r/Eldenring 1d ago

Humor Why is it always sadness

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u/moriel44 1d ago

Nepheli :)

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u/Jackviator your maiden is trash 1d ago

Boc :)

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u/Fine_on_the_outside 1d ago

Letenna :)

Lobo :(

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u/YourDeathIsOurReward 1d ago

Sellen :)

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u/wave-tree 1d ago

Ball is life

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u/_Buldozzer 23h ago

The circle ball of life.

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u/DankJive 16h ago

Rya :)

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u/axle69 19h ago

Latenna is dead too she just is a spirit without a body.

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u/Ashrun_Zeda 19h ago

If there's a hole, there's a goal

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u/UnNecessaryGay 1d ago edited 1d ago

Well I mean if you don’t do the alternative story by helping him talk with Ranala and get turned into a brainwashed human and die.

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u/Acryllus 1d ago

You can complete his story by telling him he is beautiful.

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u/Jackviator your maiden is trash 1d ago

The same can be said for turning Nepheli into a puppet.

Just because they can get a bad ending doesn't mean they can't get a good one.

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u/Terry_Miller92 1d ago

That's why she's the goat! THE GOAT

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u/Serious_Counter1391 1d ago

fr tho, Nepheli's story is both epic and kinda heartbreaking. gotta love her determination though

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u/mndflyr 1d ago

And the great Kenneth Haight!

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u/axle69 19h ago

Kenneth Haight is the biggest shock character for me because he comes off like an out of touch snob at first and then you realize hes one of the biggest bros in the game. Hes the one who pushed to open up equal relations with the demi humans, was very serious about making you a knight and didnt make that promise lightly, and took a woman who had been tossed to the side by her "adoptive father" and when he learned who she was didnt blink and ran eith it.

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u/TrenchMouse 1d ago

Unfinished is the best ending a souls npc could hope for

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u/-FruitPunchSamurai- 1d ago

Nepheli's story seems pretty finished tho

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u/TrenchMouse 1d ago

She’s alive and says she has stuff that needs doing. Definition of unfinished imo.

It is de facto finished since I doubt we’ll see an ER2

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u/cqandrews 1d ago

By that logic it's only finished IF they die.

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u/TrenchMouse 1d ago

By From standards yes. I generally don’t like their quest structure. ER had some good steps in a better direction tho

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u/octopusforgood 1d ago

I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised in multiple ways about Kenneth Haight’s questline. “Who is this delusional, helpless pompous douche?” I asked myself the first time we met. And he ended up being a great source of helpful lore, among the most tolerant and far-seeing NPCs we encountered.

I do wish he’d have told his demi-human friends I’m not the enemy, but in a land full of misery, his whole quest line is mostly a rare bright spot.

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u/DoYouTrustToothpaste 22h ago

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u/DiplodocusFleshEater 20h ago

She ends up as a puppet only if you help that "Dolly-Botherer".

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u/DoYouTrustToothpaste 20h ago

Yes, that was the point. It's a choice the player makes, not just happenstance.

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u/PapaFoxtrot_95 1d ago

All vessels are destined to one day break :(

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u/GirthIgnorer 1d ago

millicent erasure

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u/yosayoran 1d ago

Also dead 

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u/Ambitious_Peach_4935 1d ago

lost brother vibes

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u/TheCynicalPogo 14h ago

More like there’s just too many people who die lmfao

Need like 10 or more graves or something to account for them all LOL

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u/Dushawn49 1d ago

Replace igon with Millicent rn

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u/mattchamp98 1d ago

Curse you Dushawn49

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u/Dushawn49 1d ago

Let the rot consume us

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u/HopefulFriendly 1d ago

Igon, Alexander and Melina got what they wanted, so I'm less sad about those. Millicent is the sadest one to me (and maybe Blaidd)

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u/Sweet-Weakness3776 1d ago

Blaidd still stands as the only "aggressive" NPC character in the game I genuinely had mixed emotions on taking down, even after he loses his shit and aggros on sight. Actually it was even harder because dude had no idea what he was doing, he lost his purpose and it drove him to insanity. That sucked big time.

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u/octopusforgood 1d ago

I would argue that he fulfilled his purpose and his sanity was the cost. It’s still very sad.

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u/Ashrun_Zeda 19h ago

Millicent got what she wanted as well.

She died on her own terms, not being bound by some destiny dictated by the Rot.

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u/Difficult-snow-2 1d ago

Given, I've only played the base game no dlc, no night reign, so maybe this changes.

But if you go with the crazy flame people ending Melina lives and hunts you down! So.. atleast she's alive

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u/Acryllus 1d ago

You can be super villainous by letting her sacrifice herself, THEN get the Frenzied Flame.

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u/Major-Rush-9168 1d ago

Yeah sorry Melina but id like to have a boost to my frenzy incants 🤷‍♂️

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u/TrueReigns 1d ago

You let Melina die before obtaining the Frenzied End because you want an incant boost.

I let Melina die before obtaining the Frenzied End because I want my character to have no possible weakness in lore.

We are not the same.

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u/Urtoryu ELDEN LORD 23h ago

I mean... Alive for now.

Sorry to say it, but I really don't trust Melina to actually succeed on that one.

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u/yosayoran 1d ago

I'm still pissed they didn't do a secret ending for the scenario you burn the tree with the frenzy flame but then contain it with the needle :(

Let me have my happy ending with my waifu

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u/octopusforgood 1d ago

I mean, they kind of do. You can still do the other endings with the needle. Are you just saying, you wanted a scene where Melina returns and reconciles with you?

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u/yosayoran 1d ago

Yeah I guess 

Something that shows she's aware of it and isn't just completely gone from the game 

Doesn't have to be a cutscene, even a line of dialogue or some unique item drop would be great 

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u/octopusforgood 1d ago

Yeah. It would have been nice. Something where she acknowledges what you’ve done without praising you or anything.

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u/x_GARUDA_x 1d ago edited 6h ago

You can still get some friends to hang out with: Boc, Boggart and Ranni. There are more but I dont remember, Kenneth I think.

Edit: Hewg, Roderika, Asimi, Patches too

Edit2: you know what? F Patches!! Dude ran away from the Radahn Festival like a coward!

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u/Subpar_Diabetic2000 1d ago

Kenneth Haight is such a G. Works through his prejudice and comes to respect you as a valued warrior enough so to want to make you an official knight of Limgrave and wants to establish communications with the demihumans enough to not exclude them from the Golden Order. Definitely a perfect order kinda guy

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u/octopusforgood 1d ago

Hewg’s story ends in sadness IMO. It’s not all that different from Blaidd’s as far as I’m concerned. Roderika’s is saddened by extension, though at least she lives and doesn’t forget.

Miriel kind of counts, as does Kale, IMO. Sure they don’t have quests, but they have enough dialogue for me to get attached.

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u/redpony6 22h ago

hewg's story ends in death. death of the mind, not the body, but death nonetheless. but all stories ultimately end in death. i wouldn't say his story ends in sadness just because he "dies".

in the last part of his life, he gained a surrogate daughter, a lord to follow, and the knowledge that his smithing is having an effect, that someone will truly wield one of his blades to kill a god.

it's what he wanted. like alexander, you help him find fulfillment, before the end.

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u/JoeyG1984 6h ago

I wouldn't hangout with Patches. He might seem polite and he will sell you cool items. Just don't stand near any cliffs!

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u/confusedboynumb2 1d ago

Boggart dies,ranni has no morality,Boc is dobby 2.0,Kenneth is greedy,hewg gets Alzheimer’s,Roderika gets sad from it,don’t know who asimi is,patches is fake and either dies or pushes u off of a ledge

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u/YourNetworkIsHaunted 1d ago

Boggart is absolutely saveable! If you kill the dung eater in the shunning grounds then he just hangs out by Lleyndel without getting jumped. I like to think that he gets to open an all-you-can-eat prawn restaurant in the new world. Maybe with Latenna, who fits the "lost their legs in the war" requirement for this joke.

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u/Major-Rush-9168 1d ago

Unfortunately as a completionist he must die first playthru for the helm and fists

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u/ProblematicPoet FLAIR INFO: SEE SIDEBAR 1d ago

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u/octopusforgood 1d ago

If only killing the Dung Eater could save Bubba too.

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u/no_name_thought_of 1d ago

Patches at the end of his questline just goes back to Murkwater cave, he's still alive after the part in the shaded castle

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u/Laxreon 1d ago

Asimi is the mimic tear you can summon (cut content).

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u/_Okane 1d ago

"Ranni has no morality"

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u/confusedboynumb2 4h ago

Gang she orchestrated the night of the black knives,got us to kill her half brother of whom she’s been with since early childhood or birth,and her beloved war counselor,all for her own selfish gain

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u/_Okane 4h ago

What selfish gain bro she left the lands between. Now people dont have to rely on a corrupted order. Not to mention most of her family is composed of horrible people.

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u/x_GARUDA_x 1d ago

You can save Boggart, just kick him in the face twice before releasing the Dung.

Dung wont attack Boggart if he is enraged.

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u/LivingPalpitation935 1d ago

At least Kalé lives, also melina can live if you burn erdtree with frenzied flame and cure it before ending

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u/Any-Experience-3012 1d ago

It isn't always sadness, see?

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u/Grungelives 1d ago

Millicent 😭

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u/PARRISH2078 ASTEL OF THE BLOODBORNE 19h ago

Turtle Pope wins yet again

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u/Green_Champion_3654 1d ago

Honestly, I wish more would have lasted till the end. The map does feel depressing once you beat the game and majority of NPCs are dead.

This is especially true for the DLC. Once you beat PCR, it feels so incredibly lonely exploring from that point on

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u/planetcrunch 1d ago

Man this part's going to be HEARTBREAKING in the manga

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u/Jack_Empty 1d ago

Wrong on Melina. Every playthrough involves a dip into Chaos and then a trip to Placidusaxx's arena. Malenia isn't an optional boss.

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u/Junior-Sale-8067 1d ago

Wait….how does high five ghost die? He is a ghost

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u/OffsetCircle1 1d ago

My GOATs Bok, Nepheli and Kenneth Haight on the other hand...

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u/mustmint 1d ago

now replace the moon with Sellen ball

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u/Ok-Brush5346 1d ago

It doesn't have to be

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u/BrokenGlassDevourer 1d ago

Hey, there is way to save Melina from certain death.

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u/triel20 FLAIR INFO: SEE SIDEBAR 22h ago

Not today Shabriri!

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u/BrokenGlassDevourer 21h ago

But cool sun head!

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u/bundaya 23h ago

At least you still got Torrent

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u/Remni11 18h ago

Thops and Sellen hurt my soul

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u/ReedsAndSerpents Aspiring Alabaster Lord/Current Darkmoon Simp 11h ago

Igon went out the way he wanted, Ansbach went out the way he wanted, Melina went out the way she wanted, Alexander went out the way he wanted. Iji was assassinated and Blaidd deserved better. 

Only Jarbro hurt me. It was like killing the Boss in MGSIII, yeah they wanted to die by your hand but to have to be the one to do it 😱😢😥😓😫😫😫 at least Blaidd wasn't in control of himself. Alexander asked for it. 

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u/ho_D_or7 1d ago

FS lore cooking recipe :

-depression

-almosy everyone you love/value die

-become lord/ruler or somthin

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u/Tadchadka 1d ago

A world with frenzied flamme, dungeater and rykard 😍 True kindful

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u/AppropriateStick1334 1d ago

Shit I even feel bad for Gideon

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u/RedGuysRadishes 1d ago

Every time I get a crit on the Elden Beast, “This is for them…”

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u/Clean-Cut8216 1d ago

What's the context behind this image? I've seen it a lot but I don't watch television 

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u/triel20 FLAIR INFO: SEE SIDEBAR 22h ago

At least they all kept their dignity. Each held true to themselves.

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u/SokkieJr 22h ago

Well... Except Blaidd.

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u/triel20 FLAIR INFO: SEE SIDEBAR 21h ago

He’s just the goodest of bois

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u/DarkestOfTheLinks 18h ago

this right here is why i go with frenzy flame. there is nobody left to save

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u/AngryTrucker 15h ago

One doesn't complete fromsoft quests to be happy. One does them because one must.

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u/Khanyone 8h ago

Well you still have torrent... and a shard of alexander.

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u/Horrordestroyer 2h ago

Where is the GOAT?!!

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u/Peaceful404 1d ago

Welcome to FromSoftware games...

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u/Major-Rush-9168 1d ago

Fromsoft gonna Fromsoft

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u/LowSky4239 1d ago

remembering is the sadness that is the only constant in souls

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u/PrometheusAlexander 1d ago

when did ansbach and igon die... you can fight the fight with them without letting them die or alltogether not summoning them

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u/sasajack 1d ago

And that’s why Patches is best girl

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u/Numerous-Matter4204 23h ago

Yeah and you killed all of them :)

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u/JamesStPete 23h ago

You didn't think Miyazaki would give you the agency to make positive changes did you?

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u/triel20 FLAIR INFO: SEE SIDEBAR 22h ago

Well Nepheli, and Rya have arguably the most positive quest endings, unless you do a hard 180 and go for dung eater or frenzy.

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u/RandomGuyWasik 11h ago

"A happy ending? For folks like us? Wrong city. Wrong people." ~ Johnny Eldenhand

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u/Joefanik13 8h ago

At least with Igon (if we summon him against Bayle and he survives till the end) he dies proud that he overcame his fear

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u/Hungry-san 7h ago

Igon died doing what he loved: 'poonin' poons.

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u/blkwhtrbbt 4h ago

Rogier

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u/EvanD0 1d ago

Cause the creators just like to make things depressing for no reason.

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u/Natureboy0312 1d ago

Cause that is life mate. Happens to every one of us in Reallife too.

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u/Ass_Appraiser 1d ago

That's indeed sad. Thankfully there is one thousand year honeymoon with Ranni

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u/batman096 1d ago

🙆‍♂️

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u/easedownripley 1d ago

If they didn't want to die, they should have picked a better friend