ELDEN RING | Top 10 Secrets and Discoveries!

#eldenring #darksouls #gaming
One of my favorite things about From Software releases is the community search for secrets and discoveries. Elden Ring is the prime example of a game with lots of hidden secrets and mechanics and today we're breaking down 8 very cool ones. Elden Ring is an action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game was directed by Hidetaka Miyazaki and made in collaboration with fantasy novelist George R. R. Martin, who provided material for the game's setting.
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[@Ziostorm]

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[@AntoniusTertius]

Great informative video, Ziostorm :) The Philosopher's stone references blew my mind!

[@bondmiles]

Um, i may be confused, but i think you made an error? You said Melina's eye opens after death is unleashed? It is the release of the frenzied flame that brings her to this point.

[@FoxySpartan117]

Dude now I'm gonna make my next character as Samus.

[@omegablackzero7951]

The conversion of base metals to gold is a symbolism of mental change. Not meant to be literal. Only those who are materially driven would take the idea literally. Let them keep thinking that's the case.

[@ssgss4iammacabeefu_]

Excellent video.

[@janaguirre4756]

Oddly enough, during Fia's champions boss, i ended up fighting myself. Maybe i was the last guy to participate or maybe i accidently let fia hug me too many times, but it was safe to say that i killed myself and had to start the fight over again........thank you fromsoft

[@Picmanreborn]

It's a meta commentary about how sometimes we'll hurt ourselves just to make someone we lust after happy and lose our souls in the process "It's cannon, it's in THE LORE " -Dark Tark

[@MrRasnowman]

@@Picmanreborn it’s about wanking off.

[@danwolf6076]

Before or after the mimic version?

[@janaguirre4756]

@@danwolf6076 i don't know. Last month i did the duskborne ending and i saw myself. I was surprised to see it and i killed myself with the queens black flame ash of war. It was weird

[@eetfuk3571]

Jon Jones: "first time?"

[@CaptainIcebeard]

I feel like the whole Grace situation with Godfrey and Morgott isn't that complicated. If Marika can still use Grace to guide people, then I think the Elden Beast or the Greater Will can do the same, and they're looking for a champion to prolong the life of the Golden Order. Marika isn't special, she's just the one who made a deal with the Greater Will. I don't think she could give and take Grace otherwise. We get guided towards the tree to become Elden Lord, whereas Godfrey gets guided towards us, the greatest obstacle between him and his second reign as Elden Lord. Morgott was allowed to use Grace in the interim by the Elden Beast because there simply wasn't anyone else left to protect the Golden Order. The Omen Curse doesn't prevent it, the Elden Beast/the Greater Will does.

[@Tom_Fuckery]

Morgott is effectively unkindled Ash. Not worthy but only called upon when those who are worthy turn away

[@prudesude9794]

I agree with you. I'd also like to add that it's very much the Greater will that guides the tarnished. After the shattering happened the intro tells us "a war which let to the abandonment by the greater will" . So in a last ditch effort to mend the ring it called us Tarnished After the demigods, successors of Marika failed It. Idk how ziostorm doesn't seem to know this is basic lore stuff.

[@Tom_Fuckery]

@@prudesude9794 everyone latches on to certain bits of information differently. That's why we need each other to stay on track 🤙 Edit: I had an idea going on how Miquella's needle and the ring of perfect order are the perfect sword and shield against the outer gods considering the greater will peaced out

[@GiganticPawUnit]

Yeah, Godfrey and Morgott line up perfectly in this respect - they're both supposed to prevent the player character from reaching the Erdtree and threatening the Elden Beast.

[@IsaiahX7-13]

The game literally tells us that the Greater Will abandoned the realm, and that it is Marika who created the Tarnished in the first place and gives them back their grace at the start of the game to guide them on their path to slay the Elden Beast. Morgott is also literally called a graceless Omen, who was not loved by the Erdtree even though he chose to protect it. So, if he does get given grace by the end of the game which seems to be the case, that grace could only come from his mother Marika. Especially, since it guides his father Godfrey to fight the player, which would make sense if Marika preferred for her former husband to complete her mission instead of a random Tarnished.

[@arcanefire7511]

One of my favorite aspects of the Godfrey fight is that we actually meet him, one of the most legendary figures in the lore, as equals. And the grace leading him to us, just as it led us to him, exemplifies this. Morgott was granted grace towards the end of the Shattering wasn't he? He's the only demigod and one of very few who still have gold in their eyes.

[@DrunkedOwly]

I love godfreys fight in general, my favorite

[@Psychronix]

One of the things I love about watching your videos is the ambient Metroid Prime music in the background. It really does fit the atmosphere.

[@abigcupofwater]

Did you know that Elden Ring is actually a game about mushrooms?

[@n8doggy733]

You cant tackle

[@monolith_g]

Dyk

[@orc001]

Did you know that the writers of Elden Ring may have been heavily influenced by mushrooms?

[@daviidchacon101]

More likely tress

[@Taterifix]

Did you know I’m on mushrooms?

[@Er404ChannelNotFound]

Furthermore I'd say the Elden Beast also displays characteristics of a myriad creatures almost like it's a tree of life representing evolution. It starts with tree roots on its tail, then following that there's fins, following that a primate-like pair of crouching legs, following that wings and lastly human-like hands.

[@tinminator8905]

It also has very monkey like feet, believe it or not. It is modeled so intricitely that it almost looks like they took a 3d scan of some monkey's feet. You can't see them ever, because they are almost always submerged under water and it has black nebula surrounding its body but you can see it in the video taking a closer look at the model without effects. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fWPcgqWdeLeFb80&ab_channel=BonfireVN

[@mitchellw7118]

It reminds me of the creature from the 2017 film "Life"

[@Micolashcage1]

Well, he is called Morgott "The Grace Given" I think he was defending the Erdtree from all Tarnished but Godfrey, waiting for him to come and become Elden Lord again

[@minerman60101]

Kalé's questline definitely deserves a spot among the top ten; he has the single best line of dialogue in the entire game and they cut it.

[@kevinvelez2525]

Kale has a questline?

[@minerman60101]

@@kevinvelez2525 look up "Sekiro Dubi Kalé questline"; the questline has all its dialogue recorded and in the game files and a number of gameplay events scripted but was never finished and enabled ingame.

[@Lustig_0]

my favorite discovery, personally, is that you can actually see dragon lord melded into the rock in farum azula. and when you undo the devastation that happened, it releases him from the rock, allowing for the fight to begin

[@buckyhurdle4776]

Where is he?

[@claytonthegrubkiller6430]

@@buckyhurdle4776 i think that he's on your right at the point of grace right after the godskin duo fight

[@buckyhurdle4776]

@@claytonthegrubkiller6430 like inside the duo boss room?

[@claytonthegrubkiller6430]

@@buckyhurdle4776 no, on the point of grace AFTER the room, the one in the open

[@dropkoo]

that has been quite widespread but it is visibly not him, it's more than one dragon, even

[@davideo7286]

Melina has a 3 clawed bird foot tattoo on her face. If you read the description of the crafting resource for fowls foot, it states that 4 clawed feet are a sign of good fortune, whereas 3 clawed feet are an omen of bad luck.

[@eldenring_area]

Holy damage just looks great)))

[@ronwisegamgee]

That phantom image of Goldmask clutching his face in agony could give some credence to Corhyn calling him a madman at the end of his questline.

[@aleckozinski5073]

I had a hunch the fia bossfight pulled from other players' builds when all of Fia's champions coming at me were weilding rivers of blood and varre's mask.

[@youtubevoice1050]

"The Tarnished Archeologist" has some nice videos on Elden Ring's deep connections to real-life history/ archeology. I've not seen that covered anywhere else.

[@ryanleatigaga7596]

One discovery that I might have found is that the underground riverbeds (the Ainsel and Siofra rivers) might be inspired by the Tomb of The First Emperor in China. There are stars underground to mimic the night, much like how the tomb had various gemstones inside the tomb to mimic the condtellations and the night sky in general. The claymen could represent the terracotta warriors. And the existence of the Mimic Tears could represent the rivers of mercury that were said to permeate the tomb to mimic rivers. They're completely different cultures, but I found it fascinating.

[@youtubevoice1050]

Interesting parallels! Although the two rivers could also refer to the Mesopotamian Eufrat and Tigris where civilization seems to have it's beginning. The old temples of Uhl (?) have these statues with tablets that exist in real life and are none other than a simplified map of the known world (basically Mesopotamia). The eternal cities are a later in-game civilization. (see the tarnished archeologist's videos). I suppose the developers have included and merged a lot of historical references.

[@mspionage1743]

Something recently struck me while playing again and it may be worth your time to consider a video. That is Patches and his connection with the snakes of the manor. He has a very odd and yet legitimate connection with both Tanith and Rykard. On top of that, he tries to prevent the player from joining the manor but also tries to point the player in the direction of Rykard and once Rykard is dead he seems very pleased about it only to later want to give Tanith a gift which we never find out the conclusion on. If all the worlds of FromSoft share a small connection - Could this realms Patches be showing us why he hates "Priests" so much and that is a reference to Rykard's fall?

[@hedgehoge90]

Patches as a character hates all the gods. Its all clear that he is in love with Tanith, so he obviously wants Rykard dead and Tanith for his own. He probably prevents you to join the manor as he might think you are a threat. That you want to side with Rykard in order to slay the other gods. As time goes on, Patches (who is very smart), literally sees you rise in the Manor, as you complete misions, sees the value in you and guides you to HIS goal. He leaves the manor as Tanith is still in love with Rykard, thats why he is depressed when you see him again, and before dying he gives you Tanith's gift, giving Patches great deph as we only saw him as an ashole for years, but with Tanith we can see that he can love even though its not reciprocated

[@youtubevoice1050]

@@hedgehoge90 Patches isn't dead. He returned to his cave in Limgrave.

[@gabrielcastro5393]

Maybe because he was a spider on Bloodborne

[@DaxterL]

@@hedgehoge90 he's a chad in dark souls 3

[@hedgehoge90]

@@DaxterL All patches are chads

[@eduardovazquez7817]

Truly amazing finds. Ive seen a lot of these discovery videos but i had heard about just 2 of them. Amazing video. Thank you!

[@glowie5811]

Not sure if anyone has said this before but the story of Andromeda has some parallels to Marika and the Elden beast albeit very surface level. Both Marika and Andromeda are sacrificed to a sea monster as divine punishment. I actually only found this out because I thought it would be interesting to look up constellations and the meanings behind their names to see if there was anything that inspired the lore of Elden Ring.

[@billbene8280]

The supercluster thing for Elden Beast does sounds accurate, I always thought it was a direct reference to the ancient forest spirit's final form from Princess Mononoke however

[@kevinfortsch]

Or the thing from the tree at the end of AoT.

[@lizardqueen5222]

omg i thought the same thing!!!

[@Hawntbawt]

Melina’s eye marking is half of a crows foot. If you overlap it with Ranni’s eye mark it forms a complete crows foot. Idk why everyone in lore seems completely averse to the weird undeniable connections between the two.

[@sebasminault5576]

What are you taking about I don’t see the marking you are talking about on Ranni?

[@tinminator8905]

I don't know which crows you know but the one's I know have 4 toes. Ranni's Eye does not have a crow foot, it is the shape of a black knife in the cinematic trailer and just a simple scrolling pattern in game. The similarities are there for sure, but to say that Melina has half a crows foot on her face and Ranni has the other half is just simply wrong. Look at the markings closely before coming up with a theory about them please.

[@davideo7286]

Melina had a 3 clawed bird foot tattoo on her face, that is indeed the case. If you read the description of the crafting resource for fowls foot, it states that 4 clawed feet are a sign of good fortune, whereas 3 clawed feet are an omen of bad luck.

[@xVibra]

People keep saying Ranni's mentor is Renna for some unknowable reason even though there's absolutely no evidence beyond just adjacency. Everyone was clearly making the connection even before the game came out that Ranni and Melina looked similar. They both have a closed eye, the one unnamed *QUEEN* looks just like someone in the game whose appearance is clearly indicating they're making a connection to someone else's appearance, and she's associated with a group that is known for killing gods. Melina and Millicent are clearly parallels to one another, sharing the same outfit, go on a quest of self-discovery, and have some undeniable kinship with their respective mother/sister/self who are Marika and Malenia. Melina being the gloam-eyed queen makes a whole lot more sense if she's a weird asexual copy of Marika, and it gives an explanation as to why she's even referred to as a queen, or would ever have powers akin to destined death. They also refer to the GEQ as "defeated," and not dead which might explain why she doesn't have a body. I also find it overtly convenient that Melina gives you Torrent, and coincedentally Ranni not only knows Torrent has been given to someone, but also knows that Torrent was in the possession of someone up until then. She also has items that belong to a former lord that Melina would be clearly looking to support.

[@IsaiahX7-13]

Ranni and Melina's similarities are easily explained by the fact that they're literally sisters: that's it. All of this "Melina and Ranni are two halves of the same person" stuff has always been forced and made no sense at all. Ranni's eye symbol is a completely different type of symbol, it definitely does not merge with Melina's. We know both Ranni and Melina's backstories, they are not the same person at all, and Melina is way older than Ranni is.

[@governorsofthemetaversegot9136]

Did you know there's a secret/illusory wall that connects the 3 fingers site of grace room to the deeproot depths? There's a rune arc in a chest with another illusory wall behind it. Just in case you still want to kill Astel and Fortisax but don't want to fight the gargoyles ever again. Didn't find that one till my 5th character.

[@SadTown99]

One of these secrets is cut dialogue of the Rykard fight… take a listen - “ Weeegreeerubbagubbadoofroopscleeeebuuuh “

[@kevinlasher2812]

The Abductors will also stance break after any 5 hits from lightning damage, regardless of the damage done.

[@danieladamczyk4024]

So Morgot using grace power to summon Hourah he just called his dad to deal with kids that bully him. That wholesome,cute,sad,funny and 100% Michael Zaki.

[@MonkEnthusiast]

Miss this game so much, can’t wait for DLC

[@murderycatdoll1380]

Looove this Videos! And am a full believer of the Mushroom Theory 🤣 Thanks for all the Rabittholes xD And i Loved the buildvids from you too! 😍

[@ryc1403]

Went to subscribe and saw I had been for a while, really been enjoying your elden ring lore stuff

[@tarattor2220]

Melina's closed eye is actually the beast eye. the marks on her face match the marks on the beast eye. She gets it back after we defeat Malekith.

[@Italianchef26]

Since they rays of light come straight from Morgott's corpse I always believed that the grace that points Godfrey towards us is Morgott's will. Even in death he still wanted to protect the Erdtree, so his ashes literally guide Godfrey against us as a last ditch attempt to save the Erdtree. He was the true king and the "Grace-Given" after all, doesn't seem too farfetched that he'd be able to do something like that

[@AndrewEvenstar]

great video. lots of good details!

[@connorlohse4097]

The amoeba is an interesting theory, but the Elden Beast always evoked a salamander for me. The “wings” remind me of the Axolotl

[@itsphilpott]

I love the animation of the Elden beast turning marika/radagon into the sword it almost represents who the chosen god was really just a tool for the greater will in the end

[@matthewdylla6090]

Multiple NPCs literally say that the guidance of grace is different for each Tarnished. So while we were to go to fight the shard bearers, Nepheli was to go to the Albeneric Village for instance.

[@srarts123]

The stuff with Morgott I think isn't that he can control grace just because he can create holy weapons to attack with. We know that the grace guides people to their purpose. We know gideon, godfrey, fia, dung eater, and gold mask were revived by grace and guided by it but they all had different motives. So what if grace simply guides you to your purpose and the grace shown is guiding godfrey to a true battle to finally fell his unsatiable lust for battle. Gideon's to learn everything he can from the demigods, learning that he himself can't fell a god in knowledge alone, fia to give birth to godwyn's offspring, dung eater to defile and curse the tarnished, and godmask to learn the truth of his faith. We know all 5 are guided by hrace once lost

[@SQUIRRELSONASTICK]

"One of the secrets of grace is how someone like Morgott can control it". You mean Morgott, son of Marika? The still very much a demigod Morgott? The only one of the demigods *not* to betray the golden order and forsake the guidance of fingers? That Morgott?

[@Poetry_84]

*The one whose title is "Morgott, The GRACE Given" lol

[@ImarBenIsrael]

Smoughs breakdown of the nox is my favorite lore

[@richphoenixpa]

Melenia has two interactions... fire and lightning. if Melenia is out of the water of her battlefield she take more damage from fire and less from lightning... but if she is in the water in the middle of the room. she takes less fire damage and more lightning.

[@notamanstudios4408]

that goes for any enemy, water buffs lightning damage

[@TheUndeadLegend66]

Did you know you can summon millicent for the black blade kindred fight before the lift to the halig tree? Don't think I've seen it mentioned anywhere and just found it on my most recent playthrough.

[@coolnamebro7363]

Transforming lead to gold like the philispohers stone is also a metaphor for turning a person into a better person through internal change, so that checks out.

[@jimtsap04]

3:00 wow I just realised that's also the background of tetris effect's campaign, the levels are dots that form a line starting from the upper left most point and spreading out to the entire shape of the supercluster, I'd recommend anyone with ps+ extra to try that game it was like a short but unforgettable journey of emotions through the medium of freaking tetris.

[@ShinigamiNoZycon]

Has no one else noticed how your character uses a rune arc and the shape it is. If you look at the elden ring and all the great runes, you can see that the top of the elden ring is the same shape as a rune arc, your character even holds a rune arc up to use it which lets you use the great rune that u have equipped.

[@BrassPetals3Voices]

For Alchemy imagery I’m not seeing a lot of people bringing up the Splendor Solis - it is well worth the deep dive for both imagery and text.

[@punakahuna4803]

Godwyn was a blessed tarnished too, his guidance of grace pointed to you as his final journey

[@alexjensven3806]

Yooo princess mononoke was my favorite move as a kid and the Eden beast is 100% the spirit of the forest! Thought it was soooo cool when I fought em

[@thraftofcaanan281]

I know I'm late with this video but this one was the most relevant for me to post this, but I noticed just now that the grass grows in the same formation as when you set fire to the ground/have some kind of flame explosion. I wonder if they used the same pattern generation to cover large areas like how they procedurally generated the trees before finalizing the product.

[@MattBrain9336]

Natural Born is another term that basically means "a child born out of lawful wedlock : an illegitimate child." So Astel is the "Bastard Child" of the void What I can't figure out is what does that mean exactly?

[@Photoloss]

It's also referenced as a "bastard star" and a "malformed star" so presumably this is not the "proper" shape this species is "supposed" to take. A mutant, a corruption, a cripple or something similar. Given its skull imagery and Sellen's "stars contain residual life" quote it might also be a different take on malevolent ghosts and the like i.e. dead spirits are _supposed_ to cross into the void but some return to the lands of the living as giant space dragonfly meteors.

[@gamerhumilde8425]

My theory about the golden mask ghost is that probably his model (without the clothes) is from a frenzied zombie, or maybe that just show that golden mask started to get mad since he saw the problem in the golden order

[@adamproductions4529]

The Godfrey fight was S tier. So manny good details hidden there.

[@wrasse1155]

3:16 I like the amoeba comparison. Personally, I always thought Elden Beast looks like some type of nudibranch. Lions mane nudibranch specifically with the "wings"

[@alenezi989a3]

Wow I never knew even existed and had to google it, yup its most definitely the inspiration behind the elden beast it looks exactly like it, the wings, the translucent skin and the tree like branches inside.

[@codyrisling3253]

Just want to point out…wood enemies caught fire in ds3 and did extra damage and same with lightning being conductive in water and against metal. It’s been a thing since ds3.

[@HalcyonEX]

I heard you on that elden kings Spotify podcast and you hinted about DLC for elden ring I hope you right bro

[@SeanSmith-gm3ov]

So interesting thing is you can find alchemy influences in all the Souls borne games and Berserk.

[@kyle360123]

I've been playing since launch and I only now noticed the skulls we find with runes inside come from dead golems

[@danielw88887]

Great vid. New sub here!

[@edwardconner3335]

It's actually all lightning in game from what I can tell the chip damage from lightning being grounded is variable in time & dps depending on a lot of things but with luck, timing &, practice you can dodge almost all lightning and aftershocks with ease as once you learn timing It's relatively easy.

[@maxus6048]

My theory for the Guidance of Grace pointing at the player at the start of the fight is that it usually points to the nearest Great Rune and since Godfrey didn't have any Great Runes it pointed at the player since they should have at least two Great Runes at this point in the game. Also I think its interesting/fun how Godfrey is the only non NPC tarnished in the game (that I know of).

[@maxus6048]

I forgot that Goldmask is tarnished but uses a non NPC body.

[@Minotaurus-te4yg]

i like the fact that you have to fight other players load outs. so if you meet a guy wearing the tree sentinel armor with a giant rot axe right and a giant rot hammer left...that was probably me.

[@Kat-j19347]

The Elden Beast is also very similar looking to Placidusax, from body shape to even the remembrances

[@kevinfortsch]

Id say more like the ulcerated tree spirits.

[@jeremesmith9266]

I platinumed this like week 2 - I’m so hungry for dlc

[@dylano6804]

Sand lions also make traps out of craters in the sand. Just another little connection

[@KoruptDawg]

I've seen Goldmask in that pose in my own world but I can't remember at which point in his questline it happened.

[@NamelessKing1597]

1:45 I mean one of his titles is "the grace given".

[@MK-vi2cm]

Hey Ziostorm, there's a few things I noticed in the game I'd like to share with you. I'm not typing all of em for sake of time but I have something I noticed yesterday playing the game. The Erdtree on the map looks like a human body doing the Law of Regression spell if you look closely at it.

[@Ziostorm]

I’ll check this out

[@exxy9931]

I don't know if this has been mentioned or not as of yet, but I haven't seen any content creator say it, but I casually just found out the real-life equivalent of the merchant's instruments is called an Erhu (a Chinese stringed instrument).

[@tidilyram9850]

the fia and jar fight thing explains why the enemies werent the same on j2

[@fishninja9413]

4:30: Isn't this animation also used by some of enemies in Ailing Village? Maybe they were originally planning Goldmask to become influenced by Frenzied Flame after learning the truth about Marika, and simply forgot to remove animation from phantom after this idea was scrapped? Or maybe they just didn't want players to associate Goldmask with three fingers.

[@dillkilltv3942]

Its wild how big and stuffed this game is.

[@davewindburn]

4 and 1 completely blew my mind, WOW…😦

[@ribbonexylophone835]

Morgott is the grace given, the omens are born outside of the erdtrees grace but morgott was given it by his devotion to the golden order.

[@arthurdossantos6826]

the elden beast is extremely similar to Datatsushi from siren, both in design and lore

[@KellyKamikaze]

Idk what it is about your voice, but its quite relaxing to me for some reason hahaha. How much would you charge to read me elden ring stories before bed time to help me peacefully fall asleep?? 😂😂 In all seriousness though, love your videos!❤

[@CobaltContrast]

Elden Beast reminds me so much of Lavos from Chronotrigger.

[@LacesLawless]

As part of the mushroom perspective, could the Guidance of Grace be spores?

[@TheZplit]

Morgott maxed his faith and was truly devoted

[@damienlopez5607]

So I might be late but y'all go around with a sacrifice twig or the sacrifice Crystal tear and noticed when you die to death blight, you still lose your runes?

[@Theoneandonlyguy]

Rykard is funny as hell for some reason

[@mcprawn]

About the alchemy themes in the game If there's something I learned by watching the Castlevania animated series on Netflix, it's that creating a body that is both male and female, inhabited by the souls of both a man and a woman, is kind of a big deal in the alchemy department (unless it's completely made up for the plot of the show but I doubt it) So yeah it explains the whole Radika/Maragon situation

[@should_296]

does melina's closed eyes looks the same as the eye that tracks deathroot ?

[@michaelangellstudios]

Feels to me (via the 'grace-stream' from GodFrey) that it's coming from the body he's laying down and not him.

[@aaronjohnson5182]

Yay! He looked at the elden beast!

[@colorgreen8728]

We need the star caller armor set and their pickaxe crook

[@kisukoev]

Top 10 lore discoveries: the crucible was just the erdtree's name before Marika removed the rune of death from the er. Wish I knew earlier that the crucible has nothing to do with primordial broth/soup

[@Photoloss]

Looks more like it's _both!_ The "Crucible of Life" did take the form of a giant tree (or was housed within it?) but it _also_ is that world's equivalent of the primordial soup based on all the "where all life blended together" descriptions.

[@HuhWhatHuhwhatHuh]

Wouldn’t Goldmask be in that pose because he was told Radagon is Merika? Like that’s the anguish or shock at learning the truth?

[@ArthaCel]

I believe the guidance of Grace is The Greater Will itself, manifesting in a way that can help it influence individuals towards the Elden Ring. Eventually we learn that The Two Fingers are not in constant comunion with TGW, hinting that the latter have not answered a call from the fingers for a long time. We're also shown through out the game that Outer Gods cannot directly interact with the lands between, but only do so through influence or someone that acts as their medium/physical manifestation. Perhaps the fingers have lost grace on the eyes of TGW and try to guide those that are now shown that grace, all so they can regain TGW favor. Maybe Morgott has been given grace by TGW since he is devoted to the Elden Ring and Greater Will's vision. This makes sense considering there's a lack of adecuate candidates and there's an urgency to find a replacement to Marika before other Outer Gods claim the power of the Eerdtree. The Greater Will is desperate to regain control over the Lands Between, so he favors those that are strong. That's why Morgott's grace points towards us at that time. We are the leading choice that others have to overcome. Grace is the blessing of The Greater Will given to all of those that are connected to it solely because TGW sees value in them. Tarnished lost this grace because TGW deemed them untrustworthy or dangerous to its rule. For example: Godfrey was growing to powerful, too difficult to control, so it removed his grace from him; yet by the time where the game takes place TGW is in need of a powerful replacement to Marika, which makes it reconsider Godfrey. Marika sets the stage for a new, rebellious Elden Lord, one that is without grace and therefore, not controlled by The Greater Will. She does so knowing TGW can only guide and influence you in a certain way, but not take the decision for you. That's why at the end of the game we fight The Elden Beast instead of just fusing with it; The Greater Will knows by then that you intend to change ITS grand order, ITS divine design, that's why it makes Morgott's grace show Godfrey who he needs to eliminate. Us. There is no new Site of Grace after Godfrey, think about it.

[@AlbertusSalvatierra]

I mean, Morgott was called the “Lord of Grace” in cut content, now called “The Grace-Given.”

[@hannahshark8080]

Is there a transcript for Rykards cut dialogue? I played it several times and still can't understand most of what he's saying.

[@xVibra]

Her tattoo clearly relates to the Three Fingers far more than it does a crow's foot. It looks like the symbol for the frenzy spells, has 3 appendages, and she opens that eye in the Three Finger's ending. She also very clearly does not want you to follow the Three Fingers and burn everything away, yet in the ending she seems allied or even concerned for you as she picks up the ring, if a bit paternal and ominous in tone. We also know her body has been burned before, so it's likely it was related to Frenzy since she's one of the few that actually seems knowledgeable about it.

[@doom_slayer_5.048]

I actually found something the wondering nobles at the lake where the dragon is and if you’re there undetected by them they recite this saying “flame of alaki something like that you should check it out

[@DanoOuto]

They're saying "Agheel," referring to Flying Dragon Agheel that's wandering around the area.

[@skelly8500]

Also how does nobody notice the Elden Beast/ Princess mononoke connection? Am I crazy or have people really not seen one of the best miyazaki movies?

[@robmartin525]

The best thing to come out of Elden Ring digging is more Rykard! TOGETHAAA!

[@raeshawnyoung4096]

Godfrey gives me Hercules vibes.

[@albertgeorgy6827]

George R. R. Martin boyyy

[@yaboystacey5578]

May I call you lord? For that is what you are.

[@tracesizemore6736]

The first person to do the warrior jars 3 challenges, who did he fight?

[@molotovmutt3365]

Can someone please transcribe what Rykard is saying in the cut dialogue? I only figured out the second sentence 😟

[@sentii8131]

Elden Ring has by far the least detailed thematic exploration of any Souls game except Sekiro and Demon Souls

[@Bodhi246]

I think the Elden beast represents a cosmic being.. In Hindu texts the cosmos has been depicted as the Cosmic Ocean.. So it could also explain why the Elden beast's world consists water..

[@HereticMetal6]

What is Rykard’s cut dialogue? Can’t understand a word of it.

[@drunkenibex4595]

Has anyone looked in the combination of merika and radagon being a rebis?