Elden Ring Lore Storytime: Godrick the Grafted

[@acudaican]

Dressed as a woman to escape the capital. Insulted Malenia along the way, lost, and kissed her feet to beg for mercy. What a guy.

[@bloodangel19]

Lol most of this fanbase would kiss Malenia's rotten feet.

[@oom5768]

The Starscream of Eldenring

[@jackjohnson8305]

@@bloodangel19 Im more of a melina guy myself

[@co2_os]

They could make a sitcom out of his life

[@cap3423]

@@bloodangel19 Maidenless behavior

[@brk726]

He's a good boss to go up against near the beginning of the game. It felt exciting going through the castle to fight him.

[@kitetales]

I did start laughing when he started screaming… had to sit through the cutscene a couple times and it broke me 😆

[@t2av159]

I was lvl 62 when I first fought him..... I got uh distracted lol

[@a-crack8728]

Stormveil is a fun legacy dungeon

[@maxwelljoseph5550]

Exceptional quality just like the last couple. Hoping that at some point you guys make one of these on Mohg and Miquella.

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much! Oh yeah I've got SO many of the big characters on the to-do list... Some of the other side quest NPCs seem really awesome too. Definitely a lot of options!

[@antonioperez4308]

Still gotta beat mogh. I hope we find out more about miquella in a dlc!

[@GameLover45408]

@@kitetales what was your build for this game?

[@nopizzawithoutpineapple]

I'd also dress up as a woman to avoid fighting Radahn irl, no questions asked And no wonder he lost to Malenia, I killed him second try and spend a bit over two hours on her. She's on a whole different level. Also, really good narration

[@kitetales]

Haha yeah if you hear that Radahn is looking for you, it’s time to pretend to be someone else! 😆 Thank you so much for watching!!

[@bearbones7913]

Personally I thought Margit was way harder than Godrick

[@Twilit_Usurper]

That's a cool thought, but it is stated that it was a stalemate. He did not lose.

[@nopizzawithoutpineapple]

@@Twilit_Usurper talking about Godrick, not Radahn

[@Twilit_Usurper]

@@nopizzawithoutpineapple actually I believe you are correct upon further research. Malenia states she's never known defeat. But yeah godrick did what he had to do to survive lol

[@kormorgen637]

I absolutely love this boss. Out of every boss I have fought so far he strikes my fancy the best. I absolutely enjoyed his boss fight and his desire to become more powerful rings something deep within me too tbh. He's a joy to listen to, whenever I start I character in Elden ring I always grind out a Godrick knight set and use that. I am actually currently working my character up to take the mantle as Godrick the Grafted. His weapons and all.

[@kitetales]

Whoa someone keep this guy away from the severed limbs department!!

[@kormorgen637]

@@kitetales hahaha 🤣

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

I mean, he was trying his best within his limited possibilities.. ^^; If his clan's skill was "grafting" and that's the only was he COULD (in theory) keep up with those epic god like rulers and heroes... " why not an extra finger... or extra arm or two.... so i can equip more weapons... what could possibly go wrong? " XD

[@JoeKing69]

My first time through Stormveil I noticed the really ugly holes in the walls with roots growing out of it. It actually gave me cringeworthy shivers because it looked like infected wounds or something. It was like the castle itself was decaying. At first I reckoned it was some kind of symbolism; castles represent prestige, power, and authority. The mottled holes seemed to be saying that Stormveil's particular position of power was dying, and becoming ever the more corrupted with time.

[@Stasispack2024]

This is a great observation. The true cause of stormviel rotting in popular belief is the courpse of Godwin the Golden which resides partly under Stomviel. As Godwin became the Prince of death after dying in the lands between he has been cursed with a rotting effect. You can see this in main part of his courpse in Deeproot depths. Having part of his body under Stomviel is causing the rot from within him to spread to the city and detioriate it. Credit to Vaatividya for most of the info in this comment.

[@l0000worms]

@@Stasispack2024 the castle also has enourmous claw marks, only thing comparable is Plasidusax' claws, but that gives an idea. The roots taking over combined with the humongous claw marks gives such air of history, and you can only find out so much. Love this game

[@kixakii436]

Probably the destruction of stormveil dates all the way back to when Godfrey waged war on the storm king, wich many think could be a giant storm Hawk.

[@PeterDivine]

"Forefathers, one and all, BEAR WITNESS!"

[@BenditaLocuraStudios]

I can't believe I came back to this long after voicing American Godrick only to realize he's basically the dark fantasy version of General Grievous.

[@kitetales]

YES!!

[@Awestickness]

This guy is literally general grievous- Coward, hunting tarnished/Jedi, another fine addition in to my collection…

[@jakeknell2694]

Wow this was very well done! You have a great voice for these types of lore videos, looking forward to seeing more! 😁

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much for watching!!

[@owohscorner]

Your voice is so soft and nice to listen to lore to. I can't wait for more lore videos.

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@masonite2356]

Yo this was awesome. I've been waiting for the lore delvers to finally explain what is happening throughout this incredible game, and now we finally have someone who stepped up the plate. Please keep doing these!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much! It’s been a lot of fun working on the videos so I’m so glad to see people enjoy it!

[@BlueBirdsProductions]

This guy has got to be my favorite Souls boss ever. Not quite as good a fight as Isshin, but Godrick is a way cooler character with such a cool design.

[@williamhanna9718]

Ripping his arm off to replace it with a dragons head is one of the most metal phase 2’s of any boss fight I’ve ever fought

[@ChrisAssassin]

I feel the same way about many of the bosses in bloodborne in terms of cool designs Like Maria, Ludwig and Gerhman

[@maximusorbis2548]

Godrick is not a better character than Isshin. Just because he’s a spastic does not make him better lol

[@Wijikata]

@@maximusorbis2548 is his opinion, ever heard of that?

[@Stallioniinyaa]

Best lore channel I've seen so far

[@Enoxnox]

Its interesting that Godrick’s great rune is one of the most powerful runes in the game. Its like all the stats were grafted into his single rune!

[@ExtraGameClipz]

At first I thought this was legit a re-upload of a cutscene from Elden Ring, very high quality stuff

[@kitetales]

Oh my gosh that is a huge compliment, thank you so much!!

[@bennettryynanen3770]

I love how concise yet informative these lore videos are! Please let there be more!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much for watching and the nice comment! There will definitely be more!

[@Dravakin]

So nice to find someone doing Lore videos like this! Thank you!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@rhomayyann4691]

This game is so perfect in every way it's insane to think we have such a masterpiece in our time like this. I play Elden all the time it's too good.

[@Max-px5ym]

Hope you came back to earth since

[@kyleknudson4620]

Way better understanding of the lore. Well done! You have a soothing storytelling voice as well that only adds life to the lore.

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much!! 🥰

[@pixelcandytv]

Please, please, please continue doing more of these videos, they've all been fantastic and clarify so much lore into proper context!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much for the sweet comment! I am definitely planning on more!

[@pixelcandytv]

@@kitetales Can't wait, subbed and notified!

[@mygirlr83]

Thanks for this! Godric is my fave lad from Elden Ring at the moment, and i need all the content and explanations i can get!!

[@kitetales]

Poor Godrick, he just needs some confidence... I'm glad he has a fan out there! :)

[@alto2849]

Amazing content to watch before bed, relaxing and informative, thank you!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much for watching!! :)

[@wearblackclothes]

I can't wait to watch two-hour-long Elden ring lore videos 2-3 years from now

[@glazeddonuts9336]

Really enjoying these videos

[@tabzaofficial]

This is actually amazing, I’m going through your videos now and they’re all so great, even with 76k subs, you’re so underrated

[@kitetales]

Awww thank you so much 💙 I’m definitely going to have a whole new chunk of storytime lore videos when the DLC drops!!

[@tabzaofficial]

@@kitetalesthat would be awesome, I’m more interested in the DLC’s lore than the actual gameplay at this point 😭

[@RolyTheKing]

I just want to say, you're voice and presentation is on par with Vaatividya, for it's own reasons and charms. I'll be listening to you alongside him with eagerness for each additional chapter. awesome work

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much, that is a huge compliment and I really appreciate that! :)

[@nh-wq6sw]

This is lovely story telling and helps a lot with the royal families and places of this lore!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much!! 😊

[@citrixdeceiver4255]

Your voice is very comforting and I enjoy the lore thank you

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much! :)

[@Prome_Theus94]

really well done! it's easy to get lost and not understand anything about the lore, but you summarize it perfectly without giving too much spoiler, keep it up!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@braddakai5979]

I love your videos and hearing about the Lore. Really makes the game better for me. thank you!

[@falx94]

I can't really blame Godrick for not wanting to fight Radahn, I wouldn't be surprised if that boss gave some players PTSD. I didn't even know about that Evergaol where you can fight not-Godrick, guess I have some hunting to do. Really looking forward to more of these, I'm glad I found this channel.

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much! Oh and I agree, I would have done whatever necessary if I knew Radahn was out there hunting me down 😆

[@psychomammoth9640]

I do enjoy the lore provided, the editing is well done

[@kustomkure]

I love this format. I rarely subscribe but here, damn, so worth it.

[@kitetales]

Then I'm especially honored! Thank you! :)

[@a-crack8728]

Thank you very much Jesus his lore was confusing the shit outta me

[@ThatMykl]

Can't wait for your next one, high quality so far, keep at it!

[@kitetales]

Thank you! 😊

[@williammcghie3443]

Your voice is so smooth and easy on the ears! Love how succinct and enjoyable the video was. Great lore delivery!!

[@sssssssssssnakes]

Thank you so much for your videos! They are short yet very informative, can't wait for the next one :))

[@kitetales]

Thank you!! 😊

[@innocentorphan1213]

The huge, grand painting of Godfrey surrounded by hanging severed limbs in the bloodied and grotesque butchering kitchen is such great visual storytelling.

[@creaturecalledcanyon]

the fact that godrick, godfrey, and godefroy are all different characters made things even more confusing. thank you

[@TeeJaySmall]

These lore videos are fantastic! Looking forward to more in the future!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much!! :)

[@jomcete]

Please, keep making these videos! Absolutely incredible storytelling and editing. Even though we all love exploring each corner of this amazing game, sometimes that is not enough to grasp the stories behind each of the characters. Much love from Chile!! ❤️

[@kitetales]

Thank you much so for your kind feedback!! ❤️

[@boxisbest]

Subbed! You made so much of Godrick make sense to me. Can’t wait for more!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much!! :)

[@Unkopapa]

Wow this is so cool! This is my first one! Looking forward to watching the others.

[@lostchad5318]

This was a clean lore take, good stuff

[@kitetales]

Thank you!

[@Canadalorian]

Omg dude these are so good. Do them all, please!!

[@kitetales]

Thank you!! 😁

[@tysongrey5823]

This is this most captivating gaming related video I've ever watch. ❤ loved it

[@kitetales]

Thank you!! 🥲💙

[@tysongrey5823]

Have you heard of MrBallen? You are like the elden ring version of that channel. ✌️🍻

[@sazzle312]

Your voice and choice of words, I could listen to you describe the drying of paint.

[@Theguyoverthere603]

I'm really looking forward to hearing you cover all the lore topics as I go through the game! It's nice to hear someone explain who and what keeps kicking my ass lmao

[@kitetales]

Haha thank you!! 😁

[@darklengend44]

These are soooo cool!!! And your voice is very soothing as well to hear please do more and keep up the great work!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate hearing that! I will absolutley have more! :)

[@Timetiger]

I really dig how short and sweet these are.

[@kitetales]

That's exactly what I'm going for so I appreciate that feedback! :)

[@mozmwhite2513]

Great job, yet again. These are fast becoming a KZbin/Elden Ring staple for me.

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much! :)

[@pacmanpakkas]

This girl needs to make like a 2 hour lore video, her voice is soothing.

[@nolant3728]

These lore videos are great keep ‘em coming. Always try to dig up as much lord as I can but sometimes it can confusing after many battles with monsters and demigods

[@kitetales]

Thank you! Yes the information can be buried pretty deep in item descriptions and world clues. And sometimes you won’t even know if you’ve possibly missed something!

[@jonyholt]

Absolutely love these. Would love to see a long form or supercut

[@kitetales]

Thank you! Yes I think I’ll definitely do a supercut with the relevant topics included!

[@theCongoleseDude]

I needed this. You are exactly what I needed.

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much, that’s what I love to hear! 😊

[@vadimnimarov8796]

Yaaaasssss MORE! I was always very curious about Godrick and this perfectly explains his story. Thank you. Alsoooo on an unrelated topic fellas. is it safe to say that general radhan was holding back more stars from crashing into the land betweens to prevent more of these cosmic horrors from coming such as astel? Is it possble that radhan knew what had happened to the eternal cities and wanted to save the lands from their destruction? Just a thought. I am also so fascinated with radhan and astel and the other cosmic monstrosities

[@kitetales]

I definitely think there is another reason he was holding back the stars and yes probably related to power struggle or preventing something others may have not otherwise suspected. Poor Radahn, lost his mind 😞

[@zero0creativity]

@@kitetales radahn was a beast, even when being consumed by the scarlet rot he was using most of his power to hold the stars back

[@chop0701]

I'm loving the content. You have a very soothing voice. I look forward to more lore videos!!!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much!! :)

[@Bluekingdom-Customs]

Love the lore videos and your narrating, keep up the lore content, its why i'm here. keep up the great work :)

[@kitetales]

Thank you very much! 😊

[@yayab6378]

I love the lore of Elden ring, thanks for these

[@Higley1234]

Godrick is my favorite boss because his voice lines are so impactful

[@calebhensley2579]

How come I’m almost done with my first play through and just now finding these series of videos 👏👏👏I’m lovin them

[@kitetales]

Thank you!! :)

[@kain1799]

Godrick is a really cool boss. Strong but really well telegraphed attacks. It is interesting just how like weak and feeble he's been portrayed as in the lore. I wish all of the demigods/bosses were as consistently well telegraphed.

[@kitetales]

He was fun, even though he was trying to kill me, he still made me chuckle :)

[@immutablecantrip]

these are so great please keep them coming!

[@chazp5873]

You are amazing! Thank you for making this confusing story understandable!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much I’m glad you liked it!! 😁

[@sirorliktheironclad]

He’s probably my favorite Fromsoftware king alongside Gwyn and the Consumed King.

[@rikudo282]

He sought strength from those he deemed beneath him... Foolishness...

[@SirianXM]

If I was the Beastlord Gurranq, your lore videos would be Deathroot... "Feed me... MoRe!... I need MORE!". Very well done, as always, you have the voice of a demi-goddess

[@kitetales]

That is the best compliment ever, thank you :)

[@SirianXM]

@@kitetales thank you for delving into the Lands Between, keep the lore coming!

[@sm0ky637]

Please continue doing this type of videos earned my sub

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much!

[@TheZoobZoobs]

I love that his VA perfectly demonstrates that at heart he is a sore loser steeped in his delusions of grandeur. Kudos to the acting and thanks for covering this!

[@kitetales]

The voice actors for the game were so great! There isn't much speaking but when it happens, it's perfect.

[@Aon_Duine]

This lore videos are awesome. Wish they where a little bit longer. But it's amazing the way you narrate them. Vaati is taking a long time between videos so it's good to have s replacement for the moment. Just subscribed to you!!!

[@Borisam]

Great lore explanation. I think this is your calling!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much! They're so much fun to work on while playing through the game!

[@suriyamanyseng6948]

You have the perfect voice for lore explanation!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much! :)

[@ToxicFaithPHD]

Ya that has GRR all over it. That totally fits his style. Anyways, excellent work. I really enjoyed that. Looking forward to more!!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much! And I like seeing the little touches that just have his touch; even some of the items in game have his style.

[@gagemead27]

Wow, 11 hours ago. I'm glad I'm not late for these. Thank you!

[@kitetales]

And thank YOU! :)

[@palletpatrol3009]

Further Dragon lore I've uncovered since yesterday (in relation to Godrick and his lineage) - the Golden Lineage Evergaol in the Altus Plateau region contains Godefroy the Grafted. Likely the father or grandfather of Godrick and clearly where he picked up his grafting expertise from. Most certainly one of the the forefather's Godrick implores to bear witness. - Godefroy's description says, "Godefroy the Grafted was captured by Dragon Knight Kristoff and imprisoned in the Evergaol which earned Dragon Knight Kristoff the hero’s honor of erdtree burial." So either the Erdtree faction was not actually in conflict with the dragons despite the erdtree succeeding them as the dominant power, or perhaps they were and Kristoff's reward was for switching sides. Or maybe it was a nonviolent shift of power, idk. - Kristoff's spirit ashes' description says, "Spirit of Kristoff, an honorable knight of Leyndell who was also a devout worshipper of the ancient dragons. His skills strike down foes with thunderbolts, the dragons' weapon of choice. After the First Defense of Leyndell, Kristoff earned the hero's honor of Erdtree Burial for the feat of capturing Godefroy the Grafted." - Interestingly, someone in the comments of Godfrey's (The first elden lord) wiki page notes that in the fight with his shade, Godfrey is very weak to lightning, which is noted as the Dragon's weapon of choice perhaps he is weak to it because the dragons are a natural enemy. - On the flipside, perhaps Godfrey had good relations with the dragons and used the dragonbolt blessing incantation. Because the dragonbolt blessing incantation is said to "increases resistance to all ailments and makes it easier to deflect enemy attacks. It also REDUCES THE LIGHTNING DAMAGE NEGATION of the player." - Roundtable Knight Vyke is an enemy that uses a dragon incantation called "Vyke's dragonbolt". Of Vyke it is said, "Of all the knights, Vyke the Dragonspear was the one Lansseax loved the most." Lansseax is a dragon boss found in the Altus Plateau that uses red lightning. - in Lansseax's description it says, "Lansseax was the sister of Fortissax. It is said that she took the from of a human to commune with the knights as a priestess of the ancient dragon cult". - Of Fortissax it is said, "Fortissax and Godwyn (who became the prince of death, first if the demigods to die) were said to be good friends, explaining why Fortissax guards his corpse." Suggesting that Godwyn was on good terms with the dragons. Perhaps this is why he was killed? - Either way there seems to be a pattern in Godfrey's lineage involving dragons. Based on his lightning weakness and strength I suspect Godfrey uses the dragonbolt blessing. His son Godwyn was said to be good friends with the dragon Fortissax. Godefroy is the only odd one out since he was seemingly at odds with the dragons considering he was captured by Dragon Knight Kristoff and cast into an Evergaol. Godrick was praising a dragon corpse as a trueborn heir and as kindred while also lauding his own forefathers, seeming to imply an air of camaraderie between dragons and his forefathers. He then grafts a dragon head onto his arm. But perhaps if he hadn't been pressed by desperation from being beaten half to death he might have have more elaborate plans like performing a dragon communion or grafting even more Dragon parts.

[@skaab4470]

Maybe godrick is not son of godefroy as he is still a demigod, a born weak demigod but still one, maybe godefroy is from the same family branch as godfrey but godfrey decided to change path compare to godefroy, idk just speculating

[@cadmusravenstag4403]

Subscribed, love your videos!

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much!!

[@rabidslurpy]

Godrick, the Over-Compensater.

[@fatsumo]

great vid!! haven't "pieced together" any theories about godrick yet, guess I was less successful than he was at that sort of thing

[@kitetales]

I see what you did there 👀

[@skinless5136]

How I wish I could show radahns head to godrick and see him try to run and hide, anyway great video

[@dartdevious561]

I love Vati, who doesn't, so I gotta say, this is really good and scratching that same itch.

[@joshuakoshy1301]

Great voice please keep em coming! I feel the videos are too short though. But thanks always for taking the effort. I just beat Royal Knight Loretta and all of the early game mini bosses. Can't wait for more Elden ring lore!

[@kitetales]

Thank you!! I was thinking about making a bigger compilation video of the relevant episodes later on if that’s something that would be wanted!

[@Marvacu]

Thanks for the Captions! Fantastic work!👍

[@kitetales]

Thanks very much! 😊

[@PinheadDD]

The devs did a great job animating him in the bossfight as well as his voice actor with the laughter. When he attacks from the air he does so with this cruelty and child-like glee. It made me think of him as a repulsive and pitiful monster.

[@kitetales]

And what about the awful little scream he does too in the second phase! I definitely get "spoiled child" vibes from him.

[@PinheadDD]

@@kitetales Exaclty! He almost makes the poggers face when he does the dragon's grapple attack.

[@TheCook2123]

“What people have pieced together” 😂

[@kitetales]

It makes me so happy when people get the puns 🥰

[@Suksass]

Explains why Tarnished get hunted on sight by people in his lands.

[@ozymandiasramesses1773]

Are you making a video on Margit the Fell Omen? While Godrick was humbled by the gods Margit commanded some respect.

[@jimjimson6208]

Godfrey seeing the absolute sate of his bloodline: 👁👄👁

[@Wizard_Pikachu]

Love lore videos like this. Subbed.

[@phamthienphuc3951]

this guy make Patches look like a good guy :b

[@Bugthaw]

If you listen to Roderika’s dialogue when you first find her at the Stormhill Shack, she implies that her people sailed across the sea so that they could voluntarily be grafted onto Godrick’s body. It seems that he took advantage of his royal heritage in order to convince people that being grafted to his body was an honor worth dying for, and people believed it. Truly twisted, I love it.

[@kitetales]

"Just come into this back room here for a special surprise!"

[@Tonnolin]

Your voice feels like a hug

[@kitetales]

Awww that is so sweet thank you! 😊

[@Sivulla]

Hand it over. The Loathsome Dung Eater lore. OoooOoooohhh Dung Eater.

[@armed_but_blind2768]

These help follow the story as the game is very vague at best

[@kitetales]

Thank you, that’s my goal! 😊

[@sharkpog2949]

"fine addition to my collection"- idk some robot dude

[@jaycomic9108]

I saw this on TikTok and thought it was made by devs you should do all the story bosses it’s so well made

[@kitetales]

Wow thank you so much!! It's on TikTok?! That is too funny-- can you share a link??

[@tristanbosten3207]

Nice work, you have a talent for this kind of storytelling, I think I will subscribe now :)

[@insignificantbeing5373]

Just discovered this channel. Love the short-mid videos with pure lore in it. Like and a sub. 😊

[@reffer5770]

Great video. Contentwise and your pronounciation and voice is lovely. I like it, keep it up please 👍🏻

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much! I especially appreciate the comment about pronunciation because I'm trying very hard to get it all right!

[@Treznor331]

This is absolutely amazing. BRAVO 👏 👏 👏

[@kitetales]

Thank you so much! 😊

[@Treznor331]

@@kitetales Your very welcome 🙂