General Radahn Lore & Story Explained - Elden Ring

[@heyimurchin6575]

One sad detail i noticed when i visited redmain castle was a chair close to the lift before Radahn's arena. It was facing the beach. Which made me believe that Jerren spends most of his time looking at his old comrade driven by madness.

[@blank3746]

Have you ever visited redmain early on, when it is filled with enemies. There is a side boss there.

[@heyimurchin6575]

@@blank3746 yes I did, I believe its a misbegotten and a crucible.

[@Hoshiningen]

If you read Jerren's helmet, it says that he was a guest commander in Redahn's army. And that he had sworn an oath with him to each meet an honorable death. I wonder how many Radahn festivals he's hosted.

[@danieldevito6380]

Can you imagine looking out from your porch and seeing that monstrosity ride his emaciated horse, or being woken up in the middle of the night to the howls of the mad, rotten general?

[@lewispooper3138]

@@blank3746 yeah It’s the 5th crucible repeat and the 4th misbegotten repeat in a bad gank fight

[@Sp3llmen]

General Radahn's boss fight is the epitome of "honorable death" in my eyes. He went down in a way he would've wanted, in battle. An not to just any person, but to someone who becomes an elden lord.

[@dexterhopkins5267]

And to an entire army

[@justsomeguy4260]

Don't know what's up with these elden ring gaymers worshipping bosses in a videogame like it's just a video game

[@asura191]

@@justsomeguy4260shut up pls

[@asura191]

@@justsomeguy4260 he didnt say " i suck his 3d cock" , just appreciating the story

[@Ghost-qo5of]

And a giant jar

[@MrRedMane]

Just the fact that Radahn allowed Malenia to reattach her prosthetics before engaging the fight tells so much about what Radahn stood for.

[@courier6640]

@Ders snek in me boots All 'causd she went Yandere for her brother, because she couldn't protect him from... their half brother, likely seeking greater power to defeat Mohg.

[@randomninja7632]

Radahn is the kind of person to bow in pvp then wait for the opponent to spend 30 seconds on buffs

[@Person-lk1vs]

@@courier6640 huh

[@MisterCade]

@@Person-lk1vs bro thinks he is a tarnished 💀

[@yeeyee6136]

@@courier6640boy did this comment age well

[@HatredSonneillon]

The thing I love about the Radahn fight is that its not really a boss fight so much as it is an epic raid just to put him out of his misery. Thats why it feels necessary and canonical to summon all those warriors to help celebrate the event and what a spectacle it is too.

[@itwasaladream]

General Radahn is one of the most bad ass bosses in any game, his lore, his character art, his boss fight everything is so well put together.

[@lewispooper3138]

Except the boss fight part

[@xhydrox]

@@lewispooper3138 Looks like someone is salty they couldn't beat him....

[@lewispooper3138]

@@xhydrox beat who?

[@Penguino19]

@@lewispooper3138 its literally the best fight in the game at least for me

[@lewispooper3138]

@@Penguino19 that says a lot about the quality of this games bosses

[@Saint.Cosmos]

I would love for Radahn in whatever new age the tarnished actually ushers in to be a friendly NPC. I could see his non rotted personality being a lot like Alexander. Loud, bombastic but cheery and ready for honorable duels.

[@smiley4995]

What if Alexander has a part of him inside of him?

[@electronoob8970]

Time travel DLC where you can save him from the scarlet rot and fight with him in the Shattering

[@user-vp6cq4sv3d]

He literally carries himself as being the exact opposite of "bombastic" in the cutscene against Malenia.

[@Hugealligator254]

He can’t fit in any building though.

[@tomasmisek5598]

@@user-vp6cq4sv3d i mean at the time he was fighting an invading army lead by perhaps the most feared warrior in existence while his family is actively falling apart, his brother AND sister both going to war againts his god, said god having fucked off somewhere, his mother gone insane, Godfrey gone, Godwyn dead, Morgott apparently going to try and hunt him down, that kinda thing must have tired him

[@aayusshsingh9999]

Radhan is one of those few bosses that the whole community respects.........i just want to fight his prime form Edit (June 2024): Guys you wont fking believe......

[@auditor7613]

Me too. Or have an option to save him from scarlet rot.

[@sqwid12]

Time travel DLC PLEASE

[@SomeoneIsAlwaysMovingOnTheSurf]

@@sqwid12 YESS

[@zervaunt]

@@sqwid12 that's not completely out of the question, because if you're fighting Dragonlord Placidusax, you literally go back in time in order to fight him. So who knows

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@zervaunt Can some Time Travel relic be found on Farum Azula? However if you do travel back in time, you will ruin Ranni's plan for ascension because the Rune of Death isn't stolen yet.

[@j.vinton4039]

He’s actually one of my favorite bosses / characters ingame next to Rykard. The fact that Radahn isn’t a power hungry mad man, but an honorable general who loves his horse and family won me over. I’d liked to have seen him pre rot.

[@courier6640]

Really? One of your favorites is "TOGETHAAAA" Man?

[@yourerightdawg]

You might be able tobin the dlc

[@theozlander4629]

I love the juxtaposition to his brother as well. Rykard was an evil, corrupted monster his men finally saw as the monster he was. Radahn was such a leader even his madness he was so respected they threw The Radahn Festival until the general got the honourable end he deserved

[@MirelurkMaster]

Bro you won't fuckin believe it

[@DarthSateus]

The thing I like about his clash with Malenia is that we’ll never know who would’ve won had both of them reached their full potential, with Malenia in her form as the Goddess of Rot and Radahn no longer held back from restraining the stars

[@solsticeofthewinter2]

Redahn easily wins

[@justanordinaryguy._.7399]

Bruh, Radahn without holding back could just lift the entire battlefield to space. Heck, he just use his Gravity Magic to meteor shower Malenia

[@gilsonpassos1047]

@@solsticeofthewinter2 so true, as far as I'm concerned he did when they fought for the first time and she did the equivalent losing a chess game and then ragequiting while throwing the board with the pieces.

[@AKGame100]

if you think about it radahn is the winner, because malenia flee with her soldier after poisoning radahn, and radahn still standing without any heal or help

[@Wi11iamNZ]

The whole reason Milenia nuked Radahn and Aeonia in the first place is because she was probably losing or knew she was no match for Radahn. It was her last ditch attempt at defeating him even if it killed her too. We know she had to be carried back probably in a near death state and has been regenerating at the Haligtree ever since that battle.

[@joselazo9799]

The battle between the two was implied to be a stalemate. As a draw would still mean Malenia was never defeated. Also Malenia was stated to have given into the Scarlet Rot to "meet Radahn's measure", meaning she wasn't able to beat him without the rot. And finally, Malenia was pulled out of the battlefield slumbering all the way back to the Haligtree after blooming, while Radahn was still alive. Had she been left there, she would have died.

[@simonsupersad1722]

You seem to have left out the part where the rot was also eating away at Malenia from the inside, she was missing body parts, partially blind and she was also not at full power because she wasn’t at the third bloom. I love Radhan but you dickriders are annoying creating your own lore and passing off your opinions as facts. Also she was born with the rot, yes it’s a cancer but also part of her abilities to use. This is war to the death and anything goes.

[@zachheafner197]

She was unable to hold back the rot, her needle given to her my miqella held back outer gods which after it was broken she could no longer hold it back hence what happened to caelid

[@adammiller8504]

Well she was born cursed with the rot so there was no, "beating him without the rot." The rot is apart of her. Plus she was dealing with it since birth. What happened to radahn was she cursed him with her rot. And he couldn't even deal with it for a second. It absolutely destroyed his mind in the process. That's why it's a stale mate. She over exerted herself and fell into a deep sleep and radahn could no longer continue the fight because he was driven insane. He no longer could rationalize and was essentially turned into a clueless beast with an insatiable appetite. If he happened to kill her. It wouldn't have been legitimate as victory for radahn. 1. Cause she had to be completely disabled for him to win. And 2. There was no point after his mind got destroyed because his goals and ambition ceased to exist at the point. A strong mind is also important.

[@Chadius_Thundercock]

@@adammiller8504 radahn had a cancer nuke on top of him, and that man still had the composure to hold the stars back. If that isn’t a strong mind, I don’t know what is

[@Hawntbawt]

Adam Miller Malenia simp xD

[@Hugo_Tate]

The fact that he was still holding the stars back during his rotten years is incredible. I can’t even imagine his prime

[@bobbytillman8454]

Imagine having to fight a 100% full power Radahn… Words wouldn’t be able to describe that battle. Thank you for the lore, very informative and entertaining. Makes me love Radahn even more!

[@rossl5908]

Well he got beaten by Melania full strength with false limbs lol

[@thedoomslayer5863]

@@rossl5908 malenia literally nuked an entire landmass by willingly putting herself in a gravely wounded state by her own blade just to let her disease do the fighting for her to kill Radhan. The result was Malenia was completely KO'ed by her own attack and Radhan the chad tanked a nuke point blank and survived. The scarlet rot took Radhans mind and legs overtime but that is not to Malenia's credit. Her goal was to challenge and kill Radhan but she failed and Radhan lived. Oh and the entire time during his fight with Malenia AND YOU he was reserving massive chunks of his power to keep himself light enough to not crush his steed and literally hold all the stars and meteors in the sky still. If thats not fucking BADASS i dont know what is.

[@rossl5908]

@@thedoomslayer5863 How was he holding the stars in place, was he using the force? This is why I don’t like him, the writing seems out of place…

[@BT-jg2xv]

@@rossl5908 he literally uses gravity magic what did u think he uses

[@AngelAngel-wf1rs]

@@rossl5908 Bruh did you listen to the video? He went out his way to learn gravitational spells because he was too heavy for his bestmate and also gave him the power to hold back STARS. LET THAT SINK IN. Edit: Just to add - the force you're talking about is the purple spells he casts that lifts boulders

[@jonasfadi8213]

Radahn is just the best designed character I've ever witnessed in gaming like no joke.

[@Artaxerxes.]

The best one so far in FS games definitely

[@t-mac1236]

How do you figure? He is certainly cool looking but I can think of many other characters that are better designed than him.

[@chewyhazerd3587]

His story reminds me of Artorias from know about him by the stories of his glory, achievements, and strength, only to find that he is just a crippled shell of his former self and still beats the ever loving shit out of you

[@simeonspence1953]

@@t-mac1236 well it’s his opinion can’t you respect that?

[@t-mac1236]

@@simeonspence1953 I certainly respect it. I’m sorry if my response seemed disrespectful. Just trying to open a dialogue about fromsoftware character design

[@bananakinflyswatter904]

I always see the pre-Rot Radahn as a stoic, almost fatherly figure. Stern, demanding, but had high hopes and pushed people under his command to be the best they could be. That kind of guy to give you a pat on the back after a hard day of work then offer helpful solutions to reduce the workload.

[@mauz791]

Agreed, his soldiers care for him so well 👍

[@alexc3502]

This is what storytelling is about. A story well-woven with a perfect cadence of tone. Enticing, reminiscence of another age where words and imagination were powerful tools. Well done, Dan.

[@oerjeke9422]

Make as many of these videos as you feel like. I really enjoyed the parts where I could see Radahns model since during the fight its kinda hard to see all the details.

[@chuckmorrissette]

Rue

[@Lansoprazoless]

Malenia: I have never known defeat Also malenia : got beaten to a pulp by ongbal

[@Titan1930S]

Man ongbal was the real boss there 😂

[@Lansoprazoless]

@@Titan1930S Ongbal is actually the first elden lord. Godfrey just pissed off bc he beat him mercilessly before stepping out from the crown

[@skyfigurefun]

malenia is cheater u hate her

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@Lansoprazoless Godfrey lost his grace after Ongbal replaced him. *DEEPEST LORE!!!*

[@uzicarries8582]

@@skyfigurefun youre ignorant

[@mrprodigy0526]

This is amazing, we really need a dlc or something that shows radahn in his prime, such a cool boss 1 of my favorites. Would’ve loved to fight him in his prime☹️ -damn i manifested prime radahn😳

[@mida05g]

You would have loved it for the first 20 attempts lol

[@flarethedragonlord7470]

Perhaps something similar to the champions of hallownest from hollow knight?

[@foca_4765]

Imagine morgot in his prime, morgot defeated radhan

[@blacktigerpaw1]

@@foca_4765 Really?

[@fhufhfhjfjfjf9534]

@@flarethedragonlord7470 do u mean the pantheon of hallownest?

[@raziel6304]

Am i the only one who absolutely adores the military drums percussion in his phase 1 theme? It fits him so well

[@Artaxerxes.]

They absolutely nailed Radahns theme

[@mattperjes6173]

I think a cool detail in the fight is if you summon patches, he’ll eventually leave the fight if he hasn’t died during it

[@killer19183]

For me he looks at him and leaves lol

[@dragondaddykushala7133]

You know he was an amazing general when simply his backstory and character inspires us to wanna follow the guy

[@dracorex426]

Radhan's mind couldn't have been completely gone. He still had enough him in him to remember to hold back the Stars and protect Leonard.

[@Era551]

I think it was the last to go

[@benjithecorgi5714]

It’s sad how he went insane, respect to him. He died a warrior. He died with honour.

[@TENGU127]

One of the most Epic battles in the entire game...Fun and Brutal at the same time. He has become one of my favorite Boss Battles. They could make a Video Game or Movie evolving around Radahn and I'm buying it.

[@nightshadehelis9821]

@0:58 I never noticed this before, but the gold etching/design on his sword is a symbol for a planet's magnetism, with the North and South pole exploding. That would explain his gravity magic. That's a pretty cool little attention to detail.

[@LucidFlameX]

Player characters aside, I think Radahn may now be the biggest badass across the entire FromSoft game catalog. Yes, more so than the Abysswalker, and the accursed beast who reclaimed his humanity through beloved moonlight.

[@thctitan5041]

Ludwig reference or no?

[@LucidFlameX]

@@thctitan5041 Indeed.

[@chewyhazerd3587]

I would love to cure him, so he would become an Npc, so you would have the option to support him to become the elden lord for a different ending, or fight him and he would be cranked straight to 12, and on 2x so you can see his true strength and mastery along with his weightless from the gravity magic, and he would be summoning the stars he holds back to bombard you and have the stars visibly leave from the from the night sky, so that if you last long enough the stars would be all gone and leaving you in a starless night and the star attacks would end

[@chaseiirvin8939]

ur not gonna believe this…

[@delta_knife144]

I would love to fight prime and younger radahn even if it means being one of the hardest boss fights in all of the souls games just to give this legend some justice

[@Thz333]

Now we got it buddy

[@Ocean0Bluu]

Your narration is fantastic! All these characters feel so alive it’s amazing… I’m attached to Radahn, Ranni, Malenia, Morgott, and a few others. I love how deep their lore is! Please make more of videos like this!

[@hahayessir400]

Fun fact: the lion that radahn adores comes from his idol godfrey the 1st rlden lord and serosh. The red mane comes from his father radagon. I love radahn man.

[@drnarwhal2888]

He looks up to his father's 1st boyfriend lol

[@shaggy5052]

Looks like buff ornstein

[@cloud6254]

He is also part giant cause radagon was also a giant

[@mitchellpenfold2097]

Fantastic video! So much more respect for Radhan now. Can’t wait to see who you do next!

[@matheusyoshida8068]

In my opinion Radhan is going to be "Legendary boss" in From Software lineage of games, like Artorias, Smough and Ornstein, Gael, and etc... I Mean, the community and al fans are loving the Radahn's backstory and fight, so i think we could already put him in this list of God Tier bosses from FromSoftware, Right? He is fucking Awesome!

[@bananaman4613]

Hope he gets buffed to his original form he was a much more enjoyable fight pre nerf

[@Lepoetism]

He is already, and cooler than Artorias to me at least...

[@eureka0521]

Imagine this dude in his prime giving a speech to his elite soldiers at their castle going into war. Fcking legend

[@juiccypotato850]

Radahn has one of the most wholsome backstories which makes him by far my favourite character alongside Iji and Alexander

[@iTsGhosty24]

Man you’ve got a sub from me now, Elden Ring lore is so interesting and you narrated it very well. Keep up the good work 😄

[@xXMachineGunPhillyXx]

This is a perfect video, a compelling story perfectly told. Your delivery is remarkable.

[@Kaldortangerine]

the shivers i got when the stars started moving, just the shear number of them made me realize, that was nowhere near as strong as he could've been, if only his wits were still there and he wasn't hold the stars back.

[@dededehasastroke6919]

Imagine if Prime Radahn forces players to do a 100 player party raid.

[@rathfoks5051]

In a world completely dominated by scheming liars and treacherous minds, you have the few chads that really stand out in the mix; Radahn, Godfrey, and despite not being in the game, Havel comes to mind as a similar themed character. Warriors all, honorable to a fault, fighting for their fellow kin, to prevent some great evil from befalling the world. They always seem to have tragic endings to their tale, but long after their supposed demised, they still linger as fearsome enemies, and carry on as the most memorable and respected characters in their series.

[@YeOldeMachina]

Radahn's story, along with the story of the ancient Godskin Hunt, are my favorite pieces of lore in ER. This is why I'm a Fromsoft junky. These epic stories held just below tge surface are so rewarding to put together

[@souls3bark765]

What if Radahn instead of holding up all the stars we see in the cutscene after beating him, drags them all down with gravity magic to rain meteorite upon his foes the way Astel destroyed Nokron, and judging from how many stars there are and how much damage a single star did to the terrains in limgrave just by simply falling, now imagine all those stars being accelerated by gravity magic while each one of the stars being powerful alien beasts that also master gravity magics, imagine the destruction he could've caused, but he didn't do it because he wished to protect his people and territory, unlike malenia who doesn't care at all and nuked caelid with rot

[@realtheodore]

W comment.

[@STGOWER]

7:45-8:00. Thanks for putting that sequence in to announce the start of the actual fight!

[@Maria_Banks]

1: screw Malenia for giving this guy a fate worse than death.

[@IronSoulElf]

1 thing I wish this game had in was the ability to HEAR the bosses(some) from outside boss doors. Jerren's saying how Radahn is wandering and howling at the sky, I wish we could see and hear that from the lift that takes us to the boss door...or maybe from inside the castle.

[@-__-8478]

Sadly 😥 fromsoftware disrespect him by nerfing his damage and increases the damage he gets. The only boss that fromsoftware has created to be battled differently from any other bosses, Ofcourse you can fight him alone and challenge yourself. But at early release of the game I couldn't beat him without the help of the others, and it's was magnificent battle. But now with the unnecessary nerf and NG+2 I can easily beat him in his first phase. That's really a bummer. If there is a boss that needs a nerf it's melnia without a doubt

[@nathansolberg8009]

i fully agree with you radhan was my favorite fight during my first run of the game until i got to into ng+, then i realized how much easier it could truly be after the nerf and with a full build, malenia deserves a fat nerf to how she can recover like 300 hp a hit, i’ve never been more annoyed with a boss sometimes especially that flurry combo when she just busts it out randomly

[@eetfuk3571]

you can actually beat Radhan even before the nerf. using those companions to beat Radhan will just make him tough as an old leather boot and that also applies to any boss fight using summons. Radhan isn't that hard, he just become so tanky once you activated those extra help.

[@xAshura_]

#MakeRadahnGreatAgain

[@Artaxerxes.]

Radahn needs a buff instead

[@ronthorn3]

Just don’t update the game and play offline

[@Billy-grandmarshal]

That was amazing great job. Continue the series

[@aregeninotenshi6484]

Amazing work as always. As you said, truly a living legend. While I currently serve the Fell God as an ardent redeemer, I do study the Ancient Dragons (Placidusax, Granssax, etc.) and assist the Stars (Ranni; I always do her ending). And out of the Demi-god children of Marika, Radahn is an absolute favorite and I would love to have fought him at his prime - or died in his gravitational wormhole or meteor barrage, which is still epic. Anywho, I just wanted to add one more bit of lore about Redmane that I love: Redmane Knight Ogha. I love the Legendary Ashes and so far Ogha & Kristoff are my favorite. But reading the lore for Ogha is so amazing (like Finlay’s). “The longest serving member of the Redmane Knights, Ogha studied techniques to manipulate gravity alongside Radahn.” That signals to me that this knight was also a legend who travelled along side Radahn very closely. And it shows every time I summon him and he instantly begins obliterating enemies with his great bow without me even prompting. Thanks friend 😇 Anywho. Thanks again for all the great content. Radahn, Ogha, and the Redmane Knights are truly stuff of legend and I hope they get a redemption (as I wish for the Fell God and Fire Giants) once the next reign of the Lands Between begins (hopefully by Ranni, but who knows! Dung Eater and Goldmask would also be cool continuations.) Gonna go play some more ER. I think I have rambled enough. Enjoy exploring, learning, dying, and growing my beautiful, fellow Tarnished!

[@randomninja7632]

The only bad part about this vid is that it doesn’t start with “allow me to pain you the full picture” 10/10

[@DanAllenGaming]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@CalciumOxyde]

It’s almost scary how strong Radahn could of been. Good lore vid.

[@BigLebowski2000]

9:43 "I yield! I yield!!"

[@MadTuning01]

In a way we kind of free him of that madness but I can only imagine fighting such a mighty foe at his best health

[@Nostroman_Praetor]

I think its sweet that his horse stays to support him long after he's gone insane. Frail as it appears.

[@Bloodkingarthur]

Great video bro. Love the fact that he had a big heart despite being such a beast on the battlefield.

[@UnthinkinMajorityOf1]

Great work dude, great story telling and great information, could really tell you put effort into it

[@hamzakhairi4765]

I'd have loved to see the whole fight of malenia and radahn

[@JamNTekInc.]

really well done Lore video my dude . Radahn is truly an intimidating boss with an endearing history. I look forward to more lore from you!

[@TheHornedKing_27]

I wish there was a way to fight Rahdan in his prime or save him from the rot

[@SirEggo2412]

He would be harder then melania

[@LoneMaestro-]

Radahn would have won against Melina but he was always holding back the stars even when he lost his senses. Melina let her rot go eradicating Calied. But Radahn kept holding on to protect us all from the Outergods that dwelled in the void.

[@pspspspsps44]

Malenia and radahn are probably top 5 best fromsoft characters honestly

[@felixgutierrez993]

The fact Radhan even in his putrid form long past his true prime can still hold back THEE FUGGIN STARS!?!?! Just how powerful is this dude? How many push-ups did he do and what juice does he drink? mans straight outa DragonBall Also love the fact even with the scarlet rot festering in him and what not you can tell he still held true his beliefs holding back the stars and still cared for his horse...mad respect

[@Coal2956]

Lmao never known defeat my ass. Malania got her ass beat and tried to take radaan with her by giving herself up to the rot. She used an underhanded move that brought more of her illness to the world for the sake of her ego and failed. Radaan lost his mind but didn't give up his duty

[@ramonsanchez4751]

She's an 🐜 compared to radahns mighty boot 🥾

[@minial0015]

This is some extreme dick riding i see here, radahn used his gravity magic so its only fair malenia used her scarlet rot, you have to be extremely delusional to ignore the game literally saying it was a draw

[@ameirgrant6116]

Why are you mad at her for using her strongest attack? It clearly worked

[@ramonsanchez4751]

@@ameirgrant6116 it didn't

[@ramonsanchez4751]

@@ameirgrant6116 she still failed to kill. She's a sore loser

[@rob3497]

This video was absolutely incredible! Great work, the lore was exactly what i needed.

[@Nosh_Feratu]

Fantastic video, really like the way you present information, very clear and easy to understand, subbed!!!

[@Hugealligator254]

This guy became a master of the arcane so he didn’t have to find a new horse😂

[@HoldtheED]

😂

[@sarcastic_ocupie1669]

I’d honestly don’t want to fight him just be friends with him. He seems like a good guy. Shame that Malenia had to corrupt him. This is why she is the worst girl.

[@str8apem88]

Aren't Radahn and Malenia both good guys, and only fought eachother thanks to Mogh?

[@sarcastic_ocupie1669]

@@str8apem88 From what I know Malenia wanted to claim the Great rune from Radahn. He was just defending his kingdom.

[@str8apem88]

@@sarcastic_ocupie1669 I thought she was looking for Miquella after Mogh kidnapped him, but was stopped by Radahn Because Mogh's domain was under his, and thought Malenia was invading. It could have been one big misunderstanding, that couldn't be talked out because of their pride.

[@sarcastic_ocupie1669]

@@str8apem88 I believe your right. Again I’m not sure.

[@Asignuva]

I swear, Radahns look has to be based off Ganon.

[@notbluebook]

The stars falling is possibly one of the most amazing And intriguing image I've seen in a video game ever

[@Vxlley187]

Boy are y’all gonna love the DLC

[@GrandShielder]

This was so good! Earned a sub from me. Looking forward to more for the other major characters!

[@corpsexgrinder6746]

great video! very informative! first vid about him where someone mentioned his feet rotting way. more info in this little vid than some of the hour long ones ive watched. Cheers bro!

[@alinvid6098]

Great video ! Very informative !

[@grantplays1]

Please please please more of these. My first video I have seen on your channel and that was an easy subscription!!

[@YDD_Luke17]

By far my favorite fight in the game. A glorious entrance and story behind the fight itself. I love the character design and emotion behind him. Malenia is still my favorite of the demigods in ER and for me her story is much more sad. I love the depth of every character in the game even down to the mobs you fight along the way! Would love to have a prequel book or comic series come out to read and really dig into the lore leading up to the game.

[@snowykz487]

I have to say. I’ve watched a lot of Elden Ring lore videos. This one is very well made. Subscribed.

[@Titan1930S]

Nice video Dan I appreciate your effort doing this amazinng job

[@Belti200]

I wonder if malenia spammed “i am malenia” at radahn after stabbing him.

[@AlexBaldivino96]

Keep making more Elden Ring lore, Dan!

[@wolffang471]

If I was in Radhan's position, I would have made the horse bigger.

[@y_magaming9798]

I love bosses and lore like this. Makes me feel like I really killed a god or demi god.

[@DragonMonkey07]

Something I think would be amazing for Elden Ring, isn’t just Radahn or Malenia in prime form, but everyone, basically we would get to fight all the bosses Pre shard war, in which we could not only go more in depth with the lore of all bosses and the world itself before it came to ruin, but also experience literal gods and demigods in their true forms, Such as Radahn being able to have full control over the stars, his gravity magic capable of crushing all who oppose him, I would love to see this in which we could see all of the bosses backstories and challenge them at their strongest.

[@JUVANTE75]

Thank you for doing this and I really enjoyed watching it and learning more about Radhan

[@geordiejones5618]

Radahn is like Orphan where you're fighting him at a fraction of his potential and still can easily beat you down over and over. For melee builds Radahn, Astral and Godfrey are just brutal. At least you can parry Melania.

[@lewispooper3138]

Except orphan is an expertly crafted fight with balance and radhan clogs your screen with his ass and you beat him by just standing underneath him

[@SG_B4k3dTatr]

Such a badass video. Please do more! Would love to see a back story that explains everything going on in the game

[@danieldevito6380]

His cutscene was amazing, I just wish we got more. That's one of my only 2 complaints about this game... Not enough story and the quests are FAR too vague.

[@lewispooper3138]

Are you new to souls games? That’s how they kinda are. You’re lucky to even see a cutscene for him. Many cool bosses in other souls games don’t even get that

[@draw2death421]

Hmm? Oh wait your new to souls games arent you? Well thats how it usually goes with souls games. The lore is rarely just told to you. You have to read everything and come to your own conclusions. And as you progress throw the game youll find more items either confirming your theory or disproving it making you have to come up with another one based on what youve learned.

[@danieldevito6380]

Regardless, whether I'm new or not, it would still be MUCH better if we got some amazing visuals. I don't see how that would diminish the mythical "Souls experience".

[@lewispooper3138]

@@danieldevito6380 if you want better cutscenes, try dark souls 3. Plays very similar to elden ring but the bosses and story are more cohesive

[@danieldevito6380]

@@lewispooper3138 I actually just started the Demon Souls remake for PS5 and after only just a few hours, I'm COMPLETELY blown away. I can't believe how gorgeous this game is. EVERYTHING, from the character model, the enemies and bosses, the environment, even the animations are beautiful. I don't know why Elden Ring wasn't made with the same level of detail. I even redownload Elden Ring just to see if I was imagining just how much better Demon Souls looked, but as soon as I started playing ER, it was immediately clear how much more polished DS is. You also have MUCH better support for the Dualsense controller as well.

[@lobotomite9767]

The dude stopped the movement of the stars with only his willpower.

[@arthysis9679]

I would love to see a prime radahn in future dlc

[@benrobertshaw179]

This is outstanding. Thank you so much and please continue.

[@lukelmaooooo]

hope they revert most of his nerfs. it's a shame what they've done to him. I had more trouble with fucking commander o'neil than I did with radahn on my second playthrough

[@timm2824]

Good to hear someone not putting on a pretentious whisper voice when describing the lore. You've earned a sub. Good job

[@AlbertusSalvatierra]

You know… the Battle of Aeonia wasn’t really a fair fight… for one, Radahn had some restrictions about him, and with Malenia, not only did she harbor a pretty terrible plague, but I’m pretty sure she had the aid of Finlay.

[@joaoluizkfsantos8392]

She had the aid of all cleanrot knights... Radahn had 12 million "arrows" stuck in his back by the end. But still, it was a war, not an honorable duel

[@Dmbenaron]

Do we know why the battle of Aeonia was fought? What was the conflict between these two that started the fight?

[@AlbertusSalvatierra]

@@Dmbenaron I have no idea. Both are children of Radagon - both renowned for their skill in combat - both on opposite sides, for Radahn abided by the Golden Order as Malenia and her brother Miquella resented it. Other than that, I have no clue.

[@AlbertusSalvatierra]

@Kyuku True. He had the advantage in overall size and strength, and even skill. Though Malenia also had some skill about her. All she really did was evade his attack at the cost of her arm, grabbed her sword, jumped on him, she stabbed herself while stabbing him so there was that contamination going on 💅 then she bloomed and that pretty much sealed the deal for Radahn.

[@Dmbenaron]

@@AlbertusSalvatierra the best I was able to find is that the war was fought after queen Marika shattered the Elden ring and the various children fought to become Elden lords.

[@MrWepx-hy6sn]

I haven't even fought this guy yet, but his lore made him one of my favorites if not my favorite boss/character in Elden Ring

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

radahn was the real victor, poison is a weapon for cowards especially when granted by a questionable god. change my mind

[@auditor7613]

You are 100 percents right. Malenia bitching that she never knew defeat is an absolute lie. She would be dead if her fellow knight hadn’t saved her ass.

[@ungabunga9581]

@@auditor7613 I mean she can hardly be called the "undefeated swordswoman" if she didn't even use swordsmanship to fuck Radahn up. It took an outer gods power point blank to the face while he was stabbed in several places with scarlet rot spears and holding back the fucking sky to break his mind but not his body. And even then he had enough willpower to keep holding the sky up. What an Omega Chad.

[@auditor7613]

@@ungabunga9581 Agree. She had no disadvantages in that fight, while Radahn had to care about lots of things. And people who say that she is crippled with scarlet rot and lacked her arm, aren't right. Her prosthetics are better than real arms and scarlet rot, as we saw, making her only more dangerous. Her deed becomes only worse if we remember that because of it, the whole region which was under Radahn's control is now cursed with her poison. With the same success, Radahn could drop all stars he was holding onto her head.

[@ungabunga9581]

@@auditor7613 I'm pretty sure if we're talking pure destructive power, from what we've seen in Elden Ring nothing really compares to Radahn's ability to drop thousands of stars. We saw what happened when one star fell from the sky, it created a giant crater that we use to enter the eternal city. He had thousands if he dropped them he could wipe out the entire continent.

[@BlueYYu]

He didn't win though. Also Malenias boss fight is more fun.

[@missengoula-ezeemmanuel867]

7:12 That fireball 😂👌🏽

[@zandervolker3439]

It was very odd to hear you narrate a lore video. I think the script was great and you delivered it well (not as well as Vaati… obviously😄) but I felt that for you to improve you would need to build up your style. In my opinion it had a little bit of a children’s bedtime story tone and would have liked to hear a bit more character. I’m sure you have a “souls” voice in you somewhere 😊. Who is Dan Allen in the Lands Between? What tales echo out through his voice?

[@rl6173]

Radhan truly had a ride or die army even making a festive for his death respect

[@ptolomaios4118]

So basically Radahn won but Malenia cheated with Scarlet rot

[@planetbumble5060]

using your trump card ability that would win you the fight is cheating? I guess most anime protagonists are cheaters lol

[@nooneeverlies2426]

@@planetbumble5060 wdym, she didnt even make it out alive if not for her knight

[@eternalkick]

I finally beat Radahn last night. That was probably one of my favourite boss battles that Fromsoft has done. Fighting to the bitter end. Shit was just cinematic 🔥

[@andersonolive4553]

This was really enjoyable, thanks for the content!

[@thelettertwelve5789]

I got the game recently, and even knowing how much weaker his boss fight is now, it’s still my favorite fight so far. Radahn is my second favorite (nobody beats Alexander. AKA the one that should have been Elden lord)