▣ STRUCTUREThe Grand Lifts
Dectus, Rold, and the medallions that conjoin the Lands Between vertically
The Grand Lifts
'Left half of a split medallion depicting the Erdtree. Brandishing the medallion with both halves conjoined will activate the Grand Lift of Dectus, connecting the Altus Plateau to Liurnia.' The Grand Lifts connect the great regions to one another, each operated by a medallion the game calls conjoined and split. Dectus connects Liurnia to the Altus Plateau. Rold connects Leyndell to the Mountaintops of the Giants. The Mountaintops connect to the Consecrated Snowfield through a SECOND form of Rold, hidden: the Haligtree Secret Medallion's halves are concealed in two corners of the world.
'Conjoined split medallion depicting the Flame Peak. Brandishing the medallion activates the Grand Lift of Rold, connecting Leyndell to the Mountaintops of the Giants. The forge of the flame of ruin is said to be found upon their peaks, and it is here Melina wishes to travel in resuming your journey together.' Why the medallions come in halves, the game does not say. Dectus's pieces sit at Fort Faroth in Caelid and Fort Haight in eastern Limgrave, two opposite corners of the early game's geography. Of the secret medallion the game says only that 'some of the old village folk have hidden the secret medallion's other half somewhere', that Albus entrusted his half to the Tarnished, and that the other lies in Castle Sol. Each lift, then, is a coronation gate. To use one is proof the Tarnished has earned the next layer of the Lands Between.
Left half of a split medallion depicting the Erdtree. Brandishing the medallion with both halves conjoined will activate the Grand Lift of Dectus, connecting the Altus Plateau to Liurnia. The right half is said to reside in Fort Faroth in the Dragonbarrow, far to the east.
Rold MedallionConjoined split medallion depicting the Flame Peak. Brandishing the medallion activates the Grand Lift of Rold, connecting Leyndell to the Mountaintops of the Giants. The forge of the flame of ruin is said to be found upon their peaks, and it is here Melina wishes to travel in resuming your journey together.
Left half of a split medallion depicting the Haligtree. Brandishing the medallion with both halves conjoined will activate the Grand Lift of Rold, granting access to a hidden path. In other words, this secret medallion will guide the bearer to the land of Miquella's Haligtree.
