Explaining Ranni's True Story (Elden Ring)

[@v1deo.hunter.d317]

I definitely took her ending as - You and Ranni are going off on a journey into the cosmos to take the godly influences out into the stars away from humanity so humans can rule themselves without being subjected by higher beings

[@eubaseball]

Kinda sounds like that darling in the franxx show lol :)

[@v1deo.hunter.d317]

@@eubaseball i'm right there with you buddy haha i have been calling it "The Darling in the Franxx Ending"

[@Joefresh111]

From what I read she want people to transcend as in a spirit she doesn't plane to bring people just thier essence

[@Gamfluent]

She basically wants our world

[@v1deo.hunter.d317]

@gamfluent2857 no she wants to end gods personally meddling with humanity

[@zWraithh]

I literally never got the impression Ranni was a "bad guy." If it was mistranslated then it sounds like it didn't change the intent because I had gathered that she was trying to get rid of the two fingers, which seemed to me to be a good thing.

[@mikehawknballs434]

Its kinda crazy when you put the golden order as those as believers of religeon and the two fingers a messenger from above kinda like a jesus if you will and ranni started the run that is after jesus ranni doesnt really seem like the good person but rather a person seeking power stronger than she can fathom like the jesus story

[@zWraithh]

@@mikehawknballs434 My interpretation was that the Golden Order are, as you say, believers of religion, but they are fanatical to the point of doing the world great harm by disrupting the natural order in selfish pursuit of power. I guess I saw Ranni as trying to shift that paradigm and free the world from what is basically a religious cult and restore the natural order. In thinking about it, I guess I saw the Golden Order as the ones seeking power and Ranni as more of the Jesus liberator type. But I could definitely see what you're saying that Ranni was actually the one searching for power I can definitely understand that interpretation. "a person seeking power stronger than she can fathom like the jesus story" When you say seeking power is like the Jesus story what do you mean by that? Jesus was never in search of power so I'm confused by what you mean?

[@mega_jonne1546]

She made the black knife assassins and assassinated godwyn the golden and cursed the world with death blight

[@zWraithh]

@@mega_jonne1546 yeah but who amongst us hasnt broken a few eggs to make an omelet

[@forkevbot]

​@mega_jonne1546 that's because removing death from the lands between was clearly a mistake

[@shurkaburka5507]

So basically what I'm understanding is Ranni wants to overthrow all order in the lands between and replace it with her own, which is made of the moon and stars. She wants to separate the souls of beings from order so that no one is directly controlled by some greater power, such as the Golden Order being the alleged rulers of the Lands Between, or the fingers being influenced by the Greater Will. She says she wants to bring her order far away from the lands between so no one and nothing can interfere with her order, further added on to her not wanting order to be directly affecting anything. She takes the darkness of night with her so the lands will not have to experience darkness anymore. She brings her order with her and leaves the lands between with the Tarnished and together they venture off into the stars, down a path of loneliness and darkness, to a place where their purpose may be fulfilled.

[@ryan_cloonan]

This is the issue right, i don’t think there necessarily “mistranslations”, souls dialog has always had a sorta “shakespearean” feel to it, dropping certain syllables, dropping adjectives or certain words entirely. So I think it’s more of them taking the actual translation of the words and just “soulsing” up the wording. Confusing yes, but for some long time souls players, myself included, i understood the meaning

[@NLS336]

I think even in the English translation the ending is still substantively similar. The point of returning the LB to its original state is returning the cycle of life to include those darknesses - fear, death, doubt, loneliness. It is those things that truly bring about order when juxtaposed against the golden parts of life. Without them, struggle is essentially meaningless - except to the extent it feeds the Erd Tree. With them, man may suffer, but through the suffering gain the wisdom of enlightenment when the journey has been completed. Essentially, Ranni is taking us into the Valley of the Shadow of our Purpose in the hopes that the return of full life brings more meaning than simply struggling to keep the LB as they are. I think it tracks because suffering is the meaning of the game - what you learn from, overcome. The ending that creates more suffering (but of a purposeful type, rather than just chaos for example) is the most poetic and the most chosen. I think the English is a correct translation, but we have as a society sort of lost our respect for suffering and our ability to see its role in life and how it brings us meaning. We take her English words as villainous, but suffering is inherent to life and because we don't like to suffer we say it's a bad ending. But, it's the ending that was required to right the cycle of life in the game - the point. The ending in either version is designed to teach us about that principle. We just react negatively to it because we as a culture reject the wisdom suffering has to teach us in favor of obliteration of the present through consumerism and avoidance.

[@Asriel_Cypher]

This confirms it. Everyone is mispronouncing the Names of the characters as just a shtick in SoulsBorne community.

[@OmegaLogos]

Miquella is empyrean and male…

[@philipearakaki]

Miquella's gender is complicated, sometimes, they are refered as St.Trina and female tratatives, so yeah.

[@TheTonedef81]

"Miquella, the brother of Malenia, is one of the Empyreans. Cursed to be forever young, he created the Haligtree to allow himself to grow to be an adult and to purge the rot from Malenia. This is after the realization that the Golden Order was unable to cure Malenia from the rot." Once again it says brother.

[@justindailey84]

@@philipearakaki you are just wrong. There is no confirmation Trina is the same person as Miquella so far in the game (Though I'm sure they are) and also Miquella IS A GUY. No one even k ows St.Trina's gender regardless.

[@WiseOwl_1408]

@@philipearakaki it's a boy. People just make the mistake because he is an eternal child. This isn't hard to understand

[@pbtenchi]

@@philipearakaki The lore where St.Trina and Miquella were the same person was cut from the game and can’t be considered canon.

[@BirbMob]

Nice video but the family genetics were gotten a bit backwards. Godwyn is not blood related to Ranni Miquella is male Blaidd is not her consort, very much her adoptive brother like Malekith was Marika's half-brother

[@Pr0phet_Taker_official]

Not like maliketh, he was made for her by the 2 fingers for the sole purpose of watching and protecting her as an emperyan, the only type of people fit to become gods and this explains why he turns after ranni kills her 2 fingers because thats his purpose, to serve the greater will

[@BirbMob]

@@Pr0phet_Taker_official no he's her shadow and was raised with her, like Malekith

[@Pr0phet_Taker_official]

@@BirbMob being her shadow does not mean that they are related, she says herself in game that blaidd was made by the 2 fingers specifically for her

[@valiantparagonvideos2383]

Goswyn is Marika's first son Ranni is Radagon's daughter But like the noble Goldmask, you're forgetting one thing. Radagon IS Marika. Hence, they are blood related. (also in another part of the game its explicitly stated that all of the demigod's are Marika's children)

[@Shockwave231]

@@BirbMob everything he said was right. Yall just say "no" without even looking up the lore. Shadow =/= brother

[@axOnith]

I abandoned Rannis questline because I found it to be suspicious. Then I understood she planned the death of Godwyn, which makes Marika shater the elden ring, so Ranni could achieve her personal goals. It sounds villanous to me, and it is alligned with what she says in the very end

[@CourtlySeaDog]

i was turned away from her when i realized she did not only murder him, but destroyed his soul. He was robbed of eternity

[@brandonman1315]

Yet she also had herself killed to stop the gods from ruining humans lives, and to allow them to self govern. Ranni is a good guy.

[@CourtlySeaDog]

@@brandonman1315 killing herself with the knowledge her soul would survive is trivial in comparison to destroying the soul of her own family, dooming him to an infinite limbo of life within death

[@BestWayKilla]

For what she did to Godwyn and Fortissax, I could never see her as a benevolent character.

[@messaros715]

@@BestWayKilla Godwyn wasn't a good guy. It's said he was loved by his people but players seems to forget that the Golder Order members are religious extremists such as their gods. Fortissax was a dragon and if you know what dragons wanted to do with humanity, you'll know they aren't good guys either.

[@ryngymir]

Just finished her quest (and my first run of the game) a little under an hour ago, came to see reactions to the end scene and found this. While I feel as though the original dialogue would certainly have given the ending a lighter tone, I believe that the current phrasing, though a little odd, still does an ok job in telling the story of her fight against that which is. Great vid btw!

[@evasive_N0bdy]

Great video. I was already in love with Ranni’s character, but this in-depth analysis made it even more so. Keep doing what you need to do cuz you just earned a new subscriber 😎

[@whichphilosipher9023]

Bruh you realize half this info is just straight up wrong right? Miquella is male, Goldwyn is not blood related to ranni she is his adopted brother, Melina is NOT torrents previous owner, and so much more and all these points can be found in game, also there is dialogue in the game in which ranni does not deny creating the black knife with the ability to kill gods but she is very offended that you suggested she plotted to kill Goldwyn, bliadd is not rannis consort he is like an adopted brother almost like malaketh is Mericas half brother ugh I can't even count how much of this info is wrong or half read it's like he went to reddit er theory bored and made a video based on the shitty theories that made 0 sense 😂 and was like "well, close enough"

[@WiseOwl_1408]

This guy seems to miss half of the info.

[@Millze86]

@@whichphilosipher9023 ong so im sticking with ending becuse well she’s mommy

[@aaronwinrock8164]

Idk both lines seem similar enough to me. they both have the same implications its just the English version is more flowery while the Japanese text is more direct. In neither is Ranni a Villain or hero she just is. Thats her whole thing she just wants the freedom to be what she desires.... Which is basically what Marika told her to do... nobody is the Villain they are all struggling to find the way, they just have different ideas about what it looks like.

[@ebayaccount675]

Ranni is making I more like our world. Where you can't see or touch God or his angels. However, they are their. That lind of thing.

[@clfoster82]

I mean…it’s explained how to say Miquella in the game several times…and that Miquella is a male…little details like this matter when you’re trying to do a lore video, because if you’ve gotten these small things wrong, what else is wrong?

[@philipearakaki]

Miquella is not male, Miquella appeared several times in history as St.Trina who is absolutelly refered as female.

[@TheTonedef81]

"Miquella, the brother of Malenia, is one of the Empyreans. Cursed to be forever young, he created the Haligtree to allow himself to grow to be an adult and to purge the rot from Malenia. This is after the realization that the Golden Order was unable to cure Malenia from the rot." Clearly states her brother. Please stop spreading bullshit

[@carlosmoreno8710]

@@philipearakaki Miquella's own sister, Malenia, refers to Miquella as her brother.

[@Zantetsu13]

@@philipearakaki There are a number of references to miquella being male, the ghosts in castle sol and the consecrated snowfield call him lord Miquella, Malenia calls him brother, his body is in the cocoon in the moghwyn dynasty; Zullie the witch(youtuber) showed the full model inside the cocoon, and take a guess, its not a woman.

[@paterpillar5997]

Not just that, but ignorant that Radagon IS Marika, not that she chose him to be fused or what the fuck ever he said in the video. Honesty the pronunciation really threw the first red flag lmao

[@hudawm7]

More ppl should watch this video...thanks bro!

[@erikenn]

I'm not going over everything you got wrong. But Melina's eye mark is a crow foot. 4 talons in total.

[@Asriel_Cypher]

I agree with most of the translation and interpretation except for the Dark Path. In the Japanese proper translation, I believe Ranni was talking about her journey with us. However this interpretation could also be true. As the world was plunged into a world with no gods, the "Darkness" that she describes might be due without the Golden Light. Another thing I disagree with is Miquella. Miquella is not a woman. Miquella is a Man. Malenia said it himself, "Dearest brother-" and not "Sister". Which means Miquella is actually a Male. I also disagree with the curses being related to them in the way you described it. I propose you look at this whole family tree with George Martin's view. Every writing in George Martin's view has... "Family Drama" that involves a little... too much, sometimes. Marika's and Godfrey's firstborn is Godwyn. Godwyn was born without curse. This reason was not told to us but I'll get back to you on this, as then they would proceed to have Mohg and Morgott. Both of them were cursed. Why would they be cursed? Godwyn was born without one, why would the other 2 brothers cursed. It wouldn't make sense for Marika's and Godfrey's first child to be without curse, unless you consider that Mohg and Morgott is *NOT* Godfrey's children. They are Godwyn's and Marika's... Another hint of this was "Mohgwyn Palace" under the Lands Between. Why was it called that? As if the children of "Mohgs" are under "Wyn" in Godwyn. I believe Godwyn had an affair with Marika. Marika is known by many as gods but was also feared and wanted to be gone by many. Now, humour me and let's dive into Radagon's children. Renalla, his wife, was able to make a child and that was Ranni. I also believe that Ranni was born using the Amber Egg. Some time after that, Radagon left to reunite with Marika. Marika and Radagon both have children, and they are both cursed. I mean the name themselves hints at this. Godfrey's child has "God" hence Godwyn. However, they didn't go with "Godmohg" or "Godmorgott" and that should hint in the affairs. This is George Martin's writing anything regarding "Family Relations" as they are never normal. This is Malenia and Miquella, the Empyreans the same as Ranni. However, Ranni was not cursed but the other 2 are. Why is that? It is because they either share the same blood or godhood by Marika/Radagon. If this is correct, it would explain a lot of the curse. As the curses was not present in Godwyn and Ranni but rather the union between Marika and her child, then Radagon with himself/herself by Marika. They would have stain the lineage. I believe this is why Miquella was no longer faithful to the Golden Order, as he discovered the truth. Miquella is very knowledgeable with all of the things in the Lands Between.

[@johnsonjunior547]

no other hints than the name though is a bit of a leap. If there was an item hinting at all I might buy it. I'd just need a bit more than 2 children were omens and one wasn't. Easily could've named them Mogh/Morgott without the God because they were omens and therefore shouldn't carry the Godfrey name. They were hidden from the public eye, why would they name them after the elden lord. BUT, I think its worthy to mention that the game never mentions who the parents of morgott and mogh are, only mentioning they are of the golden lineage. So, you may be onto something (unless maybe I missed something). Also, Ranni may have been rebirthed or birthed from the egg but she is Radagon's daughter. So, idk how her being born of the egg is even important. We also never see a success with the rebirth. Boc dies. And the girls in the boss fight are deformed as well, even while she has the rune of the unborn. So, I don't quite understand how that works. But I think it should be mentioned that being an empyrean really means that you are chosen by the two fingers. Whether that is because you are born of a single god, or chosen willfully. So, I think Ranni was simply chosen because she was a strong figure/demigod. After all, Marika and the Gloam-eyed queen were both empyreans but its unlikely they both stem from some outside God-like being also. Seems the two fingers can choose aswell. Also, its fair to note that we shouldn't call Malenia and Miquella "cursed". We don't know the actual cause. The Malenia remembrance only says "afflictions". I think Miquella wasn't faithful because the golden order incantations couldn't help his sister with her scarlet god problem. So, he instead, researched unalloyed gold to create her a cure. Says this on the incantation "Radagon's Rings of Light"

[@Asriel_Cypher]

​@@johnsonjunior547 On the first part, I do believe the information was hidden. I have scoured every single available obtainable item in the game and they really hidden the name of Mohg and Morgott as anything related to Marika and Godfrey at all. I only wanted to point this out, because this is classic George Martin incest writing. I can't argue as well since as you said, a lot of the in-game item doesn't mention that they are Marika's and Godfrey's children. They only say that they are from the Golden Lineage. As for Ranni, Ranni wasn't born with a curse. She was also the odd one. She had a Great Rune but when we met her, we didn't even fight her nor we get a Great Rune from her. We get a Great Rune from defeating Renala. However, during the fight, we know for sure that Ranni interfered and prevented us from killing her mother. We obtained the Great Rune afterwards, thus there is no need for us to kill Renala. So the Great Rune wasn't with Renala, but with Ranni. She also mentioned by Gideon that Ranni casted her Great Rune aside. So she, at one point, possessed a Great Rune, and somehow the Great Rune was also is within the Amber Egg. That is why many concluded that Ranni must have been born from the Amber Egg. Meaning she would have bore a curse, yet she didn't. Unless you consider the fact that I brought up earlier, that anything that has Marika/Radagon's blood mixed together, created that curse. It's only when Radagon/Marika being involved, the curse is afflicted upon them. It is as if any God that tries to create a union with a close blood relation, ends in chaos. What makes an Empyrean is very vague, and I agree. It can be that you are chosen. However, one fact that we can't deny is that they are still born under the grace of a God. The union of a God is what makes them viable to be chosen as an Empyrean. My evidence was as the game had shown and told us, Ranni, Malenia and Miquella. All three fits this undeniable description. I believe this is a requirement. So I do disagree slightly there. The Gloam-Eyed Queen is a mystery to us. However, we do know that Marika is from another land. From VaatiVidya, he also speculated that Marika is from a land of Goddesses. I surmise that they are from the same land. However, I have no evidence of this just the same as him. As for the curses, I disagree. The actual cause is unknown but they were born with it. So the conditions aren't told to us but I do believe at the hint was given from the names and knowing George Martin's writing, something must have been there. Malenia and Miquella also call their curse as they are. Curses. Malenia, cursed with Scarlet Rot. Miquella, cursed with eternal youth. A lot of the item description and dialogue already pointed this out, so I disagree. The most thrown dialogue in the game was "cursed with afflictions from birth-" and I believe this was from Gideon. I could be wrong. I haven't lore diving as much lately. Miquella was faithful at first in the Golden Order because he believed at first, that the answer is there to cure them of the curse. However, there is nothing, at any point, suggests that Miquella found a way. Nothing. Yet Miquella suddenly decides that he would become part of the Haligtree and I believe he had a plan. I also wanted to point out, even if there is no cure from the Golden Order, why turn his back on his father, whom he loved so much? Why so distraught. What did Miquella discover that made him turn against the Golden Order, and decide to abandon that path? Nothing suggests us this. A lot of the evidence was probably hidden by Marika. As shame. To hide themselves of what they had done. Gideon says and speculated that Miquella is still alive. I believe this to be true but I believe Miquella, wanted to be reborn. I have no theory of this but I find it strange that we are awaken by the Grace with no memory. Other characters do, but we don't. I have absolutely no evidence for this, but I think Miquella had a plan, to reborn as one of the Tarnished. What implications and result would that be, is the question. For starters, Miquella would no longer be cursed with eternal youth. Second, he would need to be reborn of a warrior. At least capable of killing gods. I believe Miquella is, us. I've scoured a lot of the lore of previous SoulsBorne game as well and I find it strange that the NPCs in Elden Ring, likes us as the player. Even Rodgier notices and points this out to us. That people wants to trust us. As if we have this allure of a god. Something that makes people likes us. Just like Miquella. Who has this ability to make people like him. As I said before, I have no evidence for this and only gut feeling but I believe there is more to it but it's hard to explain through just texts. So none of this is convincing and I know but do keep an open mind with it. I could be entirely wrong but there is something about our character, that a lot of people just willingly trusts or like us, despite whatever circumstances they have in that mad world. The merchants, even with their code, Kalé, trusts us. Varré, a Blood Finger who serves Mohg, should have no interests nor benefit, helps us. Hell, Varré should be killing us to prevent more of Tarnished help to restore the balance or serve the fingers. Yet he did. Iiji, also noticed something odd about us. Blaidd, also wanted to help us, despite Iiji pointing out that Blaidd wouldn't do such a thing unless he sensed something. Judging from the previous SoulsBorne title, I think there is something to look into that.

[@henryteo82]

Ranni had intended to take the "dark path" alone for the longest time since she hatched her plans, which was why she always appeared aloof and distant to everyone, and had locked the symbol of consort behind her mother's prison, so that no one may reach it to achieve any form of political marriage arrangements and force her to become a figurehead. She was sure that she was departing alone that she bade us convey her love for her comrades Iji and Blaidd for her, but we decided we wanted to tag along and upset her solo plans.

[@kobragaming9420]

I don’t think Mohg and Morgott are Godwyns children simply because of the way Godfrey treated Morgotts dead body when he finds him. Godfrey cradles him and if you know about what Serosh’s role is in Godfreys lore, he stifles all of Godfreys emotions but when he sees Morgotts body Serosh roars, if I had to guess Serosh channels Godfreys emotions so that roar is really how Godfreys feeling proving he feels anguish at his sons death. You could say Godfrey just doesn’t know That Mohg and Morgott aren’t his but even then if we go by the naming precedent that’s been set, only Mohg actually adopts the Wyn suffix with his real name being Mohgwyn, Morgott doesn’t adopt the Wyn suffix and Mohg and Morgott are canonically twin brothers so very likely share the same father. So yeh I think saying that Mohg and Morgott are omens due to their incestous lineage is a bit of a stretch especially since Omens are actually a vestige of the crucible and were considered a blessing before the time of the Erdtree so they’re only considered cursed due to the time they were born in.

[@kingfatty_sea5885]

@@johnsonjunior547 the fact that George R Martin authored this means wuite a bit to me

[@syferblade]

like how her hair is blue in opposition to the red hair family and blondes kinda like she stands alone against the rest of the demis

[@mehrpouyaniknam4697]

Her hair is blue because her body is a doll, her actual hair colour was probably red. You can see her real body with her two fingers while doing her quest line

[@jaimepe4765]

​@@mehrpouyaniknam4697 Still, doll or not us blue, and is in clear opposition to red and golden, the other two forces in Eden ring.

[@dracorex426]

The phrase "let us go on our path of fear, doubt, and loneliness, into darkness," sounds like more fear, doubt, loneliness, and darkness, not less.

[@Bluesruse]

That what it means to be able to make your own destiny, without gods.

[@thesheepersgame5199]

I think what she said was: "I swear to every living being and living soul. The age of stars is here. A thousand years journey, with the order/guidance of the moon. Think of everything, the chilling night as a distant past. (Your) fears, doubts, loneliness, and the path to darkness. Now then, let's go." So basically, Ranni is saying to that the old age will be gone of everything that was wrong in the previous age and will start a new under the guidance of the moon. That's why I think, Ranni is the best ending followed by the Frenzied Flame as the frenzied flame's goal is to restart everything rather than fixing a broken system. Also, yes. In what Ranni explained about her order, she is planning to separate (if possible), the other force governing the people from the people, making them independent rather than controlled by it.

[@Asriel_Cypher]

What do you think about the "Darkness" part, if I may ask. I have my own interpretations but I'd like to know as well.

[@thesheepersgame5199]

@@Asriel_Cypher I think everything is already going downhill in the current age regardless of if you fix the Elden Ring via the default ending or not. The Golden Order is already broken and fixing it is just delaying the inevitable.

[@Asriel_Cypher]

​@@thesheepersgame5199 I meant the darkness part that Rani mentioned.

[@thesheepersgame5199]

@@Asriel_Cypher Do you mean the english version? The english version sounds negative if you don't listen to Ranni's doll afterwards.

[@Asriel_Cypher]

​@@thesheepersgame5199 Both. I want to know your interpretation of the part where she says "-into darkness" and I interpreted that the world is plunged into darkness, or that the path she and you the Tarnished takes is the path of darkness. I'm just curious on what others think.

[@SrSnipe115]

Man nice video, I have like 100+ hours playing this game and I still can't understand a single thing of the lore lmao. Who tf is the good guy and bad buy? As far as I know everyone is "bad" for a reason. Either way, I'm just a Melina's simp hehe.

[@thesheepersgame5199]

As far as I know, everything became what it is after Marika shattered the Elden Ring and caused the Shattering. There is basically no "bad guy" as everyone was just fighting for who will rule the Lands Between after Marika went MIA. The throne was empty so the Shattering aka a civil war happened. Margott was the de facto ruler so far as Radahn is a zombie and Malenia is currently out of action, both of them were the closest in winning the Shattering but went on a stalemate. But the current age is already broken that's why you were initially tasked to become the Elden Lord and fix the Elden Ring to restore everything, whatever that means. The 3 of the endings only "fixes" the current age. Ranni's and the Frenzied Flame's, created a new age. Ranni being the much better one as mentioned here, and the Frenzied Flame, "rebooting" everything to start a new.

[@SrSnipe115]

@@thesheepersgame5199 thanks a lot, your comment helps me to understand the lore, I have another question if you don't mind, how the spirits works on elden ring? By spirits I mean for example you exist like a normal being but you also have a like a "red spirit", so both of them can exist in the same timeline, I really don't know how to explaint it lol

[@thesheepersgame5199]

@@SrSnipe115 Do you mean when you touch the bloodstains? It's a recurring theme in any souls game that you could see other players. I think it just means that there are many other Tarnished that are aiming to become Elden Lord but those doesn't affect the story in anyways. All Tarnished are aiming to become Elden Lord even the NPCs you see but since you are the protagonist, you are the "destined" one.

[@SrSnipe115]

@@thesheepersgame5199 Noo I mean like the other kind of spirits, for example dung eater, u can see his "spirit form" on the roundhouse table. That's mainly the only thing that I don't understand. So Basically you have your Human form but in the lands between you have also this kind of red flashing spirit such as the "Dung Eater" and other characters. Sorry Its hard to me to understand and explain myself haha but I appreciate your answers a lot!

[@thesheepersgame5199]

@@SrSnipe115 That I honestly don't know since most red spirits or phantoms are invaders and most of them die after killing them. The only exception is Dung Eater who we know is locked below the capital. Even you turn into a red phantom while invading. I guess they just put it in there as it's also a recurring theme on souls games to signify a hostile NPC/Player.

[@Tarnthewarrior]

If this was a mistranslation, why not fix it

[@corxiiifelinike2643]

Got to pay the voice actor to do the voice lines again. They may not want to do that

[@sailren179]

i don't know about calling these mistranslations. i interpreted them correctly when i heard them. no reason to disparage the work the localization team did just because some fans have comprehension issues.

[@ryanhopkins5239]

Im with you. I completely interpreted it correctly

[@minespatch]

>The connection with Dark souls and bloodborne IT's patches, isn't it? :P

[@mehrpouyaniknam4697]

If you had done the golden mask quest line you’d know the reason why Ranni is empyrean is because Radagon, her father, is actually Marika

[@SquishyOfCinder]

No, if you actually look at the lore Radahn, Ranni and Rykard were gifted the empyrean status from Marika.

[@henryk5pio]

@@SquishyOfCinder Radagon it's Marika.

[@SquishyOfCinder]

They were still NOT empyrean before getting gifted it by MArika.@@henryk5pio

[@the_ideal_grease5565]

I love how nothing is straight forward in these games especially fully understanding Ranni’s ending people say she’s evil, people say she’s good

[@ProsDontTroll]

Very interesting video but one note about the genetics theory. If a trait is located on the X-chromosome and it’s a recessive trait, it will be more likely to show in males if they’re x-chromosome has it, as they do not have another x-chromosome with whatever the dominant gene is to mask it. If it’s a dominant trait, you could say that females are more likely to show it as either of the 2 x-chromosomes could give it to them while the chance of the trait showing for males remains the same

[@Tory-JJ]

Ranni's questline allows people to die again. Frenzy flame kills everyone and returns them to the one "whole" soul they once were before the 2 fingers split them all apart selfishly the other endings are not important/suck. :P

[@dracorex426]

Frenzied Flame is the worst ending because the Frenzied Flame is incorrect. Everything was not literally one before the Erdtree. There were still different things. It's just that categories were far less of a thing. So the Frenzied Flame's "solution" doesn't actually undo the Greater Will's "mistake". It's just another mistake.

[@realcupojoe]

Also, what the fuck kinda solution is searing everything back into one indistinguishable mass? That sounds terrible. I'm not sure anyone in their right mind would agree to being killed and thrown in a soul soup of madness, and I'm confident that if you say you would be, you're just lying to yourself.

[@ShadowLynx777]

You know, Marika and Radagon are the same being. So Ranni and Radahn are both also born from Marika

[@axOnith]

Ranni and Radahn are born from Renala and Radagon, before Radagon and Marika get fused

[@ShadowLynx777]

@@axOnith Radagon was always Marika...

[@dracorex426]

Ranni, Radahn, and Rykard all came out of Rennala's vagina. Radagon/Marika was only their father. Similarly, Godfrey was the father of Godwyn, Morgott, and Mohg, who all came out of Marika/Radagon's vagina. Marika/Radagon was both the father and the mother of Miquella and Malenia.

[@Jim-pq9pm]

@@ShadowLynx777 You don't know that. There's plenty of dispute on this. Why is Radagon part Giant which is where his red hair comes from? The Giants were conquered by Godrick and Marika

[@Fabrosixdx]

Ranni's ending is similar to the dark lord ending in darksouls. Where darkness represents the unknown path away from the current order.

[@Jim-pq9pm]

"See, my anime girlfriend is the hero!" yep, we're just going to ignore her murdering her step brother, a guy who apparently was pretty good and cool and did nothing wrong. We're going to ignore Radahn holding back Astel, the most demonic looking creature in a game full of them. A deceiving, thieving literal witch with daddy issues. Someone known for "The Night of Black Knives" which very well could be a reference to the "Night of Long Knives". If you don't know what that is, look it up. It fits, she's undermining the current order to make herself absolute ruler.

[@lukehighwalker8932]

Finished her quest yesterday. She just brings pain and sadness…

[@viorp5267]

1:24 I like the 'mistranslated' version of Ranni better because she is empathetic but supremely selfish. A complex character who at the end only desired her freedom and and only her own.

[@visionofsolace8961]

True, but her goal is selfish.In essence, she takes upon her to do all of these and protect us from above.

[@johnsonjunior547]

no.

[@Joe_-tf8is]

I dont think shes selfish. She trying to remove the rotting and stagnant status quo. Its a revolution for everyone

[@Pr0phet_Taker_official]

I dont see many people talking about this much, after playing through her quest twice and getting the age of stars ending she is a very selfish individual seeing as for her to reach her goal everyone around her has to die as a consequence of what she has put into motion

[@viorp5267]

@Joe Alexander Seethe

[@TheLuiguacol]

Mohgwyn wants a piece of the Blade of Miquella.

[@mervglover1279]

Hi mate I just realise something, watching a video for the first time You triggered something in my mind if I recall there is something that talks about Nokron, The reason they were destroyed was because they were doing experiments to try create a God, that’s why the mimic is said to be a failed attempt what if they didn’t fail and Ranni Is actually the successful attempt. Once it got locked up there was no way back in but we have to go down there and get an item only found there to kill the fingers. Coincidence? That she knows the weapon is down there and that the place really exists. Also the mobs seems to be praying to the sky which is a starry night, a dark night. Just food for thought. Maybe it’s unrelated 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@NGEvangeliman]

Yeah, the people of the lands between are now free of the influence of gods. I got this from the translated ending...

[@dracorex426]

Here's my theory for a Soulsborne + Elden Ring timeline: Start with Dark Souls I-III. After the Age of Dark (specifically the Age of the Deep) begins, everyone left who doesn't want to hang around escapes to the Painted World of Ash. Bloodborne happens in the Painted World of Ash during the Age of the Deep. Later, one Great One, the Old One, travels through Dreams to return to the outside world, ending the Age of the Deep and recreating life. The Old One is also worshipped as God, but decides to try to eat all the Souls. Thus, Demon's Souls. Sometime after Demon's Souls, the other Great Ones start to filter out into the real world, becoming known as the Outer Gods. A bunch more Ages occur until we finally arrive at Elden Ring. The Formless Mother is Formless Oedon.

[@orcayena4074]

miquella is a he

[@ezekielmills7553]

Was thinking the same thing

[@caymenkingery9208]

Yah

[@Asriel_Cypher]

Agreed. Malenia addresses this as well: "Dearest Miquella, my brother-"

[@coopertaro]

ranni is an empyrean because in a way, radagon and marika are one in the same, but i’m not sure they were at that point. i believe that after radagon left renalla for to become the elden lord, they started to become the same.

[@chainclaw07]

I thought her purpose was to make the order whole - making the lands between flourish - but separate it by taking it into the sky, away from the influence of the people it governs. making the notion of warring for its power impossible. she would rule from a distance, with no companion, in solitude.

[@WisdomofTheStar]

One problem, it's not mekaiella lmao Turns out there were several more problems

[@angelfire9094]

🤣🤣

[@zeloraz8101]

I never took the" mis transliteration " Literally and i dont know how or why people did. If u take it metaphorically it means the same thibf as the original

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

Exactly I don't think it really is mistranslated people just read it to literally and at face value which is not what your supposed to do with someone who speaks in flowery language.

[@ryanhopkins5239]

This is how I thought about it too

[@chovymasters7577]

Miquella is not female

[@mrslasher1064]

Imagine thinking a clearly evil witch who manipulates and breaks people is better than goldmask,a scholar who found a way to make the order literally perfect or the dung eater who wants cut everyone off from the grace of gold and return the more egalitarian days of crucible...

[@messaros715]

I think i prefer to make gods not interfere on my life at all xd

[@Jim-pq9pm]

@@messaros715 Arrogance, Humanity needs guidance. Walking blindly into darkness is foolish

[@messaros715]

@@Jim-pq9pm nuh uh

[@Selkie15]

Me-kye-ella? Nill-kron? Wut. Still not the worst mispronunciation of Liurnia I've heard though (Lynuria, Lenora, Lianna being the most obnoxious examples). It's like people play with their sound off or skip dialogue sometimes. I absolutely understand that reading something does not translate perfectly to saying it out loud, but when something is said multiple times and STILL people get it wrong, it's just... How? Especially when it comes to Miquella. Unless you completely skipped the Melania fight, or played with dialogue volume at 0, or somehow managed to beat the fight without having to retry multiple times, you're gonna hear that name a hell of a lot. Every time you lose, "I am Melania, blade of Miquella."

[@ShardofWant]

The fact he said all the emperyans were female he obviously isn’t the smartest person in the world

[@G1Gaming85]

Sellen tried to challenge the queen and turned into a ball instead, ranni's quest line is the best ending not only you get to marry ranni you also get to rule the kingdom along side her

[@wiremuconnor9132]

Bro its not mick-i-el its mick-a-la

[@brendolbreadwar2671]

Elden ring anime would be so fucking good

[@adrianguerrero2949]

Ranni is on the side with the space aliens .

[@DeathLore]

MOON PRESENCE

[@KoltoMephet]

A recessive trait bound to the X chromosome is more likely to express in males, not the other way around. Since a woman would need the same recessive gene on both her x chromosomes, as opposed to a man who could in fact inherit the trait from only a single parent. If it was instead a dominant trait, it would be as you say, more likely in a woman. X-linked recessive inheritance is the thing to Google if you want to learn more :) Re the video, it is magic. Genetics only hold up as analogy.

[@jaimepe4765]

Raddagon wasn't fused with Marika. Raddagon is Marika. The Rebis from alchemy.

[@nephram1702]

She is a beautiful blueberry

[@moonwench]

You mention in-video that the only Empyrean that is male is Radagon, but Miquella is also male.

[@TheForsakenFalcon]

so Ranni wants humanity to enter the space race technological era and explore space where there is no aliens or there to far away to see, aka irl.

[@welcomingknave0619]

Am I the only one who was ok with thinking she was bad☠️

[@dredgenvirgil0097]

The lands between is a painting, the fingers r the painters fingers.

[@Jim-pq9pm]

Interesting. I liken them to the hand of God, but this seems to be similar and also fits with the paintings you find around the land

[@thatstarscourgebrother680]

Awesome lore! Does Ranni the youngest demigod (she has the smallest throne, her parents both tall)? Was she born by Rennala, or by amber egg or is it actually her twin (Unborn)? Did Rennala imprisonment by involvement of Radagon (the seal on the academy gate, the red wolf, and baby cribs in the ceiling..)? How's GW choose the successor Emperyan, does born from single god not enough (because afflictions)? Therefore it's passed to Ranni (who prefers the moon rather than GW)?

[@ianszabo2079]

Tl;dr Ranni is actually inaugurating the enlightenment

[@Jim-pq9pm]

She's trading the world for her own freedom. The people of TLB will be tormented by Astel and creatures like it

[@EllessarfromtheNorth]

Thankfuly i have not made a wrong desicion!Im here just for a clarification of the ending ,couse it was surely confusing to me from what Ranni said ,and it made me feel like i did wrong by chosing her ending.Gladly 180 hours of living hell was not invain :D

[@tank19768]

I don't really think this was mistranslated; this was how I originally understood her dialogue. I guess other people interpreted it a different way though.

[@reasonablechristianity]

I think you have it wrong and many others as well, while she does seem to be fighting against the Greater Will it's more accurate to say she is fighting against the Golden Order. The Greater Will is all about Order, it doesn't care what type of Order and accepts that for different ages there must be different orders, so her starting a new type of order while it being far away from the lands between, it still is order and it still serves the Greater Will. The Greater Will is the creator God of Everything in Elden Ring who created order from the Chaos which was the One Great. And her Order might be the one the Greater Will desires or has decided is best for the current age.

[@messaros715]

The Greater Will is another outer god like the rest of them, he has just convinced humanity that he's the greater one among them and tried to convince people that he's the evolution of another one when in reality he only impersonates it. But in the end is a entity that seems obsessed with order and will crush anything that doesnt want to follow it's order. Ranni doesn't serve the Greater Will, she serve the Moon. He betrays the Greater Will in her quest that's why Blaidd loses his mind, Blaidd being a guard to the empyrean is also forced throught mental control to kill their empyrean in case they betray the order and that's what happens to him, that's why he is imprisoned by Iji after killing Radahn, because he's starting to lose control of himself. This is completely my theory----> The Greater Will doesn't accept any type of Order or he doesn't accept you at all that's why you have defeat Elden Beast to take the Elden Ring, you fight this creature as his last attemp to stop you from becoming Elden Lord and give the power to another outer god or just reject you as candidate of his order at all even if you choose the Golden Order Endings (I think it is because he consider that you'll be to strong to defeat once you have the Elden Ring). Another "proof" of my theory is the cutscene of Godfrey, when he's holding Morgott's corpse you can see the grace of gold leaving his body and the particles are flying directly at you, i think that means Godfrey is being guided by the grace to stop you and that's why he suddenly comes back to try and become once again Elden Lord, i mean he didn't claim it in all this time but in the same moment you, the player, is getting close to become the Elden Lord he just comes back out of nowhere.

[@reasonablechristianity]

This has been thoroughly investigated and even the japanese version properly translated, it also doesn't mention anywhere that the Greater Will is an outer God, while it refers as such to the others. The player is also guided by Grace so I don't see how Godfrey being led by it means something, all tarnished who have been called by the grace are guided by it or were in order to re-forge the broken Elden Ring. In the past the Golden Order assimilated with the order of the Moon and the Greater will accepted it, even Ranni doesn't say anything about the Greater Will, but her problem is with the two fingers. The Greater Will is the Creator God of the world of Elden Ring and this is pretty much confirmed by Hyetta if you go down the Lord of Chaos path, in which she reveals that the Greater Will shattered the One Great and through that everything was made. @@messaros715

[@messaros715]

@@reasonablechristianity Interesting, i'll check. What I mean with the guide of grace is that the particles coming out of Morgott's body isn't flying to the Erdtree, they are flying at your direction, that's what I mean when I say Godfrey is being guided to you.

[@Dante1138]

This isn't meant to single out this particular video/creator, but I'm always amazed and amused at how many Elden Ring videos just absolutely BUTCHER the pronunciation of names and locations, given that every single one of them is repeatedly said out loud in the game itself XD

[@omad611]

All i got to say is this ending seems to be what the nox wanted with there lord of light.

[@colddash5598]

Idk your ending translation still reads “let us go” …”into darkness”.

[@BackmanUltra]

MeKaiElla

[@merzhoykin]

I am going to have to rewatch this about 10 more times to understand it, but that doesn't mean that this is a bad video, it just means that yet again From softies did the same shit AGAIN.

[@diabolicaldag]

What is this ME KAY ELL

[@visisydandthevoid]

I hope they fix this at some point

[@tonidvornik8754]

George R.R. Martin was writing in Japanese, and people got the translation wrong

[@Snailsenpaii]

The way you say miquella's name angers me so much. Have you ever played the game...

[@SindyxLotus]

Not me-ky-ella mic-ella

[@NGEvangeliman]

I thought radigon was acrually the same entity marika

[@SirDremora]

The real ending is gold mask quest...

[@dr.wolfenwho4310]

No, from what the translation states, what you said is a wide stretch

[@travelingmace]

Tbh I interpreted this the right way regardless

[@lordmagnito157]

Theres like 100 vids about it already.

[@tylerpeterson19]

Awesome video I loved the content. But bro... Miquella is a dude, and it's not pronounced like Michaela.... And look at the mark under Melina's eye again. It's a crows foot, not fingers.

[@mr.brightside2665]

Idk where you got the translation but that's far from the way they wrote it with a proper translator also everyone knows Raddigan is merika so it's not "tHe X cHrOmOsOnE" it's literally whoever she chooses

[@KILLcolorstruck]

????? This feels like a bait video because thats literally whats i comprehended from her ending. I dont see hose shes the bad guy in this especially with the story as is? tf

[@cimo8daimao13]

Shes the bad guy because her actions led to the death of millions in order for her to have freedom. Thats like the US destabilizing countries for "democracy" it's isnt up to her to decide whether or not they want to be ruled by the greater will

[@arronvickers6950]

One problem with the body at the divine tower where u get the death mark, it looks far too male like to be ranni's real body seen as u find what is her real body at the end of her quest along with the two fingers she was bound to, I noticed u called blaidd ranni's consort.. he is her half brother n was never mentioned to be her consort in any kind of dialogue or item description

[@TheTonedef81]

Uh wrong. The body you find at the end of her quest is the Doll she took over without her armor on.

[@arronvickers6950]

@@TheTonedef81 then her real body isn't actually in the game cuz where her doll body is, is literally where she died/forsook her sign

[@TheTonedef81]

No it's, her body is in the divine tower in liurnia. It clearly states that when you pick up the cursemark of death "Upon arriving at the top of the Divine Tower, they will be able to find the Cursemark of Death upon Ranni's body, confirming that her body was killed along with Godwyn's soul." No clue were you got that info from

[@arronvickers6950]

@@TheTonedef81 never said that on my playthrough n I read it clear as day n it never states that it's ranni's body, its way to masculine in build to be her real body unless she magically had a sex change at some point..., ur opinion anyway but in my view it's more likely to be godwyns body than hers seen as she relinquished her mark and pretty much her body when she killed her two fingers (where her doll body is)

[@TheTonedef81]

Godwyn is in the depths dude. Fia is sitting right next to him. You're 100% wrong

[@FierceShoresy]

They used google translate

[@locussoulous2766]

Did you not play the game?? Or is this just your first souls game??

[@Biggs8675]

I think the chromosome thing is too far probably

[@cuddlesgamingvids]

I was listening so closely to every word until you pronounced Miquella as "Mika-el". How tf did you get Mika-el out of Miquella ?

[@kaimiller4330]

Ranni is cryptic in nature, but if you have a sharp mind that is good at reading into cryptic wording then you will know what she is actually saying. So everything you said about ranni and what her ending actually was I already knew that without needing the "literal" Japanese translation

[@Jim-pq9pm]

So I guess Astel is just a nice little space alien that wants to make friends with humanity, and Radahn is just a spoil sport. And the Night of Long Knives, sorry Black Knives is totally not a reference to Hitler

[@NoOne-fo1di]

Nice video

[@applenewmoon4402]

Idk she sounds more like a hero to me

[@ericstephen1036]

👍

[@magnolt]

miquella is male.....

[@tshiamomalongete762]

Miquella is male but he does have a female version of himself saint Trina

[@Shiirya]

with a game as big as elden ring with all the souls game before and so, you realy are telling me that they failed a translation AND for an important character like ranni ? Feels strange, like they dont have a big team, and no one re read, check whatever they do ?

[@TheTonedef81]

Miquella is a male dude.

[@Alexandersync]

A lore channel that doesn't get important names right is quite the turn off. Please improve in future, because I can't watch the rest of it with 'Micaela' fresh in my mind. He/she joins Melìna & Marìka the tika tika & Melania Trump on the list of infamy... Soon we'll be talking about 'Eden Rig', made by 'Fom Woftsare', and 'let me gank her' the meme summon... Praise the Caprisun.

[@paterpillar5997]

This video ignores obvious lore in lieu of speculating and just outright misinterpreting the actual lore. Honestly do your research rather than try to rush out vids for this community.

[@Edward-fy6bt]

Bro it’s not mistranslated it’s just some Japanese words don’t have a English word that means the same thing so they have to use other words

[@jonathangoodwin5609]

Not really. Reading the mistranslation, as well as the correct translation, its pretty freaking obvious they use the exact same words, but in a different order that leads to completely different context.

[@ryanhopkins5239]

@@jonathangoodwin5609 I mean no because its got the context of the japanese translation when I first heard the english translation

[@BloodBathCVB]

The fact that you butchered the pronunciation of Miquilla, even though they clearly say it in game, drives me fucking nuts.

[@SafetyFooT]

I am Melania blade of ... mi qui ell a?

[@viorp5267]

Or it's western canon is intentionally different

[@auto1nfanticid3]

5:32 the way you phrase this is telling the viewer that ranni became the mentor of the snow witch. I suggest you slow down your delivery and improve your editing or scripting. the big names in soulsbourne lore have the pace of good story tellers, their delivery isnt that of a movie summary channel.

[@jared2243]

Miquella is male, not female.

[@paulpanther8071]

I really liked your video, but I think it was a bit thick on the chromosome stuff in the beginning. Can’t really get behind that part, but the rest is nice 👌🏻👌🏻