Sorry this took so long to get out! I got so super busy recently, but normalcy has returned and I can try to get on a more consistent schedule! I want to do one more video in this entry series kind of laying out the ground floor level of lore for the world-building at what not. Then we'll get into all the nitty gritty red-string lore conspiracies and what not! Thanks for hanging out, and have a great weekend! =)

can i just say finlay the clean rot knight is an absolute unit to carry malenia from caleid to the haligtree

Morgott is definitely the most tragic one to me. Seeing Godfrey hold the dead body of the son he shunned deep underground, and who then went on to be the most stalwart defender of Godfreys legacy is just so heartbreaking.

Somethings interesting to note, as Morgott deems all of his siblings traitors, he doesn’t mention his twin brothers name as one of them

I guessing Miquella's end goal with giving himself a new body is similar to Rannis which is shedding his current empyrean flesh. The metamorphosis he would have gone inside the tree/cocoon would have gotten that result

Morgott is a certified badass, the way he unboxes his cursed sword and then reveals he is actually the king of Leyndell make him my favorite Demi god hands down. Also, amazing lore video as always!

I think it speaks volumes that Godwyn was Merika's most favored child considering just how powerful and honorable the other demigods were such as Malenia, Miquella and Radahn. That's why I believe it's testament to the fact that Merika truly does love Godfrey and only sent him away so that he could become even stronger and had every intention of taking him as her consort yet again once he returned to her. Furthermore I'd say that Godfrey absolutely loves Merika as well when you take into account how much Queen Merika's abandonment broke him and that since then only wished to return to her.. Honestly their story is so tragic but also beautiful at the same time and is definitely one of my favorites in the lore.

I used to think Godrick was disgusting and detestable, and he is, but now I can’t but help feel those feelings are superseded by pity. He became the monster he is due to fear at his own weakness and, likely, mistreatment by his peers for being the diluted descendant of a much stronger man.

*mannnn* the realization that all my favorite Soulsborne content creators are just getting started makes me so pumped!

In Godrick's defense, I'm pretty sure we've all coward at Malenia's feet.

Other than playing Souls games, my absolute favorite part is the KZfaq videos on the lore. I appreciate all the work and interpretations these creators put behind these productions.

Mohg should have trimmed that one horn before it grew into his eye socket. Imagine what he could have done with working stereoscopic eyesight!

I feel like there should had more endings. The whole thing with unalloyed gold and scarlet rot not getting an ending just feels really strange. Unalloyed gold is said to reject outer god, how is there not an age of man or something

Only thing is morgott tells you that he tried to even become lord but the erdtree rejected him, you can talk to him after you beat him

it would have been fun to see an age of grafting ending. Would make absolutely no sense but, having a little Marika head sticking out of you would be horrific

I can’t believe no-one is mentioning that Mohg took a comatose CHILD god to his BED and tried to be his consort!!? That is beyond messed up. Awesome video as always AH.

The really sad thing about killing Godrick is that he is the only one demigod still trying to become the Elden Lord and mend the land and the only one we are really forced to kill. After I realized that, Margit precence in Stormvei Castle was due to us, but to him wanting to keep an eye on Godrick's progress and evaluate his threat. And why did Godrick resorted to grafts? He is "maidenless", he can't grow stronger to challenge his siblings in the same way we do. He has already tried to face Radahn and Malenia and berely made out of it alive... and still he kept trying.

If Ranni’s fate was being held in stasis by the actions of Radahan, would that mean she would be unable to wield the Fingerslayer Blade, as it “Cannot be wielded by those without a fate, but is said to be able to harm the Greater Will and it’s vassals”?

Honestly man this is one of the most well put together lore videos I’ve seen other than Vaati, and I mean that as a compliment completely. We’ve seen lore channels popping up left and right but almost none of them have put videos together this well. Thanks for the great content and can’t wait for the next one.

"I was unconcious and my men brought me back to safety. That doesn't count as a loss!" Malenia, blade of Miquella that has never known defeat.. Probably

Well done mate, I enjoy hearing different interpretations of the lore and yours was wonderful. Keep up the good work friend.

These lore videos are phenomenal. The editing, the narration and the research are just so polished. You bring the world of Elden Ring to life. It's much appreciated.

Most succinct Elden Ring lore video I've seen yet. Great content. Keep it up.

At the Haligtree, I thought the heralds were there for Malenia. Since during the Tarnished's battle, she bloom into a Goddess.

This was such a good video, thanks for the lore lesson !! Rly excited for any future lore vids.

Dude... great video.. nice simple descriptions of each characters lore.. very easy to absorb

My favourites truly are Miquella, Malania, Ranni and Morgot. While I hate that Ranni killed Godwyn, maybe she intended to return his soul or took him out because he was the heir and possibly strongest of his siblings. If he'd lived, he would have easily taken the throne, considering how he easily bested a dragon and was dubbed "The Golden". I also feel infinitely sorry for Miquella, trapped in the body of a child while his siblings go to war, having not the strength or ability to stop them, then to top it off, he's kidnapped and forced to become a consort. Not even his sister knows he's gone. But a special shoutout to MVP Finley for carrying his general home

Godfrey is the true badass boss of the game. His character, power, move set. Just a beast

Happy to see you doing the thing Jake. You were always the SoulsTuber that balanced established lore with fanciful theories the best and I’m excited to see what you’ll try to shake out of this game.

Nice vid! As a lore nerd myself, gotta say everything was spot on! Tho one thing. I could be wrong but i think godfroy was the very first person to use grafting. Godrick then got inspired and did the same

Excellent summary. Thank you for taking the time to craft it.

Yo thx bro this video really helped me understand all the demigods lore keep up the vids

Thank you, Jake. That was very clarrifying! Love your vids

10/10, would watch again. XD Love the video Hollow, this is a great tool for organizing all this information.

Dope video! I love how you put the item source in the left hand corner.

I respect and appreciate your work. I had found Elden Rings lore quite interesting. So I decided to look it up on KZfaq. I found you and have learned so much more, certain things make more sense and you make excellent videos as well. Both intriguing in the way you speak and describe. Great content.

If only there was a secret in which you could use the gold needle you can get on Rahdahn and either unlock a whole new ending where you bring about RAHDAHNS will or even completely alter the boss fight

Love the vid! One thing I think they did say though was Morgott tried to become the Elden Lord, but he said that he was rejected as well (I think its right after you defeat him). He probably thought it was because of his curse, but most likely its because Marika wanted everyone to suffer. Keep up the good work man, and take all the time you need. Look forward to the next one!

I see a lot of questions about whether or not Miquella is corrupted by blood- but he very well could be pure still because of his unalloyed gold defending him from the Formless Mother

I really do like your videos just as much as vaati's. Never understood why you didn't have just as many subs and views my dude. Keep making kick ass vids bruh. I'll keep watching!

If Ranni was the offspring of Radagon alone, making her an empyrean, then she inherited 100% genes from him. Her original body was human sized, not giant sized. Radagon was not of giant blood. Radahn grew to enormous size after his mastery of gravity magic, it probably affected him in some way unrelated to his parentage. Radagon was angry to be associated with the giants because of his red hair, not because he was actually cursed by the giants(the item description noted it was rumoured, not a fact) but because he was not. His red hair was more likely to be associated with the red wolves, from which may be part of his origins. Radagon was the one who learnt glintstone magic from the academy, why would all the red wolves be able to use them unless they shared a link somehow? The hint comes from Gowry and the way his rebirth ability as long as there are rot-pests in existence.

I believe Melina to be one of the demigods as well, probably an empyrean, direct sibling to Malenia and Miquella. First and most obviously, the naming scheme can't be a coincidence. All the children of each pairing of demigods have similar names. Radagon and Renalla's children are Rs: Rykard, Radahn, Ranni (though her parentage is indeed in doubt if she's an empyrean, but she was clearly raised as a child of Renalla), and probably Renna. The children of Marika and Godfrey are Godrick, Godwyn, Godefroy -- the Omen twins Mohg and Morgott are likely named differently because of the stigma of being cursed Omens. (Correction: Godrick and Godefroy are further down the lineage, descendants of presumably Godwyn; not direct children of Marika and Godfrey. Still, there is a clear naming convention here identifying their ancestry.) The empyrean twins of Marika and Radagon are Malenia and Miquella -- "Melina" fits right in with them. All were born cursed by an outer god: Malenia with the scarlet rot, Miquella with youth, and Melina as the Kindling Maiden, destined to burn the Erdtree itself (Blade of Calling). We know Melina was born at the foot of the Erdtree, given a task by her mother from within it, which she recalls at Leyndell is to burn down the Erdtree. She can hear Marika's past words at each of the churches. Melina is disembodied and needs to attach herself to a Tarnished to get her spirit to the foot of the Erdtree, presumably where her body is. The only person inside the Erdtree is Marika herself, imprisoned by the Greater Will -- that makes Marika Melina's mother. Couldn't be any other demigod chosen by another Outer God because they all have different symbols: we know from Turtle Pope's description of Radagon and Renalla's war that Marika was the house of the Tree and Renalla the Moon, and I'm sure other Houses are out there (the Gloam-Eyed Queen, the Dragons, the Giants, the Serpent, probably more). Furthermore, we know Marika gave others tasks against the Greater Will: she forced Hewg to smith for Tarnished until he made a weapon strong enough to kill a god, for example. It's clear there's some kind of link between Melina and Ranni: "a gift from Torrent's former owner" and all that. Ranni plotted the Night of Black Knives, and she would have absolutely known of the curse on Melina. She would need the power of the demigod capable of burning the Erdtree for her new age to come to fruition, so she would have sought Melina's aid. (Though if that part failed then she would still be freed of the influence of the Greater Will and her assigned Fingers.) Ranni's spirit inhabiting the doll also looks strikingly similar to Melina, so much so that most people have assumed a deeper connection... but could it just be a family resemblance? (I wonder how Malenia's face shape lines up with Melina's, if it's as eerily similar as Ranni's spirit's face.) The Black Knife Assassins fight with daggers patterned after Melina's Blade of Calling imbued with Destined Death, and fight in a similar style, as if she trained them. It's not bulletproof by a long shot, but it's the best I've been able to put together.

Amazing video. Like the previous one, easy to understand

Is it really ever said that an Empyrean must be someone born only of gods? It’s definitely said that Melania and Miquella were Empyrean because they were born of one god, but I’m not sure there’s any evidence to suggest that this is the ONLY way to be Empyrean. In fact, it is stated that the Gloam-eyed queen was an Empyrean “chosen by the two fingers.” This is an important point to get right, because it is the only “evidence” to suggest that Rennala isn’t Ranni’s birth mother

Being born of one god is not a prerequisite for being an empyrean. An empyrean is essentially just a fancy name for a god candidate that will replace Marika.

Just want to say, I love your videos. The amount of research you have to do must be insane. After watching your videos I can say I am most interested in Ranni's situation. I think her origins will be surprising. I hope more is explained in a DLC. I always wondered why her doll has four arms or why you can see her soul partly outside of it.

Thanks for putting time into this, i subscrived and liked.

The general Radahn fight is one of the best in any video game I’ve played. Gave me chills when I first fought him.

i don't think being an empyrean necessarily means being born of a single god, it just means someone that is chosen to be in contact with an outer god

This may be a hot take but I think Morgott is the most interesting demigod. It may be because he is my favorite fight in the game followed closely by Maliketh and Mohg but I think his lore and fight are really cool.

nice, a new upload. thank you, my king

New Lore! More Lore! Lore for One! Lore for All! Yes. Thank you so much for this Jake! I look forward to all the new videos and Theories you'll create. Also do you have any thoughts for any Elden Ring DLCs? I've heard Miquella's awakening/return is a popular one.

This was so good! 😄

Grandiose video, very good work, O burned Hollow

Letss goooo Jake, excited to watch this one

A brilliant video Jake, thanks for all the effort that has gone into this. I really liked the composition of a lot of the shots you have used....It really showed off the beauty of this game world. Cant wait for the next one, any topic in mind?

Malenia, Morgott, Ranni, and Maliketh’s stories are so good man

Fantastic video!!

Very great video as always. There is just one point I heavily disagree with. Morgott is very, very heavily implied to have harboured ambitions to become an Elden Lord. When he is lying on the floor dying after being defeated he says: "Tarnished, thou'rt but a fool. The Erdtree wards off all who deign approach. We are... we are all forsaken. None may claim the title of Elden Lord. Thy deeds shall be met with failure, just as I."

Something I noticed, The Twinned helmet and the house Haslow helmet are the same but just a different variation. Could D and his Twin bro have a deeper connection to the tree? And is this the reason they were exiled from house Haslow? (Assuming they are connected to the family in some way) idk.. just something about Radagon and Marika being one entity makes me think D and his brother are more important than we originally thought.

And it begins. Can't wait for more

I appreciate how good the lore is keeps me so inlove with this game

There’s so many lore videos out already as of now. However I only click on lore videos that are more than 20 min as they are good to place and listen on background

I never noticed the Melania and miquella statue! Thank you!

Good to see your videos again.... Just waiting to see how you bring it all back to Velka 😅

I've been using your ASMR videos to help me sleep for so long that hearing your voice at a normal tone again caught me off guard lol

I like that you have your sources down at the bottom

Stoke to watch this. you make such great videos

one thing of note, godefroy likely predated godrick, its likely he is the originator of the art of grafting, which his descendant took up once again, just when godefrey did it all the lords were united and would turn against him hence why he was imprisoned, it also makes sense with how godefroy is actually more powerful then godrick(other then lacking a phase two do to not having a dragon head), likely because being of an earlier generation his divine blood is less diluted

Outstanding work.

Seems like it's more implied that Marika herself was behind the night of black knives rather than Ranni.

Hey you are an amazing lore KZfaqr very underrated I expected you to have 1 million subs very high-quality work

I have been waiting for your next video, love your work love the lore keep em coming please !!!!

Content so good I got to ring that bell, ding a ding ding.

Awesome, new lore!

16:36 I think Ranni's origin as an Empyrean is much simpler. Rennala isn't a god. Thus, she is birthed of only one God, Radagon, and one who is not, Rennala.

Waitwaitwaitwaitwait...but which one of them is Velka in disguise?! 😅 Kidding. But glad to have finished the game so I can start watching these. Welcome back, Ashen! Looking forward to your ER lore videos.

Banger video

Ooooooooohhhh i been waiting for this

So obviously we know Malenia bloomed once at the battle of aeonia, and another time when the tarnished fights her. What I want to know is, when did it bloom before the battle in the Haligtree roots? I know we can see a bloom on the side room before her boss fight, but was that her? And is there any info on WHY she bloomed that other time? It seems it's normally a type of hail Mary play on her end, but what would cause it beyond Radahn and the final fight with the tarnished. I've been searching and I can't find even any theories on it

Awwww~ so Sweet, Radanh Learn gravity so can be with his favorite pony XD

Good vid

The Demi gods defiled the greater will and so where abandoned in the perfect order

Yasss 600th like 🔥great to see your content again 🥳

Morgott also founded the Night Cavalry. It doesn't relate to much, but it's a neat tidbit.

Lore is sometimes so confusing because all of the same like names; Godfrey/Godrick/Radahn/Radagon/Ranni/Renni etc ;-) Great video, thanks.

Haven't finished the video yet (headed to work and will have to wait until after lol), but I just wanted to mention a theory I have that Godrick's Great Rune was originally Godwyn's, or at least was MEANT to be Godwyn's But on top of that, when he took the rune and fled the capital, Godrick may have also taken a piece of Godwyn's body, planning to graft it into himself. But this never happened, because just like Godwyn's corpse bloated and mutated and spread roots into the Erdtree, the stolen piece (of godskin?) also began growing, until it formed the bizarre copy of the Prince of Death beneath Stormveil and spread roots all throughout the castle, slowly tearing it to pieces

Yes! I bought Elden RIng finally and can start watching lore videos on my favorite channel! Jake, quick question, slightly unrelated. On your video "The Story of the Age of Fire", you had a beautiful song by Orchestrallis (think I spelled that right?). Do you remember the name of that specific song? I love it and want to find it on her channel, but she is very prolific and finding a specific song without a name is difficult. Thanks man!

That theory about why Ranni is an Empyrean is so good! Still, do we know for sure that the only way to be an Empyrean is to be born of a single god? Could't she have also been granted that title from the two fingers, who saw in her a new great potential ruler? Anyway, this was a great video! My favourite demigods' stories are Morgott's and Ranni's. I also really like Miquella's reasons and story but obviously we never get to talk to him or know his personality. Maybe in a DLC!

Fascinating

If I'm remembering correctly, Radagon was cursed with red hair after the defeat of the fire giants, and then passed that curse onto Radahn through 'genetics' (or the god equivalent haha)

We need dlcssss explaining more for sure

your story telling skills are as good as vatis

Cool lore.😺

Feel like you need to call yourself the tarnished ashen hollow now.

I enjoyed the video so much, I clicked the subscribe button twice :kappa:

I’m early for this one, praise the Erdtree!

I think godrick only got his great rune because it was supposed to be godwyn’s since he was the favorite child and would make more sense to have the anchor rune

2:55 I’m pretty sure Godefroy was Godrick’s ancestor/predecessor, not a product of him.

Thank you 🇨🇦 We need a full on series of animation movies of all soul born! You want to get to work on that bro!? Thanks🙏🏼