The Commander's Boar

#eldenring #shadowoftheerdtree

[@aeric_]

The Fact Gaius has no Legs yet his armor set has a joke pair of pants made for him is absolute jokes and the kind of humor I enjoy from FromSoft

[@TobyKBTY]

Good thing this POS boss had some humiliating lore because he was the worst 😂

[@cubewarlock]

And his legless wife keeps his pants safe.

[@sniezka9794]

he's an albinauric

[@timbohler4397]

Well he probably did have legs once, just they dissipate with time on albinaurics

[@wealthybone2990]

Wait does his pants look the same as the one he's wearing?

[@gerogero5931]

It's fun to imagine being a random-ass hornsent fighting messmer's forces in the war. "By the divine beast, the lady over there is wiping out our forces by slamming the moon on us and theres a rampaging glowing hippo bulldozing us this cant get any worse..." Gaius from the sky: "Giga...Drill....-"

[@gaviotatoxica2768]

BREAKER!!!!!!!

[@brothercadet1767]

Piga Drill

[@thiscommonsinkt3367]

Don't forget about the Furnace Golems Must've been horrifying to see just only one of them incinerating entire armies

[@davidhong1934]

I don't think the hippo is even one of Messmer's employees. It just hates people _that_ much. Not even Runebears hate people that much.

[@omerozel4716]

😂

[@hello-re5hu]

"just a little off the top please"

[@BulldogFromHell]

Meanwhile every barber I've ever visited: "Yeah just take off like 80%." My barber: *Takes off half a millimeter*

[@dedut.]

This happen to me all the time, goddamit. Why can't they understand bro?

[@Khann_2102]

​@@dedut.It's the universal law, just like Starbucks being unable to write customers names correctly

[@Elementroar]

The hog actually looks a lot more like a small prehistoric elephant ancestor than a pig tbh. Like a prehistoric Phiomia but with the tusks of a modern elephant.

[@noamias4897]

I've always thought of Radahn as an elephant more than anything else with the way his legs look

[@diooverheaven6561]

​@@noamias4897redahn had stumps of he draged his legs on sand

[@screamthesecond3946]

prehistoric pigs looks alot more like gaius's mount imo compared to elephants

[@Elementroar]

@@screamthesecond3946 I think this mount looks like a Phiomia but with the tusk shape and size of modern elephants. Mostly the mount head shape is very similar to most illustrations of Phiomia.

[@idkman6496]

@@screamthesecond3946Yeah not really any prehistoric elephants that look even close. It kinda just looks like a babirusa if nature didn’t hate them

[@MadDemon64]

Smooth Boar isn't real, Smooth Boar cannot hurt you. BonfireVN:

[@MachineMindDesigns]

Dag Nabbit, private! I said Smooth BORE, not Smooth Boar

[@MadDemon64]

@@MachineMindDesigns I'm glad you got the pun.

[@knatspray]

@@MachineMindDesigns”What the hell are we going to do with this giant hairless boar? Give it armor and hand it off to our legless General?”

[@memeg8076]

Misses him entirely because it’s SMOOTH BORE and nail the neighbor’s dog.

[@MadDemon64]

@@memeg8076 My mind read that in AI RussianBadger's voice.

[@SmileytheSmile]

Middle aged, balding Pumba, when he ran out of Lion King money and had to get a small role in other stuff to keep the lights on.

[@samhutchison8633]

That’s hilarious 🤣

[@buffoonustroglodytus4688]

Fromsoft paid him in scraps from lunch at the office

[@SmileytheSmile]

@@buffoonustroglodytus4688 Several harassment claims had been filed on set due to his smell.

[@orenges7034]

Seems like Timon also dropped him. But seems better for Pumba he knows how to control Gravity

[@liamwright2510]

@@orenges7034shame his fart poison attack got nerfed.

[@KogasaTatara514]

HOG RIIIIIIIIDAH!

[@FabioDaFemboy]

it’s also a little MY NAAAAAAAAME

[@xennymeh6059]

​@@FabioDaFemboyOne of the best fromsoft characters imo

[@buffoonustroglodytus4688]

MY NAAAAAAAAAME!!!! IS ᴳᵃᶦᵘˢ AS I BREATHE, YOU WILL _NOT_ COLLECT THOSE 5 SCADUTREE FRAGMENTS!

[@rainbowkrampus]

@@FabioDaFemboy IS GYOUBU RADAHNATAKA GAIUSWA

[@FabioDaFemboy]

@@xennymeh6059 for real!!!

[@megamicromanager2449]

Just realized that leonard and Hogrid must’ve been best friends growing up together with Radahn and Gaius

[@0malleyAlleyc4t]

Is that really his name internally?

[@0malleyAlleyc4t]

Clash nvm

[@jesusmelomedina2200]

Gaea allegedly​@@0malleyAlleyc4t

[@kaiserdetectivegolden2735]

@@0malleyAlleyc4t his name is Gaea

[@kayhaich]

Sounds like something for anime fan fiction

[@SekaiNEET]

I think its funny that both radahn and gaius studied gravity magic together and both lost their leg and ride their beloved pet 😂❤

[@tahaalnasiri4124]

The masters of Gigachads

[@Rowan_nawoR]

Gaius never had legs I don’t think He’s a (I’m assuming) first gen albinauric according to his greaves

[@dorianrobinette9712]

​@Rowan_nawoR technically first gen albinaurics start out with legs that simply fade away with age.

[@redc7146]

Some call him Commander. Some call him Radahn’s sworn brother. We will remember him as The Tuskrider.

[@mhmdfdhl8122]

Nah... Hog rider is more like it

[@heitorgdo]

I call him Gravity Gyoubu

[@Heluxr]

Boar looks like his name is Garry.

[@BooguyTheAdept]

Looks more like Pete to me

[@Vex462]

Looks like Jet from Cowboy Bebop.

[@iboofer]

@@BooguyTheAdept Hogbert

[@Qwerty-zj3rk]

@@ibooferomg I love Hogbert!

[@raydhen8840]

Tis must be the titular Boar of the Boreal Valley

[@esa8871]

"We have starscourge Radahn at home" Starscourge Radahn at home

[@buffoonustroglodytus4688]

Exactly.

[@senpie6639]

Even strange that both Starscourge Radahn and Gaius have no feet

[@Punishthefalse]

IIRC Gaius was a Redmane so this checks out.

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

Radahn's old classmate from gravity school XD

[@VictorIV0310]

@@PunishthefalseNo, he’s not. He was a student under the same Alabaster Lord who taught Radahn gravity magic and the two were competitive but friendly rivals.

[@thedoctorofcringe05]

I know he's an Albinauric, but those little legs are funny. I thought he'd completely removed them given his greaves are elsewhere. That idea made him a little more intimidating, at least to me

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

The greaves were made as an insult to him. I doubt he ever wore them

[@thedoctorofcringe05]

@burntgrahamcracker2866 My headcanon was it was a sort of prank. A more friendly one, mostly because that gets a chuckle outta me

[@thedoctorofcringe05]

"Here you go, Gaius! For your legs!" "Fuck off"

[@Soap010]

What the hell he has little legs lol Just as radahn? Why?

[@lawresk]

​@@Soap010 first generation albinaurics are losing their legs at some point of their life. That's also the reason albinauric archers are either sitting in high places or riding wolves.

[@jameseddleman6944]

"But commander Gaius, you ain't got no legs." - Forest Gump

[@unsungzero6122]

"Yeah...I _know_ that"

[@Phobos_95]

With him being a cute little piggy, and the context of him probably being Leonard's best friend short of Radahn himself... I propose we dub the pig "Wilbur".

[@davidhong1934]

Wonder if Charlotte is still hanging around

[@KateHikes83TJD]

darkest dungeon ptsd kicks in*

[@oktusprime3637]

Kind of looks like a weird elephant/tapir hybrid without the hair lol.

[@shark_vii]

with that said, Gaius's boar actually bears a striking resemblance to the archstone chunks/ephemeral stones from Demon's Souls, as they're also tapir-like.

[@Ghewerr]

Looks like the armored boars on ds1

[@TheHarrisontemple]

Sane with the death knights set i took one look at it an realized Lighning Darkwraiths are a thing now lol

[@lillonerboi504]

“The Commanders Boar” Looks inside- Elephant.

[@GeremyG]

I was hoping the pig had a silly name like Leonard

[@edmarcamy]

Norman the boar

[@iboofer]

Lord Pork

[@kaptenkukang]

the king of pigs in angry birds?

[@EchoesOfRain.]

its probably called gaea because of the item description, i dont think its a typo like people say it is, it basically acted as gaius's legs since hes an albinauric so it makes sense that it would learn the same magic too

[@todd3143]

gaea’s probably the woman in the hut after the arena tho

[@icetide9411]

As far as I know the Gaea character mentioned on Gaius's armor isn't mentioned anywhere else, so I'm going to assume that Gaea IS the boar and it was also taught gravity magic. Just because that is really funny to imagine

[@man-ol5kn]

Literally just a mamoswine

[@mystycassaultunholyendings3619]

Imagine grazing on some of the best grass and leaves, becoming the biggest boar in all of the Realm of Shadow, just for a crippled guy to decide, "Yea, this'll be a worthy mount." Then get armoured up only for a fool with some knowledge on weapons and/or spells comes and pokes you in the eye.

[@unuseableb]

Atleast he got to be a drill boar. Like dumbo he finally learned to fly when he met Gaius

[@mr.snowman6607]

perfect life if you ask me

[@dhtprnl]

Pig or Elephant

[@Kefir178]

Your mom

[@starmario144]

Pigephant

[@parksaejoo2651]

your mommoth

[@outerheaven4384]

@@Kefir178Talking into a mirror or something.

[@screamthesecond3946]

prehistoric pig

[@GenericProtagonist118]

_DID SOMEBODY SAY HAAAWWGG RIDAAAAAAAH!!!!!?_

[@erikenn]

Really wanted the boar head helmet. Would have been an awesome callback to Dark Souls 1

[@jackalx2154]

It looks like an All Tomorrow's boar human

[@win2teabag009]

Ah yes, Hog Rider's descendant who went to the Lands of Shadows for a better life just to follow his ancestor's footsteps. *Update: Removed 'Lands Between' *Replaced with 'Land of Shadows'

[@cj1535]

Atleast his ancestors HAD feet

[@mhmdfdhl8122]

It's land of shadow actually

[@Ixxlostinabox]

Pumba has been hitting the gym

[@iboofer]

They call him MISTER PIG

[@hearmth6618]

💪 🐗 💪

[@DeusExAngelo]

That boar's bare face is memeworthy. He's like Fromsoft's version of Craig the Brute.

[@yelloweyes8345]

Gigachad Ganondorf

[@yelloweyes8345]

Or King Bulbin

[@nasimacdnanovic1196]

The gravity symbol on the boar armor is the same as in radahn swords thats beautiful detail

[@hellxapo5740]

When I enter the fog gate: HOG RIDERR!!!!!

[@magnolt]

I like that the boars armour has the gravity magic insignia engraved on it to help channel gravity magic through it better

[@Robthetank001]

Love or hate the fight, I think everyone can agree that this boss looks so cool

[@mickeyspeer5670]

Man, fighting that thing without armor feels like a crime. The boar is friggin adorable

[@rainbowkrampus]

Ngl, the mail shirt underneath was surprising. There's never a point where you would see that.

[@DLS11000]

forgot about the boar's ears

[@aqui1ifer]

“Take this Silver Blood!” Boar turns toward you “On second thought, have a nice day”

[@alexphan-bh9ic]

Strangely reminds me of a very old horror movie from China i once watched as a kid, i don't really remember much except that one of the "ghost/monster" in that movie resembles a small one-legged elephant.

[@animal5602]

i actually like this boss fight with no music for some reason. something about a warrior and his mount out in a field. no words exchanged, no sound but the wind in the grass; you both know what you must do.

[@jays.6843]

And then you instantly die because the hitbox is four feet wider than it looks and he sometimes hits four times because of it.

[@ChouxThePastry]

Armoured boar fires of the rubicon

[@thomasdevlin5825]

This is unironically more unsettling than any of the other bosses I've seen on this channel. It's like that daeodon statue that became a meme

[@makorin9841]

The commander was the boar the whole time, and the rider was just gravity controlled hair

[@eyesoulsgames]

So the boar is the one thats performing the gravity jump, the 2 dudes got taught by an albalasta lord and the boar too 😂

[@ridetoruin]

I love the lore and the design of this boss.

[@_tikho5220]

boar looks stoned out of his goddamn mind

[@lomo1407]

Boar? That's a fucking elephant.

[@2gamerzone7]

He looks so much friendlier without the armor on.

[@AlexanderShamov]

I'm a little piggy, here's my snout, oink oink oink

[@Bthakilla4rilla]

Damn, Commander Gaius really is just ghost chainmail riding a freaky smooth pig

[@iamandrewyang]

as soon as the armor came off..."IT'S SO CUTE!"

[@John_Helldiver]

kinda gives off a muppet vibe

[@BelovedMonstrosity]

No wonder he armored it up, lol. No wonder it doesn't mind.

[@hearmth6618]

0:51 I love him 🐗🤎

[@maxwellvindman7212]

I thought he was cute, until I figured out he was bald....

[@Lichtie]

1:20 " Bro watch you boar- BRO WATCH YOUR BOAR "

[@TwinZ-studios]

Boars are really wonderful creatures,i do see them a lot here,now as for lore i really love the ''dummy legs'' pretty amazing detail

[@kelwilli827]

The boar's got a little cape!

[@thelonelystankmuncher8879]

Should've named the boss Gaius the hog rider

[@alalmalal]

That thing is a just a dwarf elephant with ears and half the trunk chopped

[@ze_glitchy_gamer7629]

I love how you did the fight of just the boar lol

[@trollguy3339]

MR. OINKS

[@Horrid747]

i like how the description of his leg armor was a gift of messmer as a kinda cruel joke or maybe just for fun since they were friends (his remembrance states they were friends and gaius was commander of Messmer men)

[@tcdtboc8551]

HOOOOOOG RIIIIIIIDA🗣📣

[@getridou]

1:05 when mum lets you play with her friend's pitbull while they go outside and shoot up morphine

[@iliketoitles]

That's not a boar, that's a depressed elephant, bro.😂

[@LordSeptimus]

It's actually a very cute boar also HE AINT GOT NO LEGS?!

[@thebrotacogamer2944]

"PUT THAT BAG BACK ON!"

[@d_eexe]

the missing ears make the boar all the more uncanny

[@Master_Putty]

He got that smooth head and the hippo got the dread head

[@Elongated_Muskrat]

Fromsoft makes some odd looking dogs.

[@penguincolt6649]

It looks like a mix of an elephant, boar, horse, buffalo

[@moetheweirdo7496]

All though the boar model is nicely detailed, you can not but laugh at it's hairless face.

[@lilyayora]

I like that the boar looks relatively chill

[@Chippaization]

You Ain't Got No Legs LT Gaius

[@darkmagpiestudios8222]

Mr-Funny hitbox himself

[@N1GHTSTRIKER-45]

Soulslike Ahh Hogrider

[@OG_McLovin]

Ah. That sort of explains why there's no second phase where he hops off the boar. Kinda cute, but kinda terrifying, like those pictures of hairless bears. It's unnatural.

[@Voice_of_p]

Your Tarnished looks amazing.

[@kagerouprojess9851]

The hog looks kinda friendly without the armor 😅

[@filet777]

I want to pet that smooth boar

[@marinalexanduradu7384]

aw hell nah is the boar rider on gravitational steroids 😭😭

[@challenger3607]

A cripple and a weird looking boar-that explains imbalanced attack patterns, after 4-10 tries I said: fuck it, I'm summoning the mimic

[@omerozel4716]

The boar looks adorable

[@Sm0key_Rates]

The most OP boar in all gaming existence

[@jasperfox6821]

His armour remains me of the iron dragonslayer set from ds3, feels very inspired from it actually. Good times 😊

[@stampede274]

That's not a boar that's one of those weird-ass prehistoric elephants

[@SimonGold3]

This is the Most normal Looking enemy in the Elden ring DLC

[@grovestreetballaa3279]

it looks more like a stunted elephant than a boar

[@renzokuken7777]

A legless pinecone man riding a pig and a super saiyan hippo....only Fromsoft

[@voidc4]

He looks like a banger Zelda: twilight forest boss

[@togglebott7748]

Behold, dog!

[@Gamefreak2998]

When I learned there was no backstab animation on the boar, I was so...disappointed..

[@imNexmark]

Boar's face looks so chill lmao

[@musyc1009]

ok, now i get why the pants for the his armor set

[@patrickpicasso9319]

Paint him green and he’d be a baby kingtusk

[@keoyeo8941]

1:00 no wonder this abomination was banished to the shadow realm

[@soldiergigas14]

the boar looks a bit like an elephant with a short trunk. it's really the tusks, you know?

[@marte9346]

it is literally that cursed tf2 pyro face lmao

[@SomeWheats]

Oh no no no! Look at his head! Look at this dude! *wheeze*