Elden Ring Lore - The Battlemages of the Haima Conspectus

In the Haima Conspectus, violent offenses are considered especially heinous.
In Raya Lucaria Academy, the dedicated adjudicators who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Battlemages. These are their stories.
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[@RicardoGonzalez-cp2od]

The mages outside lorettas fight gave me more trouble than the boss itself

[@thomashooper2451]

Are you kidding? Loretta is an absolute wall. She nearly ended my first run and is still a pain on new characters.

[@goharejaz2171]

Skill issue

[@RicardoGonzalez-cp2od]

@@thomashooper2451 i never really struggled with loretta but other "easy" bosses have been the bane of my existence. I was stuck on elemer of the briar for longer than id like to admit

[@mrjooxmanallah]

Totally agree.

[@MeanAndPristine]

@@thomashooper2451 she’s paper mache when you use lightning instead of magic damage

[@topcat59]

Haima sorcerers are the only thing that keeps the other nerds in check, if they didn’t exist then a Civil War would most likely occur in the Academy. Since not every sorcerers from different branches respects one another, specially when it comes to their research.🐱

[@californiansniper2133]

Keeps the nerds in check 😂

[@Quader417]

This is why my character is an astrologer wearing the haima helm😂 someone has to put those nerds in check and get them back on track

[@joshuadefriese1907]

The Haima sorceries are some of my favorite in the game, and I’ve always wondered why we find this lone mage wandering the Altus Plateau. Great video!!

[@noahjohnson935]

I think Haima probably had a "With Great Strength comes Great Responsibility" philosophy to make sure that the Academy didn't rip itself apart. His physical strength was acconpabied by a keen mind and mighty sense of right and wrong

[@dootmarine1140]

"Only one conspectus disagreed that sitting inside the academy was the way to go." Sellen: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@tonyrussell7944]

well, it's not like she had a choice in the matter..

[@gunsevenwhillans420]

Sellen was expelled from the academy. Hierodas were the only conspectus that actually travelled the world, the Haima only left when war broke out since the whole point of their conspectus is the application of Sorcery in warfare, and simply sitting in the academy, in complete safety, sealed away from the rest of the world, without ever actually fighting against anything other than your marionette soldiers, is not a very good way of researching the application of Sorcery in warfare.

[@Hoarahchadtheallgrabbing]

The battlemage in Altus Plutue is one of the Sellains who came to Altus blighted forest , the two battlemages in Haligtree town are students of Loretta , the one in academy crystal cave is guarding the entrance of the academy

[@beyond_mortal8382]

😊

[@Laid2Sleep]

thank you

[@brycecai4700]

really hope there can be more haima sorcery in the dlc, or maybe a staff that can buff haima sorceries and have its sorcery power scale off of str and int

[@childofcascadia]

I just beat the Haligtree last weekend. (Soloed Melania at lev 150. And I only have one functional hand. I use LS and all 5 fingers of my right hand on a modded controller that dupes Lclick/LB/LT to various places on the right. Kinda proud of beating her) Musta died 10 times to those 2 battlemages in that bridge area. It was insane. I swear they were harder than Melania herself. Now Im excited to learn about them.

[@square-table-gaming]

Way to go on the Malenia win!

[@involuntaryanalysis]

Funny thing, those mages are actually SO easy if you use their own spells against them. Catch them on the bridge with the cannon, and they're done.

[@glomorailey106]

Did you fight Malenia with her fucking injuries and win? Mighty fucking work, my dude.

[@Poliswag7]

Finding Haima’s Gavel was a great time

[@KenMeiSLG]

Really interesting, and it's a nice thought that Thops might have been from this conspectus at fisrt (but the chad created his own at the end). One funny thing to me as a French, the imprisoned battlemage Hugues... The English pronunciation might be right, there doesn't seem to be any reference to it anywhere, but in French, it would have simply been Ugh (very old name, you might hear the feminine version Huguette a bit more often). Truly sorry in advance, but now that I've heard your pronunciation, I can't help but imagine Hugues saying UwU ._.

[@soldierinsane2689]

Please cover the twinsage conspectus, both in selia and the Academy rooftops there are two varieties of twinsage that kind of remind me of graven masses. I would wholeheartedly like to hear your thoughts if you are interested in covering this one soon

[@Flappr]

Absolutely inspiring how routinely you guys publish very very high quality content. Kudos!

[@square-table-gaming]

Thank you! We love doing it

[@CryptQuiet]

I absolutely love Elden Rings lore and the Haima battlemage armor is easily my favorite armor set in the game, so this was an especially fun watch!

[@Quader417]

I think its interesting that the haimas hold their club in their left hand and their staff in their right. In game whether you’re stronger physically or magically it just makes sense with the button layout to hold your weapon in your right and staff in the left. So that signals to me that the haima are either all left handed. Or the more likely that since they are sorcerers through and through so it’s basically principle to hold it in their dominant hand even if it means the “battle” part of battlemage is at a severe disadvantage holding it in ur off hand. A staff works just as well regardless of your hand strength but a weapon requires strength so they are showing excess strength by holding their big heavy clubs in their weaker hands

[@Reblobler]

The giga chads of elden ring

[@Midnitethorn]

Thank you for still uploading these videos. This was another great one!

[@rowanwalthall9045]

an exploration on selvius would be awesome. you guys make the most consistently amazing lore vids ive seen on youtube. also whoever makes the thumbnails needs a raise theyre so good!!!

[@square-table-gaming]

Thank you! I've thought about tackling Selivus but I don't think I'd have anything new to add and hes been explored pretty thoroughly. The bombshell that he was a puppet for Pidia is already out there haha. Our artist Pat Gee does streams on the channel every Friday, throw him some love if you get the chance!

[@WithinandThroughout]

P 4:42 I’d say this is exactly right, especially given the mechanics and intention of Thops Barrier

[@iboofer]

This was a really good synopsis. Thank you for setting the record straight on how to pronounce Hugues! Oog-yoo I have to admit was very far from what I had assumed. I wish he had an expanded moveset a-la Alecto to make him feel more like a true miniboss. The evergaols were a neat concept, but stocking them with mostly mundane monsters (and Godefroy) was one of the few L's I think Fromsoft racked up with this game.

[@hanselthecaretaker]

*LOOK WHAT YOUR ADVANCED INTELLIGENCE HATH WROUGHT!!!*

[@maxwellschmid588]

So the Haima Battle mages were jacked wizards. Nice

[@chandusaha4864]

Your videos are what compels me to explore the game even more, thank you

[@nickwilliams7894]

Ahh a quality drop just what I needed to start this Saturday 🙏🏾

[@dodgeroll7475]

Easily one of my favorite enemies in the game, and definitely my favorites among the sorceries. What a bunch of absolute chads, getting bloodied on the frontlines while other sorcerers would just hang back and cast from a safe distance. Mad respect to the Battlemages from a melee loving warrior build enthusiast

[@jackpfefferkorn3734]

This faction feels like a callback to the Powderkeg hunters from Bloodborne.

[@multidimensionalcenturion9863]

So basically magic warrior monk judges that's bonk the others into behavior and wander to learn?

[@square-table-gaming]

I mean... Yes

[@multidimensionalcenturion9863]

@@square-table-gaming Dope.

[@sordschie3944]

I really like them, nice lore and badass optic!

[@dbfzato-1327]

they have well buffed the darkmoon great swords speed since i played the game! im a bit gutted they buffed all the spells after i did a mage play-though lol tho it made sense i was complaining the pebble was my best spell for like 75% of the game lol

[@Lazymindflayerwithcofffee]

Allso the ,bluntstone, is a little bit of a hint given that it may also represent heavy club vielded by haima sorccerers, and his new sorccery (wich i am too think is on the same level as comet asure) may be extention of haimas principle: by dispeling magic of sorccerer you basicly force them to talk it out, instead of fighting

[@Braindouchedotnet]

I don't know about Thops being a member of Haima, he's clearly a self-hating bullied little boy and Haima mages are brutes. Thops Barrier says that this spell would have been enough to found a new conspectus, and we know it's a defensive spell against magical attacks, so I think he was working on something to defend specifically against Haima spells. What's more, Thops Barrier will win against Haima spells because once you start chaincasting the barrier, you can keep casting it indefinitely and outlast whatever fp your opponent has.

[@square-table-gaming]

We don't believe he was already a member, moreso that is where his studies may have been leading him before he found something new.

[@Braindouchedotnet]

@@square-table-gaming He got laughed out of magical football tryouts and spent the rest of his time trying to keep himself from being shoved in his magical locker.

[@AegisKHAOS]

Love listening to you discuss the lore of Elden Ring. On the other hand, hate dealing with those battle mages in the Haligtree.

[@bondage8134]

Correct me if I'm mistaken but the Heirodas conspectus was also another branch of scholar that frequently ventured outside the academy right?

[@square-table-gaming]

Sort of. They were nomadic scholars but they did not go back and forth. The crown of Heirodas was granted to scholars who engaged in studies away from the academy, so the implication is that they never returned. Different from the Haima Conspectus who was known to travel back and forth from the academy and could come and go after the shattering.

[@Mistercodmobilefan8378]

Wow that's crazy of that one battle mage that didn't follow the rules of raya lucaria awesome lore and keep on doing elden ring lore!

[@ClonserHalphalive]

Haima Mages unga, and therefore bunga. It's _very_ philosophical.

[@square-table-gaming]

Me unga, but WHY me bunga?

[@NickCombs]

Bonk, you're going to evergaol

[@_Ethereal420]

Hoping we get a accurate sized stone club as a great hammer in the dlc Because the one we get doesn't really seem right.

[@scottydemalle1907]

Haima sorceries go brrrrrr!

[@lilithhastur1952]

Amazing video, thank you for finally covering these guys, I love them so much. Where did you find the pronounciation for Hugues name tho? I've only ever heard it pronounced as Hyoog or Oog

[@square-table-gaming]

I did a lot of research on where the name originated. Turns out it's most likely French and there are various pronunciation guides online for the name.

[@LeiCal69]

They got such imposing figures, when I first saw one I knew I was in trouble, these aren't normal mage.

[@killervic7379]

Great video

[@hhowdy]

All my video ideas for you :) -A mini series of the rest of the houses of magic -A video on the Tree Gradians -And finally a video on the Craians

[@incoher]

silly me i thought haima = hi, ma hugue = hue

[@goomba4481]

What about doing the twinsage conspectus

[@legoincplx4x5]

I too love hhe gavel's animation lol

[@Echo_ohc3]

So the heima conspectus mages are like the police if the police were properly trained, put to some sort of standard, suffered consequences for their actions, didn't exist solely to keep the status quo but to quell conflict and prevent bloodshed before it happens instead of coming in after the fact and giving themselves a "good job" sticker?

[@iboofer]

Mind = blown

[@AwwGeeZ1983]

...I feel like you should be watching our Friday livestreams if you're not already. We would get along.

[@Echo_ohc3]

​@@AwwGeeZ1983I didn't know they were a thing tbh. I'll definitely drop by this friday! ( if I don't forget lol)

[@Intentionallyfrogged]

bonk sorcerers i love em

[@korymulanax3362]

Gavel is so OP

[@thaqiftalip2771]

How about the Battle Spirits?

[@armasumatei3015]

Bro add it to the playlist please

[@square-table-gaming]

Should be there

[@Kraziel797]

Think you could do a video on the Demihumans (Not just Boc)

[@square-table-gaming]

We could look into it and see if there are stories worth telling.

[@Kraziel797]

OMG! A CONTENT CREATOR REPLIED!!! Thanks!

[@lytzengaming223]

why did you use the moonlight greatsword instead of blaidds weapon

[@square-table-gaming]

We've gotten some people asking us to use a different build to change up our typical battle footage. This is another one I like to run.

[@sueflewelling3657]

good video cam you make a video on the other soulsborne games like the black knights from dark souls who hase the most drip in the series

[@square-table-gaming]

We stick largely to Elden Ring since there's so much to explore, but if the well ever runs dry or we ever went full-time KZbinr, we'd explore the souls characters

[@alexandermorgan5958]

Hugues's name is not pronounced the way I thought it was...

[@square-table-gaming]

Same. Did a lot of reading to make sure this was right.

[@danielgatford7686]

Its funny with all there power most sorcerers are so weak like i always say twinsage all the way as you get to learn everything but i like this conspectus way of thinking id be off not staying in the acdemy all the time what a waste of other peoples knowlede its like when it came to fighting radagon with renalla id be right there showing the grace of gold why they should fear the moon and stars wish you could have seen that battle carian knights sorcerers loyal to rennala and the family giant hands trolls dragons against radagon would have been epic can you imagen being normal soldier and having them hands run at you 😂 hence why i only appreciate the manor from lorettas boss room 😂

[@geckos114]

W video

[@Carrot-Man1876]

Greetings from the Carrot-Man 👋🥕

[@square-table-gaming]

my liege

[@fromsoft2hard]

Hi Ma, how're you?

[@square-table-gaming]

Good, how about you? Are ya winning son?

[@fromsoft2hard]

@@square-table-gaming I'm winnin', Ma, I'm winnin'. 😉

[@fromsoft2hard]

@@square-table-gaming ENjoying the Elden Lore

[@British_Rogue]

It kind of diminishes the value of a 'Favourite' when you give one to literally every single comment. 🤔

[@square-table-gaming]

We use them as a way of showing people yes, we read your comment, it's not just noise

[@Choco____1]

Great video, but you pronouncing Hughes as ooyoo keeps assaulting my ears. Ive veen saying it as hyoos this whole time.

[@square-table-gaming]

We were really thorough in our research on that name figuring there would be a lot of opinions on it. Apparently the name is French so we went with the proper French pronunciation.

[@CallMeEmber]

I thought it was hierodas who were the ones who explored outside the academy to learn more? weren't the haima the ones who were more about justice and whatnot given the gavel. and how you find them outside the cave in sellia with lusat?

[@square-table-gaming]

Heirodos engaged in nomadic study but they didnt travel the lands. They chose a location to study in and stayed put