ELDEN RING Lore | Alexander & The Pots

[@nanyafahkinbiznes1352]

"One hit is all it took to crack me" says the old chap who survived Radahn's meteor strike, don't be so hard on yourself friend.

[@fennec13]

this !

[@dimpopcornyo3637]

He literally carried me him and blaidd both did the most I actually felt useless in dat fight

[@ShaesKyu]

He and Blaidd carried me through that fight. I swear they did more damage combined than I did to Radahn throughout that entire fight

[@Thanatos2996]

@@ShaesKyu when did you fight Radhan? IIRC he got a nerf about a week ago, so maybe that's the reason for the discrepancy, but the summons took of maybe a tenth of the boss's health before they all got killed on my pre-nerf playthrough.

[@ottogofast3882]

@@Thanatos2996 I fought him before and after the patch and it’s a completely different fight now, went from the hardest fight in the game to a complete joke. I had more trouble with him than Melania my first play through. Pre patch the summons were only a distraction and they did no reliable damage.

[@TheAdarkerglow]

Okay, so: - Hit 'em with Crystal Darts. Did not make them go berserk. This tells me they aren't Golem enemies - Not all living pots contain viscera. Some contain poison or oil and will explode upon death. This seems to be limited to smaller pots. - The Soldjar's of Fortune Ashes describe them as 'Reckless Spirits'. The best I can guess is that living jars are inhabited by spirits and once animated seek to fill themselves. Since the restless spirits yearn to join the Erdtree, and so wander to the minor erdtree, where the avatars crack them open to feed the roots. But Alexander was filled with the viscera of mighty warriors, and yearned instead to fight valiantly, despite being a brittle jar.

[@cyrusmuller6502]

Yes yes counter point jarburg

[@paultapping9510]

@@cyrusmuller6502 which is situated in a graveyard, giving ample access to 'insides'

[@LoncusZhao]

@@paultapping9510 They could also be inhabited by the spirits from those graves. It stands to reason that if they put flesh inside themselves, why would there be a body left to entomb?

[@froilanflorentino1252]

I don't think it works like that of Rykard's. They only consume the organic remains with their will and nature (mindless monsters/warriors) but they don't have the means to trap anyone's soul.

[@Isolated.Outpost]

If you repeatedly talk to Alexander after Radahn's fight, his dialog actually changes. He's talking to himself and to the corpses he's consuming. Pretty rough.

[@Pillarofcreation1]

The pots all contain corpses. There's a giant pot in front of a castle that you can clip your camera inside and it contains a massive corpse. The real question is are the pots themselves sentient, or do they take on the personality of the corpse that is placed inside? I feel like Alexander's dialogue implies that he wasn't always a pot.

[@YeOldeMachine]

That's beyond interesting. Where is this pot i can clip into? Also, I agree abt Alexander. I got the vibes he used to be a person

[@Pillarofcreation1]

@@YeOldeMachine It's at the northwestern most point of the red area. I'm not even sure how to get inside that castle or what the lore significance of the giant pot is, I just know you can get your camera inside it.

[@russian_knight]

The pots themselves I believe are spirits who find vessels in the form of large jars to inhabit and keep corpses within them to live

[@jamiec8657]

@@YeOldeMachine You get there by going down the deep Siofria well (takes you underground) boost to the end and a big elevator takes you up to the area of the big pot boi (just past some giant archers)

[@Pillarofcreation1]

Just found out you can speak to the huge pot. He doesn't say anything but it enables you to fight several npc invaders from red signs in front of the pot.

[@Zeukemor]

A thing to notice, the talisman he drops after your final encounter, the Shard of Alexander, contains red hair and a golden ornament reminiscent of Radahn. Ya boi ate Radahn

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

*MMMMYYYYYYY POOOOOOOOOTBOOOOOOOOIIIIIIII!!!!!!*

[@user-ze6ns9pq2y]

When is the final encounter?

[@Zeukemor]

@@user-ze6ns9pq2y He can be found in Crumbling Farum Azula

[@lcmiracle]

My Boi, proud of 'im. I... I'll miss him.

[@leeeschaton4192]

you can actually see him and talk to him directly after beating radahn near the grace picking around a pile of bodies, most likely to put inside of him, cause he says something along those lines.

[@darkdre62]

Oh man seeing people slowly put together the lore of this game is so interesting. This game brings me so much joy. I get to play it and then experience it over and over with the community. This is my first time getting a souls game at launch and I’m so happy I did. All of it is amazing

[@deantinkler2406]

No. You’re amazing

[@TheBrick534]

Same here man. It’s truly an awesome experience.

[@dakota9821]

\[T]/

[@zohebsaikia]

It happens with almost every souls game..rich n deep lore...I remember it took years figuring out every character in dark souls 1

[@foosbooze263]

Played this game with a friend. He started on pc first and joined me a few weeks after launch on Xbox. We kinda skip around, go to many areas a solo player at my level would have no business being in. We get to the Haligtree and we have to take a break for a while. So in my down time I start getting super interested in the lore. Specifically the lore of the Haligtree and the only hero/good person in this game Miquella. Go on KZbin and see there’s a 1 hr 30 min video on just this one aspect of this massive game. 90 minutes on 5% of the total lore maybe. This game and the community are unequal in passion for environmental storytelling and detective theorizing. Nowadays everything is dumbed down. You watch movies and there’s the inevitable info dump scenes. One where a character looks at us the audience and tells us what we’re seeing. FromSoft respects the players intelligence and ultimately allows us to fill in the blanks. It’s show and not tell storytelling and it’s sorely missed in today’s media.

[@russian_knight]

The ending of Alexander's questline is as glorious as it is depressing, but at least Alexander's death was like seigward's, going out in a wonderful blaze of glory with his friend

[@binbows2258]

stop spoiling shit

[@MaitreMechant]

@@binbows2258 bruh, you're on an elden ring lore video, expect spoilers

[@UnholyWrath3277]

@@binbows2258 fr why you on these videos if your afraid of spoilers? 😂

[@0bleach0]

Siegmeyer?

[@leecoffill8425]

You might notice that around the minor erdtrees, many of the broken pots have smaller trees growing out of them. Similarly, in every boss room in the various catacombs, you see gnarled erdtree roots intertwined with half-rotted corpses. In one of the first catacombs you explore, a ghost mentions that a warrior can only achieve "true death" through root burial. Furthermore, many of the larger catacombs are named after specific heroes who were buried there, such as the giant slayer. Other's are mentioned by npcs or ghosts by name. I believe that the jars serve a similar purpose to the catacombs - to provide the erdtrees with the corpses of heroes to use as fertilizer. The more powerful the hero was in life, the more sustenance the tree gains from them. The primary erdtree houses the Elden Ring, which is (or was) in the control of Queen Marika, and is capable of bestowing great power. It's my theory that Marika coveted this power, and so the Golden Order was founded, with it's guiding principle being that true death can only be achieved through the rite of root burial, and that only powerful warriors are to be given such a burial. This is done to ensure that a large number of heroes strive to become powerful in order to achieve a true death, while they, in truth, are being used as fodder for the erdtree so that their power might be utilized by the gods. And then there's the matter of the Elden Lord. When you speak with Pope Franklin (turtle joke) he tells you that Radagon, who was Renala's consort, was merely a champion - and yet, despite this, he was elevated by Marika to the title of Elden Lord. Radagon leaves Renala, breaking her heart, to become the king consort of Marika instead. The entire event seems rather fishy. Then, and spoiler ahead for those who haven't discovered this yet, through regression, the player discovered that Radagon and Marika are, in fact, the same person. However, I don't believe that this is entirely accurate. I believe that she, in fact, either consumed Radagon, or fused with him somehow, in order to absorb his power for herself. We can see a parallel to this in Lord Ryker. After being devoured by the serpent, he also became fused with it, and in so doing he learned that he could imbibe the powers of those he consumed. In this way, he sought to become a god by devouring the very gods themselves. I believe that his part in the story is to prove that gaining power in this way is possible - that by devouring a warrior, their strength becomes your own, similarly to Aldritch in DkS3. So, I don't have all of the pieces yet and this is an evolving theory. But, I believe that the purpose of the Elden Lord was to become incredibly powerful so that Marika could devour them, either to gain power, or perhaps in order to sustain herself. Her children, the Demigods, would then vie for the position of Elden Lord, and the strongest of them would eventually be devoured by her. Godwyn was meant to be the Elden Lord, however he was slain on the night of Black Knives with the help of the death rune stolen by Ranni in order to prevent his assimilation into Marika. In response, I believe that Marika shattered the ring herself, dividing it among the demigods, knowing full well that they would war amongst themselves in an attempt to collect the runes and ascent to elden lord. However, they all failed, and so in desperation, Marika began to lure the Tarnished, who were capable of using runes to enhance their own power, into the lands between, through the guidance of grace. If none of the demigods were up to the task, she would instead rely on the endless potential of the Tarnished to produce the next Elden Lord.

[@cheesegreater5739]

Good theory, that goes much deeper than I though the lore was

[@Spencer-wc6ew]

This is pretty horrifying but seems fitting for a fromsoft game. Great job on making all of those connections!

[@rebaa2175]

In regards to Radagon, I believe that he is actually one of the runes of the elden ring made manifest, in particular the rune of order. The rune of order can be obtained through Goldmasks quest line, and finding out that Radagon is Marika. Marika has been shown to be able to remove runes from the elden ring before, such as the rune of death, because she is the elden ring. It's possible she used the rune of order to split off a piece of herself to better control her armies, which is initially what Radagon was for. He fought in the front lines in her wars. However I don't think him falling in love with Renalla was in Marika's design. In fact after Marika shattered the Elden ring, Radagon tried to put it back together again. I think that's why he forged himself into her again, the rune of order, the crisscross pattern you see in the elden ring and behind his statues. It seems that even if Radagon is a part of her, he has his own mind, although Marika having some sort of control over him seems likely (such as when he left Renalla for Marika suddenly). Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk, I just wanted to add that theory as possible

[@shaunsmith9013]

To also add. The one Erdtree with no tree boss. Is in the forest of Limgrave, where there are no jars

[@sanguineregis5354]

@@rebaa2175 that coukd explain how Radagon and Marika are both the same person yet so clearly not. Him being a fragment, a rune almost, expelled from her body explains a bloody lot.

[@verticaltoast2488]

I came to the conclusion that the erd trees were powered by the dead when I realised that a mini erdtree is left behind everytime you die

[@user-ze6ns9pq2y]

Really??

[@sirthanksalot97]

Well... Yes. Erdtree burial is stated to be a great honor, and one of the only ways for someone blessed with grace and undeath to be fully laid to rest. At the end of most crypt dungeons, we can see roots of the Erdtree entangled with corpses, after all. However, as a side effect the soul is then trapped within the Erdtree - and this is how we utilize spirit summoning ashes. Not *all* summons are created this way, but most seem to be.

[@yojishinkawa378]

Also Erdtree roots are in the boss rooms of all the dungeons you visit, and they're made of bodies.

[@ninjahattori7576]

yoo this is insane, news to me

[@Coal2956]

Oh shit so that's what the little plant things are. I wondered why it wasn't a green ball thing

[@lirej2307]

when I first saw them in stormveil I was so happy…but when some of the little ones and the giant one started attacking my soul was crushed because I knew I had to kill them

[@ThxCoreHunter]

Actually I started attacking first Every time I can lock on something I start murdering it

[@pillarmenn1936]

@@ThxCoreHunter Spoken like a true Dung Eater

[@ThxCoreHunter]

@@pillarmenn1936 I am not... I am an Edgelord of blood and they carry a lot of it

[@pillarmenn1936]

@@ThxCoreHunter then you're a Mohg groupie lol

[@ThxCoreHunter]

@@pillarmenn1936 who's Mohg?

[@superscatboy]

If you meet Alexander at the Rear Gael Tunnel Entrance, he straight up tells you that he's full of warriors.

[@kmb1800]

i think they may have a connection with mages. one of the places you find jars is near them, and especially in raya lucaria. perhaps they are made by sorcerers as guards, and only the large ones are capable of retaining their soul from the erdtree. not quite sure as i haven't finished developing all my theories yet

[@gabieaeri2234]

I find it somewhat funny that in theory, a pot person could take the flesh of an Elden Lord, retain his or her power, and become the Elden Lore themselves. Can you imagine Alexander being the Elden Lord? That would be so cool.

[@jojolafrite90]

Yeah. They are golems animated with sorcery.

[@yotuel9064]

Except that all the pot bois have the erdtree code of arms and the sorcerers have carian knights and war golems.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@gabieaeri2234 If Alexander can defeat you, he might be strong enough to become Elden Lord.

[@kmb1800]

@@yotuel9064 carians have the knights and giants, raya lucarians (which is where the pot boys are found) do not. they were at war which started back up when radagon abandoned rennala. also war golems are likely from farum azula, and there are none in raya lucaria.

[@MexicanTeTe]

Some ancient cultures in Asia buried their dead in pottery vessels. The pot boys are probably inspired by that practice. Lore wise, I imagine the pot people were created after the rune of death was separated from the elden ring. So either the already buried corpses came back to life inside the pots (similar to how you are resurrected as a tarnished) or the pots were simply filled with undead after shattering of the elden ring to contain mortally wounded undead who can't die. Like the puppets, but with gore. When you start a game you are given a tiny spec of grace which resurrects you. The same could have happened to the already buried corpses of warriors. The pot boys eating the remains of other fallen warriors implies that they can possibly consume the grace of others to become stronger. Being familiar with ancient burial practices, I recognized what the pot boys were after killing the first group.

[@zaxbitterzen2178]

I think out of most other Souls game NPC's Alexander and Solaire are the most chivalrous lol. Such noble, pure of heart bros of living pottery, and sunshine lol.

[@JARedwolf100]

I figured they were old burial pots, but with an additional purpose. They’re anima golems! Clay bodies with human souls, similar to a litch but without a rotten husk to use as a vessel.

[@ActivelyVacant]

Alexander will explain to you much earlier that he's full of warrior corpses, so his behavior after the tournament isn't really supposed to be a shock.

[@EmileTherese]

I remember after fighting Radahn I thought Alexander was dying and was about to cry, but it turned to O.O real quick lol.

[@pious83]

I like how he belittles himself following the Radahn fight. But then takes countless hits from the Fire Giant, like an absolute unit!

[@YeOldeMachine]

I took the flower from the middle of a bunch of little pot boys. They were not amused

[@michaelmcrobert1002]

I did the same thing and ran away because I felt bad

[@inquespot9368]

Now this is the type of Elden Ring video I want to see. From the first time I saw Alexander I knew he was an interesting character, but this is the kind of deep, fucked up lore that sets SoulsBourne game apart from all others. Thanks Ziostorm for the awesome video Brother. Looking forward to more like videos like this.

[@Puckanm]

I met a friendly Living Jar early game only to be killed by one randomly in the castle! I was surprised :)

[@doarner]

I do believe the Living Jars contain the bodies and souls of the fallen and they weren't made to be that sentient, they were created to provide the Erdtree with sustenance in the form of corpses and souls, that's why we see a lot of broken jars near Minor Erdtrees, once they filled their purpose they are broken. Maybe Alexander was the first to deviate from that purpose, by himself of the souls that were inside him, and took the path of the warrior, then some followed and formed Jarburg, perhaps the ones in there weren't warriors but commoners who took a second chance in life away from battle. Souls have many paths in Elden Ring: they go to the Erdtree or they become omens by the curse of the Dung Eater and the former curse in the royal family or they become jars when their bodies and souls are trapped inside them.

[@braxinIV]

If you walk away from Alexander after “exhausting” his dialogue after the Radahn fight, come back to him and he will have one more piece of dialogue. It makes the discovery even creepier.

[@Mister_Peppers]

There is a place on earth (I forget where) that is littered with pots. Turns out they were burial posts. I just assumed that's what the jar people were. Burial pots that absorbed the power of their occupants.

[@MexicanTeTe]

Ancient cultures buried the dead in pottery vessels in Asia. The concept is likely based on that practice.

[@zawarudo2882]

Ever heard of the Manunggul jars?

[@gabieaeri2234]

This was a pretty interesting theory! I too have wondered about the Pot People. However, there’s always one question that I keep on asking: What is the origin of the Pot People. It seems rather unlikely that they were just always alive. It would make more sense that they were created. Perhaps they were made as some sort of ultimate soldier. After all, if the pots can harness the power of deceased warriors and use their power, it would be quite useful for (let’s just say) a king to still have an army even if his troops are dead. Just a thought.

[@LonesomeKrow]

Yep. A good way to recycle the dead. Warriors who are now dead still having their bodies used for war. Saves money on burials if all the dead bodies are contained in one pot.

[@gabieaeri2234]

@@LonesomeKrow EXACTLY!

[@phalamy9180]

I could imagine they were specifically made to collect bodies to bring them to the erdtrees to nourish them. Since they have the erdtree crest and you can find all the emptry and broken ones in front of the erdtrees. It also seems they actively grow the more corpses they collect.

[@gabieaeri2234]

@@phalamy9180 Indeed. Why do they need to nurture the Erdtree though? Also, sorry for the late reply.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@gabieaeri2234 The Erdtrees bring life, blessings, and power as long as its alive. Parasitic in nature either way. Think of it as nurturing an alien tree.

[@thatguyoverthere2755]

Alexander has become one of my favorite characters. Rest well old friend....

[@alexandercampbell5136]

Something even more interesting about the fertilizer pot bois, is their connection to the erdtree guardians and the avatars. The avatars generally sit in the center of a pot boi grave yard and the erdtree guardians patrol the area surrounding it. It is my hypothesis that the guardians and avatars are parts of a cult dedicated to the seeding sprouting and nurturing of new erdtrees. Each cultist has a seedling implanted into their back, and that seedling takes root in them. At some point, the cultist becomes immobilized but the size of their sapling and the erdtree beings taking root in the soil. Other cultists find and begin caring for the sapling using the jar bois. When the tree gets big enough it manifests an avatar (Probably using the former body of its original host) and this avatar is used to directly feed the tree from the jars. It's also my guess that the Tree Sentinals act as outsiders for the cult, attempting to locate rooted saplings.

[@Tygor3533]

There’s a town here in Pennsylvania called Pottsville, that would of been a perfect home for the pot bois!

[@peaceandlove5915]

I just want to thank ziostorm and this community In a previous comment I mentioned that elden ring would be my first souls game and u guys were giving me great advice so thank u to everyone and I'm really enjoying elden ring figuring out what way to approach a new area and yes I have died a lot but when I overcame certain obstacles it felt so rewarding so thanks again everyone ❤

[@Dis_Dis]

OOOHH ELDEN RING!! YEEAAH! POT BOY LORE! THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!

[@nutwit1630]

I think the living jars are just natural extensions of the ritual pot technology. You put stuff in them and they get those powers. Maybe the practice of making living jars was a sort of splinter practice to making dolls or spirit tuning, and has since fallen mostly out of favor. The leftover jars have developed their own cultures and factions

[@lebarondeminuit3580]

They are Chads and the Embodiement of the God Of War because they have Wine into them and Wine is the Blood Of The Gods and inside the Blood there is the Soul of the Gods and that's why they become alive Source : bro believe me it's my headcanon

[@nukeflower.1759]

I will believe this to my heart's content.

[@slamfistlord9242]

The Potfolks and the Claymen you find underground both have the same stony mottled skin, and specifically the same digitigrade, 3-toed feet, which I think is a direct connection between the 2 as artificial life and perhaps pointing to a source of how the pots were made originally.

[@deathandjayknd9082]

Both of the lore videos have been gas af! Love the lore to this game and the idea behind the pots giving energy to the erdtree is an amazing theory great work!

[@dhehedhejej1559]

Me beloved pot boy

[@zoneoperator]

Fromsoft must have some sort of inanimate object picker they use and are like "yup, we can make a character out of that."

[@HN-fb6md]

"Tell the others. Tell them how brightly a fire jar burns"

[@missingone9185]

I think the jars were inspired by the Japanese myth of Kameosa. It's a yokai that appears as a living sake jar.

[@Malkav2024]

Alexander was the first pot I met. When I helped him out of his hole, I thought there was somebody stuck inside the pot. I was pretty dumbstuck when I realize he was a sentitent potery !

[@jessefetterly2050]

I thought the pots near the urd tree where ancient sacred tear harvesting pot but your theory makes so much more sense

[@Hypercane_]

Coming from hollow knight I immediately likened Alexander to the dung defender. Even though he’s a boss they give off the same kind of vibes

[@priqq1]

Alexander's dialog after the Radhan fight and his last interaction with us really made him my favorite character in Elden Ring

[@providence8398]

i think the self destructing pots with yellow lids instead of red are the "Oil pots" alexander talks about.

[@Coal2956]

Some might consider the pots collecting dead bodies for power something wrong and gross but if you think about it, them and tarnished are kindred spirits. We both plunder the corpses of others for power and kill enemies to take their strength and make it our own. In a way both you and Alexander are one and the same

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

Standing here I realize

[@tauntaunluke3286]

I’ve been so stubborn to only watch VaatyiVidya lore videos, but you know, I think I like this, I think I’m gonna watch all of these lore videos. They are very good. Keep it up

[@trandelifa1]

Let the lore videos begin! I'm so exited for these. I've been reading everything but can only put together some things.

[@Bloody666Muddy]

At first when I saw the first living jar shattering and spilling blood all over and meat as the loot item it already was suspicious to me and then he fuckin tells you, "yo I eat bodies of dead warriors to consume their strength, yeah" sickening.. I LOVE IT.

[@egg_runner8379]

A nice video, but quite a bit missed if you ask me. One of the main points to bring up is the description of the jarwight puppet One of Seluvis' puppets. Use to summon the spirit of a jarwight. Spirit of a man who wished to become the innards of a livingjar. A jar-hurling specialist who throws all manner of pots and jars. The warrior jar once told the nameless man this: "You are not yet ready to join the warriors inside. No, you must apply yourself! Better yourself, and one day I will return for you." On top of that, since the patch a little while ago, they added a new npc to jarburg who asks if you wish to become a "potentate" whatever that means. So it would seem to me that its more likely that while the warrior living jars to eat corpses to obtain power, they're not purely scavengers, but seek out powerful warriors to best and take inside of themselves to become stronger, with the eventual aim of becoming the greatest champion. Also, the broken jars by the erdtree, I thought it was much more likely that they were attempting to take the power of the minor erdtrees, either by taking the crystal tears, challenging and consuming the erdtree avatar, or by simply eating the tree itself. It always seemed to me that the way the jars were smashed they didnt just go there to die they were just smacked in by the erdtree avatars. As a side note, the erdtree avatars were created in order to defend the minor erdtrees, source from the description of the staff of the avatar, so clearly there is a reason for people to harm the minor erdtrees. Either because they don't like the golden order or perhaps simply to take its blessings and power. Would love to hear other peoples opinions on this!

[@feministpicnicfallsapartaf3644]

Small correction* alexander fights radhan before going to his town not after and fills his innards with the fallen soldiers and then goes to the town.* the players will already know this by the time they find jarburg, lol.

[@thomasbitmail7937]

I just can't wait to get more lore videos on this amazing game. Had to take a week off for it, and it was fcking worth it. Sadly people are still not really over with it yet, so lots of stuff would be big spoilers. But i hope in a month we can start watching endgame lore content too!

[@TarnishedProductions]

Vaati's sleeping on this lore

[@christiankettlewell]

I was watching the Kurosawa film Kagemusha today and there's a scene around 50 minutes in where it's discovered that the great leader Shingen Takeda's body is being held inside a jar that looks an awful lot like Alexander and the other jars. A theif cracks the jar carefully and creates a shard shaped VERY MUCH the same shape as Alexander's shard talisman and we eventually see the lord's body inside. Takeda's red samurai forces are seen in Sekiro in Ashina when the Interior Ministry invades near the end of the game and the movie takes place at the end of the Sengoku period. I think this movie is something FromSoft takes inspiration from in multiple ways since it isn't even the first Kurosawa film to be referenced in a FromSoft game

[@xenotundra3346]

Burial jars for entire humans are a real thing, just less common. These guys are definitely based on them.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

_Living Burial Jars_

[@thecheshire2334]

I like the theory. The jars are collectors for erd trees. It feels very satisfying for an answer

[@friccle_]

I feel like they were once basic Cremation jars, and somewhere along the line the jars gained sentience and absorbed the bodies inside of them, so they stuff themselves with more corpses for more strength

[@viorp5267]

6:57 There is one big potboy also at the Glintstone accademy, might be a Harry Potter pun. Then there is the Giant pot-God in Calid. If you walk up from the right side to him you can make him quiver and then 3 red summon signs appear which will let you Challenge Champions of the jar to fight.

[@codyw1023]

i saw a giant jar in calid. i guess i didnt try hard enough yo interact with it. i was just relieved it wasnt a boss

[@Emomomotional]

My theory is the Erdtree is akin to the lifestream from FF7. They're strings of souls reaching upwards and downwards forever. I think the pots were likely used to bring souls to the trees to feed it like fertilizer until the tree itself because the recycling of infinite souls. The pots were made to house souls to keep the cycle alive until the runes were stolen and it became stuck in a state of limbo. In the different endings, whenever the world is set back in motion, the Erdtree becomes a normal tree again instead of the gold strings that act like it's spirit. The final boss is a creature of the cosmos made of strings of stars and constellations, likely the souls of universe itself made manifest. I love lore videos and I really think Elden Ring is the age after the age of darkness in Dark Souls. It's whenever the world started again but was put into a state of limbo. If you make a video, I'd love to see if you can find more facts to support it. -ChaosReverie

[@limitedhangoutlive]

I love your lore videos. They’re way more down to earth instead of annoying to follow overly artsy role playing garbage some channels think is cool.

[@Testvideo722]

the thing about blood offering to sustain the tree is a very popular theory in GRRMs asoaif books, the weirwood trees

[@CS-os5pt]

Love this video. ❤I wonder if the dancing old ladies used to be jar people. Their dance reminds me of small jars dancing a little. And the old ladies look a lot like the jar women in the dlc. This jar video needs a dlc version! Love it. ❤

[@iainkilcar7463]

I never found the jar town, damn this game keeps giving more and more

[@vanitasv2298]

Dude was a tank, why have his quote be "one hit and i cracked"? He tanked that meteor and every other hit like a boss

[@datniggafloppy9822]

Seeing Alexander's journey getting stronger is great

[@sfogel]

just finished elden ring, what a masterpiece, loved every seconed

[@chagual4877]

It seems like the Living Jars touch on Egyptian Canopic Jars that housed the organs of mummified corpses. In a game where death doesn't really exist due to the death rune being kept under wraps by Malekith. Maybe the organs continue life in the jars, while the mummified corpse husks "live in death".

[@zenraloc]

Love that you compared them to the Catarina knights. I thought quite so too

[@limegreensquid]

I interpreted his words to mean bodies, as in other empty, abandoned pots that he could transfer himself to...

[@scarabmango]

Yeah, it's definitely no coincidence that the Erdtree Avatars all have big, blunt weapons. The Jars' ultimate fate is soil enrichment. This is one case where the writing on the wall is pretty clear.

[@TheScratcherStudios]

the reason he left is SUPER CLEAR. dialogue from Jar Bairn quote "Have you met Uncle Alexander? He used to live here with us, but then he left, to be a champion. I asked to go with him, but he said "The path of champions must be trod alone"." I guess this video was made before the 1.03 update though gg

[@annabufanda]

I think that connection to Alexander and the crucible knights will help tie together the ant queens and the black bladed knights. The event that kicked off most of the game was committed by women, the black bladed assassins of Numen. When you kill the ant queens you not only get a rune ark (typical of defeating human, or npc players), and a Numen rune. You find these ant queens leading into Nokron, and the other eternal city. Which maybe that they were cursed by the greater will into taking this form... idk just a thought lol

[@zoid_on_youtube]

"Alexander and the Pots" is my favorite jazz band

[@kidelliott7122]

I was under the impression the jars approached the minor erd trees to intercept the souls returning and consume their strength. The lid on the jar does indeed display the erd tree but not in the gilded reverent hues we see elsewhere. It is displayed in red, which may indicate a perversion of the tree's intended purpose. I assumed the reason the jars were busted up and cracked was due to combat with the powerful erd tree guardians.

[@SadTown99]

Last time lore was this thrilling to uncover & discuss I was wearing black church garb

[@TheLuckySmith]

Came for the Elden Ring Lore, stayed for the Metroid soundtrack 👌🏼

[@EredinLore]

Excellent video, mate.

[@jakubchalupa8510]

I found some explosive jar ashes. No joke, they're called Soldjars

[@gambloortoo]

In the lands between spirits are brought back to the erdtree by their bodies being absorbed by the roots of the erdtree and then they can be reborn again. Given that the jars have the erdtree symbol on them and the number of broken jars found by minor erdtrees I'm wagering that the true purpose of pot, or at least their original purpose, was to gather corpses to return them to the erdtree.

[@aa-tx7th]

...alexander was the first jar boi i met and i thought he was a knight stuck in the jar not that hes the actual jar lmao

[@d.aardent9382]

I am just bowled over at the amazing and inventive characters and enemies that are in the game, man the developers have some great imaginations and there are so many of these weird little side stories that get really deep and complicated. Idont know how they keep coming up with these things.

[@Nateda_]

Gotta do what you gotta do, the jars are dope

[@fennec13]

I felt bad for Alexander after the fight with Rahdan - him and Blaidd were my stanchest, hard hitting allies int hat fight! Why the writing suggest otherwise - even tho he fought bravely - didn't make sense to me!!

[@mikedanielespeja6128]

Maybe Alexander was just saying that because that's how the fight felt like to him.

[@nilspochat8665]

i'm just disappointed Jar burg isn't called Jarville, like a bourg i used to live close by :(

[@trashbeast]

I bet the living jars exist to bring bodies and souls back to the roots of the erdtree! You know how those hunchback statues say "for those returning to the roots"? That's how you "die" in this world. You return to the erdtree, which returns your soul to the erdtree.

[@engineermerasmus2810]

The living jars are the sweetest things from fromsof sofar Change my mind

[@marianoel5364]

First time we saw him he was stuck as if he fell from somewhere and the last time we saw him would be in a super high place. Cool but sad and makes want to think of humpty dumpty for some reason

[@robgoins3672]

Alexander, when Radahn hit me my inside also came spilling out. I also felt fear. No shame. But it is a shame that the general got nerfed.

[@camomoose1078]

Really weirded out when i killed my first few of them in stormveil and saw the giant gorey aftermath. Then had a huge "oh no!" moment when i heard him talk about shoveling the corpses and guts of warriors into himself after whe defeated radhan.

[@mikesSoul789]

Out of all the confusing stuff and unexplained things in this game , this is the one thing I never wondered about or wanted explained , in a world of shape shifting blobs dragons and gods , the talking pot just fit in

[@tinnasell4161]

It explains why there were some of them in Godrick's castle. If he wanted to absorb the power of others by merging with their bodies, he absolutely had to have them close for research purposes. And many doctors-murderers helped him

[@Jaiz]

This hits different after playing the DLC. Real creepy.

[@julianf147]

Somebody needs to do a video on the happy spinning lady’s

[@ninjahattori7576]

2:22 is the cutest fucking thing I've every seen

[@shaunsmith9013]

After the boss battle in Calid and talking to Alexander. I was like "Whelp this is going to end horribly. Shoving bodies in a jar who are probably filled with scarlet rot."

[@nahrubish]

I think Living jar is the consequence of immortality. they can bury bodies but they will comeback into life as undead The population tried number of things and one of them is stuffing a jar with bodies Somehow the method creating a new soul and quite obedient so some of them are used by certain faction like stormveil, carian

[@tanishatoombs-wiks8309]

Alexander: I on the other hand was nothing but a crock! Me: A crock.............pot🤗

[@musajalloh2671]

Rly feel like you nailed this one on the head, thanks

[@FullCaber]

i hope we meet more jars in dlcs

[@cyrusmuller6502]

I think your theory about Alexander being greedy is wrong since he states that a warrior never looks back and he left to travel and be stronger in jarburg there are plenty of bodies left the bigger question you should be asking is why are there people poaching them

[@binaryburnout3d]

Wait. I got it. Marika removed the rune of death from the ring and gave it to Malakath. because of this, the only way to 'die" is to be consumed by the roots of the Eard Tree, so warrior Jars are meant to collect the remains of the fallen warriors throughout the land to bring them back for their Eardtree burial lest they be claimed by the Tibia Mariners. . . they also work to ferry the dead from the larger catacombs to the minor Eardtrees. So poachers hunt the Jars down for what ever material they have weather it be runes, or armor, or even just the remains of these warriors for grafting. Alexander seeks to become a mighty warrior to protect other Jars from poachers.

[@VirtuaLeo8]

I felt so bad for him after what i had to do in farum azula. Rip alexandre