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Ainsel River
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Ainsel River is an underground region in ELDEN RING (2022).
Overview
One of the two great rivers that flow beneath the Lands Between. Ainsel is said to be the grave of civilisations that flourished before the Erdtree.[1] The eastern side of Ainsel is dominated by the Uhl Palace Ruins, characterised by their mausoleums and statues, and inhabited by the Claymen who served as priests of the ancient dynasty.[2]
Nokstella, one of the Eternal Cities, can be found in the western portion of the subterranean space, inhabited by the Nox who were banished underground by the Greater Will long ago.[3] Deeper still is the Lake of Rot, a putrid underground swamp littered with ancient ruins, where the essence of an Outer God was sealed.[4] At the deepest point is the lair of Astel, a malformed star who once assailed an Eternal City and took away its sky.[5] Beyond Astel is a lift which leads to the Moonlight Altar, provided the Dark Moon Ring has been found.
Ainsel can be accessed via the Ainsel River Well in eastern Liurnia of the Lakes. The Ainsel River Main, which encompasses Nokstella, can be accessed via a sending gate in Renna's Rise, after Ranni the Witch gets her hands on the Fingerslayer Blade.
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Sites of Grace
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Notes
- The name Ainsel, meaning "Own Self" in the Scots language, is the name of a fairy from Scottish and Gaelic folklore. The name Siofra has similar origins.
- When Ainsel snuck into a cabin and found a boy, she asked his name and he answered "My Ainsel". And so, when the two were playing with fire and a cinder hit Ainsel's foot, she yelled in pain. The fairy mother asked Ainsel who had done such a thing, and she responded "It was My Ainsel!" The fair mother chastised her, saying "what's all the noise about? There's nyen [no one] to blame."[6]
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