Radahn Is The Main Character

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[@flotskryz]

Torrent: nooo my second jump cant save us, that ledge is too tall Rahdan: Leonard, prepare from a fall from outerspace Leonard: yes, my general

[@nedsnow4179]

Lmaooo

[@tengr0057]

Well Torrent can't compete with power of total friendship. XD

[@juliansihite1289]

Hi bro, can you please kindly check 0:47 What is that greatsword? I really want to get it now... Thank you.

[@nedsnow4179]

@@juliansihite1289 just tip; how to get guts greatsword in elden ring and you will find a video explained how to get.

[@juliansihite1289]

@@nedsnow4179 hi bro thank you. But I mean that greatsword which he used on 0:47, what is that greatsword?

[@georgiemckenna6283]

Radahn’s brain while he was effected by scarlet rott: Goal 1: Protect Leonard Goal 2: Hold Back the Starts Goal 3: Everything Else

[@tacticalpacklimbo129]

Goal 1: protect Leonard Goal 2: protect Leonard Goal 3: protect Leonard Goal 4: protect Leonard Goal 5: protect Leonard Goal 6: protect Leonard Goal 7: protect Leonard Goal 8: protect Leonard Goal 9: protect Leonard Goal 10: protect Leonard

[@Foat_Gucker]

Poor Leonard tho, he's so malnourished

[@Tomzin20]

@@Foat_Gucker so is radahn, cry about it lmao

[@Gundumb781]

@@Tomzin20 tf you talking about bruh... radahn is like 2 story tall, the guy is anything but malnourished 💀

[@JackGPumpkin]

Fun fact: in the game there was a hidden phase where you would kill leonard and fight an enraged radahn but it was scrapped

[@revolverjesus98]

Rad "The Chad" Dahn: - Wields two massive greatswords - Fought Malenia 1v1 (and almost won) - Holds back the entirety of all stars in the universe even while his mind is rotted from super cancer - Studied gravity magic and flipped off the laws of gravity just so he could ride his childhood horse - Has an entire festival dedicated to his achievements and to send him off with a good merciful death

[@thebastard890]

Radahn definitely won the 1v1 with Malenia considering a dude carried Malenia away from the fight.

[@apocalypse5228]

@@thebastard890 yeah Malenia carried away and asleep for decades vs Radahn still fighting and winning battles vs tons of challengers

[@TheGraysonYT]

Radahn definitely won the fight. He was holding the stars and himself while fighting Malenia, and he let Malenia put her prosthetic arm back on before they continued fighting. Malenia literally stabbed herself just to do her ultimate move, which didn’t even kill Radhan. Malenia’s own move basically killed herself until some loyal soldier carried her all the way back to her home or whatever her arena is supposed to be. Also, I heard some people say that Malenia had an entire army with her too. I think it’s safe to say that Radhan is technically more powerful than Melenia.

[@revolverjesus98]

@@TheGraysonYT not technically, objectively

[@thebastard890]

@@TheGraysonYT technically is an understatement considering the game practically begs us to use a crap ton of summons during Radahns fight.

[@hecc7906]

Can we also talk about how the Redmane army are actual heroes? They put up the walls of fire to stave off the rot from taking all of the land

[@Trebor6127]

Absolutely. I believe they are the most heroic characters in the entire game. And it also reinforces my view of Radahn as a true hero too - a leader hast to be truly great to inspire such heroism in his knights and soldiers.

[@brandonevans3267]

I kind of feel like shit for killin em now

[@hare4755]

@@brandonevans3267 It's what he wanted though a warriors death

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

Shame on Malenia for not taking the L like a respectable person and instead dooming Radahn, Caelid, the lands between, and herself to the rot because she was scared. Should have gone down with her army.

[@finnkafka7444]

​@@A_Black_Sheep94she had too much pride in herself to go down. I mean, she was known as the "Undefeated Swordswoman", so I can imagine the urge to be holding onto that title at whatever cost. That's the main thrust of the lore behind elden ring, its that even these supposed gods & demigods are imperfect in their intentions & modalities

[@dog.b74]

He was the most powerful demigod, and we only fought him severely weakened, imagine fighting him at full power.

[@Doomseer]

He had been completely consumed with scarlet rot while also holding up the stars and still has the strength to fight some of the strongest champions in the lands between.

[@edenarchive4150]

We fought and killed the elden beast. If we fought him at full power, we might break a sweat but we'd win.

[@lucjeb9254]

@@edenarchive4150 Is the Elden Beast stronger though? Now hear me out. I know its somewhat of a God but being a God doesnt directly Translate into Combat Power. Just look at Godfrey/Hoarah Loux. They had a need for a Warrior Elden Lord to do their Fighting, and after all the Fighting had been Done, he was robbed of his Grace and sent away. Why did they need Godfrey to do their fighting when they had Radagon who is Marika and therefore a God? My guess is that being a God just means you have Influence over Certain Things, but it doesnt make you Stronger than Other Beings (necessarily)

[@johnboy1760]

@@edenarchive4150 That’s a good point that kind of simultaneously disproves your point. Yes, the playable character does defeat the Elden beast, but at the same time, that proves that perceived lesser beings can defeat it. If you ask the characters in the mythos, do you think this tarnished warrior could beat the Elden beast, I’m willing to bet you’d be met with a resounding no. Most round table members seem to think they could kick your ass. Now they’re not right, but it goes to show that the scaling within the universe/ranking isn’t set in stone. Going off feats, it’s not beyond comprehension that Radhan could win.

[@Hawntbawt]

Chadahn would mop the floor with that golden seal-muppet.

[@avak5]

An additional note. Radahn does not shoot you with arrows. He shoots you with the spears of Malenia's Cleanrot Knights that are embedded in him. Truly a badass.

[@Recentlyisekai89]

That would be explaining how radahn gets his arrows and what their made of

[@austinjones5624]

This would also imply that his mastery over gravity magic is absolutely absurd l given that he is capable of firing hundreds of spears into the sky and have them track you as they fall.

[@michapiasta3072]

@@austinjones5624 he can hold the STARS in place using it. He would be absolute menace if he werent occupied with stars.

[@daniell1483]

That's so fucking cool, I never noticed!

[@Florragonis]

So he yanks them out for extra ammo? Dang, that must be painful for a rotted brain giant that rides his childhood horse.

[@dragonriderathelordofdrago6812]

Let's think for a moment, Ranni needs us to kill Radahn to release the stars. Ranni is one of the strongest magic users ever and couldn't break Radahn's hold on the sky, even when he had been afflicted with scarlet rot

[@nationalbyleaf6433]

She doesn’t use gravitational magic is the thing. Radahn holds back the stars using a kind of magic she isn’t familiar with and therefore couldn’t do much about like just start them moving again. And she was in a doll and not a real body.

[@connerSphotography]

Ranni is weak and that is why I will stand alone atop of the lands of between as elden lord. Without ranni

[@MrHammerofdoom]

you could technically skip radahn to do ranni's quest. If you go through Nokstella.

[@devontheundivided9815]

not to be a ranni simp but isnt she forever cursed in an endless cursing match between her and the fingers? until you get the fingerslayer sword/dagger that is.

[@seal_shepherd8148]

@@connerSphotography Based.

[@maximumcockage6503]

One of the biggest bad ass factors of Radahn is that aside from letting Malenia put her arm back on, she was forced to use the power of an outer god just for it to be a draw. A draw that had her people carry her off the battlefield while he still stood and did all that star holding. On top of that he could have easily used his own powers to drop the stars on her if he chose and nuked the battlefield the same way she did, but he didn't. He was fighting with so many handicaps only for the woman who never knew defeat to only draw after relying on another god to win through non-combat ways.

[@baisansebastian3358]

Uh...no. Radahn is shown on his knees and disarmed before Rot even comes in. As the game says explicitly, it was a Stalemate BEFORE Rot came into play.

[@thestic6349]

@@baisansebastian3358 Also, Malenia has spent her entire life fighting against the god of rot that manifested *inside* of her, Radahn went crazy from the secondary infection. Also she was fighting Radahn with prosthetics replacing her right arm and both legs. Oh, and she's *blind*. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying Radahn's a scrub, just that Malenia was fighting with significant handicaps. That said, Ranni and Miquella are the ones I find most interesting (also Melina).

[@BeYera3]

He really is the most interesting most badass character of Elden Ring....if he used everything at his disposal, he would have surely beaten Malenia

[@baisansebastian3358]

@@BeYera3 Highly unlikely , given that he uses everything at his disposal agains the PC and loses.

[@Fox_PVE]

@@baisansebastian3358 “uses everything against pc” does he give up his grip on the stars? Does he stop caring about Leonard’s safety for a savagery battle style? No and no, if he chose, he could have called down the STARS THEMSELVES to destroy the entirety of the Caelid wilds.

[@BetterThanUnson]

HE HIDES HIS HORSE IN THE SAND TO PROTECT HIM I MEAN C'MON

[@user-ns4zm8qe9p]

I hadn’t noticed either, the saint of Elden Ring

[@alil_adon]

The 1st time i seen it i though he was stomping his horse.

[@chrishouterman4772]

@@alil_adon It looks A LOT like he’s stomping his horse lol.

[@yourdarknessawaits3895]

@@alil_adon he pushes him under the sand to protect him, he sometimes even uses his knee armor to shield him between his shard bearing thighs.

[@coachred6872]

@@yourdarknessawaits3895 Put me between his shard-bearing star carrying thighs.

[@robertspeedwagon982]

Just wanted to quote his different titles; "General Radahn" "Red Lion of Caelid" "Redmane General" "Starscourge Radahn" "Conquerer of the Stars" He's so badass that he have more titles than everyone else.

[@davidhg117]

Don't forget: "Second elden lord" "King in turn" "Bane of Malenia" "Horsiboi" "Chadhan" Edit: i stand corrected, it was camp-agon sorry for the mistake hombres

[@oscarsolis8333]

@@davidhg117 Horsiboi ☠️

[@julianforst7837]

@@davidhg117 He's not the second elden lord, that's radagon

[@davidhg117]

@@julianforst7837 nope, Radhan left renalla to marry Marika and become 2nd elden lord

[@kaiser5731]

and the stupid malenia only has “blade of miquella“ which she repeats all the time and miquella is not even there lmao

[@atheonmordy1244]

Goofy Looks. Honorable Warrior. Badass Actions. Tragic Fate. Epic Fight. Wholesome Story. All this... in ONE PERSON!

[@gnnjsoto]

He does not look goofy at all he looks sick as fuck

[@atheonmordy1244]

@@gnnjsoto Well, he is afflicted by Scarlet Rot.

[@infinityhand6569]

@gnnjsoto a giant dude riding a horse 1/5 his size will always be goofy

[@CodeNameZero]

He literally learned gravity magic so he could ride his horse 🥺

[@dracothedrageon7654]

I like how Radahn as he is about to be nuked he kneels down trying to shelter Leonard. He was a true chad

[@tomasmisek5598]

And he suceeded too, given that Leonard is still up and running an age later

[@DemianCorvus]

I don't know if Radahn lost his feet by dragging them... but I've heard it was actually the Scarlet Rot. It would seem the rot eats limbs first, which is why Malenia has prosthetics on both legs and her arm (and Millicent lacks an arm).

[@brojennan5758]

Why does he still have arms then if that’s the case, not being a knob genuinely asking, because the rot has gotten to his mind yet skipped his arms? So if it does limbs first why would it go to both his feet then head, skipping arms

[@xNamikazeMinatox]

@@brojennan5758 cause his arms are massive 🤣

[@huneylove5]

Because since Radahn loves his house he absolutely skips leg day, however the scarlet rot has no idea how to eat those two guns on his shoulders.

[@dustincarl200]

The Fire Giant had scarlet rot on just one ankle that was slowly spreading to his other one soon.

[@bigboi4732]

Since he's gone mad with Scarlett rot I thing he meant to cut it off or it's must've given him and just like you said how malenia had prosthetic feet it's must've been that or your theory

[@Hawntbawt]

RIP Chadahn, you were too good for this world. 🤜

[@KratosisGod]

Another reason to hate malenia besides her bullshit healing

[@fbi5100]

A true chad indeed

[@tylermacdonald448]

Too God for this world

[@asta8153]

Why he was good?

[@norbertcsaszar4746]

@@asta8153 He was not,people just like him because of the horse story,i mean this video clearly shows that.He protect horse ,so good guy. Before people made the connection with the horse,nobody gave a shit about Radahn. No,he is not the main character,he is just as greedy for power as every other demigod (exept Malenia and Miquella,they more like struggle to survive,cure the scarlet rot and raise the Haligtree). he sieged Leyndell and failed doing so. And some might say its good that he stopped the stars,but Ranni's destiny is halted by this act,so is it definetly a good thing? Im not sure. Its arguable that Ranni's ending is good or not,but just like that its not just simply good that he stopped the stars. Not counting this,i have no clue why people think he was a good guy. Mostly people think he is a good guy because he loves his horse and basically thats it. Animals are cute,horse is cute,so Radahn must be a good guy.

[@Valentein_]

Radahn kinda reminds me of Artorias, an honorable, valiant warrior who's lost his mind and who we battle in a weakened state despite the fight still being very challenging, and that's why these two are a few of my favorite characters in these games!

[@devontheundivided9815]

except artorias was fighting the good guys. fear not the dark or the monsters my friend and let the feast begin.

[@bbfan84]

Artorias has nothing on giga Chad Dan tho they are my favorite characters in their games Artorias can't hold a candle to giga Chad Dan he might be like a squire in his army

[@devontheundivided9815]

@@bbfan84 to be fair to artorias lore wise artorias was the only one to walk the abyss the place where there is no light no stars no nothing. he did get his ass handed to him by manus

[@bbfan84]

@@devontheundivided9815 and us and pretty much everything he ever fought he also fail to contain the abyss in new Londo

[@devontheundivided9815]

@@bbfan84 the player character is always the strongest so I never factor him in who is stronger talks.

[@fitzwilliams4215]

Most wholesome guy . Even in his mad state he still keep his steed safe and still was holding back monsters from the stars. Such a sweetheart

[@str8apem88]

Was he not a warmonger?

[@Yintheone]

@@str8apem88 he was a general so kinda but it’s not particularly stated

[@davesthrowawayacc1162]

Radahn is the only Demigod whose divine tower is an actual dungeon with a boss at the end as well. The platforming sections of the tower and the times you die from falls is also to remind you of gravity, which is also the form of magic he learnt so he can keep riding his horse Leonard

[@KratosisGod]

Oh man I had so much trouble with that godskin noble I was like are you serious this is more difficult than most of the main bosses I've fought so far.

[@Cawckalorum]

He's also the only boss whose "Legacy Dungeon" is an empty area with 5 locked doors that only open after you beat him (that lead to nothing) and 4 enemies. Pretty lame.

[@scottbecker4367]

@@Cawckalorum if you go earlier, there are way more enemies.

[@averageatbestguitarist7002]

@@KratosisGod Pro tip: Godskin enemies are extremely susceptible to Sleep. Chuck a few sleep pots at them, and they'll literally take a nap for as long as you don't hit them.

[@oscarandrade1643]

You can run past him 😂

[@justinjohnson6481]

I feel like Radahn is having an internal struggle, between the Golden Order and the Carian royal family. What if he couldn’t choose which side he favored? Couldn’t choose between his parents. By commanding the stars he essentially halted the story from progressing, allowing no side to advance over the former and making himself the roadblock to conflict.

[@pablojosediablo]

That makes the most sense to me. He was fighting for Caria during the shattering. You would assume that means he would side with his sister Ranni, but even then he’s preventing her plans by holding back the stars.

[@mrself5824]

Thats a lot better, it wouldn’t make sense for him to be completely against the other half of his family, just unsure

[@playmsbk]

I disagree. Radahn is a godfrey fanboy through and through, and also expresses pride in his father radagon by sporting the red mane. He's also a sorcerer, and a very powerful one, but he uses no carian sorceries whatsoever, in fact he was taught gravity sorcery in sellia by an alabaster lord, which is weird since he had the much better option of the most prestigious magic academy in the lands between. We know that radahn arrested the movement of the stars, thus sealing the fate of the carian family. We know that the carian royals were aware of the fate of the stars, and radahn was one of them. The telescope description states that "The fate once writ in the night skies had been fettered by the Golden Order". With these 3 pieces of information combined, we can safely say that radahn stopped the stars knowing that it would halt the carians' fate on the behalf of the golden order. There's also the fact that stopping the natural cycle of the stars and/or the fate they prescribe has no real adverse effect on the golden order or the greater will.

[@HelmHouse3]

Kudos to you Justin. This is a really refreshing way to look at it. He’s like the child in the middle of a divorce who doesn’t want to hurt either parent. So he waits for someone to come and make that choice for him by killing him and making the decision as Elden Lord.

[@HelmHouse3]

@playmsbk - His fanboy for Godfrey is like having a favored Uncle whom he idolizes. That doesn’t necessarily indicate Radahn choosing a side, only shows his adoration for Godfrey as a warrior, not necessarily adoration as to the side Godfrey is on. One can have respect and adoration for someone who could be considered an enemy or has a polarizing viewpoint. Like how he treated Melenia, let her get herself put together before kicking her ass. A sign of respect for the art of battle.

[@kk28262484]

Radahn trapped himself in a desert because he wanted to protect others and his subordinates love him so much that they hold Radahn festival to find someone to relieve him of the pain. Absolute chad

[@thePontiffsSnickerdoodles]

Correction about Ranni's endgame - She wants to get rid of the influence of outgods and allow the residents of the Lands Between to control their own fates and destinies without some outside meddling from beings like the Great Will, the Formless Mother, the Flame of Frenzy, etc. The Great Will was likely to choose Ranni as Queen Marika's successor, and Ranni didn't want anything to do with becoming the next God over the Lands Between. So she decided to go against her fate and actively plot against the Greater Will, the Golden Order and so on. Other than that, you pretty much got everything else spot on. Radahn loves his silly and loyal steed and wanted to protect the Lands Between from the horrors in the sky.

[@revolverjesus98]

She literally shed her physical body and severed her connection with her two fingers just to go against the fate she was given. Unfortunately, Blaidd wasn't as lucky as Ranni and couldn't stop his fate like she did.

[@thestic6349]

@@revolverjesus98 I mean, his kind of did manage to go against his fate (which was to turn on Ranni if she went rogue), quite successfully, even, he just didn't survive the process. If he's allowed to escape from the Evergaol, you find him outside Ranni's tower...surrounded by the bodies of assassins like the one Ranni had you kill, muttering about his refusal to betray her. Pour one out for Goodest Boy Blaidd.

[@taza257]

she still condemned the world to the death plague of godwyn, and without the golden order to keep the stars away, it's safe to assume that the lands between are mostly fucked

[@mennydorgesarchive]

Ranni’s whole character is to have others do her work, (black knife numen assassins for Godwyn, Godskins for you and Iji once your usefulness is over, you for Radahn, wolf shadow and Astel, Rykard for Maliketh) the Golden Order wasn’t able to stop rot or deathbirds, why should her darkmoon (which is another outer God) order be able to do so? She’ll just peace out and leave all the problems (of which several caused by her) unresolved, so that someone else has to pick up her slack, maybe kill you too at some point, like when she tried with the Godskin at the tower. Damn, at least Shabriri in all his evil actually helps you vs Godfrey. Her talks about freedom is also more smokescreen, the cuckoo knights are enslaved by the Carians and made to serve them against their own will, the entirety of the puppet business, alongside the creation of albinaurics as slave labour, is lost technology of the Nox, the Carians re-engineer to their wicked use.

[@kayladanforth5758]

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[@mattelwood980]

I didn't even notice that he had no feet when we fight him

[@theblackbaron4119]

He lost his feet from diabetes due to the high caloric intake from fat weebs he kills.

[@stepho4602]

Literally that made me sad fr

[@KratosisGod]

Did malenia cut his feet? Or did they just erode due to him dragging his feet for so long?

[@mihealkheel8915]

@@KratosisGod I guess second option

[@iepvienredstoneHuy007]

@Beast the Grim executioner idk but it seem he get infected from his right shoulder where melenia stabbed him and blow a flower there, so it seem like it was being dragged + sitting on horseback for so long were the reasons for the footing issue

[@cykablyat9526]

radahn earned his place in the from soft hall of fame along with artorious and ishin for me

[@lucjeb9254]

No Gael and no Nameless King? Sad Ds3 noises

[@theos4931]

Radahn definitely up there with Knight Artorias.

[@DainHunter]

@@lucjeb9254 Nameless King is definetly Gwyn’s long lost son, Im sure of it. I would say Twin Princes is a damn good fight. Ludwig with his guiding moonlight is up there too.

[@lucjeb9254]

@@DainHunter yea bro ofc namelessking is his son thats not even a theory his item descriptions confirm it thats why for me hes up there with the greats too since he Was a mystery since ds1 and lived up to the name in ds3

[@DainHunter]

@@lucjeb9254 Yeah quite true. I realised that the reason why not all bosses live up to their name is because in FromSoftware games the bosses are usually a shade of their former self. Like Radahn is infested with scarlet rot which has turned him into a beast and no longer is the great champion he once was.

[@mavcotm8006]

i hoped radhan hold the stars to protect his little sister ranni because he thought something bad would happen to her(or her childhood friend blaidd). Rykard has a portrait of radhan and i think the relationship between the three siblings is rather good. He could stop aliens to invade and stop his mother and sister from misery

[@haywoco2]

All those fingers around Caria Manor are protective gifts from Rykard, too.

[@mavcotm8006]

@@haywoco2 aww i love the wholesome siblings more and more

[@LegendaryBrah]

If there’s one thing Miyazaki loves more than poisonous swamps/areas and the death frogs, it’s environmental storytelling. The abandoned cave has a bunch of destroyed Iron Maidens and we know those are exclusively tied to Rykard. Rykard sent the Iron Maidens to help Radahn in his time of need so they definitely still had a great relationship by then

[@alexandercox9004]

Welp, I now have a new head cannon. Ranni doesn't tell you to kill Radahn so the stars can move she really wants to allow him peace, and she knows you're the only one who is strong enough to bring him this peace. She just plays the tough guy (or tough girl, I guess?) and just says it's to allow the stars to keep moving bc she wants to keep up appearances. In reality, that's just a happy little coincidence for her, almost like a reward for doing one last kindness for her dear brother.

[@mavcotm8006]

@@alexandercox9004 This would be in line with her character if we think about how she acted like she was a lifeless doll when we found the miniature ranni..i mean that she wants to keep her face. But there is also enough evidence that she loves her brothers deeply (gave rykard the item to fight Destined death and rykard had a portrait of radhan..i feel like the 3 siblings all love each other).

[@youtubecensorship842]

Miquellas needle is the biggest missed opportunity imo. You should have the option to use it on Radahn halfway through the fight instead of it being a reset button on a choice that you are warned like 3 times is irreversible and by that point you know chaos frame's point is world destruction. He's suffering from the rot, we have the rot-stopping needle. Bingo bango.

[@curgest6807]

Gonna need at least 20 of them for his size

[@PRIME_MINISTER_OF_DN]

It's probably far too late his shit is toast

[@screamthesecond3946]

we will need unalloyed gold arrows/javelins along with the hand ballista lol

[@stefanoidez3867]

And besides, even if we succeed, what then? He probably has severe brain damage, if not half of his brain has been already eaten by the rot, and he doesnt have his feet so he would rely on leonard as his wheelchair

[@richardbaron1098]

Miquella's ending should have been the best ending ngl.

[@youtubeuser4943]

Radahn is clearly one of the best bois. Even after being severely weakened he can still hold back the stars and use his magic to stay with his best friend. He’s also an honorable warrior (letting Malenia put her arm/weapon back on while just standing there menacingly). He was clearly an amazing general too because his warriors still feel the need to honor him and give him a warriors death so long after he lost himself What a bro tbh

[@changchong2446]

How big Are the stars and how big is the elden world is it like ours

[@justsomeguywithamustache5539]

@@changchong2446 considering that the meteor that crashed into limgrave and gave us the entrance to nokron I'd say the stars and astroids are really big also it's not like the lands between are just some pieces of land floating in space so that puts it at planet scale no offense

[@josh-talks1342]

And even though he’s weakened he’s can still beat the living crap out of our character

[@victorprati7908]

My dude just wrote down the script from video

[@hare4755]

morgott: hold my beer

[@sutoriimmortal2177]

I'd like to think that maybe his final thoughts, even in his failure to hold back the stars for eternity, were: "Wow, if this little guy can beat me, beat us, then maybe everything will turn out ok after all."

[@rafaelnoche8926]

*That little guy proceeds to use malenia’s Scarlets rott.. XD

[@enomisv9830]

Just go full anime and when you wear his armor set he literally becomes an aura around you when you fight massive enemies. Increasing your health and giving a buff to greatswords, dual wielding, and gravity magic.

[@sutoriimmortal2177]

@@enomisv9830 you just start hearing his voice in your head like it's Kid Icarus.

[@enomisv9830]

@@sutoriimmortal2177 Radahn: let's kick this centipede skeleton f*ck off our planet

[@enomisv9830]

@Mike Dalby that doesn't actually happen but it would be awesome if it did.

[@israelvaldez26]

I have watched this video countless times because I consider this character to be one of the most noble warriors in Elden Ring. To me, his death was the most impactful when it comes to any of the boss fights. I love his devotion to his horse and how his soldiers are so loyal to him and his memorie that they try to keep the land from being consumed by scarlet rot. I hope that his story will not end with his death, but that maybe he will live on even in the past with some DLC content.

[@Nova-Franconia]

Radahn is literally the only boss in the game, where canonically speaking, it takes more than just the Tarnished to finish him off, even in this crazed and reduced form. From Malenia, to Godfrey, Mohg, and the Lord of Blasphemy, we can all assume a hard fought duel, between a Shardbearer and the future Elden Lord taking place. But for The Mightiest Demigod of The Shattering, it takes a group consisting of the mightiest warriors and heroes, from the Lands Between and beyond, to match him in non-stop mass combat, in order to finally lay him to rest.

[@TheRealVincentValentine]

That's terribly sad that this disease ate his brain and turned him into a primal state only . So putting radahn down was a good thing he was suffering way too much 😢. It's like Artorioas vibes .

[@joshuawilson9005]

There should definitely be a dlc where you go back in time and help redahns fight the stars

[@KratosisGod]

I killed malenia while wearing his armor the last thing she saw is a mini radahn pancaking her with a colossal greatsword lol

[@Zwarrior2Fires]

@@KratosisGod based

[@sagivalia5041]

Calling what happened specificly to him a disease is the most understated statement in the game, not only he was the ground zero, Malenia also insert some of her accursed blood to him by stabbing herself aswell

[@Piirsmoss]

@@joshuawilson9005 with the time distortion thing in Farum Azula, it doesn’t seem impossible

[@PinoyGeekster]

All I want is an expansion like The Old Hunters or Artorias of the Abyss, which takes us back to the past before the shattering or during the events of the shattering. Where we can fight along some demigods like Radahn and Malenia

[@KratosisGod]

Radahn, Godwyn, malenia, miquella two of them we fight in a weakened state and two we never fight If that isn't potential for dlc I don't know what is and don't forget we never find miquella's great rune in the game meaning he's still alive in that cocoon egg thing that mohg stole.

[@adekaiwamisou]

If we have to figth OG Rahdan, I don't think we'll e able to do it. That guy will one shotlevel 500 strenght builds from what we know of him.

[@scottbecker4367]

@@KratosisGod I 100% think Miquella will be the final boss of any dlc.

[@laxmidhardash7186]

@@KratosisGod Radahn, yes we fight in a weakened state but not Malenia, she is stronger than the time she fought Radahn.

[@KratosisGod]

@@laxmidhardash7186 makes sense I'm pretty sure every time she blooms her scarlet rot powers grow so her second phase is the strongest she's ever been in this game's universe.

[@Slightlyaggravatedcat]

4:48 imagine being such a badass that while in the hardest fight of your life you put your weapons down, cross your arms, and let your enemy recover hes insane and a good sport and loves his horse?! He’s too good.

[@muybienyt1406]

I lost to rhadan 6 times, and this man was holding not only the stars but he was plagued by scarlet rot. This man isn't a demigod he's a *god*

[@AlexHyena-dv4mb]

now I really wish we could just stick Radahn with Miquella’s needle like “hey big guy, here’s something for that brain rot of yours. now help me kill that rotten vampiristic katana cyborg hiding in her brother’s treehouse”

[@Froy_Oi]

Maybe immediately after he was infected, it might have worked. The needle doesn't cure it just stops the spread and side effects and by the time you find him there isn't anything really left to save.

[@davijones2369]

🤣🤣

[@lilrandy8364]

Naw fr tho

[@cobaltCarnivore]

Imagine Malenia going through her whole speech before you just step aside and let Radahn in and she's just "Oh not this again"

[@asura8920]

That I know it stops the scarlet rot but does not heal it so he would be still crazy

[@Zoapman]

Man whenever I see a fanart of Melenia, I just can’t forget what she did to my boy Radahn. I agree with Dark Tark when he said Radahn in his prime will go fishing with you then after catching a fish return the fish back to the water because he wouldn’t want to cause trouble to the ecosystem.

[@anything8953]

I agree with morgott when he said that all of Queen Marika's offspring are traitors, would would spill the blood of their own kin over the elden ring. That includes Radhan.

[@uzicarries8582]

Malenia did what she had to do.

[@GranMaj]

@@uzicarries8582 By what? being so salty she can't beat radahn in a fair fight and in the end resorting to breaking the geneva convention and using chemical weapon to contaminate caelid, and still failed to killed him. And the direct result of her absence is that mohg was successfully yoinked her brother without her knowing.

[@damnman5113]

@@uzicarries8582 Malenia literally got her ass saved by the Cleanrot Knight Finlay, Who managed to grab her after she was unconscious on the ground after Nuking Caelid... At that Radahn could have finished her, But didn't do it... I don't know why??

[@uzicarries8582]

@@damnman5113 Since she blooms every time shes near death or injured its theoretical to presume he would’ve probably died by attacking her. So her ass did not get saved. And she never asked to be carried off the battlefield. Idk why people bring that up. What so…she “lost” the fight because her comrades loved her? No, not at all Radahn was probably unconscious or dazed from the blast. When you get nuked and lose your mind you don’t necessarily take action right away.

[@Overlordough1201]

Alternate Universe: _"Remembrance of Leonard, King of the Stars. It is said that the Juggernaut Steed has taken over a thousand names, but only responded to one: Leonard. The name given to him by his most beloved friend, the frail Lord Radahn of Raya Lucaria."_

[@keroppiix]

I wanna see a speedrun category based around getting to the haligtree without killing radahn, with the objective of acquiring Miquella’s needle, which must then be brought to Radahn to conclude the run. I think that would be funny. RaddyCured%

[@johnnyjoestar4473]

Vaccine%

[@Dobbyisfr33]

Radahn really had that final boss feel. Especially with all the summons of warriors you meet throughout the game. 2nd favorite fromsoft boss fight after Gael

[@zelven6109]

Hes the final boss if ubisoft made it

[@reina4516]

fighting deranged people in dunes is the hidden formula

[@Dobbyisfr33]

@@reina4516 the key to my heart really

[@Picmanreborn]

I mean the hype and everything yeah. But his boss battle was easier than Margit's 😭🤣 Margit and Margot were final bosses to me

[@parrotilol]

@@Picmanreborn its cuz they nerfed him :(

[@card9247]

This man learned Gravity Magic to: A) Keep other outer space bug monsters from his home. B) Make sure his sister's plan can't progress because it get her killed. and most importantly C) To Keep Riding his Favorite Horse. and while keeping the star in the sky on Pause this guy SOLO'D Malenia, Blade of Miquella, to the point she had to Poison Nuke the whole battlefield, and it even than it was more of a draw. I'd sign up to join this guy's army, I just wish we could meet him when his brain was still intact. He sounds like a best boy.

[@johnnyjoestar4473]

This man was hit by a point-blank nuke that had the side effect of rotting away at his brain after letting Malenia reset her prosthetic arm, all while fighting on a scrawny horse that he learned gravity magic to keep riding, all while HOLDING THE STARS IN PLACE WITH GRAVITY MAGIC. This man fought Malenia to a draw all while having like fifteen self-imposed handicaps.

[@devontheundivided9815]

@@johnnyjoestar4473 the scarlet rot is an outer god malenia was juiced up with outergod power

[@johnnyjoestar4473]

@@devontheundivided9815 And he still fought her to a draw. This man is the definition of a Chad.

[@devontheundivided9815]

@@johnnyjoestar4473 he wouldve won had it not been for said god. that aside chad meme is stale

[@bbfan84]

Wasn't a draw it was a stand still but malenia lost no questions asked took the last remaining knight to carry her back to the tree cuz she was so badly beaten she didn't even knew Mogh stole miquella giga Chad Dan won that fight tho he lost his land and mond to rot he won that and was still powerful enough to stop all the other demigods from advancing

[@yMoron]

Radahn and Morgott are probably the only bosses that I actually felt sad as fuck for killing. Last time I felt like that was when I was replaying Shadow of the Colossus and started regreting killing the colossi.

[@devinwind1010]

Ahem Iron Fist Alexander ahem

[@immortalX7]

its better to kill radahn to end his suffering

[@yoitolive7515]

"Radahn is sick nasty with it." Never heard a more true statement in my life

[@cbo44]

When I killed him I actually went in to the fight trying to end his suffering, and now I am trying to finish his fight against Malenia to honour him

[@felixgutierrez993]

The origin story of Let me solo her...

[@enomisv9830]

I'm gonna don his full armor set when i fight her. Let her know that 1. You HONORABLY beat Radahn, something she couldn't do 2. Have Radahn's armor be the last thing she sees as insult to injury.

[@-Triumph]

@@enomisv9830 and then she kills u :p

[@enomisv9830]

@@-Triumph I'm no LMSH

[@nick_a91]

@@enomisv9830 literally did that on my first playthrough, felt damn good

[@dubiousbrick4483]

The special needle you can get to remove the frenzied flame, I wis you could get it to give ti hime to cure the rot and follow a quest chain to have an ending centered around him

[@lovrostefan610]

Ahh that could have been such a good questline hopefully in the dlc we might get something similar

[@assylbekkossov6955]

Probably not, while needle can help against rot it won't do shit against his insanity

[@kriegjaeger]

@@assylbekkossov6955 The needle wards off the influence of other beings, the outer gods. The rot isn't sourced from Melania, the rot had infected her at birth and afflicts her too. The rot is actually from another god. So, the needle could actually free his mind considering the rot is an influence from a god and he still has SOME semblance of nobility.

[@jaypeadieL611]

After giving it to him, you can then fight him in his strongest state

[@lovrostefan610]

@@jaypeadieL611 ultra-hard mode lol

[@mrgopnik5964]

I feel like the purpose of this fight wasn’t just because Radahn wanted an honorable death, but also because he knew that if someone was strong enough to best him, he would be able to also fight off whatever the stars bring (aka natural voidborn and falling star beasts). This is at least how I justify my actions after totally doing it for the blue doll XD

[@serbanstein]

I'm pretty sure Radahn experienced some sort of terminal lucidity in his second phase, which allowed him to remember his more advanced spells and the glory of the fight, which makes this fight even more intense.

[@EdwardViaTomato]

I don't think Radahn was actually all that fond of The Golden Order, per se. He wars armor inspired by Godfrey, the warrior that preceded The Golden Order, and the First Tarnished, aka the first banished from The Golden Order. The Greater Will had a lengthy history of using the stars to punish The Lands Between, so although stopping the stars arrested the destiny of the Carian Royal Family, it may have also been a means of fighting to a stalemate, as he had family on both sides of the war. Hence his dual wielded swords. When Melania bloomed and unleashed the Scarlet Rot across Caelid, (some of?) Radahn's troops burnt their crestsoff their armor, as they wouldn't be returning home, but would instead remain to fight the Scarlet Rot. Additional context, I figure Morgott wouldn't regard him as a traitor if he'd been so allegiant.

[@benreyes4002]

It was my understanding that Radahn took one of the great runes which is why caused him to grow so large. Which is why Morgott calls him a "traitor". Godfrey was originally Horah Loux the barbarian warrior. Once Marika made him her consort he was granted the title of Elden Lord and had to behave as such. So he put a lion on his back to keep his list for blood in check and this, created Godfrey. Waging war on the giants, dragons, stormveil and caria. Bringing in the age of the Erdtree and the Golden Order. Marika then banished Godfrey and had Radahn with Radagon

[@EdwardViaTomato]

@@benreyes4002 having a rune doesn't make him a traitor. Morgott himself has a rune.

[@lucjeb9254]

@@benreyes4002 Where did you get the Idea that the Rune made him that Large? I havent read anything that mentions something like this, if there is please let me know. But as far as i understood it, him being that Big is because of his Demi God status.

[@benreyes4002]

@@lucjeb9254 I read I a while ago that the great runes caused some of the demi-gods to change in appearance. But now that you say that, it doesn't really make sense lol none of the other demi-gods odd physical attributes are due to their great runes. It must have been an early lore KZbin video or something. Thanks for checking me on that! I'm still trying to get it all straight.

[@lucjeb9254]

@@benreyes4002 well all i know radahns rune does Was give some Protection from Rot (which im guessing is why even when we fight him he seems barely affected with rot on the outside/ on his skin.) I dont think it caused the Growth because didnt Radahn get it after the shattering when they started to Fight for them? Aka when he Was already big? Im not 100% this Lore is way to wage from what we get in game overall which can be really frustrating.

[@nulls5408]

To anyone whose new to the series: welcome to the concept of highly respecting the person you got to kill. This is a concept the series likes to do, just cause it’s just really cool - as well as is half the fun of learning the lore the series. Other individuals like radahn in the other games are: solaire, atorias, sif, Gwyn, the children of Izalith, vendrick, Alsanna, Ivory King, Gael, siegmier, nameless king, midir, Maria, Orphan, gehrman, Ludwig, Isshin, the sculptor, and Sekiro.

[@mahmud7645]

The List you made is a compilation of respectable individuals in the souls series I assume? Because many of these don’t fit in the category of „highly respecting the person you got to kill“… Would be weird to fight sekiro as we play as him

[@remote128]

Gwyn is quite clearly not a good guy and it felt very deserved killing him

[@kovoxin3633]

Love how almost all of these respected individuals were a pain to fight

[@Crawver]

Eh, a lot of these I'd agree, but plenty I don't. A lot of these are incredibly powerful dickheads. Ones that are comparable to Radahn I would have thought have to be somewhat virtuous, or at least repent for their misdeeds. So I'd agree on solaire (though he isn't even a mandatory fight), artorias (sif is just a dog. Only reason we care lore wise is just because of artorias), vendrick, Ivory king, Gael, nameless and Maria. Pretty much all the others are characters who caused the world to be as ruined as it was and not make moves to make amends (big eyes at you gwyn), characters you don't kill (Alsanna), or just a real doofus who, while I love, I don't respect (siegmier). Also never played Sekiro, so no comment on them.

[@gravesidepoet5405]

Gwyn? Really? The hell would I respect him for? He’s responsible for most of what you go through

[@Grayfox82]

Dark Souls has Artorias, who is based on Guts. Elden Ring has General Radahn, who is based on Zodd the Immortal. Thank you Berserk. 😊

[@PerfectSense77]

The opening moment where he fires that stream of arrows at you is one of the most cinematic and badass moments in gaming. It's so epic.

[@drftr6073]

I'd kill to get a 6 hour series akin to arcane done by the castlevania crew. There is so much to explore with radahn's backstory. He already fits into a very well working trope of growing up with people he'll have to grow away from due to having to wake up to his godhood responsibilities. He idolizes godfrey but only after he awakens to his godly powers will he have turmoil about who and what he wants to be. He could be a brawny young man but with an underlying gifted intellect. He wanted to stay with his human soldiers and his horse leonard, but he's born gifted as a demigod and will grow larger, stronger and much different to his loyal men. At first he'll feel like his abilities are cheating and dishonorable in sparring but as his size starts to grow he'll have a more difficult time handicapping himself to make it a fair match. There is brilliant character tension there. He would deny it at first and dip his toes in gravity magic only to keep leonard around, but will have to channel his gifted intellect to absolutely master gravity magic, say farewell to his men and ascend to challenge the stars. His victory could come with the caveat of the stars wearing him down slightly and he would try and hide it to shoulder the responsibility. I think there is just as much room for exploration with Malenia's backstory as she was the blade to miquella who abandoned all hope from the erdtree when they figured out it couldn't cure malenia's rot, so he grew his own haligtree in elphael and tried to create a safe haven for those born with handicaps, be it the albinaurics or the misbegotten, or his own sister malenia.

[@tomasmisek5598]

Yes please, that would be very very good

[@stevenbrown1762]

It's crazy that radhan is such a force that he's the only boss in the game who has a ton of NPCs willing to lose they life to take him down. That man has had a bigger impact on the Elden world then any boss in the game. Everyone wants smoke with radhan

[@SmartAss4123]

Radahn is legit one of the best characters ever written in fiction. Powerful, honorable, respected by all. And he actually cares about those around him.

[@nimblejarl7635]

S tier antagonist. The heroic version of Atlus

[@ghostlypenguin4417]

Tbh I would’ve loved to hear more dialogue from Ranni about Radahn. Like, they’re direct siblings, so it would’ve been cool hear her perspective on any emotional conflict that was happening or had happened. With that being said, maybe even a little about about Rykard too. FromSoft wrote a strong sibling bond with Malenia and Miquella, and it made me want to see exploration of the other demigod sibling relationships that goes deeper than just the fact they fought each other during The Shattering.

[@shamwow8414]

she literally wants you to kill him lmao

[@ghostlypenguin4417]

@@shamwow8414 True, but it’s not even Ranni who directly tells you to kill Radahn. That’s why is said I would’ve appreciated more dialogue about it

[@emykus7717]

Man, would love to see what Caelid looked like before Malenia rotted it. Must have been quite the land between.

[@columnfellow6955]

I knew all of this already, but the way you put it into perspective was golden. Good vid.

[@tanner2725]

Rhadan actually made me feel like the villain after reading the lore I feel like we're a new force rather than apart of a group of revived warriors.

[@ryc1403]

Ranni never had aspirations to reset everything, in fact see wants to leave the lands between for the sake of the people. Though I fully agree that radahns inspirations are critical to the lore.

[@beastmotoz]

I see Rannis acts were too selfish. She got Godwyn killed, poor Iji and Blaidd died for her cause. Then we had to kill General Radahn for her too. And she just doesn't cares about anything.

[@setsuna5919]

@@beastmotoz I think thats because Ranni's dialogues is mistranslated into English form its Japanese original script from what I understand is that Ranni realize that denizen of the land's between including its ruler have a serious problem of moving on and would love nothing more than to keep everything as it is that's why Marika remove and hide the rune of death in the first place and instead of depending on the golden order and the greater will, Ranni propose that people need to face path of fear, doubt, and loneliness, into darkness together even though it would take thousand years of journey, thus begin the age of the stars towards the wisdom of the moon

[@galaxyvulture6649]

@@beastmotoz I went in blind and when I saw iji kill himself that messed me up for the whole day since I always went to him and he's the only giant that doesn't try to kill u.

[@baisansebastian3358]

@@beastmotoz Radahn literally wanted to become Lord for bragging rights. That is as selfish as it gets

[@jagossone]

@@galaxyvulture6649 well he didnt kill himself, he was killed by a black knife assassin, both died you can see the assassins corpse lying near iji

[@JDWalker495]

Imagine if they released a DLC that let us fight prime Radahn

[@lucjeb9254]

He would probably just launch us into Space by reversing our Gravity lol.

[@darkmodeenjoyer3367]

@@lucjeb9254 or he send Pluto at us Or yeetus Or get cleved in half

[@user-vh7ks8px3s]

I feel if they redid the radahn fight in a dlc the original fight would lose what makes it special

[@Rhino-Prime]

I'm not fighting him I'm hugging him and saying you're a good man

[@nowanimportant8887]

Plot twist: You get to play as the Blade of Miquella for this fight.

[@RudeFoxALTON]

Perhaps when we get DLC we can get some of that time travel trickery from some of the darksouls games and meet Radahn and Ranni before they go insane and become a blow up doll respectively. Of all the demigods of the lands between he is the only one I really felt an admiration for as an honorable and courageous protector, it would whip meet them in their prime.

[@pacerhythmandtiming.4109]

This is the kind of content I wish youtube was made of. Concise, to the point, yet unfathomably deep and touching at the same time. Wonderful. Subscribed.

[@II-sn8hw]

When i first fought Radahn i thought he was the final boss. Little did i know how big the game actually was but that just shows how impactful Radahns boss fight was. He is defenitely my favorite boss lore wise and battle wise

[@Collector_Of_Incel_Tears]

Seeing as how he loved his steed so much maybe he stopped the stairs in an attempt to slow down space and time to spend more time with his beloved Leonard.

[@vyllix8546]

I super agree with that last "i don't feel like the main character anymore" because even if the game has that the grace has chosen you thing going on just come to think how many more tarnished pursued that fate, you're quite franquily just another one, and now think about the world you're in, it has an ancient story around of great warriors, gods and other powerful beings, and all that story and wars have basically all already been fought, you're just living the aftermath, and then, can you really be considered the protagonist of a world so indiferent about you? well, kind of, as even with all adversity, you can still conquer so much.

[@goingblargh]

_This man is skateboarding a horse and holding back the stars while killing anything he comes into contact with, and he’s doing it from the hospice. Radahn is an absolute God among Chads and this fight’s intensity lives up to that and then some. And that’s just phase one. Phase two starts when he, um… jumps. Into the upper atmosphere._

[@BetterThanUnson]

Ok, put his strength this way, you need a handful of summons, and I'm talking professionals, Warriors to be exact, to help you beat Radahn. Now imagine ishin, Gael and Gherman all trying to take him down

[@user-ns4zm8qe9p]

Heh maybe you need

[@benjaminthibieroz4155]

"hand it over...your great rune...for my lady's stars..." Blaid/Ranni and Gael/Painter have a lot in common...

[@mahmud7645]

Tbh I don’t notice much of a difference with or without summons

[@crossfire4691]

Radahn would need to fight at full power then

[@emre9704]

@@user-ns4zm8qe9p It's pretty much canon that the tarnished uses summons here. It's basically a huge part of the fight and adds 90% of the epic feel.

[@paulcardoni9306]

I feel like we should be able to give him the alloyed needle that we gave Millicent

[@mennydorgesarchive]

I only know two things regarding Malenia vs Radahn 1) the outer God of Rot was defeated by a blind dex user with the help of a minor spirit imported right over Japanese folklore, that’s bad, that’s very bad on a powerscaling meter for the God 2) While the scarlet bloom has massive range, Radahn, even in a weakened state, is able to quickly jump and reach space, like he’s some kind of Kryptonian, while the scarlet bloom is a powerful gimmick, it is ultimately, just a gimmick that won’t work against someone that knows it, and if Radahn and Malenia were to fight again, there’s no way Malenia is winning this. Morgott or Godwyn though, that’s a different story 🤫

[@arthurkurbedzis]

Without a doubt, the most epic fight during the game;

[@1220skilletfan]

I'm pretty sure those mushroom looking structures all around caelid are rotting dragon bodies? I'm no positive but I've seen a lot of partially decomposed dragon bodies, and to further support the theory, the huge dragon people exploit for runes is covered in these mushrooms, as it appears his body is slowly rotting away

[@kurayamaking6425]

Yes you do fight a scarlet rot/undead like dragon in calied.

[@drftr6073]

they take the shape of human skulls if you look from far enough. It's still not quite certain exactly what they are, as they don't match one to one with the standart visual definition of scarlet rot. It could certainly be a reaction that the organic creatures be it the foliage, the animals and the draconics have to scarlet rot.

[@Vini-zv3lr]

Those might just be the species born from Scarlet Rot. SR is an outer god (or at least the effect of one), and It seems to have an order around death, decay, and rebirth. Maybe after the rot eats all the trees, new life forms that thrive in the rot will rise from the mush, like the pests did, and one of those species is the scarlet fungus thing that we see (it fits as well, seing as fungi play a major role in decay and recycling of biomass).

[@darkmastern2322]

I think the giant human skulls are from the war with the Giants that took place. We know there are still giants around, and the stronger they are the bigger they get what with the Fire Giant. So I think the skeletons we see are probably of the most powerful Giants that lived back in the day who were as big as kingdoms and were most likely felled by the powerful warriors long ago and their bodies left as trophies so to speak.

[@drftr6073]

@@darkmastern2322 than perhaps those were affected by the scarlet rot? it looks more like vegetative or blob like formations, not like decaying corpse.

[@niakitten2937]

The only issue I have with this, is that Ranni doesn't actually want to really destroy the golden order. She wants to put it away from the lands between so it can't be tampered with like the shattering.

[@geordiejones5618]

I think that's bullshit. She has every motive to be an enemy of the Golden Order which ruined her family and led to deep betrayal that her mother suffered. Ranni is the Carian Princess Regent, so defacto boss of the most powerful group left that could organize against the Greater Will, and she kickstarted the events that led to the Tarnished being recalled to the Lands Between. She has the most to gain both as revenge and the means to rewrite the established order.

[@niakitten2937]

@@geordiejones5618 Her biggest issue with the golden order, was that it could be tampered with, like how Marika plucked the rune of death from the ring. That was what pissed Ranni off the most. She doesn't want to plunge the world into chaos and destroy every living thing or make them despair. She wants to completely remove the ability for anyone to tamper with the order of existence, like how it was during the original Age of the Stars. Before the Golden Order came to the lands between.

[@deifiedtitan]

It’s more she wants to move the Lands Between cosmologically so that outer gods can’t interfere with LB anymore. It’s the closest you get to giving everyone free will.

[@gharm9129]

@@niakitten2937 Was looking to see if someone corrected him on the lore, which isn't really as confusing as he says.

[@niakitten2937]

@@gharm9129 I can understand why people think the lore is confusing. It's easy to miss a ton of stuff just by not reading 1 or 2 item descriptions. I don't remember what it was but my understanding of the lore changed drastically once I saw the description of an item I didn't know existed lol. And it's not like 1 person can feasibly gather all the lore in this game. Even Vati has 3 or 4 people besides him helping to gather the descriptions and stuff. It's just way way too much for 1 person. Hell I was going for total completion on my first run xD so yeah.

[@biggycheese4791]

Biggth cheeseth respects general Radan the red lion of calid an honorable death. Thank him for helping me on the path of of greatness and That Ranniussy

[@Karamaru_Crow]

Fun fact Radahn was also a cat dad the cat talisman in the older version said that he owned a long tailed cat as well. Radahn is probably one the most honourable demigods in the setting along side Godwyn (Godwyn Doesn't Lose) only to get capped when Malenia got salty and flipped the table. From what I understand the Shattering has been going on for 2000 years.

[@Moss_and_Such]

I wish George RR Martin would write a book series about the shattering. I’m about checked out of winds of winter at this point.

[@VeteranVandal]

Maybe he might finish winter, but spring not gonna happen.

[@jugel4533]

For the "an age ago" thing, I think these events didn't happened long before our character showed up, a few years at most. Thops tells us that the academy closed their doors when the shattering happened, and he got stuck outside. The thing is that Thops is not old, is pretty clean (body and clothes), so he didn't spend much time outside of the academy. So the shattering and everything that went with it happened only a bit before we came in.

[@johnbooker6936]

i havent watched your videos before. but the runescape background music in the intro gave my heart such nostalgia that i havent had in so long that im liking before watching anymore.

[@schmeezthecheese]

I like to think that he's just a big and sweet softie who loves animals and kids but is a complete badass. He's amazing and I love him.

[@markgallagher1790]

so dark souls john wick

[@schmeezthecheese]

@@markgallagher1790 basically

[@seandephillips6213]

1v1 Radahn to truly make him feel respected. Cant use rivers of blood though. I did it with the drill sword, and woowee did I have to learn the times to even think to use a weapon art.

[@_Potaro]

I did it yesterday in ng+ and was an incredible fight. I even still wear his knights armor to honor him. It has become my favorite armor just for the description. That level of duty and resolution makes me cry

[@edenarchive4150]

He's feral. He doesn't understand the concept of respect.

[@Satsaru]

Did it on foot alone with the Guts Greatsword and the lion claw ash of war. Felt amazing to get that W on him with the good ol' Artorias flip.

[@nowanimportant8887]

I actually did 1v1 him before he got nerfed. Granted, I was level 70, but I figured that I should be at my best to give him a challenge(I had no clue about farm spots back then, lol). Full Tree Sentinel armor and +13 Spiked Caestus was all I had to fight him. Died a few times, but in the end, I won.

[@connorparfrey9191]

Do it with a godfrey cosplay run 1v1 with only bestial enchantments as a nod to Godfrey's other half

[@danielgeczy463]

he could be protecting ranni from her own destiny aswell since when ranni initiates her rebellion against the two fingers they send black knife assassins after her and everyone who serves her, maybe he had knowledge of this and halted the stars to avoid rannis fate.

[@johnfairweather7012]

I kinda love how radhan is sort of like a love child of artorias, Ornstein, and gael

[@drago99jf]

Like I've said before. I wish we could give radahn the golden needle form.milicents questline and cure him of his scarlet rot to either fight him in his prime or if you have done gold masks questlone maybe team up with him showing that you wanna fix the elden ring with the rune of ordee

[@bigboygrease5922]

I dont think the needle actually heals the rot I think it just slows it. He would still be crazy sadly

[@KleptomaniacJames]

The "age ago" thing refers to Godwyn's death. It is implied that the shattering happens far later.

[@basementjesus1352]

Awesome video! Radahn is one of my favorite characters from any FS game at this point. I'd like to point out that Ranni isn't trying to just yeet and delete everything. The English translation of her ending was poorly translated and essentially what she wants to do is free the people of the Lands Between from the influence of the Outer Gods. She's essentially taking a stand against cosmic overlords and telling them to fuck off so people can direct their own destinies.

[@Littlebitz3211]

Radahn deadass reminds me of an 80-90’s anime boss

[@randomdude8832]

He shoots at us with the spears from the cleanrot knights stuck in his back HOW F*CKING METAL IS THAT?!

[@DJIronChef]

I knew there was a reason I liked him so much! Not the Ganondorf reference, the sheer power, the purple magic, nope, this man had a heart of gold

[@Faviomec]

My understanding of the story, purely from reading the dialog and in-game description s, is that the Greater Will is likely an Outer God, similar to H.P. Lovecraft's C'Thulu and Azathoth. I think Marika and, later, Ranni discovered this and worked, possibly together, to 'free' humanity from the Greater Will. It's likely the reason that Marika betrayed Maliketh, to prevent him becoming her Baleful Shadow and hunting her down when she went against the Two Fingers. It's also why they categorically opposed the Nok, only to later realize they were following in their footsteps, just bathed in a 'Golden' light this time. The Nok worshipped the stars and studied them, maybe they came too close to the truth and were smitten down and a new champion chosen to enforce the Order, kinda like supplying both sides of a war; you profit either way. In my opinion, Ranni's dialog is misunderstood by most and she's actually trying to take the 'Order' away from the Lands Between to give humanity a chance to make its own way, sort of like Dark Souls 3' Dark Lord ending, rather than taking everything with her as you said. This is also supported by the Japanese dialog and I know people have been calling it a mistranslation but that was the understanding I had before even reading about that, most people just aren't used to reading and understanding the almost Shakespearean way in which she speaks. Her 'age of doubt and loneliness' stems from the fact that with no 'gods' to rule over them and enforce some alien Order, humanity is then alone and in the dark as to what to do, hence the doubt, darkness(no more golden light from the Order), and loneliness. They are free to choose their own path, even if uncertain. We never really learn Radahn's motivations for fighting in the Shattering, especially against his kin, but the fact that he's holding back the stars hints at the fact that he may have had some idea of the truth, possibly even learned of it when studying gravitational magic and the nature of the stars. We see that Astel, the Falling-star Beast and the Elden Beast are all alien creatures, Lovecraftian in their nature and from FS's ideology that we see in Bloodborne, they aren't really friendly towards humanity unless they using them for their own ends. Even the final boss of Bloodborne,(forget the name) who's motivation seems to be to hunt its own kind, is only using the Hunters to further its own goals and dispatches them as it sees fit. Every FromSoft game so far has depicted their 'golden ages' to be no more than a farce, a lie held together and enforced by a figurehead leading the order, and when that lie is revealed the world tends to go to shit. All the endings in Elden Ring are quite similar for a reason; you become Elden Lord and use the Elden Ring to start a new 'Order', but regardless of it all you do so IN the Lands Between, thereby keeping the Order the Greater Will wanted, even if it is twisted or corrupted like the Despair and Death endings. IMO the reason the Ranni ending and the Dark Souls 3 Dark Lord endings are so different from the other endings in those games is because they are meant to be the 'secret' endings, deviating from the Greater Will and the First Fire altogether, ending the age of 'gods' and giving humanity a chance to live without influence from any 'greater' being.

[@claytonthegrubkiller6430]

Or just go for the Frenzy Flame ending ans reset the universe, boom problem solved, no more gods or space entities

[@Faviomec]

@@claytonthegrubkiller6430 Except the Frenzy Flame is a part of the Greater Will, just the insane part. You're told that the Three Fingers used to be part of the Two Fingers but eventually split off, and now it's trying to converge everything into one being, so it's either become its own entity/Outer God and is trying to absorb everything including the Two Fingers, or it's just another reverberation of the Greater Will and either way you're serving it. Its not a 'reset' of the universe, it's destroying everything in the Lands Between and taking the place of the Erdtree as the destination for souls.

[@unuseableb]

I really like this theory on Radahn. I also find the idea of an outside, inescapable force/influence over the world to be pretty close to Berserk, where the Godhand planted their "savior", Griffith to sit upon the throne and rule over men. And the Godhand, like Marika at first, may have been mere tools for the cosmic forces of Greater will and Causality. Also, what is NoK short for?

[@Faviomec]

@@unuseableb Oh Nok as in the people of Nokstella/Nokron, but apparently that wasn't necessarily what they called themselves, it's what they were called by outsiders so maybe it stands for something like 'Not our kind'? They are after all pretty different from most of the people in the Lands Between, worshipped different Outer Gods entirely and seemed to be the originators of the Mimics. It seems they worshipped the stars to the point that once they were driven underground they recreated their own fake night sky. My personal theory is that once they were driven underground by the Golden Order they may have found Astel and were essentially wiped out by it. Another thing that made me think of this is that once you defeat Radahn, there's a bunch of new meteors all over Caelid and most of them have the same face as Astel and the Falling-star Beast have on them. Hell, you can even see some of them before you defeat Radahn, which leads me to believe that him noticing them is what lead him to hold them back in the first place.

[@unuseableb]

@@Faviomec Oh right, I havent seen/read much of the underground cities and people but I do remember seeing something about the fake night sky. But yeah, couldve been that they were either pulled down or buried in the arrival of cosmic beings that settled in the lands between. A divided civilization of their own too, some bearing the horns of their supposed gods, the Ancestor spirits that use a different magic(?) and the more industrial silver blobs and small humanoids that habit the Eternal cities. On a sidenote of what happened; the eastern side of the map reveals that the lands between may not be surrounded by an ocean at all, but might be a platform of elevated ground. Seen from the isolated divine tower is a waterfall that seeming covers the entire width of the map, which is really odd for such a large body of water. Hell, maybe the entire landmass of the Lands between is supported by gravity magic on top of the old world, now called underground.

[@emmanueltanner6284]

Dying to a pack of goats😂. Man that clip at the end funny aH

[@fatguy4137]

The Boi was a bag of Marshmallow, and Cinnamon Buns, he was too Sweet for the lands between.

[@hchb2000]

Really cool video, I interpret 2 things a bit differently: 1. When Radhan and Malenia fight (ultimately creating the Rotten Lake of Aeonia when she blooms), I get the impression that Radhan was defending Selia from his sister, and as such, in my mind the scene plays like: "We don't need to do this, sister. But if you decide to go on with this foolish idea of yours, I will do what I have to do..." So when she puts the prothesis on, he knows it's show time 2. The more mass, the more gravity. I think Radhan had to become bigger to exert enough gravity to keep the stars away. I know it's a stretch cuz that would make him super heavy, but I thought his design as it is was a reference to that.

[@Frawst_]

The size thing is because Radahn may be part giant, all giants are said to red hair

[@tomasmisek5598]

Its kinda implied that the reason he' so big is the curse of the giants -so, some time before Radahn was born, Godfrey went on to genocide the majority of the fire giants, they gave one final "farewell gift" in the form of cursing Radagon, which is why he has red hair (which he also hated for that reason) after this, Rykard, Radahn and Ranni are born, and Radahn end up having red hair and growing to a massive size. Bit of a coincidence innit

[@LuxiaRune]

It really sucks that they nerfed Rahdan so much. He’s the strongest guy out there but they made his health practically Zero compared to before. I honestly really liked that he was so tough to fight.

[@Enak147]

Every time i see radhan phase 2, all I can think about is queen's can't stop me but its a picture of elton john

[@AustinTheOracle]

George R.R. Martin confirmed in an interview that the scattering happened over 5000 years ago. So he’s at least that old.

[@grubbu7073]

I learned that after his second phase, he can re-enter orbit just as an attack. I learned this because he did that attack to me 3 times in a row in my final fight with him

[@SDSypher]

That’d be so irritating lol

[@grubbu7073]

@@SDSypher you’d think that but I was honestly just impressed

[@SDSypher]

@@grubbu7073 when I first fought him that attack was always an instakill if I couldn’t dodge it, him doing it once is more than enough for me 😂

[@grubbu7073]

@@SDSypher I fought him pre patch so yeah it was an insta gib but I learned you can get on torrent for a bunch of I frames so that’s how I got through it. I’d hop on torrent when i saw him coming back down and then just run as fast as I could to the other side of the map

[@karnageswrld]

Ever since I learned who and what Radahn really was I realized he was the hero we needed in Elden Ring R.I.P Radahn You were a man of Honor

[@eldanarii]

at 1:47 i noticed what sounds like osrs/rs3 music actually playing osrs while going through your videos earned a sub from me my guy

[@FluffyGamer2005Ed]

“For a true hero’s death he had earned”

[@kmaao7680]

He wasn’t trying to stop ranni’s fate, he was only stopping the elden beast from approaching.

[@sparxskywriter2589]

Not the elden beast, it was always here, it IS the Elden ring. Most likely preventing more Falling Star Beasts and Astels

[@kalenwilliams5210]

Wait . I fought this monster 5 times and never realized he didn’t have feet …..🤦🏾‍♂️

[@SuperPickle12]

Radahn is the coolest character in any piece of fiction ever

[@Glorgleshmorg]

There's a reason I call him "Rad Dan"

[@etendard1114]

except his horse

[@RitualRickk]

The Steve carrol and John trovolta gifs were so accurate 😂