The first time I played Elden Ring I walked out, talked to Varre, listened to that chicken fried bitch talk shit about me, and smacked the shit out of him.
Then he killed me. Repeatedly. Embarrassingly badly. I had to start a new game just to progress and you bet your ass I walked softly around him the next time. I had never played a FromSoft game before and had been out of gaming for years when I picked it up. I thought he was a training mob that talked shit.
I mean, you were right, you were just unprepared for his training.
He definitely trained me to keep my fucking weapon to myself until I knew more about what I was doing.
The first guy you meet in a Fromsoft game ranges from being an asshole like Varre to a pathetic sack of shit like the Crestfallen Warrior.
Either way: They will attempt to kill you eventually.
Now that’s just unfair: Crestfallen Warrior is absolutely an asshole.
He is also big on the “Go and die in a ditch somewhere, will you?” attitude.
Leaked NPC from EldenRing 2:
![[ER] They even toned him down a bit before release](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/39ae9223-e4be-4af4-bffa-04da498f89b4.jpeg){kind=link}