Hackers Discovered ‘Elden Ring”s Darkest Easter Egg

the scion's young face

Players are much less likely to remember this one because he hides under a cloak and also because he’s an unfairly strong monster meant to quickly kill players and disappear for the rest of the game. Good move, because that way most players don’t even begin to comprehend the abomination they’d just encountered. Youtuber Zullie The Witch, however, took the time to investigate and the first thing she found was a face, one too youthful for what anyone would expect to find on the equivalent of a poorly-made hamburger.

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Then, she unlocked the camera to find the creature’s arms.

the scion's many young arms

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she found arms that are too small for an adult, too numerous for just one child. 

She discovered that the Grafted Scion is the result of stitching a bunch of kids together. While the result is a surprisingly apt fighter, this is probably not a very ethical thing to do.

The fully exposed scion

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The good news is that we’ve found all the children who’d ever gone missing in the lands between, the bad ones is that one set of parents will have to adopt them all.

While the horror of this situation would have even King Solomon breaking a sweat, at least we can finally say we’ve finally found something even more messed-up than that time Half-Life 2 nearly featured child slaves.

 

Top Image: FromSoftware, Xam3lpt

 

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