Minor spoilers for the Elden Ring base game ahead.
The Roundtable Hold is a pivotal location in Elden Ring. It has massive lore implications and is also the location where the Tarnished can upgrade their weapons and Spirit Ashes.
That's a lot of hours.
But as the player approaches the end of the game and burns the Erdtree, the Roundtable Hold, too, goes up in flames. The reason for the burning is never explicitly outlined in the game's in-game lore, and given that the location is literally described as being "outside this world", players can't seem to pinpoint exactly why it burns too. Yet, that's not stopped them from debating it.
One exceedingly popular theory is that the Roundtable Hold is located somewhere inside the Erdtree, meaning they would, of course, simultaneously burn.
Replying in the thread, one player compared it to a "pocket dimension," with a second adding, "It almost has to be, because there is no way they can fit the boss arena where you fight the Elden Beast into the Erdtree, no matter how big it is."
Another player suggested that the Roundtable Hold was in "a realm Marika created for the Tarnished," theorizing that "it's...
