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Starscourge Radahn is a fictional character from the 2022 action role-playing video game Elden Ring developed by FromSoftware. A demigod, he functions as both a prominent figure i…
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Starscourge Radahn (also called General Radahn) is a fictional character from the 2022 action role-playing video game Elden Ring developed by FromSoftware. A demigod, he functions as both a prominent figure in the history of the game's fictional universe, the Lands Between, and one of its main bosses.
Starscourge Radahn is a fictional character from the 2022 action role-playing video game Elden Ring developed by FromSoftware. A demigod, he functions as both a prominent figure in the history of the game's fictional universe, the Lands Between, and one of its main bosses. Radahn is first encountered in Caelid, a region that has been consumed by the Scarlet Rot toxin.
Starscourge Radahn (also called General Radahn) is a fictional character from the 2022 action role-playing video game Elden Ring developed by FromSoftware. A demigod, he functions as both a prominent figure in the history of the game's fictional universe, the Lands Between, and one of its main bosses. Radahn is first encountered in Caelid, a region that has been consumed by the Scarlet Rot toxin.
"Conqueror of the Stars", Radahn was one of the world's most powerful warriors, halting the destiny guiding stars themselves in place using gravitational magic. During the Shattering, an immense war of succession, Radahn battled his half sister Malenia to a standstill in the Caelid wilds. In an attempt to break the stalemate, Malenia snapped the Unalloyed Gold Needle suppressing her affliction and unleashed the Scarlet Rot, which eventually engulfed all of Caelid. Radahn himself lost his sanity to the Rot and became a mindless, man-eating monster, causing his soldiers to create the Radahn Festival to attempt to kill him and preserve his honor.
Defeating Radahn, while optional, is required for the player to obtain one of the game's Great Runes, shards of the Elden Ring necessary to progress the storyline. It is also needed for the optional quest of Ranni the Witch, and to enter the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. Within the DLC, he is fought again at full strength as Promised Consort Radahn after being resurrected in a different demigod's body.
Radahn's lore and first boss fight were praised by critics, who were impressed by the scale of the first fight and Radahn's complex backstory, calling him one of the game's best bosses and characters, and the Radahn Festival one of the game's most memorable events. Hidetaka Miyazaki also revealed the first encounter with Radahn as his favorite boss battle. The second battle has been called one of the hardest bosses in FromSoftware's history.
Starscourge Radahn was the child of Radagon - a red-haired champion of the Golden Order, the game's divine order and Rennala, queen of Caria, heading the Academy of Raya Lucaria, a school of sorcery. Therefore, he is the brother of the demigods Lunar Princess Ranni - later called Ranni the Witch - and Praetor Rykard. Radagon and Rennala's marriage cemented an alliance between the Golden Order and the Carian nobles, who had previously been deadlocked in battle. Since he was a young child, Radahn deeply admired Godfrey, Marika's First Elden Lord, and models himself after him, adopting Godfrey's lion motif.
While Radagon resented his red hair, a curse of the Giants and their Fell God, who had once posed the greatest threat to the Golden Order, Radahn viewed it as a positive, believing it indicative of heroic qualities. Despite following in Radagon's footsteps as a powerful general, Radahn also studied in Sellia, a town of sorcery located in Caelid. After realizing he was growing to a giant size and would be forced to abandon his beloved yet scrawny steed, he chose to study gravitational magic under the tutelage of a Alabaster Lord, a being originating from a meteor. This ultimately allowed him to lower his weight to almost nothing, and continue to ride his horse despite dwarfing the horse in size. Over the course of his life, Radahn is reputed as the mightiest demigod, an honorable warrior, an intelligent tactician, and a powerful sorcerer, gaining the respect and fear of many for his greatness. While known to enjoy battle, Radahn is noted to be kind, admired by many for his noble qualities, and is a caring leader to his personal army, the Redmanes. While studying under the Alabaster Lord, Radahn formed a friendly rivalry with Gaius, Messmer's friend and leader of his men. Gaius and Messmer acted as elder brothers to Radahn, with Gaius creating the "Blades of Stone" gravity sorcery as proof of their competition.
During his childhood, Radahn apparently made a vow with his half brother Miquella, who said that if Radahn upheld his vow, they would rule together as consorts in a "world of peace". Radahn used his gravity magic to "challenge the stars", succeeding in a "crushing victory" and halting their movement entirely. The Stars also halted the destiny of Miquella. This remains the case even when Radahn has long since lost his mind, and his death is required to restore their normal movement. Upon the advent of the Shattering, a war following the shattering of the Elden Ring, Radahn failed to capture the capital of Leyndell. Miquella's twin sister, Malenia, marched from the Mountaintops of the Giants and into Caelid to confront Radahn, seeking to kill him so Miquella could have his soul. The two of them fought to a draw, causing Malenia to resort to unleashing her curse of Scarlet Rot. Radahn was poisoned by Scarlet Rot so deeply that he lost his mind, and Caelid itself became a wasteland. Wanting to give their beloved leader an honorable death, Radahn's forces hold the "Radahn Festival" when stars have aligned, inviting warriors to slay their general and put him out of his misery.
During Radahn's second-phase meteor attack, Radahn pushes his horse Leonard underground as a protective measure. However, data mining revealed that Leonard also continues to track the player while underground, allowing Radahn to precisely
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Radahn can be slain by the Tarnished player character during the Radahn Festival with the potential assistance of various other NPCs, and his Great Rune claimed by the player. This immediately causes the stars to snap back into position, allowing fate to resume for Ranni the Witch, and results in a large meteor impact that unlocks an underground region.
In Shadow of the Erdtree, Radahn's soul travels to the Land of Shadow as planned by Miquella and is resurrected as Miquella's consort within a vessel made from the body of his step brother Mohg. Restored to his prime physical condition, Radahn again battles the Tarnished player with Miquella on his back, ending with the Tarnished slaying the God and his Lord consort.
