I'm combining two items here because I don't feel like writing separate posts for both.Before the Eclipse accepts him into the God Hand the man who once was known as Griffith endures an entire year of endless torture for being a lover to the princess of a prominent kingdom. His tongue is severed and his skin is swollen, and he's required to Elden Ring Runes wear an iron mask. After his rescue by Guts and others of the Band of the Hawk, Griffith gradually recovers, however the mask remains to conceal the scars from his horrific incident.
Elden Ring players have drawn parallels between Griffith's iron mask and the one of the Prisoner class of players that they can choose at the beginning of the game. There's no 1:1 comparison, of course, but the covered eye on the Prisoner's headwear neatly is in line with the fact that Berserk rarely shows a front-facing Griffith wearing his mask. He prefers to depict the mercenary who is tortured with the one eye obscured from view by the mask's shadow.
Furthermore, the Winged Helm worn by Elden Ring boss Malenia and eventually obtainable by players can easily be seen as an homage to a similar piece of armor Berserk antagonist-turned-ally Farnese wears during her time commanding the Holy Iron Chain Knights. Yes, this can be dismissed since both were inspired by medieval representations of buy Elden Ring Items Valkyries However, I prefer to view them as closely connected as this is more entertaining.
