Spoilers for Elden Ring.
This video would not have been possible without the help, knowledge sharing, lore ranting, and voice of Symudtry. The journey to discover the R=M statue together may make Elden Ring one of my favorite games of all time. Check out his streams at https://www.twitch.tv/symudtry
Elden Ring has a rich collection of background lore on the Gods and Demigods of the Lands Between. Understanding their family tree and relationship can add so much to the game. This video is the result of the obsession of us cross referencing item descriptions.
0:00 – Introduction and Outer Gods
1:03 – Marika, Godfrey, and the War Against The Giants
2:13 – The Union of Radagon and Rannala
3:17 – The Tarnishment of Godfrey and The Second Elden Lord
4:35 – The Binding of Destined Death
4:59 – Time Passes
5:55 – R=M
7:10 – The Lunar Princess Ranni
8:04 – The Night of Black Knives
8:51 – The Shattering
11:23 – The Tarnished Story Begins
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A few things that aren't in the video:
1. Godrick – I had Godrick under the Golden Lineage for so long. It wasn't until NG+ that I finally removed him as a child of Godfrey/Marika when I heard this line – "But remember one thing. The demigods are each and all the direct offspring of Queen Marika. Godrick the Grafted was but a distant relation… The runt of the litter, his divine blood sorely diluted"
2. Ranni – It still bothers me that Ranni is considered an Empyrean. It seems like there's more to the story there. The working theory was that Ranni was born from the egg Rennala cradles (and is born of just Radagon) but we could never prove it.
3. Melina – Melina is a bit of a mystery to me, unfortunately. I like to think it's as simple as Marika created her to guide someone through the Erdtree and end her struggle with Radagon. But for some reason if feels like there should be something more there (or at least one more hint that this is the case).
4. If your favorite bit of lore isn't "Radahn learned gravity magic so he could still bro out with his horse", I don't even know what to say to you.
This was an excellent lore video man. Super proud of you guys for getting this out there. (Also, sweet Mud cameo) One thing I'd like to add about Melina (not sure if you've seen or thought of this) if she is created by Marika to lead the chosen Tarnished to the Erdtree, then why does she share so many similarities with Ranni? They both have the same symbol on the opposite eye, and Ranni seems to be a soul, living without a body… so, could Melina be Ranni's body, repourposed by Marika to find the chosen Tarnished?
Amazing video! I absolutely loved the lore in Elden Ring but I’ll admit I didn’t catch most of this stuff during my first playthrough. Thankfully videos like this help me make sense of it. The family structure shows the GRRM influence
Amazing. And the video images are well put together to accompany the lore. Thank you for this.
how can radagon be Marika if you say a few moments later that radagon was trying to repair the ring while Marika destroyed it. both at the same time can't be a thing, or are we talking multiple personalities that each and one point came to a different conclusion one that destroyed it and one that tried to repair it. coupled with self incest?
Where is godrick the grafted??
Great lore presentation! This definitely deserves more likes and views.
So the known Outer Gods are:
The Greater Will
The Formless Mother/Mother of Truth
The Source of the Rot
The God worshiped by the Fire Giants
The Full Moon
The God worshiped by the Dragonlord
The Frenzied Flame
Godwyn, Morgott and Mohg remind me of Robert, Stannis and Renly
Radahn has become my favorite character ever made by From. His lore is beautiful.
Had Starscourge not been defiled by The Rot, I believe he'd had befriended the Tarnished Player, depending on chosen "Moral" route, via questlines. Radahn's gravity magic was so powerful, he held back the "Stars". The meteors. The rocks containing any celestial beings, including more Outer Gods. He even kept his beloved horse through the use of his gravitational abilities. A loving bond so strong not even Rot could break it.
A shame what happened. I hope to hear more about him through you guys!
holy cow. I want more
Really good video! Looking forward to more
Maybe the skeleton in radagon's closet is the body of radagon himself or marika's. Maybe One of them wanted to fuse their souls into one body or maybe one of them attempted to steal the body of the other? Just my own theory…
I've been searching for your videos. Remember you doing these video essays on bloodborne.
Other lore videos are trash atm u good :3!