the draconic tree sentinels possess incredible powers because they have no FP bars.

"This is why one of their order is stationed immediately outside of the area where tarnished emerge into the lands between to destroy them, shake their resolve and dissuade them from following grace". As a matter of fact, that Tree Sentinel right outside the starting area probably have caused many tarnished to give up and uninstall the game right from the start . So they really did fulfilled their purpose lol.

A personal theory I had was that the reason the Tree Sentinels are so absurdly massive(they're the size of or larger than most demigods) is that, similar to dragon communion, they have feasted upon the sap of the Erdtree, imparting some small fraction of its massive size and unending durability.

I like to imagine Morgott watching from afar as we slay the Sentinel duo, smug chuckling turning to anxious trembling

If the Draconic Tree Sentinals we're willing to sacrifice their humanity by embracing the power of their most dangerous foes, then we can expect them to start wielding a Moonveil or the Rivers of Blood. They even get a custom controller with only a joystick and a giant button for their weapon art.

I love how in Lyendell, you see their Hierarchy. Foot Troops, Lyendell Soldiers, Lyendell Knights, and then the dreaded Lyendell Tree Sentinel Duo. What are they defending against? Why are they there? What's the Prerequesit for becoming a Tree Sentinel?

The symbol of the Erdtree is the symbol of Lyendell’s garrison. They defend the erdtree regardless of who is Elden Lord, but you can guess that Morgott would be at the head of them all

I like the idea that Makar was once a Tree Sentinel, standing guard before Leyndell even after he's lost his mind and turned into a wyrm. I assumed it was a Tarnished who ate too many dragon hearts, but there's something evocative about a sentinel standing guard long after it has mutated/devolved.

"This is why one of their order is immediately outside of the area where tarnished emerge into the lands between to destroy them, shake their resolve and dissuade them from following long lost grace". people who quit immediately after fighting the tree sentinel for the first time: oMG tHIS gaME sUCKs sOOOO inNACcEsSible

If the Sentinels protect & represent the interests of the Erdtree, it seems unlikely they would make quick or hasty decisions & haven't begun their stations recently. The motivation to obstruct Tarnished may be much simpler & older than trying to specifically prevent the Erdtree's burning, though I don't think they'd like the fire option either. Is it more plausible that their Order simply wants to make sure not just any Tarnished can become Elden Lord, but only the strong & worthy? They will stop chasing enemies & not abandon their posts to simply murder, after all. For the draconic Sentinels, extending their lifespan could also be an attractive part of their path... at least until the change goes too far.

It'd be cool if you could use Law of Regression on Magma Wyrms to undo their transformation.

I do wonder if the draconic sentinel at farum azula isn't just serving to impede the tarnished, but also as a sort of warden to Maliketh? After all, while greatly loyal to Marika, he does hold the power of the rune of death, and is by far one of the strongest demigods still alive because of it. We also know already that Marika didn't exactly treat him well, considering some of his dialogue if you do the deathroot quest

One question I’ve always had is “Who made the waygates? Why were they placed in their respective locations?”

So you know how souls/born/ring is always in a state of decay and death? What did these worlds look like when there’s prospering? To build a castle is to have family, loved ones, and long jestivity

If the Tree sentinel served under Godwyn that makes 3 of the Golden Lineage to has a very strong army, First Godfrey and the Crucible knight, Then Godwyn and the Tree sentinel, Last Morgott and the Night's Cavalry. Gigachad's Father, Strong chad's son, Chad army.

If that were the case, then thematicly, wouldn't it be more appropriate for a Tree Sentinel to roam the Forbidden Lands instead of the Black Gargoyle? As well as some part of the Mountain Tops, presumably at the area between Flame Fort and the First Church?

Good job on the narration man, reminds me of a mix mr. Nightmare and lazy Masquerade

From the Dragoncrest Greatshield Talisman description: “The ancient dragons, who ruled in the prehistoric era before the Erdtree, would protect their lord as a wall of living rock. And so it is that the shape of the dragon has become symbolic of all manner of protections.” It seems the assault of Gransax sparked a moment of inspiration for the Tree Sentinels. They would protect their lord as a wall of living rock, also; that is, using gravel stone and incantations of the Dragon Cult to bolster their defenses

Draconic Tree Sentinels and the various bugged out side quest are why I am choosing the Frenzy Flame ending.

The dragon claw wielded by the draconic tree sentinels are a pretty big disappointment. Unlike the golden halberd and the erdtree great shield, the dragon greatclaw and dragonclaw great shield are both used very differently by the player than during the boss fight. The red lightning attacks used by the sentinels were instead replaced by the endure ashes of war. Pretty sad to see since I was very excited to use the weapon after finishing the boss fight.

They had some cool horse armor, reminded me of the crucible knights a bit, wish we could have fought one off of its horse. I hope in the next title they add horse armor as an option for your steed.

I'm pretty sure that the Draconic tree sentinels didn't engage in dragon communion rituals rather the ancient dragons bestowed powers on then as a reward for worship. I remember reading somewhere that after the war of the ancients dragons Goldwyn befriended Fortissax and worship of the Ancient Dragons was accepted alongside worship of the Erdtree, in this new era a organization similar to the Roundtable Hold was created to communicate with the Ancient Dragons, that where Lansseax met Vyke and bestowed powers on him and that's probably where the Draconic Tree Sentinels got their dragon powers, so rather than dragon slayers they are dragon worshipers.

there is a piece of building near the first tree sentinel, that makes killing him very easy. you agro him, run on top of the top of the building piece, and the sentinel has trouble negotiating it, so he stays on the ground near it, leaving him vulnerable to being hit. it requires resetting occasionally if he gets on top with you, or teleports to his starting point, but his health remains depleted

After a while, for some reason, I got the impression that the Tree Sentinels were once Godwyn's guys. It doesn't say it anywhere but they do reflect Godwyn's journey before his death. Again just a speculation on that subject but if they were his warriors it also explains why HE was chosen to be "the first demi-god slain", whether you think it was just Ranni or if you think Marika was involved, it sorta wraps either one up nicely. Just Ranni: Obviously she would need to remove the Demi-god who dedicated himself to protecting the Erdtree itself. Marika involved: Aside from the same reason as Ranni the whole dragon religion thing Godwyn was starting up does not seem like it was favorable. It might have been tolerated simply because he was attached at the time. That and aside from the Prince of Death stuff there isn't really a lot of Godwyn's fingerprint still in the lands between. Also part of this theory is that Sentinels do not follow the Prince of Death, they were loyal to the cause not the founder.

First, your Elden Lore videos are great, and I hope you keep them coming. Second, you replied to me on a comment asking about the blood star, and while there's almost no other reference that I've discovered so far, I did find that on the Great Stars great hammer, it says, "A blood-stained star is an ill omen, a fact not lost upon those against whom this weapon is brought to bear." which still contributes little to my search for the blood star

Bro was getting owned by that draconic tree sentinel

This is the first video of yours I’ve seen and I’ve gotta say you made excellent content my friend. This was so concisely thought out with no bullshit, I assumed that you had upwards of a couple hundred thousand subscribers. I subbed as soon as the video ended.

I like these guys alot, I like the lleyndell armoured knights too, my Bobby Baratheon theme looked pretty top notch with those antlers and a couple of big ol'axes and hammers

Just for your future reference: When it says the sentinels “yet serve the Erdtree”, that doesn’t mean they’re doing it temporarily like you said. That just means “they still serve the Erdtree”.

I've watched so many content creators cover the same topic. And I love it. This stuff is like a long movie. I just want to watch lore videos again and again. Good work!

Great vid! I went through the whole game and never thought that much about the lore on these guys. And ironically I'm rocking the full Tree Sentinel armor set plus the greatspear and the Erdtree greatshield. These are my bros!

Something very strange I've noticed is the normal tree sentinel helmet has some weird red, fleshy substance beneath the visor, it could just be cloth or maybe it's something else

I literally just killed the Limgrave Tree Sentinal about 10min ago. Was sad to see him go knowing I’ll never get to run from him anymore again!

Good vid. I like your style of humble story telling. Keep it up!

Man I’m new to this game like this week new after playing Skyrim for the 10s lol and I literally love this game

I wish I could experience opening that door to Limgrave again. Such a magical moment coming into the open world and seeing the Erdtree towering over everything in the world. Then off in the distance you see a giant knight in gold

great video also i love your narration and using the character creation ost

Dang man your Elden ring vids are blowing up, this is really good lore content.

Wyrm is pronounced like worm. As in a dragon that crawls, not flies.

These are some of the best lore videos rn after all the main game lore is out and known now

It’s videos like these that make me want to keep going even tho the game kicks my ass

Radagon is probably not liked among tree sentinels. The erdtree is shut by radagon so we need to burn the erd tree to restore the elden ring. Radagon gets in the way of golden order and refuses the restoring of elden ring by shutting it close which is weird because we didn't need to burn it down until it was shut. We can see that its his job because of the seal, It's the same of the radagon soreseal and stuff. There must be a gap of info about radagon.

Double Tree Sentinel outside Leyndell is the stuff of nightmares

You’re the first to appear on my KZfaq this morning. Happy morning blood/souls players and bring on the Elden ring!

Thanks for making this one!!

i found the draconic versions of the equipment dissapointing, it would be nice if there was a unique red version of honed bolt with like two or 3 quick bolts instead of one yellow and their greatclaw could accept buffs so you could use vyke's lightning fotification on it. it also might not be dragon communion, because even though their horse spits fire, their abilities seem mostly like dragon cult incantations. im of the opinion though that communion with ancient dragons is a little different, which is why the placidusax communion spell only requires faith and is classified as neither

I love the draconic tree sentinels such giga chads, couldn’t beat the dragons so they tried becoming dragons

This is about everything I gathered from the game itself. Pretty standard but great video. I wish that the lore itself just went a little deeper. About the Erdtree itself and also about these Tree Sentinels. The Erdtree is a different topic entirely but what I mean about the Tree Sentinels is that I wish some information was given about their origin in the physical world. Where do they come from? Or rather, how do they come to be? Are they human? Can a Leyndell Knight ascend to the rank of Tree Sentinel the same way that a police officer starts out as a constable and could potentially become a Lieutenant or a Sergeant through gathering experience?

What are they? Fuckin awesome that's what!! My favorite boss characters in the entire game, just recently got my first ending with the Tree Sentinel build 😁

Your voice is so soothing and calm, that fell asleep. xD

I would love to see a video on dragon communion and the dragon war

Hey make a vid about the wormHead’s. They might be tied with the prince of death or the crucible or if not they might be a new species that’s been a ostracized by the order.😺

When I fought that Draconic Tree Sentinel that horse was more of a threat. The Horse spammed 6 fireballs in a row hitting me everytime I tried to heal from the last.

Keep making videos, doing a great job sounds odd but they are perfect for gardening or right before bed😂🤙🏼

1:35 we have tree sentinel at home tree sentinel at home

another banger video, keep it up

another detail is that the tree sentinels have statues on each of the grand lifts in the game

I think that they might’ve made a deal with dragons or started worshipping them. They use lightning spells, which only seem to come from the worship of Dragons, as they come from the Dragon cult. Dragon Communion doesn’t seem to give this power, so I wonder if they actually participated in it.

It sucks that we can't get its mount.

My favorite fight in the game is killing the first tree sentinel as a lvl 1 wretch with the club.

Can anyone confirm this but I think killing the Daconic sentinel before Malekith might be the trigger for breaking the Goldmask quest line. Specifially at the part where you have to do the law of regression and talk to Goldmask about Marika being Radagon. I didn't do the law of regression because I didn't have the int nor the means to get the int (aside from respecing). I also visited the pair in the capital, after godskin duo. Looked at the brother Gorhin (or what's hes name) shop and stuff. Then I spent a lot of time collecting items and upgrading items before changing the capital. After a while I went back to Goldmask and he's not there and the monk is dead or something. There was a bell bearing in he's place. And all I did in the meantime, as far as progression goes, was killing the sentinel before Malekith. Only thing that Wiki says about the law of regression puzzle, is that if you progress too far, you cant talk to Goldmask about Radagon anymore and the quest is over. I finally decided to do the law of regression because I wanted the T-pose emote and the skimpy outfit. And I was finally able to get 37 int using various items. But unfortunately right after the quest broke.

I love how you tried to heal and this mf just keeps sending you big ball's of fire in your sexy face 😂😂

I was very worried you weren't gonna show us the kill of the 2nd tree sentinel at the end and ruin the satisfaction But it happened🎉

I recently started playing this game and was clearing Limgrave and small bosses no problem, thought the tree sentinel would be easy…Got one shotted 5 times and decided i’ll just move on for now. Them dudes got a HEAVY hand

You know why they’re called tree sentinels, right? Because if you don’t count draconics, there are only tree of them on the map.

I just passed the draconic sentinel and went straight to malekith lol

It would be very cool to fight a tree sentinel that doesn’t have a Horst

It's easy They speak for the trees, And of you stray too close to them, They'll stab you're fuckin' knees.

That's going to be rough I'm at 251 and haven't improved my health past the beginner level. It's truly a heroine fight each time I come across a great enemy.

Very cool deep dive.

Do the giant hands next! I must know

I was expecting a calm voice and wasnt surprised

I wouldn't say I "quickly" learned that fighting isn't the best choice, I fought the first tree sentinel for over an hour

Gotta dodge that fireball my friend lol

I bet you they were an integral part in defending leyndell when it was under siege

These guys make me sad that there’s no armour for torrent, also I can’t wait to finish this game at least once so that I can dive into ALL the Elden ring content. Lore videos, full length challenge runs, etc.

My first playthrough i didn't run into the first tree sentinel

Wow this guy took almost every hit from the draconic tree sentinel

I think maybe even theodorix might be one, as he guards a sacred relic maybe, the golden order greatsword

This is probably a bit old news by now, but don't we know that the DTS's probably don't do dragon communion, considering the differences between the lightning-based Ancient Dragon powers, and the arcane-rooted Dragon Communion that utilizes the powers of modern dragons? Ancient Dragons don't drop dragon hearts or anything, after all, and the ancients were the ones from the dragon war right?

I don't think the Draconic Tree Sentinels partake in Dragon Communion for the chief reason they don't use any of its spells. They don't need to eat dragon hearts because Gransax's body is right there for the taking to make armor from. Any spells they use iirc come from the Dragon cult of Leyndell, formed after the war is over. The Leyndell Dragon Cult & Dragon Communion are almost certainly separate practices. If anyone has eaten a dragon heart, its the damned horse spitting fireballs at us.

What armor are you wearing in this video? I know it's crimson noble hood buy what's the rest? Ty

Theres also a magma wyrm in consecrated

They were formally known as the Knights Who Say... Nee!!!!

So Grace wants us to retake all runes and wed Marika but the Tree doesn’t want this to happen. Making the Greater Will at odds with the Tree. But why? And why are the Fingers associated with nefarious stuff?

Anything about Lorettas similarity to the sentinels?

Am I the only one who thinks that the tree sentinel armor looks like the lawbringers from for honor

Quick question: what armor set are you wearing in this video? (Outside of the Tree Sentinel)

That would mean that Recusant Bernal failed to become the elden lord because he didn't release the rune of destined death. That's why his maidens sacrifice didn't function properly at the forge. This also means that his entire character arc is based on his own misunderstanding of the rules of this game of thrones. Wait, sh*t. Right author, wrong book.

nice theory, my main comment on it though is i don't think it was dragon communion for the draconic tree sentinels but dragon cult. communion is from devouring normal dragon hearts and corrupts the user, whereas the cult is what formed after Godwyn defeated an ancient dragon fortisaxx(i think), but they then made an alliance after. The reason i believe this is all the abilities they show are lightning based which is specifically dragon cult and not dragon communion. as Godwyn was the heir of the golden lineage it may be that the tree sentinels were his personal troups and the strongest benefitted from the dragon cult, now without there leader they serve the Erd tree itself, with the draconics tree sentinels both guarding the capitol(erd trees location), and Maliketh who had destined death. :)

What's the OST that's played in this? I've heard it before but can't find the name of it

What's the name of the background song y'all?

what is the armor he's waring called

Thanks

they are so beautiful

What a BEAUTIFUL voice!

6:07 well not the only way

I dont know if im the only one, but I thought the Tree Sentinel getting their mount downgraded to riding Torrent (which looks like a donkey) was pretty funny

The undisputed drip lord's.

I wonder why you get their armor from destroying the chariots in Auriza Hero's Grave??? hmmm