The ENTIRE Lore of Elden Ring (Complete Timeline Recap before Shadow of the Erdtree)

[@Hawkshaw]

All 8 episodes together, for the ultimate viewing experience! This has been a huge amount of work over many months and we're very proud of everyone involved that meant we could complete it before the Shadow of the Erdtree. There is also lots of speculation and theorising throughout, as it is all only our opinion, so we are keen to hear your own theories in the context of a full timeline! Back to a more normal release schedule now - we'll see you in the DLC! Praise the Lore!

[@masonrockwood7732]

I've never seen any of these individual parts you mention, but this video is amazing. It's not just the relentless focus, but how parsed out the characters and themes are displayed when and only when they are the focus. It's the only way to form a cogent timeline where so many other people have tried and failed. Great work. P.S. Only critique i'd give is the constant cutscene/in-game narration breaks. It really ruins the flow of your presentation and is completely superfluous as you're explaining all the dialogue and its context anyway. Plus content like this is (mostly) for people who have already experienced the game so it just kills time in the video where I could get the better experience in game.

[@jameng1315]

I'm not a gamer but always amazed how good the story/lores of many games. Any updates on the lores since the dlc is out now?

[@triplec6616]

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[@Red-Amplification]

I’ve been slowly watching this ad I play the game

[@MercurialStatic]

Why does Rennala look like a Hapsburg in the thumbnail?

[@skellymen2395]

If I watch this nonstop right now I'll finish it in time for DLC

[@johnathonsnape-mclean3457]

Thats what im doing 🤘🏻

[@GhustlaBich]

It's live

[@LacesLawless]

Literally what I'm doing lol

[@callenroeder3784]

Nooooooooo I’m to laaaaaaate

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

I played it for an hour before I watched the video to go to bed.

[@sharinganproz]

After playing the DLC its remarkable how so many of your inferences were correct

[@digitalscott7732]

I would love to see a collection of all the inferences made here that the DLC confirmed.

[@mcrenn5350]

I shall take up this mantle, by Miquella I shall watch the whole video and leave a timestamp for each inference the DLC proved right ❤

[@digitalscott7732]

@@mcrenn5350 impressive, and much appreciated!

[@Devinator6205]

@@mcrenn5350how’s that going? I don’t have DLC yet so I’m curious

[@BlazefireSaber]

Aw yeah, this is exactly the type of content I wholeheartedly subscribed to several years ago instead of certain lower-quality Soulsborne content creators that stole and plagiarized their way to popularity like one that shall remain nameless. Keep up the amazing work, Hawkshaw!!!

[@Hawkshaw]

Wow thank you for the support! We're proud how it turned out and definitely have plenty of plans for the future!

[@inigoplateu4650]

It's like Elden Ring Christmas Eve tonight.

[@richardmcdonald4741]

I'll be listening to this as i die to the fire gollum over and over, thanx Hawkshaw.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

The

[@paulscott7573]

Besides being so relaxing, the level of detail and effort is absolutely astonishing 👏👏

[@Damanique]

I love how Elden Ring is just a game that inspires fans to be historians and archeologists. I wonder how much of what you have uncovered was intentional, or just the game devs thinking (for example) "guess I'll put this random road texture here and Miquella's Lily over there"

[@clownstuffing2324]

Thank you so much. Ive been unwell the past few days, so this has been a wonderful delight.

[@Hawkshaw]

Thank you! And hope you get better soon

[@khaleeqkusi3113]

Finally finished, masterpiece.

[@OllieSoulsby]

I think that the banished knights were the ones who orchestrated the destruction of the great tree hence why they are banished

[@MrHubcap45]

2:01:15 thanks to the editor who snuck in some KOTOR music you a real one

[@MrHubcap45]

Also heard some republic commandos music later on top tier picks sir

[@julianslusser1275]

Hades music atthe start

[@magicmirrorgaming]

Hawkshaw, man, thank you so much for everything you to do make thinking about this game just as fun as playing it. I know I'll be thinking about colors, history, and unwritten clues the whole time I'm playing the DLC thanks to you.

[@wayfarerzen]

> Open video > It's 6 hours long. > WHAT > ...Half a million people have already watched it all the way through Well, fuck, I guess I gotta give it a shot. Time to play Elden Ring with this in the background.

[@loudvisions9156]

Everything the Golden order created, like the churches of Marika or the return tower on the weeping peninsula are so primitive. Stopping death, stops life. Love that. Gransax was so based!!!!❤😂

[@GameOverScreen.]

I remember stumbling on this channel when an hour long lore video sounded insane. Now I have a 5-hour video!! Thank you, Hawkshaw. Your work is always appreciated. Always glad to see youve been consistent, been here since you had 2 videos and am always interested in what youll do next

[@DiRT_BAG_CALi]

I just wanted to say thank you so much for this! I've listening to it, watching it, rewinding, making sure I'm following along and not losing track. I fall asleep with this on too lol it's been super enjoyable and I appreciate yall for making it! 🖤

[@RallForeman]

It's not curious that Pyke didn't use frenzied flame while in the evergaol. You can find the item Fingerprint grapes, which are frenzied eyes with fingerprints on them in the game. They without a doubt are Pykes eye(s). After his maiden died he was engulfed with grief. The whole reason he became a inheritor of the Frenzied Flame was to save his maiden, however with her death he was able to tear out one of his eyes and rid himself of the flame, where he then put himself into a evergaol to repent for his sin's. The only reason we aren't able to do so, but we have to do a very strict quest to remove it is because Pyke inherited the flame with his armor on (AKA The Fingerprint Armor). Shielding him from most of it but his eyes were open to the flame as a whole from the three fingers. Hence him only removing his eye removed the Frenzied flame. Us removing all of our armor to mark our bodies meaning we needed something a demigod has made (Miquelle made the Needles for Rot begotten people such as his sister) to rid themselves of something like the Frienzed flame (a outer gods influences from outside the land between) since it was burned onto our very vessel.

[@BFG93]

This makes a whole lotta sense. Especially the fingerprint armour and the nudity aspect.

[@Jeremy-kl7eb]

its vyke

[@halo3ratt]

8 minutes into the video and my mind was just blown by the sheer amount of detail in this game. i love the souls series but i could never get this much out of the game itself so i love watching videos like this and then replaying the game. i did the same thing with dark souls 3. played blind for the 1st play through then watched a lore video and played again. i felt so much especially with how much dark souls 1 lore fits into it as well. i’m replaying elden ring for the 2nd time for the dlc and now i’m watching this so i can understand this beautiful world more.

[@CeaselessWatcher01]

That Age of Mythology music was such a jump scare for some reason

[@812Ren]

Ive always known of soulsborne games, but Elden Ring is what drew me into it. Thank you for this, im very excited to hear the story of Elden Ring

[@Woodlend]

By the time this video is finished, we're all gonna be searching the shadows. It's been a long time, fellow Tarnished. I'll see you under The Scadu-tree. It's finally time to rise again.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

I missed this feeling so much 😊

[@scarrow3876]

this was so cringe

[@Woodlend]

And your profile pic is Zoro, godbless you dumb Zoomers. Don't understand the definitions of ironic OR cringe. It's sad, really.

[@gking0615]

The Borderlands 2 title screen music hit me so hard had to rewatch the whole part it was in.

[@celinery9166]

Hearing the Hades soundtrack featured in an Elden Ring lore video was so unexpected but so so good

[@quinnwasson2399]

Well, I'm gonna sleep well to this. Thanks, yo!

[@victoriawilliams130]

For real tho, this be the best thing to sleep to 😌

[@jameskazd9951]

@@victoriawilliams130 It makes me happy to know i am not the only one out here falling asleep to Elden Ring lore, Hawkshaw in particular has a really relaxing voice, so yeah this will probably be what i use to fall asleep to tonight... and probably a few more nights in the future

[@FrenzyKilla]

I fell asleep to it last night lol

[@ethanthompson2566]

Been listening to this all day at work thanks my guy 🙏

[@efrizaldia]

This deserves more views holymoly....

[@lokisalieri]

I feel like I have to pay for this video. It's just too good. I feel I will be rewatching it for years. Thank you!

[@brother_maleik]

If i watch this nonstop i can finish by the time i get home ready for the expansion

[@xZUGZx]

The shadow of the colossus soundtrack was a good choice

[@tomservo9254]

I want a Hardcore History parody series covering all of this

[@MercurialStatic]

Dan Carlin doing souls lore isn’t something I knew I needed until now. Thank you for that hilarious thought.

[@tomservo9254]

@@MercurialStatic "...now if you're like me and finding all of this *horribly* confusing and chaotic so far, well unfortunately it gets worse because it's around this time that one of my absolute favourite figures in this story finally starts making appearances in the historical record, and she's going to upend everything we've been talking about so far. The ancient Elden sources would pronounce her name something like 'Renna', but of course she's known to us as Ranni, or sometimes 'Ranni The Witch'. The primary sources give utterly fantastical accounts of her abilities - some say she conjures moon powers, others claim that in her youth she tames a wolf-beast and a troll to use as her minions. Modern historians are relatively certain she ordered the assassination of one of her own half-mad brothers, and they're almost universally certain that she also organized that assassination event we talked about at the start of the episode that set off this whole Shattering business in the first place. Imagine the elemental powers of a Gandalf combined with the brutal Machiavellian calculations of a Littlefinger and you can start to get an idea of what sort of character we're dealing with here..."

[@taylorpomeroy7631]

This is goated props to u for developing a “full picture” of the lore rather than being wishy washy esp with the titans!

[@Nope-ity-nope-nope]

It was your amazing Dark Souls timeline that got me subbed. And now look at us! What. A. Life!

[@Bbmag23]

Yesterday as i activated Godricks great rune for the unpth time, i thought, who in the hell built these divine towers? Subbed.

[@goodgoat]

so at 1:13:51 theres the two lords, alabaster and onyx. that really reminds of me of Emir in the DLC. how the golden order is just another celestial being, and it also kinda is reminiscent of how golden incantations generally involve pushing your enemies away, while gravitational sorceries generally involve pulling one in close.

[@Fancy_Pants_Dan]

Just got off work 4 more hours! LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! May just watch this until! Thank you so much for all you have done for us, Hawkshaw you are a good and proper tarnished!

[@ReiAkaris]

its beautiful that there's also warcraft music in the background i was working on projects whilst listening to this and got jumpscared by chapter 3

[@Jalmerk]

I think a really interesting detail that seems too important to just ignore, is that there are only two types of living trees in The Lands Between. One resembles the Erdtree, the other is distinctly similar to the greattree reliefs. It to me suggests that there was a different tree, that is still sprouting new shoots from it’s root system, despite the central tree being long gone.

[@aggersoul23]

Just what I needed to relieve some stress before my wedding. Thanks hawks

[@thatguywesmaranan]

thank you, HS... this video is the perfect accompaniment to my hospital shift...

[@vlxt4096]

5 hours lore video is both crazy and impressive 😭

[@roberteden3713]

Dude, you've been firing on all cylinders. Idk where start, but I'm all in!!!❤

[@BigPanda096]

EVERYTIME I hear that Age of Mythology sound tracks I instantly hear "PROSTEGMA! PHEDOMUS!" or "Ming? Ta-uh-aucht oi eiit," or "Sopheinctht? Yeervyyew, GORO-SHÖID!" and I can't help it.

[@RobinTheBot]

I couldn't read some of those words but i heard them just fine. I wonder how much of my brain is just that game?

[@BigPanda096]

@@RobinTheBot it really be that way.

[@Soldeathscythe]

I love how 4 hours in I hear fire emblem music XD a man of fine taste thanks for the work you do brudda

[@doggoanim]

If you put this as a novel i'll probably buy it

[@ThomasO2]

lol dude your music choice cracks me up! Great work!

[@johnathonsnape-mclean3457]

Im gunna consider this video to be a birthday gift from hawkshaw to me 😂🥳🎉🎊

[@Hawkshaw]

Happy Birthday!

[@johnathonsnape-mclean3457]

@@Hawkshaw Thanks! 🤘🏻🍻❤️

[@splunkmastah4609]

Is it weird that I now see the Frenzyflame ending as poetic? Probably. I like the cynicism of "the world is dying, the Erdtree and all that it encompasses are a shadow of their former selves, there are no more hierarchies aside from little pockets of wayward upstarts, the two fingers are bowed with age and feeble (not to mention frauds based on what we learn in the DLC) "But maybe, just maybe, this One last Tarnished can right the wrongs of the world and restore order by becoming Elden lord" And then you just burn it all down.

[@sethmcneil4252]

5 and a half hours is actually less than I expected

[@6Mourning6Star6]

At like the 1:30:00 mark I swear the music in the background is from Age of Mythology. Instantly brought back memories of that gem.

[@joshuawinters7745]

Honestly I'm amazed. I'm trying to write an Elden Ring book and I want it to be as lore accurate as possible. I haven't watched the full video but this is definitely going to help out a lot. Massive respect to you for putting this together. 5 and a half hours watch time on our end, I can only imagine the amount of work you put into making these as accurate as you can. keep it up man !!

[@cameronrodriguez8795]

This video is so well done and has inspired me to learn the lore of the DLC myself, thank you!

[@Markersify]

we didnt think they could do it but they did it

[@yharnamiyhill787]

Help me understand this. Marika, who started the Golden Order under the guidance of the Elden Ring, doubted her millenia of devotion due to her son's death? She then sought to restore the world's natural order from the Elden Ring (Greater Will) by smashing the Ring?

[@shane.616]

really great video, thanks for the upload!

[@nickvandijk5460]

I was going to subscribe to HBO to watch a series but looks like i'll get my needs satisfied here. :-).

[@ryanebert5962]

Been looking for something to watch while playing DLC, thank you so much for this. Dropping a like and a follow ❤

[@horrorspidey7033]

After playing DLC, this hits hard. Thanks dude, for this enormous and excellent work.

[@senior.pineapple]

Hollow knights OST was incredibly well put together.

[@UNC7EB0B]

Brilliant work on this video 👍 very enjoyable

[@BagelTCG]

Great video :D as someone who has never played more than a few hours it was very educational!

[@loudvisions9156]

I've probably watched this three times now. Best thing to listen to while chopping wood! ❤😂

[@LeBronKK]

this video is incredible

[@NNarkyy]

awesome work. fun listen before the dlc.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

How in the world are there only 15k views and 48 comments? What a shame, so well detailed.

[@aceykerr8752]

Absolutely caught off guard by the music from Age of Mythology

[@aceykerr8752]

2 hours in and kotor music starts playing...

[@6Mourning6Star6]

same

[@ink_vendettagaming]

So freaking good so far would love to review this :)

[@TheToma305]

You have Always been Phenomenal Hawk. Thank you!

[@vail2367]

And now we know why miquella sent Malenia to kill radahn.

[@richter6699]

Yep. Even he knew the truth. Team Radahn >>>>>>>> Team Malenia

[@PaperWill]

Good lord we eating good tonight

[@intrinsicvalour9493]

I love this and all of you Hawkshaw. Thank you so much ❤

[@AS34N]

Are you the coffeehouse crime guy...😂

[@pippywondergirl]

who

[@djj949]

Very good, enjoyed this

[@TheCapitanoPlan]

Umm what Marika sent Radagon to wipe out the giants farum azula was once part of land of shadows and the land of shadows was once part of the lands between its in the lore and in the DLC, all ancient dragons, can change their form to human away

[@Eight-Bites]

You're so thorough, it's pretty admirable, great job on this!

[@thegamersconclave8709]

Looks like we're going in deep fellas!

[@lewis1423]

i always thought the god slayers were killing "empyrean" gods like marakith not outergods. more like ensuring the death of a leader or empire. i also think the gloam eye queen could be more of a title like elden lord. also this thought could go to the blue dancer, he sealed away the leader of the rot civilization a god of rot [the guy the statue is of] and not a full blown outer god who may reside in space.

[@theragingviking9177]

Fantastic video!

[@l0stgr4vity64]

Amazing video, but the amount of ads is diabolical.

[@MB-ui4ec]

thank you so much

[@AudioSuede]

Is it possible that the two different tree sigils, one skinny and the other more full, are the same tree at different stages of growth? I do think, based on the evidence, there may have been a second tree, but it feels plausible that the older sigils were carved when the Erdtree was still growing, and the later ones were carved when its branches had grown more fully.

[@Hawkshaw]

That could be possible too, definitely

[@marzta2966]

the city of tears theme 😭

[@miquando5033]

Must... watch... Before... game... arrrives....

[@GoblinsMaze]

Time to listen to this while trying to sleep. 🔥🗣️

[@Redoer]

Perfect time to listen for bed 😴😪

[@xijinping3502]

Guys will rather watch a 5 hour video than a 5 hour shift. I understand.

[@alsocptplastered4911]

Very well done brother. Thank you

[@TerminalllyChill]

Thank you for your work!

[@Hawkshaw]

Our pleasure!

[@NCO-bl2do]

U deserve my comment only for the amount of work u put in this crazy shit🐐🐐

[@racksonoff]

What song what played near the end of chapter 1.2? It was when he was talking about the Nox architecture above the underground

[@NewNewColt]

I wonder how much of this bloodshed Marika actually wanted vs how much was forced on her by the Greater Will. Based off what we know of her when she was younger. Desiring to heal her genocided people , wanting to remove death, yearning for a family & love. At some point she looked back on all she had done as a god & was disgusted. She must have began resenting herself & even more than that the Greater Will. Probably why her true successor is Ranni. The one free from the greater will who does not give up her love & loyalty to ascend. This also explains why Miquella must be slain he just repeats the exact mistakes his mother did. Meanwhile Frenzy flame is her worst case scenario plan. You destroy everything she built but in the end get hunted down by Melina. Keep in mind Melina is the only character to use the minor Erdtree incantation. A secret incantation with only the kindness of gold, without Order. Order representing the Greater Will & is intentionally capitalized to show that. A spell she leaves to radiate her now vacant home town. She cared so deeply but in the end it was all just to build the next age upon her ruins. & so the cycle continues.

[@smell_]

gonna fall asleep to this and by the time the video ends ill be 2 hours into my shift

[@ihateyoutube772]

That's a depressing amount of sleep.... I can relate. Hawkshaw has saved me from insomnia more than once

[@drago2210]

yo wtf, I double checked and this video is not showing in my subscriptions tab even though every other one of your videos is. (I only found it by looking in your videos list)

[@thefishyplaysyoutube]

i watched this while playing through the game on ng+ and i cant lie i dont remember anything that was said but that aside it was a pretty good video!

[@nightmareishere7774]

Youre voice is like asmr im now feeling sleepy

[@ryanebert5962]

Thanks!

[@SSBLADE-wo6ok]

I couldn't focus on what you were saying around 2 hours because you put the borderlands load screen music in there

[@chevyclark9174]

I may have lost algebra 1 but atleast i know all the elden ring lore

[@NotKenBlock94]

Why does that intro music sound like it's from Slay the Princess? Gonna make me choke up over here just thinking about that game.

[@gatsuofmontecristo7337]

Well well well I was just looking for something to sleep with