Radagon and Elden Beast - Closer Look

00:00 Start
00:07 Radagon of the Golden Order
01:19 Elden Beast

[@rockstar-made]

Radagon has one of the most striking designs in the series for being so "simple", it's crazy.

[@isaiahl2593]

"striking" haha, get it cuz he hits stuff with a hammer haha

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

He ls like a broken mannequin

[@blcklstd6156]

That design is far from simple in my opinion

[@oyaoya5200]

anyone knows how radagon died or ended up in that place you fight him?

[@MK-xj5by]

@@oyaoya5200 He was transformed into the sword Elden Beast uses, and properly never come back to his humanoid form again. From Sacred Relic Sword "Sword wrought from the remains of a god who should have lived a life eternal.", you can see Elden Beast puts him down to water before his body is gone.

[@resaj8474]

1:33 elden beast got some discord notifications

[@hoangsinhngo9905]

@everyone

[@MK-xj5by]

Radagon : @EldenBeast Art thou winning, yet?

[@miscielrossvillegas6307]

Its the Greater Will checking in 🤣🤣🤣

[@ksnumidium9168]

Looking for this comment LOL

[@parrotilol]

its the other outer gods trolling him in their group chat

[@catc.9821]

Sheesh, no wonder Rennala is so hung up on this dude. He’s gorgeous! Even now when he’s literally falling apart he’s still gorgeous.😂

[@watch-_-yourhead1460]

Fr💀

[@kefas_dlnd286]

yeah fr he be too fine for no reason

[@XRandomXShinigamiX]

I know, I have a huge crush on him despite him hammering my ass constantly and never getting to 2nd phase I just can't get over his little grunts when he swings that big hammer at me 😅

[@WUZ.r]

@@XRandomXShinigamiX Down horrendous

[@redxender3793]

@@XRandomXShinigamiX thats sus

[@draxxilion5957]

I'd love to see what the Elden Beast is doing after it starts flying up into the sky, when it does that ring-explosion attack. I always was too busy dodging the attack to look at it.

[@skumpyzword2185]

same, I knew if I looked at it too long I would be too captivated to dodge

[@konstantinkachanovsky2960]

He summons runes from Elden Ring

[@muckus_the_macka7340]

Galactic donuts

[@FreedomAndPeaceOnly]

*_" Here I stand I realize, I had no time to see - the stage in which we fi~ght "_*

[@crad5476]

You cant see him, he disappears.

[@The_Cooler_Will]

He may be cracked but oh boy! is this guy the pinnacle of beauty in bosses I've seen.

[@user-xs4ix5ur3e]

Is that even his real body? Like Marika, he seems like a sculpture up close.

[@omeloithemarshmallow7663]

Yep that’s him, I’m pretty sure the shattering like literally shattered him

[@user-xs4ix5ur3e]

@@omeloithemarshmallow7663 Damn, you're most likely right. Didn't even think of that.

[@leviathan631]

Radagon's Design is so intriguing and simple, I can't help but think of Nier's Shadowlord in some aspects of the design.

[@steampunklemon1508]

That’s exactly what I thought, particularly the colour palette and lighting is very Shadowlord reminiscent.

[@ImSoKishi]

@@steampunklemon1508 shadowlord and Radagon of the Golden Order duo bossfight

[@The_Cooler_Will]

Yes that's what I was thinking too

[@yaxinyet]

Yea exactly what I thought aswell

[@xela4854]

Elden Beast music also made me think of NieR music.

[@honeykrisp16]

The elden beast is something that almost doesn't look real,like it's so ethereal and just out of this world,like something out of a dream

[@hairylegs1319]

And instead of being horrifying like what they did in bloodborne, it's just fascinatingly beautiful.

[@AP-lf6qs]

They shouldve removed the outline and just have the stars as the body.

[@NPC-fg6up]

its a whale with a sword, lame as fuck, we deserved radagon 2nd phase

[@anecro]

I mean as it stands it's pretty much a jelly monster, but I like the interior a lot. Like it's awesome that we can have things like this, actual particles and individual tiny 3d hairs locked onto skeletons that make this pocket universe 3d effect possible as opposed to using images or just particles that just fly for a bit and then disappear.

[@idzidz833]

@@NPC-fg6up username checks out

[@jokig]

I was NOT expecting Radagon's face to be shaped like that. In my mind it always filled in the blanks as "ah red hair and muscular? Must be Ganondorf!" but he's surprisingly pretty?

[@bloodangel19]

Same. He looks a little feminine. Maybe cuz he and Marika are one?

[@vaclavsoukup7302]

Marika and him are the same person, however, they, now share a body.

[@joot9184]

@@bloodangel19 feminine? Not everyone has jaw bones of steal lmao He has a very regular face shape just like every npc in the game .

[@julianswinton5355]

@@joot9184 Meanwhile dung eater looks like unga bunga caveman

[@_Axe1_]

@@joot9184 yeah, I don’t think he look feminine.

[@joshp.1682]

What’s crazy is despite Radagon not having a speaking line, unlike most of the other bosses, his design alone shows a lot about his character. He just looks tired and broken, just like the Golden Order he swore himself to. But he’s going to perform his duty to it nonetheless. Such a fantastic and simple design.

[@Sienna1919]

Now I get why Rennala was so hung up on Radagon. He was pretty af

[@Roberto577_One]

Honestly, it's strange how the music for both of them is so different, yet both still perfectly fit the end of the game and are both so beautiful. Radagon's theme might legitimately be the best track in a FromSoft game I've ever heard, and I only love it more the more I hear it. Edit: just listened to them in the soundtrack, the Elden Beast's theme nearly brings tears to my eyes with it's beauty. I fucking love this game.

[@archangelgabriel8493]

Have you listened to Lady Maria's theme? Or the Abyss Watchers? They can definitely make you shed a tear.

[@Roberto577_One]

@@archangelgabriel8493 I haven't played Bloodborne yet (PC gang) but I have fought the Abyss Watchers, unfortunately I was too focused on the fight to notice the music, I'll give it a listen when I get a chance.

[@archangelgabriel8493]

@@Roberto577_One Well without spoilers, here's this. This is a more seamless version where the original sounds like it was ripped out of the boss fight, loops and the sort. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2TFmqevjrFkfZo

[@squirtbrainz1219]

Sucks they’re like the only good themes in the game other than arguably Godrick and Malenia

[@littlejunkettes4122]

You may like the original OST of Legend of Mana (not the "remastered" version) then. There's some truly beautiful songs in that game. Track 12- Everyday Dream ~Spirit's Song kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGOmf4Odq76sl80 It's not orchestrated, just synth and not as sorrowful, mysterious or "epic" but it's beautiful too.

[@homerlol9058]

Man I love radagon so much His theme is a banger

[@user-2pysufs39]

its the menu theme too

[@deinonychus1948]

@@user-2pysufs39 a remixed version of it anyway

[@nicolas4514]

I agree, I have an insane crush on him.

[@aengusog3415]

@@nicolas4514 radagon is daddy

[@nicolas4514]

@@aengusog3415 He is MY daddy

[@compooterdooterk.b.453]

The Elden beast is extremely interesting, when I first saw it I thought of those large scale images of galaxy superclusters. Which made me thing about how much of an influence this creature actually would be. Not only to the world, but to the entire universe itself. Everything about it is so un-natural yet so familiar, and with its "face" being a centre point of light that almost looks like it follows you wherever you go, it gives me that feeling that this thing was the centre of the universe. Another thing I found interesting is in the descriptions given of this thing. If this creature is the embodiment of order and how the universe works, then that could mean killing it would be physically breaking the order of the universe. Which strikes a similarity and contrast with Dark souls, as that entire series is about a broken order of the world, and trying to get out of it or fix it in any way possible. Which brought me down a big rabbit hole that made me think that Gwyn and the rest of the "Gods" from Dark souls aren't gods at all, but just simple lords with a lot of power. Like the Tarnished. I found it so powerful that when you beat the Elden beast it says "God Slain". It has that impact that, not only did you confront this creature of extreme strength and power for the first time, but you defeated it at that same time as well.

[@notthalis9545]

The Beast's "skeleton" seems to also be filaments, which are walls consistent of superclusters that are themselves bound together. This thing is literally an entire universe in and of itself, apparently.

[@jadeimingan184]

Shit and I thought I was the only the one with this notion, and it's really amazing to be honest that at first I thought I was wrong and it even made a big bang. Rad and magnificent

[@jeftecoutinho]

By killing the Beast you destroy the *current* order, since the game mentions the Age before the Erdtree.

[@jeftecoutinho]

@@notthalis9545 To further suport this theory, the Elden Stars incantation tells that the Greater Will one day sent a beast that would later become the Elden Ring.

[@cupiddle9026]

@@jeftecoutinho nice

[@billfox847]

when you're wailing on him and he's only slightly flinching and has that dead expression it's actually terrifying

[@miscielrossvillegas6307]

Radagon is surprisingly....... attractive. To go with his immense poise and SWAG. Deep lore states that the Elden Beast is of the same species as Astel, the Naturalborns and are sent by the Greater Will. The only difference is that Elden Beast is just yellow 🤣🤣🤣

[@paleposter]

you see what marika saw in him

[@rasulefendiyev8774]

@@paleposter yeah she literally saw herself

[@LynnMVD]

please, i can't be the only one who thirst over this guy. thank goodness...

[@artikelservice796]

@@paleposter you see what renalla saw in him, there i fix it for you

[@christianbusch5499]

Lore-wise he was considered a really good-looking dude. They gave him a lot of personality too, apparently he hated his red hair haha

[@TATERplaysGAMES]

I love that this beast, after watching its thrall fail to defeat you, literally transmogs his ass into a literal weapon like he'd be more useful that way...

[@user-pj1ec5om5g]

It’s also showing that unlike how it likes to call itself as kind and caring it sees humanity as nothing more than a tool

[@Ryan-gl8wu]

I was thinking to myself today "damn I'd like to get s good look at Radagons model, it's so cool" and then this shows up, cheers 👍

[@pandamygdala]

Sameeee - this video is a godsend.

[@MK-xj5by]

It's very good for me, an artist, to get some references so I can fan art him!

[@CompanionCubie1]

YES

[@wes0112]

whoever made radagon deserves a raise. it's badass af!

[@GenEricStudios05]

The minute I heard the title theme playing for Radagon, I knew this was going to be the best fight. Taken straight out of an anime, seriously.

[@junjiitowafflehouse9750]

It’s the way he lunges at you I think, same with hoarah loux

[@lewispooper3138]

It’s western music

[@GenEricStudios05]

@@lewispooper3138 What I mean is the fact of the title theme playing for the final fight. That’s an anime thing.

[@chaolihai-innit]

@@lewispooper3138 Still made by an eastern composer.

[@ramirolopez2336]

@@junjiitowafflehouse9750 What did it for me was his attack when he hammers at the ground 3 times, I actually got chills. It really makes you feel an echo of when the Elden Ring was shattered

[@SimonSenaviev]

Would be cool to take a closer look and the God devouring serpent or the iron maidens

[@istolethispfpfromreddit]

Out of all final bosses in the series, the Elden beast strikes me the most. It was a tradition to have an Human boss, and this creature certainly doesn't fit that criteria, but It's absolutely gorgeous to look at, I would say an absolute masterpiece in design. It really does fit in this game more than some other bosses. But lore wise... ... *This shit is a fuckin shiny humanity*

[@emilianotripodi3145]

Except for the moon presence which is "the eldritch beast" if you think about it

[@istolethispfpfromreddit]

@@emilianotripodi3145 that is also another beautiful bastard which I adore

[@emilianotripodi3145]

@@istolethispfpfromreddit it's appearence is truly magnificent, a lovecraftian horror well made

[@SmurfArt]

it’s quite similar to bloodborne, first a humanoid final boss, then an eldritch being as real final boss.

[@thebloodmoonwarrior]

Would not really say neshadra or true king allant are truely human

[@pqfire0950]

I wonder if Marika was left handed while Radagon is right handed. Makes sense since the left half of him is blown up. Probably happened when she busted the Elden Ring.

[@crust5909]

i went to check the trailers and opening sequence and its hard to tell. Marika is always holding the hammer with both her hands.

[@theholiday3836]

@@crust5909 why is radagon's body damaged?

[@frantschou2369]

@@theholiday3836 because he/Marika are the vessel of the Elden Ring, breaking the Elden Ring resulted in their body being shattered as well.

[@HandsomeGamerGuy]

@@theholiday3836 Also because Marika tried to destroy the Ring, while Radagon tried to fix it.

[@FimbongBass]

Radagon looks so badass and cool when hes holding his Hammer in the air while looking back at you, such an iconic moment, then the reveal of the elden beast paired with that somber yet beautiful music really is the cherry on too for me, loved this whole battle

[@Shezmen88]

Oh Elden Beast...absolutely beautiful and absolute bullshit at the very same time.

[@shinkey7808]

hope you'd animate it as beautiful as it is in the game!

[@AJDC_5]

How the heck is it BS? Has some of the absolute easiest attacks to dodge. Other then the Elder Stars thing. The yellow orb that keeps follows you around for a while. That is BS I'll give you that.

[@davideventili2881]

@@AJDC_5 the BS Is the fact that it keeps running away and you can't do much about it. Luckily it's not that difficult compared to radagon, i think it's meant as a cutscene-fight more than an actual fight

[@AJDC_5]

@@davideventili2881 The fight still takes as long as other boss fights if not even less. Don't you think running away is completely nullified by the fact that it has so many openings where you can do a full combo on it? Unlike other bosses where you barely have time for a second attack. Anyone that says the fight is BS just because it is running away sometimes is taking the piss in my opinion. If it did not the fight would last 2 seconds. He is not even running away for the sake of it either. Its usually to set up one of its long range attacks or the ring attack.

[@kommentier9884]

@@AJDC_5 the only BS move it has is that yellow comet thingy, that follows you for a ridiculously long amount of time. Even more so because the boss can still attack during it.

[@OnlyGetty]

If there were ever words to describe the Elden Beast, they'd have to be 'Hauntingly Beautiful'

[@r.e.z9428]

Like his twin.

[@monkewithearrings9535]

Like the entire game

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

Bloodborne: that's the beauty of the cosmos son So will you like some of my blood and insights to see more?

[@r.e.z9428]

@@brawmankerlexterminateurde860 [Insert Kos Screaming]

[@pepega8198]

when i first saw the beast, i thought it was kinda like a yellow version of ben ten upgrade, f

[@kaxothe1st958]

Looking at Radagon I was struck by the beauty of his design, and the moment Elden Beast came and I realized these little things under its abdomen were LEGS, my howls of laughter covered the choirs of the music

[@amalgamation3679]

They look so silly! 😂

[@Miriam_J_]

You should see his disturbing toes, those shits look like fingers

[@M1NAM1]

Personally I think the Elden Beast is...kinda cute? Like a funny li'l alien guy. Well, big alien guy. I like his stubby little legs and arms and dinosaur-like neck and chubby, roly-poly body.

[@peteganzo6786]

I like that the cosmic elements are more a sense of wonder and awe rather than creepy and "lovecraftian". Even Astel, although the head was creepy, looked like a bunch of celestial bodies attached to dragon fly wings. And the art design always reminded me of tarot cards and loved the focus on astrology.

[@pracitus]

Just wait until we see the outer gods

[@buliwyfZrage]

I had such goosebumps when the epic Elden Ring track started with Radagon posing. Elden Beast is also glorious.

[@mariomascena885]

The Elden beast is so pure and majestic that it reminds me of the Forest God’s Night Walker form in Princess Mononoke. It also has a similar entrance. But has anyone noticed how the sword he’s holding has something similar to a human rib cage? Also, the two blades merging into one hints at Radagon and Marika’s story. It’s just a hypothetical thought, but makes sense to me.

[@FaeriePuck]

Yo. Princess Mononoke was my very first thought seeing this thing. The second was “I wonder if this thing is parryable”

[@kevinbeck8836]

I definitely noticed that about the sword! Kinda philosophical, but made me think that the elden beast is metaphysical, and works through us, as physical beings. So we are it's sword

[@samurai-butterfly7393]

Well, the Elden Beast pulls Radagon's corpse under the "water" and pulls him back up in the form of a sword. Look closely and the blade is kind of fleshy as well.

[@lurksmcgee]

yeah the sword is Radagon, it also looks very similar to the fingerslayer blade

[@kevinbeck8836]

@@samurai-butterfly7393 good eye, I missed radagon being pulled under

[@nharli_etc]

“Ooo the Elden beast is pretty looking.” *discord notification*

[@RB-ej8wk]

Such a cool design on both bosses

[@garrorogar6658]

i said it once and i'll say it again: radagon had no bussiness being that hot

[@amalgamation3679]

I agree

[@CaptainKaz44]

Every once in a while a video game will give me goosebumps, the Elden Beast introduction and the music/visuals during the whole fight was one of those moments… a grand spectacle. I’ll never forget it.

[@lettherebedragons8885]

Even in this state Radagon is just breathtaking.

[@supremedogbowl4052]

So lore-wise with the Elden Beast, I think it's definitely one of the more intriguing bosses with it's role in Elden Ring. Judging from the beautiful arena we fight the beast in, there is more then one Erdtree that pertains to the Greater Will, which could tie back to maybe why were able to play multiple NG's on the same save file, as From has the tendency to give a vague reason as to why we're able to do such a thing. It might also imply that there are more worlds that span across different dimensions, with the Greater Will having it's hands in all of them, which is probably how it gets so much power/influence with the amount of worlds it inherits it's powers too/from. Reading the remembrance of the Elden Beast, you can see how powerful this Greater Will is, as the description gives the impression that it is something entirely above the beast, like another God that sent down the beast to be more of a observer for this world, with it's purpose to make sure that the Golden Order is looked over with how it should be. It can also be read that the Greater Will itself sent a small portion of itself within the beast, given the use of the word "vassal" in the description, and would make a lot more sense after you kill the beast and the screen pops up with the text "GOD SLAIN", as you did technically kill the god, even if it was a small portion of it. You can see the big scar/shattering area that on it's belly, more then likely because of Queen Marika's actions of shattering the Elden Ring, crippling the beast in some way as a result. I think there's a lot more to read about with it's role in different areas of the game being unknown, like its relationship with the multiple finger factions that are in the game, if it is responsible for the merging of Radagon and Marika (if they were even different entities to begain with), and if it's true intentions with bestowing the Golden Order. From definitely took a book out of Bloodborne's concept with the Great Ones and entities greater then what we see, but I'm not complaining because I think they approached both ideas in a interesting way. One game looks at how these god-like beings bestowed the foundation/fundamental rules of the world it inherits, while the other game makes these entities look at escaping the fundamental rules of the world that they exist in.

[@valentin4761]

i swear this lore is so fucking good

[@voxlity]

It's "vassal" not "vessel".

[@supremedogbowl4052]

@@voxlity U right, my American education popped out when I read that, ‘preciate the correction.

[@konstantinkachanovsky2960]

Elden Beast is literally Elden Ring, which is basically all great runes - logo of the game (from description of elden stars spell), Marika is the vessel of Elden Ring (meaning she's the vessel of Elden Beast), that's why Elden Beast has scar in the same place where Marika was stabbed with that spear-thing.

[@valentin4761]

@@konstantinkachanovsky2960 no

[@haillobster7154]

What a beautiful man!

[@Argon2022]

I love how you can actually see the elden ring inside him/her, showing that they don't posses the elden ring, but actually ARE the elden ring To shatter the elden ring is to shatter marika

[@muratakpinar9094]

it wasnt always like that, greater will infused elden ring withing marika after the shattering

[@blamepluto7308]

@@muratakpinar9094 but the ring appears once she transforms to radagon we can't see it within marika

[@muratakpinar9094]

@@blamepluto7308 that's why he touchws Hammer and activate it's power, marka is buse with being imprisonef haha

[@muratakpinar9094]

@@blamepluto7308 radagon and marka was different persona but one soul, after the hattering they merge together as elden ring infused them

[@blamepluto7308]

@@muratakpinar9094 usta peki yüzüğü aktifleştirmesiyle çekice dokunması arasındaki bağlantı nedir

[@shivernaut9884]

Why are people surprised at radagons face his statues are everywhere

[@kyronyxng3347]

There's a sadness to Radagon. The king has done it again

[@edokun35]

Radagon is so fine.

[@XRandomXShinigamiX]

Radagon is strangely attractive, I don't know why his design really strikes with me, I really wish there was a model of him before looking like a broken mannequin. oh, and the Elden Beast immediately reminded me of the Source of All Living Matter from SnK😱

[@amalgamation3679]

I agree

[@user-op2bh7rc9z]

I’ll never forget seeing the Elden Beast for the first time. Felt like I was gaining insight in real time.

[@HazDev56]

the fact that Elden Beast is the embodiment of Elden Ring and its tail is like a root of a tree(Erdtree) is really a nice detail. love this game. truly the ultimate game of all time🔥🔥

[@lewispooper3138]

It’s eh Ds3 was better

[@Mfolsom245]

@@lewispooper3138 ds3 was the least memorable of all the souls game when it comes to level design and general artistic design. It's only saving grace was that some of it's boss fights were really good.

[@thesnatcher3616]

@@Mfolsom245 And the artistic design shone within some of the boss fights as well. Twin Princes, Soul of Cinder, Gael, etc.

[@abysswatcherbutibitethedus872]

It isn't. The vessel of the Elden Ring is Marika, who shares a body with Radagon. You can see the ER symbol inside his broken body

[@jeftecoutinho]

@@abysswatcherbutibitethedus872 He didn't say the Elden Beast was the vessel, the Beast is the Elden Ring inside Marika. Read the description of the Elden Stars incantation.

[@OoSymmetriholicoO]

After learning some of the lore behind this game, you can't help but feel bad for Radagon. He was put in this state against his will and suffered this amazing yet surely painful shattering and imprisonment regardless of what he wanted. His story mixed with this theme made this fight S tier.

[@pracitus]

He liked his life but Marika wanted to free herself from the Greater Will and Radagon rebelling against her was not part of her plan. I hope we see the outer gods someday.

[@elmoferrel3942]

I thought Radagon was crazy loyal toward the Greater Will? Or maybe he was created to be loyal?

[@oogooboggins5956]

@@elmoferrel3942 radagon was loyal, but Marika was not. This became a problem because they shared the same body so they were both constantly fighting for control, Marika to shatter the ring, and radagon to repair it. That's why they kept switching every time they hammered in the opening, they were trying to take control of each other.

[@feniza1]

Radagon looks so fucking cool.

[@JackJonValois]

I imagined with the state he is in and the golden power flowing through him all the way to his brain that the greater will or (most likely) the elden beast was using what's left of him as a puppet to fight you.

[@gastar805]

I find it really cool that if you look past all of the cracking and open parts of his body you can very clearly see that he was a pretty good looking guy, esspecialy compared to MOST of the other bosses who have marred faces or wear masks.

[@VincentVaIentine]

He's so pretty and I was looking for a closer look at him and turns out he's more prettier, the biggest compliment I've got that one of my friends said he reminds him of me.

[@kefas_dlnd286]

shit why is radagon so good looking

[@sticky0159]

There's some allure to Radagons design, really brings in the meaning of Shattered God to life.

[@Writh811]

Out of the context of battle that last animation feels like it could be when the Grace was sent out to bring all the Tarnished back to the Lands Between.

[@blumen3060]

I didn't play Elden Ring but watch a lot of videos and gameplay and lore (Love you Vaati) and to be honest Radagon is like really handsome but the Elden Beast reminds of the The Forest Spirit in Princess Mononoke, very ethereal, beautiful and kinda scary hehe

[@PR1ME98]

Elden beast is such a beauty. When you die to it its not because you made a mistake, it’s because you were too drawn in by the raw spectacle of its appearance.

[@Foogi9000]

HOLY SHIT! I just realized something, the design of the Elden Beast resembles artistic depictions of what the Laniakea Supercluster looks like! Laniakea is the Supercluster that our Galaxy belongs to. This would also tie in pretty well with it being a creature sent from some Cosmic Outer God that probably exists in space and is beyond our comprehension and it also ties into the whole cosmic aesthetic it has!

[@jonathonparson5299]

This boss theme is honestly my new favorite across all games. It's just too epic man. The transition is immaculate.

[@MelonWyvern]

Anyone else notice how the sword of the elden beast seems to have the shapes of a ribcage right above the handguard ? And how the handguard itself has one intact and one broken "arm" ? This combined with the fact that the elden beast appears after submerging Radagon, and pulling the sword out of where Radagon was submerged, I think it is a safe assumption that the sword is in fact Radagon/Marika who have been deformed into this shape. Edit: I watched the cutscene again, and you can clearly see that the handguard of the sword has a hand at the end of the intact arm.

[@Ale-cw2cd]

Read the description of the sword which you can get after beating this boss at the roundtable. It says it's a sword made by the remains of a God or something like that, so you re right

[@jamesd4827]

Yes they are the sword of the Elden Beast

[@theobell2002]

The hilt is also doing the Inner Order gesture.

[@pracitus]

Yup, I thought the same when I saw him pulling the sword out of the water right after he pulled Radagon inside.

[@pracitus]

@@theobell2002 it's only natural as the Elden Beast was the vassal of the Greater Will and living incarnation of the concept of Order.

[@adamsirin7249]

Just noticed that the linear part of the rune within Radagon looks like the inner glowing bit of elden beast.

[@echoinggarden6923]

can you give a view where Elden beast jumps out from the surface and casts the biggest Elden ring burst? I think that move is quite beautiful.

[@Logaterasou]

What a epic way to start honestly from making camer close to the "Elden Ring" symbol

[@backslash4141]

probably wierd to say but I could fall asleep to elden beast's theme, it's just so peaceful and relaxing. and although radagon's theme cheats a little bit by being a reprise of the main theme it's probably my favourite on the soundtrack.

[@ladyprimrose4533]

Radagon hot af

[@soulsmasterxw7373]

I love all the final bosses in every one of From's games. And even though Sword Saint Isshin is still my favorite, Elden Rings final boss is one of the most surreal boss fights in the series!

[@lewispooper3138]

Surreal as in “it’s surreal how much this boss runs away”?

[@thesnatcher3616]

@@lewispooper3138 It does happen a lot, but your joke was not funny man.

[@iSkyLiTz]

@@thesnatcher3616 I found it funny.

[@SirVyre]

Elden Beast is like a nightmare Tropius. Radagon is like the definition of you cannot break the law, only break yourself against the law.

[@jamesharris3282]

Anybody else believe that the soreseal and scarseal taslimans are the actual eyes of merika and radagon?

[@TobyKBTY]

Absolutely crazy the last boss was staring at us in the face as soon as the first trailers dropped. But seeing him/her in this form was absolutely crazy. loved the battle, even if it was definitely one of the way harder ones for me.

[@crust5909]

There is no trailer where Radagon is staring at the viewers, unless i missed something.

[@loomingmoon4682]

@@crust5909 Him and Marika can be seen trying to shatter/break the Elden Ring in the first ever trailer, it's just hidden through the use of extremely clever lighting and angles

[@gluelake]

@@crust5909 Elden Beast is the Elden Ring

[@matthewsimpson883]

Dude this channel is incredible. Thank you. Radagon being Marika is something the really gets my gears grinding

[@phoenixlandsberg9649]

Elden Beast has a galactic supercluster-like structure inside of it, maybe they even put our own “Laniakea” into it. The design itself perfectly captures the concept of an alien entity that was brought to the world to serve as a vassal for a god.

[@Catdogomeow]

I love how Radagon is just Thor. I also like how Godfrey is basically Hercules too

[@pathetic2399]

And Miquella is Ganymedes. And Godwyn is Baldr

[@TruePeaceSeeker]

From radagon design alone you can see that both marika and radagon are vessel to the elden ring

[@jelloenjoyer4839]

if you observe the Elden beast with it's tail pointed towards the sky and the "head" pointing towards the ground, its body will resemble a tree and root system. The pillars are trees in the background, the leaves and branches are missing, I actually think the trees are siphoning life from the lands between to feed the Greater Will.

[@giacomorinaldi8803]

Ah, yes. The Hallucigenia thing inside Ymir from Attack on Titan. Wait...

[@danielgeczy463]

I love how a lot of the elden beasts attacks look like the formation of nebulas through supernova it’s just so cool.

[@dislikebutton6269]

Honestly, when I first played through the game, I wasn’t expecting the last three bosses to be Senator Armstrong, Bob the Builder, and The Loch-Ness Monster.

[@NicolasMayr-xe9cd]

I really love the eldritch influences of the Elden beast and of the lore of the outer gods in the game as a whole

[@ForumArcade]

The scenery at the end with the Elden Beast summons to mind a dream I had many years ago. There was a great dark tower in an infinite snowscape. The tower seemed endless, but at its summit was a vast forest of tall mirrors. Each one would reflect a different aspect of the soul; a glimpse of who you might have been in a different life. In that place you could lose yourself. Fall into the mirrors, and the reflection would take your place. It's not exactly the same. These are trees, not mirrors, and in my dreams the colours were much more pale and silver rather than evening gold. But other than that the visuals are strikingly similar.

[@daxabe3261]

when a slug drinks too much red bull

[@rexana_rexana]

I would be really interested to compare Radagon's and Marika's models (well whatever we have if Marika,lol). I know lore-wise they're sharing the same body, but obviously in the game they have different models. I wanna see if they thought to have any overlapping traits to pull that lore more into the modeling. (I don't know if I worded that well at all, I basically just wanna see if you can see things from Marika on Radagon's model and from Radagon on Marika.)

[@monkebrainedfish3130]

Radagon is kinda scary tho. What scares me the most about him is how every demigod has some sort of Dialouge which makes them feel more human in a way, Radagon doesnt talk or make any sound and the way he just looks at you seems like he is looking at your soul Maybe its just me but he is the scariest demigod if not the scariest boss in my opinion

[@bazah23]

I agree he’s silence is scary Btw he’s a god not a demigod

[@monkebrainedfish3130]

@@bazah23 Elden Beast is a God, Radagon is Merika and Merika is considered a Demigod. I may be wrong but its what my current understanding of Elden ring

[@bazah23]

@@monkebrainedfish3130 bro radagon/marika are the only gods in the lands between to our knowledge the greater well and some other outer gods are from outside the lands between maybe even from space and they need empyrean to ascend to godhood to be spread there influence in the lands

[@monkebrainedfish3130]

@@bazah23 So Elden Beast is not a God?

[@bazah23]

@@monkebrainedfish3130 he’s the vassal of the greater well (and the manifestation of their order) so it’s a godly being

[@zzzzzzzzzPP]

The elden beast really reminds me of sotc when wander becomes a combinatiom of every colossus

[@chaplainamin9888]

YES thank you so much i needed to see this one my fav boss

[@rexlumontad5644]

Radagon, the father of Starscourge Radahn

[@awter.they-it]

Spoilers (if you're out for them and somehow here ???) And technically his mother too, cause rahdan got 2 moms, and one dad

[@zataiyo6738]

Rad family

[@brawmankerlexterminateurde860]

Lore: family issues I see

[@skeletorgames8641]

And Ranni, and Miquella and Melania.

[@MK-xj5by]

@@skeletorgames8641 And Rykard... so easily forgotten

[@MetallicaKing48]

Radagon is Marika’s fire. He can do things and make decisions and actions that she normally couldn’t or wouldn’t. As for those flowing red locks, there’s symbolism in that. A curse from the last fire giant at the end of the war between the gods and giants, big red had his middle finger lunged at them by doing this. lol

[@arbradaclay3621]

The way radagon moves across the arena and that invincibility aura around him made it feel like you were fighting superman or something, there's no flashy particles flying around him no traces of light as he floats in the air and his moves are almost instantaneous

[@arbradaclay3621]

Oh shit and the lasers too. He feels a lot like fighting a super hero or something whit the super speed, teleportation, lasers and just how he tanks trough everything you throw at him

[@Zhongli.wife1]

Ahhh my love radagon 😞🤎🤎🤎

[@tr4pg0d28]

To me the Elden Beast is very reminiscent of the Moon Presence from Bloodborne. They both have this "higher entity" thing going on and both just kind of show up at the very end.

[@skeletorgames8641]

Moon presence was hinted at though earlier on. People keep referring to our character as moon scented. And various great ones are all over the place. One of them had to be powering the hunter's dream.

[@Tossen98]

Is the Radagon we fight actually just the Elden Beast puppeteering the corpse of him? Really looks like that to me.

[@itzamedio5427]

I didn't notice this until now but the sword the elden beast is holding is literally radagon. You can see his ribcage in the center and he is in a t pose.

[@user-ms8tr5cl3o]

Мой любимый босс, ибо очень красивый босс под очень красивую музыку делают своё. Спасибо за такое видео!

[@user-ms8tr5cl3o]

Реналла не прогадала.

[@ooohheldenring9770]

Radagon's theme is fucking amazing

[@Addyboy0190]

The elden beast lighting up the sky makes you want stare in awe... but then you realize those lights are heading straight for you

[@VCRAGE]

The level designs, the NPCs and alike are AMAZING. FromSoft always find the balance between mysterious, frightening, beautiful and awe-inspiring.

[@liahonadumdum2318]

Radagon do be pretty thooooooo

[@Chaziltasm]

Radagon is hot dude. if he was made of flesh of course...

[@hiimleila9191]

Well now I know why Rennala can't get over that breakup...

[@drteeth362]

The inspiration from Princess Mononoke is wildly apparent with Elden Beast

[@EatitHarvey]

If you think Radagon and Rennala are both pretty, imagine what OG Ranni looked like? Top that with her being a redhead lunar princess...

[@TheIdealofGreed]

I was never aware the Elden Beast had legs before this. Somehow it reduces my enjoyment of the design to see this majestic cosmic serpent-tree with dinky little salamander legs.

[@hoo7797]

I wonder what would it feel like to hug the Elden Beast. It kinda looks like it's made of water, but also that you could walk right through it.

[@rizkyfarrelfernando]

At first, I really wanted him to have some dialogue, but I remembered that his face was broken lol