Well... This is probably my first story in a long time. My first upload was literal trash. My English was much worse back then, and I don't want to think about it anymore. So, I sat on the fact that my story was terrible for the longest time until an idea hit me! I was going to write an actual story. And one that wasn't absolute shit. So here we are, my first story in forever.

An OC/Self Insert.

I always found these stories to be fun ideas. Throwing somebody into a fictional character, in an imaginary world, full of wonder and awesomeness... They were always a little guilty pleasure of mine. But from the title, you can probably guess that this specific insert isn't into some overpowered character or some mastermind. No, that'd be a little boring for a lot of us. So instead, we use one of the weakest characters in Elden Ring, and now we have an intriguing premise.

Welcome, readers all, to Godrick the Radiant.

Hope y'all enjoy it, let's get started.

Godrick the Radiant
The Break of Dawn

You know, death has always fascinated me. I always wondered what awaited me in the great beyond. Would I find myself awakening in front of the pearly white gates, or at the edge of the flaming pit of hell? Or would it be the black void of nothingness that welcomed me? Turns out... It's none of the above. Because what I woke up to was a group of giants, looking down on me. They were gigantic in comparison to me. And I suddenly realized something... It's not that they're giants, it's just that I'm a baby and a very pale one at that, from the looks of my hands.

I looked around to find out where I was, until my vision cleared a little, and I could view my surroundings. I was in a room made of marble, or a similar material, filled with all manner of furniture. From drawers to paintings, to the bed that the person that was currently holding me was laying on. I try to get a good look at the person who was holding me

I could barely make out what they were saying until suddenly, it clicked for me.

I could understand them!

"-ild looks rather pale, and sickly. They would most likely survive, yes, but it would not be a good life for them." One of them said, from the clothes she was wearing, I assumed she was a wet nurse. So what they're saying is that I'm screwed, huh?

"Would the child be able to fight? Our line won't be able to survive another generation of weakness!" Another voice bellows out, a male voice, my father perhaps? And what the hell does he mean by that? Is there a generational disease or something along those lines?

The wet nurse goes silent at the man's question.

"WELL?! Will he be able to fight or not?!" The man shouts, the anger clear in his voice, his patience most likely running thin.

"Yes, but he would be no better than the average warrior. Perhaps he would be able to challenge some of the stronger knights, but I doubt even that would be possible." The woman says, her voice quiet, most likely from being cowed by my father. So it seems I'm not COMPLETELY screwed, but I'm still pretty much screwed either way.

"Godriv, please calm yourself. You have the woman terrified." The woman holding me, most likely my mother, says, attempting to calm the anger of my father. "She's simply doing her job, you shouldn't punish her for that." She tells him, her voice soothing the anger and rage. So Godriv is the name of my father. Interesting.

My father, Godriv, looked like he was about to enter another rant, before completely deflating. "I just wish for our family to flourish once more. Godwyn set an example for our line, and if we can't follow it? Then we are bound for ruin." He says, his voice filled with sorrow, probably because this 'line' couldn't live up to Godw...

Wait, where do I remember the name Godwyn?

Oh, you've got to be kidding me...

WHY THE HELL AM I STUCK IN ELDEN RING?!

Some time later...

Well, after having some time to calm down and organize my thoughts, I decided to reassess my situation, and where I stood in it all.

"So I've been reincarnated in the world of Elden Ring... as Godrick no less! A shitty situation if I've ever seen one." I think to myself, as the wet nurse tends to me while I was thinking about this all. I was tuning out most of what happened around me, after my revelation of where I was. My father had left for... somewhere, I'm unsure, where he went off to, but something most likely came up. My mother, on the hand, is resting due to how taxing birthing me was.

I'm not going to be able to vanish into obscurity, am I? It would probably make me a bigger target if I were to try to vanish. So what am I supposed to do, wait around till one of my fellow demigods decides to kill me? Or all the other chaotic, and insane folk of the Lands Between? Can I even change my fate? Or am I just a character in a play? Forever doomed to be a puppet, and follow in the footsteps of Godrick the Grafted, becoming a decrepit abomination unworthy of respect?

My thoughts stilled, as I let this singular thought consume my mind until... until I decided enough was enough!

I'm not about to surrender myself to all this doom and gloom sort of shit, am I?! I just got handed a second life, and I am not gonna waste it hiding away in some hut waiting for death to claim my soul. No, I'm gonna take the reins from here on out, I'm gonna be the arbiter of my fate. Nobody is gonna stop that, and nobody, not Marika, not the other demigods, not even the Greater Will itself, will stop me from being able to live my life as I please. And so I vowed to myself to never become a slave to another's will but to always be free, free to dictate my own life.

And to be free, I needed power. Power enough to challenge the mightiest of the demigods. Power enough to challenge the Elden Ring itself... and perhaps claim it as my own.

But for now, I think I'm gonna rest, and leave the world-conquering schemes for later. With that, I let the blissful grasp of sleep take me...

End
Godrick the Radiant

And so, this new Godrick has decided to strike out on his own path to find his own answers, to find his own path to victory, and salvation. This is not gonna be easy for him. There are going to be times when he fails on his journey, but expect him to get right back up, because what else can he do at this point?

Anyways, on a more serious note, I think it's gonna be quite sometime before the next update, hell, I might leave this as a one-shot for a while, so don't expect it to come for a while. I have my own life to deal with, and if I could write daily, I would, make no mistake about that.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed my writing skills, meager as they are, and hopefully, you all have a fantastic day. Bye!