Elden Ring's Secret Purgatory | Helphen LORE

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Elden Ring DLC Shadow of the Erdtree was announced back in February and since then we've dove into the lore. We discuss Miquella's true intentions with the Haligtree, Godwyn, and the laws of Death in Elden Ring. Elden Ring is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware. It was directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki with worldbuilding provided by fantasy writer George R. R. Martin.
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0:00 Intro
1:43 Helphen Steeple
3:32 Ghostflame
6:15 Helphen Lamplight
8:40 Helphen Church
9:39 Conclusion
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Music:
Metroid Prime OST

[@Ziostorm]

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[@schpeidermann]

No ;)

[@malbhet]

I think I have a clue where Radagon came from and who his mother could be. I think Radagon was definitely a seperate being born from the last fire giant, and I also believe his mother was Daedicar. As far as his joining with Marika, I think Radagon and Marika were grafted together by the Elden Beast after the shattering. As far as the miquella and Malenia's conditions, I believe that was due to Radagon being half fire giant and his mother being Daedicar, a woman who had chimera like children and possibly being the progenitor of leonine misbegotten, who are connected to Radagon by blood somehow. I think Daedicar played a much more important role in elden ring than anyone realized.

[@dtectatl1]

Zio blink if you're in danger

[@blakebailey22]

You're dead wrong at 3:40 talking about the history of the Elden Ring. Why did you say the Golden Order was made *after* the Elden Ring shattered?

[@shadowdragons5818]

2:50 idk if you already noticed but just to say if you didnt the sign hanging there was the elden ring you could see the small rune ark above it if your looking and the 2 reverse rune arks going into it showing its the upper circle from them with some bits of it being there under it too

[@CriticalPlNE]

Don’t go hollow boys…

[@richardmcrae9850]

Ots so hard mate I already have a dark sign 😞

[@TheFallen3]

I’m trying bro, I really am. And I legit don’t want to play any other game.

[@ClonserHalphalive]

AAUUURRGH!!! RAAAAAGGHH!!!! Translation - Beef Jerky to English: Too late! Gimme your souls!

[@theiberianbadger0123]

Can’t go hollow if you’re hollow already

[@Wowowoi1]

Aauggh ruahhggh arghhh

[@Chickenchokersupreme]

Given the aquatic nature of Death in Elden Ring, and the idea that the Helphen is a reflection of the Erdtree, guiding the heroic dead with red grace, I think it’s very possible that the design and concept of the Helphen are meant to represent a lighthouse… 👀

[@Ziostorm]

I like that idea

[@martk647]

Imagine elden ring but the grace is red.

[@Vaeland]

“Aquatic nature of death” is such a cool concept in general imo. Reminds me of orphan of Kos, or some say Kosm

[@eprimchad2576]

How is death aquatic at all in elden ring?

[@LTTMonene]

@@eprimchad2576 Those warped by deathroot take on the features of waterborne animals. Godwyn has morphed into a starnge fishy appearance. i think this is what they are referring to. Also, Tibia Mariners etc

[@Ziostorm]

Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas

[@robbomax]

u too bro

[@edgebringr3494]

Merry Christmas

[@nmfoxx]

I think the Helphen Steeple sword is actually depicting a coniferous tree. If you look at the way the spikes on the blade are draped and stylized they look more like bowing branches. The intertwined pattern towards the base of the blade looks a lot like bark. If you notice, the ghostly trees we see in mountaintops are all conifers. Confers are notably much older than deciduous trees like the erdtree is depicted as. I suspect the Helphen, if it is a tree, is much older as well. Part of me wonders if the crucible tree was a conifer? The red colored gem is definitely no coincidence. Color is very deliberate in ER. I wonder if that is just implying something about the primordial nature of the Helphen or if there is indeed a relationship there.

[@sebastianestrada3697]

And the tallest conifers are called “Redwoods” so you’re definitely on the right track 👁

[@eldenringpvpenthusiast1710]

hey, there's a couple areas in game that look like they got smacked by metorites or comets. Maby the Helphen got hit by what ever else took out all those spirit trees. It looks like the place was a forest before something cold exploded the area. I think the astrologers might have witnessed a comet hit that area, along with a shower of stars. There's also lots of areas that look like small comets hit and melted into lakes and/or left crystals behind. Interestingly, some patches of water look different like a couple have dark water with beings who live in death all around. my last random bit since you noticed the spirit trees, what do you think of the other bushy trees growing around? some are growing out of the frozen lake in a very not tree like fashion, more like a root growing upwards if you ask me, and they look eerily similar to the branchy things stuck in the giants?

[@joseangelsotocabrera9256]

You can even see ghost coniferus trees in the mountaintops of the giants

[@nmfoxx]

@joseangelsotocabrera9256 lol that's what I said

[@schnoz2372]

Was thinking the same thing. Also the Great Tree that was there before the Erdtree was a conifer. So there is already some precedent for what you're saying. I might be talking about the crucible tree, i forget if these are two different things or not. Been a while

[@devinguy]

DS3 had a similar sword called the Morion Blade, which represented the Sable Church. The Black Church wanted to end the First Flame forever and bring about the Age of Hollows, so this antithesis of the life-giving First Flame is parallel to the Helphen being opposed to The Erdtree, in a way. Both swords are black and represent a church, especially the "steeple" part.

[@aceoffours9354]

Almost like fromsoft just recycles basic concepts in all of their games

[@SignumEternis]

You say that like it's some sort of gotcha, but that's true of like 90% of media. Ideas get recycled and repurposed all the time.@@aceoffours9354

[@excalibro8365]

@@aceoffours9354 All ideas are just recycled old ideas told in a different way. Nothing is truly original.

[@mcbigboy4611]

@@aceoffours9354​​⁠ ive thought this for a while too, but i dont think it actually matters that much. Maybe the core concepts are the same between their games (repeating cycles, fallen kingdoms and stuff), but the lore is so intricate and unique in each game that ive never seen it as a problem for them to reuse the same core ideas.

[@ShinjiIkari007]

Waiting for this DLC is like having withdrawal symptoms. I just can't ....

[@EldenLord.]

It always amazes me how detailed some weapons are. The details on the Helphen Steeple are insane. Almost nobody takes the time to inspect the sword this closely and they still put in all the effort.

[@iammaleniabladeofmiquella9159]

While I agree the Helphen is likely to make an appearance. Never underestimate Fromsoft ability to do something unexpected, So many people speculated Dark Souls 3 DLC would be based around Velka, the Goddess of Sin and that wasn't the case.

[@Ziostorm]

At least this time, we have a general idea of what it will be thanks to the picture, so we can pretty safely assume some of the major themes. Death will for sure play a big part in it

[@paracosmx7684]

People also speculate that the DLC that became the ringed city would be about Londor because of some roof design resembling the Morion Blade. But thats only from Memory so dont take it as guaranteed.

[@mattgezockt2596]

@@Ziostorm For Example we suspect the Person on the Horse is Miquella and while it is most likely no one knows for Sure. But i like your Theories nonetheless

[@schnoz2372]

Thats not really a good example. The circumstances around that were very different.

[@TheoJay615]

of course, but theorizing is fun regardless just don't let those theories set your expectations 😅

[@Proud11Peacock]

Hang on now, we're lumping some lore together. The age of the Erdtree didn't begin with the shattering, it ended. The removing of the rune of Destined Death was the beginning of Marikas eternal golden order. Edit: either way I enjoyed the video, just a small nitpick :] also merry Christmas

[@Ziostorm]

Yes, I misspoke. Been talking about this all for so long it’s just running together

[@petergeissler5738]

​@@Ziostormit's really cool that you engage with your community and address small missteps like this. Keep it up, you're awesome

[@pillpilferer]

8:26 the spirit world bled over because of all the ice. death and water are inextricably tied together in ER. so if you freeze water, that would probably trap spirits of the dead there.

[@ichie7725]

could that be why all the troll corpses are on mountain tops. their sprirts trapped in the snow?

[@pillpilferer]

that is an interesting thought. maybe so! @@ichie7725

[@Henbot]

The Fallen Hawk Band is also Berserk reference btw. It is interesting how the deathbird spear and the steeple have similar texture, design and material

[@chloedarbyshire-brown2938]

just above the "enterance" on the blade's chapel design. the "cross" looks alot like the destined death rune we see at Malketh.

[@Lee-km7qq]

If we do get some kind of glimpse at the spiritual world, I would love to see what Ranni actually looked like when she was alive. A boss fight of some sort would be cool too.

[@ChrisBieder]

Dude, imagine if the DLC is actually an alternate version of the entire game. And the only difference is that everything has a blueish tint and is mirrored Pog

[@draw2death421]

Yeah exept every Enemy is replaced with Deathbirds and every boss with Death rite birds.

[@elimianogutierrez867]

The militiamen being in the mountain tops gives credence to that a big battle occurred there the souls passing on credits the abundance of the lampwoods glow

[@karolzolkos5818]

I think people take the Ghostflame Torch description a little too literally. As I understand it, the "sealing of fate" is a metaphore for the fact that the Fallen Hawks were so bent on finding the Eternal City, that not even lack of resources would've stopped them. If they were willing to burn the bones of their comrades just to continue their search, then there was nothing left that could've made them return to the surface.

[@Solar_WolfGaming]

Definitely think that a Living and Spirit world duality is going on here with the in-game lore surrounding Shadow of the Erdtree. I'd imagine its very similar to the depiction of the Umbral World in Lords of the Fallen or exactly like the Old Hunter's DLC in Bloodborne. I've thought about a dark reflection of the Lands Between in a similar way the Hunter's Nightmare is like this strange parrallel recreation of the main city of Yarhnam in Bloodborne, but in Elden Ring it's like a Dark Garden Shadow Realm that mirrors the living realm in the game but with a bunch of changes to the environment between realms. Definitely a great opportunity to reimagine the game map and put a much darker spin on the world of Elden Ring. This would be a far more hostile region filled with dead heroes, slain demi-gods, and all manner of horrifing monsters ready to emerge from a hostile Dark Forest that challanges even the most experinced veterans. That is until someone can lead us through this realm of the dead and come out the otherside having faced these great challanges. This is my idea of it anyway but who knows how it will turn out once completed. Hopefully it will blow our minds! If it is a parrallel game map recreation of the main game like the Old Hunters DLC, that would be amazingly ambitious and would explain why it's taking the development time of almost an entirely new game. I'm very excited to see if this is the case. 😊👍

[@HuhJuhWuh]

I think the lampwood is those ghostly trees you find around the lands between. You can find one it the mistwood that will lead you to a merchant. There also one on the northern cliffs of the weeping peninsula, west of the gatebridge.

[@Lampaluile]

ohhh perhaps you're right , i dont remember reading much about those

[@godly_potatoe69xd19]

Maybe but the helphen and the lampwood are referred to as it being a black tree with that red grace around it so I doubt it would have the candles without them actually describing that in the item description, I wonder what the difference is tho

[@heatwave0]

Those are the candletrees, mentioned in Candletree Wooden Shield as a representation of the prophecy of the Cardinal Sin, and were banned throughout Lands Between. You can also see them as a candle stand design inside Elphael.

[@TeQxktcg]

Can we really not derive any meaning from to bottom of the blade? The way you've phrased it, to me, invokes the themes of severance and interconnection; on a more macro-perspective the entirety of the sword, to me, invokes a lighthouse. Both physically and metaphysically the base of the lighthouse seems important to me, I might also note there's an especially interesting juxtaposition here with the Erdtree, I think, which in itself could very well be a representative of the duality of mortality. Mortality's Duality: The lighthouse, typically seen as a guiding beacon in the darkness, symbolise the inevitability of mortality; a constant reminder of life's journey towards its ultimate end. The tree on the other hand, typically associated with growth and death, highlighting the contrast between the static nature of the lighthouse and the dynamically ever-changing cycle embodied by the tree. Clearly Elden Ring reshuffles these traits which has it's own implications, but, I dare say; we might very well be able to derive some meaning from the bottom of the blade.

[@TeQxktcg]

I wrote that around the three minute mark, all in all it seems to hold up pretty well post-video; that said I didn't want to tarnish my original comment with all its imperfections so I'll just reply to myself I guess? Consider this a footnote, perhaps food for thought. Thinking about the base, more aptly the foundation, of the blade strongly invoked the Zohar; the middle section especially reminiscent of the title page of what I think was the first print of the Zohar. For those unaware, the Zohar is a foundational text in Kabbalah; which, I might add, is a form of Jewish mysticism. Its discussions explore both spiritual and mystical concept and topics include the nature god, the structure of the universe, and the soul's journey. Within Kabbalah there is this concept known as the Qlippoth which represents the unclean or impure husks; husks in turn referring to the distorted, impure, aspects of divine energy which are seen as obstacles, impurities, that need to be transcended or overcome. ~[I don't even necessarily want to but this too harkens back to the bottom of the blade.. Considering the term husk is symbolic and represents a spiritual shell or barrier that veils the pure divine light; the saw-like edge symbolizes cutting through the barrier while the hatchwork represents the intricate connections between the physical and spirit realms, creating a bridge for smooth transition perhaps, together they suggest a guiding tool with the ability to navigate and facilitate the journey to the spirit realm.]~ The Qlippoth, basically mirroring the divine Sephiroth, is sometimes visualised as a reversed tree; in other symbolic representations it is portrayed as a realm or dimension that exists in opposite to the divine order, often described as shadowy, chaotic and impure. Other imagery may also include dark shells or husks surrounding the divine sparks, a representation of the distortion or corruption of divine energy. I haven't watched Crunchy's video yet, I will however; colour me intrigued.That said, could the notion perhaps ultimately prove reversed? Could it be that what we experience is actually the reverse? That would make for one hell of an interesting DLC if you'd ask me.

[@captainxit5573]

This Has Always Reminded Me Of 'Over The Garden Wall'. The Lampwood The Woodsman Harvests & Carries Around With Him. If You've Not Seen This Check It Out.😊

[@doricmin]

the cross section work on the bottom of the blade just looks like a stone path leading up to the church door, it could really be that simple

[@kiltysalter2966]

The Helphen is red light, and what is the difference between blackflame and destined death? Black Flame no longer has the red tinge of destined death after it was sealed by Maliketh. Perhaps there is a connection between the Helphen and sealing destined death away.

[@Lampaluile]

Could that be the red gracelike light you see in the forbidden lands?

[@dynamicflashy]

Indead. Also, notice how the letter D in "Death" is in upper case in these descriptions.

[@godly_potatoe69xd19]

It probably has to do with death itself just being red, and the ability to grant death indescriminant pulls from the realm of the dead somehow, leading to maliketh’s destined death looking red, and it losing that connection to death when maliketh seals it, causing the black flame to lose its color.

[@Tom_Fuckery]

3:03 Straight lattice like the Rune of Radagon seen in other places like the seal on raya lucaria. Not order but maybe conviction? Principles? Or even Acceptance? It's the earliest we've seen the pattern timeline wise. Like the interlocking deathroot seen in every age, hidden or not

[@leoaskham6564]

The only thing that has been shattered more than the Elden Ring is my heart

[@ominousbottleoflube]

I genuinely believe FROMSOFT was 50/50 about doing a full dlc and where prob gonna do a Sekiro style boss rush mode, but Elden Ring was HUGE so they switched to developing a full dlc. This premium cope helps me get through the wait.

[@Kalabrese119]

If you turn the Helphen Steeple so the edge is pointing downward, it looks like a lamp post, the hatched part being the lamp itself.

[@elizabethandeldinkamberovi1929]

My favorite looking sword in the whole game btw

[@ryanunger5519]

Has anyone noticed that the death rite spear is in Sekiro, wielded by a spirit dragon?

[@specialnewb9821]

3:35 Marika removed the rune of death when she created the Golden Order, not as a result of the shattering.

[@manab787]

Give lore hunters one item description and they’ll speculate a whole novel!

[@user-kd7ew7jq3f]

we dont have anything else to do

[@wjr4700]

That cross hatch design might have something to do with Radagon. He is also associated with the color red and is a warrior.

[@lordvesel]

The shape of Helphen's Steeple is giving me norse stave church vibes.

[@petergeissler5738]

I love your content man keep up the amazing work

[@Writh811]

That little cross icon above the arched doorway on the Helphen Steeple is the Elden Ring. I hope that sparks or connects some crazy dots for you.

[@melkerbotin7098]

Amazing video and a very interesting Elden Ring topic!!

[@Diesalot-sc9qz]

I always thought the Lampwood was connected to those small candle tree things you can find in Liurnia and Limgrave. The ones that have a spirit limp towards a cave or place of interest.

[@bigmeatswangin5837]

I always thought The Lands Between were purgatory. You know...they're between...

[@adamblue2980]

I never clocked that the giant phantom skeletons shoot ghostflame out of their eye. Cool!

[@connorlohse4097]

Keeping us sane one lore video at a time dude!

[@bricknolty5478]

Interestingly, the blade's design looks like an exaggerated/stylized version of an outline of a Scandinavian Stave Church, and Scandinavia is where the idea of Valhalla comes from. Just like the Helphen's Steeple describes, an afterlife for those who die in battle. There's some Norse imagery/connection with this blade, for sure. This also connects with the Norse tales about Ragnarök, a war at the end of the world between Gods and Fire Giants, similar to what happened at the Mountaintop of the Giants. 2:55 The right angled edges and interlocking pattern could be a further reference to Stave Churches as they were built of interlocking pieces of wood, held together with tension rather than nails or glue.

[@darkeather2]

Just an observation. The only other thing that I can think of that matches the weave pattern at the base of the sword, is the weird pattern that covers some of Malenia's skin. I'm under the impression that her pattern is more unalloyed gold from Miquella. We all seem to agree that Miquella will likely be doing something with Death in the DLC, so I wonder if the Helphin is of his design as he does whatever it is he's doing in the Dream/Death world.

[@myrrous4284]

Great video!

[@Ziostorm]

Thank you🙏

[@Personal-smoke80]

Fascinating theory's and speculation, love it👍👏👏

[@NorthstriderGaming]

3:43 i think there is a chronological error. The rune of death was not removed after shattering the Elden Ring. It never was a part of the Elden Ring to begin with - it was in the possession of the Gloam-Eyed queen which Maliketh had slain and took the rune into his blade on Marika's behalf. Maliketh was storing the rune within his sword all this time which is why Ranni was able to steal a fragment of it, before Maliketh sealed the sword within his own flesh. This all happend before the shattering of the ring. So the rune of death was rendered inactive way earlier

[@VoidTower_]

The hatchwork design at the base of the Helphen Steeple might represent the pave stones on the road leading to the steeple. It’s like they took a picture of a cathedral and made a sword from it.

[@Brendonherring522]

Crunchy crushed the helphen lore in his vid about a year ago! Def give that a watch

[@global-sequence]

Hell yeah crunchy shout out

[@blakesweirdinstrument6448]

I hope the dlc sheds more light on this topic, Really interesting! May I ask you, What light armour are you using?

[@sebasminault5576]

Amazing video as always

[@blakebailey22]

No it's not, he didn't even bother to double check his notes before giving a wrong summary of the history and then proceed to regurgitate what Crunchy already talked about

[@Kettlecorns12]

Damn it looks like we’re all still going to be maidenless before this drops

[@rustydustygaming1327]

what i found interesting was that the helphan steeple greatsword looks like a tree kinda

[@broeretop1]

Please don't fill that theoritical area with those teleporting knights

[@humblekek-fearingman7238]

I don't know if I just missed it in the video or if you missed it, but you didn't mention the helphen trees in limgrave/weeping peninsula (and elsewhere, I just can't remember) that spawn spectres of the dead to guide you to treasure.

[@Ziostorm]

I should have, but I’m still working out all the lore around those. What confuses me about them is that, while they are technically “lampwoods,” they make spirits travel away rather than follow its light

[@humblekek-fearingman7238]

For What it's worth, I think the Candletree Wooden Shield description is a red herring, as the candle tree, seems to be akin to the lampwood as minor erd trees are to the greater erd tree. As such, perhaps the candletrees (what I believe are the things we interact with) are related to but different in function from the lampwood. If the lampwood provides guidance to the dead, perhaps the candletrees are a mechanism to allow the dead to provide guidance to the living.

[@whollenbeck8]

This dude's gonna wring every last drop of anything even related to Elden Ring DLC, then pad it. haha

[@abuelas8761]

Keep a purging stone on hand, just hope we get dlc in february

[@river7874]

Helphen is the new Eidas in terms of obscurity. I love it.

[@travman1987]

The dlc will probably be inside of a dream just like bloodborne. Miquella is all about dreams and mind control. Now he’ll be tainted by blood because of Mohg. Some of it might be inside of a painting that you can enter. Some parts of the dlc might take place in the past via Faram Azula.

[@draw2death421]

We acxyally do see the Resurection the spear was refering to. On death rite birds wings we see humanoid figures holding those exact spears and Death Rite Birds can even rain down spears launched from their wings just like we do with its weapon art. Also minor correction but Deathbirds skulls arent Humanoid with bird beaks. They more closely resemble the skulls of Baby birds like robins.

[@J35h13]

Thanks for taking my question. What is a ziostorm? Thanks again.

[@Johnquigg746]

The cross on the steeple sword looks like the black blade from the assassins.

[@wolvenedvard3049]

I hope to see more norse/varangian armour style...

[@papaparkin6864]

Basically, character will die, go through a sort of challenges and tribulations, and eventually be given rebirth. That would explain why the erd tree in the photo looks like its being infected by death, my guess is that it will corrupt the bosses within the world too causing them to go insane.

[@aaaccciiiddd]

hatchwork design is reminiscent of radagon's trellis, hatchwork rune pattern that frequently appears with him

[@danielmontoya1069]

melina does call the tarnished a 'traveler from beyond the fog'

[@Colonel-Sigma]

In most games I'd roll my eyes at this level of speculation, but in the souls series the devs have been nutorious for placing everything with a distinct reason behind it. We've had ingame items allude to future dlc before so I think you're definitely on to something with this weapon. Also I'm interested to learn about the era before the Erdtree too. The gods seem to take turns running things and the other forces of the world are working against the Greater Will almost as if it has over stayed it's welcome as chief deity.

[@scrappymutt2047]

There is no better gaming world to be in than Elden Ring, it’s so mysterious and perfect. Just got it on my deck after getting the Plat on PS5 and am going to get 100% on the Deck too.

[@dylan_oby0284]

Oh my god FINALLY somebody talks about Helphen

[@Chinchillineveryday]

Did you notice hyphen steeple looks like the great tree? A conifer?

[@Diogenes68]

Maybe the tree in the teaser for the dlc is the Lampwood, corrupted by Deathroot.

[@kimlee6643]

Elphen? Someone call Kosmos!

[@nicolasgorszczyk9291]

Man I love this game and FromSoft so much

[@rawdawgandboofin2115]

I have a question. If a challenge runner does a no-hit run. Would they still see the flame? It says it can only be seen by those who've seen death in battle. If you don't even get hit, you shouldn't be able to see it.

[@jackhyde1488]

The lengths I have gone to in game to not go hollow…

[@DaSickness]

it kinda gives me the vibe like the steeple is more like a light house for the dead

[@ihaveouid3518]

Was the rune of death removed after the shattering? I always thought it happened long before

[@minerman60101]

The rune of death was removed upon the creation of the Golden Order as far as I know; much earlier than the shattering

[@apolloisnotashirt]

I first thought that the red light at the entrance to the Mountaintops was somehow Malenia's aura

[@DeathDaddy]

This video makes me want to create the Ultimate Death Build

[@lolnation9303]

Need more boss cutscenes For The DLC

[@dreamsleeper1568]

Miquella is building up all the abundance for a great dlc.

[@sordschie3944]

Nice!

[@turkN9NE]

I have long hair but no dreads. I'm gonna see if I can form natural dreads before dlc release

[@executioner_ecgbert884]

I called it! I predicted a Helphen DLC over a year ago! 😃

[@enxman7697]

Time to discuss the helphen in the room 😏

[@user-jn6vn2ff8u]

Would have been a cool detail if the forbidden lands mist was from the helphen would be that it doesn’t appear in game if you miraculously never died. We’d need to ask a no-hit speedrunner to test it lol

[@BonerBot]

I think this is kinda like the Deep in DS3. Interesting, small lore tidbits that players want to learn more about and speculate that it will appear in the DLC, but it ultimately doesn't.

[@Micolashcage1]

I agree. The deep was an interesting concept i wish they did more with

[@rolandyamel6376]

The second DLC after SOTET is Elden Ring Light of the Helphen

[@echo5delta286]

Nice use of the word "interstice"! I've only heard that word used from one other source (translation of a classical Greek mathematician) in my whole life.

[@kybazia]

Are the deathbirds like the inverse of the fallen stars like astel? They both have human like skull heads with cracks or holes in them both have slender long bodies maybe it’s just design similarities and I’m reaching but idk if I know if I’m The only one who sees they’re like opposites

[@eldenringpvpenthusiast1710]

any wotlk fans? frost morion. I truley believe this blade is a reference to the lich kings blade. Remember how Frostmourne would steal souls and send them to the shadowlands prison? very similar to the death rite in elden ring. I think the blade depicts both a tree and the tower of a church too, which also reminds me a bit of Icecrown Citadel. I got a 150 Lich king cosplay and I got to say the blade is amazing.

[@lock8111]

My right ear enjoyed the video at least

[@n00bzkila]

Sooo ..Helphen to the Lands Between is like the Helheim to Valhalla? And..based on Helpen Steeple i'd speculate, that just as Marika is the major god in Lands Between, then Ragagon is the Main god in Helphen ... both realms exist connected by the Erdtree (just like realms in Norse mythology) Going further with comparission to Norse mythology, that would explain why Miquella is in Helphen, since he didn't die in battle as Us - the Tarnished (Einherjar).

[@HerraHissi]

Helphen being red, the bloodstains of dead players and the ghosts emerging from them are also red. Red ghosts showing you how one had died kinda fits the theme of the purgatory.

[@jasonmcwilliams8427]

The "cross" design on it looks like the Cinquedea weapon to me. I don't see any relevance to that, just what it looks like to me.

[@user-yk9nz8jn5r]

Man my life would be complete if the dlc has more gothic themes like ds3. We got enough epic themes in the base game I would love to see them make us fight primordial dark outer gods/demigods

[@5tarstriker78]

Isn't the The Lands Between already purgatory?! Like "Things betwixt" in Darsouls 2!? Aren't they references to the world's within or between World's?! Mirror worlds? Parallel Dimensions? 🤔

[@eprimchad2576]

I think in the dlc we will see that miquella is actually a bad guy, not to be a berserk tard but it would go well with his mirroring of griffith. In berserk ppl see griffith as this gentle godly angel, but the main characters of the series are aware he is a demon that commited atrocities against those closest to him to achieve his godhood. His entire plan was making a city at the base of the world tree that would house every type of life, humans, demons, spirits, everyone was welcome just like in miquellas tree. I really think we'll find out miquella did some awful stuff to achieve his goals, maybe even freed destined death or more than that?

[@GiganticPawUnit]

We can't be so simplistic about translations, the way a lot of people in fandom are eager to be. 「灯火の樹」 doesn't inherently mean "tree of light" with no other interpretations. Look up 灯火の樹 in a jp-en dictionary (Jisho, Wiktionary, whatever) and you'll see definitions including light, lamp, torch, illumination... If you want to make a conclusion about what the Japanese text was originally meant to describe, you'd need to consult someone with a strong understanding of both modern usage of terms, and whether they might have a different implication in medieval/fantasy fiction. Otherwise, we have to do our own research and be open to a lot of possibilities (including, y'know, the fact that the English translations might closely match the Japanese text), and not just trust someone who read the first definition in a dictionary, or pasted something into Google Translate, and then made a post somewhere about how the English text is wrong

[@bottleflaskan802]

How do i kill the fire giant

[@Justice_XI]

20$ we have to follow the red lights in the between and fall off the edge and I bet you we not only see miquella but godwyn as well I assume we will help give him a true death