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[@Ziostorm]

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[@kingjohn8980]

I believe that these videos are the most accurate analysis of the lore of Bloodborne and should be spread to the wider soulsborne community. In my opinion, the creator of this analysis, Charred Thermos, deserves more attention for his analysis and I would greatly appreciate if you check out his channel. kzbin.info/aero/PL5qt6HFb6TwDZnuy8ZyfEPLUxo6OvQ7YM kzbin.info/aero/PL5qt6HFb6TwDVYcXyowUxa6ULJQpcgsoh

[@darlingxluxii7977]

Gonna join your server dude! ❤❤❤❤

[@iShadowBEAST]

What is the armor?

[@asdergold1]

Look at the positions of the divine towers and converge all of them to a point. That's where it fell.

[@ostravamasterson4178]

Please mention how Fia is FortIssAx she ends up soul less(we killed her dragon form in a dream) her souless body in the same place as her companion godwyn dragon can turn into humanoids in lore this would be a obvious lite hit a lot of people miss

[@TopazIngenious]

The fact that Greyoll's Roar extinguishes fire is unbelievable. I never thought of that. This game never ends.

[@TreeRingsExploration]

Now Ik gotta have FGMS

[@SubZyYT]

Extinguish thy flame!

[@musicman3600able]

I wonder if there are any bosses it would work on 🤔

[@mohammadsaleem5990]

Pretty sure that's a bug. The weapon straight up going through you can't be intentional

[@darlingxluxii7977]

I never knew it too. Imma start using it more lol

[@charlylmaoo5953]

The resemblance between the Beast eye and Melina's eye is an amazing discovery

[@WhyFie9]

Might explain why the Erdtree blocks your path to becoming Elden Lord since you are working with the Gloam-eyed Queen an enemy of the golden order

[@generalmikalie2739]

@@WhyFie9 i like that theory alot

[@darlingxluxii7977]

I know I was creeped out but amazed too. ❤❤

[@darlingxluxii7977]

@@WhyFie9 that’s nice thought. It would explain why melina had to burn herself to let you go ❤

[@asdergold1]

@@WhyFie9 nah, that's because the Erdtree follows the will of the Elden Beast, who now doesn't want to deal with any of this shit after the Shattering.

[@lucazaroli6761]

8:54 in radahns arena If you go north to the coast you can actually see the pirate ship. Maybe it’ll be the access point to the dlc and we’ll go on swashbuckling adventures across the seas

[@alastor8091]

Platforming through shipwrecks over instant death water.

[@nobody2416]

@@alastor8091 Sounds great to me

[@yourdad5799]

@@alastor8091 you're thinking too small. Imagine akward water combat with a breath meter oh and also the water is poison

[@Unyielding_Vortx]

Another cool thing in the cutscene with Melina. If u listen close you can hear torret calling for help with a small whistle and it ends after it burns away. Really sad n nice touch

[@Ziostorm]

I’ll have to listen for this that’s heartbreaking…

[@Unyielding_Vortx]

@@Ziostorm yea it’s real early into the cutscene and happens quickly and first time watching it your just overwhelmed by Melina it’s on analyzing everything you notice it.

[@chaddavid1037]

@@Unyielding_Vortx wow, nice catch

[@Unyielding_Vortx]

@@chaddavid1037 thanks man I feel like it’s tragic how he calls for Melina almost like his last call was to bring her close to where the lord of frenzy was crowned.

[@sebastianestrada3697]

I was wondering what that sound was. Now it makes sense!

[@3lz0r69]

Cpt. Picards first Ship was the USS Stargazer. In the very first Episode of TNG the Crew of the Enterprise helps two "Space-Jellyfish" to reunite, so they can travel beyond the stars together.

[@alexrissling6182]

Unreal connection!

[@ShredPerspectivesWorks]

awww im ultras of soulsborn and st universe

[@Writh811]

You can get a lower view of the waterfall from Radahn's arena on its northern coast. For a while now I've believed that Farum Azula, when it was attached was situated between Caelid and the Giant's Mountain top. The northern most section of Caelid where the Beast Sanctum is located is actually the last piece of the old Farum Land including the Great Farum bridge the once connected Caelid and Farum Azula.

[@draxyboy]

My thoughts as well!

[@WeyounSix]

Holy shit this is genius

[@asdergold1]

That makes sense. And the Beast fell in a lake, right in the point where all the towes converge. So right beside Farum Azula. Then it probably scared the shit out of the dragon god since the Greater Will could just fucking send out a god out of nowhere. And the flood...this and a retreat plus seal manifesting as a storm and it's probably why we have a floating crumbling Farum Azula.

[@BibliothekMaus]

@@asdergold1 I toyed with the idea that the Elden beast WAS the god of the dragons. It's head was taken and its body turned into a weapon much like Radagon/Marika were. It was ripped out of Farum Azula and crashed into the world for some reason that is yet unknown to us.

[@asdergold1]

@@BibliothekMaus That's something.

[@felixgauer2447]

Concerning the waterfall at the edge of the map: I used to work on a VR game a couple of years ago and we took a lot of inspiration from stone-age briton/early celtic mythology. When I started playing ER the connection to that time period became painfully similar to what we did, down to the colorschemes, OST and general imagery. The stone age britons had a perception of the afterlife. The names of that world would (roughly) translate to "The world beyond the Mist", "The Land under the Wave", "The Multicolored Place", "The Land of the Young/Undying" and more. It is also a place that you travel to by sea and through mist. In ER I see all of these things as inspirations and I contribute them to G.R.R. Martins influence. To that extand the Land Between are also a somewhat surreal place, that is seperated from the "normal world". To me, that waterfall is that uncrossable border. That is why the ships are sunken, because you actually can´t leave the Lands Between. That makes Rannis ending so meanginful.

[@jeaneric1581]

I think The Gloam-Eyed Queen is rather mother of Melina, but also alter ego for the Snow Witch. Hear me out. We know that Ranni's mentor "was a witch, and well versed in cold sorceries. It is said that the doll that houses Ranni's soul was modeled after her." We all agree that Ranni and Melina look alike. And we can assume that Melina is not a mentor to Ranni as she uses only incantations. Melina's only named connection is her mother that as she said "gave me my purpose". So if they both share traits of the some third person, artificial or natural, that may as well be Gloam-Eyed Queen. Plus, there is minor similarities between cold and death sorceries, doing magic damage with frostbite. But another thing of that Melina and Ranni both got Spectral Steed Whistle and Spirit Calling Bell with Lone Wolf Ashes. That said to be previously belong to "a nameless Tarnished". And this tarnished is probably named Vargram the Raging Wolf, "one of the first Tarnished to visit the Roundtable Hold", emphasis on long time ago. He wields Godslayer's Greatsword that is a "sacred sword of the Gloam-Eyed Queen". "It is said that she was an Empyrean chosen by the Fingers" and it's said that "wolves are the shadows of the Empyrean. Vargram aspired to such a state himself". Assuming that untold story here resembles storyline of Blaidd, we can speculate that Vargram also did not wanted "her defeat at the hands of Maliketh", but could not resist. As such he would return his relics to those two, who deeply connected to his master.

[@Nina-lf3st]

I think ranni and melina are somehow like sisters. kinda like the jellyfish and all the other twin references in the game, their just distant twins or like fraternal twins cuz of the whole weird marika/radagon thing.

[@puzzleheaded6195]

6:39 The Flame of Frenzy ending reveals so many critical things. 1. “The Beast Eye” we recieve from Gurranq/Maliketh has strong implications that it belonged to Marika especially since it’s stone covered just like her state when we find her and shes missing her left eye. Melina reveals to have the same eye, on the same side of her face in the lord of frenzy ending. Her previously Golden Eye loses its color because the Golden Order is no more and Grace is gone. Also interesting to note is that her Blade of Calling is fashioned after a Godskin Peeler. 2.The Spectral Steed Whistle is found in tact as well, possibly hinting it’s unalloyed gold since Miquella’s needle is made from the same stock and wards away things like rot and frenzy which both originate from outer gods. The description of the whistle describes it as a “goldwork” placing a special emphasis on the process of making it. Metal is not supposed to burn like that and Melina herself closes her palm, implying she’s still holding it.

[@asdergold1]

It belonging to Marika sounds like much more of a stretch than Melina just having a replacement eye. I'm sorry, but it sounds like you're trying to cope with the fact she's an Empyrean (likely old enough to be Godfrey's daughter) and failing miserably.

[@fush0690]

@@asdergold1 melina seems heavily implied to be a radagon/marika, same naming pattern as miquella and malenia, same hair as radagon and having one of the three butterflies represent her

[@asdergold1]

@@fush0690 No. That's just retarded.

[@vikomonboii6737]

You can also hear the waterfall by standing at the bottom level behind the bestial sanctum. Pretty neat detail.

[@jeremyhlavenka6257]

I love this game so much just for the simple fact you can tell the people working on this game crafted the world with love and intent.

[@seelcudoom1]

my guess is greyolls roar puts out flames as just a fun detail, perhaps a leftover from when there would be more fires around where putting them out and thus would have been an actual help dealing with hazards, and it turns off the weapons because the hit box was tied to the flame effect rather then the weapon model

[@BibliothekMaus]

Should try it on the fire giant and see what happens.

[@GiordanoBruno42]

WATERFALL THEORY: The entire central region is raised above sea level, the water drains into the ocean via the waterfall. We can see whirlpools in this central region. There are whirlpools in the seas outside the lands between. The central region is being supplied with water by those whirlpools. Otherwise it would drain. My dlc theory is that we will drain this water to reveal some previously flooded land, with connections to ancient pre-goldenorder era

[@Aenimae]

Heard some rumors that the dlc could be placed "underwater"... I think this is what they mean. When i saw the water all on the map, i could actually tell that there is a huge missing part we cant see. Also the cloud drawing at the centre of the map... Oh yeah

[@halcyon6098]

Tasty

[@eetfuk3571]

@@Aenimae some guys theorized that those 6 divine towers are pointed in the center and the DLC might be above the whole lands between, we're expecting 2 areas right now. underwater or sky, both will be great if you ask me. and oh, after seeing Elden Ring put some massive underground world? I won't be surprised if they take it above our heads right now, literally and figuratively.

[@JoboKobobo]

I am having an EXTREMELY hard time believing you're NOT TheEpicNate315 with a voice changer. At first I thought I was crazy, I had been watching these videos for a while now but the way you said "plethora" today really sold it for me. The way you talk and express ideas, the way you format the intros, it's just like the "15 things you MAY have missed in Skyrim" videos, the way your voice sounds; I dunno man maybe I am crazy. Either way I love the videos! Keep it up!

[@ThiagoCRocha-fh6lg]

Here a sily thing I've found yesterday: I was looking into translatin Starscourge from ENG to PT(BR) and found out that, while Sourge can give the impression of a executioner torturing it's victim (in his case the Stars), There is a specific whip use to hearding cattle in pens called "Rebenque". It's a pretty vile instrument and in some countries here in south america it is considered a crime for how cruel it can be. The etimology for the name "Rebenque" comes from French and it's called "Raban" Radahn's name AND title literraly mean that he is hearding the stars, holding them capitive in a pen (Curral) and torturing them.

[@EgorNovokshanov]

I am pretty sure I have been watching these videos every so often for the past year and sometimes the realization that such a massive crossroads of influences, themes and cultures exists within a single game hits me hard Even more so I am amazed that some people found it lackluster Wow, just wow P.S. keep up the great work!

[@cabellism]

If you really wanna see the crossroad of influences check out Quelag lore videos on Elden Ring. She has broken the game down on so many levels.

[@darlingxluxii7977]

@@cabellism I need to see it!!

[@EgorNovokshanov]

Already seen it all

[@AntoniusTertius]

Dude, I used to play Magic in school! Amazing secret! I could use that Brand of Ill Omen in my Goblins' deck, it was unstoppable back in the day. Great work again, Ziostorm! The eyes' analysis were very interesting. Looking forward to more surprises \[T]/

[@WeirdTroll666]

oh, hey Antonius! Good to see you here, i am still playing MTG btw, and cant wait for more latin breakdowns ^^

[@AntoniusTertius]

@@WeirdTroll666 Hi there! I wish I still had my deck... Hey, what about the latest vid? Sephiroth's one winged angel latin breakdown?

[@WeirdTroll666]

@@AntoniusTertius just checked that out, i am planning on playing some final fantasy game on the future :)

[@halcyon6098]

Dies to shock 😱

[@krusty2670]

The water fall could be some Atlantis type city where the Albinauric second generations come from, long shot but if we have two underground cities, than an Atlantis doesn’t seem like a very far fetched idea.

[@Rubbish_]

I was doubtful of the Melina being the Gloam Eyed Queen theory but making that connection with the beast eye really convinced me. Can’t wait to see if this is explored in the DLC.

[@CasualDiver]

Maybe the waterfall is in fact a gigantic dam and in a future dlc will be used to lower the ocean to reveal a sunken city similar to Atlantis.

[@dynamicflashy]

I figured out the Gloam-eyes Queen stuff a while back. It’s pretty clear that the spirit known as “Melina” was once the GEQ before her defeat. With her body likely burned by the flame of Maliketh’s Black Blade and sealed away within the sword. Hence her statement that she’s burnt and bodiless. And her spirit being a blank slate subsequently used by Marika/Greater Will for their plans.

[@MrFRNTIK]

Ya and only have the frenzied flame is she set free. The Melina in that ending is definitely a physical body. At least to me.

[@asdergold1]

Nah. She probably just converted herself or was forcefully converted into a spirit. After being beaten. No game text ever stated she was killed, and that likely was before the Shattering. Otherwise we'd have heard more of it, so it must have been during the time Marila had the most control over information. It's also likely she's old enough to be Godfrey's daughter. If Ranni can be an Empyrean, then so can be some child of Marika and Godfrey. And she also lost an eye spiritually. Wonder where her actual body is. Remember, there's no Moon outer god, that was nonsense made up because people were coping (and failing) and seething about Ranni not being a horrible as they wanted her to be. And because they can't bother to read item descriptions. (The ones that explain how many of the game's sorceries were made, especially the glintstone ones)

[@chronoshindou9848]

@@asdergold1 the Moon may/may not be an Outer God but rather an entirely separate organism....the "Stars" in the game are actually FallingStar Beasts, and one of the Glintstone Crowns (probably Hierodas) states how the Moon is "equal" in importance to the Stars. Thus by equivalence this should imply the Moon itself as a separate organism too, maybe not an Outer God but definitely a living creature. Bonus hint: both the Sun and the Moon seem to have faces and eyes in the clock inside the game, implying the Sun itself was a creature once upon a time, perhaps the Sun is the Greater Will itself? Who knows.

[@dynamicflashy]

@@MrFRNTIK That's the only ending where the spirit is still alive - allowing it to merge with the body that was likely released through the Black Blade.

[@JohnB-mo4kq]

I found the jellyfish "secret" on my first play through after launch. Never thought it was actually hard to find, since I was just playing the game and exploring a little.

[@MrFRNTIK]

Well I thought he was just stopping there but I guess the discovery was for the real life version of the jellyfish

[@JohnB-mo4kq]

@@MrFRNTIK I hope he doesn't think it was a big secret that they correlated to real jellyfish lol.

[@sephiroth8377]

Same... there's quite a few things that are "recently discovered" that I've known about for a while. (More I haven't so these videos are still good)

[@billfox847]

@@JohnB-mo4kq it was definitely a secret I only just found out thanks to this video!

[@nightcorewb4949]

I would love that the Jellyfish mini story quest has something on the gameplay, like you lose Aurelia or you're Jellyfish summon evolve into summoning two Jellyfishes. Maybe something extra like you can show the new summon to Roderika and she have some extra dialogue.

[@themaskmaster8013]

Y'know, odd lore thing I figured out, not sure if you've already discovered this or not, but I think it's an interesting discovery nonetheless: Once one first reaches the surface, one can see a very interesting statue on top of the tomb you came out from, and while I'm not sure of it's significance, I did notice that the poses of the two figures in that statue seem almost identical to Godfrey holding Morgot in his boss cutscene. Not sure what that implies but I think it's interesting all the same

[@themaskmaster8013]

@@AuleTheSmith37 Eh, still wouldn't be the first time something had multiple meanings in a souls game

[@eldenring_area]

Quality content man, thanks!!!

[@ariablooms8019]

The waterfall feels like it's there because Faram Azula was ripped up into the sky, causing a kind of massive sinkhole

[@xXxXKusKusXxXx]

Melina is definitely related to the gloam eyed queen, but that does not mean she is THE gloam eyed queen.

[@ethandye8764]

yo i leterally JUST noticed that waterfall YESTERDAY, its crazy that its on the map too. I pondered it myself, and it may be as simple as the "continental shelf" on the plates of the earth. i reckon it is also what allows the underground portions of the game to exist since those caves would be roughly at the sealevel.

[@WaywardRobot]

The impact crater concept is still there, there's no coastline in the "inner" seafront of the Lands Between, it's all jagged cliffs.

[@asdergold1]

Yep. And Farum seems to have been aituated between the Forge and the Beatial Sanctum. There probably was a flood when the Elden Beast landed on that lake, right in the point where all Towers converge. It's probably why there's even a Sanctum so high up there. A temple that became a place to hide from the big fucking flood.

[@Usyless_channel]

Finally the eye thingy, the one with Melina i noticed long ago... Also about this ship, description of rusted anchor says: "While the Tarnished left the Lands Between with their Lord, one boat alone was said to have been left behind." So the ship on the map may be the ship that was left behind

[@asdergold1]

Especially if they left from Leyndell and exited from...the waterfall? Thought that confirms they all left by boat.

[@Travar1410]

Just the way the items are in elden ring. It reminds me of the card descriptions from magic. Each magic card has the effect type in one font, then the lore typed in another. The items just very much remind me of magic cards.

[@minerman60101]

I'm happy to have contributed a discovery this video! Hopefully they work on Gideon's AI or buff his health, anything to help alleviate the fatigue that sets in during the endgame. Also, there's a spot near Bestial Sanctum where you can actually hear the giant waterfall, which is quite cool

[@darlingxluxii7977]

Hope he does. I’ll be struggling with him for long haha 😂

[@nicoleswaggerty-valdes4905]

surfshark really got that gigadaddy poise baby

[@LiloDemon]

I saw that waterfall yesterday from Beast Temple in Caelid as well. I was thinking why there would be a waterfall there.

[@mickael4503]

I'm not sure if this has been covered but I noticed that the jellyfish behind Castle Morne look different than other jellyfish. I couldn't find anything to explain why, but they have long appendages that I haven't seen on any other jellyfish. Thought you might wanna look into it.

[@7stringer666]

When serpent Rykard goes down, that change of eye tint seems like a reference to all that remained of the real Rykard - literally a mere fragment of him. One of the many things I love about Elden Ring, is just how far in depth it goes. Everything has intent.

[@Uriseph]

The red lightning that the dragons use is a callback to D&D Dark Sun. I never played the tabletop but I know if one of the books there's a Dragon called Borys which can call down red lightning.

[@kreadapelu8813]

That waterfall, I think, encircles the whole of the Lands Between. It is as if this continent was once a more vertical pillar or tree-like object that was cut and curved and and burned and chopped down. And maybe the weird way that the top, uhh, surfaces that we walk on and stuff are capped with a different “stone” than the mountains beneath because the “ground” continues trying to grow. And maybe, though this may be a bit of a stretch, if you fly high enough above the Lands Between, there will be a cavern. Also, while I’m suggesting an insanely giant “tree” I will also buy some more trees around that are no more. There are theories that the Devine towers were carved from trees, the mountaintops of the giants was one or two trees now long petrified, the forge of the giants is sat atop another dead tree.. these I think are common. I don’t know that I’ve seen the suggestion of Mt. Gelmir but those odd thin rocks resemble the burned and dead minor red trees and such that lay about. I would say more but I feel incoherent. Basically, that waterfall is part of an ancient stump that wasn’t entirely carved away as a means of defense.

[@musicman3600able]

Can we have whole theory video about the Lands Between taking place in a giant dome? It honestly kind of makes a lot of sense. A false sky made by the GW possibly? I'm just saying that they've already set the precedent with the Eternal cities. It would also explain the strange moons. Maybe the Badlands were a different realm? It really makes me think of the classic picture of Yggdrassil, giant tree and dome above, and the trunk and roots spreading out below, connecting the realms

[@kreadapelu8813]

Speaking of the Eternal Cities, the false night sky, when you look at those “stars” also look at the surface world’s stars. They are the same just further from the ground. The way the smoke and flames of the Erdtree look like oil in the sky is also a little weird unless it’s hitting a ceiling

[@sarkadisf]

The night of the black knives always reminds me of a historical event the night of the long knives

[@wjr4700]

The Erdtree is a source of life and bounty. Its easy to imagine spouting water as some bountiful miracle. Making the lands between its source, where it cascades in to the ocean.

[@Micolashcage1]

Renallas Design is inspired by the magic the gathering card, *Strixhaven Mystical Archive: Blue Sun's Zenith, Japanese version* card. even the outfit is almost 1 to 1

[@eetfuk3571]

even the barefeet? I don't know about card games. but if the inspiration art of Renalla isn't bare footed, then it's 100% confirmed Miyazaki has foot fetish.

[@BuffNerd_Bobby]

I’m thinking the waterfall is like a barrier. With the cloud in the center of the divine towers possibly hiding something, lore wise, it would be pretty inconvenient for sailors not from the area to just accidentally sail to some secret holy place

[@lllXanderlll]

With other games you might see something like the rykard eye thing and just chalk that up to a slip up by the dev team but here you can just chalk it up to lore and it works perfectly

[@beansnrice321]

Man, speaking of Kenneth Hite. He also wrote the Nephilim tabel-top RPG. It has an incredibly robust alchemy system in it. One of the most in depth one I've ever seen. the characters are these weird immortal spirits that live multiple lives, inhabiting human bodies, ie Nephilim, and learning and leveling up throughout multiple lifespans. Seriously though, you should check it out for more alchemy info.

[@arcanefire7511]

Nepheli!??!?

[@beansnrice321]

@@arcanefire7511 Good catch, I hadn't even thought of that.

[@plethoraofpinatas]

Also the waterfall can be seen when you go to get the Cinquedera sword, and the Dragoncrest Shield Talisman. Go all the way to the other side, and use the binoculars.

[@bduffgames8257]

I thought frenzied flame ending was the worst. That was the ending I got first, only meeting 3 fingers almost very last thing. On my subsequent playthru I found Shabriri before Fire Giant where he tells you she can be spared. That ending is my favorite, but I still didn’t notice the eye. That makes so much sense. Love it. Thanks Zio.

[@rhynlock11]

Something I found to be very weird is how you can see the erdtree from pretty much everywhere above ground except for the top of the windmill village. It's so strange that being so close to it or seems to be covered by a mist and has puzzled me for quite a while

[@ShredPerspectivesWorks]

:OO

[@kyronyxng3347]

Gideon should have been given the spear of the church treatment. Couple of extra npcs that show up and help him. All that cool stuff

[@OG-ColorfulAbyss.]

I think you can see Farum Azula from the Isolated Divine Tower because it's Malenia's./Miquellas?, Malenia would use Unalloyed Gold made by Miquella to slow down the Rot and you can use Miquella's Needle at Farum Azula to get rid of the Frenzied Flame, though it's anyone's guess as to why they didn't just do that very thing for Malenia.

[@asdergold1]

Nah. It's because you're inside Placidusax's seal. Isolated from the rest of the timestream or somesuch. Its physical manifestation seems to be the storm at the heart of Farum Azula.

[@OG-ColorfulAbyss.]

I don't even understand what you're saying really. What's because I'm in Placidusax's? What physical manifestation seems to be the heart of the storm? Either way doesn't matter because if we can get to Farum Azula than Malenia and Miquella definitely could like a loooong ass time ago and just have Malenia use a needle for Rot the same way we use it for Frenzy.

[@asdergold1]

@@OG-ColorfulAbyss. No? Not really. We can because we are sent there under very, very specific circumstances. Don't be crazy and stop with the drugs.

[@OG-ColorfulAbyss.]

Uh, yeah actually. Farum Azula has been like that for like hundreds or thousands of years now, so the way to get to Placidusax's arena has been the same for quite a while now and with how powerful she is and giving that she's a child of Marika who would definitely know how to get there and the fact that her tower is the only place in the Lands Between that you can see Farum Azula, plus the fact that fighting Placidusax is not required to cure the Tarnished of the Frenzied Flame and Malenia wouldn't have to kill Malenia to get a Miquella's Needle like we have to it would have been much easier for her to have gone there and truly cured herself than it was for the Tarnished.

[@zerogod7234]

Hearing your voice as i open one of your videos is just as satisfying as your first one shot on any type of enemy in ER

[@rainofkittens]

It didn't even occur to me that Gideon would have been buffed. I smacked him around like a low level generic enemy my first few runs. I felt embarrassed that it actually took me 6 tries to kill him a few days after the newest patch. That was before I even realized the update came out and some of my own spells were buffed and nerfed. RIP Rot Breath. Yea, Gideon did a Wombo Combo on me 3 of those attempts, deleting my entire health bar in under 2 seconds. Now it makes sense. I actually had more trouble with Gideon then I did with both Godfrey and Radagon on that run 😂

[@thatoneguyinthecomments7809]

The amount of stuff that people are fighting in this game is mine blowing

[@AzariahWolf]

I'll never not skip the ad integration... But fair play to you for that smooth transition.

[@id3549]

I recently stumbled upon the regalia of Eochaid's description involving copper which got me into a rabbit hole about Eddy currents and how they are used to stop ROTATING power tools.

[@SgtBuffagor]

Sure, the Great Waterfall could be part of an impact crater. Imagine that it's a big bowl that filled with water over the centuries, and it's overflowing over the eastern edge. Maybe it's odd how straight it is, but not too odd I don't think.

[@Jasx_501]

I just found out today: the R1 Ghostflame Ignition weapon art will not spread across the raised platform with the Alabaster Lord in the Lake of Rot, but it will spread on the lower platforms. No idea why.

[@ILoveMethanol]

I think the red part of Rykard's eye represents the cardinal sin of blasphemy he committed, obviously with his dead form they forgot to add the eye colour or him being dead represents him losing his blasphemy.

[@danielesch4438]

Is this metroid prime’s soundtrack? Sounds like one of the first areas on the planet after losing the power armor

[@janaguirre4756]

I have my own theory for the lands between that could be the reason why that waterfall is there. I suggested that at one point the lands between was a big ring that connected the Land of the giants to Caelid. Bringing in the idea that the Golden Order came in on a meteorite, maybe it destroyed part of what connected Caelid and The Land of the giants which both left a giant crater, opening up a channel of water to flood the center and forever change the lands form. I only assume that caelid and Land of the giants were connected because there are Giant remains around caelid and I've yet to hear anybody explain why that is.

[@asdergold1]

Nah, that's probably where Farum Azula was, and it became what it is because 1. There was a massive flood; 2. Fucking God randomly landed on a lake, caused a flood, cut off Placidusax's heads and wings, so then flee, seal and float, job done in a hurry; 3. The bestial sanctum is called that and is so high up because that's what it became, a place where they went to hide from the flood; 4. The Elden Beast probably landed on the point where all Divine Towers converge; 5. I forgot what else I was gonna say.

[@cricketscoffee7478]

Ive been convinced for a while that Melina is actually Marika, with Radagon somehow taking her place instead of the two becoming one/being the same person from the beginning.

[@asdergold1]

That's pretty...uh not a thing. We see Marika in the boss room. Then Radagon takes over, probably because his side of the body is the leat punished.

[@richardcochnar5626]

Night of the Black Knives likely came from Night of the Long Knives. GRRM is not shy about his real world historical allusions.

[@dacube03]

I feel like in the dlc,the entire area in the midle of the map will rise up revealing new land,and that waterfall is where it stops

[@weedniac]

I think this waterfall is the secondary result of the elevation of farum Azula, the lands that surround Gurrak's pantheon have an aspect of having been uprooted and Farum has pieces of those roots and portions of land. Once it happened the water filled the hole. It's just an idea and I'd love to hear different things

[@Lj-gy8tt]

Thanks for the quality content bro!! I look forward to your videos!!

[@intreal]

Could "the crater" be the place where Farum Azula was before it got carried by the wind?

[@eetfuk3571]

definitely. because there's a lot of that ruins that scattered all over the lands between. so it's not hard to think that Farum Azula was used to be at the top of the whole lands between before Elden Beast came.

[@DoomsdayZach]

Not skipping through the ad read and commenting for the engagement o7 Love seeing your channel grow

[@webpombo7765]

Another interesting thing I'd like to point out, is that the Omen are seen as accursed and foul beasts by the Golden Order and its members, therefore distancing them from the Erdtree and its grace, however, after Morgott's death, and when Godfrey can be seen clutching his body, Morgott himself becomes the grace which guides Godfrey. So I think it's very interesting to think that the Omen who are seen as distant from grace, on death can become grace all the same.

[@jonathanpassmore9185]

Maybe the Forge of the Giants and the Sanctum in Caelid, where the Beast Clergyman rests, act as a gravity barrier separating Farum Azula from the lands between to hold off Destined Death from the rest of the world, hence why there is a straight waterfall between them?

[@drewdabrew4745]

There have been multiple things in this video I found myself, this game is so satisfying to play while you're stoned 😂😂 I feel like a damn philosopher

[@odynzeyez6259]

I thought I'd be discovering for longer. But we as a community tore this game apart, I myself have over 500 hours with 7 ng+ characters. Starting a fresh save to prep for shadow of the erdtree

[@mycology5242]

Boy we got a sponsor bbyyyy Good for ya man thx for the constant stream of ER content

[@n00bzkila]

Maybe all water will eventually (DLC) flow down - giving us, quite large, new chunk of the map. :)

[@ombra711]

You are super thorough. So many times I wanted to say "thats old news, NEXT", only to have you throw another wrinkle in the mix!😳

[@22demitria]

Another discovery is that in the chrysalises of the Haligtree there are first generation albinaurics. Some chrysalises have little silk (one next to some rot-proof knights in the tutor) and the shape of the first generation albinaurics is perfectly visible

[@slthlrdz]

Wow thats really cool about the Magic cards

[@someadventuretimefan5089]

Did you ever cover the frozen needle rapier? It let's you shoot a shard of ice without consuming fp. Short-mjd range. But still a special effect that more people should be aware of.

[@drewdabrew4745]

I think the waterfall not making sense is a metaphor for the lands between being some type of mythical place . Maybe below the waterfall is the regular worlds ocean

[@movespammerguyteam7colors]

I’m surprised you can’t see Farum Azula from the Beastial Sanctuary. Both grace points are incredibly close to each other and the city itself.

[@MrNuclearz]

Probably the only reason is for it to not be a spoiler.

[@Tackitt]

This sparked my interest so I went to look. It's generally too foggy to see it, but if you go to where the waterfall meets the land by the sanctum, you can see the shadow of the whirlwind.

[@Jasar25]

You know what else makes much sense but isnt in the game? Faith scaling lightning infusion, seriously it mould be so good gameplay and lore wise. Also red lightning on whatever weapon you want would be sick.

[@ethanwashington6789]

Vyke's dragonbolt gives buffable weapons a red lightning buff

[@Jasar25]

@@ethanwashington6789 I know, but its a spell. Infusions can be better than weapon buffs and allow for more build options. Also dex affects so many atributes so spliting it up would be fair.

[@darlingxluxii7977]

I also noticed rykard’s face his left eye is eaten off after his defeat which is the same portrait picture of him with his red hood covering his left eye too. Some foreshadowing i think?

[@RENDAN_iel]

I knew something was different with Gideon! Dude deleted me and I was like 😵

[@christopherlyndsay8611]

I reckon for one of the dlcs the whole middle part of the map will open up via the water draining - that waterfall being the cut off point.

[@Nina-lf3st]

maybe that crater is where farum azula used to be before rising up from whatever storm made it float up

[@mmyr8ado.360]

Speaking of eyes, did you know that the Sweetings of Raya Lucaria have two colors on each eye: one half blue, and another gold? It shows from the get-go that something is off about them aside from them being creepy children. It also shows that the forbidden art of rebirth is forbidden for a reason: it's an incomplete process and needs a Great Rune to perform successfully.

[@tomschlaiss5735]

Exciting secrets, great job with the video again, cheers 🎶✌

[@Or_Am_I_Alpharius]

The Blade of Calling points towards Melina too!

[@jipowap]

I've seen that waterfall effect irl and in game. Ye olde Eternal city dams.

[@ズダイナソー-m6b]

Bruh the transition to the sponsor got me 😂

[@jackdaws7125]

So that explains why Gideon was so tough last weekend. Thought it was just NG++ scaler or i was rusty after not playing for months

[@GameReaper95]

the night of the black knives is a play on the WW2 massacre or pogrom in german by the sturmsoldaten it was called Kristallnacht or "night of the the long knives"

[@porteroffinland]

I have a simple explanation as to why the water levels are different. World layout. The sea is able to be touched and walked on at the outer rims of the map, in limgrave, weeping peninsula and radahn's arena. The inner sea has been lifted up so that the water is even visible, because the inner land is so high up, it would be so deep that it'd probably look a bit wonky. Also it might have been done with purpose, as the ancient woods in nokron opens up a big lake that faces towards the inner sea My explanation basically is that is has to be there to make room for other things and to make the map look the way they want it to look.

[@wyuls]

Clever way to throw that ad on there with the shield reference

[@DaFuggster]

YES NEW ELDEN RING VID, THE ERDTREE BLESSES US

[@SamuraiHDLP]

On the devined tower in Liurnia, is probably Rannis corpse after she killed her body with destined death. Also there is the curse mark seal. These two are in the spot where normaly you would find the two fingers

[@joebeezy9471]

Maybe the waterfall isn’t as perfectly linear as it appears to be. We already know that really large circular shapes or spherical shapes will appear to be flat, like the earth when we’re standing on it. The waterfall could very well be at the edge of a very large impact crater and we’re only seeing a small slice of that crater to the point where it looks straight. Or the water could have eroded the edges of that curve over time.

[@shadowofenvy1847]

It is possible that it might be both an intended effect, and a bug at the same time. They could have designed GR to put out flaming weapons as a hidden mechanic (which lets be honest, Fromsoft LOVES their hidden mechanics, and so do i lol) and it could make sense due to the fact that a strong gust of wind, (which would def be caused by a roar that is powerful enough to cause damage to its surroundings) can indeed extinguish flames IRL. However, those weapons in particular, may be programmed to do only fire damage. So when the flame is extinguished and the fire damage is removed, the weapon would have no damage stats. Thus causing them to just phase through the player. If this is the case, i wonder if it would have the same effect on something like the Flame Whip or Flame Sword that the lizard-men use in Volcano manor? It also has me wondering if there would be any effect if timed right against a flame spell/incantation.

[@lethalborz]

Nice right on time to distract me from my exam studies. thank you boss

[@graaaaaaaaaaaaaaace]

Ah, I thought the waterfall was the edge of the tectonic plate TLB sits upon. Moving away from where Farum once was.

[@realcuondaotherside]

Aurelia is also derived from aureus which means "golden"