ELDEN RING Shadow of the Erdtree - All Legend Bosses - Closer Look/Details

[@xpatrstarx]

The dancing lion is such a technically impressive feat of animation

[@johnunscprime4543]

i hope that a joke

[@anothermanwithnoname]

One thing I really like about Consort Radahn is that his model resembles his portrait at Volcano Manor. They nailed the look.

[@Zansekai]

What else would he look like?

[@Zip_bomb]

​@@Zansekai Like the potrait in volcano manor duh

[@generalmikalie2739]

Except for the face 46:10

[@DistinguishedMrt]

Except consorts model is mohgs face

[@sathlasdalaraynidridlendar6875]

​@@Zansekai Mohg

[@KamilMalach]

A little known fact: if you manage to enter NG+99 Radahn gains new attack where he holds Miquella's hair and starts using his husband as a nunchaku.

[@sorensouthard927]

It's amazing how Miquella still casts spells perfectly despite being swung around.

[@JoseViktor4099]

Consort Radanh fight if It were loved by everybody:

[@herbertmoon998]

I hope this comment ages as one of the top, rooting for it to become 99+ elden lord

[@Nioh193]

Im at NG+12 i think hard level of bosses and others is NG+7 so if you play NG+200 its same level at NG+7

[@mintkit1064]

Messmer really is just three snakes in a trench coat.

[@Keith-8h1a2b9i]

And divine beast dancing lion just two people in a costume

[@litewavegames3967]

more than three i think, guy looks like he's made of snake

[@filipporapetti9354]

24:01 That's him! That's John ShadowoftheErdtree!

[@nfybfmhf]

Every time I look at the head of the Divine Beast I am in awe, such magnificent yet fearsome look and their eyes without iris, it's like staring you from the abyss

[@kansaswithaK]

The dancing lion is genuinely one of the most inventive and unique boss designs i've ever seen... Fromsoft are so far ahead of everyone else it's hilarious

[@ppaappii478]

it’s the boys sauna scene

[@TheWarmachine375]

10:47 Back when we thought Messmer had snakes wrapping around his body like Godfrey/Hoarah Loux had that lion on his back like a Jojo Stand.

[@TheWarmachine375]

The DLC bosses look pretty badass and unsettling to look at in a nutshell.

[@NPC_maga]

Design team: how do we clearly demonstrate that these aren't just regular giant snakes, but giant DEMON snakes? Miyazaki: more eyes. Design team: but.. Miyazaki: EYES!

[@samuelbucher5189]

33:39 Glad to see that you fixed the centipede-scorpion mixup.

[@baduser103]

Almost feel bad for the model makers at fromsoft, who put all these grotesque details that most people will never even notice into the enemies, like all the extra eyes along and inside of Messmer’s abyssal snake

[@granzon7396]

same for vfx effects designers in movies

[@VAMPFIXX]

that’s true but on the bright side it’s a lot of people seek out the details aka me you and the rest of the people here

[@ppaappii478]

because this game is art

[@TheWarmachine375]

44:47 Imagine all the effort of Miquella recreating Mohg's body to look like Radahn before implanting the latter's soul into it as his consort. Only for Tarnished to kill him in combat.

[@Hennichell]

Miquella really has some crazy makeup skills

[@daokoxd1145]

​@@HennichellHe can be also be a Drag artist

[@SlavinRagnavoire]

rellana and romina deserved a cutscene

[@bootysensei]

Bayle, Gaius, and Metyr also.

[@Bbmag23]

6:08 uhhhh Rellana is a snack, that outfit and that belt tho. I’m telling you the detail in the games gives so much content to love!

[@shockmazta3116]

fr. When the armor came off i was not expecting to see ass. Glad I did tho.

[@Bbmag23]

😂

[@aiasfree]

It's surprising in general there's more outfit under her armor. Wish we got a better look of the whole look.

[@yujisawada3397]

So much goosebumps from the intro alone. So hype.

[@coslawstudio3001]

Messmer: Eyes everywhere but not in my sockets

[@sydposting]

Doing the Greater Will's work out there for all the fan-artists and lore-crafters. Thanks for everything you do, Bonfire. 👍

[@Photoloss]

48:10 oh god, that really _IS_ the Haligtree on Starscourge Radahn! Or at least something VERY close to it, compared to all the Erdtree designs in the base game.

[@Gvjrapiro]

Yeah it's definitely not an erdtree design, but it doesn't appear to be a full haligtree design either. Reminds me a bit of a lot of the crucible imagery, which might tie back to the repeated beast themes in his armor.

[@GerudoKing_]

Messmer, thou art a fool for not noticing the angel in your service.

[@Spoogebro]

Rellana not having a face is such a travesty

[@Snipereye64]

havent seen anyone talk about the maiden astraea and putrescent knight stuff. thats insane. incredible work VN

[@PierceArner]

Including the OST comparisons made this compilation especially interesting! One of the things I've recently noticed about Messemer's Snake transformations is that they all involve summoning up a massive pool of blood, _very_ similar to the Jar Innard in Shadow Keep just below the balcony. Especially with the way the Jar Innards have faces all over them the way Messemer's serpents have eyes, they very much seem to be directly meant as parallels. Especially given the way Metyr's children are like growths that just emerge from her body, given that Marika serves the Two Fingers and is the mother of all the Empyreans & Demigods, it seems like they and their strange offspring are disturbingly similar. The Scadutree Avatar's detonation also seems to mirror the shattering of the Elden Ring with the attacks that Radagon does using Marika's hammer, as it can also have a triple detonation for its attacks. The way that all the glowing gold amber in its stage fades to shadow afterwards, and leaving behind Miquella's shattered Great Rune make for notable parallels as well. The other detail this helps to highlight is Romina's fairy-like appearance and flowing attacks, where she seems very much like the fairy who gifted the Blind Swordsman his flowing blade to seal the previous God of Rot. It's quite an interesting hint at the larger history, especially with her unused voiceline referring to the butterflies as "children of the Tower" and the game's 4 types of butterflies being parallels to Miquella, Malenia, Messemer, & Melina - all children Marika seemed to have without a separate parent (as Radagon was a form of herself). Even moreso given that she only has a single red left eye, and Messemer's left eye is missing and all the eyes on his serpents are similarly crimson, and the Flower of Rot only came to bloom from a bud after the church was consumed in flame.

[@Dastardly_Duo]

Who has a red eye?

[@PierceArner]

@@Dastardly_Duo Romina's left eye, as do all of Messemer's snake forms all over their bodies.

[@Dastardly_Duo]

@@PierceArner What if Numen naturally have red eyes and that's why we never see Marika's or any of the others' eyes. Romina could possibly be Numen as well

[@PierceArner]

@@Dastardly_Duo It's doubtful, as Runes are shown as being set in the eyes of those who host them, and the Numen Runes exist in the base game, as a hue of slightly more dim gold. While the Primordial Crucible's hue is a mix of crimson & gold colors like we see in the cinematic with Marika at the Divine Gateway, and as the Gilded Greatshield mentions, _“The red tinge in the gold coat mirrors the primordial matter that became the Erdtree. The color of homeward yearning.”_ it's still nowhere near the vibrant red present in either of those two's eyes. Edit: Also, in 1.0 it's worth mentioning that the Nox were originally just called Descendant of Marika, so it's a little fuzzy exactly where her lineage and the Numen are meant to exist given that those were changed in the release version, and there's not TOO much that's clarified on them in Shadow of the Erdtree. Locations of places like "Kaiden" "Ravenmount" and the "Lampwood" are still mentioned from the base game but never shown, so there's a decent amount of unknowns still.

[@Dastardly_Duo]

@@PierceArner I still think it's possible. A Crucible, by definition, is a mixing pot. And The Primordial Crucible is a copper color which could refer to red (Numen) and gold (Hornsent) being mixed. It's just my theory anyway. But yea the 1.0 version of the game was super different. I wish we could have my concrete answers on some of these things, like the basics of these people we've known about for years now

[@vergilvonkarma]

your videos have been so helpful for art references, and combining all these bosses into one video sure helps me stay organized! THANK YOU 🙏

[@Ssosmooth69]

47:14 Don’t talk to me or my son ever again

[@fernandosalamanca1154]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@nigeltownley7472]

Now that we know what messmer is, rykard willingly taking the serpent is such a 🖕 at marika 😂

[@mr.crowjo_3933]

Man, the montage at the beginning doesn't have to be that hot

[@etunisgood]

the intro goes hard

[@damiancook3120]

That intro is dope. Cinematic masterpiece type beat

[@kalywinston8066]

this is the most beautiful and well thought-out sequence of a game I already adore! I don’t remember the last time I sat down to watch an hour-long video!

[@OakleyDokaly]

i love the climatic music when its just doing 360s around the models

[@Mo167ose]

Messmer needs a chiropractor lmao, great video

[@MohamedTaymour13]

The only things I would change in the DLC if I had any creative control at FromSoftware - Make puterecant knight use sleep instead of frost - Add Gloam-eyed queen, variant or a godskin enemy - A cutscene to Romina and Rellana

[@KevinChiX713]

Really wish we got the gloam eyed queen as a boss fight and just more Godskin stuff in general

[@featdirty1127]

Hell just some more lore about Rellanna and Romina at least. Sure they have their remembrances and associated gear but outside of that the only mention of Rellanna is the talisman ‘Rellanna’s Cameo’, and there isn’t a single thing talking about Romina to my knowledge

[@ThatSentinel]

Thanks for giving us further details for these beautiful models

[@armintor2826]

Im glad we fight the Dancing Lion and not just his backup dancer. That dude's agility in order to keep up with the movements of the main dancer but at wider angles is nuts.

[@gestalt7529]

If that dude just spammed lightspeed headbutt on us we would be cooked 💀

[@deanski96]

Nice work man. Cool revelations too with some of the bosses. 10/10 video

[@EldenRingBattle]

Thanks for everything you do, Bonfire!

[@Carlosxd126]

I like the bosses in the DLC better than the ones in the base game.

[@malikhittam1440]

I also love the dlc bosses but the base game still has some bangers like maliketh, godfrey, radagon, malenia, radahn, placidusax and mohg. My favorite boss in the entire game has to be bayle now, he is definitely the boss I look forward to the most on a playthrough. I've defeated him like 10 times now and I still can't get enough lol

[@mikeyrocks4274]

Imagine base serpent communion or something of the likeness, would have been cool to have some snake powers

[@SPEEDCORE70]

To me it would appear that the small fingers on Metyr's Body are cancerous. I assume that at some point she caught a disease (if I had to guess perhaps from cosmic radiation?) and as a result of that, lost her connection to the greater will.

[@soulofresolve9514]

Perhaps the disease was something to do with the frenzied flame, which led to the three fingers in some way?

[@bhirbmother5413]

wow the internal name of the putrescent knight is “gloam eyed knight”??? this feels like a huge lore piece that no one has talked about yet!

[@Vassal_Beastie]

I feel like people are just exaggerating on the theories, the boss has quite literally two gloamed eyes and he is the "Knight of St. Trina", hence the name "Gloam Eyed Knight" It wouldn't even make sense for him to be related to the GEQ since this boss doesn't use Black Flame nor is a Godskin, his putrescent purple/blue-ish flames are closer to Ghostflame of the Death Birds than the Blackflame of the Godskins.

[@niall_sanderson]

A lot of FromSoft enemies have internal names that have nothing to do with the final version. It’s more likely that they started work on the putrescent knight well before the writers decided on any of the stuff relating to the black flame and Godskin critters, decided it didn’t fit that faction, and repurposed it into what made it into the DLC.

[@Vassal_Beastie]

@@niall_sanderson You could be right, but you gotta remember that this boss shares little to almost no similarities with the GEQ at all except for the "nickname". Also, even if it was some sort of "cut content" and they indeed were related at first, you can't really make theories on that since it's just "cut content". It didn't reach the final version of the lore/game and was basically discarded by the Devs.

[@Drakuma35]

While I doubt it, this could indicate what “gloam” actually is, being putrescence, but I’m not sure if the GEQ has any relation to tainted flesh other than the rune of death itself

[@anamggss]

God I love that they made and added Romina, hell the entire Ruins of Rauh. I never thought I'd see a place like that in a Souls game and yet here we are. Such a breath of fresh air, and the fact that there's only one of them in their entire catalogue makes the place and boss even more special. (ik The Hinterlands and Fountainhead are similar, but those places lack a lot of what Rauh is. The former being significantly smaller and doesnt really have much to explore, and the latter feeling pretty much like a perfectly preserved mummy. Beautiful, but dead. Rauh still feels kind of alive despite it being Ruins.)

[@AScreativeproductions]

Bayle was such a beautiful fight cinematically

[@meowcucu2]

Beautiful compilation, thank you for the upload as usual

[@Turian_Hustle]

Your channel is still up at the top there with Zullie for me. Always has been. Appreciate your uploads

[@clamflex5209]

6:16 now i know why she called the twin moon knight

[@RoyaltonDrummer922]

FromSoft’s attention to detail is second to none

[@AlvaroOvelar-o3p]

That level of detail is insane

[@HolyKnight-kh1im]

Rominas wings look like the painted glass you would see in a church.

[@nannerfrog]

midras theme never fails to give me chills

[@thetruemonarch9354]

Romina: Hi. Quelaag/Najka: *Unsettled*

[@renegadetla9331]

I always see such cool things I would never have noticed otherwise on these characters, thank you for doing these videos! Why is there an eye in Messmer’s serpent mouth wth

[@blazinghyena8154]

you are edging us, bonfire

[@DonnyKanone]

DOPE CUT, LETS GO

[@failedhedonist]

YEEEES OMG ALMOST A WHOLE HOUR 🤍✨

[@pastorofmuppets4552]

No wonder Messmer calls us “Mongrel Intruder”, he’s a Dunmer.

[@crutonman1547]

Seeing the snakes literally crawling beneath Messmers skin on his legs is brutal, Marika sucks for leaving him like that

[@aiasfree]

I'm surprised Rellana has an entire underjacket underneath her armor. Wonder if tailoring the armor set would've resulted in that, or something?

[@youtubeuser4943]

I don't care what anyone says I love the final boss and Miquella on Radahn's back looks rad

[@koco1puffs]

Why does the Elden beast and Metyr have a scar in the same spot??

[@dearcastiel4667]

I like how all the lore of Romina has basicaly been removed from the game.

[@ThatguyOverthereLLC]

What are you talking about? I didn't know this??

[@plipplop728]

Uhh.. what do you mean by that? I finished the DLC pretty early on, and It's been a few weeks since then.. what did I miss?

[@amcname8789]

​@@plipplop728I'm not sure in regards to additional lore per se, but she does have two cut voice lines, and her design, placement, connection to the scarlet rot, musical motifs shared with Malenia, and no elaboration on any of it except for what the fans uncover. So fairly typical.

[@cryptidcapybara]

Looking at Base Serpent Messmer it actually seems like his body itself is going to turn into a mass of writhing snakes, those raised protrusions on his arms and legs look like snakes under his skin

[@hellxapo5740]

18:32 We got Bloodborne bosses in a game other than Bloodborne before GTA VI

[@SquishyMishy1208]

SNAKES IN YOUR RIBS NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE

[@poly_g6068]

Young Radahn looks like a Mishima

[@hydramarinee]

50:44: You went full hair. Never go full hair.

[@KikoLondorShade]

It's amazing seeing this kind of attention to details. Bayle's gruesome scars and injuries from his bout with Placidusax, Midra's dagger being a chipped piece of the Damnation GS, all the OST's paralleling various other music in unique ways, Miquella's missing left arm because he severed it along with St. Trina. Now I've got questions. Why does Consort Radahn look as if he has omen-like horns growing from his arms and ankles? How much more can we infer from the internal names for some of these bosses (i.e. GloamEyedKnight)? Who's the asshole who made Gaius' greaves?

[@Goblinboyo162]

I have seen all of these, but I will see all of them again dammit! 😤😤😤

[@lostgracevn3017]

I just noticed he added some comparison in dancing lion boss and some connect ost with base game

[@JustAFatherlyNerd]

With the Helmet off Messmer looks like Radagon.

[@GerudoKing_]

Family resemblance is strong.

[@MossXM]

52 minutes of NERDING?! YES!

[@EVPointMaster]

Romina could have been the next Quelaag but alas no chest ahead therefore sadness

[@nthprawn9313]

Anyone notice that Messmer kinda stands like the Cleanrot knights? He has a slight lean

[@taneli5026]

Messmer is propably the one who resembles his parents the most.

[@ianperry4974]

I wonder who took the time to actually stitch some of midras wounds? Quite a few of them, especially his lower pelvis looks like quite a bit of his anatomy was removed and stitched up. If that’s the case, then the torment he endured was far beyond just being impaled.

[@adamsirin7249]

Romina and St. Trina both touched by the flower crucible? Both are saints

[@140adj]

37:34 didn't notice before

[@Ember_Prime]

Metyr was and is the most Bloodborne-style boss in Elden Ring for me…

[@tadohara]

Didn't realize how tiny Promised Consort Radahn is compared to Starscourge. Really wish you did a side by side with Leonard.

[@hellxapo5740]

30:44 looks like Shin Godzilla tail

[@EldenThrone]

the intro fk good!!!!

[@dubbymazlo]

It just makes me sad how little we know about Rellana... You would expect the sister of the Queen of The Full Moon to have a cutscene or atleast some dialogue... My favorite boss of the DLC so far...

[@elitefaq914]

Not giving Voices to Rellana and Romina were such a missout.

[@km0.ccarthy]

Yo putrescent knights internal name is gloam eyed knight? Has that been unpacked before??

[@DaggrYTB]

I want to see both of the Radahn's melee combos side by side, I think I've seen some similarities but it's hard to tell to what extent.

[@mesmedor]

He gave him something nice to wear. Made him a cloak, braided his hair. The body may be second hand, but that's no cause for reprimand - all things nice have travelled far, think: golden beast within a star. Would you rather have him lie in Caelid's rotten fields to die? Rather have his death suppressed, his corpse to mingle with the rest? It's clear here's where he'd rather be, to help his brother, make him see. We lost souls need a Haligtree.

[@Nioh193]

Why miyazaki love lions more than tigers ? there is 5 lions in the games

[@Lordlegendar]

Why rellana closes the head?????..... Please tell me 🙏

[@nannerfrog]

i forgot how many bosses had nukes in the dlc lol

[@sgooopy0901]

metyr really is just a big pile of gock and galls and bussy

[@Lil_Hondo]

Are you 100% sure those are Placidusax heads and not generic white dragon heads? If they are that’s an incredible detail that’s easy to miss

[@sirrys]

20:22 man’s literally comparing snakes no shame lmao

[@DistinguishedMrt]

Is it just me or metyr's second phase music is the first recorded sound of black hole?

[@riccardofacella9489]

Is here where I can find every single Elden Ring Asset between characters, locations, armors, shields, weapons, bosses, etc.?

[@SonnyAllsworth]

Who would win? A literal God, capable of destroying the world, wielding a sword made of one of the greatest champions The Lands Between has ever seen Or Two dudes in a lion suit

[@Bbmag23]

6:08 mesmer is sooooooo grey…… hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@nemesisoftheabyss3816]

Can you showcase the death knights? I wanna get a close look at there smoke capes

[@ivanovicsharapova2402]

I didn’t know gaius was a damn albenauric…….

[@pole8740]

37:03 rot yuri

[@LucazioJ]

If thats just people with the divine beast head.. whats the divine beast itself?

[@truegoblin3476]

the divine beast was/is a god like being the hornsent worshipped, so they created the lion dance to honor it i believe

[@JoseViktor4099]

Obviously 4 guys this time

[@pamafa3147]

From my understanding, it's some sort of god or higher being, and the dancers pretty much act as a surrogate body, being possessed and puppeted around by it

[@lemonplayz4032]

It’s a spirit, at the point of the game, I’d feel like

[@zuzawysocka2161]

The Divine Beast is likely those arena lion things.

[@jamster8764]

It's a shame only a few of these bosses got cutscenes and dialogue.

[@gestalt7529]

Fr they made a cutscene for a slightly bigger bridge instead of a legend boss

[@jamster8764]

@gestalt7529 yep and Jori the inquistor, a minor boss in the dlc has his own theme but Gaius who is a remembrance boss reuses a theme.