I love that every soulborne game has a protagonist in the main cover of each game, and every one of them, we will all face them in battle, to finally prove whom shall leave victorious or to end one’s suffering

Bro missed out the whole part where he went to the frenzied flame to save his maiden from being consumed in the giants flame, one of the biggest parts of the damn story!

bro rizzed up a dragon

He must have been called dragonspear for another reason when he was with Lansseax

I heard that he became frenzied because he want to save his maiden. But she died anyway, which is quite sad :'(

Since Vyke had entered the chamber of the Three Fingers with armour on, he did not receive the Flame of Frenzy properly. If I am correct, you can find Vyke's eyes in the game in the form of Shabririr grapes (special ones that are specificaly Vyke's), which indicates that he ended up plucking his eyes out to strip himself of the Flame of Frenzy.

The thing is his skin wasn’t seared by any flame, just his armour. You can see melted fingerprints on his armour set, and I think the reason he failed to become Elden lord and went mad is because he went to the 3 fingers with armour on. The player doesn’t go mad because they undergo the full proper procedure with the 3 fingers and allow the Frenzied Flame into your very soul and body in a way that is not doable with armour on. It would also explain why the 3 fingers are still there when the player goes to get Frenzied Flame, because we clearly see them disappear after the transference is done, now that it has been properly done

I heard in a lore video... that vyke overcame madness, by gouging his own eye or eyes out... which is also why SHABRIRI grapes, which are actually eyeballs, are a thing in the game.... they're eyes full of madness

You were the chosen one, Vyke!

never knew that was the dude on the cover...thats cool

I saw a theory that since Vyke wore his armor when he met the Three Fingers, didn't affect him as much as it should and he resisted it, locking himself up in an evergaol in the end

Orinsten: i slayed a dragon Vyke: I'VE F**KED A DRAGON!!

Poor vike, all he wanted was to save his maiden, but he was lied to Edit: this is my most liked comment, thank you guys!!

It’s always the best ones that don’t get the end they deserve.

I swear my blood pumps harder when I have to fight Vyke than most of the bosses. Dude will paste you in seconds

My boy Vyke got busy with a dragon? Shitgoddamn!

The things people do for their maidens 😞

Why did bro fuck a dragon😭🙏

Vyke & rogier are the best NPCs hands down🙌. (Even though vyke tries to kill you..twice LOL. Love his whole character design & lore

His “weapon” the “ancient dragon spear,” eh? 😏 Lanseax: **rolls eyes** that’s a bit generous, but ok

Bro literally skipped the main part of the lore for short 😭😂

Isn't his flesh intact because he messed up trying to become the Three Fingers' vessel? His armor is burned because he didn't know he needed to divest himself of all worldly possessions (strip naked) before interacting with the Three Fingers, thus causing the interaction to fail. This is why he still lost his maiden, right? Or maybe I'm missing something

Vyke got dat ancient draconic rizz

You forgot to mention why he did what he did.

Vyke is probably the reason Morgott hates tarnished. It's clearly Vyke saw the Thorns - so Morgott allowed him to go to the Erdtree, and then Vyke contacted the Frenzied flame - no Morgott's seal blocked the path. And Vyke's downfall and becoming something that is clear danger to the Erdtree Morgott was deeply disappointed and made his goal to kill all tarnished who wants to become a lord, because even the most noble of them succumbed to the flames of ambition.

It’s crazy how FromSoft had the bulk of the story happen thousands of years before the events of the game yet there’s still so much to learn and still so much story to tell.

Relatable. I also accepted the Flame of Frenzy in order to save Melina's ass. But I took the Needle to prevent the Lord of Flame ending

We're the chosen ones not because we're talented. But because we take joy in the struggle

"No other tarnished was closer to the throne than Vyke" meanwhile foul tarnished claiming the throne

Always liked the fingerprint armor, and vyke as a protagonist. His spear is decent, I particularly prefer it in PVP when the unexpecting invader succumbs to madness.

He "communed" alright

He also has one of the coolest weapons in the game

So, technically, vyke didn't actually get burned, only his armour. Vyke didn't have a frenzied finger maiden (Like how we have hyetta) to tell him to take off his armour, so instead of inheriting the flame, he just kinda doesn't, and he loses his maiden anyway

Vyke is definitely my favorite NPC.

Even if he canonically has sex regularly with lanseax, in my head canon he decides to take the path of the three fingers to save his maiden from burning herself. If i remember correctly it is said that "no one knows the reason he suddenly abandoned his duty" or something like that, so maybe he realized his maiden had to die for he to become the elden lord and decided not to do it

I like to think that Lansseax actually told Vyke about the Frenzied Flame after he encountered Shabriri and the truth of the finger maiden’s sacrifice, and he went to kill the source, unaware of its identity as the Three Fingers. Lansseax wanted to use this opportunity to deal with the Frenzied Flame once and for all, and asked Cyke to accept Shabriri’s invitation and get close to the Frenzied Flame. While he was conflicted on his choice through the descent about saving his finger maiden, when he opened the doors and saw the Three Fingers he hesitated, his mind trying to comprehend what it could mean and its connection to the Two Fingers in Roundtable Hold. That hesitation led to his capture and to be burned by the Frenzied Flame as he was wearing his armor when he was burned. After surviving Vyke’s assassination attempt, the Three Fingers made the rule to completely strip before entering its chambers. Vyke was able to resist, but would periodically give in to madness. The people of Liurnia tried to cure him, but he ended up infecting the village and killing his maiden. After this, he went to the Mountaintop where he sealed himself in an Evergaol, to prevent himself from becoming the Lord of Frenzy but still maintains his resistance as in his fight he doesn’t use any madness attacks. In addition, his spear which inflicts madness was probably used to stab the Three Fingers, but failed to kill it. The flames from the Three Fingers infected his spear. Lansseax then guards the outskirts of the capital to prevent any Tarnished from suffering the same fate of the depths.

The lore makes the game that much more of a masterpiece.

John elden ring, the titular protagonist of hit game elden ring

aka Dragonsmasher

Be a lot more convenient for us to have him scorch the tree instead of Melina

Basically the equivalent of Oscar of Astora on the main cover of dark souls

I have some things to add!!! No, his flesh did NOT get marred by the fingers, his model actually doesn’t even have any traces of frenzy at all, its all in the armour, he doesn’t even have frenzied eyes (anymore), and besides, the most important detail was his return to non frenzy, his gaol version has the fingerprint armour still, but no frenzy, which clearly points to the fact that he is the current vyke

But you got to mention the part where you can find him two different times, first in a church in the north side of Lee hernia as an invader where he uses frenzy incantations, and again inside of an ever jail in the mountain tops of the Giants where all he uses is ancient dragon lightning. Possibly hinting that after his fight with the tarnished player Vike somehow manages to cure himself of the flame, just as you can using miquella's needle

More like a rock in the road for the true elden lord.

All I want is to be able to put Vyke's dragonbolt on Vyke's weapon :'(

Vike: Clapper of dragon cheeks

Loved this explanation, thank you! I wished the game explained things a bit more in narration or cutscenes, because I've literally played it for hundreds of hours and couldn't tell you any of this!

Vyke will always be badass to me. He was giving me the works when I fought him

damn, bro was the true winner 😂

An important thing to add is that, considering that the Vyke in the evergaol is most likely the "real" Vyke and not the invader, he managed to cure himself of the Frenzied Flame. If he hadn't been locked away, he would have probably burnt the erdtree himself, cured himself, and then became Elden lord. We need a powerful needle capable of stopping outer gods influence, and bring said needle to a land outside of time itself to cure ourselves, but Vyke did it himself. Now THAT is main character energy

And that’s why I love the Frenzied Flame ending more than any other. It is by far the most fitting.

Sorry vike I will carry on the legacy of the dragon cult for you may you find peace from the 3 fingers in death

Love these videos

Becoming a knight she love the most always feel weird like she had others

Vyke: Hey Lansseax, want me to show why the call me the Dragonspear? It aint the red lightning i'll tell you that much.

**A warrior is coming to stole your Heart** Is from the Dragon Cult: 🥰 From the Dragon Communion: 💀

Imagine if LetmeSoloher becomes a official protagonist of the game. A bonus boss almost unbeatable

Vyke was likely lured by the flame of frenzy in order to spare his maiden from being sacrificed to the fire giant cauldron. The three finger grasped him and his armor, inflicting him with madness.

Side note! The fight against the fire giants was leg by Godfrey (ordered by merika) and you can see lasting scars from the battle in his Hoarah Loux form

Blud learned his stuff from Donkey

I want to get his armor before it got crunched by the 3 fingers

honestly, wouldve been dope if his gaol encounter dropped his original spear, being made of dragon material

Vyke inhenrited the flame of Frenzy in order to save his maiden, but it was against her will. Once he came back to her, she had already took her life.

May chaos take the world !!

He was quite difficult to defeat.

His armor just became so much more awesome. Man I really gotta learn more lore😂

The most like amazing part of it was that he protects his maidens body cuz he loved her so much

Hes the man godrick wished he was

Badass, what a lad

Vyke loved his finger maiden and took frenzy to burn the wall of thorns away but was locked away before he could do so. His maiden is the one you find in the chapel where he invades you.

If you look closely at his armor set, the 3 fingers grasped him *from behind* meaning he regretted meeting them and tried to run away

what is the song used ?

Can you do a video about the claymen

Dude. Well done. That solo is getting learned. I needed to see how hard it is to play lol

Yeah he "communed" with the dragon's human forms so true

The cool thing is that Vyke keeps his madness in check. He is stuck in an evergaol near the mountaintop of the giants, but when you fight him, he shows no sign of madness. Only his phantom, found near a village plagued with madness, harbors madness. The real Vyke holds his sanity, waiting for someone to defeat him, and go further than he could, reaching the fire of the giants, and burning the erdtree.

So basically Arthur became a wanderer with Rhongomyniad

I think what makes Vykes story so cool is that you can somewhat relive it yourself if you chose to go for the frenzy flame ending

This is why i like Vyke, the man is an OG, a real deal badass.

So he wanted to save his finger maiden but then sided with a world extinction faction? What was he thinking?😂

So.. Lansseax is single now, right?

The fingerprint armor is my favorite set 😌😊

Theres a reason that the frenzied flame doesnt allow anyone to see them except the wretched,because the last time they tried to imprint their flame they worked so hard on the armor that it burnt vyke and made him go completely insane as well as essentially branding him

it was fortissax, not lansseax

Bros donkey from shrek

He likely didn’t have burns on his body either because he hadn’t fully bought in to the creed of the 3 fingers, or because his maiden was not with him to inform him that he must divest himself of all things (taking off all equipment) which is why his armor is burnt and his eye has a finger print

Important detail: his flesh wasn't burned because he was wearing his armor. That's why the flame had an incomplete effect on him, and he was split into the vyke we fight in Liurnia and the one we fight in the Mountaintops.

Yes... "Commune"

So, us - the player characters, aren't the chosen ones? That is genuinely such a relief.

I love how these gods and warriors so powerful, Gets bonked by a unknown guy

Yes he went to the frenzied flame to save his maiden and when he went down there he didnt take off his armor

a small detail many people don’t know, his flesh gotten the burns, hence he didn’t become the lord of frenzied flame and therefore wasn’t able to burn the erd tree

Vyke was basically the best person since Godwyn. He sought the Frenzied Flame because, like Melina, his maiden was a kindling maiden and he refused to sacrifice her. He succumbed because he was too good to trade one life for the world.

He was able to fight the frenzied flames influence which could be the reason why we're required to remove our armor to be accepted by them

Marika's army: "QUEEN MARIKA! WE HAVE DESTROYED YOUR ENEMIES!" Marika: "Yall banished lol" This lore lmao

He loved his maiden enough to destroy everything including himself, but not enough to not sleep with a dragon i guess.

Nah when he heard he needed to burn his maiden to gain access to the tree, he refused and desperately searched for a different way. That's where Shabriri comes in. He told him about the Flame of Frenzy and where the Three Fingers are located. Once Vyke was down by the Three Fingers, he noped out because he realized burning everything down is wrong. So he tried to flee. This is why his armor looks like he got grabbed from behind. He tried to escape and the Three Fingers touched him from behind. The reason why he the frenzied flame couldn't take root in himis also because he wasn't directly touched by the Three Fingers. Hia armor prevented that. Which is also the reason our Tarnished was asked to undress first before entering the room with the Three Fingers.

I like to imagine that lanseaxx never had a human form and vyke just hit it like the chad he is

One thing I’ve never seen anyone’s speculation on is who are all of the nights of the round table hold? Who’s sick ass giant axe does it belong to because it’s also in the direction of the two figure door( most likely the head of the table) and who were the ones to fill the chairs of it?

Bro was goin for the frenzied flame ending😂