I'm more concerned about one of the first scenes in elden ring depicting an aryan god being murdered and having a mark in the shape of a centipede running down his spine destroying the serpent and his soul. This is an oddly specific and gruesome curse...
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It is a terrible event during the course of the game, and mostly what caused queen Marika to destroy the Elden ring.
In the night of the black knifes, a group of assassins who had a grudge for her, stole a fragment of the rune of death, which is the Plutonian/Mars aspect of the Erdtree, the one that rules "death" and "birth" (also rappresented by roots, the Erdtree got sick when Marika herself removed it).
They used the power of that rune to infuse their knifes with, and kill Godwyn soul.
Godwyn was Marika's perfect son, killing "his soul" was a direct attack to her, not necessarly planned by "huge spoiler name" behind it, more so a grudge by some hench mans.
The breaking of the Elden ring, can be either a good or a bad thing, it dipends on how far you have went into the lore, which i won't spoil too much.
Elden ring is full of alchemy and spiritual allegories.
Your character journey is the Magnum opus, there even are the Eight steps. 7 demigods each rappresenting the low manifestation of the 7 main planets energy (it is not mentioned, i just noticed it), and the "final boss" being both male and female, and what happens after, is clearly an allegory to your character succes at the Magnum opus.
Just know that it is an even more complex opera to understand than the Dark souls.
Some hints:
the Golden order is christianity.
Omens are not evil, as the Golden order says, even Mogh is just a product of their "church".
The outher mother is probably the closest thing to the jewish god.
The true satanic character is Miquella, also known as Saint Trina, allegorically known as both male and female (there is going to be a DLC around him, probably).
The true gods are being kept away from the world.
Anything that the golden order does not like, is either kept as a secret, or closed underground like who followed Ancestor spirits.
The world CAN be saved. As the author said, Elden ring world is in a much more "positive" state than the Dark souls one.
DO NOT trust everything the narrator says in soul like games, hes he really telling things from a "free" perspective?
Still, nobody should play anything if they don't like it.
I personally avoid any God of war and other pure jewish garbage, even if from a PURE game stand point they can have positives.
If I can say something about souls games, Elden ring included, they have a mostly satanic meaning if you dig well. Sekiro is the most evident.
They are just very deceptive, and subtle. They require some time to invest if you want to understand them deeply, not saying i don't think it's worth it.
Still, this is my opinion as somebody who has invested time in them growing up
Also, the things you said about Dark souls are true.
Little note. Nameles king is clearly a great character, as he went against Gwyn and befriended dragons
Note to everibody. My old account name was "Karasu".