The ENTIRE Lore of Elden Ring | Part 2

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In this compilation of my Elden Ring Lore videos, we will be discussing what I call the ‘darker themes’ of Elden Ring. The Nox, Ranni, The Night of the Black Knives, Godwyn, Those who Live in Death, the Persecution of the Albinaurics, as well as the Omen, their curse and the sinister Dungeater.
This will be part 2 of 3 and given the sheer size of this video, I think you can appreciate why we split it into three - you don’t need to have watched the first one as each of the original videos were written to stand alone.
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Intro: 0:00
Gamer Supps: 1:59
The Nox: 3:39
The Gloam-Eyed Queen: 1:29:29
Ranni: 3:07:36
The Night of the Black Knives: 4:22:00
Godwyn: 5:36:23
Dungeater & The Omen Curse: 7:06:54
Morgott the Omen King: 8:22:21
The Albinaurics: 9:49:17
Duality: 11:05:00
Lost Tales of Elden Ring: 11:29:34
Conclusion: 12:29:27
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CREDIT
Massive Shoutout to Eugenia Lysa who did the commission work for the Godskins video, this includes all the original renders of the GEQ and the Godskin temple. You can find Eugenia's Documentary on doing this commission here: • [Elden Ring-Inspired] ...
All references found in original videos - Elden Ring Lore Playlist here: • Elden Ring
But particular shout outs to Lokey, Last Protagonist & Mirko for their translations and insights. To Tarnished Archaeologist, Lore Hunter, Zullie & Quelaag for heavily influencing my work - as well as the many others in the lore community.
Commission Thumbnail art by Shimhaq: / shimhaq
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Soundtrack is Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Sekiro, King's Field and Elden Ring
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Please take some of the ads out. Its hard to fall asleep to this when there is a very loud ad played every 5 minutes.

[@hloaky]

​@dutchblazewell6289 I get annoyed too but he deserves the ads since he put so much time into these videos

[@dominicmills2117]

So food for thought. Melina went through the same ritual as ranni, as how could ranni have knowledge like that without some previous ancient iteration of said action. Why do the 7 soulless demigods not spread deathroot as well given they can be classified the same as godwynns souldeath... Unless that was the point of the decapitated bodies. Understandably if the rune of death was unsealed at that point maybe but how do they not live in death if they died in soul only. Unless they were already soulless before they fell or the souls were used to transpose something akin to fingerslaying blade. Probably nothing but hairbrained speculation but the mark of the centipede on Melina does come into play in this version

[@ErebusKami]

Is there any lore significance of why the giant twister in forum azula follows you? The one where the lightning dragon comes down on the archway, almost as soon as you enter farum azula

[@bkbj8282]

This is far more “let me be pedantic and wrong anyways” than the other videos you’re plainly just trying to compete for “world of candycrush” ads for.

[@matteobogdan297]

Take a shot every time Smough says the albinauric bloodclot is the greatest lore item in the game.

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take a shot every time he says "reads as follows"

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Take a shit every time he thanks a fellow elden ring KZbinr!

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@@BaBy_ShoWeR that’s a lot of shit

[@DarkEnigma1115]

​@@BlodtraeJust gotta drink a lot of tea and coffee, plus maybe a bit of almost spoiled milk.

[@internalizedhappyness9774]

My dad’s finally proud that I can now drink him under the table! Thanks to this video!!! It was great practice!

[@aidenmclaughlin1076]

25 hours of lore in 2 videos. Brother you’re absolutely insane! Keep up the good work man.

[@SmoughTown]

Thanks so much my friend! Really appreciate that

[@aidenmclaughlin1076]

@@SmoughTown We appreciate you too man! Thanks for all that you do.

[@snailbroski1084]

26 hours more like, bro's absolutely insane

[@andrew5222]

wholly unnecessary

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@@andrew5222 bait used to be believable

[@hideyasumusha7211]

Miyazaki: ohhh so that's how everything lines up huh ? I've been wondering myself.

[@valentinvas6454]

The real reason SOTET took so long. They were waiting fore Smough's videos. Jokes aside Miyazaki is not as involved in directing as he was before becoming CEO so there is a good chance certain things were not his ideas he just approved them.

[@DGC816]

I’ve watched a lot of your Elden Ring lore videos, and one thing I really like seeing is how much you reference other Elden Ring lore channels. I’ve been introduced to a lot of great content creators via your recommendations. It really reinforces the sense of community and helps to build people up. You’re one of the best to do it.

[@SmoughTown]

Thanks dude - I appreciate that. I defo believe in crediting your sources and influences, some of these creators are just incredible and deserve recognition

[@Lehmuska]

Consider the following. Snakes shed their skin. Rykard is a demigod. Rykard is also a snake, or at least part of one. Every time Rykard sheds his skin, there's a lot of free godskin for the taking.

[@jerryb216]

Some snakes do eat their shedings though, so you would have to be pretty quick and brave. Hell maybe that's the initiation ritual.

[@patrickkinnear8625]

Shadow of the erdtree is going to shine a whole new light on everything we've deduced about elden ring so far, And you're going to need to make another 30 hours of lore as an update. Yeesh

[@twistedgwazi5727]

I literally JUST finished the last video like 20 minutes ago and was trying to figure out what to put on in the background. Thanks for solving that issue for me, and thanks for all the great work you've done! These videos are seriously perfect for mod development, not just to have on in the background while I work, but also to give me loads of ideas for things to make and ways to ensure whatever I add is lore accurate. Keep it up man, your attention to detail makes you one of the absolute lore GOATs

[@SmoughTown]

Great timing! Thanks so much buddy, hope you enjoy this one too!

[@lenaxxx185]

Oh man 25 hours of Lore is an insane feat. Thank you so much Geoff you are immaculate.

[@SmoughTown]

Too kind Lena - very grateful for your support

[@colossaltitan3546]

Days after rusty ranked every single weapon in the game, smough releases another gargantuan chunk of the game's lore. We're really seeing huge labours of love from the Elden Ring content creators

[@HeywoodFloyd_]

Still making my way through the first one, but I am so excited to watch this. I love how much your series is expanding my love and appreciation for a game that I already greatly adored. You are putting the pieces together so clearly, and revealing parts of the lore that I didn’t even know were there. Expertly well done, I am VERY impressed and so grateful. Thank you! ❤

[@SmoughTown]

Hey! Thank you so so much, I am just so grateful I have such a supportive community around me. Thank you so much for watching

[@ElMasCaporo99]

have anyone noticed this? Both the blind swordsman and Maliketh have white hair, the same back cloak, maliketh never shows his eyes, fights like he is dancing and most important of all; the bild swordsman tought Malenia the waterfowl dance, the only other enemy in the game that can do an atack that replicates the same effect is Maliketh.

[@Avenray19]

😮

[@PBart7]

I love the discussion about the difference between the Fingerslayer Blade and Sacred Relic Sword. And the actual 'smithing' process of this kind only the gods are meant to do, of turning a body into a divine weapon Also has anyone else wondered *whos* corspe was used to forge the Fingerslayer

[@dominicmills2117]

What if the blade was transposed with soul not body, there is conveniently seven "soulless demigods" somehow not living in death

[@LoafofSourdough]

@@dominicmills2117”Alright, it’s no brain time” *self decapitation intensifies*

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[@adamuffoletto7869]

@@dominicmills2117 I think the royal family would notice if seven of their lineage randomly lost their souls before the Night of the Black Knives

[@dominicmills2117]

@@adamuffoletto7869 true but it does say they killed many that night. Just some speculation cause why not. I would assume this happened on that night tho and not before it does say many were killed that night but this is only my personal head cannon. Many holes to poke in it for sure

[@QuintonKappel]

The implications of Godwyn’s mind being a physical place that we can go makes me SO excited for the DLC and Miquella’s role in it.

[@BDRpictures]

First time I’ve went to bed watching a video and woke up to the video still playing in the morning lol good work!

[@RossAshmore]

Happy New Year! Let's hope this is the year we get to expand on Elden Rings lore with Shadow of the Erdtree!

[@SmoughTown]

Happy New Year Ross! Can't wait either

[@michaelholland1487]

YES! Thank you so much! It's amazing how much lore you pack into one video, Love the hard work.

[@qiyaana4738]

You're awesome dude! Happy new year and keep up the hard work. The sky is your limit

[@SmoughTown]

Thanks so much my friend! Happy new year to you too.

[@grimb8kn748]

Love these deep lore dives. Part 1 was great so I’ve been looking forward to this.

[@SmoughTown]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@kattymaster]

The longest form Lore Content. A perfect start to the new year!

[@shm1883]

WHoa this is legendary! The greatest lore compilation ever.. Thanks man.. Happy New Year btw..

[@samplexample]

I remember Ratatoskar saying the lore was ‘uninterpretable’ and have no thematic or artistic commentary on real life; power, tradition, the real action ship between the ruler and ruled, etc. Im sure he’s eating those words now.

[@MadAtreides1]

That's why I stopped following him. Besides him simping on Ranni, he had nothing to say.

[@slothrop42069]

When he said uninterpretable he meant that the game has too many tenuous connections that it makes extracting concrete meaning much more difficult. He never said that there is no thematic or artistic commentary in the game. His criticism was that the game was less focused compared to previous fromsoft games which I think is a fair assessment given its scope. He’s made several insightful videos about the lore, particularly the frenzied flame and heroic concepts behind some of the major characters, so I don’t think he’s “eating his words” because he clearly doesn’t have the opinion you think he does.

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​@@slothrop42069😊 nice and beautifully put

[@IdaKoryn]

I like the level of dedication you have here as well as the orientation to detail. Kudos to you and all other people you work with, you made the best thing possible and we get to enjoy it.

[@exploder717]

I have been listening to the first video in the course of days in my downtime out of work and I just finished it minutes ago... And you're telling me that there's ANOTHER ONE? I love it!

[@SmoughTown]

Hahaha indeed! Enjoy!

[@demonkingoftyranny1460]

These lore videos are great 🙂 they are so interesting to listen to, keep up the good work man

[@josephemory228]

Hey Smough, great video as always. I have a few comments/questions: 1. Regarding Renala and the Academy, I always inferred "charmed" as far more exact. Like she literally used her magic to charm them. And radagons leaving depressed her enough to let the magic slip. 2. I thought Crone was more a reference to the female triple gods(Mother, Maiden, and Crone). This would also align with the 3 moons that exist: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Goddess_(Neopaganism) 3. Placing the Cities of Nox is a whole other can of worms with my best theory being that they had a massive kingdom around where that giant crater is that all the divine towers are surrounding. The towers themselves are embedded with space rocks(for lack of a better term) and would make sense for moon worshippers to get as close to the sky as possible. Tower of Babel style. Two fingers rain Comet monster hell fire and relegate them to the underground. 4. Which leads into, with enough cycles of Ash, any city would eventually be buried underground. As we see with Leyndell at the very end. How many burn and turns would it take to cover the ruins of Nox? Whatever Kingdom Elden John is from(I think merika is Elden John btw....) 5. The trope is further expanded on Farum Azula where the pillars are literally made out of dirt and bodies. Which is...telling

[@j-plarouche9959]

wow that triple god concept was a rally good read ty

[@hayden3426]

Not long enough smh But honestly, thanks for the time and effort you put into this one.

[@SmoughTown]

Hahaha - thanks bud, really appreciate the support

[@yasinhenfs4540]

i watched all of your elden ring videos, its somehow unbelievable that i consumed over 38 hours of elden ring lore in total then haha

[@alamo2902]

Good videos man, absolute unit of a lore analysis.

[@nickrinchiusomusic9525]

these videos are incredible man. the amount of work that must’ve went into this is insane and it really enriches my experience playing the game. time to watch pt 3. keep making these awesome vids!

[@titaniumteddybear]

Your points about the knifeprint are bang on. It explains so much that it's what killed the other Two-Fingers, and that was the treachery.

[@samplexample]

Excellent job bro. You just ended the career of every other Elden Ring lore KZbinr.

[@KotaRedWolf]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!! LOVE YA SMOUGH

[@SmoughTown]

Love you too! Happy new year!

[@Von_Ruckems]

What a great way to bring in the new year

[@Foolishambitionsrested]

You are truly burning with the flame of ambition, keep it up

[@Giffsen]

I know what I'll be watching for the rest of the day haha Thanks for the upload man!

[@ValyeriasCorner]

I cannot thank you enough for these long videos. It's been helping me sleep since the first video dropped. Seriously, I love all your deep dive lore videos 🥰 keep up the epic work and hope you've had an amazing weekend 💜

[@goodcat2347]

Looking forward to part 3 keep it up

[@gunshowmoe]

Perfect I just finished part 1 this morning!

[@SmoughTown]

Great timing! Enjoy!

[@joncarter3761]

Perfect classic wow background material! Thanks for getting me through the PvP grind!

[@nissinderblock3582]

I literally just finished the last video today. I did about an hour a day. Fucjing hyped to listen to this one during work.

[@artemiscephei1339]

Finished both videos and somehow still itching for more!

[@shm1883]

Can't think of a better way to start my New Year.. This is gonna be epic!

[@TheStormMotivated]

You don’t disappoint Geoff, i didn’t finish the video yet but im sure is a banger like your other works, i hope you have a great new year and in this year you have allot of success and happiness in your life. So if you were to choose, wich one of these two you would choose: Age of Stars or Perfect order ?

[@SmoughTown]

Thanks so much my friend and I wish you a great new year as well! I’m probably a Perfect Order type guy. What about you?

[@TheStormMotivated]

⁠​⁠@@SmoughTown A perfect order enjoyer, such as you, i guess i like the ideia of a order without the influence of the gods and to do the games premise: stand before the elden ring and become elden lord, and unlike in the age of stars, we rule in the perfect order ending. plus, i think we are pretty disposable to ranni, she seems to not have a problem going alone into the void, so if ever come the time where she needs to choose between maintaining the Age of Stars and the tarnished, she discards us without hesitation, wich she is right to do so, as the god she inspire herself to be, like you said, a god thats not driven by emotion or by the events of the lands between.

[@Jgrimzy]

Please let me know when part 3 is here! This is absolutely amazing

[@ACNoob3]

You are making my daily ride to work something to look forward to. Thanks for your hard work.

[@Bmd-gc]

I needed this New Year’s Day for my 12 hour over night I had 😢😅 can’t wait to start watching tonight!

[@SpaceDoggy777]

Amazing work, man! Over the last 2 weeks, I’ve probably averaged about an hour a day. I learned SO MUCH, and it’s enriching my 2nd Elden Ring playthrough so much. Currently battling my way through the Shaded Castle, and I just love that I have a greater understanding my opponents and the environment

[@j.e.mowery2801]

Thank you for all your hard work. 😊

[@AxinPhoenix]

I finished the first part last week can’t wait to watch this one!!!

[@shyboievris834]

O, Smoughtown. May your 2024 herald a bounty that rivals that of Lord Miquella. Thank you ever so much for the work you've provided Elden Ring community, and may you forever prosper.

[@SmoughTown]

Thank you so much - you have no idea how much I appreciate your support. May the light of Lord Miquella continue to shine our way

[@Joe-ns4ek]

Give this man his flowers. I have to go watch the first one. I hope this gets the traction it deserves my goodness. Just got into the game to so crazy timing on these videos

[@husssssssssss]

I can’t wait to dive into this! Thank you

[@SmoughTown]

Enjoy it!

[@nikolankford8284]

I used to think lore videos for a game were silly. But your work shines a light on how this game deserves it. I earned a degree in history, so your diligence in siting sources and prefacing speculation means a lot to me and instills confidence when sharing with friends (and disputing them). The community is lucky to have you!

[@artemiscephei1339]

Thank you so much for this video. Absolutely excellent

[@d_fendr6222]

I've been listening to these videos at the gym. Hearing all about these epic tales and gods, I have to be like them!

[@bowley4]

So as per you mentioned about the Numen and Nox being the same thing… it could be akin to how in real life there is no such thing as “Aztec”… they referred to themselves as “Mexica, from Aztlan” and then outsiders chose to add the suffix “tec” to the name of the region making “Aztec, the people of aztlan region”. So it could be something like that, where they call themselves Numen, but outsiders refer to them as Nox, via “the peoples of Nokstella” or similar meaning.

[@artemiscephei1339]

Yes! The borough I'm from in NYC is The Bronx. But it got that name because a really wealthy family owned land there and the river. That families name - The Bronc's . It's assumed that because linguistically it's shorter to say, the bridge near the Bronc's, rather than, the bridge near the Bronc's land - the area just became known as The Bronc's aka The Bronx

[@bowley4]

@@artemiscephei1339 nice! I never knew that! I wonder what their family line is up to these days… probably wild

[@Hobomuskrat]

My new favorite background audio to listen to. 10/10 🎉🎉🎉

[@iwouldcryifihademotions6966]

THIS IS AWESOMEEEEEE

[@thatguywesmaranan]

MOOOOOOOOOM!!! smoughtown posted part 2!!!

[@nono-ch8oy]

I have to fill twelve hours at work. Perfect timing, mate

[@adamsuib4408]

Part one was amazing! Part two was amazing! Now I'm sad because there's no part 3 🤣🤣 Great job man!

[@dbags7617]

Holy smokes dude another 12 hours. Ur a god dam hero and a mad man

[@shyguy6898]

Lets go! So hyped!

[@Jackmarshall880]

Hey man, love your lore videos they are awesome. Would you ever consider adding to your spotify playlist again? I listen to them on spotify while I’m working and cant play youtube, so you doing so would make my working life a whole lot easier :)

[@ThommyofThenn]

Cant wait to get dark af with this. Cheers and looking forward to more good times here

[@wesleyvl8572]

Keep up your vidoes dude you rock we all love your vidoes

[@SmoughTown]

Thanks Wesley! Your support keeps me going

[@Tav0007]

Just a thought about the godskins and their robes. It feels to me that the skin on their robes could also be them tanning their own molting since they’re snake like beings who grow quickly. The faces on the robes look very similar to their own. If they see themselves as children of a god of death they could also think of themselves as demi gods hence the file name. Just some food for thought. I also was considering that maybe the entire reason Radagon exists is as an adaptation by Marika to imitate the order of death so that she could remain in power. If i recall the golden order came about via Radagon. And everything about the godskin apostles and the next era of the Elden ring kinda made me think that Marika knew her time was up and it was a clever trick to stay in power by co-opting the traits of the next order without having to convert from an order of life to an order of death.

[@Tav0007]

Sorry I didn’t finish the bit about “everything about the godskins…” I meant to say revolves around faith.

[@tossapat027]

Happy New Elden Year 🎉🎉

[@SmoughTown]

Happy new year!

[@federicoforgione]

The segment about Morgott Is pure entertainment Gold. What a Great character, and what a Great analysis of said character

[@znabthe918]

Fell asleep during the first one and woke up during the frenzy flame section. Knew I'd have to subscribe and listen for my 2nd play threw

[@adamsuib4408]

@smough Part one was amazing! Part two was even better! As someone never played a FS game until Elden Ring, this series has made my second playthrough so much better! Any idea when part three will come out? Honestly I'm only halfway through part two, so maybe you already answered that question. One thing I'm wondering about is this. If the current Erdtree isnt real. Pretty much like an outer shell of the original tree that was burned down. Then what's up with the leaves that fall off of it? Sometimes they fall off and gives our character a buff right? Golden leaves falling everywhere. Thanks dude!

[@travisbick1e]

Awesome sauce

[@TheV1ctorGaming]

Nevermind, THIS one is the Magnum Opus. Happy New Year to you too Geoff!

[@ohacuuus]

Love these

[@funwithfrank7522]

Can leave these two parts on each night to sleep yay

[@badluckbecca812]

Thank you so much for this

[@SmoughTown]

Enjoy it my friend

[@skalg5105]

Having some smooth lofi beats on low volume in the background as you listen to this lore goes really well

[@EthraHe]

Holy crap man, another 12 hours 😮

[@RB-li6kn]

2:41:03 The logo to the godskin nobels looks similar to an upside-down flame, which could symbolize the actual rune of death that is imbued within the black flame, which is the power that the glome eye queen draws upon to make the black flame so powerful, also she is the polar opposite to marika's order. Marika would see flame as a destructive force to the order considering she locked the red giant up to tend it for eternity. so in conclusion, the power that the logo represents, is twist on the destruction that they want to cause to marika and her order, therefore they use a upside down black flame. (it also fits in with the ying and yang theme)

[@kellygutowski7280]

Happy new year!..

[@titaniumteddybear]

Woo! This is a 2024 sequel I was actually looking forward to.

[@latexchariot]

Finished! Bring on 3!

[@nailinthefashion]

I just watched part 1 and finished as you uploaded this. (Rolls up sleeves)

[@SmoughTown]

Great timing!

[@nailinthefashion]

@@SmoughTown I would happily die for you to be happy for but just one more day

[@TRACTOOOOOOOOOR]

The absolute madman did it. Yay!

[@gatchu2246]

I'm only 3 and a half hours into the video, so I don't know if this changes, but I think there's strong reason to believe that Ranni's dark moon is the same as the "lost" black moon of the Nox. For one thing, the dark moon is completely obscured by the Erdtree, in all but the Moonlight Alter, where it's still mostly obscured. I think this is why it's considered "lost," and would have given the Nox a valid reason for having a grudge against the Erdtree. Second, it would add a LOT of reasoning behind why the black knives would support Ranni in the first place, if they're really tied to the Nox. If she were an empyrean trying to usher in the age of their moon, it would make sense. Finally, we know the memory stones are pieces of this "black moon", and we can see that Ranni's dark moon is shattered. I also think that "dark" and "black" are too similar of descriptors to refer to two different moons. I think the dark moon is the same one that the Nox would worship, before being obscured by the Erdtree, and rediscovered by Ranni much later.

[@wheres_your_drip773]

BABE GET THE POPCORN, SMOUGHTOWN POSTED! Lol, seriously though, amazing work. I cant wait to see whats in store for us next, thank you for providing your viewers and the community with such fantastic videos / lore breakdowns. Now time to binge watch this just like the prior video!

[@makermikeinhawaii]

I wish I could "like" this video twice. Cheers SmoughTown! 🍻

[@xiDoCocain]

36 hours is fucking ridiculous. Keep it up

[@square-table-gaming]

It's wild how much there is to explore throughout Elden Ring. Even with over 25 hours of exceptional analysis, there's STILL. MORE.

[@stevenellis4377]

When you make content longer than my work shifts, it is impressive.

[@stevenellis4377]

Especially considering there isnt immense amounts of information overlap. 10/10

[@deanthonypatton1791]

12 hours?! You are a monster my guy

[@ironlung7146]

Out here doing the lords work 🤙🏼

[@JigglyHunk]

cant wait for the smoughtown flavor

[@midnightmarauder7958]

This man deserves many more likes and subs purely just on his work ethic and deep knowledge of lore.

[@trak0ris]

I know I'm only on 2 of 3 super duper long vids, but do you get into who is the snow witch and what were her motivations for setting Ranni on her path? It seems that Ranni had her own motivations to go against the golden order, but perhaps the snow witch was using that to her advantage for some reason. Great videos, you do a nice job going over so many things in an organized way!

[@taylorclukey2314]

lol wild!!! Love your content

[@SmoughTown]

Thanks bud, Really appreciate that

[@BENIS8D]

Smoughtown single handedly carrying the lore community (Not single handedly really but you know what I mean, great work my man 🎉)

[@zergolicious666]

yes pt 2!!!!

[@jorgelabrada1699]

This man has lost it in the best way possible. Thank you for your work