The Golden Order (黄金律, Ōgonritsu) is a philosophical and theological movement in Elden Ring. It refers to the removal of the Rune of Death from the Elden Ring and the historic reign of Queen Marika the Eternal. Its greatest symbols are the Erdtree and the Grace of Gold. It is the dominant set of beliefs in the Lands Between.
Background[]
The Golden Order removed Destined Death
The Golden Order was established by Queen Marika following Maliketh's triumph over the Gloam-Eyed Queen and her Godskin Apostles.[1][2] She extracted the Rune of Death from the Elden Ring and sealed it inside her shadowbound beast.[3][4][5] In doing so, she suppressed the power of her Empyrean rival and granted immortality to herself and her demigod offspring, the Golden Lineage.[6][7]
The Golden Order was a governing principle, a religion, and a philosophy. It was founded on the principle that Marika was the one true god,[8] and was propagated by the Two Fingers.[9] It replaced the concept of Destined Death with that of Erdtree Burial.
The Golden Order was capable of integrating conflicting ideologies and practices. The dragon cult of the royal capital was compatible because the ancient dragons' lightning was imbued with gold.[10] Later, the Erdtree faith absorbed the practice of glintstone sorcery.[11] Concepts that threatened to shatter the Order entirely, such as life in death, were labeled as heresy and violently persecuted by the Golden Order.[12]
Golden Order Fundamentalism[]
The Golden Order changed in the age of Elden Lord Radagon
Golden Order Fundamentalism was a scholarly pursuit that combined both intelligence and faith.[13] It attempted to interpret the fundamentals of the Golden Order.[14] Fundamentalism was based on two concepts: the Law of Regression, the pull of meaning and the yearning to converge;[15] and the Law of Causality, the pull between meanings which links all things in a chain of relation.[16]
Among the Golden Order Fundamentalists were the hunters of Those Who Live in Death, who abandoned learning in search of an absolute evil to contend with.[17] Miquella, who once created Fundamentalist incantations to give to his father Radagon, abandoned Fundamentalism as it could not treat Malenia's rot.[18] Other notable followers of Golden Order Fundamentalism included Brother Corhyn, Goldmask, and the twins D. Hunter of the Dead and D, Beholder of Death.
Trivia[]
- The Japanese term ōgonritsu (黄金律, lit. "golden law") refers to the Golden Rule, the maxim of reciprocity whereby one should treat others as one would want to be treated by them ("Do unto others as you would have them do unto you").
See also[]
- Death-Prince's Order
- Order of Rot
- Ranni's Order
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