If you’ve been traveling around the Lands Between, you’ve probably heard an eerie voice singing in the distance. Maybe you’ve gone to investigate it. And like most things inElden Ring, proceeded to regret it as a singing bat descends upon you.
The singing bats ofElden Ringcan be found in a few places. I stumbled across my first one in the Liurnia of the Lakes region, as I was merrily riding along.
Turns out the bats are singing in an actual language, though not English. It’s apparently Latin. As one Twitter userChinchillazillapointed out (viaScreen Rant), it’s also pretty dang sad.
https://twitter.com/Chinchillazllla/status/1518827673258278912
This YouTube video has asimilar translation, albeit with some different interpretations of the Latin.
Here’s the lyrics of the song that theElden Ringsinging bats sing, via YouTuberAntonius Tertius, in full:
“Alas, that land, once blessed, now has diminished.We brides, destined to become mothers, now become tarnished.We lamented and shed tears,but no one consoles us.Golden one, at whom you were angry?”
Much like many other bits of lore inElden Ring, this one is pretty sad. Though it also sheds some insight on the world, especially as it was in the far-flung past.
The hunt for lore
Lore hunters have been gradually combing through this game, picking apart the various pieces ofElden Ring‘s world. In my own experience, FromSoftware’s latest is definitely easy to come to grips with in the moment. I feel likeElden Ring, more than many otherSouls-type games, gives me a lot of info up-front.
That said, there are deeper parts of this world still to uncover. It’s massive, and even tiny things might have been easy to miss the first few times around. As for me, well, I’m still trying to help a witch usher in a new age. I’m content to just roll around, find cool stuff around every corner, and never approach a melodic Latin verse without caution again.
A new update alsowent live today, tweaking some bosses. One in particular might be of interest to acertain jar-headed hero.
