Image: A Wider Stillness Before the Battle
Published: February 20, 2026 at 5:43:53 PM UTC
Cinematic anime-style Elden Ring fan art depicting the Tarnished and the colossal Metyr, Mother of Fingers, facing each other across a shallow, water-covered floor in the vast Finger Ruins of Miyr.
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This landscape-oriented anime-style fan art presents a widened, cinematic view of a tense pre-battle standoff within the flooded Finger Ruins of Miyr. The camera has been pulled back to reveal more of the environment, emphasizing the vastness and decay of the ancient ruins. The entire stone floor is submerged beneath a shallow layer of dark, glassy water that stretches across the foreground and into the distance. Gentle ripples travel across the surface, reflecting fractured pillars, collapsed walls, and shafts of pale blue light filtering down from above. The reflections are uneven and distorted, lending the scene a surreal, otherworldly atmosphere that blurs the line between solid stone and liquid mirror.
On the left side of the frame stands the Tarnished, seen partially from behind and framed against the wide expanse of flooded ruins. Their silhouette is small compared to the surrounding architecture and the colossal foe ahead, reinforcing a sense of scale and vulnerability. The Tarnished wears sleek Black Knife Assassin armor, its dark, segmented plates absorbing most of the light while catching subtle highlights along edges and joints. A deep hood conceals their face entirely, leaving only body language to convey intent. They stand knee-deep in the shallow water, legs braced and slightly bent, with their stance sending faint ripples outward. In their right hand, held low but ready, is a dagger glowing with a muted golden-orange light. This warm glow reflects across the water in broken streaks, forming a visual path that leads the viewer’s eye toward the looming boss.
On the right side of the expanded frame towers Metyr, Mother of Fingers, rendered at an overwhelming scale that dominates the scene. The monstrous entity rises from the flooded floor like a living ruin, its pale, fleshy mass supported by multiple thick, finger-like limbs splayed outward beneath the water’s surface. These massive limbs displace the shallow water, creating broad, overlapping ripples that contrast with the Tarnished’s smaller disturbances. From Metyr’s upper body rises a colossal, elongated appendage resembling an immense finger or twisted spine, curling upward into the cold blue light. At the center of its torso lies a dense knot of sinew, tendons, and malformed flesh, forming a disturbing focal point that suggests both a corrupted heart and an unholy nexus of control. Moisture clings to its skin, accentuating veins, folds, and organic textures that imply slow, unsettling movement even in stillness.
The background is filled with towering, fractured pillars and layered stone walls receding into the distance, their forms softened by mist, water, and drifting particles. Shafts of light penetrate the submerged air from above, illuminating dust and droplets while casting shimmering reflections across the flooded floor. No attack has yet begun. Instead, the image captures a fragile, suspended moment in time: the Tarnished advancing cautiously through shallow water toward a godlike abomination, both figures poised on the brink of violence, with the vast, drowned ruins bearing silent witness.
The image is related to: Elden Ring: Metyr, Mother of Fingers (Finger Ruins of Miyr) Boss Fight (SOTE)