Volo was blessed by either elminster or mystra. Another fun fact, he's not a bard but just an incompetent wizard that talks a lot.

Bro the production for this video was all over the place since I was moving XD if that is the only audio issue I managed to put in there, I take that as a W ;) Glad you enjoyed it anyway!

Thanks haha. Probably since I should make more frequent videos and be a bit more specific with my topics. I might split the videos to 2 different channels maybe, one for lore and one for game psychology/business.

One can never have to many eyes.

It is not quite clear if you just look at the actual descriptions and dialogues, but yes this is definitely one possibility. And it wouldn't even be something that would be out of the question we know Marika is capable of many things. But there are many ways to look at it ;)

I literally had to google what you just did there! Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed the video!

The Cu Chulainn narrative is interesting, I definitely have to read into that one! There is some gold reference connected to the Greater Will, if you look at the Elden Beast which is artistically a combination of gold and the stars. You could say Omen are born from a curse but that is just semantics or cultural differences. On a physical level they are both just people born with horns, influenced prbly by the Crubible. Same thing, different color. There is never any reference that Messmer is hunting Tarnished. There is only a handful of people who might be considered Tarnished in the Shadowlands to begin with - because of Miquella, and contrary to the Lands Between.

@@dave_marian No I mean I believe the Madam in the Hornsent tower actually says they sent a curse upon Marika and all her kin, and it’s clear that the Omen’s crucible traits are far from the more tamed ones the Hornsent have. Omen horns in most cases are maiming the Omens themselves, with Mohg and Morgott each only having one working eye, and Morgott having filed his horns down on one side just so he could see. It’s pretty clear the Omen curse is truly the curse it’s made out to be. It’s not just a matter of cultural interpretation of the same traits. Even the most revered among the Hornsent barely have more than stubs, and instead wear ornamental helmets to depict larger horns. I doubt very much the Omen are anything natural.

Possible, but there is no reference that it was Caria's intervention that caused the Trolls to rebel against the giants, especially since there are hints that these two wars did not necessarily happen around the same time. Descriptions say that the age of the Erdtree started with Marika's or Godfrey's victory over the giants, so this was probably even before Leyndell itself was established. Biggest hint: The First Church of Marika is in the mountains, only the second church is in Altus. So Marika was prbly in the mountains before she arrived in Leyndell.

Radagon lead a great golden host into Liurnia. If this occurred in the age of the Erdtree, Radagon would have lead the Golden Order into Liurnia. There is a meaningful difference. In the beginning, all opposed the Erdtree. The Carians viewed the Fire Giants as neighbors. That fancy big lift between Liurnia and Altus Plateau has statues of Raya Lucaria Mages and Tree Knights. The lift between Altus Plateau and the Forbidden Lands Features Tree Knights and Fire Giants. The road from Raya Lucaria to the Mountaintops of the Giants predates the Golden Order and demonstrates a level of cooperation that further implies the Carians and Giants worked together. If everyone was against the Erdtree in beginning and everyone was cooperative, a fight with one is a fight against all. The only reason the defeat of the Fire Giants is the beginning of the Age of the Erdtree is because the Flame of Ruin, the only Fire that can burn the Erdtree was now removed from the field. The defeat of the Fire Giants was the end of Godfrey’s Lordship. It was not the Golden Order that Radagon marched into Liurnia with. It was not a war of ideals that was waged. It was territorial aggression, as in, Radagon/Marika was trying to claim territory to establish their Golden Order in. With recent revelations, it seems the Carians were likely the most powerful faction after the Hornsent, before Marika descended into godhood. To win anything, Marika and Godfrey would need to prevent any group from being reinforced by another and make even communication between factions as difficult as possible. I guess… I dunno… it fits the vague timeline. The numbering of the Churches of Marika only creates a timeline for the Cult of Marika converting or otherwise establishing a strong enough following to be able to advertise its presence. Liurnia never fully converted.

I love ranni’s ending so I kinda hate that theory….. because it kinda taints the one good-ending with ya know insest😂😂

@@NedStarrk007marika and radagon where separate beings at one point so your not related to ranni

@@Zynxgocrazy oh dope I thought it was another George rr martin ending😂😂

@@NedStarrk007 technically it’s only incest if sex is involved and since Ranni inhabits an extremely rough looking doll made of ceramics and rope I doubt sex would be an option. Also, Miquella wanted Radahn as his consort and they’re technically half-brothers so…yeah. Same with Mohg.

Well we are talking about George RR Martin to so it makes sense we're dimi god's I mean it takes a dimi god to kill a god ​@@NedStarrk007

Haha, yeah! look at his banner ;) It's eyes and ears. The symbol of a master of spies.

Absolutely. It could also refer to Messmer as a half-brother... It's a bit complicated since the same line also mentions Gaius who definitely wasn't related. Nice linguistic trick. Messmer could be a child of Godfrey, yes. Or maybe Marika had him even earlier... We can only speculate at this point.

I am getting more and more into the mindset that gold is just generally the power of the land, in various forms: Crucible, Elden Ring...

@@dave_marian from what I can tell the “greater will” is a void from the aftermath which once begat all the stars and the golden ring that links them, gold seems to be the elden rings influence over the land (like any power in game I imagine gold as an outer influence), this is why it appears in all sects as the elden ring is not just some outer influence it’s the formation of order in the world, none are above the elden ring which is both probably why marika wanted the elden ring and why everyone was against her taking it. Gold and holy damage seem to have specifically ceremonial use by the old world, dragons who lived in the very presence of the elden ring had skin and flames of gold and were venerated by the beastfolk for it, they also seem to only have holy implements that are directly tied to the elden ring like the arc spells and the spira spell instead of being implements made of gold like radagons rings of light or gold discus, another idea that supports the elden ring and it’s gold being a purifying and over powering element, the horn sent, blood fiends, rot kindred, and especially the undead, are all weak to holy or “gold” (which would make sense if the only way the old ways served order was as part of death, if gold is a debug tool and undead are a bug…), meaning gold would not be a element of healthy change but instead of purging the none-conforming in the name of “order”, this links to another idea I have of marika being the goddess of the crucible taking on the role of the goddess of “eternal life” which would be her rune, but what’s more is that radagon is of the golden order, not of the order of life or the order of death, where marika is the goddess of an age, radagon is the actual elden ring itself, he is the closest thing their will ever be to a “greater will” in the lands between, so I believe that A. The hair on the Erebus head shows the outer force sealed within (this tracks with a lot of the hair in this game) so radagon having red hair and vise versa means that they really represent the opposite color (this also explains what radagons “curse of their kind” is, a connection to the crucible through marika) and B. Gold is “order” and by extension the “greater will” by extension (the greater will is just the world always having an order and not an actual thing, it more like the will of the universe, which tracks sense it’s the influence of the elden ring which is literally the world) as it is a boon that allows for one to ascend, (this explains why hornsent have physical puppets they call forces into rather then ascending themselves which is reserved for grace given animals like Sarosh) it comes from the stars which are supposedly a tapestry of fate, (which explains the elden ring in its entirety) and gold represents a heaven sent and un-sullied light, not because outer influence doesn’t exist, but because gold is a pure element unalterable by the impure.

@@dave_marian I know I just word walled you, but I said all of that to say, this is probably why marika acted when she did, red gold shows that the influence of death in the lands between was influencing the literal heavens and the purity found within them, and no one would know the state of the stars better then someone born linked to them, this is also why shamans were likely hunted in the first place, by using their flesh they would suffusing gold into the crucible not just increasing its influence over the world, but by extension the elden ring, I believe the rune of death was once a pure black rune, a cumulative heap of all the purged impurity or a “destined death”, this also explains why it’s black flame and not red flame, the flame of death used by the apostasy is not merely a usage of death like malikath or the black knives, it is a boon from one born to the element of death, a pure version of death if you will as it came directly from the source, which we hear about in multiple items

Yeah, Ranni in and of herself is already a very enticing mystery.

So Rykard and Radhan are the only two who see everything? I'm am gonna leave Ranni out of this for now, because I think she is in general more complex and a bit of an outlier among the empyreans.

@@dave_marian if you think about it, radahn could be the only two that see the bigger picture. Melania was blinded by her rot and her love for her brother. Miquella was blinded by his idea of perfection order and god hood. Melina is partially distracted by her ambition to destroy the erdtree. Morgott was blinded by his loyalty to the golden order, same could be said for messmer and his loyalty to marika. Mohg was blinded by miquella’s spell and ranni could be blinded by her ambition to bring a new age similar to miquella. You could argue that rykard saw through the lies of the order and that’s why he strayed from grace which lead to him fleeing to volcano manor and consequently turned him into a monster. In radahn’s case, he’s commonly described as one of the most honourable of the demigods, and one of the kindest. This can be seen in his love for his horse leonard and honourable fighting style. Unlike his siblings he had no other ambition apart from battle and potential becoming the Elden lord (much like godfrey who also has both eyes open.) I’m not to sure if he willing became miquella’s consort though because it’s never clearly stated. I’m going to assume he didn’t willingly become his consort due to melania being sent to kill him during the shattering for the sake of miquella’s plan.

@@dave_marian Its more that they are completely aware of who they are and know the goal they’re working towards. Rykard is unflinchingly devoted to his ideal of blasphemy and will do ANYTHING to see the Golden Order crumble. Radahn has committed his entire life to battle and shows of strength to the point where, even when he’s basically lobotomized by the scarlet rot, he fights as if it were muscle memory. This isnt to say that they’re perfect people. They’re just in tune with who they are and what their purpose is.

I think this is even implied in the base game already. At least the Frenzy Flame and the Dark Moon have been present for a long time.

Hyetta claims her eyesight has been weak since birth (Irina too).