Ty! It's st Trina's theme

Could also be a form of spritestone.

IF true, would add a "Holy s%#@" factor to them!

Yes we all know they pet the slimes. I had that spoiled for me before I even knew who the final boss was.

​@@eddieford9373Lol

So, the slimes have projectile spears… and rubbing tools and weapons against them made projectile weapons 🤔

They are just corpses controlled by black crabs. They have no lore

Marika’s hammer also looks regal, like a sceptre. Radagon wielding Golden Order Great Sword would have been a sight to behold but it’s funny that I poke Radagon’s crotch and he hits me in the face with his hammer. 🤪

Also, if you want to really throw in a "tin-foil hat", into things, a maybe connection to Rykard somehow! Wait a minute, the two crystals on the Gelmir Staff, COULD be the SAME ones that are in the backs of the Golems! Maybe, the ancient people's that created the Fire Hexes, which were later refined by Rykard, possibly said people, had a connection to the Golem Smiths! Maybe, the practices of wielding Magma and Smithing, in a spiritual manner, got to stay a little more intact, in the Land of Shadow! Messmer's Spear, possibly being a Smithscript weapon, would explain it more! Okay, REALLY BAT-S%#@ theory coming, but, depending on how long Radagon and Marika were one and the same, even though Rykard's mother was Rennala, that MIGHT explain HOW Rykard was able to meld with the Serpent so well (all things considered!), maybe he got a little bit of Shaman in there, somewhere! (and his ability to do THAT, not just because of his Great Rune!) I'm thinking there is a DEEPER connection between Rykard and Messmer, that doesn't JUST stem from them being half-brothers!

It's something I also thought about. What is when in this story not the snake seduced someone with the fruit from a tree, but Marika seduced a snake to give her the power of a tree? That would on the one hand imply that Marika somehow escaped Bonny Village, but on the other hand could that be the sin Marika did that the Hornsent called her out and that Miquella tried to undo.

@ I want stay away from the Living Saint translation error for this. The living jars were the result of stuffing criminals into jars with their bodies mashed up with a Shaman to create people who were sinless. I apply that logic to the serpent. I apply that logic to stuffing bodies inside of rykard’s serpent. It would seem he fed himself to the serpent like someone would give themselves to a living jar. Just like with the ants, however, it seems like that was how Marika could’ve collected enough runes to forge her version of the Elden Ring

I think the soul cost is just Hewg taking his cut 😂

also, something completely different... this explores the idea of artificial life manufacturing more artificial beings like themselves, essentially a copy of themselves. This is one of the oldest theories and also bases a lot of new ones, especially in A.I. . Like, how do we define an artificial being and what happens when this "artificial life" gets smart enough and capable of replicating...? Very deep subjects. I believe the explanation of why Taylew is the deity is that Taylew was the first of his kind, created so long ago records do not exist.. only lore and legends. I'm sorry of double commenting, but I had to add this... Cheers mates! 🍻

I don’t think they are the crucible itself maybe a Remnant of a Civilization and or group of people who Are extremely adept at smithing and discovered a way to create weapons that can come back to you

It would explain the “melt it all away” line from the frenzied flame occultists

@@michaelblevins1651 it parallels the flame of chaos in the original Dark Souls, a bit...

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