9 Pointless Details In Elden Ring That'll Blow Your Mind

2. Getting Custody Of The Dog

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One of the bosses you have to fight in Raya Lucaria Academy is called the Red Wolf of Radagon, now this is interesting because Radagon is the ex husband of Renalla, the master of Raya Lucaria. If all those ‘R’ names are getting confusing already then I apologise for this next bit.

Basically, before the Shattering of the Elden Ring, Radagon was a warrior of the Golden Order who fell in love with the woman he was supposed to be fighting, the Full Moon Queen Rennala. They had three kids called Ranni, Rykard, and Radahn. Yes, that Radahn, the one with the little horse.

Radagon abandoned her after the Shattering of the Elden Ring, however, as things went sideways.

Awful as that may be, the fact that his dog appears as a boss in her castle suggests they must have got a dog while they were together and she kept it. It’s a tiny pointless detail and one you might not even notice since there’s a good chance you don’t know who Radagon is when you meet his dog, but it’s pretty darn cool all the same.

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