"He insulted Malenia, lost to her in battle..." Me too Godrick.

He grafts a feeble dragon head onto his arm, which he claims to be an ancient dragon. If you use red dragon lightning in the 2nd phase he takes more damage bc it's a feeble dragon

The guy that plays godrick needs a raise, those lines where he was yelling were delivered SO well lol

I wouldn’t call losing to Malenia humiliating, I lost to her about 50 times.

The grafting makes way more sense once you know Godrick got wrecked by Melania. Not only did he get carved up, but he might have become fixated on her prosthetics. He turned to grafting to both repair himself and try to find better parts.

“ he hid from radahn “ i would too if i had to fight a 6 story tall creature that could hold stars

I think it should be noted that because of Godrick's grafting method, the land behind Stormveil became known as Limgrave as in "Limb's grave" where discarded bodyparts are thrown out, "unfit to graft" according to Godrick.

The irony is that Godrick wields perhaps the strongest of the Great Runes, the one that increases all your stats by 5. The rune even is unique in that it symbolizes the "center" of the Elden Ring. The cornerstone of the rest of the Great Runes.

a cool detail with godrick is if he kills you during second phase he says "didst thou witness, Godfrey?"

I remember seeing the Godrick scene in the Elden Ring trailers and thinking he was gonna be like the final boss. Now 50 hours into the game, he seems so easy in hindsight.

“This items lets players use FP to mimic nearby object, so he could have used it to Mimic nearby women.” Had me bawling😂😂

I feel bd for Godrick , seems like he was born lesser/weak compared to his kin cause hes not a direct descendant of the golden lineage, so most of his siblings would surpass him just from birthright alone. He probably feels like he was born as the runt of the family which kinda sucks just simply due to birth right , its no wonder why hes so cowardly: hes probably been scared all his life due to the fact that he probably cant defend himself should one of his own "kin" attack him. The cirumstances of his birth were unfair and its probably why he turned into such a depraved anus.

I think out of all the Demigods, he has possibly the greatest potential to BE the strongest. He could graft a Dragons head, albeit a weak one, instantly. Imagine if he got his hand on some actually good limbs to graft.

I feel bad for godrick, at the end of the day it was the pressure of having to live up to his name that drove him pretty much to madness

Hoping for lore on Margit and the other Omens.

Something I think is interesting is that, arguably, you could claim that during the Shattering Godrick was one of, if not THE most brave and cunning, or at the very least there's a case to be made that cowardice and cunning aren't so diffrent until after the fact, and that arrogance can be a bravery all on its own. Think about it, when fleeing from Leyndell, instead of fighting a foe, or foes, that he absolutely could not win, he escaped in such a manner that preserved what little strength he had. (And, based upon the description of the mimics veil, he fled while escaping with a not so insignifigant amount of artifacts from Leyndell.) Then, he takes Stormveil Castle, one of the largest Castles in the lands between, and holds it against RAHDAHN of all the demi-gods (call it cowardice or strategy, it's a feat either way considering what we know of the Starscourge). Then, depending on the timeliness of course, he challenges Malaenia to combat, and based off of the description it would seem he challenged her to 1-on-1 combat. And although he lost, he still fought well enough to not be instantaneously killed by her, and live long enough to plead for his life. Which, while cowardly, is the choice to make if your fighting to win, not just for honor. And, considering the muddled nature of the timeliness, and that Morgott, who fought during the Shattering, recalls him as "The Golden" it is likely Godricks descent into Grafting happened AFTER all of these things. Sickly, weak, and of diluted divinity, Godrick still accomplished a lot for one called foolish and craven. I personally think there was a lot more to Godrick than simply cowardice. Perhaps, had things ended differently, he truly could have become worthy of the title of "Golden"

Great that you mentioned Godefroy. My interpretation was that Godrick is so pathetic that he couldn't come up with his own technique so he took it from an ancestor. Godefroy was sent to jail and shunned from the rest of the lineage. Scratched out from history, so we never hear about him. Shunned from either taking part in some prior rebellion or because he was grafting. Maybe he was part of whatever Rykard did before leaving to Volcano Manor?

He was born into a destiny that he would never be able to achieve. Unlike some of the other shardbearers whose glory is behind them, Godrick yearned for glory he never had and never could have gotten. He hesitated even to take the power of the dragon (only doing so in the heat of battle after already being injured), but once he gets that power he calls upon his ancestors to BEAR WITNESS, feeling in that moment that he had finally lived up to them. Unfortunately, he was in battle with the next Elden Lord, and so, again, he never had a chance of achieving that destiny he felt was his. Call him weak, call him craven, call him a monster, but he only did what he could to live up to the standards that were set for him.

I’d like to think the rememberance he drops is a symbol that he proved himself a warrior in the end.

I think the concept of Godrick being "weak" is more about driving home just how much of a world of fantasy the Lands Between are. Beyond being a spectacular boss, the principle of grafting is so terrifying powerful, similar to the ants in HunterXHunter for example, something that has a whiff of "the ultimate power" you know, being able to endlessly expand and absorb other lifeforms. His theme is incredible as well.

Godrick’s one of my favorite Elden Ring bosses. He gave me a beating the first time, but his attacks are really fair and easy to predict/bait out. He’s also narratively interesting, in my opinion. I didn’t know all this info about him, just that he was seen as the weakest in the lineage. I hope you’ll make a video on Rykard next, he’s really cool

I find it funny how Gideon completely fails to acknowledge that you killed Godrick in his summary of the demigods despite the fact you will almost certainly have killed him to get to the point of being able to hear that line of dialogue

With as much as Godrick fascinates me, I truly wish Grafting was an available type of magic the player could use. Instead of based off of Arcane or Faith it was based of off Endurance, or something.

"Honestly, Godrick’s no more than a jumped up country bumpkin. Lord? Don’t make me laugh. First he hid himself amongst the womenfolk to flee the capital, then hid from Radahn in that castle… Then he insulted Malenia, lost to her in battle, only to lick her boots rather than die like a man. Has he no shame, the big girl’s blouse? And to think, he’s the blood of Godfrey! Last of the golden lineage, though you almost wouldn’t know it to look at him. I almost feel sorry for the chap the more I think of it." - kenneth haight

Interesting note is that Godrick is the only true heir to the throne, as grafting is never told off as being a graceless act, merely feble and deplorable. All other demigods and shard bearers are either against, disconnected from, or have blasphemed in the eyes of, the golden order. Morgot is an omen, and thus is unfit to rule due to his cursed blood, and same with Mohg. Miquella and Melania both rebelled against the golden order and sought to replace it. Rykard gave himself to the god devouring serpent with his goals being to userp the golden order. Renala is unfit due to her lack of royal blood and her unhinged mental state. Ranni is acting out against the golden order, and seeking to over throw it. Radahn has rotted away, and even before, he was working outside of the order for his own benefit. Finally, of course, Godwyn is dead, and Godefroy is imprisoned. Godrick embraces his role in the order, and is sound enough of mind to realize who he is and should/could be, and thus, is the only true heir to the throne fit to claim the title of elden lord. I also find it interesting that his form of seeking power, at least through the lense of holism, is far more sacred than the likes of any of the other gods and how they asertain any amount of power for themselves. Is grafting any less valid of a way to seek power than to bind oneself to a blasphemous serpent, or than being born with omen strength and acursed blood? Is grafting any less valid than harnessing the power of the stars or than harnessing the powers of an alternative rot god? In fact, all other demigods who have any amount of power, at least in some way, pull from another outer god, or another such source. The serpent, the dark moon, the stars, the rot, the formless mother, all are blasphemous and non-golden forms of power, where as graphting isn't inherently embracing another god, so, in the eyes of the greater will, may be a more valid, or less blasphemous, alternative to achieving power. After all, Godfrey "grafted" the beast Serosh upon his back, and Marika and Radagon "grafted" themselves into one being. (Both in the non-traditional sense, but still, its bindinf of multiple beings into one.)

I really wish the whole grafting theme went further than just godric and the Scion enemies

TO BE FAIR, I do not fault him from hiding from General Radahn, or begging Melenia for mercy!

Oddly refreshing to hear about the conclusion of Nepheli Loux's questline. From loves sad endings but I'm glad that we can have a couple of happier ones here and there. Too bad I burned down everything with the Flame of Frenzy at the end.

I respect godrick, he managed to become very strong even though he was born weaker

Actually in his first cutscene, Godrick refers the dragon as foremost of the dragons and his kindred spirits. But note that it is not a true dragon but a wyvern with two wings and two legs, a real dragon would be much bigger with four wings and four legs.. He definitely sees the dragon as his kindred spirit as they are both seen as rip offs of the original family and our less powerful.

I just feel bad for Godrick tbh. All he wanted was to live up to his name but couldn’t since he was just too weak. He wanted his ancestors to recognize him as a part of their lineage but they never did, instead they ridiculed him and rejected him. Eventually, he took up the disgusting act of grafting for any power he could get. In a last ditch effort to kill the Tarnished he takes the head of a sacred dragon to lend its power but he couldn’t take full control of it (shown by him barely using it for direct attacks when he grafts it to him during the second phase). Probably one of my favorite boss lores.

Forefathers, one and all... *BEAR **_WITNESS!_* Just my favourite line. The gravitas in his voice.

In fairness, the chopping of his own hand off and replacing it with a dragons head was pretty badass:) As pathetic as he made out to be, he kicked my arse pretty hard.

For what its worth, he gave both me and my friend one hell of s thrashing when we first fought him. Rip Godrick, you return home as true worrier

It's weird but I feel like Godrick could actually have a snowball effect and take over if he new the right people to graft and was smarter with his fights.

"Forefathers one and all bare Witness!" That line sounds so sick, something out of a anime character awakening

I Personally say I feel sorry for Godrick. Because no matter how much he tries to prove that he is a Lord that is deserving respect, constantly shows time and time again that he is not deserving of such things like being called a Lord due to his coward Ness and his obsession taking the power and strength others but never fostering his own strength. He’s like a child that just wants to be seeing as a Lord but not knowing the right methods on earning both the respect and The right of being called a Lord.🐱

One thing I found interesting about the grafted scion is that it’s actually a clever double entendre that may or may not have been intended by the developers. A scion in the process of grafting is the young shoot or twig that’s cut for grafting, however a scion is also a descendent of a noble family, and since godrick and his followers took to grafting to cement their power it makes sense that the grafted scions are actually godricks nobles.

Unless there’s additional context I’m missing that tells us Godrick wants to return to *Leyndell* “bathed in rays of gold,” I think this actually hints at a connection between grafting and the real source of power of the erdtree’s (or Greater Will’s, really) chosen gods and Demi-gods. Long story short, I think that grafting is a poor attempt to mimic the way the erdtree (the source of the Golden Order’s power) developed its own power. I’ve been rolling this idea around in my head for a while, and I’m starting to think it’s more than coincidental connections. From what we know, no one truly “dies” in the Lands Between due to the death rune being removed from the elden ring. Instead, those who “die” return to the erdtree (if they’re worthy; otherwise they basically roam around undead). From all of the corpses we see entangled in the roots of the various erdtrees scattered around, and especially from the living jars we see shattered around every minor erdtree (who, as we know from Alexander’s quest line, are basically pots filled and empowered by warrior-corpse soup), it seems like the erdtree(s) actually grow by integrating people who would otherwise be dead into its own being. This last part is somewhat more speculative, but I’m convinced that the erdtree (and by extension the Elden Beast, and the various descendants of Marika, whose original divinity was granted by the Greater Will via the erdtree) developed its power by integrating little bits of power from every living thing that died near its roots into its own being. Little by little, this added up into enough power that Marika and her descendants, when granted a portion of it, could be considered gods and Demi-gods. As for how this relates to grafting, this seems like the desperate attempt of a weak man to recreate the divinity-by-amalgamated-power that his ancestors held/hold. In a way, the erdtree *does* graft people to itself, but Godrick can only mimic this in a much more rudimentary way. This is why Godrick the Grafted is so stuck on this desire to return home bathed in rays of gold. He wants to return to the glory of the erdtree, to the divinity and strength his ancestors held, but which he can only create a pathetic copy of.

Despite of that, his territory is among the safest place in elden ring. And i respect that.

It would’ve been cool if they made more of a Nepheli and Godric arch nemesis theme being godric representing all the negative aspects of the family while nepheli representing all the positive ones.

Great video! One of the best lore videos ive seen. Details are well explained and substantiated with in-game evidence, unlike other creators that seem to be bridging a lot of gaps in their explanations.

If Godrick could harness his inherited Great Rune himself he would’ve attained the power that was rightfully his. That’s why his real name is Godrick, the Golden. He possesses the strongest, and most important Great Rune. So when you harness his Great Rune for yourself it amplifies ALL of your powers immensely. So if a Demi-God could harness his Great Rune, given their innate monstrous power, they’d be insanely powerful. Godrick would probably be the strongest. The catch is the Demi-Gods can’t access the true power of the Elden Ring, nor the pieces that they possess; However, a Tarnished can. Which is why the Tarnished were summoned in the first place. The deific lineage that Godrick was so obsessed with is what prevented him from attaining the power that was rightfully his. Realizing this cruel reality he started grafting parts to attain whatever strength that he could. Clinging to his inheritance. So someone (You) came along, and took the latent power from within him.

Godrick is like an evil version of ludleth from dark souls 3. Ludleth is the smallest and weakest of the lords of cinder, but his intentions are good. He stays loyal to his role as lord and accepts his responsibilities. He accepts his own smallness and weakness and helps you the player by crafting you sick weapons and even gives you advice. He probably is the reason there is still light for you to see in the world of ds3 at all.

You know, it would have been interesting if you faced Godrick right before his grafting escapade, and would try to surrender right before you killed him like Patches does. Maybe have a branching quest line where you can help him get back to Lieyndell, or make him desperate enough to graft himself into oblivion.

This could be a stretch to say, but I don’t think I noticed it until I fought Godfrey near the end: Godrick was not only obsessed with power, but he went so far as to make himself a grotesque mockery of the family member he idolized. Im pretty sure he and Godfrey are the same size and he even wields an axe similar to how Godfrey does. However, like you mentioned, Godfrey was so powerful and brutish as a tarnished that he sook out Serosh to quell his bloodlust and humble himself, while Godrick was so meek and cowardly that he performed inhumane actions like grafting to mimic a fraction of his relative’s power, even grafting an “ancient dragon” (which I’m sure is just one from Dragonbarrow that was afflicted with rot based on the sores. Ancient Dragons are NOT that small and have that dreaded red lightning) just to get an edge. But hey, if he’s the weakest of the demigods, that’s no small feat given how hard he hits the tarnished. Not to mention EVERYONE gets humiliated by Melania, so I feel for his groveling for mercy.

Amazing work man! Keep it up! Seriously excited to have more of these videos and learn about the lore, the game is definitely enigmatic but has a ton of interesting history to it.

I like how different Godrick is from most Souls bosses. Usually, Soulsborne bosses are strong almost godly legendary warriors at their worst (Radahn being rotted, Artorias being corrupted by the Abyss, Gael being almost hollowed...) and then you have Godrick, a lame almost pathetic Demigod that you fight *at his prime*.

the reason godrick is my fav boss is that he rlly has feelings similar to what someone irl might feel for example godrick just wants to be good enough to be acknowledged by his ancestors which can be like how we want to be good enough kids so our parents r proud of us and he goes as far as to think that a normal dragon rlly is a true dragon (true dragons like - placidusax, fortisax etc-) his vision is blinded with that thought snd it rlly imitates life and art in my opinion

I found it cool that you can actually summon Nepheli to fight Godfrey. I think that makes it clear that they're related

Godrick started grafting could have enough limbs to play that sick boss ost of his. I imagine him playing it like a mad Davey Jones plays his organ.

Man there’s sooo much lore to talk about, great job of explaining this bit. Definitely Waiting for maliketh stuff, haven’t seen anyone cover him yet

"Look down, on me, would you? Godrick? you filthy slug. feel it! feel it! feel my bloody wrath!" (Proceeds to lightly curb stomp godrick) 🤣

My man Godrick just wanted acknowledgement and approval from his family. I feel bad for him

I like that it looks like he is draped in curtains and banners, he doesn't have proper armor. He is just "thrown together"

When i saw him for the first time i literally found him badass and when i saw the scriptures on the sword monument i was like "Bro"

This is such a good video! Great work!

Godrick is a highly underrated character, technically he isn't a true demigod yet he still managed to be considered a lord, he took over stormveil castle and he even contended against malenia of course he lost but she didn't manage to kill him

"I am the Lord.. of all that is GOLDEN..!!" *Flails around with a Placidusax Head whilst firing a Golden Beam like a lunatic*

I love this man, best boi in the entire game. His falls actually made me love him more

Tbh I don’t blame him for losing to Melania, she probably bullshitted him with water fuck you dance. As for him begging for his life and escaping the capital, well as a wise bloody finger hunter once said “you must flee, there is no shame in self preservation” Godrick is a 10/10 character, one of the best in the series

Can't wait for the episode of "To catch a Predator", featuring Mohg, Lord of Blood.

4:06 best joke every that flew over literally everykne head

The expectation. I feel bad for Godrick, due to the Golden Lineage, he wanted to live up to that. It feels relatable... somehow

I love that his "humiliation" is fearing two of the strongest people in the entire war. Pretty dumb of him to shit talk Malenia though.

Funny that Malenia is depicted as a badass who’s “never known defeat” but she’s only fought Godrick and Radahn, and she was losing to the latter til she forced a stalemate.

I want to find who is stealing the bellies and intestines of the giants. I want to ask them "why?".

Honestly that dialogue from Kenneth haight was hilarious.

Easily my favorite soulsring boss ever. He might’ve lived as a coward, but he goes out like a badass.

Loosing to Malenia gets you an automatic inclusion into a secret covenant, the covenant of "Ricks", and GodRick is the God of that covenant.

My man was out here trying to become a real LEGO with all these parts.

Dude this is the best Godrick lore video on KZfaq. You tie in so many pieces that larger creators tried and failed, or didn't even try at all. Thanks so much. Subbed.

This was so good man thank you for making this, would love to see one on Margit

I wonder why he was granted a seat in the royal court in Lyndell instead of Godwyn since Godrick wasn’t even a proper heir of the golden lineage.

Yo! This is such a greatly edited video! Mic is smooth and the aura is amazing!! More please!

Just found this channel. Really excited for upcoming lore videos 👍👍

Credit to the voice actor, every line spoken by this character was incredible.

Another great video. Loving your content.

Awesome video man. Story is more in depth than I thought

This was very informational thank you!!

5:30 holy balls, I missed that evergaol. I'm almost done and just delaying meeting the final bosses as I kinda don't want the game to end lol

Do these for more bosses for sure this was awesome

Well at least the fight with him is epic spectacular and fair Nobody can take it away from him

Thanks for posting, people were posting lore too quick and didn’t incorporate some details that you did

Nice! Keep up the great work man

You see, the mimic veil allows you to assume the aspect of objects nearby, so it makes sense that godrik could assume the aspect of women

Whats fun about his grafting is that grafting as a process is mainly used on trees. Citrus trees take really well to grafting and can end up producing not only their original fruit but the fruit of whatever tree was grafted to them too.

Absolute amazing video MOARRRRRR

Godrick: The grotesque, old, sullied blooded fool who yearns for power still managed to kick my ass 30 times. Thank you Elden Ring.

I wonder if Stormveil will continue to rot now that Godrick isnt its Lord anymore. Imo the rot is linked to the Prince of death body we find deep under Stormveil but there's still a possibility it was linked to Godrick and his grafting

When Roderika says everybody has been grafted it sounds like she is questioning it. “Everyone’s… been grafted?”

That boss fight was nuts it's my first souls game so I'm just blown away by the detail in these bosses

Not to take anything away from the video, but hearing him say “Melania, blade of Miquella” just makes me think of Trump’s wife with a massive katana.

4:04 the item allows the player to mimic nearby "objects" so godrick used it to disguise himself as a women LMAO

"Thou talketh shit thou geteth hit." Malenia probably

"I command thee,kneel!" Dies 10 seconds after that

The dragon Godrick calls "Truest of Dragons" isn't a very strong dragon. It's just the kin of stronger dragons. Kinda a metaphor for Godrick himself, no?

I think Godrick shoulda grafted all the goats and became godrick the goat.

No one: Godrick: So anyway I started grafting

Since the mimic veil copies inanimate objects I love the idea that Godrick was just like... Pretending to be a box rolling down the stairs when he fled.