24 thoughts on “The Nature of Monster Hunter Rise – The Citadel | Ecology Documentary”
The Forbidden Episode is next. But because Rise is getting one more surprise update in June, I will have to wait with production until we know what the story and ecology of the mystery final monster is. Don't worry, there'll be enough content in the meantime to carry you over, so I really hope you stick with me until then!
Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro 00:44 – Overview 06:28 – Lord of the Soil 11:10 – Lord of the Moon 17:33 – Specter of Rancor 23:44 – Dragon of Dark and Light 32:56 – Lord of the Scarlet Scourge 39:11 – Outro
Notes: – All taxonomic species names are made-up. – The timeline re: Malzenos infection is extremely weird. It seems that it happened pretty recently, which would imply that there is only one Malzeno as we know it. But that is obviously untrue, as we kill multiple across various quests (every first time completion of a quest counts as "canon"). So while this Documentary assumes the entire species is infected, we don't actually know – the update in June might as well change that, and the compilation release will be corrected if that happens.
I had a thought… What if the supposed Malzeno variant that's set for June is one without the qurio, angered by the death and destruction of it's corrupted kin?
I didnt expect scorned magnamalo, but it is wellcome. The citadel is one of my fa maps, ust behind the jungle, its such a nice map to traverse and explore.
ahh, the Citadel… one of my 4 favourite maps (the others being the Verdant Hills, the Marshlands and the Everwood). why? mostly because it's got a forest, a swamp (not the mire marsh) and a ruined fortress. and also because most of the monsters appear there.
6:21 and for some reason there's no gear unique to them. we could have had an armour set and SnS in reference to Goblin Slayer (they're basically MonHun's goblins).
i view Garangolm as the Troll of the MonHun universe, mixed with a Golem and hints of Giant.
Lunagaron… it's about time we got a proper wolf monster, even though it has scales, not fur. but it's also a Werewolf – an *"Old World Werewolf", as i call it. ever heard of the Beast of Gévaudan? it most likely was an adolescent lion, but how it was depicted was a large, black wolf with a lionine tail.
Gore/Shagaru… my old friend. i'm not sure what Gore could be in terms of mythological references, but i can assume that Shagaru is an Angel. the main structure of the fortress is a church, and the dragon resides on the very top of the mountainous area (as high as an angelic-looking monster can get); not sure about you, but it makes sense to me. side note: Risen Shaggy is a blast! favourite Risen dragon.
i know Malzeno is primarily based on a vampire – Dracula, specifically… but if you remove the vampire, you're left with the dragon: the kind you find on heraldry (i feel like everyone doesn't know this)… but also the kind a knight would slay, like Fatalis. by the by, you missed Malzeno's breath attack: you could pass it off as a power granted by the Qurio… if it didn't inflict Dragonblight – i should know, i got hit by it once or twice. but while i'm talking about of Malzeno, you're saying it once had a different "disposition" before it became a vampire? perhaps the new variant coming in June is what Malzeno used to be.
I hope we get to see the original Malzeno in the upcoming title update, a much more uniquely passive creature by nature. Since "mal" as a prefix in English means "bad," I can imagine the more peaceful form it once was might be called "Euzeno," since "eu" as a prefix means "good" (I doubt Malzeno was named with this in mind, but I just thought the idea was neat).
Then again, there would be the challenge of justifying why we'd even fight its nicer, weaker version in the first place, especially as the final monster.
man i love your video always so good also i would love to go and fight along side a true malzeno and maby we could free malzeno in the bonus update coming in a few months
I'm sorry if this is a bit over the top but honestly your videos are absolutely incredible, that did NOT feel like 40 minutes. Thank you so much for these videos because i love them.
Now I'm curious about what Malzeno looked and acted like before the Quirio. Because it was called a guardian I'm guessing was predisposed to forming symbiotic relationships with the things around it including humans, but now it's only a guardian to the Quirio. Considering it's bat like wing thumb claw I imagine it used that to navigate the branches of the areas large trees when our was to crowded to fly.
I might be overthinking, but of the malzeno was changed from a guardian to a bloodhound, enough to even change its whole appearance, what did it originally look like?
The Forbidden Episode is next. But because Rise is getting one more surprise update in June, I will have to wait with production until we know what the story and ecology of the mystery final monster is. Don't worry, there'll be enough content in the meantime to carry you over, so I really hope you stick with me until then!
Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro
00:44 – Overview
06:28 – Lord of the Soil
11:10 – Lord of the Moon
17:33 – Specter of Rancor
23:44 – Dragon of Dark and Light
32:56 – Lord of the Scarlet Scourge
39:11 – Outro
Sources:
Monster Hunter Rise In-Game Dialogue
Monster Hunter Rise Hunter's Notes
Monster Hunter Rise Official Setting Materials, pgs. 108-115
Monster Hunter Encyclopedia 4, 58-63
Notes:
– All taxonomic species names are made-up.
– The timeline re: Malzenos infection is extremely weird. It seems that it happened pretty recently, which would imply that there is only one Malzeno as we know it. But that is obviously untrue, as we kill multiple across various quests (every first time completion of a quest counts as "canon"). So while this Documentary assumes the entire species is infected, we don't actually know – the update in June might as well change that, and the compilation release will be corrected if that happens.
21:40 I see what you did there
Wait deviljho is an elder dragon?
The quality of these videos are so high & consistent. Wishing for your good luck bro!
I had a thought… What if the supposed Malzeno variant that's set for June is one without the qurio, angered by the death and destruction of it's corrupted kin?
this video made me to love Malzeno more at first i hate malzeno now i love him i'm very exited what they going to do with the variant.
Cringe
Then mal was once a good teddy like dragon until it battle with The Thing(not to spoil..) that came up from the depths..
I didnt expect scorned magnamalo, but it is wellcome. The citadel is one of my fa maps, ust behind the jungle, its such a nice map to traverse and explore.
ahh, the Citadel… one of my 4 favourite maps (the others being the Verdant Hills, the Marshlands and the Everwood). why? mostly because it's got a forest, a swamp (not the mire marsh) and a ruined fortress.
and also because most of the monsters appear there.
6:21 and for some reason there's no gear unique to them. we could have had an armour set and SnS in reference to Goblin Slayer (they're basically MonHun's goblins).
i view Garangolm as the Troll of the MonHun universe, mixed with a Golem and hints of Giant.
Lunagaron… it's about time we got a proper wolf monster, even though it has scales, not fur. but it's also a Werewolf – an *"Old World Werewolf", as i call it.
ever heard of the Beast of Gévaudan? it most likely was an adolescent lion, but how it was depicted was a large, black wolf with a lionine tail.
Gore/Shagaru… my old friend. i'm not sure what Gore could be in terms of mythological references, but i can assume that Shagaru is an Angel. the main structure of the fortress is a church, and the dragon resides on the very top of the mountainous area (as high as an angelic-looking monster can get); not sure about you, but it makes sense to me.
side note: Risen Shaggy is a blast! favourite Risen dragon.
i know Malzeno is primarily based on a vampire – Dracula, specifically… but if you remove the vampire, you're left with the dragon: the kind you find on heraldry (i feel like everyone doesn't know this)… but also the kind a knight would slay, like Fatalis.
by the by, you missed Malzeno's breath attack: you could pass it off as a power granted by the Qurio… if it didn't inflict Dragonblight – i should know, i got hit by it once or twice.
but while i'm talking about of Malzeno, you're saying it once had a different "disposition" before it became a vampire? perhaps the new variant coming in June is what Malzeno used to be.
I was getting annoyed with farming in generation ultimate. This video really make me want to keep playing.
Who would win?
Scorned Magnamalo or Ruiner Nergigante?
I hope we get to see the original Malzeno in the upcoming title update, a much more uniquely passive creature by nature. Since "mal" as a prefix in English means "bad," I can imagine the more peaceful form it once was might be called "Euzeno," since "eu" as a prefix means "good" (I doubt Malzeno was named with this in mind, but I just thought the idea was neat).
Then again, there would be the challenge of justifying why we'd even fight its nicer, weaker version in the first place, especially as the final monster.
Have we actually had any fights that take place at or ends around the citadel proper?
Like shaggy goes to the arena in the north
Great work ❤
man i love your video always so good also i would love to go and fight along side a true malzeno and maby we could free malzeno in the bonus update coming in a few months
I think the final monster we will get will be malzeno's original form. That would be cool to see what it looked like before the curio
I'm sorry if this is a bit over the top but honestly your videos are absolutely incredible, that did NOT feel like 40 minutes. Thank you so much for these videos because i love them.
Until…
Now I'm curious about what Malzeno looked and acted like before the Quirio. Because it was called a guardian I'm guessing was predisposed to forming symbiotic relationships with the things around it including humans, but now it's only a guardian to the Quirio. Considering it's bat like wing thumb claw I imagine it used that to navigate the branches of the areas large trees when our was to crowded to fly.
But the qurios origin is known, Gaismagorm 🤔
I might be overthinking, but of the malzeno was changed from a guardian to a bloodhound, enough to even change its whole appearance, what did it originally look like?
Always a great watch!😮
I hope they create a malzeno who Isn't infected by the kyurio
Imagine a silver dragon like that