FromSoftware loves introducing mysterious items and NPCs to its games without any explanation. Sure, cryptic item descriptions give you a clue about them, but you'll have to know a lot about the game's lore for you to actually understand them. Elden Ring Nightreign has many such instances, but the massive shadowy figures you see in the distance are probably the most puzzling of all.
You know Nightreign is a co-op game, right?
The game doesn't tell you who they are or why they're there, but their towering presence sure does build up the eerie setting of Limveld. Thanks to veteran dataminer Zullie the Witch (via PC Gamer), who has uncovered many of FromSoftware's secrets, we now know a bit more about the shadow giants of Limveld, and they're much taller than you think.
Given their mysterious nature and massive size, Zullie delved into the game's source code to understand more about these shadow giants. Over the course of your run, these giants will evolve from shadowy figures to wooden husks. A spectral tree grows from their body, as if to resemble a nervous system, reaching all the way to its head.
However, the most impressive thing about these giants...
