Gaming News Elden Ring: The Song of the Harpies has been translated and it’s depressing!
Between successive world records, discussions about accessibility and the success of Elden Ring, we almost forget that the title From Software, like all others, has a very rich lore, cryptic and well hidden that players find difficult to reconstruct and understand .
Elden Ring puts players in the shoes of a sans-sclat, a more or less human creature who must defeat demigods and abominations and settle the succession of Marika and Radago once and for all after the Elden Ring shatters.
A tragic song and a dark destiny
Environments, NPCs, weapons and bosses all tell a bit of the story or explain something about the universe to the players, its places and its dangers. But having a general view of the narrative requires a lot of investment, and sometimes even some translation skills. What can help, among other things: knowing how to create versions in Latin. In fact, in the title, players are tricked into crossing the path of large bats several times, Present around a harpy singing.
Didn’t you understand what she said? This is normal because this song is in Latin. The latter has very quickly became the subject of analysis by the players and the lore experts, who finally agreed on the best possible translation into our modern languages (what we call a version) by the players. Apparently, the meaning of the text is taken cryptically as it is, but one believes to have discovered a new broken destiny there. In Latin, the song tells us:
Oh this place, once blessed, now diminished / We are destined for mothers, now becoming shameful / We weep and weep / But no one consults us. Areus at whom you were angry.
What can be translated:
O once blessed land, now parched (or parched). We were destined for motherhood (or marriage). But now we’re disfigured. We cried and cried again. But no one consoles us. Golden One, who were you so mad at?
The notions of motherhood and marriage are both valid, harpies Wearing jewelry of brides or new mothers, while the land once blessed obviously refers to the underworld before the circle of the Elden was broken. Finally, Golden One can refer to both Queen Marika, or act as a prophecy for the player. And you, how do you interpret this very sad song?
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