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The primeval current is a forbidden tradition of glintstone sorcery. To those who cleave to its teachings, the act of collecting sorcerers to fashion them into the seeds of stars is but another path of scientific inquiry. — Graven-Mass Talisman
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The Primeval Current, also known as the procession of stars,[1] is an unseen location in Elden Ring.
Overview[]
The primeval current of glintstone sorcery is intrinsically tied to the cosmic vitality of the stars,[2] shaping both the land and fate of the Lands Between.[3][4] It is described as a torrent of glintstone flowing from a distant star cluster,[5] often likened to a celestial procession of stars.[1]
However, those who gaze into the current are bewitched by its cosmic mysteries, often driven to the brink of despair.[5][6]
Background[]
Long ago, the Greater Will triggered a great rupture in the One Great,[7][8] scattering the ancient life of the stars across the cosmos.[2] This celestial event is seen as the primordial causality that led to fractures, births, and souls.[9]
An ancient astrologer on the Mountaintops of the Giants perceived the primeval current, and soon its amber rained down upon the Lands Between.[10] These celestial phenomena introduced glintstone sorcery and the stars' cosmic vitality to the world.
Many of these shooting stars became meteors that struck the Lands Between, giving rise to the Alabaster and Onyx Lords and lifting Farum Azula into the sky.[11][12][13][14] The first star to arrive carried Metyr, Mother of Fingers, daughter of the Greater Will.[15] Later, a golden star descended, bearing the Elden Beast, which would become the Elden Ring.[16]
The Black Moon once hung over Nokstella, guiding countless stars.[17][18] However, it was lost when the Nox used the Fingerslayer Blade against Metyr,[19][20] enraging the Greater Will.[21] In response, the Greater Will sent Astel, Naturalborn of the Void,[22] to assault the Eternal Cities.[23][24] Astel unleashed a hail of meteorites, destroying the Nameless Eternal City and stealing its night sky,[25] an act that banished the Eternal Cities underground.
The Academy of Raya Lucaria was later founded by two glintstone sorcerers, Azur and Lusat, who sought to uncover the secrets of glintstone and the enigmatic Crystalians. Both peered beyond the "wisdom of stone"[26][27] into the primeval current and were irrevocably changed by what they saw.[28][29] Azur was left bewitched and haunted by the abyss,[5] while Lusat was shattered after witnessing the dying light of a star cluster.[6]
When the Carians, worshippers of the Moon and allies of the crystalians,[30] gained control of the academy,[31][32] they suppressed the study of the primeval current.[33] However, Sorceress Sellen defied this ban, obsessively pursuing its secrets. Operating under the alias of the Graven Witch, she transformed her fellow sorcerers into Graven Masses—the seeds of stars.[34][35] For her treachery, she was expelled from the academy.[36][37]
After the Shattering, a young General Radahn applied the Gravity Sorcery he had learned from an Alabaster Lord in Sellia, Town of Sorcery.[38][39][40] In the ensuing Starscourge Conflict, Radahn stood alone against the stars and triumphed.[41][42] His victory halted the movement of the stars, thereby forestalling the fate of his sister, Ranni.[43]
Notes[]
- The Demi-Human Queens task their Demi-Human Swordsman with discovering what lies beyond the procession of the stars.[1][44] Demi-Human Swordmaster Onze sealed himself in the Belurat Gaol to forestall the ruinous fate he perceived.[45]
- The Greater Will exists in a lightless abyss, or void, far beyond the Lands Between.[46] It is the home of Astel and the Fallingstar Beasts.[47][48]
- It is possible Astel used a wormhole to reach the Eternal Cities.[23][49]
- Azur slowly transformed into blue-green glintstone.[28]
- Lusat slowly transformed into deep blue glintstone.[29]
- Mad Tongue Alberich and the Guilty transform blood sacrifices into red glintstone.[50]
Trivia[]
- There are three known primeval current sorceries: Comet Azur, Founding Rain of Stars, and Stars of Ruin.
- Despite banning them, Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon uses primeval sorceries during her boss fight.
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