Representation in Media: Disability in FromSoftware's "Elden Ring"
What is "Elden Ring"? Video Game, released globally in February of 2022 Latest in the “Souls” series of video games by Japanese video game development company FromSoftware (also known as Fromsoft) Long-awaited, highly acclaimed, lived up to the pre-release excitement, 2022’s Game of the Year Incredibly bleak world and storyline, featuring 6 main/unique endings Great! Wait, great? Yes! Bury Your Disabled / Bury Your Gays Trope does not apply Characters (A Few Examples) Melina Main Story NPC, Essential to 5 of 6 endings Monocular Vision, Movement Impairment Hyetta Unique Questline Blind Sorcerer Rogier Unique Questline Initially able-bodied, later crippled by "Death Blight" Millicent Unique Questline Missing dominant right arm, Scarlet Rot (rotting from within) Malenia One of the Most Difficult Boss Fights in all of FromSoftware's games Missing right arm, both legs from the knee and thigh down respectively, Scarlet Rot Conclusion Variety of characters in a variety...