Gloam-Eyed devastation - Elden Ring theory

Follow the Gloam-Eyed Queen on a whirlwind tour of Elden Ring lore. The places this goes may surprise you! I really think this is one of the most interesting things I've made; there's a lot of cool stuff in here.
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[@da-rj5cs]

Skinning Godwyns face makes so much sense never even thought of that. I was always confused about the face under stormveil

[@beyond560]

The GODSLAYER'S GREATSWORD is blunt and thats odd for a sword, iji is known for making blunt weapons, could he have been involved in its creation?

[@Gord-writesGhost]

Iji has two I/eyes in his name that's not a coincidence

[@Nihil847]

Gloam eyed queen is the snow witch! (Maybe)

[@SlushyBlood]

@@Nihil847it says that the global eyed queen was the snow witch idol or something like that.

[@kreadapelu8813]

Also, the Carian Regal Scepter is a remarkable resemblance to the Godslayer Greatsword. Radahn’s soldiers guard the Godslayer Greatsword as do the Godskins and black flame monks. Godskins also guard Ranni’s corpse and Rykard’s insanity. Godskins also seem to be seeking the Rune of Death in Farum Azula. Ranni had to have had intimate knowledge of the Rune of Death in order to secretly steal fragments of Destined Death, imbue the power of the fragments on the knives of the Black Knife Assassins, and perform the half-death ritual all in one night as the story suggests. Them eyes.

[@davisiotta489]

I already theorized this in the comments of the last video but I believe that the Gloam eyed queen is part of the first generation of Empyreans and is Marika's mother, I had also theorized that she was part of the Ancient Dynasty civilization and after she became a goddess this civilization evolved into the nox civilization, I believe she was the goddess of Placidusax and the previous vessel for the elden ring, it is possible that her hunt against the other gods was a fight to stay in power with her already being a goddess? this fits perfectly with the idea you showed about the new generations of Empyreans being made more loyal than the previous ones since the Gloam eyed queen seemed to be highly influenced by another outer god and the greater will preferred to replace her with a more loyal vessel which in this case would be his own daughter Marika, this probably correlates with the Twinbird since his Representation is found in Farum Azula and the Anciant Dynasty seemed to be influenced by him in some way, I don't believe that finger slayer blade is made of no other god than the Gloam eyed queen herself

[@davisiotta489]

the hunt for the gods would then be to eliminate competition from the Gloam eyed queen and Marika was not hunted precisely because she was her daughter, this seems to constantly happen in the history of Elden ring with the past generation being forcibly replaced by the youngest

[@davisiotta489]

there is a statue of a girl surrounded by three wolves in Malekith's arena in Farum azula, just above there is an image of an elden ring different from how it is now and I believe that this is the original appearance of the elden ring from when the rune of death it hadn't been taken from him yet. I believe the girl represented in the statue is Marika when she was a child and an Empyrean eligible to become the new vessel of the elden ring with this statue representing just that, another thing to note is that the three wolves around her appear to have the shape of the snout of the red wolf of Radagon, combining this with the fact that it is Malekith who inhabits this place, it is extremely likely that the person in the statue really is Marika

[@alirahimi6245]

WOW great ideas and explanation one of the best elden ring videos i have ever seen ,these comprehensions of the power of portals blow my mind specifically

[@davisiotta489]

12:25 the holes in the castle were caused by Radahn and his gravitational magic when he laid siege to the castle

[@beyond560]

I dont think any walls could withstand his magic, hes way too powerful

[@davisiotta489]

@@beyond560 the game says that Godrick hid from Radahn inside his castle, Radahn's gravitational magic is strong but it's basically throwing rocks, the walls of a castle will be damaged by this but won't simply be obliterated

[@SpectraSkittle]

@@davisiotta489 That doesn't make any sense. There are multiple massive holes in the castle, and they're producing structural weaknesses. You can see evidence of them attempting to reinforce the holes after the fact. The problem is, why would Radahn, a literal general in a war, give the order for what is essentially an orbital bombardment; then, upon seeing it was successful, NOT ASSAULT THE CASTLE? There's no way those holes were caused by Radahn.

[@davisiotta489]

@@SpectraSkittle SO WHY WAS HE LAYING A SIEGE ON THE CASTLE ANYWAY? if he tried to take the castle he would obviously use his gravitational magic, I'm not saying that all the damage to the castle was caused by him as clearly several parts of the castle collapsed because of the deathroot but that damage doesn't seem to match that of these holes , deathroot doesn't cause holes and that doesn't even make sense for it to happen (how would the roots create holes instead of collapsing walls in random shapes instead of exclusively circles?) we literally don't see anywhere else deathroot causes circular holes and The only place these holes appear are in the outer walls of the castle where it is the most obvious place for any invading force to use catapults or meteors caused by gravitational magic to damage the walls.

[@davisiotta489]

@@SpectraSkittle and Radahn doesn't simply take meteors from the planet's orbit and throw them at his enemies (As you would expect Malenia, Morgot and any other force from the lands between to have fought Radahn and won if he could simply throw meteors at anyone?) he turn himself in a meteor and even so this seems to be his most powerful attack, gravitational magic basically consists of picking up rock from the ground and throwing it at enemies

[@Greg29]

I've played Elden Ring and watched many videos about the lore but I don't think I'll ever understand it. Having so many characters with similar sounding names doesn't help either.

[@intalek305]

Look, I think what is messing everybody up is the assumption that the Gloam Eyed Queen and Marika were not one in the same person. Think about it, how can the GEQ go against Marika wielding Destined Death if it could simply be sealed by Marika? Willing to bet Maleketh was known as "Death of the Demigods" because he was Marika's right hand during the Godhunt, and when Malaketh defeated the GEQ and her Godskins he actually defeated Marika for transgression against the Greater Will because she burned the Erdtree, and that is why Malaketh has the stone right eye that is a gloam eye, because it is Marika's eye, because he took it from her as GEQ. His job as shadowbound beast to Marika is to turn on Marika should she piss off the Two Fingers. I think as GEQ she actually burned the first tree. She committed the first cardinal sin. That got not only her power sealed but a watchdog, Radagon, who could monitor her actions, become the perfect empyrean making counterpart, and serve as a perfect punishment to Marika by becoming all of he opposites in hopes of making a perfect Rebis capable of making a perfect being. Radagon, as a person, always sought perfection, not the Golden Order. I think the Elden Beast was trying to perfect itself and that is why this particular punishment was given, to make Marika the vessel. I think this is why Ranni is so willing to go to any length to shed her empyrean flesh, because of what happened to Marika. I think ever since Marika became Radagon, Radagon has slowly been taking over her over time, and that's why Radagon seems to become more active as Marika becomes less active thru the timeline of the game, and I think this seeking of perfection by the Elden Ring, thru Radagon, is actually what starts the transition to Golden Order Fundamentalism the more Radagon takes hold. I think Marika was punished twice, first as GEQ for burning the Erdtree via Malaketh and Radagon, 2nd by imprisonment in the Erdtree for shattering the Elden Ring, and this is why she mocks Radagon, saying "thou have yet to become me, thou have yet to become a god." Because at the end of the day she is the vessel not him, which is why she wins out and shatters the Elden Ring. In fact it may be the reason she is upset about Godwyn and that's the reason for it, it may be because Godwyn seems to be her only non-Omen child she didn't have with Radagon. If so, that may make him able to be the one Empyrean she could have truly outside of Two Fingers influence. If she was the GEQ, plotting against the two fingers the whole time, this would make more sense than any other reason I have heard. But why have children with Radagon tho? It may be as a Nox, she thought Radagon could become the perfect substitute for a Silver Tear Albinuric in the making of a true Lord of Night, but after having Miquella Malenia, and Melina, maybe she realized the Two Fingers would control/influence her children as well, and gave the only one who didn't have a body for the Two Fingers to control, Melina, a very special mission only she could do. Return Destined Death to the world, either by burning, or by becoming. IDK.....I think everything just makes a lot more sense this way.

[@SpectraSkittle]

Gloam isn't a color, ffs. It's literally just a time of day. Would you say 'morning-colored'? Or how about 'afternoon-tea-colored'. I would guess that the term 'gloam-eyed' refers not to the colors of GEQ's eyes, but rather refers to her place in the timeline - possibly her motivations, as well. It would appear that the Lands Between was largely pantheistic in olden times, which abruptly turns into worship of ONLY Marika/Greater Will. Marika's rule is described as being more radiant than the sun. Gloam is the period just before the sun rises as well as the period just after the sun sets, and is characterized more by fog, ambiguity, and LACK of color than any kind of purple. GEQ is the transition from pantheism to Marika's 'radiant' monotheism, hence the moniker 'gloam-eyed'. What's most curious to me is that she doesn't have an actual name. Like, NOBODY remembers her name? I'm supposed the believe that in the Lands of Narcissism, a literal god-like being had a monopoly on death in order to impose her own idea of order on all of reality, and she DIDN'T stop to tell literally everyone her name? Nah fam.