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The Deep of Night

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I’m still undecided on my thoughts regarding the Nightlord, mostly because there’s a lot of dialogue and items I haven’t yet read, but I do have some opinions so far.

First, regarding his name — it’s actually “Nameless,” lol. Heolstor seems to be a name applied by the localization team, but he is, in fact, a Nameless Nightlord. What we do know is that this “King” was once a knight whose country was laid to ruin by an unnamed Hero and, presumably, their allies. This knight rose from a field of corpses and cursed the world — and thereafter, in the dead of night, it began to rain.

I don’t completely understand the Night just yet, but it seems to have a will of its own that is sometimes separate from those of its vessel-vassals — the Nightlords. It’s an alluring darkness that encompasses all, and how it shapes the world is somewhat dependent on those who interact with it. Some people fear the Night, whereas others attempt to seize it. Libra, for example, likes the Night because he believes it’s impartial, which suits his ideals of equilibrium. Even Revenant was taken in by the Night because it was “sweet.” The Night, through the will of its hosts, becomes a calamity — eroding time, landmasses, memories, etc. It may be an Outer God… maybe not. There’s still a lot I don’t know.

Heolstor, aka “Nameless,” has a very interesting design — he looks warped to hell. He has four limbs, and his armor splits and expands. One thing to note about his design is that the palms of at least two of his hands are impaled by other weapons — and they don’t look as worn as his own sword. One is a jeweled dagger, the other a moonlight greatsword. His body is tightly bound in cloth, with a golden sealing script written across it. The Iron Menial apparently recognized this script… which makes me think that previous warriors — the bearers of the weapons driven through his hands — attempted to seal or kill him, possibly with the aid of the Two Fingers or their holy script.

The intro suggests that all of this occurred as a result of the Elden Ring’s shattering and the war that followed, which created a cavern in the ocean — presumably where the Night, or an aspect of it, emerged.

There are a few more things worth noting. For instance, the Recluse’s magic-born child somehow sought an audience with Heolstor to satisfy its hunger — it intended to eat his shadow — but is now so closely bound to the Nightlord that her child is considered to be the Nightlord. Or how the Nightlord apparently gave the Iron Menial the bone of an Outer God in his dream, which has the ability to dispel divinities (and he also makes a comment about how gods can shape the world around them).

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