Caelid
Caelid is the place every new player stumbles into a little too early. You ride east from Limgrave, the grass turns red, the sky turns red, and suddenly a giant dog or a crow the size of a house is tearing you apart. It is one of the most striking regions in the game, and one of the most dangerous.
The land was ruined in the Battle of Aeonia, where General Radahn fought Malenia, Blade of Miquella, and where she let loose the scarlet rot that still covers much of the region. Radahn’s army, the Redmanes, are still here, burning the rot with fire. The Swamp of Aeonia fills the middle of Caelid, Sellia, Town of Sorcery stands on its eastern bank, and in the north lies Greyoll’s Dragonbarrow, a plateau ruled by dragons.
Sites of Grace
Smoldering Church
Smoldering Wall
Rotview Balcony
Fort Gael North
Caelem Ruins
Cathedral of Dragon Communion
Caelid Highway South
Aeonia Swamp Shore
Astray from Caelid Highway North
Heart of Aeonia
Inner Aeonia
Southern Aeonia Swamp Bank
Sellia Under-Stair
Sellia Backstreets
Chair-Crypt of Sellia
Church of the Plague
Impassable Greatbridge
Chamber Outside the Plaza
Redmane Castle Plaza
Starscourge Radahn
Notable loot
Radahn’s Great Rune and Remembrance of the Starscourge (from Starscourge Radahn)
Moonveil and a Dragon Heart (from the Magma Wyrm in Gael Tunnel)
Sword of St. Trina (Forsaken Ruins)
Starscourge Heirloom (Fort Gael)
Dragon incantations at the Cathedral of Dragon Communion
How to get there
Ride east from Limgrave past the Smoldering Church, or come through the Gael Tunnel. The Dragon-Burnt Ruins in Limgrave also hide a trapped chest that throws you straight into the Sellia Crystal Tunnel.
Lore
Caelid was once a land of sorcerers, and young Radahn studied gravity magic in Sellia, Town of Sorcery so that he could hold back the stars. After the Shattering, his war with Malenia ended here, at the cost of both of them. The rot she unleashed broke Radahn’s mind, and the bloom it left behind still poisons the swamp.