Morgott, the Grace Given - Elden Ring Boss Lore Explained

Morgott, the Grace Given, the Veiled Monarch, the King of Leyndell. He is one of the central figures of Elden Ring and major players of the Lands Between. Born cursed as on Omen, he rose above his graceless birth to become worthy in the eyes of the Order. I hope you enjoy this exploration of the story of Morgott.
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[@MadLuigi]

Some addendums! I want to explore the Omen more. The ones in the sewers have their horns, so they should assume to be royalty. There's also evidence that their horns may not be a curse, at least before the Elden Ring/Erdtree came into play. Also, shoutouts to the artist who let me use their art for the thumbnail (twitter.com/Qostine)!

[@1TsMaddNess]

Another great video! keep it up.

[@whichphilosipher9023]

It's rykard he's fighting not radhn, rykard is radhans twin, and the gilmir forces faced layndell in the shattering. And to date they stand in defense most heavily near the Mt gilmir crossing.

[@varden506]

@@whichphilosipher9023 brothers but not twins. Not sure where you’re getting that from lol

[@whichphilosipher9023]

@@varden506 they are twins, most all the demi gods are born in pairs, miquella and malinia, radhn and rykard and mogh and Morgott this is information you can find in game 🥸

[@varden506]

@@whichphilosipher9023 no shit but no where in the lore is it said Rykard and Radahn are twins. Whereas the actual twins in game are explicitly stated as such. There isn’t even any item descriptions or lore that would imply the two are twins lol

[@alexmelling5261]

Dude literally broke out of prison to put the Golden Order on his back, no doubt Godfrey's gigachaddery was inherited.

[@AzraelSoulHunter]

Actually he was out earlier. He was out during the war with giants.

[@Logaterasou]

@@AzraelSoulHunter source?

[@AzraelSoulHunter]

@@Logaterasou First off Godfrey's care for Morgott that we see in his cutscene suggests that they were close to each other before he was banished and Godfrey was banished after the War with the Giants was over and considering his care he wouldn't let Morgott stay in the sewers (he may have convinced Marika to release him and Mogh because they were his children). Second. The hammer Morgott makes out of Light is actually based on Giant Crusher. A Hammer used in War with the Giants, suggesting that he partook in that war given his proficiency with that weapon. And third. After Godwyn died he created Sentry's Torches for army of Leyndell to protect other Demigods from assassins. Meaning it happened before Shattering war AND after Godwyn's death he was already at high enough position to command armies of Leyndell, most likely already being it's de facto king.

[@Logaterasou]

@@AzraelSoulHunter that was really an amazing explanation thank you so much

[@ItchiestBum]

@@AzraelSoulHunter Godfrey Godywn and Morgott seem to be the only selfless Demi Gods tbh

[@maxmillianwiegel1643]

He definitely inherited his father’s unrelenting determination to succeed. Even as an Omen, he won’t let that stop him from protecting the golden order. He’s probably the demigod I respect the most.

[@plinfan6541]

He is quite tragic really. He is the last one keeping the very System going that treated him like trash out of a warped need of belonging.

[@iboofer]

@@plinfan6541 "He loved not in return, for he was never loved. Nevertheless, love it he did." Right. In. The. FEELS.

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

@@plinfan6541 i think he saw knew what could happen when the system collapsed entirely without a replacement, in the duty to prevent greater suffering. when he dies he loses his horn which could mean that at the very end his dedication was propbably rewarded by grace to be reborn by the erdtree. exept of course you dont pick the eldenlord ending.

[@WWE2KUNIVERSEELITE]

Fighting him was quite ka dance imo. It was very beautiful.

[@bruhmomentum8052]

@@thanquolrattenherz9665 of course, I am the LORD OF FRENZIED FLAME

[@Bishop2003]

I always liked how Godfrey is sad for morgott as he is his son

[@kevincostas272]

Such a nice touch, shows he may not have been fully in line with the whole brutally shun and abuse the Omen schitck

[@spacetacos7574]

Remember Godfrey was also kicked out of the family and denied his grace so one has to wonder how much he was truly against in the order

[@eduardosolorzano5020]

Wasn't Godfrey the first elden lord and consort of marica?

[@KingKari_]

@@eduardosolorzano5020 yup but after marika re-joined with radagon aka herself, she cast him out and he became the first tarnished, hoarah loux was probably his really name before marika chose him, hence him going ape shit in the second half of his fight, the band he lead as a barbarian was supposedly one of the strongest before the golden order was established.

[@sams7068]

@@KingKari_ I doubt Radagon and Marika were the same person then, Melina recounts Marika’s words in their bedchamber and she says “oh Radagon, thou art yet to become a god, thou art yet to become me.”

[@mariuszgaaj2814]

The lion on Godfrey’s back was meant to silence his emotions, especially his bloodlust of a warrior. However, probably other emotions as well. If that is so, then you can deduct that Godfrey seams just sad, but lion’s roar suggest that actually he is crying of despair inside. I doubt Morgott was never loved, rather he did not believe that anyone could love him.

[@KingKari_]

This is a fire take tbh

[@MenwithHill]

He was not born into a society that wanted to love him. No amount he could do would overcome their hatred of his curse.

[@torahibiki]

I dont know the care he shows when picking up morgott's body before his boss fight seems to suggest otherwise. I imagine that even locked away, godfrey would often visit and tell tales of the erdtree and its might. Perhaps that's what drives morgott, the romantic tales of his father, mother, and the glory of the erdtree. Edit: Also something I noticed in the cutscene before godfrey's fight. The lion serosch who has his sealed nature and perhaps emotions, is growling and screaming as if he were in anguish or mourning, while godfrey says "it's been a long while morgott".

[@es-rh8oo]

Ikr, if I was banished from my home and stopped from seeing my son, I'd be fuming, I'd raze the capital to Ash if it meant spending just a minute with him

[@khususgabut5727]

@@sneezewax3567 omenrights is actually hastagh Dung Eater using since he hate how the golden order and society treating the Omens to the point he want to cursed the society along with the golden order system

[@splinter360]

Incredible character. The only demigod not to be corrupted and his motives are selfless.

[@will_the_man5838]

radahn wouldn't have been corrupted if it weren't for malenia lol

[@splinter360]

@@will_the_man5838 He was corrupted by power. That's the reason he and Malenia even came to blows. Morgott is the only one who didn't raise an army to claim the throne.

[@vernaltear]

@@splinter360 Malenia came to blows with him because Miquella had devised a spell to cure her curse that required an alignment of the stars that was impossible due to Radahn holding them in place.

[@splinter360]

@@vernaltear Where is that stated? It's the first time I've ever heard that. What I know is the shattering war was the demi gods fighting for power to be the next Elden Lord.

[@lildarkmatter8373]

The only other one that could possibly come to mind would be Miquella, as far as I'm aware all he was trying to do was cure his sister of the scarlet rot... He never fought in the shattering to our knowledge, in fact he was trying to grow the Haligtree in order to cure Melania during it. Supposedly after Melania and Radahn fought, Melania was in some way unable to protect Miquella, and appears to not even know Mohg kidnapped him due to being blind (or is in denial who knows).

[@AzraelSoulHunter]

The saddest part about Morgott is that he was legitimately blessed. Omen curse is no curse. It's a blessing of the Crucible which was later seen as a curse due to Golden Order. He may as well have been the most holy of all Demigods, but he was punished for it by being left for a time in the sewers and he hated HIMSELF for it. That is until he was released, most likely by the time Giants were still a threat since Godfrey knew and cares about him and he was banished after he beat the Giants and I don't think someone that seemingly cared for him so much would leave him in the sewers. And Morgott uses Giant Crusher as one of his Light Weapons. A weapon used in the War with Giants. He thought no one loved him when it's clear his father did and maybe the only person that he knew that did care was Godwyn, but he was killed in night of the black knives. He tried to be a protector, he created Sentry's Torches to protect his other siblings and yet... they all betrayed him and destroyed everything he loved and even then when he shows up in the throne room and calls his siblings traitors he still seems to have some actual care for them after all of that (outside of Rykard who may have taken more public role in killing Godwyn as part of his deal with Ranni which could have been start of his Blasphemy). Morgott was a good person that was betrayed by almost everyone around him. By his family that started destroying their life and breaking their world, by the Erdtree which wouldn't accept him due to his "curse" and by Golden Order which indoctrinated him into hating what he was blessed with. Morgott is probably one of the saddest characters in the game, if not THE saddest. A bitter person who has nothing, but hatred for himself and his family and the only thing he cares about is the thing that made his life miserable in the first place. And the only people that loved him are either dead (Godwyn who given that he befriended Dragons most likely cared little about curse on Morgott) or he never got to know they loved him (Godfrey). At the end when we fight him he is legitimately left with nothing, but the crumbling city and his duty which is built on lies of the Greater Will. Pray for Morgott The Omen King, The Grace-Given. The True King of Leyndell and only worthy successor of Godfrey. A true heir. The only Demigod left that is worthy of being called Golden. Morgott the Golden Omen.

[@sexoamigo]

This needs more attention

[@AzraelSoulHunter]

@@sexoamigo Morgott as a whole deserves FAR more attention. He is an ultimate tragic character in ER. Definitely my favorite one. He very much reminds me of Stannis the Mannis from ASOIAF (with a bit of Tyrion and being shunned for his deformity). I can definitely see Martin's touches all over this character and that's part of the reason I love him so much.

[@ineedname9963]

It's said there were two seige on the capital one by godrick army and the other by radhans army morgott came out of sewers and defeated radhan(source: opening cutscene) and it seems since he was locked up in the sewers no one probably knew about him not even his other sibling

[@AzraelSoulHunter]

@@ineedname9963 Actually Morgott most likely was out of the sewers during War with the Giants. Here are the clues: First off Godfrey's care for Morgott that we see in his cutscene suggests that they were close to each other before he was banished and Godfrey was banished after the War with the Giants was over and considering his care he wouldn't let Morgott stay in the sewers (he may have convinced Marika to release him and Mogh because they were his children). Second. The hammer Morgott makes out of Light is actually based on Giant Crusher. A Hammer used in War with the Giants, suggesting that he partook in that war given his proficiency with that weapon. And third. After Godwyn died he created Sentry's Torches for army of Leyndell to protect other Demigods from assassins. Meaning it happened before Shattering war AND after Godwyn's death he was already at high enough position to command armies of Leyndell, most likely already being it's de facto king.

[@eldertoguro1]

You literally copy/pasted this from a reddit post, pretty sad, lmao

[@VarticTube]

I think Morgott was just projecting onto the Tarnished hero since they are so much alike. Foolish, ambitious, heart of a warrior all of that and his last words that the tree will reject you as it did him. I mean, even look at him when he is cosplaying Margit he runs around in rags with a club hunting down heroes and strong warriors, the man is basically doing a lvl1 wrech club only playthrough of the game.

[@elpsykoongro5379]

Difference is He’s lvl 1 looks more like he has all stats at 50

[@TheNapster153]

@@elpsykoongro5379 He was playing the PvP before PvP began and has had a lot of to perfect his build. Probably got left behind in the updates though.

[@allentayoto7387]

Seriously though, lore-wise, imagine yourself as one of the general Radahn's warriors being led to take over the capital. Then an Omen suddenly appeared and pinned general Radahn on the ground, right in front of you. That alone would've destroyed the spirits of some Radahn's warriors.

[@jooot_6850]

Oh goodness, yeah. Radahn’s soldiers all look him to him with some pretty extreme devotion. Seeing him get jumped by (and lose to) just a random Omen cannot be a good feeling. Wonder how Morgott escaped that one, considering he was surrounded by some very embarrassed and surely very angry Redmanes..

[@jackhendry7]

@@jooot_6850 he was probably way too strong for them, I mean he beat radahn

[@imotekh6110]

@@jackhendry7 We don't actually know what happened, this could be very early or very late it could've ended with either one's retreat. It could've been a loss or win, it's only a vignette.

[@jackhendry7]

@@imotekh6110 nah Morgott/Leyndell army definitely won or else radahn would’ve taken the city

[@shirotheshibainu2103]

not to mention he wasn’t even in sword cane mode so he wasn’t full power while pinning him down

[@necrostatis8397]

Morgot, The best ER character by far. If there was any of the npcs that deserve to become elden lord, it was him.

[@KobeniGaming]

It would require him to marry his mom. Although it's GRRM story, so it's not like i can't see it happening

[@ivanhermanos5985]

@@KobeniGaming fbfttojn mt

[@iboofer]

@@KobeniGaming Oedipus'd by KING MORGOTT. Last of all kings.

[@necrostatis8397]

@@KobeniGaming exactly.

[@KingOfMalevolence]

@@KobeniGaming sweet home, Alabama!

[@Golemon_of_Cat]

Do note that in Godfrey's introduction, we see Morgott be granted grace, as he turns into a golden spirit.

[@Saicofake]

This small bits of mercy from the Greater Will sometimes question my view on them. On one end, they seem like utter assholes who make use of their Subjects but on the other hand, they seem to have some inkling of care in them.

[@starcrying6441]

@@Saicofake I think all in all, the greater will is the lesser evil of the outer gods

[@voidinheritant]

@@starcrying6441 clearly the formless mother is greatest of all outer gods

[@starcrying6441]

@@voidinheritant I said lesser evil. Not greatest. I'd much prefer a greater will world to a world where the formless freak rules with her blood lunatics.

[@kormak8280]

reborn to suffer again and continue to serve them.

[@SackofWoe]

The voice actor did a good job delivering the line "Willful Traitors ALL!" By abandoning Lynden they spat the face of all of the work he put in and hardship he endured. You can hear his thoughts about that in his voice.

[@MrSPIDEY21]

Theyre all his siblings

[@suhasop4919]

@@MrSPIDEY21 Ranni,Rykard and Radhan were children of Rennala and Radagon I think

[@wrathofthegods4739]

@@suhasop4919 still has siblings because marika is radagon

[@thefoxygamer1536]

​@suhasop4919 they all go against their purpose. Ranni opposed the fingers, which resulted in Blaidd going mad. Apparently the Fingers created Blaidd to be a servant of Ranni, but she went against her purpose and the fingers cursed Blaidd as punishment.

[@Austib_]

Morgott is easily one of the coolest characters in the game. He defended Leyndell against all assaults, he beat Radahn in combat to the point where Radahn and his armies retreated; and he simultaneously maintains multiple duplications and impenetrable walls all across the Lands Between. He deserves the same hype Radahn gets, if not then more.

[@koniordos4411]

What? Rlly he defeated Radahn?

[@Austib_]

@@koniordos4411 Yeah, in the intro cinematic it shows him pinning Radahn to the ground. We know he won this fight because otherwise Radahn would have conquered Leyndell.

[@skinless5136]

@@Austib_ skimmed over the fact it was a younger radahn who didn’t have as much experience or strength

[@Austib_]

@@skinless5136 We have no confirmation that the Radahn he fought is significantly younger as we have no idea how long it was from the Shattering to the start of the game. Even then, Morgott likely got more powerful as he grew older just the same as Radahn.

[@texting7856]

@@skinless5136 why are you using your headcanon as a fact lol

[@stephenmoney4722]

i've always wondered why Morgott lost his horns after his death. It must have been his incredible sacrifice for the Greater Will that allowed him peace in death. Truly a king :,)

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

you can still prevent his reincarnation by the earthtree when you pick the frenzied flame or probably the age of star ending.

[@golmoshy]

I think he completely exhausted his gift from the crucible, thus he has no omen markers left. Omens are born with the crucibles gifts, the golden order is racist against the crucible.

[@TheSuperRatt]

@@golmoshy I believe the Omen Curse is more so linked to the Formless Mother, considering even Morgott's ties to her (bloodflame in his sword, which is her power), but there are also Crucible signifiers. So is it one? Or both? If both, why?

[@plinfan6541]

Morgott is very simular to Gwyndolin in the sense that they where both seen as the shame of the Family (Gwyndolin having snake legs and being born the "wrong" Gender, Morgott being an Omen) but have internalised the system harder then anyone else. Meaning that by the time the player meets them they are now the only ones keeping the broken System going, that abused them in the Past. While all the People that used to actully benifit from it had ether run of, gone insane or rebelled against it. Meaning that nobody benifits from them doing it regardless, making it quite tragic.

[@MenjonMZL]

Came here to make a similar observation. The only difference I see is that while Gwyndolin is the guiding you towards the ending of the game Morgott tries to prevent you from ending everything.

[@plinfan6541]

@@MenjonMZL Probably because Gwyndolin wants you to succeed to be a sacrifise for the Age of Fire, while Morgott wants the world to remain as it is, period. Also Gwyndolin was always fray and had to rely on tricks and Magic, while Morgott just goes ham.

[@MenjonMZL]

@@plinfan6541 True that. The systems they are protecting are just different. But both have to hide their identity to succeed in their mission and be accepted in their role.

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

i would say at least in morgotts case you can say the people in the capital and around benefit from his efforts to ensure relativ piece. its at least better as when a goverment system collapes entirely you dont want to life in such "systems".

[@dearestdoppio8554]

He's more similar to Genichiro. You fight both of them multiple times and theyre both selfless and dedicated to defending their clan/kingdom.

[@joshhoward3185]

I love the sheer contrast between Morgot and his twin brother, Mohg. Morgot looks like an outcast wearing tattered clothing yet utilizes Holy incantations akin to the Golden Order. And his moveset seem much more fluid and agile, while also refusing the power of the omen curse. While his twin, who looks much more dignified and elegant, uses dark magic and bleed, which is a taboo to the order and fights extremely slowly and bombastically while fully embracing the omen curse and fucking grows satanic looking wings. Morgot takes it upon himself to fight and defend the kingdom during the shattering, while his brother was lurking in the shadows away from anything related to the shattering, plotting, watching and waiting.

[@rai6593]

but i gotta give mohg some respect cause he's the one standing between you and the frenzied flame.

[@TheSaladin777]

Not to mention mohg is a sexual predator / rapist

[@ladyabaxa]

This game definitely loves having twins express opposite/parallel sides. Morgott and Mogh, Malenia and Miquella, and even Marika and Radagon. Even Ranni has some of this with the four arms and two faces. Then you have the Two Fingers and the Three Fingers, both with their yellow-themed powers but one obsessed with building and the other equally obsessed with destroying.

[@NoConsequenc3]

@@ladyabaxa you have the one finger as well check the complete world map, the whole thing is a fucking finger

[@Tokito935]

And kidnapping children

[@Crispifordthe3rd515]

The Stannis Baratheon of Elden Ring.

[@jacsonevans1455]

Great comparison, really do give the same vibe

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

@@jacsonevans1455 hmm with rykard in the role of ramsey and ranni in the role of littlefinger and malenia in the role of cersey (could also be end game khaleesi) you could also see morgott in the role of mister snow since they both were shunned and keept away but both nonetheless came to the defense of the kingdom that doesnt wanted them.

[@Jay-qh6uv]

One of my favorite details of Morgott is the evidence that he excised his own horns on the left side of his face. You can see where horns once grew and have been cut off, and since the item description of the Omen Bairn specifies that Royal Omen babies don’t have their horns excised, it’s likely safe to assume that poor Morgott did that to himself, maybe in a sad effort to “fix” himself. It’s also in the same spot that one of his brother’s horns has grown directly into his eye (which is something that can happen to animals irl, actually), and that shows such a sharp contrast between the two brothers and how they chose to react to their abuse and otherness in totally different ways. Morgott is self-hating and constantly trying to appease his “abuser,” seeking love and approval that he’ll never get, going so far as to mutilate himself in order to fix what he thinks is abhorrent about him. Mohg “accepts” and “loves” himself to such a degree that he doesn’t even care when it is literally, physically harming him. Any adjustment to the parts of him that were degraded and not accepted by the Greater Will, even if those parts are HURTING him in a very literal way, would be, to him, more painful than the physical wound itself. He will not “apologize” for who he is. Mohg chose to completely reject his “abuser” and radically embrace his otherness to the point of it being dangerous and destructive. He almost turned into a bit of a clinical narcissist, when you think about it. He decided to RADICALLY love himself to the point that he began to lack insight, had delusions of grandeur, and was dangerously uncritical of his own actions and how they might hurt people. He acts extremely entitled. He also seems to base a large portion of his cult around “love,” which I think supports this point. He’s all about trying to give himself and take from others the love he never got during critical childhood years, and in several pieces of dialogue the concept of love is conspicuously mentioned in the context of Mohg’s cult. That’s like…incredibly deep and nuanced lore for a story you mostly scrape together from tiny cutscenes and item descriptions. It’s very well handled and true to life. It emphasizes the good and bad aspects of each of these potential reactions to an abusive childhood, and it illustrates in the end…none of them are really healthy. The child shouldn’t have been abused in the first place, and it’s very hard to come out of a situation like that into a healthy adulthood. You can become a self-hating, low self-esteem people pleaser who destroys his spirit in search of love and approval you’ll never ever find where you’re looking for it, or you can give *yourself* the love you never got to such a degree that you become a clinical narcissist and potentially propagate that same cycle of abuse onto others (it seems like Varré is desperate for Mohg’s love, approval, and attention and Mohg doesn’t seem to be giving it to him-he’s doomed to continue that cycle of abuse and neglect because of his severe lack of insight. He likely has no idea he’s even doing it). Also, I wish you had addressed WHY THE HELL DID MORGOTT DIE WITH NO HORNS AND TAIL??? Was that representative of the Greater Will/Erd Tree *finally* approving of him? That the sacrifice of his very life was finally enough to be granted what he was desperate for right before death? Is it because he finally “accepted” himself to a degree and used his curse as a shield and weapon to defend the Greater Will, and that poetry warranted such a reward? Is it to illustrate his purity of soul and was more of a metaphorical message to the player rather than a literal physical change? This has been driving me crazy and I have to know. Great video btw! ER has such incredible lore. I really didn’t expect such a great story and great characters going into it. I’m really amazed that FS was able to tell a story about a sensitive subject with such nuance and complexity with so little direct material for the audience. Things like the horn contrast detail I just mentioned between Morgott and Mohg…such a weighty message in a tiny detail in their respective models that is very easily overlooked as just a cosmetic choice but goes deep as shit when you sit and thing about what it’s communicating. Their clothing choices also communicate this same exact message, self-hate and punishment vs radical self-love, indulgence, and narcissism…but I’ll stop word vomiting about it now.

[@sinner2133]

Holy fucking shit I’ve never made that connection with Morgott’s horns and it blew my fucking mind

[@joshs2734]

This is an amazing comment. And hell yes. Building deep, nuanced stories and characters with incredibly little actual content or dialogue is one thing that Miyazaki and From are masters of.

[@luvlols4462]

When you put it like that... we've all known a few Mohgs lol

[@nitrosix3206]

Late af reply but while i do not know why Morgott loses his omen-ness on deathbed, i think the message was always to say that "look at this king now, finally free from his blessings that others blinded him, and even in death he was blinded of that blessing."

[@michaelioffe3196]

Is the timeline of when the twins were banished clear? I'm not understanding it. Morgott fought in the giant wars and gave the Lyndell troops the torches to see the black knives after Godwyns assassination, yeah? So was he only reviled sometime after Godwyns death? Not since birth? Were his family or at least his parents always loving towards him and it was just the broader world that was taught to despise the omen and anything associated with the crucible--the source of life before the Erdtree? To me it seems premature to root the twins' characters in childhood trauma. Not sure.

[@GuitarSlayer136]

If you kill Woll Smoth early, you never have to fight Will Smith.

[@patrikkalus5567]

In Tolkien works there is character named Morgoth who have many simillarities with Morgott , but their stories are opposite , Morgoth was created as Champion of order, but he turned on it and created chaos. He even joined forces with Giantic spider and destroyed two trees that had simillar properties to Erd tree. Long story short Morgoth was defeated by forces of order and imprisoned in the End. One of his former servants Sauron took over remnants of Morgoth forces.

[@jacsonevans1455]

Man what a way to end that, felt like a plot twist😂

[@Tokito935]

Hmm i wonder why 🤔

[@whiteruncityguard5167]

Im glad that i found a LOTR fan cheers bro

[@antonironstag5085]

It's crazy that despite how powerful Sauron is his power is nowhere near that of Morgoth, the OG Dark Lord

[@jeambeam3173]

@@antonironstag5085 who himself was weakened from corrupting/creating so much fucked up shit to the point that the spider demon was more powerful after drinking the sap of the two trees and almost killed morgoth but man is still stronger then Sauron who is on Gandalfs tier of being an angel but just the most powerful angel

[@TrueMakaveli50]

“Please, don’t hate me, or curse me, please” FromSoft up to their usual tearjerking :’(

[@colorgreen8728]

Godfrey holding his own son hits so hard, because you can tell just so much Godfrey is proud of his son, even though his emotions are stifled, that he can never deny

[@dhaz4455]

One of the last honorable and incorruptible characters in Elden Ring, may he blessed

[@HaitaniMasayuki]

Once Morgott is defeated and lying on the ground... it looks like all his horns are gone now? Not even cut, it looks like he never even had them. Was he "cured" from being an Omen in his defeat? is that even possible?

[@Vincentpanh]

Or it is his dying spirit ?

[@iboofer]

I wondered about that myself. I feel like when he starts throwing up in the second phase, he's literally releasing his primordial life energy. It's mostly golden with a slight tinge of red. This color is noted in the gilded greatshield item to be the primordial matter that predated the Erdtree. Omens were implied to have been once celebrated for their resemblance to primordial life. Morgott laments that the thrones have been stained by his curse, but nothing happens afterwards to indicate that the thrones were "cursed" at all. My personal headcanon is that he drained himself of his own vitality by releasing his life energy/"cursed" blood somehow, and as a result he shrivels up and loses all of the marks of that primordial life. And if you look closely at his head, he has several holes like the toothlike knots on his brow literally fell out or disappeared.

[@one_nut_wonder6931]

Yeah there is a comment further up ahead that said " maybe he was given a peaceful death by removing his curse" tbh i felt sorry for this character in a world and society that judges you by your looks shuns you away. Instead of you becoming the villain you became a hero in their eyes, he still respects his siblings ( he calls Godrick the golden) even if they

[@one_nut_wonder6931]

Only cousins or uncle. But in the end he really did defend the capital with everything he had giving his life up, maybe the greater Will saw this and respected his choice by giving him a peaceful death. Removing the horns and having his father ( godfrey) hold him one last time.

[@Zero-tk1hb]

@@one_nut_wonder6931 If you look deeper into the lore you will realise that Morgott and the Omens where never cursed. In acient times the omens were considered a blessing from the Crucible(The force before the erdtree took over). If you look closely the speels from the crucible Knights are basic atacks or moves from Morgott and mogh. Morgott's tail swipe, Moghs wings and a atack thar uses horns. But its possible that since Morgott always saw himself as cursed the Greater Will gave him "peace"even tho he was never cursed.

[@topcat59]

Morgott to me it’s truly worthy on becoming elden Lord or if not being called it demi god. He has show to be very selfless and going so far on to defending the golden order the one’s that made his life a living hell but an Stead of giving in to his hate, he simply throw it aside and fight to protect what his mother and father had built. As I said he would of be fine elden lord.🐱

[@WalterGirao]

he reminds me of stanis. righteous to a fault. rightful successor. no one likes him...

[@plinfan6541]

@@WalterGirao He does remind me a bit of Stannis, but I would not say that no one likes Stannis in A Song of Ice and Fire. One aspect I have always liked about Stannis was the odd, almost Rag-Tag-esque, allience he has going on of people trying to pull him into various directions which somehow kinda ground him in the middle, which is a unique situation. For the most he more reminds me of Gwyndolin though.

[@Caedus696]

Yeah but if he became elden lord that would mean becoming his mother's consort though...

[@abuckarooboyo7104]

@@Caedus696 not the only incestuous thing an omen has done Just look at mohg and miquella

[@walterclements3164]

He also killed a lot of gaming journalists to protect the Erdtree from their corruption

[@johnjohanson622]

like some others said, the fact that Godfrey arrives specifically to hold Morgott before his body turns to ash would suggest that he was actually loved. we don't see any of the other demigods be mourned in their deaths.

[@sugoi9680]

Radahn had a whole festival mourning him did u miss that part lol

[@Radahn767]

@@sugoi9680 no need to mock him

[@sugoi9680]

@@Radahn767 Just lighthearted. You spelt Radahn incorrectly though.

[@juliushill1370]

Wow i literally just looked up his lore and saw this on premiere. He's one of my favorite fights in the game.

[@masonite2356]

Dude I never knew Morgott had MORE dialogue after you defeated him in the capital!!

[@makoto1234]

Morgott is probably my favorite demigod. If it was Radahn he fought in the opening cutscene, he also probably is the most powerful

[@Cyrus-rodn45]

More like rykard....... radahan would wipe the floor with morgott

[@makoto1234]

@@Cyrus-rodn45 well the one in the opening cinematic looks a lot more like Radahn. Maybe it was younger Radahn, since Morgott is most likely a lot older, and by that point Radahn wasnt yet at the power level we see in game

[@Cyrus-rodn45]

@@makoto1234 radahan was always powerful, he was the 2nd most powerful of the demigods.... after Miquella

[@makoto1234]

@@Cyrus-rodn45 thats fair, maybe im just biased towards Morgott since hes my favorite lol

[@zeinnanla5422]

@@Cyrus-rodn45 we know he wasn't always as big as he is now since he used to ride his horse normally and learned gravity magic to keep riding it. And unlike Melania he isn't referred to by anyone as being undefeated. No reason he couldn't have been beat by Morgott in his youth and then not been able to get payback once he reached the power we see now because of Melania's scarlet rot eating his mind.

[@enthiegavoir5955]

Morgott is for sure my favorite character in the game. "He loved not in return, for he was never loved. Nevertheless, love it he did." Recently started wondering if the Omen's "defects" were the result of another outer god's influence like the scarlet rot. Or at the very least they could be biological in nature and the fear of a potential outer god's influence is why they're so persecuted.

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

its likely they are related to the dungeater and his curse. the scarlett rot doesnt removes you from the standard reincarnation circle. omens dont appear in rot areas, also the creatures spawned by the rot seem to be these insectiod folks. like the one in the shack who wants you to help milicent, or the fellows in the area after the rotlake underground.

[@bryanong6216]

if I'm not mistaken the omens are blessed by the crucible

[@AscendantStoic]

My guess is that the Omen "curse" could be related to the crucible energies (i.e the source of all life), similar to the misbegotten and the Crucible Knights, who were all shunned in the era of the Golden Order and considered to be too chaotic.

[@TheDeceptiveMoss]

They seem to be a throwback to the crucible. The original form of the Elden Ring's power before the golden order and the Erd Tree. So, in a sense they are in fact blessed by the greater will, but in a way that is no longer to be excepted.

[@NoConsequenc3]

@@TheDeceptiveMoss the Ring didn't exist before this. The Crucible was pre-greater will. It's the source of non-giant, non-dragon life. Probably nothing to do with the sea either, we learn basically nothing about that (thank god)

[@RedLenses_]

Respect for being in the Omenkiller gear for all this. Very fitting.

[@friendsza9711]

teacher: leaves the classroom (elden ring shattered) everyone: goes insane and starts breaking rules (demigods in search of the title as lord) the one person loyal to the teacher: *Willful traitors, all.* (morgott)

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

who is the tarnished in this occasion.

[@voidboi4566]

@@thanquolrattenherz9665 new kid/quiet kid

[@johnapple6646]

@@thanquolrattenherz9665 the school shooter

[@Cold_Zero_The_Wise]

They were emboldened by the flames of ambition

[@strangergrape5900]

Every time I started the Morgott fight (not the Margit fight) I bowed down to him out of respect. This guy is certainly the best boss fight in the game. Unlike his brothers and sisters, he stood to protect the Erdtree, even though it hated him back. This guy earns my utmost respect. Amazing character

[@RadagonSimp]

Definitely feel bad for him after learning his story and fighting as he says "The thrones stained by my curse, such shame I cannot bear, thy part in this shall not be forgiven" that hits very hard

[@memeprez1281]

The self loathing is sad

[@ilovehotbbq5307]

At first, I hated him for utterly destroying my underleveled ass several times. Now, after realizing he selflessly did his duty despite being showed no love from the world, I honestly feel bad and respect the hell out of him.

[@colorgreen8728]

Absolutely love morgott, he’s so incredibly relatable and sympathetic as well as just having the most buttery voice

[@VictorIV0310]

Morgott’s personality and role in the plot make him seem like a more mythical Stannis Baratheon. Both are utterly pitiless and unbending determinators who are obsessed with fulfilling their duty to the realm even when everything is going to hell and all their compatriots have either died or abandoned their duties in pursuit of their own personal power grabs. Both are the black sheep of their respective families with very few people who actually like them. Both are incredibly capable war leaders who participated in pivotal battles for the capital city. And last but not least, both are stubborn as hell, to the point where it gets in the way of them actually accomplishing their ultimate goals.

[@necrostatis8397]

ER's story WAS written by martin, of course there is gonna be a character as great as stannis in it.

[@SlyYevon]

Suprised he never mentioned the character losing all of his growths once defeated. His body is human we he speaks to you in the end.

[@naki3037]

I fucking loved this guy, from the finesse of his attacks as Margit, to just the sheer thrill and hype of the fight against Morgott, absolute unit and his voice actor absolutely stole the show. Wish I could forget this game and play it all over again. Amazing video!

[@joshs2734]

That's low key brutally cruel to be fighting Morgott with the full Omenkiller set, Omensmirk Mask and Great Omenkiller Cleaver. It must enrage Morgott even more. It would have been awesome if there was a couple lines of extra dialogue when you fight him wearing the full set and using the weapon.

[@TheSuperRatt]

It wouldn't enrage him. As king of Leyndell, he had the power to put a stop to it, but he chose not to. What does that say about him?

[@miimiibeschde4818]

​@@TheSuperRatt he Just couldn't let leyndell be without defense

[@lopey5035]

I love that even without knowing any of this lore, fighting him alone tells you so much about him. He fights like such an incredible warrior.

[@slaygadethicide]

Incredible job telling the story, you earned a subscriber I cannot wait to hear the rest of the characters.

[@transgender_F-117]

Morgott could never change the perception of the Omen without revealing himself as one, and he grovelled at the foot of the order, his abusers, both Morgott and Mohg have unhealthy obsessions with their abusers, but Mohg tried to get revenge, which is at least more admirable than begging for forgiveness

[@SomeBlackDude26]

"He loved not in return; for he was never loved." Had to pause the video, somebody pulled up and put tears in my eyes.

[@Carro1667]

Have it writ upon thy meager grave, felled by king Morgott, last of all kings!

[@pinetree566]

I've got so much respect for the lengths of time people like you take to research all the in-game item descriptions in order to patch story gaps. You've got yourself a new subscriber.

[@MadLuigi]

Thanks so much!

[@LKalkie]

Thank you for the video- Really couldn't understand other lore videos explaining Morgott and his alter ego but this one finally made it really clear to me what his role was in this story and his overall character.

[@cyrusgarretson7928]

These lore videos are excellent and so well written, they really summarize the games tidbits of info well while presenting the emotion of the lore in a great way. Can't wait to see more, fantastic

[@mantidream8179]

I thought Margit would return to fight again after the first time, but I had no idea he would be so important. I thought he was, like other Omen, simply forced to fight for the golden order. To see him revealed as the dutiful king of Leyndell was unexpected, and amazing

[@sethfreeman8095]

I always look up bosses lore once i feel i completed 70% ish of the game. There should be much more nice on this, great job.

[@JakePendleton]

Super well done. Will be sharing, thank you!

[@rajvindersingh7030]

Dude, such an awesome explanation and an even more beautiful story. Thank you for creating such amazing content 🤘🏼

[@couchpotato7909]

Honestly Morgott is the best boss on the game for me. He's a gigachad who beat (albeit younger) Radahn, defended Leyndell for who knows how long, is the most fun boss (Radahn's nerfs made him a lot easier and I don't like Malenia's lifesteal)

[@gazing1459]

love this character but also feels sad for him, love the explanation, immediately subcribed to your channel

[@johncra8982]

Very good video, and great delivery, I love that the video never sounded gimmicky like many other loretubers.

[@xXFuzzeeXx]

"He loved not in return, for he was never loved. Nevertheless, love it he did." - Remembrance of Morgott, True King of Leyndell

[@zoukiller360tv5]

Great job on this video you put a great amount of work into this thanks!

[@MadLuigi]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@ilikeblank]

He is the definition of a person who was hated by everyone but he never hate anyone else even though he could have but atleast he died for what he believed in and wanted to protect . He is the coolest and one of the best characters of the Elden ring

[@TheSuperRatt]

He hates the Tarnished, and other Omens.

[@jasonb.3902]

Excellent vid! The game is so vast that I miss (and quite often get bored by) stuff like this.

[@kevincostas272]

This was so well done, subbed!

[@sunnywantsmoney8483]

Margit's monologue after defeat is pure poetry

[@ashbringer5999]

Him and radaghan are my most favourite characters if I could spare them I would but alas; the story must go on.

[@benjaminrobles7819]

Good Lore Video! I appreciate the time and effort you take in making these.

[@dceasedbrickfan74]

Your content is right up there with Vaati! Nice work! Subbed!

[@Dr_Bille]

Found this by complete accident, and thank the almighty KZbin algorithm for it. Keep up the graceful work, this was amazing!

[@MadLuigi]

Thanks so much!

[@no0bers115]

The funny thing is when margit dies it has a gold mist instead of a gray one like everyone else, just thought that was kinda interesting, great video btw

[@recusanttv6276]

Earnt yourself a sub! Great job MadLuigi , I look forward to your future vids.

[@MagnaKarta.]

Really great work should have a million subs in no time super entertaining and really well done to my ears anyway

[@noamias4897]

Damn I was looking for some Morgott (my favorite FS character) gameplay for fun to listen to his voicelines and then I see someone made a lore video 19 minutes ago so now I just have to watch it lol what are the chances

[@_Potaro]

He is one if my favorites. I felt really bad killing him

[@TDuBs97]

This was dope definitely keep doing elden ring lore vids

[@Nubetto]

great video, really enjoyed it ty :)

[@mrdude88]

Our Tarnished said, “Step aside, or be mow down.” Morgott replied, “Nay” and our Tarnish took it personally.

[@bloodmancer4824]

I thought it was strange his horns disappeared after he was defeated. Do you think the erdtree removed them so he could be reborn? Or something else happened? Normally the omen can't die like the tarnished and can't return to the erdtree to be reborn

[@antharian8053]

Amazing video for one of the the most interesting bosses and character of the best game ever made. Thank you !

[@jayskull3472]

Well done, my dude.. well done.

[@Ivight]

When i first beat him as margit, i knew he will come back. I even thought he might be the end boss. I was really dissapointed that he wasnt lol. Sickest Boss in any game by far

[@Kintaku]

Well done video! Morgott is probably my favorite of the bosses I’ve fought so far. Really fun fight, but also I gained a ton of respect for him after he died and I learned his true nature.

[@cyberwar5949]

In the starting Scene we even see Morgott besting Radahn which might be why he is the one who reigns over the Capital since he is truly the strongest Demigod as he is if the goldeb lineage.

[@miimiibeschde4818]

This radahn was small and young

[@cyberwar5949]

@@miimiibeschde4818 No this is the radahn from the Shattering the same that fought Malenia and he was in his prime

[@miimiibeschde4818]

@@cyberwar5949 He was smaller than morgott when margit won So He's weaker, probably didn't even know gravity magic

[@abudi6131]

that was awesome great work

[@MadLuigi]

Thank you!

[@robertosexxy195]

Something I just noticed watching this video, is that after you defeat Morgott his body no longer has the Omen horns and tail. Not sure what the significance of that is but I thought it was pretty neat, finally being freed of his curse after death

[@wrathofthegods4739]

He isn’t actually cursed tho just brainwashed to believe he was, he’s actually blessed with aspects of the crucible a primordial form of the erdtree. The greater will and therefore the golden order don’t like omens and see them as a curse.

[@joshsmith8466]

One thing I find interesting is that his Omen horns and growths seem to vanish once he is defeated…

[@blizzardgaming7070]

Perfect touch using the OmenKiller armour.

[@MushishiLivi]

Morgott is my favorite boss so far. I've yet to beat Elden, so I haven't encountered every boss yet. But as of right now, he left the deepest impression on me. His cutscene before fighting him the second time in Lyndell was awesome.

[@kcpeoples6130]

I thought Ranni’s story was my favorite. That has now changed, thank you for the video!

[@jacobmarineau6375]

If they ever make a show or a movie within this universe, I hope they make it about Morgott's life and make him the main character. I could see it being a really cool story about a tragic hero.

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

i hope hollywood. netflix or disney dont get the productionrights for that.

[@eureka0521]

@@thanquolrattenherz9665 lmao so gamers have become book readers in 2022. Not wanting their precious stories retold.

[@eureka0521]

@@thanquolrattenherz9665 we'll ignore the irony this was written by an author with hollywood productions shhhhhh

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

@@eureka0521 i know but it wasnt made into a film under the hollywood guidelines. do you really think game of thrones would be the same if hollywood would have produced it. you can write as author what you want but when you produce a film you have to play by the rules of the company as stupid as they may be.

[@thanquolrattenherz9665]

@@eureka0521 no offense but i noticed some of your other posts even the ones you deleted, are you just here to insult others or what is your intention with all this?

[@mspionage1743]

Oh hell yes, enough time has passed that we will now get EL lore videos.

[@banyarling]

Oh man I totally missed the second Margit fight. I heard the voice, and some lightning bolts shot by me, but I thought it was coming from the lord inside the castle mocking me from afar and just kept racing towards the entrance.

[@Xeo7]

One of the most interesting characters in the game. While it'd be easy to call his actions foolish when you know his full story, I'd say they were instead selfless. He did what he felt needed to be done for the greater good, with no regard for his personal feelings or how it would affect him. That is the very definition of a selfless act. Certainly makes a lot of sense why some random old seemingly crippled bastard absolutely hands you your ass in the beginning of the game. But what I think is most neat about him is that his being the first real hurdle to overcome in the beginning of the game kind of just goes right along with what he was meaning to do anyway. To keep the unworthy away. Be it to keep weak tarnished from further feeding into Godrick's grafting. Or be it to keep the unworthy away from obtaining Godrick's great rune. By beating him there it proves to him that you're not just some random scrub tarnished trying to act like a hot shot. He underestimates you, as he's slain so many countless would-be heroes before you. When you beat him and eventually finally confront him again he knows you're not a tarnished to be taken lightly. So he takes the fight seriously and has to actually unleash everything he's got. What an interesting piece of lore here. The Omen is a topic I'd love to hear more about.

[@TheSuperRatt]

He was basically an Uncle Tom. He had the power to free his people, but subjugated himself instead to the Order that exiled, and enslaved them. He's "selfless" in that he does everything for an Order that spurns his kind, but it's not noble or heroic. It's sad and pitiable.

[@quiet_tech8209]

This is a crack theory but does anyone else think the "Fell Twins" boss might be a younger Mohg and Morgott? One uses blood attacks and the other a curse-flame sword, they guard the divine tower of their homeland, they only exist in a weird alternate reality (maybe an illusion), and there's not a whole lot of other "fell twins" in the lore.

[@Haybvs]

Wow...never thought about that. I like your theory

[@tituslucien7865]

great video, I'm I misssed his death talk, thx

[@fbouldelair19]

Betrayed of kin and of fate. He abided, and even though he hurt his place was found among nobles. Truly Graceful and is Grace Given.

[@GregTom2]

I feel like we can see the influence of G.R.R. Martin with the story of Mogott and Mohg. Morgott reminds me of Jon Snow, hated by the world, yet ready to sacrifice everything to save it. Mohg reminds me of Stannis and Renley Baratheon at the same time, turning his worship to a new, bloodthirsty and foreign God, and using his newfound power to try to start a new dynasty. Also, the only openly explicitly gay character in a from-soft game.

[@melmon6716]

wait which one's explicitly gay? morgott or mohg?

[@imotekh6110]

@@melmon6716 Mohg, he wanted Miquella to be his consort. Starting his own dynasty with the power of a different outer God. More importantly he's a pedophile and sexual predator. Given he wanted to kidnap the forever child Miquella

[@melmon6716]

@@imotekh6110 oh no that's fucked.

[@marksimon2085]

@@melmon6716 Mogh's into femboys. He kidnapped Miquella and wanted to raise him to godhood with him as consort. His remembrance says something along the lines of him getting no response no matter how often he tried to share his bedchamber. Most of his boss dialogue is about how he doesn't want to give Miquella to anyone and that he belongs to him only

[@melmon6716]

@@marksimon2085 to think he's the brother of morgott :/

[@FriedSushiYT]

So when I fought morgott I killed him with a grudge bc of him kicking my ass as margit, but now I feel bad so ima forever wear his fell omen cloak as a remembrance

[@BAC-fn9gj]

Excited

[@averageatbestguitarist7002]

Of all the Demigods, Morgott stands as the most worthy to succeed Godfrey and Radagon as Elden Lord. His tireless devotion to that which spurned is very existence, and still stood for the protection of others, is the most selfless path to take in life. The PEAK of virtue.

[@martinarguelles165]

It was utterly heartbreaking when i realized Godfrey was holding his dying son in his arms. We denied him reunification with his family.

[@TheManlyVIK]

you mean dead son.

[@josephtripp1696]

My random guessing theory is Morgott is known as "Grace-Given" (which is an odd title considering most anything in the Lands of Grace has well... that) is he was specifically given the Grace of Godfrey, which led to Godfrey getting banished along with his warriors. (Yeah, yeah, I know Marika "dialogue" indicates she probably just took it as part of her nebulously inexplicable master plan, but there you go)

[@anthonyshlemon3848]

The omensbairn description was the reason why I did the dung eater ending my first play through.

[@texting7856]

This is great, can't wait to see more of your content Subbed.