Elden Ring Lore - Radahn's Elite Forces: The Redmanes

[@corverickg7261]

The Redmanes always seemed like the most formidable faction of Knights in game presentation wise

[@radcut7404]

The leyndell forces came pretty close too, even if their focus was mostly on defense

[@blackronin848]

@RadCut which would make sense why they repelled the redmanes but also the clean rot knights in numbers were pretty good too but I had the most trouble with lyndell knights

[@benadrylcumbersplatch6448]

In game too, getting pancaked hurts

[@elijahmontgomery4146]

Carian Knights are the best. They destroyed the knights of the cuckoo, and fought Leyndell to a standstill. Also Moongrum beat your ass on your first play through 😂 he did the same to us all. No one beats the Parryin Carian.

[@noxealga]

@@elijahmontgomery4146I beat him first try with a buckler and misericorde since my first play through was trying to abuse crits (I gave up on crits in leyndell)

[@abysschef5078]

These guys are so badass, easily the best faction imo. They lost their lord to the rot, abandoned their homes to stay in the hellscape that is Caelid to fight a losing battle, hold a festival to put their once great general to rest… unwavering and unbreakable.

[@Lazymindflayerwithcofffee]

Honestly i belive that glemir knights could have been on the same level: they to lost their lord to the blasphemous serpen, and they tried to put them to rest too, and when they failed their battle spirit was to strong to pass on, and hence one goust in the manor still exist to find someone to help to finish the fight

[@dj_campfire3937]

When it comes to armor and weapons, Cleanrot knight slightly wins for me. BUT when it comes to the lore Red Maned Knights are literal chads for putting up with the rot for as long as they did.

[@Golghrom]

They basically fight with regular gear vs cleanrots with blessed gear by Miquella, if not they would not have those light attacks.

[@hughmongus6959]

Everything about Radahn and the Redmanes is so unbelievably based

[@NT-sx2bd]

AGREED

[@thegregitto]

Absolutely. These guys are awesome. Dedicated to lowkey the best demigod in the game. Radahn is a chad, and genuinely a good person as far as military leaders and demigods go. The Redmanes are basically a bunch of warrior chads dedicated to a general chad. Even the standard foot soldiers have a great looking red gambeson compared to other foot soldier enemies.

[@Ayahuasca98]

Lost to base margit

[@sentinelslayer8328]

General Radahn and the red mane knights are the gigachads of Elden ring

[@danielkubicek1323]

"...the only known childhood friend of Rhadan..." -Leonard: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@TheCrispyForge]

Leonard was a brother to Rhadan!

[@Inuzumi]

I always think that they are truly badass. Like, have you see the monstruocities that live in Caelid? They stood there despite all and still to this day manage to stop the advance of the rot. They use everything they can to stop these monsters to leave Caelid and that alone makes them the most badass faction in the game to me.

[@agm5424]

I would like to see a video theorizing on what Caelid looked like before Malenia went ground zero on the territory.

[@ongkhuongduy3498]

Probably similar to Limgraves.

[@agm5424]

@@ongkhuongduy3498 I don't know, almost every area in the lands between has it's own "ecology" or individual aspect that separates them from one another. Probably due to the influence of some outer god or the type of magic that the people of said area use. So lets see: Caelid was ruled by Radahn, the son of Rennala a glintstone user and a master of gravity magic and is were onyx and alabaster lords teached gravity magic, Caelid had its own glintstone mines but also the church of dragon communion and that area were the giant dragon was, there were a lot of giant bones littering the place so the influence of the giant's Fell god may have been a factor before Malenia spread it around after her bloom, it had Selia where they studied nigth magic (so it probably had clear skies at night) and it had the eternal city beneah. I'm starting to think that it was the Lands Between's version of Australia.

[@plumbus7253]

@@agm5424 as a Australian, I can confirm my back yard looks similar to caelid

[@quetzalcoatl1013]

Caelid before rot was likely very arid. While the upper area near limgrave would have had grass, as well as the dragonbarrow due to the frequent rainfall, the lower half of Caelid was likely an arid landscape of stone, dry grasses, and sand. The Gael prison(forgetting actual name, one with all the cells with fire zombies) is a sandstone cave. Then the wailing dunes also exist past red mane castle and at a lower elevation than the more fertile dragonbarrow. Due to these facts, most of Caelid before the Aeonia was likely an arid landscape with fertile regions to the north, considering how the ghost at the rot view balcony laments the destruction of his home, it’s likely that caelid was beautiful in some sense. In my mind the closest thing I can imagine is Utah’s Arches National Park for a good reference.

[@carpetlayenful]

Think of it like a rabbit, the geography is more important than the biome.

[@seanbrown2294]

So not only is Raddan a Chad, but so are his men for continuing to fight a war that they have no hope against. Even when their Lord has gone insane. These men are determined to stop the Rot.

[@theoneheavymain4123]

One of the other things I loved about the Redmane Knights is their use of Ashes of War like War Cry or Lion's Claw in battle, even the soldiers go into a stance then do what I remember as a 2 hit combo. Surprised me the first playthrough it did

[@AegisKHAOS]

From a lore point of view, loved the fact the redmanes and the cleanrot knights fought eternally as spirits in the War Dead Catacombs. On the other hand, hated actually being in there especially on first playthrough. Anyways, love that this vid is basically lore on the rivals from the previous vid.

[@Mistercodmobilefan8378]

Love the video of radahn knights and ogha! That explains why ogha can use those gravity arrows like radahn, probably radahn taught ogha how to use gravity arrows and that! And it's more crazy they're still going to stay at caelid and try to keep the rot away which no wonder it explains the burning bodies of the big dogs

[@blizzardgaming7070]

Ogha's description specifically mentions that.

[@ThatGuyOrby]

Ogha's spirit ashes clarify that he was the first Redmane Knight (or at least the longest serving) and studied it alongside Radahn, note that it says he studied with him not that he was taught by him.

[@alies-]

Great video, very entertaining as always! Alas, i want to mention this: Correct me if i'm wrong, but i don't think its mentioned by NPCs or anywhere in the item description that Cleanrot Knights defeated Radahn's forces in battle. The only similar thing was in Redmane Armor's description saying that they were quote on quote "driven to defeat by Malenia's scarlet rot" That implies that they couldn't protect their land, since it became lifeless, twisted and overall one of the most horrible places in all Lands Between. We can see Radahn's soldiers and Redmanes all over Caelid, fighting off Scarlet Rot and all mutant creatures inhabiting Caelid, while few Cleanrot Knights that were left were driven into the swamp or retreated to Haligtree together with unconcious Malenia. Also they seem to be fighting in War-Deaed Catacombs against Malenia's knights as equals. As i see it, judging by info we have Redmane Knights haven't lost any battles, but they lost the war since their leader who they have sworn to protect became a mindless husk, and their land became uninhabitable. And despite all this they refuse to give up the fight, which makes them even more respected in my eyes.

[@jandeiification]

Somewhat... and so suddenly... I almost got tear-jerked... They reminded me of the CLAN of CRAB from L5R. Duty to protect others, preventing the spread of the rot... Upholding the honor of their beloved General... Red manes are the best!

[@samfish2550]

I feel like if you wanted to do a RP run a interesting idea would be to play as someone descended for tarnished who either were once a part of/served with the redmanes. The whole war with Melania would not have happened until your character/their ancestors already left the lands between, meaning that the desolation of the rot and Radahn would be unknown to you. It may be fun messing around with how our character would respond to that, as well as how it would inform their view of Melenia and of Millicent as the game went on, and how those thoughts might change when you find her and her home blighted, much as Caelid is.

[@ElimGarakSpoonHead]

Humble offering for the fickle algorithm. May the toobz grant everlasting monetization.

[@nafeeafif3176]

Rhadan is truely the main charecter of Eldenring and his redmane knights are just like him. A HERO

[@GeorgeK340]

My favorite knight set right now are Gelmir Knight due to its black paint scheme & the Distinguished Greatshield goes together with this set. Equip with Broadsword and I'm ready to fight. The set is in Gelmir's Heroes Graves and the shield can be buy from Leyndell's Merchant. So no frustration in farming for this. Interestingly, no Gelmir Knight enemy in the game and the only knight we seen are a ghost in Volcano Manor who ask us to kill Rykard. That's why I'm cosplayed as The Last Gelmir Knight and playthrough with STR/FTH build right now.

[@darkmoonmiracle]

The Redmanes are the only sect of Knights that could possibly rival the Miquellan Knight’s. Still a stretch, but I believe they could sack the Haligtree given the proper circumstances. If Radahn went after Malenia, the Redmanes would raze the Haligtree to the ground. After all it doesn’t have the golden protection or barbed root seal that the Erdtree does. Maybe that’s because Miquella was taken, so it’s ward was taken also. Idk. Just cool to think about.

[@noxealga]

They’d easily sack the haligtree. They won the battle against malenia, the only reason it’s the way it is is because malenia used her cowardice flower thing. Radahn and the Redmanes wiped them on the battlefield. They also killed me more than the cleanrots did😂

[@enriqueperezarce5485]

@@noxealgaActually it’s been stated the cleanrot knights were defeating the redmanes. Though Malenia and Rahdahn were both in stalemate. Eventually the redmanes would be overwhelmed by the quality of the cleanrot knights

[@maxiguidetti7228]

Even getting to the Haligtree is a whole challange, since they'd have to go all across the lands between and traverse the deadly snowy desert that is the Consecrated Snowfield. Then they'd have to maneuver down the tree itself, opposed by a small population of tough non-humans and Loretta. And finally their grinded down numbers would find themselves opposed by tougher non-humans, Cleanrots Knights and a fresh host of Miquellan lordsworns, the least numerous lordsworns, but also the toughest. The Redmanes are badasses but I really doubt they're pulling that off.

[@jeremygabriel2421]

@@enriqueperezarce5485bro stop making ish up. Finlay had to fight her way out of Caelid with Malenia. If it weren’t for Finlay, the Redmanes would’ve deleted Malenia.

[@The_Death_Krieg]

​@@jeremygabriel2421don't forget to Finlay definitely wasn't your average cleanrot knight, Mf went from caelid all the way to the hagiltree on foot carrying melania

[@Method702]

Thank you for continuing to put out Elden Ring lore content when the lore landscape seems so bleak right now pre DLC.

[@justin8865]

My brother in Godfrey have met tarnished archeologist ?

[@MadAtreides1]

or Crunchy?

[@NWLR-tv]

VaatiVidya?

[@ryanpark4374]

I love the group of redmane soldiers, wandering nobles, and pumpkin head studying the rot by fort Gael.

[@nunyabisness7055]

A note about Ogha, it means Nephew or Grandchild in Gadhlig. Could Ogha be a blood relative of Radahn?

[@ticky7817]

Ahhh Flame of the Redmanes... the poise breaking machine itself. How I miss the days you did 40 poise damage instead of 10. Please... please come back to us!

[@Tremere_Antitribu]

They're literally the Grey Wardens of Elden Ring.

[@_Azulite_]

Do a video on the Carian knights next! They are built different... Only 20 of them and they were still able to defeat the Erdtree forces.

[@firstya9994]

i know its a old comment but is the carian knight and the cuckoo knight the same faction?

[@noxealga]

@@firstya9994Carian knights and cuckoo knights are completely different. The Carians defeated the cuckoos in battle, now they reside in the Carian Manor. Cuckoo knights are strictly for the Academy.

[@firstya9994]

@@noxealga i think i need to watch cuckoo knights lore

[@ElMayo31]

Love this format of yours! Its not too short or long, and does a great job summarizing the topic. If the algorythm gods dont bless you I hope you find recognition for the great work you put in.

[@marystone860]

WOW! I enjoyed your video on the Redmanes! I didn't know a whole lot about them yet. Not as much as the CleanRot Knights! Their end was pretty tragic too! Learning more and more everyday about Elden Ring Lore, and I'm on my first playthrough! Looking forward to more of your work!😊

[@square-table-gaming]

Check out the playlist! We've got 58 videos and most of them are good haha. First few are shaky.

[@marystone860]

@@square-table-gaming SWEET! I will, thank you!

[@NT-sx2bd]

I Iove the armour set for the Redmane knights, thank you

[@MidnightatMidian]

I think the ''Flame of the redmanes'' is a clue of the direct lineage of the fire god giants, and the curse they laid upon Radagon when he defeated them. We know that Radahn became quite gigantic tho we have no explanation why. But flames plus giant size plus red hair is a very good clue about who Radahn is really made of..

[@maidenless226]

The quality of these videos is outstanding! can't wait to see more

[@Dragon88Dark]

Love your channel, you are one of the best elden ring lore content creators. Your calm voice is very soothing while delving into the lore in an enthralling way. Would love videos about Ranni's teacher, the Numens, the Eternal cities, the starfall beasts, the Gelmir knights, the vulgar militia and Fia (to name a few).

[@square-table-gaming]

Currently researching the vulgar militia, keep an eye out for that one!

[@mauvepikmin2006]

I need to say, your performance in these videos makes each and every one of them absolutely captivating, wonderful work

[@square-table-gaming]

Thank you! Makes me want to try using my voice for other ventures.

[@jamB2007]

Square table gaming, I absolutely have been loving every video you guys put out and this one surprised me as I knew only half of the story and I just love listening to these while working on homework, driving, cooking, etc. just absolutely amazing and very relaxing! Amazing job as always!!

[@square-table-gaming]

Thank you! We love hearing that people dig the content. Any particular lore bits or enemies you'd want us to look into?

[@KurwaRomek]

The one with the greatbow, overlooking fort Gael, gave me cancer

[@efnfen]

I love these videos. There is a lot of depth that isn't easily gleaned just from playing.

[@anonymous___vibes4415]

You know the war-dead catacombs perposes an interesting theory, if the rot decayed their bodies to nothing and they remain in spirit, then technically the redmanes will never die truly and will remain in caelid even after death

[@JoeyCentral]

Redmane Knights are pretty badass NGL

[@British_Rogue]

Out of the Godrick, Cuckoo, Redmane, and Haligtree armour sets... Godrick Knight Gauntlets, Cuckoo Knight Helm, Cuckoo Knight Armour, Redmane Knight Greaves. The Haligtree Knight set is too... Yellow.

[@ghosttimm420]

Just wanted to drop in and say, love your lore videos STG! Keep ‘em coming 🤘

[@square-table-gaming]

Thank you thank you, will do!

[@Tom_Cruise_Missile]

Do you think our defeating of Malenia set back the rot? I like to think that by defeating the goddess of rot, we might have made the Redmanes' fight winnable.

[@square-table-gaming]

Nah, Malenia is just a vessel, the rot isn't linked to her in that way. Once it's out it's out.

[@Tom_Cruise_Missile]

@@square-table-gaming fair enough. I'd think it might at least be weakened, considering she was the source, but there's no way of knowing how it really works. Our understanding of the rot is obviously incomplete, since we don't even know exactly what it is. realistically the best case scenario would probably be the influence of the rot slowing to something approaching a manageable level, and assuming we don't go for the "burn it all" ending, we can do something about it as elden lord (because idk about anyone else but that would be the first thing I'd be trying to deal with after the story ends)

[@cherryrook8684]

Whole of Caelid is just f*cked. Not only above ground where the knights are trying their best to contain it but the underground is also completely infested with rot, aka lake of rot. It has gotten too deep to fix it without completely wiping Caelid off the map

[@Psub950]

I know im late i just want to say that Malenia might not even be dead

[@Tom_Cruise_Missile]

@@Psub950 less than a year isn't late XD

[@sordschie3944]

Nice! The Redmanes are my favourite knights :)

[@chandusaha4864]

your videos are really great, thanks for making these

[@square-table-gaming]

Glad you like them!

[@markwalker5556]

Thanks for this Lore! Are you going to cover the Lore on Leyndell and Godrick's Knights?

[@wolfiemuse]

Glad for the extra episode. Good to hear from y’all. Can’t wait until Friday. I’ve had a rough week, or to be more accurate the wife has had a rough week. Miss you guys. Talk to you soon.

[@jakewu8268]

Lore on the Redmane soldiers !! Been waiting for this! 👍

[@briggs4884]

First video I’ve seen, got u in my recommendations

[@square-table-gaming]

Thanks for clicking! Hope you enjoyed

[@HenryGreenEngine3]

The Good Guys of the Lands Between

[@a.r.h9919]

Looks like those fallen knights rotten and unable to return to the erdtree would have become like lotr nazguls with cordyceps like growths from the scarlet rot unable to die and rotting

[@uber-trooper4162]

For every cuckoo in the Lands Between, there are 3 more Redmanes

[@_ariosto1519]

Very cool video man! Thank you 🙏🏾

[@qualiswilliams7403]

Great vid bro keep it up you were made to do this voice on point

[@leatherlass6730]

I cannot stand the height of these helmets

[@TiberiusRex182]

God, i love surprise lore vids.

[@robertspeedwagon982]

I'm so fucking disapointed at their armor set. The Cleanrot got the amazing dripest armor of all Knights orders in the game while the Redmane only got the lazy recolor of the basic knight armor.

[@PoisonJarl71501]

One of my favorite cosplays

[@noldorwarrior7791]

By pure looks, i like the Cuckoo Knights. By Lore, i like the Redmanes. Still being 2nd favorite though. Rykard Knights being the third.

[@malikshabazz2065]

Great stuff!

[@northwind2832]

I never attack the redmane knights unnecessarily out of respect.

[@tatmadaw4450]

I like all of the knight sets but my least favorite is the lyndell that big ass helm gets in the way lol

[@Poigmothoin]

Love the content ! Could you do a video on Lord Kenneth Haight . I think that’s his name he drops a golden seed when he’s killed

[@TheBigHatLegion]

"Honey, sweep the booze bottles off the table and feed the kids later; Square Table put out another video!"

[@square-table-gaming]

Hahahaha that's dedication

[@TheBigHatLegion]

@@square-table-gaming If I had the dedication you all do, I could have a KZbin Channel and we could be doing videos TOGETHAA! But I'm not, and I don't, so we aren't.

[@square-table-gaming]

@@TheBigHatLegion it's all about finding something you are passionate about, that's all there is to it

[@ilejovcevski79]

Favorite knight set? If it's not considered cheating, then either the Banished (unaltered) set or the Carian Knight Armor! Prettiest of them all!

[@ALLMINDmercenarysupportsystem]

Is there any information on what Caelid might have been like before the rot took hold?

[@square-table-gaming]

Not really but we can probably assume it was a lot like limgrave for the most part. It does get deserty towards the coast, but aside from that it's fair to assume it was once lush

[@tanookiiiiii]

This video almost made me have second thoughts about slaughtering them

[@philipbrockman1315]

I play elden ring all the time we probably fight these guys all the time can we kill them and take their armor but to hear their story about these soldiers and knights makes me feel sad for them

[@Ricks176]

No one escapes the rot not even malenia herself

[@MrGoodJason]

The clean rot knights barely won the grand battle of aoenia even malenia was hurted badly after exploding her rot into general radanh it took cleanrot. Finlay carried her back to haligtree

[@thechadvoltaires8930]

And the cleanrot knights had weapons that were blessed with miquellas holy power and gold while redmanes only had their strength and skills

[@Icspiders247]

Leyndell knights said hi when you mentioned the great bow.

[@square-table-gaming]

Very true, but they can't utilize gravity magic with their bow.

[@Icspiders247]

@@square-table-gaming Don't need that nonsense when you can push folks aside with pure Chad energy.

[@aveasatru9815]

So how does magic work in Elden ring? Do you channel it through your mind or is it like faith and it uses an incantation

[@square-table-gaming]

Depends on the kind of magic

[@mrmaxin53]

Doesn’t the Leyndell knight use the great now too?

[@square-table-gaming]

I believe we can encounter 1 who does. They do not however have to prowess to utilize gravity magic with their bow.

[@nreap]

You should make a good lore vid about sorceress sellen not a lot of stuff about her

[@square-table-gaming]

We've definitely thought about diving into sellen. Toughest part is getting the footage for her.

[@megustaelmate5499]

I like to think that Ogha was killed by Malenia when she reached Caelid, and because of this Radahn wanted to fight personally with her, for killing one of his best friends

[@noxealga]

Nah there’s no way. If you summon Ogha then he can solo her at base level by repeatedly sniping her😂

[@hhowdy]

I love Elden Ring lore 😫

[@square-table-gaming]

You keep watching it and we'll keep making it

[@to_the_vo1d]

why these knight and soldiers have grey faces?

[@square-table-gaming]

Technically we never see the knights faces. If you take the helmet off the character models there's nothing underneath. It seems like most commoners have gray, wrinkled faces, likely due to the removal of the rune of death and their advanced age.

[@Morbak546]

i just wish their helmets didn't make the player look like an alien

[@square-table-gaming]

I've always wondered why knight helmets do things like that. Intimidation maybe?

[@Morbak546]

@@square-table-gaming I don't know, the head proportions look fine on the knights and when used by the player it just constricts around our faces

[@Themistocles30]

I find it lazy that fromsoft made all the knight armies look the same but with different colours.

[@square-table-gaming]

That's fair, there are other subtle differences in the armor but they're basically made with the same models.

[@Themistocles30]

@@square-table-gaming They all have the same helms with a couple of peices added to it just to make it look different. Plus I wish they made better animations for greatswords. They still feel the same as dark souls great swords animations.

[@neilsacatropezsaura2320]

They should've given the Redmane Knights a unique armor not the color swapped boring knight armor no wonder they got beaten up by the Cleanrot knights lol

[@drazzytime9353]

2:45 they not really that strong if ya think about how Gravity magic probably helped them wield it to begin with

[@justin8865]

I love you content but the red manes lost to the bloom not the clean rot knights

[@square-table-gaming]

That's what the video is about, the redmanes losing the battle and staying behind in Caelid to burn the spreading rot

[@Carrot-Man1876]

Greetings from the Carrot-Man 👋🥕

[@square-table-gaming]

Afternoon!

[@AA-qi4ez]

Hypothesis, not theory.

[@square-table-gaming]

The only place in this video where we say theory is when we ask you to share your theories. Pretty sure that's a correct usage of the word.

[@cozmic7978]

That wall doesn’t build by radahn and his army, and it is not for prevent scarlet rot. Look it’s direction from west to the east side.

[@square-table-gaming]

The lore outright says the redmanes are preventing the spread of rot in Caelid. It wouldn't make sense for anyone else to have built the wall

[@kaptinkanoodle5039]

1st

[@hankskorpio5857]

Ok, now will someone explain why castle Redmane is adorned with Banished Knight gear? They strung up on lines hanging over the entire fort? Is this connected to the Dragon Cult? Wtf?

[@square-table-gaming]

It seems as though every castle is adorned with banished knight armor somewhere. You could see it as the standard armor for knights across the lands between, but it's most likely an easy use of a general asset for aesthetic purposes. I always hesitate to say that with any confidence though because of how thorough FromSoft is.

[@hankskorpio5857]

@@square-table-gaming Dang... Theres definitely somthn up with them though. They have that crucible horn and worship/hunt dragons also the only one we talk to seemed to at one point have commanded Misbegotten. Not sure who had the theory that the round table in Leyndel is Horah Loux's original seat of power after conquering Serosh but seeing as their gear is heavily featured there I suppose they were just the OG soldiers of Godfrey but then why pay homage to the crucible? Is that just the era Godfrey came up in?

[@halohalo505]

I don't think they took too kindly towards Caleid residents for helping and bringing("lying") Malenia to Radahn.

[@thally4061]

I'm subscribed brotha!!

[@square-table-gaming]

Welcome! We appreciate it!

[@blumiu2426]

Eh? That's not true at all. Radahn's forces were held off by Morgot's forces, along with anyone that tried to attack the capitol. They clearly had been beaten or at the least fended off. Only Malenia's were said to have no been beaten Even then, it seems as though the fight was still going until the Bloom was used, saying that defeated them. You can't fight rot. It's never said if Radahn had been beaten or by whom, unless undefeated means only victories and no stale-mates. It would seem the only time that had been faced is when Malenia fought Radahn, who was the strongest and there had been no reason to have fought prior. She was forced to bloom in order for a draw, so being the strongest doesn't mean smartest, and undefeated just means up until you are. I don't believe she would have used it unless in an act of desperation, or it means she flippantly used something she knew would have dire consequences for the land. Still turned out that way since it was a battle she chose not to relent.

[@square-table-gaming]

Radahn lost to Morgott directly. There is artwork of him being stabbed through the shoulder and we know he retreated. It's likely if it were just a battle of armies the redmanes could have won, but that's based solely on the way they are described in-game. I don't believe we say anywhere that the redmanes were undefeated. Malenias goal was to stop radahn, not to kill him or take his rune. In that she succeeded and Radahn failed.

[@blumiu2426]

@@square-table-gaming Do we know that actually? The only indication was the illustration of the two in confrontation (I believe Radahn was holding back the staff with both hands, not that he was stabbed), but it never said Radahn lost in personal combat as next we see Radahn, he's fighting Malenia and both are unscathed (granted whenever the conflict took place). Nothing says Radahn was wounded, either, as that would be significant. Someone made a video as well pointing out the artwork was a depiction, not actual, as there were inconsistencies with the sizes of the two. Either way, we know Radahn's forces retreated and Morgott held off everyone. There wasn't anything saying Radahn's forces were undefeated, only Malenia's troops. It would seem see or her troops were more tactically inclined, not just strong and had some magical ability. The lore is strange in that it isn't clear what prior conflicts established these troops. One would think if Malenia had never been beaten, her troops could have handled the significant conflicts, yet that doesn't seem to be the case with opposition still coming from all sides. Was it said why the two fought? And I don't think the explanation makes sense given she pulled her trump card, cost her, her troops, and essentially the bloom killed Radahn slowly. If she were trying to halt his progress, a direct conflict wouldn't make sense. There are military maneuver's to slow an army, a duel is the complete opposite. So in that regard, the lore stating it a stalemate makes sense; he failed in whatever his goal was, and she failed if she only meant to stop him and destroyed the land and spread rot to both troops. It can only be deliberate choice of desperation as she knew the consequences of blooming, or she didn't care and did it, knowing the consequences.