{"id":1024401,"date":"2026-01-13T17:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=471742"},"modified":"2026-01-13T17:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:01:19","slug":"in-elden-ring-dragons-are-three-dimensional-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/in-elden-ring-dragons-are-three-dimensional-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"In Elden Ring, dragons are three-dimensional characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/in-elden-ring-dragons-are-three-dimensional-characters.jpg\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>This story is part of Straight Fire, an open-ended love letter to all things dragon. Get more fire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/e\/473245\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-none\">Fire crackles like lightning from what\u2019s left of Bayle the Dread\u2019s wings \u2014 there\u2019s just gruesome bone where a wing might otherwise be \u2014 flowing like blood behind his armored, scaly body. Not only does Bayle the Dread spit fire from his owl-like beak, the monster <em>is<\/em> fire incarnate, able to pull from the elements to sprout spectral wings that glow and hiss like flames. Bayle the Dread is the enemy of enemies in <em>Elden Ring<\/em>\u2019s <em>Shadow of the Erdtree<\/em> expansion. He\u2019s a monstrous dragon that betrayed the ruler of his kind, Dragonlord Placidusax, in a fight so dreadful that two of Placidusax\u2019s five heads still dangle from Bayle the Dread\u2019s neck. The terror of <em>Elden Ring<\/em>\u2019s dragons is unmatched.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Developer FromSoftware and director Hidetaka Miyazaki (with world-building assistance from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23381183\/house-dragon-all-dragons-riders-vhagar\">A Song of Ice and Fire author George R.R. Martin<\/a>) created terrible beasts to match the Lands Between\u2019s widespread brutality, so it\u2019s no wonder that the world\u2019s dragons are some of the game\u2019s most ferocious enemies \u2014 and perhaps some of the most terrifying and richly created dragons in video game history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/in-elden-ring-dragons-are-three-dimensional-characters-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">There is, of course, no shortage of dragons in other video games, be it in medieval fantasy settings or not. <em>The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim<\/em>\u2019s Alduin may be among the best known \u2014 a powerful dragon that can destroy and rebuild the world \u2014 but dragons appear even in the likes of <em>Super Paper Mario<\/em>, where paper-based Bonechill, Fracktail, and Wracktail appear as enemies and Call of Duty\u2019s Zombies mode, which sometimes tasks players with feeding zombies to dragons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Most often, particularly in high fantasy video game worlds, dragons are an enemy \u2014 an allegory for cruelty, monstrosity, or greed. The trope is based largely in Western ancient myths, where dragons have been portrayed as hoarding and guarding treasures; in the Bible, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/dragons-bible-does-bible-dragons-205731398.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAI3T0iF-m2JfNH0MGIHZbSwaTomwtroLXNzu5a4plkpbAajH2KQ5nz0qM2qFY0LA_BAmr5oWyxKX2k6MpfTpqYJtSKxqfnOmP2-NwK4hJCCXsBWXv3XNZcfWnhlI9VkIv-VQV334fQVDkmE0MZHwSbTWH8QQl0L2PDAGEcsaKyg9\">dragons are associated with the devil<\/a>. (It\u2019s not all mythology that depicts dragons as evil, though: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20240208-the-surprising-4000-year-history-of-dragons\">Chinese dragons are a symbol of luck and wisdom<\/a>.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The video game industry has largely held on to this stereotype, where dragons are nefarious figures guided by evil. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/2024\/07\/11\/here-there-be-dragons-2\/\">Martin wrote about this on his blog in July<\/a>: \u201cTraditional western dragons bring mostly fire and death\u2026 but modern fantasies have played with that a lot too.\u201d It\u2019s more common to find that dragons are intelligent, worthy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/house-of-the-dragon\/447706\/george-rr-martin-season-2-blog-post-ryan-condal\">and trainable companions in the likes of <em>Game of Thrones<\/em><\/a>, <em>How to Train Your Dragon<\/em>, and Naomi Novik\u2019s Temeraire series. Some of the best-known modern dragons within the past few decades are \u201cdangerous, but not evil,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/teachingwiththemes.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/21\/evil-medieval-ancestors-of-modern-dragons\/\">writer and Eastern Kentucky University history professor Cynthia Williams Resor said on her blog<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Of his own dragons in <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>, Martin said he designed them carefully to be grounded in the world of Westeros like any other creature. \u201cLike wolves and bears and lions, dragons can be trained, but never entirely tamed,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThey will always be dangerous. Some are wilder and more wilful than others. They are individuals, they have personalities\u2026 and they often reflect the personalities of their riders, thanks to bond they share are [<em>sic<\/em>]. They do not care a whit about gold or gems, no more than a tiger would.\u201d Given Martin\u2019s involvement in <em>Elden Ring<\/em>\u2019s world-building, it\u2019s not surprising that FromSoftware would pull that sort of inspiration from the Song of Ice and Fire creator.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/in-elden-ring-dragons-are-three-dimensional-characters-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">There are a few outliers that are changing the narrative of dragons in games, like the Pok\u00e9mon franchise (Dragonite, Dratini, and Rayquaza are several dragon-type Pok\u00e9mon players can catch) and <em>The Sims<\/em> (Burnie, Pyrite, and Torch are pets added with <em>The Sims<\/em>\u2019<em> Makin\u2019 Magic<\/em> expansion). Then there\u2019s <em>Fields of Mistria<\/em>, in which players can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/culture\/443385\/fields-of-mistria-caldarus-fuck-dragon\">seemingly romance a dragon statue<\/a>.&nbsp;But more often than not, dragons are the enemy \u2014 the big bad enemy that a hero must defeat or retreat from. Take, for instance, the Ruined Dragon from <em>Super Mario Odyssey<\/em> or the Ender Dragon in <em>Minecraft<\/em>. Those dragons have little impact on the games or their stories, and are arguably interchangeable with any other sort of monster; these dragons are a stand-in for destruction and simply epic bosses to defeat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">For a dragon to stand out among a crowded field of winged monsters, it needs to go beyond the tropes. <em>Elden Ring<\/em> is one of best in this regard, as its dragon\u2019s history \u2014 even when not explicit \u2014 has a tangible impact on the Lands Between. Its depth adds nuance to what could easily become a flat trope.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Elden Ring<\/em>\u2019s complex dragon lore sets the game\u2019s tone with its vicious history. To summarize: Long ago,&nbsp;Ancient Dragons ruled the world and wielded red lightning. Placidusax was the leader of them all. The battle between Placidusax and Bayle the Dread instigated what would become a hierarchical war between dragons, separating them into Ancient Dragons and drakes, the latter of which are considered lesser dragons \u2014 they\u2019re the followers and offspring of Bayle the Dread. Placidusax sent his followers to kill the drakes after Bayle\u2019s defection, led by an Ancient Dragon turned human priestess named Florissax, whose charge was to incite humans to slay Bayle\u2019s followers and spawn \u2014 then eat their hearts to gain their powers in a practice called Dragon Communion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Humans who eat dragon hearts become increasingly draconic, eventually turning into a beast called a Magma Wyrm, more alligator than anything else \u2014 cursed as cheap imitations of the Lands Between\u2019s great dragons. It\u2019s another way that <em>Elden Ring<\/em>\u2019s creators pull that dragon war narrative into gameplay decisions \u2014 eating dragon hearts awards powerful abilities, <a href=\"https:\/\/eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com\/Dragonmaw\">like one that spawns an ethereal dragon head that fights for the player<\/a>. But in <em>Elden Ring<\/em>, no dragon fights are mandatory, so if we\u2019re talking about lore, killing them becomes a moral choice. Will you kill this complex beast for personal gain? Death and brutality is everywhere in <em>Elden Ring<\/em>, but it\u2019s still a quandary \u2014 and a unique treatment of dragons that stands out. Dragons are not inherently bad in the Lands Between, but they are on defense.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/in-elden-ring-dragons-are-three-dimensional-characters-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">And if you do take on one of these dragons, expect a battle that honors the legacy and history of these strange, devastating creatures. Dragon battles are among the most epic in <em>Elden Ring<\/em> and its expansion, creating a spectacle and scale fit for ancient beasts. Placidusax\u2019s fight is a stunning visual and audio masterpiece; he\u2019s got an attack so powerful that <em>Elden Ring<\/em>\u2019s music stops. Are you missing out on something if you decide not to engage <em>Elden Ring<\/em>\u2019s dragons? Perhaps. But that\u2019s the beauty of choice, and considering the narrative impacts of it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Greyoll, described as the mother of all dragons, is the biggest living dragon in <em>Elden Ring<\/em>. She is believed to be the mother of Bayle the Dread\u2019s offspring, and when you find her in the game, she\u2019s lying motionless on the ground, too old and decrepit to fight back. She\u2019s surrounded by lesser dragons, seemingly her children, and will only roar \u2014 not fight. Instead, the fight is with her children, and the death of each weakens Greyoll even further. Like most of <em>Elden Ring<\/em>\u2019s dragons, it\u2019s optional to fight and kill Greyoll, <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/elden-ring-caelid-white-dragon-greyoll-dragonbarrow-farming\/\">but it\u2019s well known to <em>Elden Ring<\/em> players that killing her is an easy way to level up<\/a>. The prize of defeating the defenseless dragon is drastically oversized by the challenge, making the fight a devastating moral decision for the player \u2014 one that nails the morality of hunting dragons as a whole. <em>Elden Ring<\/em> and its world are unforgiving in nature, and developer FromSoftware is not pushing the player in one direction or another; it leaves these questions up to you, if you even want to question them at all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Throughout it all, <em>Elden Ring<\/em>\u2019s dragon lore is not explicit, instead found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Eldenring\/comments\/tqgs0q\/in_depth_lore_dragons\/\">as additive text descriptions for items, spells, and armor<\/a>. It\u2019s a special kind of experience that\u2019s inherent to video games \u2014 specifically ones like <em>Elden Ring<\/em>, which put such emphasis on player decision-making. There are parts of the world to be discovered only if you seek them out; the best of its dragon stories can only be experienced, not explained.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/analysis\/471742\/elden-ring-video-game-dragons\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story is part of Straight Fire, an open-ended love letter to all things dragon. Get more fire here. Fire crackles like lightning from what\u2019s left of Bayle the Dread\u2019s wings \u2014 there\u2019s just gruesome bone where a wing might otherwise be \u2014 flowing like blood behind his armored, scaly body. Not only does Bayle the Dread spit fire from his owl-like beak, the monster is fire incarnate, able to pull from the elements to sprout spectral wings that glow and hiss like flames. Bayle the Dread is the enemy of enemies in Elden Ring\u2019s Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. 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