The influence of berserk still resonates today in many dark fantasy universes, above all the worlds of the development house FromSoftware, which has inserted a large number of references in its latest work, the mammoth open world Elden Ring, which more or less explicitly refer to the work of Master Kentaro refer Miura.
The return of Gatsu’s Dragonslayer in a new form in the Elden Ring marks just the beginning of the Easter Eggs dedicated to Berserk in the Lightless Ones’ long adventure through the Interregnum. OfThe Mother Tree is clearly inspired by the Spiral Treedown to the armor inspired by the primary and secondary characters, fans have identified one of the most macabre places in the entire history of Gatsu: the tree of the hangedwhere the protagonist himself was born from his mother’s corpse.
In the image at the bottom of the page you can see a knight very similar to Gatsu with the indistinguishable sword and close by a tree with several bodies hanging from its branches, and in an extremely somber atmosphere. And did you catch that particular clue when you came across this tree during gameplay? Tell us in the comments section.
Finally we let you delve into the meaning and role of Bejelit in Berserk and an incredible illustration of Gatsu signed by cartoonist David Finch.
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