Where does the story go from here?

[Necrophoria]

Yes yes. I know FromSoft already stated this will be the only DLC for this game. . . But that's the thing, FOR THIS GAME.

There's still so many questions about the lore and setting which are unanswered. I still remember how we didn't get an answer regarding the "furtive pygmy, so easily forgotten" until Dark Souls 3 back when they merely named it in the opening cinematic for the first game.

Do you guys think the same will happen here as far as the god of rot, the eldrich/cosmic beings involving Nokron, etc?

FromSoft has done this before, leaving breadcrumbs for later content. They did it for this DLC with a certain saint (avoiding spoilers), so I can definitely see the current breadcrumbs essentially being DLC bait.

Anybody feel the same? What would you like to see answered in a later installment which was only hinted at so far?

[Necrophoria]

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You meant "didn't" right?

Funny how the title of the character literally is true in the real world. I guess he really is "so easily forgotten".

... you kill every key character in the cutscene but them. . .

That was the exact thing. You kill all of them except for them. That left an unanswered thread at the time, which led to eventual DLC content.

My thoughts are that they could expand on a few things here in the same manner. The gloam eyed queen, the events in nokron, the sealed rot god, the cosmic entities that may or may not be related to the greater will, etc. . . There is a lot of potential here.

[Necrophoria]

I also don't want to write off Astel's inclusion here, other than "oh look they put a little bloodborne in the game". That's just lazy, even if they are basically blending all the parts of the past games in Elden Ring somewhat.

[Chris1]

Yeah, it's really disappointing we didn't get fight an actual outer god in any capacity whatsoever, just their emissaries. Especially since they developed it pretty well about competing outer gods trying to usurp the lands between for their own purposes. That whole line of lore just kind of went no where.

[Bankai9212]

I think it was more of a concept since again the main story beats or lore never ever mentions them past the cutscene. At some point most thought chosen undead were descendants from them.

For this dlc, as someone mention before there was no real dlc planned. From the overall balance and pacing it’s just more ER for better or worse. The main game already takes close to 80 hours to finish, this adds close to 30-40 hours more content.

[Skeleton]

All three Dark Souls games involve going back in time.
DS1 sends you back to Oolacile.
DS2 uses the Giant Memories.
DS3 has Untended Graves. It also sends you forward in time during Ringed City.

Elden Ring could easily do the same - start a story at an earlier point in the game's history.

Perhaps during the Dragon or Giant Wars.
Maybe during Marika's quest to ascend to godhood.
There's the whole Velka Gloam-Eyed Queen mystery to resolve.
While Formless Mother, Frenzied Flame, and Goddess of Rot are present in Elden Ring, there are supposedly other Outer Gods that left long before the present. The Twinbird, Storm God, and Dragon God could be introduced at a time when they were still present and relevant.