Godrick the Golden. Ruler of the lush Limgrave. Leader of the Godrick Army and self-proclaimed Lord of All that is Golden. Closest to medieval royalty in style. The blood of his great ancestor Godfrey is thin. He is the weakest among his demigod kin, and cunning. In the previous First Defense of Leyndell, he fled early, disguised as a woman to escape among the refugees. While dreaming of a triumphant return to his home, the Royal Capital Leyndell, with his subordinates, he stays hoistered in Stormveil Castle, grafting corpses to his body even today. ...Addition: Surprisingly caring toward his subordinates.

Pros:

• Extremely fertile and rich land
• Many defensive structures
• High defensive power of his base, Stormveil Castle
• Large-scale army Cons:
• The monarch is the weakest demigod and unpopular
• Quality of troops is slightly inferior to others
• Low morale due to being in the frontier

General Radahn. The most valiant and martially gifted of the demigod stepchildren. Ruler of Caelid, the red-earthed land in the southeast of the Lands Between, and monarch of the Radahn Army. He wields dual Greatswords and a Greatbow. He also has a talent for sorcery and mastered gravity magic so he could remain with his beloved, scrawny horse. The nickname "Starscourge" was earned because he protected his childhood home from falling stars. The legion led by Radahn, who excels in both character and valor, are all brave warriors and his comrades-in-arms. As the saying goes, there is no frailty in the Red Lions.

Pros:

• The monarch is the strongest and a person of great character
• The elite Redmane Knights
• All soldiers are veterans with high loyalty
• Many swordsmen and guest generals among the ranks
• Includes sorcerers from the town of Sellia
• High local popularity Cons:
• Barren, wasted land
• Located at the furthest edge of the Lands Between; long distance to capture the Capital (Caelid -> Limgrave -> Liurnia -> Altus Plateau -> Leyndell)

Morgott is the current monarch of the Royal Capital Leyndell and leader of the Capital Army. The people of the establishment are enthusiastic about his role as the protector of the Erdtree, faith, and the capital. He is called the Veiled Monarch. Though he never shows himself, they believe he must be a magnificent king.

Morgott is an Omen. Ugly horns grow from his face; he is a cursed child who, according to the Erdtree faith, should have been culled immediately. Born to Queen Marika and the first Elden Lord, he was cast away into the dark, deep Subterranean Shunning-Grounds right after birth. However, though treated as non-existent, he survived along with his twin brother. Perhaps because demigod strength was needed during the First Defense of Leyndell, his imprisonment was suddenly lifted, and he continues to protect the Capital and the Erdtree today as the Omen King. He did not love because he was loved. He simply loved.

Pros:

• The monarch is quite strong
• Forces exceptionally skilled in defensive warfare
• Large-scale, high-level army
• Possesses the Royal Capital
• High morale due to faith, as it is the center of the Erdtree religion Cons:
• Hostile to all factions except Messmer's army
• Morale and loyalty would drop significantly if the monarch's true identity were revealed
• No expertise in offensive maneuvers
• Uses blind faith to push a "spirit over matter" doctrine reminiscent of Imperial Japan

Mohg is the monarch of the Mohgwyn Dynasty, a blood dynasty spreading deep beneath the Lands Between. He is a cult leader, but his appearance and capacity are closer to a Demon King.

Mohg took a different path from his twin brother Morgott. He loved the cursed blood and horns of the Omen that his brother loathed. The new dynasty he opened is welcoming to persecuted races like the Albinaurics.

Mohg schemes even today. He has Sanguine Nobles proselytize and Bloody Fingers and Pureblood Knights hunt down obstacles.

The Mohgwyn Dynasty is a hidden dynasty. It does not have large territories or armies. It is still young. Even if Sir Gideon Ofnir laughs, the elegance of our wonderful blood dynasty is proof of Mohg's kingly talent.

Pros:

• High charisma and very strong combat power of the monarch
• Base is hidden (can be warped to via a hidden portal in the Consecrated Snowfield)
• High-level individual talents
• High popularity among the persecuted
• Very high loyalty of subordinates Cons:
• Low popularity among Erdtree believers
• Small-scale city
• Lacks a large army due to guerrilla-style proselytizing by individual forces
• No general infantry

Rykard is the ruler of the western half of the Altus Plateau and Mt. Gelmir, and the monarch of the Gelmir Army.

He is a cold and ruthless Praetor. The law is always thus. Therefore, it is equally fair. Perhaps that is why he was indignant. He may have raised an army and formed an alliance of lords to attack the Capital because he was prepared to blaspheme the unfair and unjust Golden Order.

Being cold does not mean he has no heart. His ambition is close to the heroic images of ancient figures like Cao Cao or Xiang Yu. In every age, people see a conqueror in the mysterious fire of such ambition.

And now, the Serpent of Blasphemy watches vigilantly, preparing for a second invasion. His gaze is fixed on the Royal Capital Leyndell.

Pros:

• Calculating monarch
• The most disciplined faction
• Well-balanced army
• High defensive power of the base, Mt. Gelmir
• Includes the Recusants of Volcano Manor as individual elite forces
• Deploys many autonomous massacre weapons, "Abductor Virgins" Cons:
• The monarch is somewhat weak
• Being well-balanced means there are no particular spikes or unique offensive edges
• Popularity is somewhat weak

Miquella is a femboy brat. He is the ruler of the Haligtree to the north, across the sea from the Mountaintops of the Giants, and monarch of the Haligtree Army.

Miquella, along with his sister Malenia, possessed talent called the Empyrean twins and the potential to be a candidate for the next god. However, Miquella is afflicted with a curse of eternal childhood, never able to grow up.

Miquella was young. His mind remains that of an immature boy. He cannot overcome the purity and extremism unique to children. He "truly believes everyone can get along" and thinks he can solve all problems with a single method. In other words, he is innocent to a fault.

For this reason, Miquella grew his own new tree, "Miquella's Haligtree," to replace the Erdtree and intends to host a new Order. His unalloyed ambition, which began as a way to save his diseased sister, now aims to save all people and races.

Currently, many persecuted people and races with no future gather at the Haligtree, praying to Miquella. Whether this new faith seeking salvation in Miquella is correct remains to be seen...

Miquella has the power of enchantment. A powerful brainwashing ability that forces others to love him, like a succubus. A demigod who does not hesitate to scheme and tramples on dignity with purity and kindness.

Thus, his sister Malenia said: "My brother will keep his promise. With the wisdom of a god, and the allure of a god. Miquella is the most fearsome Empyrean of all."

Pros:

• Charisma of the monarch
• Very high morale and loyalty due to Haligtree faith
• High popularity among the persecuted
• Diverse races
• Geographical defensive power of the Haligtree Cons:
• The legion is quite weak
• Few individual elite forces
• Poor at disciplined actions due to the varied racial composition
• Limited land, leading to supply shortages for the ever-increasing refugees

Malenia is Miquella's twin sister. Known as the "Blade of Miquella," she is the strongest swordswoman in the Lands Between, a noble woman with prosthetic limbs fighting against disease and Miquella's obstacles.

The red warrior who is Miquella's blade was born as an Empyrean twin but was afflicted from birth with the Scarlet Rot. There was no way to cure this affliction from outer gods; only after her legs and right arm rotted away did the progression stop when her brother Miquella inserted an Unalloyed Gold Needle.

However, she is not fully cured. She is constantly tormented by pain and spends her days resisting the inner voice urging her to release the power of rot. Should she release it and become the Goddess of Rot, the Lands Between would be covered in rot and all living things would decay. That must not happen. It is incompatible with her brother's ideals.

She uses a flowing swordsmanship that has the power to resist and purify rot. Having studied under a wandering blind swordsman and wearing Unalloyed Gold prosthetics with folding blades, she is now the premier fencer of the Lands Between and a top-tier demigod rivaling Radahn.

Leading the Cleanrot Knights who stay by her side in loyalty despite being infected by rot, she swings her sword today for her brother's ideal world, a world where everyone is saved, and a world where she can overcome her own rot.

She is based in the Shaded Castle in the north of the Altus Plateau, where the castle lord is a Malenia fanboy. She cooperates with the Haligtree Army to protect the Haligtree and fights so that Miquella may become Elden Lord.

Pros:

• The monarch is the strongest
• Subordinates are high-level, well-balanced, and highly loyal Cons:
• Strictly a small elite force
• The monarch has no personal ambition
• Base and territory are small

A witch who transferred her soul into a multi-armed, blue-skinned doll. Ranni upholds the Order of the Dark Moon and is the most mysterious witch, acting in secret to bring about the Age of the Stars.

Ranni's mother is Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon. She was a heroine who became the head of the Academy of Raya Lucaria in the marshy region of Liurnia and established the Carian Royal Family. Her father was Radagon, a hero of the Erdtree forces. The general of the Erdtree forces, who had been invading Liurnia and fighting the Carian Royalty and the Academy, fell in love at first sight on the battlefield, leading to marriage and peace with Rennala.

They were supposed to be happy. However, Radagon abandoned Rennala and went to Queen Marika, who had just abandoned her husband, to become the second Elden Lord of the Erdtree forces.

The eldest son Rykard, the brother Radahn, and the youngest daughter Ranni. Because Radagon became the King Consort, the three were welcomed as stepchildren of the demigods, even without the blood of Marika and Godfrey.

Ranni later harbored ambition and doubted the Golden Order. Marika's reign, which was equivalent to indirect rule by the Two Fingers. The nature of life. And now, to escape the control of the Two Fingers, Ranni plotted the Night of the Black Knives with Marika, Rykard, and others, succeeding in the assassination of many demigods and her own fleshly body.

Having completely turned against the Two Fingers, she moved her soul into a doll and is looking for a consort. She seeks a hero with the power to become Elden Lord, capable of defeating other demigods and acquiring Great Runes.

Meanwhile, her mother was broken. The shock of being abandoned by Radagon was too great. The people of the Academy turned their fangs against Rennala, imprisoned her, and are at war with the Carian Royal Family. She wishes to return to the royal family if possible, but she stays holed up in a certain rise to hide from the assassins of the Two Fingers...

Pros:

• The monarch is just so cute!
• The monarch is just so my type!
• Lady Ranni 🙌 Cons:
• Has no army or territory
• Few personnel
• Must act in hiding

Messmer is a general on an endless crusade in the Land of Shadow, far from the Lands Between.

Messmer's true nature is that of a base serpent. Furthermore, he harbors the power of a kindling that can burn the Erdtree.

Therefore, he was exiled by his mother, Queen Marika. He was sent with his subordinates on an endless holy war for the purge and ethnic cleansing of the Hornsent in the Land of Shadow.

Messmer seeks his mother's love and knows his true nature is the reason for his rejection. His troubles are endless. His vassals, the Fire Knights, and his wife Rellana stay by his side, but permission to return to the Lands Between has not yet been granted. He is naturally a kind person. He and his subordinates are all exhausted by the endless slaughter and war against the Hornsent.

In short, he's depressed.

He is still unaware of the outbreak of the Shattering. If the day comes when he crosses the sea, leads his legion, and treads the soil of the Lands Between again, the power balance may shift significantly. Pros:

• The monarch is quite strong
• General soldiers have the highest combat power
• Everyone is a veteran with extensive experience
• Leadership skills
• Deploys many "Furnace Golems," large-scale autonomous fire-breathing weapons
• Morale boost ⤴️ upon returning to the Lands Between and Leyndell Cons:
• Few individual elite forces
• If the monarch's true nature is revealed, general soldiers and officers will surely rebel
• War-weariness and exhaustion
• Morale drop ⤵️ if they do not join the Capital Army due to strong Erdtree faith

Melina is a traveling woman with amnesia. If you are a Tarnished aiming to become Elden Lord and are maidenless, she may offer a contract: she will act as a finger maiden if you take her to the foot of the Erdtree, where her memories of her purpose will return.

This mysterious woman, who can freely change between spirit and physical form and offers the Spectral Steed Whistle for Torrent, is actually Messmer's sister and a demigod. The purpose given to Melina by Marika is to use the power of kindling to burn the Erdtree along with herself.

Let us journey. Let us journey to become Elden Lord. Defeat demigods, seize Great Runes, and adventure. When you take her to the foot of the Erdtree in Leyndell and help her remember her purpose, you will face a conflict.

The Erdtree is covered in thorns of rejection. No matter how many Great Runes one holds, no one can enter the Erdtree. No one could become Elden Lord. Burn the thorns. You must climb the Mountaintops of the Giants and sacrifice your finger maiden at the Forge of the Giants to burn the Erdtree, or no one can become Elden Lord. ...Unless... you lay hands on the forbidden Frenzied Flame of ultimate nihilistic suicide...

About the Tarnished:

• So-called adventurers
• Process: Defeat demigods and collect the Great Runes they hold -> Invade the Royal Capital -> Enter the Erdtree -> Offer them to the broken Queen Marika, revive her, and become her consort -> Become Elden Lord and ruler of the Lands Between and the laws of life.
• Finger Maiden: A woman who supports a Tarnished's adventure.
• Roundtable Hold: A community for Tarnished. Can be reached via warp by a finger maiden. Gather allies and cooperate.
• Two Fingers: The Two Fingers. Creatures that have indirectly ruled the Lands Between until now. The bosses of the Tarnished.