The Shattering

Description

The Shattering, while seemingly a one night catastrophe, is a complex series of events that were triggered by the destruction of The Elden Ring
The first event was the breaking of the Ring itself. The Ring was broken by Queen Marika the Eternal after the death of her son Godwyn. By destroying the Elden Ring, which acted as a connection to both The Greater Will and The Golden Order, the Greater Will's influence on The Lands Between was greatly diminished. Radagon, King-consort to the Queen, simultaneously attempted to repair the ring as it shattered, but failed. Soon after the shattering, the Greater Will imprisoned both Marika and Radagon inside The Erdtree as a form of punishment for her betrayal. However as Ranni the last worthy Empyrean discarded her physical body in the "Night of the Black Knives", Marika was still kept as a vessel for the Elden Ring.
As the Elden Ring was destroyed, so was the Erdtree's blessings and its connection to the Greater Will. With the Great Runes scattered and the Erdtree's power gone, war befalls the Lands Between. The third and final event of the Shattering is the great battle between the Demigod children of Marika and Radagon. Their struggle for possession of the Great Runes resulted in great bloodshed between the many opposing forces that took part in the war.
After an untold number of years, finally the Tarnished, are beckoned by their once lost Grace, rising from the grave to restore the Elden Ring
The primary battles of the Shattering occured between the armies of General Radahn and Malenia, the armies of General Radahn and of the Masked Monarch, and the armies of the Masked Monarch and the Volcano Manor.

"The shattering ensued; a war that wrought only darkness. The Elden Ring was broken, but by whom? And why?"
-Lunar Princess Ranni