Elden Ring Lore - Roderika, Spirit Tuner & Friend

Learn the story of the most gentle spirit in the Lands Between. An invaluable ally, and a dear friend. Today, we discuss Roderika.
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[@fguati]

When Rodericka talked about people being grafted to the spider I always understood she was referring to the grafted Scion we meet in Stormveil, since it looks more like a spider and the chrysalid's memento is close to where you fight it

[@square-table-gaming]

We considered this as well, but the grafted scion doesn't graft itself, so the one ripping off limbs would be godric, hence he's most likely the spider

[@BBoy4040]

​@@square-table-gamingI mean Godric still has a Castle and subjects, would it not be implied that his men are the ones that are taking body parts and grafting them to the scions? I just can't see anyone describing Godrick as a "spider."

[@Blepsworth]

​@@square-table-gamingshe doesn't directly say the spider grafts itself though does she

[@square-table-gaming]

@@Blepsworth She says, "Did you know? If you're grafted by the spider, you become a chrysalid." So she is saying that the Spider is the one doing the grafting. It's the difference between saying "grafted by the spider" and "grafted to the spider." As far as we know the grafted scions cannot graft themselves and knowing godrick as a character it seems highly unlikely he'd share the secrets of grafting with anyone.

[@TheCoulsonlax]

@@square-table-gamingexactly this. The sentence structure and specific wording points to Godrick. He’s also constantly referred to as being sneaky, hiding in shadows etc. He’s the spider.

[@kirinsashes0595]

Roderika is thee MVP Maiden. We picked her up off her knees. And she's always had our backs. She's been there for us, a true A1 day1 supporter. She deserves to be "Queen Consort"💯🙏🏽

[@iamthereddemon20]

Not just our back either, she stays with hewg to the very end definitely top tier maiden behaviour

[@BobStallmanArchUser]

And when its all on fire and crumbling shes one of the 3 who stays if you count the Shop lol.

[@found3685]

when she introduced herself as a certified spirit tuner, im so proud of her. she moved on, do what she can and be the best of it. best girl indeed. wish we could see more of her in future titles

[@tinisterr]

Roderika gives us a golden seed. I think this is the golden seed that is missing at the very first erd tree sapling. She must've been there while exploring and that's how she knows about white mask varre. Or she washed up in the same place as our tarnished

[@anna-gt2mu]

Aq

[@topcat59]

Honestly roderika is just a poor soul that was unfortunately made into a tarnished and was likely forced to come to these lands due to her nobility requiring her to do so and was unfortunately intercepted by one of godrick’s forces and her man distracted them as best they could so she could escape the horrifying fate of those that are captured by godrick.🐱

[@anna-gt2mu]

Aq

[@anna-gt2mu]

Q

[@youssefhossameldin435]

I have a new idea you can discuss after this video if you want . Can you make a video about the various lands known outside the lands between ; the ones where various tarnished originate from and possibly helps us in imagining how each environment shaped each tarnished who came from it .

[@levampblaze6312]

Great idea.

[@محمدالفوساري]

Legendary idea

[@umbra6552]

did you wnd up releasing a video about this idea?

[@youssefhossameldin435]

@@umbra6552 no actually , I’m not into doing videos.

[@g1998k]

I doubt I could even finish the game without the work of this wonderful character..!!

[@marystone860]

This may be a far fetched theory, but, here goes! Maybe the reason why Roderika never seen the guidance of Grace, is when Queen Marika sensed Roderika when she came to the Lands Between, is maybe Marika was AFRAID of Roderika, of the things she can see, thanks to the extreme connection she has to Spirits! Marika hid many things, and perhaps Roderika was never able to see Grace, is Marika's fear of her seeing things that she shouldn't!

[@levampblaze6312]

Hewq:You are a spirit tuner , Rodrika. Rodrika: Am I what ?

[@AegisKHAOS]

The story of Rodericka and Hewg is beautiful and tragic. Loved the father and daughter relationship. Loved Rodericka's growth. The way it all ends is bittersweet. And Patches is still besto gurl.

[@williambrothers7253]

out of all the characters in the game Rodericka is one of the few people our tarnished makes a personal connection with that doesn't end in tragedy, I love characters like her and hewg that add much needed light and inspiration in an otherwise dark world

[@TheHogfatherInvades]

Truly the friend of all time

[@nbmoleminer5051]

I hope at the very end Hewg tells her to leave or leaves herself and she joins our and or Nepheli's court.

[@silentservant_]

Beautiful Roderika

[@youssefhossameldin435]

Or you can discuss the event known as the long march of the tarnished and the various people crucified on the poles found on the lands between and I think it’s possible that they’re tarnished who were captured before escaping because it says that Godfrey and the tarnished were hounded from the lands between , like they didn’t let them leave peacefully. Can you discuss the incident and how this event may have happened and why there are boats on the sea near castle Morne and is it possible that they left the lands between from this place . Thank you

[@kingofstrangeness7014]

I kinda doubt the people on the poles have been there for centuries since godfrey left originally. Especially with many of them still being alive, making noise etc.

[@Echo_ohc3]

17:04 STG finally asking the real questions.

[@square-table-gaming]

Eventually we'll have a video tackling this very topic. What do you think?

[@Echo_ohc3]

@@square-table-gaming A deep lore dive into the more romantic side of elden ring NPCs does sound like a fun video to watch

[@tenshi7478]

The answer is yes

[@antongrigoryev6381]

I wonder, how did she get to the Roundtable Hold? She doesn't see Grace, and probably doesn't have a Maiden, especially if as you assume she isn't Tarnished at all (I'm not sure about that one. That would fit, but inhabitants of Lands Between seem to identify Tarnished pretty easily and she probably would've known if she wasn't one). It seems pretty established that you can't access Roundtable without a Maiden.

[@square-table-gaming]

All true, as a theory it's possible she was guided by the spirits of her tarnished compatriots

[@jacksonthomas6928]

I assumed that since she was a wahman she is her own maiden? Please explain if there is something disproving this

[@sisterapollyon5121]

One of my favorite characters, glad you made a video of her. Awesome work 👏

[@TheRealNeck0]

i swear since my very first playthrough i always did this one quest and it brings great pain to me knowing becoming lord equals the death of both of em.

[@giovannigiorgio831]

The way I see it Roderika is Tarnished, and that was just all the more reason for her family to send her away. From her demeanor, I assume her family considered her a failure and was looking for any reason to get rid of her. As far as her never seeing grace, it’s already known that Tarnished can lose sight of grace, like Rogier, so I don’t think it’s unbelievable for a Tarnished to never regain the sight of grace.

[@BBoy4040]

Godfrey literally regains his sight of grace before his boss fight.

[@giovannigiorgio831]

@@BBoy4040 I know. I’m saying that Grace can behave differently depending on the Tarnished. The player, obviously, never loses sight. Rogier eventually lost his sight. Roderika, in my opinion, never gained her sight. Godfrey, as you said, regained his sight before we fight him. These are just my theories on how the grace works.

[@Mantosasto]

Loved Roderika, favorite npc for me. It was always nice coming back to base and talking to her, she's so sweet it's like a balsam in that cruel and hostile world. I only wish she had more dialogues. When I finished the game, I just sat there next to her and Hewg. I defeated Radagon and the Elden Beast using Hewg's hammer in his honor, and that was the only fight I used it in.

[@Matt620]

When I become Elden Lord, Roderika will attend my coronation.

[@megakillerx]

Could this be an angel ahead?

[@eggstinater]

My vote for another video is one on White Maske Varre!

[@ilejovcevski79]

Not all tarnish see the light of grace, certainly not anymore. Though She never saw it to begin with. Could that mean she was never really a tarnished? Maybe.... but it could also mean she was born or became one, long after the other stopped seeing the light as well.

[@smileyman1721]

Love watching these at work guys. Makes me want to play the game more than the 100 hours I have. Just a suggestion for future videos, maybe start doing the various locations or landmarks across the Lands Between. Like the Dragon Communion Altars.

[@caspergill2177]

Subbed, these are so good and help me relax after work and even help me fall asleep at night. You’re the best and I can’t wait to listen to all of them this is number 5 in a row I can’t stop!!

[@AviaKun]

Roderika is my #1 favorite character in the game she feels as if there’s nothing else left in her life other than death and that she should join all the others that have died, but later she realizes that she has a gift for spirit tuning and that there’s more to life than death, I relate to her a lot because there was a time in my life that I thought I had no meaning and I should just be like everyone else until I realized that I’m different and can be a better person

[@axmoylotl]

roderika and the blacksmith were the only characters i understood at all. Everyone else is just vague and scheming no clue what their deals are but i liked Roderick and the blacksmith, they were the only characters in the game i cared about, well and the jellyfish sisters. I'm disappointed theres no ending connected to them. I would much rather bring those two with me to the ending than any of the current options.

[@spookieboogi6161]

She wasn’t a coward nothing wrong with not wanting to get chopped up and attached to a monster she’s just a young woman who was thrown in the middle of a traumatic experience and left alone anyone would be scared like her in that moment

[@amalnair7776]

in the dlc she's wearing the blue hood

[@square-table-gaming]

That was not Roderika, just a player character wearing the noble sef

[@Invaders_Unite]

This is one npc I have almost no experience with because I never really used spirit summons. Nice to hear a story I'm unfamiliar with. Kudos.

[@samfish2550]

I wish we could give Huge a different forge so that he could leave the hold, part of me wonders if they once pondered it with the anvil at the church. Likely wouldn't have changed anything but it's at least a nice thought, that there's at least one world where things go well for him.

[@BloodhoundNax]

Great video as always, thank you. I am interested in seeing your analysis of Armored Core lore.

[@sphony]

It’s unfortunate you don’t find out what happens to them after you become elden lord.

[@YATZIwastaken]

when we talk to her in the roundtable hold she says "us tarnished" so i assume she must be tarnished right?

[@square-table-gaming]

It's absolutely possible she is tarnished. It's a completely reasonable assumption. We believe the cloak's admission of her never seeing Grace at all opens up the possibility that she was only told she was tarnished. While it's true none of the tarnish we meet see grace, it is implied that they did at some point and no longer do.

[@Carrot-Man1876]

Greetings from the Carrot-Man 👋🥕

[@square-table-gaming]

My liege

[@TheMaskOfFairies]

Roderika is best girl!

[@Seal171]

15:32 I'm not crying. You're crying... Q.Q

[@alessandroguglielmo719]

Basically Farnese

[@frankiefromky]

Nepheli Loux will always be best girl in my opinion, however Roudy Roderika is the best spirit tuner in the lands between.

[@MichaelRains-s6s]

I hope the dlc sheds some sort of light on those damn bat abominations.

[@Bleepbleep7777]

I prefer roderika than ranni the smurf

[@emafex]

Marked her as a noble right? Not useless.

[@jyanbei]

Tarnished seemingly has a combination of meanings in elden ring. We know all tarnished are descended from Godfrey, we also know all tarnished typically hail from other areas than the lands between. Lastly tarnished has a pseudo meaning of commoner. Referencing both Kenneth haight and Marais (? Sorry if I spelled wrong) as they both notably referenced as nobles and Kenneth upon meeting him has a near aversion for wanting to get the help of a tarnished but basically has no other choice

[@fourdayz1414]

I dont think its that there’s more than one meaning to being Tarnished. They were once noble warriors serving their lord Godfrey on the side of the Golden Order. That is until they were divested of grace by Queen Marika and therefore rejected by the Erdtree So the reason Tarnished are now thought of as beneath nobles is probably because just like the albanaurics, the misbegotten, the Demi humans, the merchants, etc, the tarnished are no longer blessed by the Erdtree (which is apparently evident by our eyes, even when the player can see grace) So if anything, it takes on a new meaning in the Land’s Between. The tarnished are no longer a race that’s to be respected

[@sk8legendz]

I'm very confused about her discussing the curse of Queen Marika Nothing proves that Marika cursed anybody, she simply laid out a task so unfathomably monstrous in its difficulty that it seems that way. But if you consider Gideons pre fight dialogue and Melina stating that restoring Death goes against Marikas desires, it almost lends credit to that claim this is all a cursed task.

[@square-table-gaming]

I don't believe she's using the word "curse" literally

[@sk8legendz]

@@square-table-gaming yeah thatd make sense Marikas scarseal in the haligtree made it pretty clear she wanted free of the elden beast so her cursing her only help in that task seemed odd

[@LiesOfPaso]

the spider is godrick's grafted scion

[@square-table-gaming]

I used to assume this as well, but Roderika asks if we've come to be grafted "by" the spider not "to" the spider. The grafted scions do not know how to graft, only godrick can do that.

[@chevychasey1681]

100th episode please

[@square-table-gaming]

Patches was #100

[@biotic_allergy]

Not a single, knee joke...

[@biotic_allergy]

I thought this comment was on a different video 🤣🤣, sorry it makes no sense

[@TheLastComa]

How does she even get to the Roundtable Hold though...with no guidance or anything...how?

[@square-table-gaming]

I like to think the spirits of her men led her there

[@TheLastComa]

@square-table-gaming dang! There it is, now it's my canon explanation too.

[@frenzyfrenzy9747]

I know it's not really a video idea but since miquella and malenia were imperians where are their shadows?(like blaidd)

[@square-table-gaming]

Melania is Miquellas shadow

[@frenzyfrenzy9747]

@@square-table-gaming wasn't malenia also an imperian though?

[@square-table-gaming]

@@frenzyfrenzy9747 yes but she chose to serve as Miquellas shield instead of pursue the throne

[@frenzyfrenzy9747]

@@square-table-gaming Thanks!

[@WhoDaF0ok1sThatGuy]

Best: 1. Fia 2. Roderika 3. Rennala For real though, Roderika’s sorry was really heart breaking as for me, my whole goal was to free her and master Hewg. Sadly, they both decide to stay and serve you as you become Elden Lord. Of course, the tyrannical rule will be no more but that doesn’t change the fact that they’re still in servitude.

[@spookieboogi6161]

I’m happy she got a good ending I usually just roll my eyes because not everyone needs to die or meet a horrible fate but Miyazaki has to be edgy and be like no one can be happy but me*counts our money*

[@SterbiusMcGurbius]

The real question, smash or pass?

[@Nathan_Coley]

Roderika best girl over Ranni? 🤔

[@RagingBrachy]

Ranni is a criminal who turned Godwyn into a mermaid

[@Daniel_Lancelin]

@@RagingBrachy This.^^^ She ties with Marika in terms of culpability for the state of the Lands Between. She also _really_ doesn't give off the impression of a loyal spouse lol; it wouldn't be out of character for her to dispose of our Tarnished the millisecond we aren't of any benefit to her ambitions. On the other hand... that Moonlight Greatsword got me actin' sorcerous.

[@Bleepbleep7777]

​@@RagingBrachynot mermaid but merMAN

[@Nathan_Coley]

​@@RagingBrachyOkay, what about Melina then? 🤔

[@TroyTheCatFish]

She’s Incredible :)

[@TroyTheCatFish]

Fantastic Video as Always! :) 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 ❤❤❤ 💖💖💖

[@alexandermorgan5958]

If she wasn't Tarnished, then I don't know how she made it to the Roundtable Hold. I think the bit about never seeing the guidance of grace was just an extra admonishing point to really drive home how undesirable she was. Well done, as usual. This might be an odd request for a video, but could you theoretically manage to come up with some lore theories as to why some enemies drop such oddly specific crafting materials? Why do the wooly trolls in the mountains drop Arteria Leaf? I still don't know why.

[@alexandermorgan5958]

@@joeytatum6052 As far as I can tell, she was the only Tarnished singled out as having never seen the guidance of grace even once. Even Boggart saw it.

[@suzeray87]

Rodericka is my 3rd favorite character in the entirety of Elden Ring. Behind Diallos and best girl Millicent.

[@franciosdauteuil4626]

Never liked diallos he always comes off as someone who was raised far too sheltered and could not understand even basics of living in the lands between. First time I played I was looking forward after he swore vengeance on his house's name to teaming up with him to wipeout volcano manor but he instead is a coward that gives up and forgets all about vengeance. Then when he becomes the protector of jarburgh he doesnt even prevent any jars being murdered he doesnt save a single one (Alexander's nephew survives if hes there or not so he didnt save him) all around just found him to be a lackluster noc and even liked his unspeaking brother because in the 20 seconds you meet and fight him he shows more class and personality than diallos. Heck even if they made it possible to show him the murder contract out on his brother to change that storyline as an alternative outcome would give 1000000% more personality to diallos but nope he let's his friend be murdered and does nothing to save his brother then fails and dies at jarburg

[@suzeray87]

@@franciosdauteuil4626 you basically summed him up except there’s one thing you didn’t mentioned. Out of all the NPCs in Elden Ring you have dialogue with… he’s the only person that you can not directly help. He honestly, forged his path with his own strength. I find it beautiful that his story is the most relatable to every NPC. Because I find a lot of us that sit at home and asks ourselves what would we do if we were in a world like Elden Ring… then Diallos would that projection. He talks a big game and wants to revenge Layna, ends up joining Volcano manor and then leaves when he knows this place isn’t for him, and finds a place in Jarburg. He failed to protect the village but died protecting one character, Jar-bairn and again he did it without our help. Nephili Loux is my 4th favorite character. But even someone destined for greatness at their lowest point requires our help. Diallos with his complete lack of strength and conviction still managed to be the most inspiring NPC in the entirety of Elden Ring.

[@suzeray87]

@@franciosdauteuil4626 also one last thing, you are wrong about Alexander’s nephew Jar-Bairn. Jar Bairn admits that Diallos sacrificed himself to hold off the poachers allowing Jar-bairn to survive. He even takes his flesh & blood within him citing, The Tale of House Hoslow is told in blood, and that’s the type of warrior I want to be. So Alexander’s Nephew does look up to Diallos. And this is… pretty much the only reason that his story becomes inspiring… so if you didn’t remember that… he’s sacrifice might come off a stupid and pointless… therefore making Diallo’s story fall flat.

[@venomouswyverns8819]

what a beautiful tale

[@SuperMaster000X]

Underrated Waifu.

[@mikealphaxray228]

When you go back to the pile of chrysalide after delivering the memento, you get the Crimson Hood. I took this to mean that Roderika later went to Stormveil not before but after you give her the memento. Could she have died there? Or just left the hood behind. It’s interesting to consider the chain of events in the context of the Roundtable Hold existing outside of the normal timeline a little bit.

[@SterbiusMcGurbius]

17:18 why do the trees look like they're dancing to an absolute banger?

[@nbmoleminer5051]

I've never found the momento