All people loves the goofy glowing worm man coming in Elden Ring’s DLC, however we’re additionally terrified one thing unhealthy will occur to him

There have been many notable new characters in Shadow of the Erdtree’s first trailer: future controller-snapping megaboss Messmer, zombie Lion Dance man, gross bisected and impaled previous dude, and, in fact, the Wicker Man. The true individuals’s champion, nonetheless, appears to have been squirreled away in supplemental promo screenshots⁠—I am speaking concerning the little worm man.

Blue and ethereal, it appears to occupy the identical zone of the Realm of Shadow because the duel between a samurai and a dervish proven half manner by way of the trailer. On the finish of its wrinkly physique is a small, stunned face like a wizened Shy Man, with two diminutive arms sprouting out of its trunk, wildly out of proportion to the remainder of its physique.

Glow Boi. from r/Eldenring

The lengthy and wanting it’s that the worm is extraordinarily cute and peculiar, inspiring adoration from one and all. It does not present up on the Shadow of the Erdtree trailer, official web site, or Steam web page, however relatively was shared in a bundle of promo pictures that went out to some shops and influencers like VaatiVidya.

I’ve already discovered Twitter and the Elden Ring subreddit festooned with expressions of affection and help for the mysterious worm. Demon’s Souls modder and dataminer Thens echoed that query hanging between each trendy couple: “Would u nonetheless love me if I used to be a worm?” Given the worm in query, I can not think about any doubt.

Auroraunity_ on Twitter and artjoey on Reddit have already produced fan artwork of the worm, whereas Alltheheroes on Reddit posits a lore clarification for the worm’s resemblance to the actual life Mexican Mole Lizard⁠—it ties into merchandise descriptions for the Crucible Knights’ gear and spells, if you happen to have been questioning. Others, like sawblll52 and Femboy_Ghost on Reddit or werupz on Twitter have been content material to precise their admiration and curiosity relating to the noble beast.

All of this pleasure and pleasure has an undercurrent of melancholy although: what sorts of horrible issues may occur to the attractive worm, given the notoriously tragic storytelling favored by FromSoftware? Is the worm a mere subject enemy to be prevented or killed? Does it have a gut-wrenching quest arc just like the equally cute Boc the Seamster within the base sport, as proposed by OwlScowling on Reddit? Will we workforce up with the worm and change into comrades, solely to see it fall to our enemies or have its hand compelled in opposition to us like V.IV Rusty in Armored Core 6, a type of “Metal Haze Worm” situation?

Would you combat Spirit Noodle? from r/Eldenring

RiyaB1999 on Reddit paints these potentialities because the lone potential disappointment risked by SOTE, whereas others, like maczn, insist {that a} creature this cute couldn’t be hostile. A couple of, nonetheless, have chosen to embrace the trail of ache: Rojom and hunterslugdaddy have every supplied a creative tackle a extra hostile worm, the previous as a boss combat, the latter as having a extremely jacked physique hidden underground like these Diglett memes that get handed round every so often.

We simply will not know for certain till June 21. Till then, I can solely see the hypothesis engine for worm man persevering with to overheat and strip its personal gears, churning out new artwork and theories primarily based on the true star of the DLC.