Elden Ring players find cut voice lines from Shadow of the Erdtree bosses that probably should've said something, if we're being honest

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree�s Rellana

But there’s one flaw in the diamond: A few bosses—ones who are pretty important to the game’s lore—are completely mute. In particular, Rellana and Romina are silent as the grave: but it wasn’t always that way.

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Neither of these lines reveal much, but they at least add some personality onto two very lore-important characters. In case you’re out of the loop, here’s why they’re big deals:

Aside from being one of the DLC’s first real challenges, Rellana is the younger sister to Rennala—the heiress of Raya Lucaria and your one-stop-shop for respecs. Rellana is, for all purposes, a major player in The Lands Between who nonetheless turned her back on her birthright to go hang out with Messmer and his funky snakes.

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But does she say a word? Nope. We’re left almost completely in the dark as to her motivations, which even a few crumbs of voice lines could illuminate.

As for Romina, she has the opposite problem—we barely know anything about her at all. All I’ve really seen surface is the understanding that she was in the Church of the Bud when Messmer and his mates razed it to the ground—at around1:15 in the DLC’s story trailer, we see her clutching the Poleblade of the Bud before she grew centipede legs. A couple of item descriptions also back this up:

Ultimately, while I understand FromSoftware has a penchant forburying interesting NPC storylinesunder an air of vagueness, I’m still left scratching my head as to why these folks don’t talk atall.Both characters seem like interesting stitches in the fabric of Shadow of the Erdtree’s story, and to have them mute feels like it’s wasting good food in favour of unanswered questions. Still, the reasons could also simply be mundane—budget constraints, timing issues, recording problems—but FromSoftware isn’t a teeny-tiny indie company, so I’m less inclined to give it that pass.

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