We all remember February 2022, hanging out with Guilbert in Tenebrae.
It’s only been a little bit over a year since Elden Ring came out, but so much of it is already seared into my brain. Much like leaving the sewers in Oblivion for the first time and greeting Cyrodil, that first glimpse of Limgrave is an iconic gaming moment, but at some point in development it wasn’t Limgrave at all, but apparently “Tenebrae.”
Dataminer Sekiro Dubi’s latest video focuses on an in-progress vision of Limgrave hinted at by files left over from Elden Ring’s development, one where familiar characters like Nepheli and Blaidd are replaced with newcomers or characters pulled from other parts of the game. The main focus of this video is Guilbert, a hybrid of Bloody Finger Hunter Yurah and Witch Hunter Jerren from the finished game.
Sekiro Dubi’s research into Elden Ring’s files shows the skeletal remains of Guilbert’s questline, which by their reckoning was cut before the Network Test of Elden Ring at the end of 2021. Guilbert shares Witch Hunter Jerren’s weapon and Eccentric armor set, but has voice lines recorded by Yurah’s actor, and his scripting had him hanging out at Yurah’s location from the finished game.
