The Knight of St. Trina

#eldenring #shadowoftheerdtree

[@chumunga648]

I love how this guy's lore is basically Trina: "dude, you look like shit. Here have a sandwich or something" Knight: "I am now loyal to you forever"

[@omerozel4716]

It was a good sandwich

[@scrunghole]

when a woman is nice to you one (1) time

[@Kastafore]

I see more as a manifestation of Miquella's love and admiration for his brother, Radahn. We know the Stone Coffin Fissure to be where Miquella discarded his love (St. Trina), and the Putrescent Knight is the result of all that rotting material given autonomy with St. Trina's nectar (her love). As such the protector is a gallant Knight astride a feeble horse like the half-brother he admires.

[@trustmeits610pm2]

@@Kastafore I dunno. Not everything is one to one comparison. The Knight is weak to holy. It's an undead. Which means it is Living In Death. So it has a will and a personality of its own. Even if that personality is simplistic. It's not *just* a manifestation of someone else's thoughts/feelings. The Remembrance description makes it pretty clear that it existed before St. Trina arrived.

[@Kastafore]

@@trustmeits610pm2 The putrescent material was there, but it was only after being infused with St Trina's nectar that it was given form and sentience. Especially now with the final boss we know Miquella admired and loved his half brother Radahn, which could explain the Putrescent Knight taking the form it does after interacting with Miquella's discarded love.

[@aloysiusteo98]

Orphan of Kos on horseback in Midir’s arena. Simply amazing!

[@user-en4qj9to8l]

You forgot nito version of orphan of kos

[@sNv12]

it's a mix of orphan of kos because of the weapon, and a mix of ludwig because of the horse.

[@rickyrockstar1233]

Darkeater Orphan of Nito

[@anonisnoone6125]

The fight wasn't that great. It was annoying how many combos he kept doing.

[@mrcoolguyy6583]

@@anonisnoone6125please get better at the game

[@loblo5542]

Even though I'm happy with what we got in the dlc, the fact that it's named Gloam Eyed Knight in the files... it's such a shame we didn't get more info on Gloam Eyed Queen.

[@omerozel4716]

Knight of the Gloomeyed Queen

[@ForBiddenFood1]

@@omerozel4716that’s not it’s internal name😅it’s gloameyed knight

[@timotius_sdv]

What about gloam eyed Rook

[@aceoffours9354]

More proof that the DLC was half baked and rewritten 4 months ago.

[@hippiethebill]

Most probbable speculation is that Melina is the gloam eyed queen

[@iqbaladi4481]

When you try to solve the "Show your humanity" puzzle but your world gets invaded by lowly tarnished be like :

[@hoodinislilsub980]

where's that?

[@deepsoft7829]

@@hoodinislilsub980 It's in Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City. There's a puzzle where you must turn yourself into a Giant Humanity via chameleon spell or with white branch. It looks kinda similar to Putrescent Knight and the arena looks like Midir's one from that same DLC, so the joke is that this fight represents Tarnished shredding through space and time to invade the poor DS3 player who just used the chameleon spell/white branch to turn into Humanity.

[@alxsblv6164]

@@deepsoft7829 humanity looks nothing like this monstrosity thou. Humanity is just black sprite - no bones, no ooze.

[@deepsoft7829]

@@alxsblv6164 yeah, but quite a lot of people think it does look simillar, I was just explaining. I guess it's because of the round head with assymetric glowing eyes mostly.

[@The_Darklight]

@@deepsoft7829 Humanity sprites from Dark Souls actually share the same EXACT form as the Sites of Grace found throughout the Lands Between. Beautiful way of carrying on the spirit of Dark Souls in this game✨

[@JordanSmith-yi3ji]

Putrescense seems to echo The Deep from DS3, since the boss kinda reminds me of those figures that get shot at you by Deep magic users in Ringed City. But the actual makeup of the boss is basically what happens if crude oil becomes sentient and has a bone to pick with you. Having a humanoid shape based off the fact it's made up of the, well, putrified remains of whatever the fuck has been buried in those giant stone coffins.

[@arthurdossantos6826]

Humanity has always been oily in DS, that's why it's used to kindle flames, and the Deep is even deeper than the bottom of the ocean and it's where the leftovers of humanty go, making it basically petrolium.

[@EIegie]

Ohh, thats why i thought it looked familiar, thank you!

[@zegamingcuber857]

It clearly has extra bones added to it, some of which may be human, but it actually has the shape of a horse's skeleton

[@Joel_Inosin]

the lore seems to imply that the putrescent knight is a amalgamation of the filth that flows into the pit, and the fact that his body is quite a lot more bones than a normal single being seems to follow that theory, but it not having actual legs and the relationship between Miquella/Trina and the Albanaurics makes me thing most of the knight is made up of the latter.

[@mydogjazz6553]

To add to this theory, the putrescent knight uses ghostflame, ghostflame deals magic damage. The other 2 albinauric knights, gaius and loretta, both use magic. Gaius uses gravity magic and loretta uses carian sorceries. So perhaps these 3 are related in some way.

[@Rincewindus]

The bodies in the coffins seem to be similar to Silver Tears, they're described as "impure" in the same way as Albinaurics.

[@dumbsterdives]

​@@Rincewindusthe putrescence crafting material you can pick up in the fiisure *does* seem to be the same modeal as the silver tear husks

[@RedBloodedMale777]

Very cool observations I gotta check this out

[@AM_61102]

I mean the name putrescent sounds rather pungent

[@graydogger5711]

Im starting to think that some of the developers are purposefully giving stuff strange internal names just to throw off the lore hunters

[@aceoffours9354]

Yes It’s A Big Brain Move By Developers, Not Poor Planning On Their Part. Fromsoft Can Do No Wrong. It’s a clear sign that this DLC underwent massive changes earlier this year. Even the gameplay trailer includes content missing from the game.

[@RedianRed]

@@aceoffours9354 The ending was disappointing too, nowhere was is it hinting radahn to be the consort, hell, it sounded like the tarnished could have been the consort. But nah, it is radahn. No more femboy ending

[@aceoffours9354]

@@RedianRed It’s just another example of Fromsoft’s poor writing quality. They don’t know how to add stakes, buildup, implications, or meaningful endings. This “rpg”’s only rpg element is looking up a character’s quest on the wiki so you don’t accidentally look the wrong way and have them end up dead in a ditch.

[@RedianRed]

​@@aceoffours9354 Exactly, the quest are impossible to do without a guide. Also, the ending kinda ruined then entire elden ring experience for me. First of all, they where hinting Miquella playing a big role into the game. Making it sounds like he would be a friendly NPC, That he would play the biggest role in the dlc. But, all we got from Miquella is text of him leaving behind parts of him, NPCs talking about him. But then after we reach to him, all this build up, just to kill him, then get a cutscene that we already knew, revealing absolutely nothing. I gotta say, Miquella is a wasted character, he had immense potentional.

[@andrsl1]

@@aceoffours9354 clown comment

[@joaquinsharp4675]

Gravelord Nito's distant cousin

[@JustDrei]

Nacho, Ruler of The Cementery

[@darrylreyes4815]

Drinking party of Nito, Wolnir, and the Knight.

[@vsevolodpoddyh8191]

The horse is Kelpy!

[@scifisyko]

I was going to say, definitely reminds me of a kelpie, particularly that one comic…

[@freyastuchbery7130]

It also has parallels with the Nuckleavee, a Scottish demon that lives in a whirlpool under the sea until winter when it emerges and spreads sickness (or... Putrescence) The Nuckleavee is an emaciated horse and rider seemingly flayed of their skin, but the torso of the rider is fused to the horse.

[@TOUGHEYES]

​@@freyastuchbery7130that's what I was looking for! Indeed, I remember Vaati having one of these in his concept fan art of potential Elden Ring stuff in his video during our long wait! The Nuckelevee, just the most horrifying kind of monster to deal with... And we should have had the option to duel with it while riding Torrent. I've envisioned this thing.

[@wolvenedvard3049]

Next I would love to see Romina, Saint of the Bud up close

[@avalokiteshvara113]

We all would 😏

[@NEEDbacon]

Zulie does it, but as an april's fool joke just uses google street view in Romania.

[@luman1109]

This is the most Beksiniski Boss in all of Fromsoftware's games

[@Melonsauce91]

A souls-like entirely themed after Beksinski is my absolute dream game. Could be absolutely peak

[@enniusdrusus867]

Love the guy's Yoko-Taro-ass looking face.

[@mitsuri3096]

Glad I'm not the only one

[@mark0183]

Yoko taro what happened??? Scarlet rotussy 🥵😍

[@crestfallenhussar895]

I like the mask the tiny dudes drop in the Shadow keep. Gives you final fantasy black mage eyes.

[@Elementroar]

I found it kinda funny how from the item descriptions and way the ‘putrescence’ acted, it seems to really be ‘oil’. I just kept thinking about an Industrial Revolution in the Lands of Shadow once they learn about fracking the coffin fissure 😂

[@BoaeCH]

Me : *leap of faith in the unknown* This guy : Look at my horse ! My horse is amazing !

[@hearmth6618]

Give it a lick! 👅

[@RogFrog397]

I love this boss, his soundtrack, the boss arena and the Stone Coffin Fissure location 🙂

[@LONERZ]

Nito had a son with orphan of kos.

[@edd4131]

Love the way this thing comes and runs out at you, it possesses a sort of grace that an actual Knight would have had.

[@bruhincorporated9876]

His horse looks like Mastodons album, “Remission”. Love Mastodon

[@Silenthero66]

Miyazaki constantly gaslighting us with this Gloam Eyed shit.

[@yurifairy2969]

They always have characters that they never follow up on, like Velka. We don't need all the answers.

[@thomasixdays9523]

@@yurifairy2969 why cant we have them tho lol. I know its how they do things, but at some point they can just feed us bs and everyone will be happy about it. Why make such a world with no definitive connections? it's a waste in my opinion. Like history, I know we cant fill in all the gaps, but there are enough people alive in this world to tell us shit lol.

[@TobyKBTY]

@@yurifairy2969and Tomoe

[@Nemo12417]

​@TobyKBTY Tomoe is pretty straightforward. We know who she was, why she is famous, and have a rough idea of her motivation for her actions. With Velka and the Gloam Eyed Queen, good luck.

[@greasemonk4576]

Miyazaki keeps dodging transparent plots like a deadbeat father dodges child support...and people cheer him for it. Truly a Myrmidon of Loss.

[@elleofmusic]

this boss had no business being as awesome as it was. Such a cool design and concept!

[@Slaughter_Hill]

A main boss that feels like a standard enemy. DLC was disappointing.

[@GabryyLG]

@@Slaughter_Hill yeah bro I remember those other standard enemies that used alternate combos with their horse-companion, exploding waves of ghostflame, crazy spinning hard to read attacks... you know, disappointing standard enemy type stuff

[@collinsmith7143]

​@@Slaughter_Hill you must not have played dark souls 1. We're used to the disappointment but were still here having a way better time than most modern triple A video games.

[@Slaughter_Hill]

@@collinsmith7143 dark souls boss quality shouldn’t be the same as elden ring 😂 One is the second of its kinda and elden ring is a 2024 game where fromsofts should’ve mastered their craft

[@oliverwilliam6931]

​@@Slaughter_Hillget gud

[@shruga333]

Its so funny that when I saw him on the trailer I tought it was the dead body of Radhan and we had to fight him again Well

[@Andi-yi7yh]

and remember St Trina was a part of Miquella like Radagon was for Marika maybe they have a thing of horsemen, since both of their defenders resemble that archetype

[@slenderman_proxy8741]

oh good lord

[@tasosplat3589]

Maybe its lionard

[@crowbarfish0812]

The fact that it has no feet also made me think it was Radahn'z corpse

[@the_infinexos]

ER fans tweaking out as the Putrescent Knight snipes them across the arena with a gravity arrow:

[@hugostefaniu]

charge!!!! Onwards, my noble goop steed!!

[@hearmth6618]

Huzzah! ⚔ Adventure awaits!

[@Toe_Jamson]

They're oil, which makes a lot of sense. These must have been Those who Live in Death that were looking for an escape and used St. Trina as a crux to find peace by being placed in those massive parade coffins and put to sleep. Thousands of years pass, and their untouched remains slowly disintegrate into cognizant masses of oil. They're living fossil fuel - what a tortured experience.

[@kirbyis4ever]

No wonder the knight pledged fealty to Trina. He was granted "eternal rest" where every other undead or putrid being is forced into an undying state. "I have no mouth and I must scream."

[@Toe_Jamson]

​@kirbyis4ever Yeah, to be fair, if I was a writhing mass of immortal animated crude oil, I would also defend the only being that could grant me eternal slumber.

[@trustmeits610pm2]

Gravelord Nito: A democracy of skeletons Putrescent Knight: A dictatorship of skeletons

[@sNv12]

Orphan Of Ludwig.

[@TwinZ-studios]

me and my horse after we got caught up in the rain.

[@LawfulBased]

_"Humanity"_ is back but this time it has a blob horse and a whole body to command. This time it will get revenge on the soulscommunity who treats it like a jok- O'h... and it's dead. Again. 🐱

[@icetide9411]

Leonard really went downhill when he heard what happened to Radahn

[@Rjkay45]

Only time the Gloam Eyed Queen is even slightly referenced in this DLC…

[@BlacklistedSoup]

How does he have to do with the gloam eyed queen

[@quint3ssent1a]

Kinda sad that we probably never know who she was and what her plan about all that hassle with Elden Ring was.

[@fakechloe207]

​@@BlacklistedSoup His internal name is literally "gloam eyed knight."

[@waldimort453]

But that's not canon as far as I know if it wasn't made public so it's completely normal in the game.​@@fakechloe207

[@BlacklistedSoup]

@@fakechloe207 maybe his eyes are just a lil foggy

[@LeAlejx]

If Nito and Orphan of Kos had a child

[@AlexHyena-dv4mb]

Welcome back Nito, atop his steed Aldrich

[@kayhaich]

St trina was sealed away in a place where things were generally just discarded (see lore regarding the land of shadows being a place where thr dead wash up there), including unused data regarding gloam-eyed queen.

[@adriannorrman4108]

As a Norwegian I'm glad they finally made a Nøkken-esque boss

[@blasandresayalagarcia3472]

So its the putrecense that holds the entire thing together. The putrcense its said to be whats left of the impurities of thelives in the coffins, and if you look at the viscours downward spikes of the putrecence, its the same hue or gradient that Morgots sword has, which is said to be made from his blood which he considers impure and cursed. Maybe the putrecense is connected to the hornsent and the gloamed eye queen.

[@Vex462]

Imagine the smell...

[@iboofer]

St. Trina developed a flower to serve as air freshener

[@samuelbucher5189]

I'm not sure that there would be any bad smell left to be emitted considering how long those stone coffins have been there. It's basically crude oil at that point.

[@ghoulbuster1]

Pondering the putridness

[@greasemonk4576]

That's not Freyja's sandals.

[@hearmth6618]

*SNIFFA* 🐶

[@iLogicaIMatter]

Show us a detailed Midra's model, it looks cool

[@ImWhyMortalsCry]

If you struggle with this guy I highly recommend using the sacred relic sword with the holy cracked tear in the mixed physic If you time it right you can hit him with the wave at the beginning of the fight and everytime he ascends for the fire move And the wave does HUGE damage At least with 40 faith

[@Jaymetal95]

Halo scythe is also good for this

[@ShadowAraun]

Used quality golem fists with warcry, each jump r2 was 1600 damage and r1s shredded his health in between his attacks.

[@ImWhyMortalsCry]

@@Jaymetal95 Holy Damage overall seems to be very effective Sacred Relic was the first thing that came to my mind That spinning light ring you get from that one Leonine Misbegotten in the area is also pretty good

[@ImWhyMortalsCry]

@@ShadowAraun Nice

[@roohni2226]

Just sacred blade and he’s cooked

[@greyworld6242]

Who would’ve thought the orphan of kos and artax would be such a scary dio teaming up together! lol

[@alexrenner5117]

Funny how his creepy and sinister design didn't match with that hilarious goofy face

[@yurifairy2969]

It's offputting and cute just like its master.

[@kiraigami8002]

hopefully next video is about Metyr , mother of fingers

[@hearmth6618]

Try finger 👇

[@DukeOnkled]

It's gotta smell CRAZY down there.

[@hearmth6618]

*SNIFFA* 🐶

[@SleepyMatt-zzz]

This boss is pretty fun once you get the rhythm and figure ymout that you can easily jump over his ghost flames.

[@shishishisan]

ミディールのようなステージでニトと遺児のハイブリッドのようなボスと戦うという ボス戦自体も結構楽しかったな

[@grovestreetballaa3279]

Could you do an exploration of Metyr's arena? I love the primeval, Paleozoic nature and ancient underwater theme.

[@5zhd]

Orphan Riding Ludwig in Midir Arena Cool

[@the-red-thing]

He so eepy

[@Liam-jx4zb]

Love the arena and music. Sounds and seems so ethereal

[@arsenicsulfide7549]

When I first saw this guy in the trailer i thought he was fused with his horse like a Nuckelavee, a tad disappointed he's not.

[@General_Lunacy]

The house kinda reminds me of kelpie. The horse cryptid.

[@Ryujin-9032]

The closest we will get to water magic in Elden Ring

[@stardust-storm8264]

He's so ugly. I love him

[@lalramdinavarte4987]

aight i've seen enough. welcome back Gravelord Nito

[@oopsallluke]

i wanna see rellana’s face already 😫

[@Drakuma35]

Interesting how it seems to be made of multiple different bodies, it’s not one cohesive skeleton

[@sticky0159]

This thing is the amalgamation of a Knight of Those Who Live in Death and the St Trina's putrescence and or nectar and eventually formed into a powerful knight.

[@Incarnation_of_order]

Orphan of Kos been hittin the gym recently

[@nebi3457]

Only in a From Software game can you see the skeleton of a horse riding it's slimy skin...

[@torshec8634]

Knightmare

[@ShouPow]

It's kinda giving albinauric shaping and curvature, also have vestigial legs. Like it was an albinauric/synthesized being who was maybe loyal to the gloam eyed queen during her reign. So skeleton, sword of bones, being putrid: served the gloam eyed queen. Her reign ended and then maybe miquella, when revisiting marikas path maybe revived that knight with Trina's powers (maybe that's the oil, but oil kinda has "corpse wax" energy or the Nox silver) so now who was originally a gloam eyed knight is now Trina's knight?

[@snowballzyt]

Looking at him makes me want to say: Phacking Khool

[@hearmth6618]

Leonard and Mohg have seen better days 🐴🐏

[@freyastuchbery7130]

Love my weird lil Nuckleavee

[@anotherloser2858]

I wonder about the horse's anatomy compared to torrent. I think I heard someone say the skeletal structure on top of the gloop- horse also looked like a horses and they could be two of the same being

[@Sakira198]

Great vid man. Please do St.Trina herself next, the weird way her body is contorted has me curious what's going on beneath all the hair.

[@Messmer.]

This ost...

[@vaenar9329]

Beksiński reference

[@galgow]

Would love to see st trinas model! To me she kinda looks decapitated but i cant quite tell

[@Ghewerr]

Now we can make our own orphan of kos build

[@A_real_Wizard]

"Gloam Eyed Knight" is an interesting file name

[@chpoppinggaming]

world of goo reference let's go

[@greasybreads9657]

We love gloam eyes (we will never know why that is even significant) Ty miyazaki

[@RB-ej8wk]

reminds me of those giant flying ghosts from the ringed city

[@ZoglerRandomiel]

Its basically a nuckelavee

[@nyx2889]

He's kinda like. Slime radhan. No feet. Horse. Big spooky curved sword. Int based. Idk. I like him a lot tho

[@HunterBloodHunterBlood]

Very reminiscent of the Celtic myth known as, “The Nuckelavee”

[@fdhappy6930]

Nito truly has fallen from Grace.

[@umukzusgelos4834]

Gloam Eyed Knight, now there is an interesting name, I wonder if that´s just an internal name or has actual implications At first I believed he is riding on a Kelpie, but it seems to be more of an attempt to mimick a horse of a Knight, perhaps from a memory distilled from the remains the Knight has formed it´self Also I just love the soundtrack for this Boss, so calm and yet so tense, the way it is utilized too as the strings start as he rides to battle, definetively next to the Lord of Frenzied Flame and Messmer my favorite Battle in the Land of Shadow

[@SavicksterTheTrixter]

I wonder if those were his eyes or a reflection of something above.

[@aeric_]

Ophan of Kos Reborn.

[@trevorfranks69]

That's orphan of kos dawg

[@MitridatedCarbon]

My personal theory is that Putrescence, after being burned, eventually become silver tears, then albinaurics. That's why both the knight and his horse lack legs and are just a mass of pale matter and bones resembling a human. They are trying to mimic one.

[@Ron_Jambo_]

That's not how Albinaurics are made lmfao

[@MitridatedCarbon]

@@Ron_Jambo_ nobody knows how albinaurics are made except the whole "dew" thing. The main theory is that they are descendants of silver tears. My personal (again, personal, not saying is true) theory, Putrescence creates similar husks, the knight has a more silvery hue, his body is described as oil, looking similar to the melting mushroom oil. He has no legs to walk with, and so his horse, and use the latter to move, like an albinauric. If we overlap the maps, the fissure aligns perfectly to where Nokron is, so maybe this is how the eternal cities originated. It would also explain where the giant bodies in the giant chair came from and why the weird silver messenger looking people (whose proportion are similar to the knight) are screaming in desperation. Also the existences inside the coffin are described as impure, albinaurics are described in the same way and would explain why they are so hated.

[@umukzusgelos4834]

Interesting take perhaps Putrescence behaves similar to liquid inside a Limestone cave, up top it gathers in still pools were it festers and as it slowly seeps into the the earth were it is being distilled, becomes clean and might even turn into Silver It would be interesting to know where they got the rescources to create Albinaurics to begin with, there must have been some life in that substance, that dew and upon given form it seems to have a tendency to clot again, taking away the albinaurics ability to walk, the next Generation then again assumes a more unformed state with their frog like features as if they strife to become dew again

[@MitridatedCarbon]

@@umukzusgelos4834 the last part is exactly my reasoning to why the albinauric legs stop working. it is an invertebrate, formless lifeform attempting to copy a bipedal creature and failing, then achieving so by evolving into a more primitive form. personally i think that the "dew" were the silver tears themselves, or after playing the dlc, even putrescence.

[@LUN5HTIME]

holy damage did numbers

[@aanaa3586]

can you do one video where you unmask other bosses and npcs?

[@hkiolo474]

Orphan riding ludwig

[@alliestevens5264]

This boss reminds me of the nuckelavee

[@Luna-ej4mi]

Came here just to say this guy reminds me of nuckelavee

[@alexcoe2526]

Little tip when he uses the frost flame attack you can jump and use the any dragon breath attack to avoid the frost flames

[@Mare_Man]

If Frozen Outskirts was a boss

[@ze_glitchy_gamer7629]

Everybody's thinking of Orphan of Kos right?

[@jerrybot7321]

Clearly they are still alive, just gooey

[@JustaSmilingHedgehog]

Nobody is getting off from mr skeletons wild ride.

[@hearmth6618]

*THE RIDE NEVER ENDS* 💀

[@mannytprimeministerofthemanate]

I so mad with how I ended up finding this boss. I reached the cerulean coast pretty early and ended up making my way to the end of the peninsula, just to turn around and leave it behind without exploring enough. I ended looking where this guy was hidden because I could not find him for the life of me. When I did I was way to over leveled so he died right away.

[@jordan9503]

in the game files its referd to as the night of gloam or something like that . makes you wonder if he was originally intended to be the knight of the gloam eyed queen

[@kirbyis4ever]

Possibly. But they made use of their resources and repurposed him for this as the end result - internal names aren't a fair representation. It's like comparing a baby to an adult. Who's to say if he even looked the same before? The writing obviously changed! Overall I still enjoy the story behind him, being a putrescent mass that gained sentience and pledged fealty to Trina since it "imbibed her nectar and was granted eternal rest." If you take that at face value that means the blobs in the land of shadow *never sleep* and are putrid flesh in eternal suffering.

[@WeArrLegion]

Bonearmored Humanity Sprite on a horsey 🥰

[@lutzilla3708]

sir I believe your horse is 𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰

[@hypotheist3737]

Bro really oiled up to fight me

[@hearmth6618]

It's time to oil up! 🛢

[@ImDhancreed]

Bro if you have a workable mod that makes you able to summon any amount any boss, can you link the mod ?

[@trzaskubejbe]

Im pretty sure in Japanese version hes called Gloam eyed knight. So no st trina.

[@Malyovaneey]

Kos on the horse

[@umbrahammer2]

Very interesting design. The rider itself is shaped like a horse skeleton, so perhaps the mount and the rider are the same entity split in two?

[@hearmth6618]

Cool theory 🐴💀