Sword Monuments

Sword Monuments are landmarks found throughout the Lands Between. They serve to provide the player with information about the history of the world, typically of the area that the monument is found in.

Locations

Image	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)	Location
	"The War against the Giants Champions battle, trolls betray Fire vanquished, the era of the Erdtree begins"	「巨人戦争 英雄たちの戦い、トロルの裏切り 火の敗れ、黄金樹の時代のはじまり」	Near the Giant-Conquering Hero's Grave, in Mountaintops of the Giants.
	"The Routing of the Ancient Dragons Godwyn the Golden fought to the last, Earning the friendship of dread Fortissax"	「古竜戦役最後の地 黄金のゴッドウィン勇戦し 古竜フォルサクスを友とす」	Next to the Stormcaller Church, in Altus Plateau.
	"The First Liurnian War Radagon's glory burns red as his hair"	「第一次リエーニエ戦役 赤髪のラダゴン、英雄となる」	Near the Bellum Church, in Liurnia of the Lakes.
	"The Second Liurnian War No victory for the golden, nor for the moon No prize but atonement; the birth of a vow"	「第二次リエーニエ戦役 黄金と月に勝者はなく だが贖いと、結びが生まれた」	Near the Church of Vows, in Liurnia of the Lakes.
	"The siege of Castle Morne A lone hero fights for his vengeance Only to fall at the hand of Lord Godfrey"	「モーン攻城戦 復讐の英雄、唯一人となって戦い ゴッドフレイ王に敗れる」	Left of the entrance to Castle Morne, in the Weeping Peninsula.
	"Lord Godfrey, at last at the end of his campaign His golden armies unvanquished and unbowed Yet finds grace lost, tattered and faded"	「ゴッドフレイ王の戦、最後の地| 黄金の軍勢は止まることなく勝ち続け だが祝福は失われ、色褪せた」	Near the Smoldering Church in Limgrave, on the border of Caelid.
	"The resting place of the contemptible Cuckoos Lost in the siege of Caria Manor"	「カーリア城館防衛戦 卑劣なるカッコウどもの屍場」	Outside Caria Manor, in Liurnia of the Lakes.
	"The Starscourge Conflict Radahn alone holds Sellia secure And stands tall, to shatter the stars"	「星砕きの戦い ラダーン、サリアの護りとなり 唯一人星に対し、それを砕く」	Near the Impassable Greatbridge Site of Grace, in Caelid.
	"The First Defense of Leyndell A sovereign alliance rots from within Traces yet remain of bloody conspiracy"	「第一次ローデイル防衛戦 君主連合、内から瓦解し敗軍となる 血の陰謀、その痕跡あり」	On the cliff above Second Church of Marika, in Altus Plateau.
	"The Second Defense of Leyndell The Fell Omen stacks high the corpses of heroes Yet the Erdtree remains unshaken"	「第二次ローデイル防衛戦 忌み鬼、英雄の屍を築く 黄金樹に揺らぎなし」	Near the Outer Wall Battleground Site of Grace in the Capital Outskirts, in Altus Plateau.
	"The Assault on Volcano Manor The squalid, the sick, the blasphemous; a wretched, unending war with no glory"	「火山館攻略戦 穢れた者たち、疫病、冒涜 名誉なく、終わりもない惨戦」	Near the Ninth Gelmir Campsite Site of Grace, in Mt. Gelmir.
	"This marks Malenia's southward march The Blade of Miquella and her Cleanrot Knights Grant her wings never to be clipped"	「マレニア南進の碑 ミケラの刃、貴腐の騎士 その翼を阻むものなし」	Near the Liurnia Highway North Site of Grace, in Liurnia of the Lakes.
	"Godrick the Golden, humiliated Having tasted defeat by the Blade of Miquella Now on his knees, begging for mercy"	「黄金のゴドリック、屈辱の戦 ミケラの刃に、散々と敗れ ひれ伏し、許しを請う」	Next to the Agheel Lake North Site of Grace, in Limgrave
	"The Battle of Aeonia Radahn and Malenia locked in stalemate Then, the scarlet rot blooms"	「エオニアの戦い ラダーン、マレニアと相討ち 朱い腐敗の花が咲き誇る」	Near the Astray from Caelid Highway North Site of Grace, in Caelid.

Monument	Location
	Near the Giant-Conquering Hero's Grave, in Mountaintops of the Giants.
"The War against the Giants Champions battle, trolls betray Fire vanquished, the era of the Erdtree begins"
	Next to the Stormcaller Church, in Altus Plateau.
"The Routing of the Ancient Dragons Godwyn the Golden fought to the last, Earning the friendship of dread Fortissax"
	Near the Bellum Church, in Liurnia of the Lakes.
"The First Liurnian War Radagon's glory burns red as his hair"
	Near the Church of Vows, in Liurnia of the Lakes.
"The Second Liurnian War No victory for the golden, nor for the moon No prize but atonement; the birth of a vow"
	Left of the entrance to Castle Morne, in the Weeping Peninsula.
"The siege of Castle Morne A lone hero fights for his vengeance Only to fall at the hand of Lord Godfrey"
	Near the Smoldering Church in Limgrave, on the border of Caelid.
"Lord Godfrey, at last at the end of his campaign His golden armies unvanquished and unbowed Yet finds grace lost, tattered and faded"
	Outside Caria Manor, in Liurnia of the Lakes.
"The resting place of the contemptible Cuckoos Lost in the siege of Caria Manor"
	Near the Impassable Greatbridge Site of Grace, in Caelid.
"The Starscourge Conflict Radahn alone holds Sellia secure And stands tall, to shatter the stars"
	On the cliff above Second Church of Marika, in Altus Plateau.
"The First Defense of Leyndell A sovereign alliance rots from within Traces yet remain of bloody conspiracy"
	Near the Outer Wall Battleground Site of Grace in the Capital Outskirts, in Altus Plateau.
"The Second Defense of Leyndell The Fell Omen stacks high the corpses of heroes Yet the Erdtree remains unshaken"
	Near the Ninth Gelmir Campsite Site of Grace, in Mt. Gelmir.
"The Assault on Volcano Manor The squalid, the sick, the blasphemous; a wretched, unending war with no glory"
	Near the Liurnia Highway North Site of Grace, in Liurnia of the Lakes.
"This marks Malenia's southward march The Blade of Miquella and her Cleanrot Knights Grant her wings never to be clipped"
	Next to the Agheel Lake North Site of Grace, in Limgrave.
"Godrick the Golden, humiliated Having tasted defeat by the Blade of Miquella Now on his knees, begging for mercy"
	Near the Astray from Caelid Highway North Site of Grace, in Caelid.
"The Battle of Aeonia Radahn and Malenia locked in stalemate Then, the scarlet rot blooms"

Trivia

• Localization Notes
  • The two Liurnian Wars and the Routing of the Ancient Dragons are referred to as 戦役 (Sen'eki), which can be read "military campaign" and "battle", as well as "war."
  • The second line in the First Liurnian War monument says less ambiguously "red-haired Radagon becomes a hero." (赤髪のラダゴン、英雄となる, Akagami no Radagon, eiyū to naru.)
  • The "siege" of Caria Manor is referred to as 防衛戦 (Kōjō-sen) meaning "defensive battle", the same kanji used to refer to the First and Second Defenses of Leyndell.
  • Radahn less ambiguously is called "protector of Sellia" (サリアの護り, Saria no mamori) in the second line of the Starscourge Conflict monument.
  • The second line of the Routing of the Ancient Dragons monument says less specifically that Godwyn the Golden fought bravely or desperately, rather than "to the last." (黄金のゴッドウィン勇戦し, Ougon no Goddowin yūsen shi)
  • The second line of the First Defense of Leyndell monument says that the sovereign alliance "collapses from within and becomes defeated" or "becomes a defeated army." (内から瓦解し敗軍となる, Uchi kara gakai shi haigun to naru.)
• The swords that are used in the Sword Monuments are strikingly similar to the Stone-Sheathed Sword, which may be transformed into either the Sword of Light or Sword of Darkness.
• May be a reference to the Hill of Swords from Berserk.
  • Consequently may be a reference to Sverd i fjell in Norway.