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Personally I do not see Leonard as small, he is actually very big for a normal horse, taller than Mogh. Is just that Radahn is massive.

Radahn learned an entire school of magic so that he wouldn’t have to abandon his faithful steed. Mans the GOAT as far as I’m concerned

I love the idea that Radahn honestly had no idea what was going on when The Shattering started. He's just a general, with his own army and castle, and probably thought that the Golden Order would last forever under his stepfamily's rule. Suddenly, his stepmom and dad are gone, the prospective heir Godwyn is dead, and all his siblings are traitors and fighting amongst themselves. He figures he's the only righteous heir left to honor the Golden Order, only to get his ass beat by some sewer goblin he's never met before, being called a traitor himself now. Even with Malenia, it seems like she was much more interested in bringing the fight to him, than him to her. Dude's just tossed into one nightmare after another, and all he can do is fight.

I love Radahn as a character, like a lot of Fromsoft's work, he is a very fleshed out character with a personality and demeanor that you are able to discern even before meeting him in person and of course before his fall.

I wonder if Radahn knew who Radagon truly was. Ranni seems to understand. But i am not sure if Radahn and Rykard knew it.

This is a certified Starscourge classic

To be fair, Rennala is also weirdly large so Radahn's size could come from whatever odd genetics she gave him

Prime Radahn is so powerful it's hard to actually imagine after becoming so familiar with his maddened state, but the fact that his great rune burns shows the magnitude of his blazing spirit and that he's still fighting Malenia

On the point of the fact that Sellia used to have a greater emphasis on the use of gravity magic, you can find the gravity magic staff in the ruins of a building in the scarlet swamp adjacent to Sellia. The city was likely larger in the past, but was ravaged and partially submerged by the shattering.

I like to think that instead of Radahan turning into a meteor, or fighting an Astel on the Dunes, but Radahan was gonna capture an Astel and ride it down like he was in Dr. Strangeglove.

I really hope we get to go back in time before the Shattering to see Caelid before Malenia and Radahn destroyed it

Note one the Sellia timeline for Gravity vs Night magic: they may not necessarily have to be separate periods, and they might not be such different schools of magic. Gravity in the real world can manipulate and bend light, therefore, Sellia may be more commonly known for Gravity among the peoples of the lands between, but have a secret school for Night sorceries to train assassins not known by many, all at the same time due to the magic inherently being the same though applied differently.

I've commented this before, but Radagon and Radhan have a lot of links to the giants. Red hair, yes, but Radagon's weapon of choice, a hammer, is a tool first made and used by Giants for forging, and he even tried to use it to reforge the elden ring. The big thing for me though is that Radhan's great rune is actually ON FIRE. As if the giant in him resists the rot as well. And the only other things we've seen affect great runes is on the level of gods or god like entities. Only Morgott and Godrick have "normal" runes, as they have no ties to an outer god or something similar

I always thought Malenia fought Radahn on behalf of Miquella because he held back the stars thus preventing Miquellas tree from growing more

I think the "stars have aligned" is more of an expression from jarren. In that it must take time and preparation to organize the festival and make sure there are enough worthy champions to even stand a chance of killing g radahn

The stars being aligned for the radahn fight might be in reference too the meteor he is holding back, perhaps it wasn't held in a steady spot but just up above being kept from getting closer. So the alignment that is being waited for is a time when the meteors won't crash into sellia, so that radahns defeat won't mean that he failed at the one act he was able to keep himself doing after his mind rotted

Something I’ve noticed in the fandom is the idea that Radahn and Malenia were in a stalemate BEFORE the scarlet bloom. This isn’t helped by one of the sword monuments apparently justifying this claim. However, I don’t agree. Millicent states that she is the “pride” that Malenia cast aside, to “meet Radahn’s measure”. Millicent, who is for all intents and purposes a fragment of Malenia herself, states that the rot was used to level the playing field. Meaning that, even when holding back the stars, Radahn was winning. Until Malenia stopped holding back.

I think Radahn's size is a result of his partaking in Dragon Communion some time prior to his battle with Malenia. The main Communion church is pretty much right outside Redmane Castle. His eyes in the trailer where he fights Malenia aren't so much gold as they are yellow and the pupils even appear to be slits. His large curved swords are similar in shape and style to the Magma Wyrm swords. The way the Magma Wyrms roll around their butts and then strike at you is similar to how Radahn scoots around on Leonard and strikes at you. The way Radahn chooses his idols tells you something about him, he values raw power. Dragon Communion is a path towards greater power when you feel like you've hit your ceiling.

I always thought Commander O'Neil was one of Malenia's soldiers. Being surrounded by Clean Rot Knights and the usage of "fled" in the halberd's description made me think of her being carried away, back to the Haligtree.

I’ve always liked the theory that even in his madness Radahn some small part of him realized it was his time. This person who struggled against change his entire life fueling his need for power and control finally let just a little go. He let the star that determined his fate move, so someone could finally hopefully take him out of his misery.

If the moving stars robbed Sellen of her immortality then doesn't that mean she's of the Carian Royal line? I mean they're the ones whose fate is governed by the stars.

Radahn would have been proud of every single warrior who dared face his maddened form. For their bravery alone would have made him laugh heartily and ask their arms to be by his in the glory of battle. My Lord Starscourge, may you rest as Ash within the Erdtree, for all time. You have earned it.

I always thought that Radahn's tutelage in Sellia and his training under the Alabaster Lords were two separate events. I always imagined it very... anime-like: a young Radahn learns basic gravity magic in Sellia in order to be with his horse, while a more mature Radahn goes on a trip to find an Alabaster Lord to gain a power up when Sellia comes under threat later.

Just a small note on the gravity symbol: if you look up "gravity and spacetime curvature," you will see depictions of this "magnetic" field. But it isn't magnetic of course. That's a different force. The interesting part about being able to control gravity is that it implies control over spacetime, which would allow for time dilation.

This is a man I would absolutely go fishing with

General Radahn, Conquerer of The Stars, Famed Red Lion cub of Champion, Slayer of Giants, Mightiest Demigod and Best Boy😊 Thanks for making this video. Can’t wait for more🙌

I believe Radahn's size is due to his rune. During the shattering when he fought Morgot he was about his size and the other soldiers were not so small compared to them. After he grew larger having his own rune. This is what I believe.

Love the addition of the First Hunter OST when talking about Radahn being along in the wailing dunes, mind rotting, hoping someone will come kill him. Brings the connection with Gerhman stuck in the hunters dream which I never really thought about

I interpret the feat of holding back the starts as not him literally stopping the STARS themselves, but the falling "stars", aka comets and meteors. I know the fallen star beast is called that, and that Astel is also a star, at least a malformed one, but I can't get this out of my head, that once we beat him a comet falls, not a star, probably the same comet that was supposed to fall on Selia and due to his meddling it changed trajectory and fell on Limgrave instead. Also, your take makes sense, that he's only able to hold back falling stars, and honestly this is what makes more sense since what happens literally after we beat him is a star shower and a falling star hits Limgrave

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What is interesting is that Ranni, Radahn, and Rykard were once a part of the Golden Order. Ranni was an Empyrean candidate, was gifted Blaidd by the Two Fingers, but betrayed them as she didn't her fate to be controlled by the Greater Will and mindcontrolled. Radahn was apart of the Golden Order at-point considering his golden armor, and love for Radagon. Then he abandoned it considering he besieged Leyndell 2 times, and even fought Morgott. Rykard was a justiciar who commanded a company of inquistors, then of course betrayed it. Despising the Golden Order, Greater Will, and feeding himself to the Great Serpent Eiglay for more power.

When it comes to Radahn's size (and other Demi-God's sizes) I always assumed that it was half heritage and half a side effect of the Great Runes. Marika is much bigger than most people, so of course Radagon is too, which can account for some of the size. When looking at the thrones in Lyndell, Morgott and Radahn are way too big for them. Either they are ceremonial (which i think is odd, just make a chair to fit them), or they grew in size post the creation of those chairs. Perhaps the power of the great rune made them grow in strength and size. Great video as always!

I have a different take on Sellia being all about Night Sorcery in the present day: I think Sellia was once a home to sorcerers of multiple schools, rather than just one, and it's just the Night Sorcerers that remain post shattering. Considering many of Radahn's soldiers use gravity magic, it's not unreasonable to think he took all the gravity sorcerers with him to war. Also, I am still firmly in the "Radagon was not always a part of Marika" camp, so I can buy into Radahn just having giants blood, HOWEVER, it is worth noting that his throne at the Elden Throne site is the same size as all the others.

You can get a kind of decent idea on Radahn's march path to (and retreat from) Leyndell, and can theorize some of the battles he'd have engaged in along the way. Probably took the main road out of Caelid through Stormveil, defeating Godrick's forces along the way. Marched through Liurnia, likely without incident as he is Carian royalty still, and may even be part of the reason that the college decided to seal itself off during the Shattering and not interfere with it. Up the lift of Rold and probably immediately began combat with Leyndell defensive forces on route to Leyndell proper. Leyndellian forces were probably also somewhat split because of Rykard which may have given Radahn slightly less resistance to travel through. Second defense of Leyndell in which Radahn and his troops are unable to get through the walls, and Margott personally intervenes as Margit and probably ambushes Radahn, forcing him to surrender (my personal theory on the scene we see of them in the opening cutscene, as I doubt Morgott could best Radahn in straight up combat). I'm personally more interested in how the heck Malenia and her forces got from the Haeligtree to Caelid? She clearly had to march down the mountain right? But that means she'd have to come THROUGH Leyndell, and since she was undefeated that means she'd technically have defeated Morgott but there is no indication of a third defense of Leyndell against her forces. Did Morgott grant her military access for the purposes of letting two high risk enemies take eachother out or to potentially weaken her (since he already defeated Radahn?) Like I'm genuinely curious on her movements through the greater Altus region and how many battles she overall fought on her march South. Also I agree, Mohg likely took Miquella away while Malenia was absent and unable to protect him.

Something I never see mentioned is the way the Black Knife assassins fight. They wear cloaks that make them invisible and make no sound while moving. And they ALSO fight in a way that makes their attacks hard to dodge or time properly. Ever aspect of their design, in game lore and in game mechanics is custom made to make them hard to fight. Truly perfect for assassins intending to kill both demi gods and the literal god of their age.

Radahn is a giga chad and a demigod actually worth following into battle. A true father to his men until the end and a loyal friend to his horse.

I’ve come to imagine that whatever technique, specific spell or raw exercise in power that Radahn did to hold the stars in place became so natural to him, that it was something he could do even while fighting his only true rival. His holding of the stars comes so natural to him that even while his brain and mind are rotted, he is still capable of holding the stars in place while also fighting off the strongest Tarnished in the lands between. Or maybe was it that his desperation to hold on to the past is so strong, that the holding of the stars and his horse is something he does through sheer will power as an expression of his desires. I find it rather beautiful the rivalry between Malenia and Radahn can be attributed or analogous to their afflictions with Rot. Rot is allegorical for stagnation, it is through this that Malenia takes the approach of ever fluid movements as was taught to her by her master. She is constantly moving, even in her boss fights. Meanwhile Radahn succumbs to his stagnation. His mindset and philosophy is one that renders him weak to Rot. His decides to continue standing still in time. Refusing to let the stars move on, to let his horse go, to let himself die. How tragic is it that in his desperation to hold on to his dear horse, he inadvertently led them both down a path of suffering, of war, and of rot.

I quite love the lore of elden ring, fromsoft really improved on story telling in my opinion, as dark souls would only have an hour long video when people went over everything, but elden ring gets hour long videos just for a character, fromsoft effectiveness with giving us a sample of information and than we pretty much have to come to a conclusion

Just wanted to say congrats on how well your channel is doing, it takes a lot of guts to branch out like you did, and your videos continue to be high quality and fun to watch. Keep up the good work!!

Radahn is the best demigod. No questions asked.

Maybe “the stars have aligned” refers to the idea that Radahn is weakened enough to be defeated by us. If this is the case then the stars aligning could be proof of a weakening of his grip on the stars, and thus the loss of his strength. Which would be the right time for the festival to happen.

Some things i think are notable about the Sovereign Alliance: Godrick has a normal-sized chair, meaning he likely hadn't started grafting yet Radahn and Rykard both have big chairs, but nowhere near as big as they would become. The "rots from within" wording on the sword monument seems to be poetic rather than literal, as my quick and dirty google translate just says "collapsed," which removes any implication of Malenia's involvement. "Bloody conspiracy" seems accurate though. Mohg is the only demigod excluded completely.

Theory on where all the gravity sorcerers went: I think Sellia used to be MUCH bigger. We know Numen architecture can support massive cities due to Leyndell. But Sellia is fairly small in comparison. However, if we assume that Sellia is the home of gravity sorcerers given its history, it would make sense that the Street of Sages Ruins was also once part of Sellia. We find the Meteorite Staff and the Rock Sling sorcery there. Now the architecture is certainly different, but there's also plenty of examples in-game of a town being expanded by later inhabitants. It's definitely possible that the Numen or Nox built the original town we run through, but it was either abandoned or entirely taken over by a group, and I think that group was Raya Lucarians, specifically a contingent following Lusat. We have both avionettes and marionettes, and all of the ghosts that wander the town proper are Lucarian scholars. Perhaps when he first took his leave from the Academy, given his now crystalline form is still in Caelid whereas Sellen and crystalline Azur are much further away. I think the rest of Sellia, the newer parts built by the extant Raya Lucarians, were obliterated when Malenia bloomed in her fight with Radahn. Sellia and the Street of Sages are the two closest sets of buildings to the original site of her bloom, and would be in the most danger from the disaster. However, Numen architecture is strong enough to hold up to the likes of Gransax, so that was the last part left standing.

I think radagon once had golden hair and when he fought against the fire giants, due to his hatred of them they cursed him with the appearance of a fire giant, I think this curse then carried over to his children and the one most affected by the curse was radahn

I still think Radahn and Maliketh are the best characters of the game. Ill never forget seeing Radahn do his cragblade gravity move the first time, and just being awe-struck.

I love Elden Lore! May this DLC bless us with more knowledge about the amazing mysterious game. I loved hearing everyone come together to understand something greater than ones self.

I just noticed something watching this: Radahn is literally the best wingman ever. If it wasn’t for him, we would not have met Ranni.

One hour and twenty one minutes of big Radders lore boiiiii.

In regards to Radahn's size The only interpretation I can theorize is Marika and Radagon's split is a more perfected version of the Ds, the same entity that can split thier soul AND body so the Radagon half was cursed by giants Some theorize Makrika split herself after they cursed her red hair so she split that part of her soul of that was cursed and the curse became like a resecive gene affecting one out of three children of the part of her (Radagon) that was cursed Another thing I can think of is the fact that Marika/Radagon were born more closer to the crucible then Rennala's generation so they bear recesive genes of the crucible which also explains the Omen Twins and Godwyn's affinity with dragons

Lusat and Azur share a lot of physiological traits with the Onyx/Alabaster lords. They have gray stony skin and are about as tall as the Lords would stand, their hands and faces are very similar as well. Maybe since Lusat's home is in Sellia he could have taught Radahn? Speculation based on just observing Lusat but it's something that I found interesting when observing things on my most recent playthrough.

34:30 this is an argument I always see people make, that Malenia wouldn't stand a chance against Radahn if he wasn't focused on holding back the stars while they forget that Malenia has been holding back too, and a literal god that is using her as it's vessel, not like Radahn holding back god-like forces that don't have a hold on him. She's crippled and damaged by the sole thing that is the source of her power, she's blind and already lost an arm when fighting Radahn, not to mention that she has to constantly keep her power in check otherwise she would bloom and become the rot god sooner than expected. Now I ask, had Malenia not been crippled and damaged by her own power and had she been on perfect body conditions, would Radahn stand a chance against her even without holding back the stars? I don't really think so, I still think she would have bloomed, but I honestly think that she wouldn't pass out like she did by the overflow of her own power through her body. We must remember that her blooming was enough to create a new "lake of rot" and even affect other parts of the country away from the battlefield, I really doubt that Radahn would be able to stand that even without holding back the stars, and I think that if her body was in better conditions she would not pass out and Radahn would still be maddened by her rot. "Oh she's been assisted by an outer god while Radahn's power is entirely his own", is it really? Aren't sorcerers just using a "god-like" power source in the form of the stars, gravity, black holes and the primeval current? It's not their own power, they are just channeling those sources, much like Malenia is a vessel for a god and can channel its power, with the difference that Malenia has lots of negatives while being this God vessel and she doesn't have a choice not to be its vessel.

12:20 Or fight on foot. I'm fairly certain that, given the length of his legs and how fast he can move his arms, he would be faster and more agile on foot.

My favorite part is when Radahn said "It's Radahnin' time!"

You're doing the Greater Will's work Smough, keep it up!

This video was an absolute pleasure to listen to. I know people joke about how everyone fan boys over Radahn but how do you NOT. He's just such a cool character.

Thank you for the video! He's easily one of the best written boss fights in gaming. I loved that you caught that it is Radahn's own stagnation and his goal to stop change is a defining characteristic of his legacy. I wish you had made a point of it again, for his battle against Malenia. Her strength comes from not only her bloodline as a powerful warrior of Golden Lineage, but her being a student as well. She learns the way of the flowing sword to help fight her own demons, the rot that plagues her. It has only served to stave off the rot in her body. This battle is a test of that, and it matches Radahn's strength as well. However, we see she needs to resort to releasing Goddess of Rot by impaling herself on his back when it comes to final blows. It's a powerful moment of the end of the conflict for the gods of the time before we enter the scene.

"Back in my day I had to fight pre-nerf Radahn, you little whipper snappers!"

My favorite thing I always look forward to when starting a new journey is fighting Radahn. Great vid.

Also worth noting that after you defeat Radahn, he releases his hold on the stars, except the most impactful (and maybe only) impactful star hits east Limgrave, not Seilla. Speculatively, this could mean that even as he was dying, his last action was to ensure Sellia's safety. That, or it was to let Ranni's fate progress with the Tarnished.

This video probably needs a follow up now

Your lore vids really bring me joy. Thank you very much

I remember after the first time beating him how much of an honor & pride I felt wearing his iconic armor. What a great moment in my gaming memories.

Every time I hear the bell chimes in the background music, I keep thinking Pinhead is going to emerge and take me to a place where I will experience pleasure and pain until neither can be distinguished from the other.

While he has a very commendable character, Radahn is also a powerful symbol for everything gone wrong with the Lands Between. Fully agree with him being considered a force of stagnation.

Excited to dive into this one!

Radahn is by far my favourite Demigod, and second favourite character in Elden Ring as a whole. His story is one of triumph in the face of defeat, his legacy lived on and he inspired his men so well that even as he lays on the beach, an unintelligent monster, his cause never died.

Radahn's size might actually be a direct result of his learning gravity magic, in that if he learned it while he was still growing to something like Radagon or Rennala's height, he may have lessened the gravity local to him enough that his body wasn't hindered by it. Similar to how astronauts supposedly gain a bit of height while in low orbit but shrink down again when on land. It might be that Radahn has spent so much time under a low gravity effect for Leonard's sake that he either doesn't remember how to turn it off, or won't for fear of potentially killing himself. Additionally, given he is still decently fast, his sheer height/reach advantage is a massive benefit in battle, so he may have chosen to keep it "on" permanently, which arguably means his magic is slightly nerfed by two constant drains or he figured out how to make a spell permanent. Terrifying either way, really.

I feel like the reason general radahn is larger than a normal man is due to the curse of the Giants that they placed on his father, we’re any of his children or descendants will inherit the traits of a fire giant.🤔🐱

Starscourge Conflict in a nutshell: Overpowered demigod yells at stars

One thing that still doesnt sit right with me, is the idea that Radagon and Marika were always the same being. I think the most prominent piece of evidence used to reinforce that theory is Radagon giving Rennala the Rebirth Rune, suggesting that he HAD to be a part of Marika to have access to the rune in the first place. My point is less about taking away from THAT theory, and to remind everyone of the Alchemical influence within the lore. Marika and Radagon are a representation of the Alchemical Rebis, Man and Woman both in the same form. The symbolism of alchemy is very clear with this as seen by: -Masculine, Gold, the Sun, and Fire, all things associated with Radagon -Feminine, Silver, the Moon, and Water(Ice), all things associated with Marika and her people the Numen/Nox They are the perfect representations of The Red King and The White Queen. The Rebis is formed by the King and Queen and, in a way, the "pinnacle" of existence, seen most of the time as someone who has made or is in possession of a Philosophers Stone. For the connection to the Rebis to really make sense, they would need to have been separate initially to ACHIEVE this pinnacle status. This is why i think that Radagon is a descendant of the giants or is directly related to them in some way. I dont think his red hair, love of gold, and association with fire are just coincidences. Furthering this, the numen are said to be mostly, if not all, women and i think if its not confirmed within the lore already that we will find the giants are made up of men or masculine beings. This gives a bit of clarity to the lore saying the Numen are long-lived but seldom born. Similar to the Geruda in LOZ, they cant reproduce if there isnt a male born in their society. Last thing I will mention is my theory on the giant crypt-chairs and the giant corpses found on them. Just as the numen are women seldom born, i think the giants are as well. I think the giant corpses are the FEMALE giants that are rarely born in giant society. Females being associated with the nox as stated before were most likely shunned from giant society and fled or were banished underground to the cities of the Nox. These are just my theories and im not gonna say they're free from plot holes, but theyre informed by my study of alchemy and general fascination ive had with it since before elden ring released. Feel free to fire off some replies, id love to hear what others have to say about this.

Your channel has brought so much more out of Elden Ring for me, there is so much nuance and detail in this game. Thank you.

In a perfect world, each Shardbearer would get their own massive DLC where we play as them in each of their respective primes lol. Great video. Thank you.

Another fantastic and insightful video. Thank you for consistently putting these amazing videos together! Radahn is one of the most revered characters in the lands between (personally) and learning more about him was especially fun

I once thought that Malenia fought Radahn because she was looking for Miquella, generally because of some circumstantial evidence like the Sword of St. Trina being found in Caelid (maybe placed there to frame Radahn). But I now think that Miquella may have sent Malenia to fight Radahn for similar reasons that we (the Player) are sent, to release his hold on the stars. Miquella is implied to have been messing around with some ritual that involved an eclipse for the purpose of granting his brother Godwyn a true death. Given that it isn’t possible for Ranni to call the Dark Moon without Radahn’s death, it stands to reason that Miquella’s eclipse couldn’t happen either unless Radahn died or relinquished his hold on the celestial bodies. With that said, I don’t think that Miquella necessarily outright ordered the death of Radahn, but sent Malenia to negotiate with a show of force. Naturally Radahn would not back down without a fight or at the very least without the most favorable terms. The rest is history.

I too think Radagon was born from or was "spawned" from Marika, but I believe she used what she pillaged from the Fell God (possibly part of its soul) to create Radagon. Meaning Radagon and his children do have a connection to the giants, hence Radahns growth

I had a dream that I was in a large town square in a medieval-esqe town, but it did have random technology like these high-tech portal doors with people entering and exiting. I saw General Radahn, and I wanted to give him a present, so I bought him natural deodorant that smelled like plants like lemongrass and the ocean air. I went up to him and he saw me and crouched down, he was still really big though, at least over one story crouching and I'm 5 feet. I gave him the deodorant, and he looked at me really perplexed and examined it. It looked like a doll miniature in his hand. I am not sure if he has seen plastic before. I was too embarrassed to explain what it was for, so I made a silent gesture of applying it under the arms. He just nodded and put it away. Even though it was a silly immersive dream, it made me happy that he accepted my gift, one that could easily have been taken as an insult.

It’s my opinion that originally the boss fight in the wailing dunes might have been a double boss fight, in the sense that after you beat Radahn, a falling star beast would crash down and continue the battle. Having literally just killed the person holding the stars back. It’s also interesting that we only see one consequence for beating Radahn with the hole in Limgrave. Maybe I’m wrong but “holding back the stars” sounds plural

My theory about the stars aligning for the Radahn festival is that the red lion himself let these stars move as a sign that he was ready to face honorable death. Only because we're lead to believe he is in control of the stars until his last moments

Your content is amazing! Great work!

Hey always excited to see your excellent work, please if you could take some time to touch on the physiology of the Winter Lanterns in the next bloodborne video I would really like to hear your thoughts on a closer look at them, keep up the fantastic long form content, and thank you again for your hard work😁

Something that hit me just now - Radahn is quite similar to Ludwig. Ludwig was talked of as a great man, and yet when we fight him he is a mangled twisted beast, who then regains enough sanity to fight us as a man. Radahn is very similar, we hear of his deeds, Jerren calls him a mindless beast in his current state, and we find him eating corpses, after which he manages to regain composture to fight us as a warrior. And of course, both are a "horseman" type of enemy, even if in Ludwig's case that is quite a literal term.

Yessss been waiting for this all week

Amazing video as aways Geoff, Radahn is a great character in Elden Ring, like the guy wanted to mount his horse so he learned gravity magic, but looks like he didn’t cara much about his family( some part of it anyway) stopping the fate of Ranni and Rennala, his own mother and sister, seems to me he didn’t care much for them to do something like that. If i have to pick a l favorite demi-god it would be rykard, he challenged the golden order and he won the conflicts at the mount gelmir, he was strong enough to be trusted to face Maliketh with the blasphemous claw and he devoured the serpent after the serpent devoured him. Really enjoyed the video, the fine quality you always provide to us, thank you Geoff, keep doing the awesome job you aways do, have a good day/night.

Man, great video...i think, when marika battle the giant god, she cursed him but get cursed too in the process...then, her son, mohg and morgott, came as omens...later, she creates radagon to bear the curse of the guantes, a part of herself with red hair, but, obviously, the sons of radagon get cursed with red hair and gigantism (the throne of rykard its enormous like radahn's and the corpsebof ranni is big) then , when she reunites with her other half, thats what makes the empyreans afflicted....only godwyn its safe of the curse cause he born before that war

Fromsoft has always been fantastic about lining up gameplay and lore, with my favorite example being how insight reveals things and is tied to madness and knowing the inner workings of things. Spells in Elden Ring, especially passive ones, are always functioning until they go off. Like the carian glintblades, starlight. I think once a spell is cast, it uses the power, the mana, from you and then that's it. It stands to reason that the spell was designed to just be passive maybe not even drawing on any power past the initial casting. Dude coulda cast it and drank some Cerulean Flask and would've been fine. That's always been my read on it. Another great video, SmoughTown! Thank you!

The stars being in alignment might just signal his strength is finally waning. The movement of the stars could be the signal to Jerren that the Rot has weakened Radahn to the point where he can be reasonably challenged by the tarnished, considering Malenia could only fight him to a stalemate.

Caelid stands!

Yet another banger from Lorescourge Smough! This has been what I've waited for; the Radahn Festival!

Probably my favorite SmoughTown video yet. Love Radahn and love this channel.

Radahn definitely got the kid’s meal action figure of Godfrey at the Elden Golden Arches.

I think that sellia is the oppisite of what you propose; that they were known for night sorceries, but swapped to gravity when the nox were banished. It could also be that sellia is like our colleges/university; being the best at a certain subject, but offers a plaeortha of them.

Hell yeah!!! New Smough🎉

Phenomenal video, great work!

My theory about the chair crypts is that the eternal cities were around when these giant people were rare but existed naturally. We often see larger than usual beings in the LB across many different species. The common denominator seems to be increased power, whether physical or magical in nature. Rune bears are an interesting example because they seem to have a preponderance of magical golden runes in their bodies, but it manifests in purely physical strength and size. We see from dragons that you don't have to be humanoid to cast spells, but it seems that you do need to be intelligent (as supported by gameplay mechanics). So we know that larger size can happen "naturally" via exposure to runes, depending on whether we consider runes to indeed be natural. We also know to associate this with increased power. And lastly we know that intelligence allows a greater ability to wield this power through spells, incantations, etc. Given that and the eternal giants' apparent lack of physicality when compared to fire giants or Radahn, I would expect them to be very strong magic wielders and highly intelligent. This would make them likely worshipped as wise leaders in eternal city society, and possibly facilitating a lot of their past magical exploits. The dragonkin are a Nox creation on the scale of these giants, but they are flawed while these giants appear to not have been. Perhaps the dragonkin are created from the corpse of a numen giant, though I admit that part is pretty wild speculation.

Love me some Radahn lore!

who is here after the dlc ?

Hitting refresh every minute for a SmoughTown video finally worked!

I wonder If the reson the stars have to align for the Radahn festival has to do with him being a Carion royal.

I feel we need to acknowledge that Radahn was very much a brutal warlord. He might have been cool but certainly not a totally morally straightforward character. As it seems he sought out war in itself, even without much pretense just for it's sake, as it was considered honorable in his worldview.