Gigantic decaying birds with encrusted corpses all over their body, they only appear at night. They're said to be descended from [[The Twinbird]], which itself was an envoy of [[God of the Twinbird|the unnamed Outer God of the Twinbird]] >[!quote] *Shield featuring a vividly painted twinbird. The twinbird is said to be the envoy of an outer god, and mother of the Deathbirds."* [[Twinbird Kite Shield]] >[!quote] *In the time when there was no Erdtree, death was burned in [[ghostflame]]. Deathbirds were the keepers of that fire."* [[Explosive Ghostflame]] >[!quote] *The birds are graveyard fire keepers; it is said they rake out the ashen remains of the dead from their kilns."* [[Death's Poker]] >[!quote] *Hatchet used in ancient sacrificial rite. A Deathbird is depicted as a malevolent deity."* ([[Sacrificial Axe]]) >[!quote] *Ritual spear used by priests of old who were permitted to come along the Deathbirds. The priests became guardians of the birds through the rite of Death, which also serves as an oath sworn to their distant resurrection."* [[Death Ritual Spear]] #elden_ring #subject #race #death