The Giants' Flame is the flame of ruin, capable of burning the Erdtree.
— Surge, O Flame!
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The Giants' Flame is the flame of ruin, capable of burning the Erdtree.- Surge, O Flame!
The Giants' Flame, also known as the flame of ruin or Flame of the Fell God, is an ancient and inextinguishable fire associated with the Fire Giants and the fell god.[1][2]
The flame of ruin posed a dire threat to the sanctity of the impending Age of the Erdtree,[3] and so Marika commanded her Lord, Godfrey, and the champions of the Erdtree to slay the giants and confine the flame upon the Flame Peak.[5] Despite their opposition to the Giants' Flame, they used its power in the form of a protective incantation during the war.[7] According to legend, it was Marika herself who vanquished the fell god.[8]
After the Fire Giants' defeat,[9] Marika found that the flames of the forge could never be fully extinguished, and so she struck the last remaining Fire Giant with a curse, condemning him to tend the flame for eternity.[2] The Fire Monks were appointed as the Flame's guardians,[3] and the path to the mountaintops was marked as the Forbidden Lands.[10]
Age of the Erdtree[]
Melina awakens the Giants' Flame
The fell god's Flame remained anathema to the Erdtree faith,[11] and was a forbidden subject during Queen Marika's reign.[12]Prophets who caught glimpses of the fated burning of the Erdtree were declared to be heretics and banished.[13] However, the flame of ruin continued to smolder within the forge on the northern mountaintops,[4] guarded by the Fire Monks and their Prelates.[14] These stewards, entrusted with the Giantsflame,[3] eventually succumbed to its allure,[15] becoming its worshippers out of reverence and fear.[16][17]
In time, the Melina, or a potential Lord of Frenzied Flame, reached the forge atop Flame Peak.[20] Harnessing the power of the flame of ruin, they ignited the Erdtree.[21]
↑ 2.02.1The Fire Giant is a survivor of the War against the Giants. Upon realizing the flames of their forge would never die, Queen Marika marked him with a curse. "O trifling giant, mayest thou tend thy flame for eternity." (Remembrance of the Fire Giant)
↑ 3.03.13.23.3The Giants' Flame is the flame of ruin, capable of burning the Erdtree. And so, following the War against the Giants, its ruinous blaze was sealed, and guardians were appointed to watch over it. (Surge, O Flame!)
↑ 4.04.1The Giants' Flame still smolders upon the distant northern mountaintop, and the Fire Monks are its guardians. (O, Flame!)
↑ 5.05.1Marika: "Hark, brave warriors. Hark, my lord Godfrey. We commend your deeds. Guidance hath delivered ye through each ordeal, to the place ye stand. Put the Giants to the sword, and confine the flame atop the mount. Let a new epoch begin. An epoch glistening with life. Brandish the Elden Ring, for the Age of the Erdtree!"
↑Helm engraved with a sacred countenance and housing a cauldron. Attire of the Fire Prelates, commanders of the Fire Monks. It is said the cauldron perched atop the head was originally furnished with embers, and would surge into flames when the wearer's faith reached its zenith. The fire of this cauldron has since died out, however. (Fire Prelate Helm)
↑The most ancient of the Fire Monks' incantations. Creates a fire within that greatly increases fire damage negation. It is said that this incantation was used during the War against the Giants long ago, during which it protected the champions of the Erdtree. (Flame, Protect Me)
↑Tricksome shield made from white stone depicting a malformed one-eyed god. Once worshipped by the giants, this evil deity is believed to have been slain by Queen Marika. (One-Eyed Shield)
↑Freshly-singed battlegrounds effusing with the stench of the dead. Forbidden lands that will be excised from the memory of history. This is where the vulgar militia serve, as untiring, unsung watchkeepers. (Vulgar Militia Armor)
↑The flame of ruin is anathema to the Erdtree. But prophets sometimes glimpse it within the faith all the same. Sadly when this occurs their sole reward is banishment. (Catch Flame)
↑The Fire Monks are guardians of the flame of ruin, forbidden by the Erdtree and said to be kept high in the Mountaintops of the Giants. (Fire Monk Hood)
↑Black iron armor adorned with a red cloth. Attire of the Fire Prelates, commanders of the Fire Monks. The weighty frames of the Prelates symbolized the onus of their grave vows as guardians of the flame. "Etch this sight upon thine breast. Of my thunderous gravity." (Fire Prelate Armor)
↑Spirit of a stout monk who monitored the Giants' Flame. Versed in fire incantations, and himself steeled against fire. Though he was charged with keeping watch over the Flame, after many years of solemn duty, he has succumbed to its allure. (Fire Monk Ashes)
↑Fire beguiles those who gaze into it. And so the guardians of the Flame are also its worshippers. (Whirl, O Flame!)
↑Black iron armor adorned with a red cloth. Attire of the Fire Monks. The grotesque face sculpted on the chest is said to depict the corrupt ancient god of the flame. Taboos transform into lasting obsessions by virtue of the fear that they inspire. (Fire Monk Armor)
↑Arghanthy, the chief guardian of the Flame, had kept this incantation a well-kept secret until it was stolen by Adan. The fell god still lurks within the Fire Giants. (Flame of the Fell God)
↑The monks came to the land of Liurnia in pursuit of a fugitive who stole their fire. (Monk's Flameblade)
↑Conjoined split medallion depicting the Flame Peak. Brandishing the medallion activates the Grand Lift of Rold, connecting Leyndell to the Mountaintops of the Giants. The forge of the flame of ruin is said to be found upon their peaks, and it is here Melina wishes to travel in resuming your journey together. (Rold Medallion)
↑Melina: "O Erdtree, you shall burn. Burn, for the sake of the new Lord."
