Summary

• Heroism comes in various forms, from selfless acts to unwavering loyalty in the face of adversity.
• Characters like Cleanrot Knight Finlay and Iron Fist Alexander showcase determination and growth.
• Nepheli Loux's innate goodness shines through despite her upbringing, proving heroism can prevail.

The definition of a hero will vary pretty significantly depending on which side of a conflict you happen to be on, but there are certain qualities that are associated with heroism r꧒egardless of your perspective. For this list, we will be looking at charac꧋ters who accomplish great deeds, rather than those who are merely good of heart.

As a result, characters like Boc or Raya won’t make this list, as they just haven’t achieved quite enough. Neither will someone like Ranni, who prefers to work in the shadows, but fortunately, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Elden Ring has plenty of characters who meet even those more 💟limited criteria.

9 Cleanrot Knight Finlay 💛

The least-renowned entry on this list, Cleanrot Knight Finlay only appears in the game ൲as a Sꦏpirit Summon. As a result, the details we know about her are limited, but the information we have is about as impressive as any of the other characters on this list.

After 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the Battle of Aeonia, where Radahn and Malenia fought each other to a standstill, Finlay was one of the few survivors, and she proceeded to carry the unconscious Malenia back to the H⛄aligtree on her own. Getting from Caelid to the Haligtree is a𒊎 difficult enough task in ideal circumstances; doing so while protecting an incapacitated demigod would require a truly herculean effort.

8 🦋 Iron Fist Alex👍ander

Despite his imposing size, it wouldn’t be overly uncharitable to describe Iron Fist Alexander as a bumbling failure at the start of the game. He constantly gets stuck, and even runs away during the Radahn f🐠ight.

However, he constantly betters himself, consuming fallen soldiers 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:after defeating the Starscourge and tempering himself in the fires of Mt. Gelmir, and eventually, he travels to Far⛎um Azula. In another version of this story, he might well have been the main character; instead, he☂ challenges you to an epic final duel, living as a warrior until his last moments.

7 ♎♕ Witch-Hunter Jerren

Witch-Hunter Jerren lived quite the life befoไre you even meet him, wandering as a nomadic warrior before becoming a guest of the Carian nobles and eventually a commander for General Radahn. The two swore an oath to grant each other an honorable death, and the Radahn Festival is his attempt to keep that promise.

And of course, Jerren doesn’t just ask other people to do the deed for him; he organizes the festival and participates himself. Your opinion on the other main thing Jerren does in the story—hunting down and killing Sellen—might vary, but it is certainly true tha♏t she is an exceptionally powerful witch, one who likely did so꧃me unpleasant deeds in her past.

6 Blaidd

Blaidd’s story is one ♒of overcoming a horrible destiny, as he was assigned by the Greater Will to be Ranni&rs💦quo;s shadow, to keep an eye on her, and even eliminate her if she got out of line. Instead, Blaidd stayed loyal, becoming one of her most trusted servants, along with the Tarnished and Iji (definitely not Seluvis).

To the very end, he never betrayed her, though the internal conflict caused by doing so ultimately drives him mad. It seems likely that Ranni would not have succeeded without his help, making his extreme show of loyalty one of the mosꦜt important factors in the history of the Lands Between.

5 Morgott, The Om♈en King

Morgott was rejected by 🍰the Golden Order as a child due to his being born an Omen. However, unlike his twin brother, Mohg, Morgott doesn’t descend into depravity. Instead, he defends Leydell against𝔍 all attackers after the Shattering.

He is the only demigod to remain loyal; you might call him a fool for sticking by the Golden Order despite their hatred of him, but he ultimately comes into possession of the anchoring Great Rune, which marks him as the true Lord of Leyndell.ꦍ That’s quite an accomplishment for one of such cursed beginnings.

4 ꧅ Nepheli Loux 🌳

Nepheli Loux’s moral fiber shines through from the moment you first meet her. She is eulogizing a fallen knight for fighting honorably, before offering to aid you in defeatౠing Godrick, and later she helps you take revenge on an Omenkiller that slaughtered a village of Albinaurics.

Her innate goodness is all the more impressive when you consider the fact that she was raised by Gideon Ofnir, a man who is willing to do whatever it takes, from spycraft and subterfuge to massacring entire villages, if it means getting what he wants. And even though she discovers her adoptive father’s cruelty, with your help she can rise above her despair to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:become the Lord of Limgrave.

Despite their shared name, it's not actually clear if (or how) Nepheli Loux and Hoarah Loux are related.

3 𝓰 General Radahn

General Radahn might be the greatest champion the Golden Order ever had. Whe💃n you fight hജim, he is a shell of his former self, having been reduced to a rotten, maddened state, but even so, he puts up quite the fight while simultaneously holding back a meteor by sheer force of will.

As a result, he is effectively holding the fatꩵe of the Lands Between in stasis, which is why you need to kill him to reach several 💖endings and the DLC. Luckily, we don’t have to defeat the Starscourge in his prime; one can only imagine how powerful he was then.

Radahn learneꦗd Gravity Sorcery so he could keep riding his tiny horse. He’s basically a Disney princess.

2 Godfrey

Godfrey (or Hoarax Loux, as he is sometimes known) was the first Elden Lord. It’s not an exaggeration to say that no single individual is more responsible for the rise of the Golden Order aside from Queen Marika herself (and te♐chnically she’s two people).

Known as the Lord of the Battlefield, Godfrey led the war against the ♏Giants (and we know how tough they are to fight) and faced the Storm Lord alone, which sounds l♔ike quite the task, even if we don’t know exactly who that is. There’s a reason two other characters on this list pay homage to Godfrey; Nepheli in name and Radahn in spirit, as the Starscourge apparently idolized his ancestor.

Since Marika and Radagon are the same person, Godfrey is technically Radahn's father's ex-husband.

1 💮 The Tarnished

Is this answer cheating? Sort of, but the Tarnished is a character in the game, and when you look at what they managed to pull off, it’s tough to keep them out of the top spot. Regardless of which path you take through the game, by the time you reach one of the endings you will have matched every character on this list in terms of achievements, and quite possibly defeated severaꦐl of them in combat.

The only real knock on the Tarnished is that some of their actions can be decidedly un-heroic, bu🎃t that comes down to player choice. Besides, most of the endings have a case for being beneficial, and every one will have a massive impact on the Lands Between.