Why did Ranni give Rykard the blasphemous claw?

On the same night, Ranni awarded her brother, Praetor Rykard, with the Blasphemous Claw, a rock engraved with traces of the Rune of Death, in the hopes that Rykard would be able to challenge Maliketh as a last resort.
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What did Ranni give to Rykard?

On the night of the plot, Ranni rewarded Rykard with a slab of rock engraved with the traces of the Rune of Death, which would allow him to challenge the black beast of Destined Death, should the coming trespass one day transpire.
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Why did Rykard let the serpent eat him?

During the Shattering, Rykard's desire for immortality led to him feeding himself to the God-Devouring Serpent. Rykard retreated into the depths of his home, the Volcano Manor, where he devoured the numerous warriors sent to challenge him.
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What did Rykard look like before Snake?

Before Rykard became what we know him as, he was a fair humanoid, though despite his outer beauty, he always housed an ugliness within him. Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy, was originally born Praetor Rykard to Radagon and his first wife, Rennala.
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Why is Rykard immortal?

Since Rykard was imbued with the immortality of the ancient Serpent-God, as well as the power of the Death Rune, he did not truly die. His head currently rests in his chamber, where his body is slowly reforming, and Tanith sits feasting on his innards in hopes that he will live on through her.
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ELDEN RING - Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy Lore & Story Explained

Why does Tanith eat Rykard?

She presents herself as a future Finger Maiden, which leads most players to assume she serves the Two Fingers, and therefore the Greater Will. Tanith, too, isn't upfront about her cannibalistic desires, but players can find her eating Rykard's corpse after his defeat in an attempt to allow Rykard to live on within her.
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Did Rykard help Ranni?

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Is Rykard older than Radahn?

Nobody can agree if Rykard or Radahn is the eldest. Elden Ring lore nuts know that the Golden Order's family tree is pretty damned complicated. What's even harder to parse is just which order various siblings were born.
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What does Rykard say when he dies?

When you kill Rykard, you get the confirmation 'Demigod Felled' in the latest patch. However, he continues to speak after defeat, saying "No one will hold me captive. A serpent never dies." I'm also pretty sure I've read in an item description that the Serpent of Mt. Gelmir was immortal.
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Who is the lady eating Rykard?

Returning to Rykard's boss arena after defeating him will show a gruesome scene in which Tanith, Lady of Volcano Manor, is eating his giant face.
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Is Ranni good or evil?

Praising her character design as "gorgeously magical", she nevertheless stated that as a character, Ranni had a clear evil streak as the catalyst for the Shattering. Calling Ranni's choices "drastic", she noted that players' opinions may differ on whether they were justified.
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What to do with woman eating Rykard?

NOTE: At the end of the Patches Questline, Patches will give you Dancer's Castanets to take to Tanith. You can choose to give these to her when she is eating Rykard's corpse, although you receive no special items for doing so. At this point, you can leave Tanith to her meal or choose to put her out of her misery.
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What sin did Rykard commit?

So, Rykard committed the sin of blasphemy, so that's why he wasn't a candidate to become a god after Marika, so it must have happened before all the serpent business.
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Why does Rani have 4 arms?

Ranni's original body has two arms, while her doll body has four. It is thus similar to Marionette soldiers utilized by Sorcerers through the game. When in her doll form at Ranni's Rise, she is sitting on-top of a bunch of books covered by a piece of fabric, making her seem taller than she appears.
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Does Rani love the tarnished?

Answer to this is yes, she just bad at showing her feelings. At the last site of grace you are able to speak with her mini form she hints at her growing affection for the tarnished. After you defeat the shadow, she asks you to tell Blaidd and Iji she loves them.
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Why did Ranni want Radahn killed?

From what I can tell from Ranni's quest, she needed Radahn to die so the stars would move again, Nokron would open, the Fingerslayer blade could be attained, and her Two Fingers slaughtered. This, it seems, allows her to finally leave the Lands Between and commune with the Full Moon or something.
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Why is Rykard evil?

Once a Prince, Rykard was one of the original demigods of The Lands Between, but unlike most of his peers, was disgusted by the power and its wielders, and strongly rejected The Golden Order and the Greater Will, believing no one should be oppressed by them.
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Does killing Rykard affect Volcano Manor?

After beating Rykard players can no longer progress the Volcano Manor questline, but this implies that they did not finish the questline to reach Rykard in the first place.
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What level should I be to fight Rykard?

Either way, here's how to beat Rykard and the God-Devouring Serpent in Elden Ring, including weaknesses, tips, strategies and cheese methods. To beat the God-Devouring Serpent and Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy boss fight, players should be at least level 65+, and ideally over 70.
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Who did Radahn marry?

While husband to Rennala, Radagon studied glintstone sorcery taught at the Academy of Raya Lucaria. After Godfrey, the First Elden Lord was stripped of grace and hounded from the Lands Between, Radagon returned to the capital where he went on to marry Queen Marika and become her King Consort and second Elden Lord.
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Why did Radahn go mad?

The two fought to a stalemate in the Battle of Aeonia, which ended when Malenia unleashed her Scarlet Rot. The Scarlet Rot ravaged Caelid, and consumed Radahn from the inside, eating away at his psyche.
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What was Radahn holding back?

Thus, Radahn stopped the motion of the stars likely to prevent more Malformed Stars, Falling Star Beasts, and Onyx and Alabaster Lords from crashing into the Lands Between and wreaking havoc.
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What did Ranni do to the 2 fingers?

The obvious implication here is that the Two Fingers below the Moonlight Altar were once on this Divine Tower, but Ranni first slaughtered them before destroying her own body.
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Are Ranni and the tarnished married?

In the Age of the Stars ending, Ranni refers to the Tarnished as her "lord" and her "dear consort", showing that she has not just acknowledged them as being Elden Lord, but also fully acknowledged their own spouse by her side.
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What did Ranni do with her great rune?

Ranni is a schemer. She orchestrated Elden Ring's Night of Black Knives, which involved stealing the Rune of Death and using it to kill the first demigod in order to separate herself from her physical body and live on as a spirit possessing a doll.
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