Elden Ring Lore - Freyja, Loyal But Misguided

[@LordFlack0]

Don't forget dyslexic. How will she ever make sense of that jumble?

[@blizzardgaming7070]

Given her dialogue, that checks out.

[@Владислав-ы9м5у]

She can read Anshbach's letter, so it's most likely that the scrolls and tablets are written in an elated tongue, while she's, although literate, speaks plainly. Kind of like me and you would try to read English of 16th century today.

[@LordFlack0]

@@Владислав-ы9м5у you're fun at parties huh

[@gedoplanet]

She’s not dyslexic. Translating ancient tablets isn’t easy. She read Ansbach’s letter

[@LordFlack0]

@@gedoplanet you and the comment above you must be great at parties. Look over your head for the joke cuz u both missed it

[@AlexHyena1]

I remember reading this theory that the rot-crippled & outnumbered Radahn did not die an honourable death in the Caelid Wilds. When we fight him again at the Gate of Divinity, he is but a puppet of Miquella, lacking the warrior’s spirit, but once we demonstrate our skill as a warrior (beginning of phase 2) Radahn’s soul is reignited with the passion for combat. We finally granted him the honourable death he wanted.

[@jonathan0225]

Yet again, Miquella's plan is half-baked, flawed and doomed to fail. didn't occur to him that dying in glorious battle is Radahn's only wish.

[@kendotify]

@@jonathan0225 It occurred to him. That was the whole point of the war. To give him a warrior's death. Which Malenia could not do without nuking everything.

[@jonathan0225]

@@kendotify yes, but dying a second time after the first. His plan for the age of compassion with Radahn as consort is still doomed.

[@mattsherman4964]

I think this is a perfect analysis of Freyja’s character, I always thought her quest didn’t sit right in terms of Radahn’s character and I think while she may have been one of Radahn’s strongest and most distinguished knights, she was never what Jerren was, his friend

[@square-table-gaming]

That's where my head was at as well. She saw Radahn the legend, not Radahn the man.

[@Grimsly3736]

I’d say she was probably his friend cause I think he’d see his personal guard as such but she’s like his gym bro friend while Jerren was his could tell and trust anything too friend, also Freyja very much looks up to Radhan as a symbol while Jerran knew the man

[@mattsherman4964]

@@Grimsly3736 yeah that’s probably a better description of it

[@MicahoIic]

I wish Jerren appeared in the dlc, imagine him fighting alongside us and having cool dialogue like Ansbach.

[@gedoplanet]

Too bad we killed him too. Yes I picked Sellen 😂

[@nemesisundead83]

Thinking about it, knowing you are charmed and can't do anything about it sounds wrong like super wrong

[@theenderdestruction2362]

No really? (This is a joke calm down)

[@marcomenabue7717]

It sounds a lot like sexual assault... Just mental. It must be awful

[@telltaleheart839]

Miquella really went "Charmed, I'm sure."

[@yoloalt4364]

​@@Joshua_Shadow_Manriguez why would they need to be charmed if it was consensual

[@bigchungus6827]

@@Joshua_Shadow_Manriguez It might not be explicit mind control in the sense of miq explicitly dictating what you do or think, but it is still heavy behavioral modification. Even if the charm itself is consensual (citation needed, and we know of at least one case where it explicitly wasn't), nothing after that can be considered such, because the recipient isn't in full control of their mental faculties or decision making.

[@Stereo-hb2lo]

I love the thumbnail art of her A shame she joined the gank squad against us😢

[@snowpeaker]

I like the video but I actually don’t enjoy the cartoony art style since Elden ring feels more serious imo

[@AegisKHAOS]

Technically, the first thing that greeted me was a curseblade trying to disembowel me. Freyja came later on. :p Also, during my playthrough, the Ansbach and Freyja portion got glitched. For some reason I was given the option to answer Ansbach aboht Freyja's response to his finding, even though I never spoke to her about it. He disappeared after and now Freyja is stuck still trying to figure out those tablets. Now it just annoys me.

[@agxryt]

STG, your videos are always paced and written in the perfect way to tell the full story of a character. It's also very positive, in an internet era where there's a lot of hostility, and trolling has been taken up by half the population as a hobby. It's just nice. Appreciate you

[@square-table-gaming]

Thank you 😊

[@iboofer]

I agree. Even though I'm sort of over Elden Ring now I always pop in to see his lore analyses.

[@marlutteyestrelt3441]

Confused, but has the Red Mane Spirit.

[@battlericky17]

“But thats her opinion” SAY IT AGAIN! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@blindarchers]

Your theory of Miquella being there with Finlay while he was carrying Malenia back to the Haligtree is a really solid answer to something that's always nagged at me from the base game. Marching from the Haligtree to Caelid would require going through Leyndell. Why would Morgott let Malenia through twice - and once with an army - without a fuss? But now it makes sense. Miquella charmed him and the knights of Leyndell both times.

[@nyhman78]

Imo jerron was more right about Radahn, Radahn either regretted or never agreed to Miquella agreement so he would rather die honorable than to be controlled by Miquella

[@blizzardgaming7070]

Not to mention that Redmane Knight Ogha who was the first of their order died fighting in the battle of Aeonia, I don't think Radahn would just throw away the lives of his oldest friends just so he could get a warrior's death. Sources, Ogha's spirit ash description and location - War Dead Catacombs is where those felled in Aeonia were buried.

[@adrielortega7352]

In my own head-canon, Radahn did agree to Miquella's plan, but then he flound out what it was all really about. He regreted and Miquella sent Malenia to take Radahn's soul by force, but she failed. Although she weakened him enough for us to kill, and I have reasons to think Miquella is behind Radahn's Festival, otherwise. How did he expect for someone to kill Radahn one day?

[@blizzardgaming7070]

@@adrielortega7352 it's interesting how Okina is at the festival, now we know Miquella had control of Mogh it seems Okina was sent by him.

[@sojinnn]

I think Radahn is probably the most mysterious of the demi gods we know of. His motivations are always vague and it doesn't help how much he's been "Chadified" by a lot of the fans. I think what I can conclusively say about Radahn is he romanticizes the past and has a hard time letting go. He holds Radagon's and Godfrey's past deeds in high regards and literally cannot let go of his beloved horse, despite the size difference. Dude can travel just fine without a steed, but chooses to keep Leonard by his side even through the battle of Aoenia. It is sweet that he loves Leonard so much, but also sad that he couldn't let this poor horse retire after probably countless excursions together. My theory is Radahn did make some sort of promise to Miquella, but after inheriting a great rune and The Shattering, his intentions probably changed. I just can't wrap my head around why he would need to die any kind of death to become Miquella's consort. With the presence of the Abductor Virgins in Caelid, it makes me think the battle wasn't just for killing Radahn. Otherwise, why not 1v1 another seasoned champion? Why put Sellia and the entire region at risk? Why did Rykard send a backup force of his automatons otherwise? Many questions that Micheal Zaki probably won't answer lol.

[@bigchungus6827]

Best reason I can come up with for him needing to die is that he wouldn't agree while alive or alternatively Miquella failed to charm him (whether by lack of direct contact or however his charm works, or via Radahn being able to resist the charm due to his Rune (like he can resist the Rot)). I can't come up with a solid reason why he'd need to die if he actually agreed with or supported Miquella's goals, but I don't really see any solid evidence that he did.

[@GreebleClown]

What if Radahn had agreed to Miquella’s plan to go into another body because they both wanted to rule without being influenced by the Elden Ring or the Greater Will? But he also only wanted to die in his original body by an honorable death? Was he actually being charmed and controlled by Miquela? Wish we could have asked, curse our mostly silent protagonist… Though I do agree that Freja completely misunderstood Radahn, he didn’t necessarily enjoy pointless war and bloodshed he enjoyed the skill and challenge.

[@blizzardgaming7070]

I lean against Radahn wanting anything to do with Miquella, given how he fought against Malenia in the battle of Aeonia. A battle which resulted in the death of one of his oldest friends and the first of the Redmanes, that being Ogha who's ashes are found in war dead catacombs. The whole body swapping thing feels poorly thought out writing wise but would make sense of Radahn could resist Miquella's charms, just stuff him in an already charmed body.

[@bigchungus6827]

@@blizzardgaming7070 Even more so, Radahn specifically learned to hold the stars in place. I don't think he did that just for the fun of it, and given he was Carian royalty it's more than likely that he knew the connection between the stars and "fate". If he was trying to stop his "fate" and stop Miq from doing the bad no no touch on him, that seems like a very sensible course of action. Plus we do know Radahn had at least some ability to resist divine influence, given his Great Rune made him able to resist the Rot for untold ages, and Miq specifically wanted to bring back the Radahn who had yet to become the starscourge, according to the greatswords you get from the dlc remembrance.

[@nemesisundead83]

You know I never thought about Miquella being there in person when Radahn fought Malenia hmmmm

[@Grimsly3736]

Yeah it’s a weird thought, but seeing all the Miquella’s Lily / Trina’s Lilies scattered across the land I think it shows they went on journeys and both had special interests in certain places, you’ll notice Trina’s are in more Int based locations and Miquella’s in Faith based, which makes sense why the Dryleaf Sect only follows Faith now and I bet if Trina ever got a seal it of been an Int based one

[@joshuahowell7637]

@@Grimsly3736 I've noticed Trina’s Lilies are found in poison and rotted places big grove of them in the poison swamp and an infinite supply of them at the Aeonia swamp plus her final resting place with putrescence she kind of thrived there the fall I think messed her up.

[@Grimsly3736]

@@joshuahowell7637 well like her other half her flower is forever wilting after all slumber also was supposed too kinda be the opposite to madness kinda like how some poisons can be cures in cases and the velvet nectar is described by Thiollier as a poison, it’s weird because it seems to take over swamps/decay slowly as even the Putrescence is purple now

[@philipdavidson3789]

You can’t assume that “honorable death” and “endless war to invigorate the soul” are mutually exclusive. Radahn had his honorable death and that vow was realized. Him being revived into Moghs body is a separate thing,

[@bigchungus6827]

That just sounds like a cop out. "Yea it totally still counts as a honorable death even if you just shove me into someone else body unwillingly right after". Even past whether that actually counts as a honorable death, the actions taken to revive him sure aren't honorable.

[@lucindanunez508]

It could also be interpreted he wanted Honorable Death once he was infected with Scarlet Rot & Crippled by madness & Sir Jerren sought the festival as a means to that Honorable end

[@alexp3577]

That would mean that Freija is not misguided, not sure why the video didn't mention it, seems like an oversight

[@bigchungus6827]

@@alexp3577 How? She's still misguided, since a honorable "death" generally doesn't include someone being brought right back to life. Radahn and Jerren swore that they would do their best to ensure the other gets to die honorably if it ever came to it. When the vow was made doesn't really change that much, I don't think.

[@travisf2240]

She’s been conditioned that battle with an honorable opponent is all that really matters

[@craftymagpie3182]

In my interpretation, the only true followers of Miquella are those that will still follow him after the charm is broken, those that you cannot remove from the last battle with quests, ie Leda, Freya and Dane. All the rest have been charmed into overriding their own interests and desires to follow him.

[@Tarnthewarrior]

Another buff waifu to be sandwiched in between Nephili, thank you Elden Ring

[@troysaunders980]

Whoa 😂

[@maxthepaladin2147]

If I had a nickel for every buff, dark-skinned warrior woman who means well but ends up being manipulated by a ruthless leader in Elden Ring, I'd have two nickels

[@Tarnthewarrior]

​@@maxthepaladin2147 it isn't a lot but its weird how it happens twice

[@JusKalPlayin]

just binged the entire elden lore playlist, awesome stuff I'm actually curious what lore ya'll can put together when talkin about Romina

[@square-table-gaming]

Gonna include her in our creepy month

[@JusKalPlayin]

@@square-table-gaming OH NICE

[@cullenmacgillivary6669]

You’re my favorite Elden ring lore person by far! Keep up the good work. Please don’t stop

[@hosuff6267]

Have you ever considered trying your lore style videos for Baldurs gate 3? It’s a game that is EXTREMELY lore rich and there’s not really any channels putting out good lore content for the game! It also just had a HUGE recent update

[@rclaws3230]

That's because BG3's lore is wide as an ocean but deep as a puddle. It's a game for people who are easily entertained, perplexed by nuance, and like/need lots of loud, shiny things to be going on at once.

[@ryanlikeshiking]

Excited for whatever spooky season videos you have coming up

[@R.J.MacReady1982]

Loyal but misgendered?! I was like wtf 😂god damn i cant read

[@frankiefromky]

Concerning her scarlet rot affliction, all it takes us to heal is one of the corresponding boluses... so it makes sense Miquella would be able to heal Freyja. No diss, this was a great lore dive. The thing that surprised me the most was the reaction she had to finally finding out what Miquella had in store for Rahdan's body. Basically evicting Mogh's soul so that Rahdan's soul can use Mogh's body in a round-about effort to end all conflict... I would have thought Freyja was gonna be livid and do everything in her power to stop the desecration of the soul of her duty-bound lord. Instead, it's like... ah, ok... that's cool I rekon.. Great vid, can't wait for the next one! Cheers 🍻

[@ilejovcevski79]

I'm afraid, in both cases, all we have is the respective words of biased observers, people who only knew Radahn, and no matter how close, were only subservient to him. And we may be giving Radahn himself too much credit as to his motivations as well. The Shattering wasn't a patriotic or liberation war. It was vie for power affair, and for all we know, Radahn may have indeed truly given multiple oaths, to multiple people, with the ultimate intent being only known to him and him alone. We are aware to at least 3 such oaths, from the 3 NPC's we meet, and possibly fight in ER and the DLC, and they ALL contradict each other to some extent. Given the post completion nature of the final Miquela scene, i am inclined to believe that Radahn's oath to Miquela was the most "binding" one, or at the very least, the most "binding" one, but even that is a bit circumstantial. But if we try and weigh each oath, then what are we left with? We have one oath, that is made to his noble guard, one that is made to his comrade in arms, and one that is made to a family member. Even all the meta thinking set aside, that alone makes me think that IF, Radahn was being honest to anyone, it would be to Miquela. But that's a big IF, and the cynic in me (and Fromsoft games fan), can't help but suspect that Radahn just played all sides to the best of his abilities, and he would have broke no pardon to take the full advantage of any given situation. Now, one can argue Miquela charmed him long ago, even before the Shattering was a distant though, but that wouldn't really the other oaths any more sincere. In fact, it would probably make them less so.

[@psychomammoth9640]

Thinking how Miquella being at the battle with Melenia and Radahn is interesting and would make that one Ash of war with the cleaner k light makes sense having not been injured in the way back.

[@michaeljohnston8891]

I know there’s a surprisingly convincing argument to be made that Radahn was down with being Miquella’s consort, and that perhaps his duel with Malenia was a way for him to die honorably while fulfilling his part in the Secret Rite. However, the fact that it’s the BATTLE of Aeonia rather than just a simple duel, speaks volumes. True, it did devolve into a duel, but only after both armies were decimated. To me this indicates a concerted effort by Radahn to halt Miquella’s plans. Given the unwavering faith his soldiers have in him, I don’t think he’s the kind of general to needlessly send soldiers to die in a meat grinder when only one person needed to die.

[@square-table-gaming]

I personally believe it was less about stopping Miquella's plans and more about not letting the Lands Between fall to the stars. By holding back the stars he held back the Fate of the Carian Royal family and in his eyes that was the best way to preserve the golden order.

[@CDio-vr3bx]

"Freya why join Leda . . . Why ? Tis no matter, I hereby vow that Miquella the kind, shall not ascend to godhood" Maliketh ost starts playing

[@thomasphillips2017]

Gimme some lore about the golems and the ruined forges!!!@1 Why are the forges ruined? why are the golems so cute? I need answers

[@ghost1b235]

Misguided, yes. Still my favorite DLC character? Yes.

[@alexandermorgan5958]

I'm still not entirely convinced that was actually Miquella in Mohgwyn Palace. The arm is never described by anyone in the DLC as actually being Miquella's, and it would be difficult to cast off his arm if he supposedly already left it behind in the palace. On an unrelated note, the Lamenter is one of the strangest things I have seen in this entire game. I can't tell if it's supposed to be an omen or not, and the dark attacks it uses are unlike anything used elsewhere. And I'm not just saying this because I lost two and a half million runes to the gimmick of the fight on my first playthrough after falling down a pit and then getting lost at the boss chamber.

[@CDio-vr3bx]

Nah losing 2.5 million runes, i would have pulled a midra

[@joshuapatrick682]

Just gold scarab and wave of Gold the albinurics on the ledge in the Moghwyn Palace?

[@firebrand723]

I always thought freya wasn't the most reliable source of information to draw from regarding whether or not radahn would be okay with this. She was healed by miquella and that likely effects her judgement, and we don’t know for sure how close she was to radahn personally.

[@Grimsly3736]

To add too the kiss that cured her Rot part of the story I give you the Sacramental Bud: “An immature bud containing fresh blood. Material used for crafting items. Believed to originate long ago from a strain of buds cultivated with youthful, sacramental blood.” This item is used to make preserving boluses so Miquella could cure rot

[@Grimsly3736]

This also makes me realize Miquella’s needles are likely blood transfusions of some kind (same goes for Trina due too Thiollier’s Hidden Needle too) essentially they Inject you with different aspects of Miquella, the Bewitching/Charming Branch his Charm, Leda’s Sword AoW Needle Piercer his nascent nature and finally Miquella’s Needle could be his light

[@sinfulxsociety]

Favorite elden lore channel!

[@RageDirtyIrby]

Love your videos! Keep up the great work!

[@square-table-gaming]

Thank you!

[@prodbysharki4244]

"Thank you for joining us" oh no, we thank you

[@chingchief2721]

At that time, radahn knew he had cancer, so he wanted honorable dead,

[@square-table-gaming]

That depends on whether you believe the rot took his mind immediately or it was a slow burn.

[@PilotAdventurer]

I just met Freya last night. I was very thankful she helped me with the golden hippopotamus.

[@thelevel5goblin971]

He drove Mogh and Radahn insane. Miquella is very evil. His age of compassion is bull crap. It's an age of ego.

[@Voice_of_p]

Which ego? He throw allmost everything aside what makes him, him. Still bad age for sure.

[@Lazymindflayerwithcofffee]

More likely is age of ,lack of ego, as in in his rule all minds will be guided by him, more like an ant collony then civilisation

[@RevanX77]

It's kind of hilarious that all this Miquella slander originates from a guy who performed ritual assassinations in service to an Eldrich blood cult. People think Mohg was innocent and Ansbach was right about everything despite them being the most straight-up evil band of murderers in the Lands Between.

[@andyroobrick-a-brack9355]

In a story like Elden Ring, there is no true evil, or at least, true evil only comes about when one loses themselves to their ambition. In that sense, Miquella is evil. But he is not evil in his intent, I genuinely believe he wanted a better age, but being eternally youthful in mind most of all, he saw no qualms with forcing others to obey him. He was so determined and so diluted, that he gave himself up.

[@bigchungus6827]

@@andyroobrick-a-brack9355 I don't think anyone in elden ring is really evil outright, since that to me would mean they're basically just hurting others for the sake of it. Even characters who do extremely vile things (Shabriri, Dung Eater, Miq, Ranni...) usually have a goal behind those actions that is in one way or another trying to change or improve a flaw with the world. How helpful those solutions are varies wildly, but I wouldn't personally call a character truly evil if they're trying to at least improve the world (or what they believe will improve the world) in some way.

[@beniron5807]

Radahn was young when he met and recruited Freya and it was obvious why. She’s a powerful enough warrior to not only serve him, but to survive to our tarnished timeline (likely fighting the entire time, possibly even helping lady Leda cull all the other needle knights). A young Radhan would have respected her lust for battle. But I think that her lust for battle was greater than even his own. I mean look at Miquella’s top 3 followers, a Monk who loves to fight, the most battle hungry Redmane to exist, and Leda a psychopath with a pension for murder. You can often tell the quality of a leader by his followers. I mean, I think it was no accident that we got to see and learn so much about the type of people that followed Messmer by contrast. Miquella is indeed, a monster.

[@beniron5807]

Hell, I think the reason Miquella charmed Leda was because she was too “loyal” and he couldn’t have her constantly kill any follower who showed even the slightest sign of self determination.

[@Duransurik]

I can't stress this enough. A proud warrior of the blood royal, doesn't swear a vow easily or lightly in any setting or story I have ever heard of... Unless they are false somehow... We have proof of one vow and nothing but assumption for the other.... I have stumbled across the fact radahn's bow has miquella's Lilly's embroidered on the ends (probably just a gift to try and curry favor but it does stand out) and in opposition to this we have radahn's actions... It's much like the gloam eyed queen in my mind, people don't want Melina to be the gloam eyed queen, ok she's a red Herring, i can accept this but we MUST have a reason why she has a sealed gloam eye... It can not be simply waved away.... Someone in the lore community suggested Marika stole messmer and Melina as babes from the gloam eyed queen and while we have no evidence of this to my knowing, it atleast takes Melina into account.... But I do go on.... Again

[@ButcherGod]

Freya... Kinda looks like Drew Carey back in the day, minus the glasses.

[@hawaiianblanka5534]

Looking back at it now, I believe Jerren even more so over Freyja. It seemed like he had a more personal bond with Radahn and the fact that him keeping his promise for honorable death vs fighting forever showed who really was most loyal and who knew Radahn best.

[@ItztherealPumpkin]

Keep up the good Work, Can you make a video about the CurseBlade Meera😅

[@darklordauron]

I think there is something to say for the grey area as well. There is a possibility that had Radahn not fallen to the rot and asked Jerren for an honorable death, he might have followed the path to being Miquella's consort. Freyja could well be operating on pre-scarlot rot Radahn logic. Miquella manipulated Radahn and Freyja, so we can ask ourselves, is this true misguidedness? Or one or two degrees of separation from Miquella's core machinations at play.

[@amongdae]

The 'but' not being capitalized in the title irks me way more than it should lmao.

[@square-table-gaming]

Ftfy ;)

[@pauloaugustolazzarotto5569]

Another thing to point out is her lack of understanding of Miquella's new age. If it'll be a age of compassion, there's no space for war. Makes me think she was on it just because she wanted Radahn to be revived and either chose to ignore or simply didn't understand what would be of the world after that

[@Zanzecus]

I think Freya just missed Rahdan. He was her lord, and while he got the honorable death he wanted, she most likely was still sad he was dead. Miquella is, was, and will always be a monster to me.

[@TyKel-g6w]

Truly the saddest part of this is Leonard got left behind

[@janaguirre4756]

Weird theory...... what if Miqellas ability as a demigod was both charming and regression? He was cursed with eternal youth so the regression to childhood was a curse. If he was there during the battle of aeonia, maybe he regressed the scarlet rot on Freyja to a point where it wasn't there. It could also be why Miqella could not heal Malenia of her rot, because she was born with it.

[@CartrKillsGrunt]

Something I just noticed with Freyja's Armor's description, it implies that she too is another character older than Radahn, with "After witnessing Freyja's valor as a gladiator in his youth" reading as though she's already an established warrior in the coliseums while Radahn is still a youth. This DLC definitely puts the time passed into perspective.

[@Fishbone0826]

When’s the lore video on every spec of grass?

[@square-table-gaming]

Depends on the lore significance, is there a specific blade you'd like to learn more about?

[@AngelGutierrez-hk9tq]

Really amazing breakdown

[@square-table-gaming]

Thank you!

[@joshuapatrick682]

Miquella lied to her, he said he and Radahn made a vow but we know that is a lie. We know Radahn was not involved when Miquella made that request, and we can assume Radahn fought to the bitter end to prevent it

[@RevanX77]

Radahn was absolutely involved with the Vow, the end cutscene is Miquella sealing it with him and his armor mentions how Malenia called him on being Miquella's Consort. The whole thing is also pointless if Radahn didn't willingly agree, because why bother having him for his character traits if he'll just be mind-controlled anyway.

[@bigchungus6827]

@@RevanX77 The end cutscene where Radahn is not present? I don't think it ultimately matters since he's a mind controlled thrall by the end of the DLC anyway, so him agreeing or not ultimately doesn't have an impact, but the game goes out of its way to only show Miquella's wants and thoughts, not Radahn's, which I find telling.

[@RevanX77]

@@bigchungus6827 It's a vision in an empty void, there's no proof Radahn wasn't there. In fact since it's a "memory", but features a third person view of Miquella, it's easiest to intuit that it's actually Radahn's own memory. If Radahn was mind controlled, that defeats the entire purpose of Miquella wanting Radahn as a Lord. It could have just been Mohg in that case.

[@bigchungus6827]

@@RevanX77 Miquella was obsessed with Radahn. It's not that it could only have been Radahn, it's that Miquella wanted it to be Radahn, no matter what. And yes, it's an empty void. Empty. No Radahn. If the devs wanted to imply that Radahn was there, they would've put him there.

[@RevanX77]

@@bigchungus6827 He wanted it to be Radahn exactly because he had a kind and noble disposition. If Radahn was mind-controlled, that means the whole reason Miquella wanted Radahn was pointless. There is no evidence Radahn wasn't there, or that he was mind-controlled in the ending. Zero. Even your NPC allies talk to Radahn as though it's actually him.

[@skybluebrad2781]

I'm not expert lvl on the lore, but I have kind've a feeling that Radahn may have been okay with being the Consort. Except that he had a desire "for an Honorable Death" and wouldn't have it any other way, or couldn't by his fate as a war god. It may be why Malenia was sent/tricked to fight him, or she knew and did so out of Loyalty to Miquella.

[@midouban628]

First, it’s Lanya, now it’s Freyja. Why does Miyazaki hate tomboy so much???

[@Not_ramattra]

Have you done a leda or needle knight video?

[@square-table-gaming]

Not yet!

[@korye6324]

Ahh, friend…, sleep…

[@carlosperalta4351]

I've been wondering about this for awhile but how exactly did Freyja enter the Shadow Realm? Until we kill him, Mohg is extremely overprotective of Miquella (and probably only allowed Ansbach to touch Miquella's hand) So I have a theory and it mostly involves the whole "All manners of death enter the Realm of Shadow" and it's possible she died in the Battle of Aeonia, stumbling in the Shadow Realm but the rot remained (somehow) until Miquella came along and I really only say this because I still believe Miquella cocooned himself during the battle or before Of course this can be wrong but other than Hornsent and Ansbach it bothers me how we don't get any information on how the rest got into the Realm of Shadow And I do agree that despite being Radahn's strongest knight she did not understand Radahn or his wishes only his strength (Though off topic, I made a discovery and it quite literally blew my mind despite me arguing for "Radahn may have agreed to be Miquella's Consort side" But I have both the Consort and Starscourge sets and while wearing the Consort set I thought "He has the Haligtree symbol on his cape that makes sense, Miquella made the body and armor" but I wondered if the Starscourge set had a different symbol and to my surprise Radahn had the Hailgtree symbol on his cape this entire time And while it's difficult to make out on his actual model because of all the Cleanrot spears and scarlet moss? The symbol resembles the Hailgtree But what do you think?)

[@Bigazoa11]

why does freyja look like Casca in the thumbnail?

[@square-table-gaming]

It's actually fairly close to the in-game model

[@AwwGeeZ1983]

This is interesting to me, cause I wasn't looking at Casca, BUT I am letting '97 Berserk influence my style a lot lately, especially in the color scheme, so maybe that's part of it. My main anime influence on Freyja was actually Noi from Dorohedoro. Same basic face shape, same nose, same body.

[@Fredmonsterz]

N.1 fan here!

[@Carrot-Man1876]

Great video

[@square-table-gaming]

My liege

[@travisjackson5398]

Was mohg always going to be the body even if radahn had died in the war? What would have happened if morgot killed him first? Why has miquilla never kissed melania to at least try to remove the rot instead of the needle? Is he disgusted by his own twin who he controls? Where are all the temples and towers that were run by Godwyn and where are his two fingers? (Just spitballing here)

[@square-table-gaming]

The needle is because of Malenias direct connection to the goddess of rot. They're linked so the needle is needed to literally combat the influence of an outer god

[@travisjackson5398]

@@square-table-gaminggotcha but it’s still kinda weird that there’s multiple ways to cure rot but only the needle was placed on malania and nothing else was attempted not even sharing his own blood to ward it off like he does in the boss fight strangely enough making it harder to cause rot on radahn

[@kevincoughlin3455]

So if Miquella could heal the rot with a kiss, does that mean he could have healed Melania but chose not to? If so, I wonder what the reason would be.

[@square-table-gaming]

He could not. She is influenced directly by an outer god

[@kevincoughlin3455]

@@square-table-gaming that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for answering my question, love your videos!

[@square-table-gaming]

@@kevincoughlin3455 thanks for watching!

[@DeyanWell]

Marika was a snake

[@joshuapatrick682]

How could Miquella cure her but not Melania?

[@square-table-gaming]

Malenia is directly connected to the goddess of rot. Miquella would need to be more powerful than an outer god to remove the rot from her entirely

[@joedominguez8064]

I found the DLC ending pretty disappointing tbh. If viewed on its own it’s better but as a dlc for the game that came before it pulls a lot of stuff out of nowhere. I felt like Radahn story was ended in the base game fine. Miquellas sudden obsession with him feels jarring when nothing in the game linked them prior. Why Mohg was needed at all is never explained and Promised Consort Radahn looks nothing like Mohg. It felt like it rewrote a lot of character rather than delving into the demigods we hadn’t seen. And in the base game you seek to become Elden lord, why do you randomly choose to oppose Miquella, who is the only demigod who voices compassion and HASNT actively killed thousands 😂 I would’ve been down for an Age of Compassion ending

[@square-table-gaming]

Mostly because Miquella abandoned his humanity for his ideals which is exactly what Marika did. He's perpetuating the cycle whether he wants to or not. You can't have an age of compassion without a heart, the second he tossed Trina aside he ruined his own plans for the world.

[@joshuapatrick682]

Anyone else still bummed we didn’t get to fight Godwyn at the end of the DLC? Since he was the only one in the base game Miquella was actively trying to resurrect?

[@pinealdreams3005]

Would have made less than zero sense to fight Godwyn and thats exactly why we don't. The fanbase really struggles to understand that Godwyn is 100% gone forever. His soul was destroyed. His very essence of being. He can't be brought back, he can't be revived. He's the only character in the entire lore that is 100% conclusively dead.

[@blakeclark9042]

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[@DepressiveWeeb]

What gives u the right to say that she is missguided? Radahn made a vow with Miquella, it is only right that he should honor like the empyriam wanted, and if that means having her lord and general bacl to wage war, all the better.

[@snev3182]

First !!