Law Ring" will gradually become fuller, and there may be a large number of errors in the initial cognition, so I decided to start from this article and make a more objective correction based on my personal understanding of the errors in "Airden's Ring". As the saying goes, brainstorming, if you find any discrepancies with the facts in this article, you are welcome to point them out.
The origin of spiritual fire
Regarding the spirit fire, the most intuitive display is the black flame similar to the black flame used in the game "Bird of Death" and "Ritual Bird of Death". However, it has more white edges than black flames, and the most intuitive description of its origin can be seen in the "Bursting Spirit Fire".
Spiritual fire, which seems to be associated with death. In the game, on the description of the armor of the headless knights guarding the walking spirit temple, you can see that the feather decoration on the back of the headless knight is the bird that originates from death. So these headless knights did not return to the Golden Tree, but continued to wander around the junction in the form of soul bodies. Spiritual fire does represent death, but it is different from the death of destiny, if the death of destiny represents the death of all things into nothingness, then the spirit fire is to obtain the power of rebirth from death, just like the "ancient death unjust soul" and the headless knight of the spirit temple, the end of life is not death, but the soul. In the description of the "Death Hook" dropped by the Bird of Death, the Bird of Death is said to be the guardian of the "graveyard" flames. In the "Spirit Torch" made by the Fallen Eagle Legion, who was ordered to investigate the Eternal City, it can be seen that the spirit fire originated from the bones of burning companions.
In my previous understanding, I believed that the Spirit Fire was the oldest death in the Junction Continent, even before the death of Destiny. Today, ancient may be correct, but the border continent is absolutely wrong.
Judging from the description of the Iris Shield of the Double Bird, the Double Bird is the messenger of the external gods, and the Double Bird is the mother of the Dead Bird. From this, it can be inferred that the spirit fire guarded by the Bird of Death may not be a flame that has existed since ancient times at the junction, but comes from the power of the outer gods.
Sun City in the north
In the game, we can meet a first fierce person in the junction, the "dung eater" Lao Ba (or the habit of calling lao ba, the dung eater has no name, just call it lao ba). The plot branch of The Old Eight can be said to be completely anti-human, but some players have noticed that the very funny sun badge on the chest of the Old Eight.
"Sun badge", "guide the end", "god-like legal ring", these words all raise the existence of "sun" to the height of the "legal ring". But if you look closely, the continent at the junction can't actually see the sun, so where is the sun? There is another god-like ring in the game, and the text of the "Shining Golden Mask" mentions that "the past belched upon him, an overwhelming and huge inspiration." It is also at the end of the exploration, the existence of the god-like ring of law. ”
Look closely at this mask, does it resemble the sun? The reason why the golden mask can directly interpret the golden law and point out the inadequacy of the law is that it comes from the inspiration given by the sun. On the Sun City Shield, we can understand that Sun City is long gone. So is the Sun the civilization represented before the Ring of Law, and the Sun Dynasty was the dynasty that held the border before the Golden Dynasty?
Although we have no way of knowing where Sun City is, we can see the erosion of the sun from the knight's shield guarding the temple.
The surroundings of the temple are also carved with eclipse marks, described as a morgue for soulless demigods, and who is the ringing bell calling?
I think it has something to do with the game's reference to Rozes, in "The Axe of Rozes", the dead are described as lost lambs who need someone to help. After Mikaela discovered that the fundamentalism of the Golden Faith could not cure her sister's corruption and save her soulless brother, she abandoned the Golden Faith and went to the north to establish a sacred tree. After the souls in the city of Thor prayed for the erosion of the sun to resurrect Godwin, they built a wandering spirit temple everywhere to give his brother a normal death by the sound of bells. However, the death of destiny is different from the gentleness of the spirit fire, annihilating The soul of Godwin with absolutely domineering power, so the soulless demigod is destined not to hear the bell of guidance, leaving only the lonely spirit temple wandering in the wilderness tirelessly guiding the dead.
The eroded, discolored sun is the guardian star of the soulless demigods, so what about the origin of Thor City? From Thor City, we can find an "Eclipse Hook Sword".
The Eclipse Hook Sword mentions that the people of Thor regard the erosion of the sun as a symbol of despair and an object of reverence, a presence that cannot be ignored in the face of great fear.
Neo, a veteran general stationed in the city of Saul, mentions in his helmet text protecting his long-dead master. From the above clues, it can be inferred that a battle that has not been recorded in history, so let's name it "Eclipse War". The two sides of this campaign are composed of the "Golden" Godwin and the Sun City forces, which were also destroyed in the battle, and the old eight are the few descendants left by the Sun City forces. The Golden Mask also picked up the Golden Mask left on the battlefield in Sun City, thus gaining endless inspiration. Sol City may not be Sun City, but it must be a city that once believed in the sun, and Gurdvin, who was marked by the "Eclipse", led an army to attack Sol City, and in the face of the powerful Golden Tree force, Sol City had almost no resistance.
At the end of the war, the veteran Neo used his feet in exchange for the lives of the defeated knights, but it can be seen from the now empty city of Saul that Godwin did not grant his request. The lost knights died one after another, and a few years later, they turned into souls and continued to guard the city and their respected veteran neo. As for why this battle did not have a sword tomb, it is probably an injustice in the true sense.
In addition to the sad history of Sol City, there is also a point worth noting, now the player travels to Sol City, and can see the soldiers who are souls praying for The Soulless Brother Ofewen of Mikaela. If Godwin was the culprit in destroying the city of Saul, then why did the souls pray for his resurrection? Make a reasonable guess without evidence: because this is Mikaela's wish. In the boss battle against Neo, you can use the "Enchanted Branch" to confuse the two homecoming knights next to him, and magically discover that the veteran Neo will die under his own knife. Prove that Mikaela's charm, even the soul body can work. Therefore, the reason why those wandering souls pray for Godwin is probably because they are seduced and forced to pray day and night.
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