Lore

Castlevania timeline explained: how Mathias became Dracula, every Belmont from Leon to Julius, the battle of 1999, and who Rose Belmont is before Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse.

Ace Combat lore explained: the full Strangereal timeline from the Belkan War and the Ulysses asteroid to the Lighthouse War, the Grey Men, and what to know before Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 lore explained: the Arisen and the Dragon, Disa’s false Sovran, the Godsway, Rothais, the Pathfinder, every ending, the Unmoored World and what to know before Dark Arisen.

Gears of War lore explained: Imulsion, the Pendulum Wars, Emergence Day, the Locust, Lambent and Swarm, every game’s story, and where Gears of War: E-Day fits.

Ciri lore explained: the Law of Surprise, the Elder Blood, the Wild Hunt, every Witcher 3 ending, and what happened to Cirilla of Cintra before The Witcher 4.

The complete Apex Legends lore explained: the Frontier War, the Apex Predators, Hammond Robotics’ Simulacra, and every major Legend’s secret war in the Outlands.

Every piece of Rapture’s lore explained: BioShock, BioShock 2, Sofia Lamb, and exactly how Burial at Sea secretly ties Andrew Ryan’s city to Columbia.

Every ending in Dark Souls, Dark Souls II and Dark Souls III explained in full, including how Artorias of the Abyss, the Lost Crowns, Ashes of Ariandel and The Ringed City change what linking the fire really means.

The full lore of Bloodborne explained: Byrgenwerth’s schism, the Healing Church, Cainhurst’s Vilebloods, the School of Mensis, and the cosmic horror of the Great Ones behind Yharnam’s endless night.

The Imperium of Man, often called the Empire of Man, is the galaxy-spanning human empire of Warhammer 40,000, ruled in name by the undying Emperor of Mankind. Here’s the full lore, from the Age of Strife to the Great Rift.