7:25 there isn’t only one soulless lord. The mausoleum knights follow the soulless demigods inside the mausoleums where you copy remembrances

That rip at the start tho😩

Anyone else notice that while Morgots sword is called his "cursed" sword, while Mogh's spear is referred to as "sacred"

*Hears the loutest bong rip*....IM FUCKIN SOLD

This is the best fucking intro to any video I’ve ever seen in my life

I see a lot of people talking about the hole in radahn's armor being the chunk that alexander took after the battle and put it in him, but after looking more precisely I think that this hole is were Morgott struck him in the slide It wouldn't surprise me that morgott could have done that much damage to a younger Radahn and Radahn could've kept the hole to remember to avenge himself later or just honored the victory of the veiled king

The Margit + Godrick dynamic is one of my favourite parts of the game. I beat Godrick and was like "Why was the gatekeeper so much harder than the king of the castle? Seems like a kind of weird mistake or oversight on the devs' part." Then as you pick up notes and opinions of Godrick you realise he was essentially a gigantic loser. Later on you realise the full power of Morgott and in hindsight it all makes sense.

I think the reason Godrick refers to the Dragon as 'Kindred' is because they're both descendants of powerful beings & former lords (Elder Dragons & Demigods, such as Placidusax & Godfrey) but despite that, their powers are so faded & diluted. They are merely shadows of the strength their lineage once possesed, & that is what makes them kindred.

55:00 to add to that, Morgott tells us that the erdtree wards off all who approach. He tried to become elden lord, but was denied. This means he tried to marry his mom but was rejected. So yeah.. there wasn't incest, but there certainly was potential...

You have no idea how hard I got when I seen this bih over an hour long madman. I been going through it lately and your lore helps so much man thank you! I can't wait to watch this later

Godfrey doesn't have a maiden, he doesn't do anything because he can't get in the damn tree and he knows it. There's a reason he shows up the moment the thing's on fire.

Stoned lore is my favorite part of the day I know I've already watched the video but I love coming back to it this is such good content

Dude, this is such an underrated channel. I feel like I’m just listening to my stoned buddy explain what’s going on to me while I’m playing. I love it!

I think Godfrey was actually IN the badlands at the time of his resurrection. I mean he did get banished and ended up dying, I imagine he was pretty far away from the lands between compared to the other tarnished.

I think placidusax was just the first lord of the land, but not the first “elden” lord. Also, Malenia definitely committed a war crime at caelid

Best intro. Collected thoughts: Beast Regent implies that Serosh is a ruler in his own right, maybe he was king of lions in the Badlands. I feel Godwyn needs more backstory, he was loved by the dragons, as well as Miquella, who seemed very upset by his half-death. He was obviously a good dude to come out of the worst assault in Leyndell history with a new bff, just wish we knew how good exactly. Mohg, imo, is the reason the Tarnished is able to even become a lord. If Miquella was able to foster the Haligtree and become his own kind of god, the Tarnished may not have been summoned back at all. Morgott should have been worshipped. If the Law of Regression is a core of the order, then regression to a crucible-like state should be seen as a blessing. But of course it has been corrupted over time. Godrick may have been referencing having dragonkin ancestry when he was pillow-talking the dead dragon. If this is Marika's blood or something else, idk. Rykard and the serpent (Eiglay?) may be the source of the magma wyrm transformation curse. The rocky all-devouring serpent with an affinity for lava seems very similar to ravenous heart-eaters turning to rocky forms with lava. Ranni is just trying to put the Elden Beast, a star, back in the sky. Not a good follow up to allowing stars to fall again, but you do you queen. Jerren feels like Radahn's version of Iji, and I wish we got to talk to him about his lord more. Miquella done got big in that cocoon. The Formless Mother can still gestate, it seems. The cocoon is even on a fucking pelvis, I'm so scared of that fucker now. Malenia probably doesn't know where Miquella is, and probably doesn't have the mental capacity to figure out how to get there at this stage. She seems handicapped in her first stage, meanwhile the Goddess of Rot form is not even really her consciousness anymore. She wasn't even near her finest when facing Radahn. Woman's been deteriorating longer than Godrick has been a pussy. Love your content dude, keep up the great work. Edit: formatting

Miquella, in the haligtree, was like "help me stepbro! Im stuck" Mohg: *unzips his own skin*

Just wanna say I much prefer this style of video/conversation. A lot of lore videos online tend to come off as pretentious or are simply wheel treading but I always learn something from your videos and the informal style makes it a lot easier to relate with. For example I had no idea about the connection between miquella and carian tradition with the similar swords. Great video can't for the next one, really wanna see you talk about the imps/graves

Once I heard the immaculate bong rip in the 1st 5 seconds of the video I knew this was gonna be a good one!

I think you are right in thinking that Radahn was halting the stars first for his mother and then for his sister. There is evidence to suggest that the house of the moon stood as one in defiance of the golden order. When you join Ranni's quest but go to the Altus Plateau without triggering sellen's quest and then return to Jerren he tells you to go tell Iji that her fate is controled by the stars and to send you to fight Radahn so that se might find a solution to her problems through fate. He reminisces about his time with the carian royals and with Iji. But most importantly he remembers that the swords that Iji made for Radahn's army were still usavle even after encountering scarlet rot. This means they were friendly at least to some point before the shattering and possibly even to the point that Radahn and Malenia fought. Further evidence is that Radahn was known as the star scourge from his younger years. Jerren was introduced to Radahn through the carian royal courts. So this means he was on friendly terms with his family even after arresting the stars. I dont think it would be the case if he acted against his family's interest. All members of the carian royal family share troops among each other. Rani has troops from Rykard in her region, Rykard we know for sure was acting along side Ranni (untill he got the idea of letting a possibly outer god snake eat him) Radahn has in his army the mages from Sellia(an offshoot of Raya lucaria), marrionet soldiers (also from the college thus from his mom ) and his castle has an abductor virgin patrolling the castle. Even more evidence is that if you look at the map Radahn could not reach the capitol to attack it through the sea as the capitol is surrounded by mountains so you cant land the troops. His only option is through land. To do this he has to go through Limgrave and in my opinion it is this reason that he forces Godrick to come with him probably by force so he can attack the capitol and keep his home safe from invasion by Godricks soldiers. Eventually Godrick abandons Radahn at the capitol by running away hiding as a woman. There is no reason for an attacking force to hide and retreat when sieging if they were control of the area outside the castle. This betrayal I think is why he was hiding from Radahn in the castle and since Radahn was recovering he could not siegh Godrick too. Anyway if you look at the attack on the capitol the entire fight takes place on the left side of the inner wall and the only path leading to the left side is from the volcano manor where they have a portrait of Radahn. They clearly look up to the man. There are still more evidence but comment is getting long already. Oh and btw I think this is also why malenia attacks Radahn, his army was the mightiest outside the capitol and attacking him at this time when he was recovering would be perfect for Malenia who did not have as much of an army. I think all these things heavily imply that Radahn ,Ranni / Ranalla and Rykard were acting together to over throw the golden order. Radahn the general, Rykard the Praetor( judiciary) and Ranni the head of the house were in the counseling body and the government of the order as evidence by the cutscene before the Morgot fight. They had the power to fight the order since they were part of the order. I doubt the Redmanes who are all about family and loyalty would follow a general who abandoned and betrayed his own family. But all these are my speculation and opinions I could be wrong, but I really think there are a lot of circumstantial evidences suggesting this. The battle between two great houses is very much the way GRRM writes noble families and besides before the marriage between Renalla and Radagon only the Carian Royals and the academy stopped the march of the Golden order so it is safe to say as of now only they had the power to oppose the order if they acted together.

Love seeing your lore videos pop up in my subscriptions. Your consistent tone and frequency of uploads gets me through the week thank you for sharing your voice!

Placidickballs... Placidouchebag... Placididdlekids... The damn dragon

“Yikes! Pupperino wholesome chungus. Thanks for the gold kind stranger!” -Mohg Lord of Diddling

Miquella could be a reference to Griffith with his body looking so tortured and the inside with his face looks horrible, just like Griffith after he was tortured.

Perhaps Malenia thought Radahn took Miquella. Mohg is crafty. The Haligtree soldiers are looking for Miquella. "Awaiting his return." Miquella went missing perhaps before Malenia and the Cleanrot Knights went to Caelid. Mohg manipulated the situation to make it appear as if Radahn could have been responsible, and Mohg's palace is below Caelid.

You’re killing it man quickly becoming one of my favorite lore channels!

Thanks now I can listen to this at work

46:25 Something I thought was interesting is that when Gideon talks about Ranni, he says "Ranni is said to have cast aside her Great Rune..." Later, Ranni says this "I stole the Rune of Death, slew mine own Empyrean flesh, casting it away." I think it's interesting they both use the word "cast", and it seems to imply that Great Runes are inextricably tied to flesh. That's why you have to "kill" demigods in order to get them. Except for Rennala. You don't have to kill her. You just have to kill the Amber Egg's projection that it shoots up into the room of Rennala. So you still have to "kill" the Amber Egg to get its Great Rune? Those are just some observations I've made.

Love that you can just hear the bong cooking in the background the whole time

Man this video was fantastic enjoyed every second of it that intro alone was perfect

Man, Elden Ring needs dlc so badly. Fromsoft expansions always add to the best parts of the story and lore. I want it for the story more than I want it for the gameplay not going to lie.

Heard the intro and immediately started laughing. Great video as always Madman!

Yeah I'm gonna say it Ranni's quest had comfy vibes, in its own cold and violent way, I think people simp for her cause she's the most developed character we interact with, which definitely helps with getting attached to her

"She would definitely be able to rock Mohgs shit all over the place if she just knew where he was at or even tried to fucking look. If she just got off her ass, but NO she just wakes up when we show up and then just wants to fucking fight us it doesn't make any fucking sense. Fuck her." GodDAMN was that my favorite part of this video😭🙏 I love these kinds of rant videos lol

Serosh should be an ash of war. That’d be amazing. I feel like he’s kind of an ash when you fight Godfrey cause when they died he didn’t look like a ghost but when you fight Godfrey, he’s a spirit, kind of like Godfrey still relying on his strength as an ash of war, just a thought

Holy shit I just found this channel and the into rip has me hooked already

13:13 I would think he being called a "Lich" dragon would imply that he was trying to give his own soul or part of it, to Godwyn and it only corrupted both of them, turning Godwyn half dragon, and the dragon becoming a souless undead, or a Lich.

"Cooler than Artorias" Wow, a new Lord of Blasphemy has been born!!!

Well, since this started with a fat bog rip. I'm gonna have to hold off on watching this until I re-up.

Serosh suppresses all of Godfrey’s emotions, so serosh roaring means that he was trying to contain Godfrey’s sorrow for his son morgott, who he and him had a lot in common at the end. I have no idea where he was at all, but he felt horrible for what happened to morgott

Your lore vids are the best ones because they are quicker with the casual commentary.

I cannot wait for your starting classes video! Great work, so fascinating.

I just found your channel a couple videos ago, and I gotta say, you're probably my favorite Elden Ring lore channel on youtube. You definitely deserve more subscribers. Keep it up!

Man I’m sure you won’t see this, but sitting here smoking while watching your videos is something I genuinely look forward to every day. All my friends live hours away, and I work 2nd shift, so I don’t really get the chance to hang out with anyone. Watching your videos and sitting in my car and smoking kinda feels like I’m just hanging out listening to a friend talk. I really appreciate that you don’t put on a voice to do your videos. Makes you feel way more genuine. Helps sorta fill that void that comes with being lonely. Thanks for making your videos man ☺️☺️

Morogot refers to all the other demigods as willful traitors except Mohg, just interesting. Also points to Radahn not being for the golden order.

hearing the bong instantly was so fucking funny bro subbed

As soon as I heard that pull I knew I needed a dab for this video

I appreciate the “The Gods Must Be Crazy” reference haha

Tarnished are referred to as Kin after all, but I think it is indeed in a metaphorical sense, as the Tarnished were his Armies sent with him from the Lands Between.

11:19 that's a very good point about the motivation behind the black knife assassins. Also, this was great to listen to. Thanks man

Damn it I was headed to bed guess not...Imma enjoy it tho

And its, okaaaay to it fiiiish csuse they, dont have aaanyyy feeeeeelings -godwyn prince of depression

I think this is my favourite video of yours, it's funny informative and you're so laid back it's great

"The bloody head lice or something" I am fucking deceased, this makes me wanna blow my money on weed

The bong rip at the beginning is deserving enough of a like xD

I have never Played elden rings. Fell out of gaming myself few years ago. But my Twitter feed told me of this awesome dude that pulls bongs rips and forgets his thought process talking about Lore and I had to see it. 10/10 not disappoint, feel like I have an idea of what's going on without playing. 👍

Mans said “lemme toke up before I get paid”

Rahdan sounds like a battle shonen protag

lol i didn’t even notice your "monotone voice" - you mentioned it somewhere around an hour in and it made me laugh out loud. you have a genuine chill personality and charisma. i like how you riff and talk shit but you produce thoughtful and thought provoking content. keep up the great work madman.

On the topic of Malenia, what if we’re misunderstanding her relationship with Miquella? She’s standing in the Haligtree still calling herself both undefeated and the blade of Miquella even though he’s not there. She seems to have no idea that he’s not there, or to not care. I don’t think Malenia has free will except in her Goddess of Rot form, where the rot god is in control. I think she’s completely under Miquella’s control. She doesn’t even remember fighting Radahn. The only way he could save her from the scarlet rot was to control her himself. Also, I believe his intent behind the Haligtree wasn’t to rival the Erdtree or make a safe haven for outcasts. He used them to experiment and discover a way to age himself; by watering the Haligtree with his and their blood and then confining himself in it, he intended to grow to adulthood as the tree grew. Part of the reason this was possible was because of Godwyn, whom he also “failed” to save. He didn’t fail at all, he was using the Deathroot to create the Haligtree so that, through Godwyn, he could both grow to maturity and become one with the power of the Crucible where the Erdtree draws its power. There’s a reason Malenia says that Miquella was the most fearsome. His power to charm others made it so his true plans were perceived as some noble endeavor.

Lmao it's the audible bong rip for me 😂

Yo, just noticed a things. So, in the opening video we get the picture of miquella in his original child form. In this picture he is standing next to mogg, with his hand over moggs, as if they are in accordance. In the cutscene of moggs boss fight, miquellas arm is raised, then falls(and he seems to injure himself to cause the blood pool, which implies collusion) to a position that his blood can pool effectively. Then after that, mogg raises miquellas arm slightly and the arm stays there, which would mean miquella can control his body to some extent in this state. This, I feel, alludes to the fact that miquella was in cahoots with mogg, and that they both planned this, and that miquella is aware to some extent of his surroundings. What do you think about that? Anyone? And in trying to think why they would collude with each other.... Miquella is against the golden order and mogg is a being that was blessed, or cursed, by the crucible which came before the erdtree. So perhaps they found a similar purpose together in trying to usurp/destroy the golden order. A world with death in it would have blood being spilt after all so perhaps their aims could be more compatible than we first guessed?

Regarding Godfrey and how Serosh is grafted to his body: GRRM has this story called "Monkey Treatment" which is about this obese person who seeks to become thin. He meets this weird fat guy who gives him a monkey to put on his back. The monkey eats all his food and gets fat, and the monkey is impossible to get rid of as it attacks him if he tries to get rid of it or even mentions it to others. And nobody but the protagonist can see the monkey on his back, they just think he's eating all the food himself. Eventually the man starts to fade and the monkey starts to resemble the fat man who sold it. At the end the protagonist meets his old friend who has been almost completely absorbed by his monkey, so that only his loose skin is left, hanging by the monkey's legs. Horrified, the protagonist tries to commit suicide by jumping from an 8th story window. He survives but the monkey on his back cushions his fall and it dies. It is implied to be some sort of alien parasite that would have eaten him or a metaphor how his obesity and love of food will eventually kill him if he doesn't get control. So kind of what Serosh is doing with Godfrey except not really. Some kind of parasitic parallel, especially the way Serosh is trying to emerge and take over, when Godfrey is beaten, but he absorbs his rage and takes it as part of himself before it consumes him.

bro has become my fav soulstuber, just adds so much funny commentary to his videos without even trying. Keep being you Madman

I love the fact that you're hitting your bong at the beginning lol a bong enthusiast right here as well. Cheers mate and thanks a lot for your content❤

The Godwyn and Nito Theory has one big major flaw: How can Nita have a soul if he already lost it from dying? Did it grow back? Does it have something to do with Fia? Did the Flame give him a new Soul? Or did something else happen? There's a lot that needs to justify Nito being Godwyn, for not only this reason but many others. Just wanted to put my thoughts out after hearing about the Theory in this video. (There's also other issues, too, but the Soul one to me seems to be the biggest one, since how would he be able to get the Lord Soul if he's essentially in an immobile vegetative state. One of these other issues is how Godwyn went from a colossal Mermaid-Corpse to a much smaller amalgamation of bones.) 1:00:41 - This is unrelated, but I didn't expect this. Made me laugh quite a bit.

"Because they said fuck the Erdtree." - I'm also baked and I resonated with this statement.

This is awesome man I think this is the funniest Lore video I've ever seen thanks a lot

Weird theory, but maybe Godrick was a hostage at the moment that Lyndell was attacked by Radahn. That means that Godefroy was one of the first beings to attack the capital after the shattering, probably in the means to inheriting Godwyn's great rune, his ancestor. A hostage, in medieval times, would be a means to keep you safe against your vassals or your enemies, that you mean that Godrick is probably the son of Godefroy, or at least, a direct descendant. In consequence to Godefroy's defeat, Godrick became a hostage at Lyndell, and that was the spark for his self worth issues, as well his snobbish pride of his status of the 'last of Godwyn's lineage'. Why becoming a hostage? Maybe was in Morgott's interest that the great rune's of the Elden Ring were meant to be, in fact, at the possession of each of the game's demigods (maybe he thought that Marika shattered the Elden Ring with a greater purpose, and keeping it broken was maintaining the status quo that was meant to be). Godrick becoming a hostage would mean to Morgott that, indirectly, one of the strongest great rune's would be at his possession. The problem with his strategy would be that, the shattering would cause a major war between the demigods, and this type of 'brotherhood' between the demichildren of Marika would be, in fact, just another hopeless dream of his.

The Serosh part was hysterical, excellent vid as always, thank you!

I love just getting stoned and listening to Elden ring lore😂 it always amazes me

I think there was some mention of the red hair being a curse by the giants, which is why Radagon hated it

Maybe radahns master told him about creatures like astel and thats why hes holding back the stars too

Ah. My new favorite KZfaq channel

BTW the Black Knife Assassins are Scions of the Eternal cities which if you pay attention to the Lore essentially implies Marika and the Golden Order banished them underground for some unnamed transgression (I suspect it was the creation of the Albanaurics and their worship of the Stars, Night, and the Dark Moon) then when the made further transgression like crafting the finger slayer blades were wiped out by Astel which the Greater will called down upon them. Basically there's a lot bad blood between Marika and the Black Knife Assassins and they had good reason to merc Godwyn her favorite child.

I like your videos I listen to them when I'm drunk and still cant fall asleep. It's fun to hear someone just talk about the lore of this game.

There's a chance that Tanith may be a reference to the late British author Tanith Lee. She wrote Gothic/Occult Horror, and many of her stories would fit in well in the Lands Between. It could be a complete coincidence though

Godfrey: hey Morgott I’m home! That Milk took a lil bit longer to get than……. Oh oh oh Morgott you need some MILK!!! Morgott: *Dead*

binging all your stuff rn haven't found a dark souls creator with eredin's energy in ages ty god

Sees Mohg 1st time- I'm not gonna touch your dead wife bro, chill Proccess of learning more about his lore- okay it's his husband, cool. Ohh wait it's his relative? The fuck? And he's stuck in a child like form? And he's stuck in a magic slumber? Hey officers, ya that guy right there!

THE BONG HAHAHAHAHAHA I’m obsessed

Nobody talkin about this sick ass reference with the title? Lol your style is the best too, got me subbed after 1 video

I really enjoyed this video, looking forward to diving in to the rest of your channel. Keep it up!

I enjoyed that explaining. Not censored, making it even better. Very nice

I think it's not hard to justify that Radahn would attack the capital at some point. His father got locked up during the Shattering. He didn't seem to favor the Golden Order, nor the Greater Will. I'm curious about the time period between Radagan leaving for the capital and the Shattering of the Elden Ring. How did everyone get along at this point? I think you pretty much covered what detail we are givin, but it would be great if Soft gave more details regarding that period.

I subscribed specifically because of the bing rip in the beginning.

bro i thought you were slurping really loud at first and i was like "ew" but nah :)

19:29 Bro yes! I thought I was the only one. When he yells "Dynasty" I imagined an unimpressed eye-roll from a wife to a husband declaring fervent confidence/glory in some likely to fail plan. Underwhelming for real and they should have done more focus testing with people asking "is this voice appropriate or crap?".

I’m taking bong rips with the narrator lmfaooo

knowing the loremaster is as high me is too rad

Been subscribed since your OG iceberg video and I just gotta say loved seeing this in my sub box 🔥💯 love what you do man

Miquella is said to be fearsome in my opinion because it is heavy implied he can control the minds of others through unalloyed gold.

Bruh I love your videos. I'd love more long form ones too. This was really good though. And I love your view on the lore. The way you put pieces together makes alot of sense

“You have to be dead to clap Fia’s cheeks.” I know what I have to do but I don’t know if I have the strength to do it.

Morgot upheld the order that banished his father & scorned his brother & himself. Stockholm syndrome goes crazy in the lands between.

i just hit mine b4 watching this i thought i was just hearing things

Yeah, Godfrey becomes the first demigod after marrying Marika. He is called that way in the game, somewhere.

Margit/Morgott is one of my favourite bosses. Lore wise and fight wise. His voice acting is stellar too. All around awesome.

I love how you opened the video I if you ever wanna just chat lore Im down I do it casually and blitzed while I'm on stream

A headcanon about Ranni - she had a hand in Malenia attacking Caelid. Since Malenia was undefeated, she would be most likely able to kill Radahn and, in this way, release the stars. Maybe around the time Miquella disappeared, Ranni spread a rumor that he has been taken in Caelid by Radahn. Now, this lacks all types of foundation. One plot hole I can think of is, how is Ranni aware of the existence of the Haligtree? But it sounds like something Ranni would potentially do. Get somebody else to do the dirty work and take the blame, too, while she's mostly unknown.