FromSoftware is notorious for making its games' lore cryptic. A random description on a not-so-important weapon can unfurl revelations about a Souls game's lore, and you can easily miss it. While that may be frustrating for some players, FromSoftware fans thrive on it, as they dive into subreddits and forums to find out more about their favourite game.
The Nameless King is a gimme, but did you spot the other two?
Elden Ring follows the same formula. You'll learn a lot about The Lands Between by reading the flavour text of items, and will be very confused if you decide to skip it. However, some of its lore is also inspired from the most unlikely sources. Many fans were surprised to learn where Miyazaki and gang got the inspiration for the famed Crucible Knights from.
As mentioned by TheGodskin's post on Reddit, the Crucible Knights Ordovis, Siluria, and Devonia are named after the Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian periods of the Paleozoic era respectively.
However, one of the comments pointed out that even their character models are designed based on the periods. "That's how I remembered my bio191 course lol. I remember Devonian having tetrapods because the knight turns into...
