What if Rykard Consumed Godwyn?

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[@agtjake]

*DISCLAIMER* This theory is more than likely NOT true. But is still a fun speculation :) Enjoy!

[@Tekka579]

How did you miss Godwyn's physical body hanging in Deep Root from the beast where Fi is?

[@philippmuller6334]

I have thought about that theory some time ago too. How dare you steal my idea and even capitalize on it in such a way???

[@realcuondaotherside]

It's definitely not true

[@GeorgeDroyd1998]

@@realcuondaotherside

[@realcuondaotherside]

@@GeorgeDroyd1998 it tells you in game where his body is. It's the twisted up mess that fia sits in front of. There's a difference between reading between the lines and ignoring explicit information that's given to you to make something up for yourself

[@morgott320]

You might be onto something with the God-Devouring Serpent eating Godwyn, but i really think it is Rykard being eaten by the snake in that picture, we can see the painting of Rykard in the Volcano Manor behind Tanith and they look the same person.

[@M.A.R.S.]

bUt dIFfErEnT HaiR

[@deopolos]

I think thats Rykard too

[@Oizzy]

Was just going to say the same, pretty sure that’s Rykard; also, The Takers Cameo Talisman has Rykards image engraved upon it, and bears a striking resemblance to the guy being eaten by a snake

[@juliaceaser1410]

It’s possible that the serpent ate Goldwyn but It is definitely rykard in the picture. Besides the similarities in appearance to the paintings at volcano manor you can see that the persons eyes are slightly open in the painting. The eyes in the painting are golden like rykards while godwyns eyes in the cut scene are blueish.

[@Unilateralism]

… we can see Godwyn’s body. It is not devoured. His physical corpse is in Deeproot Depths (evidenced by aria laying with him to repair the rune of death), and the visage in Dtormveil is an artifact of the spread of death root throughout the roots of the red tree, corrupting it.

[@Liam-pi9vi]

1. Godwyn's body was not eaten. Its literally the misshapen corpse you find in Deeproot depths. 2. The Gelmir Knight ghost who insists on you killing Rykard isn't working for him as a ploy to get you to be devoured, he genuinely wants you to kill him. The Gelmir Knights followed Rykard even when he commited blasphemy ( striving against the Erdtree and Golden Order) but stopped following him once his ambitions just became pure greed. You get a "My Thanks" emote from the Gelmir Knight ghost after you defeat Rykard.

[@kriegjaeger]

And without the serpent slaying blade, the fight would have been far harder. You could see how many powerful tarnished would have been easily fed to him without it.

[@dudenintendo605]

I wrote that in my original comment, but maybe I can ask you: Why should there be two identical faces of godwin with three eyes? One under stormveil and one under leyndell or under the golden tree, the first head torn out(!) and the second with a giant fish tail and a ring on a finger!? I don't want to make up a new story, I like vaati's lore like anybody else, but even he says not all is written in stone what he reported... And I'm not even sure if marika/radagon can be a god, because the shardbearer where also named demi-gods and marika is from the land of the numen, she was a tarnished, only after the eldenbeast it says "god slayed!" because it's the earthly manifastation of the greater will! And the last part is also why I'm in part wrong, because marika could be, to compare like jesus, a god, a holy trinity....

[@dudenintendo605]

@@z-a-p-h-k-i-e-l3290 Absolutely! If you look at what exactly happens, you see that Marika's blonde hair get red, so we fight against Radagon. If defeated the Eldenbeast appears and grabs the corpse and press it down into the darkness! And as the Beast draws his hand back up the corpse has mutated into a sword, and that's made from a body! But it could also be Marika's red sword, you can see, as she hangs with her hands locked... (sorry for my english) Maybe some exact answers will follow with a DLC or even a successor!? Even though Fromsoft never really made a story-successor, but the world is changing all the time...

[@GeorgeDroyd1998]

Can we talk about how the face looks like the same shape as Rykards on the side of the snake? Why is no one acknowledging this? That thing definitely didn’t just grow out of a humanoid corpse alone. It has almost zero resemblance to what we where shown Godwyn looks like. To add this is further confirmed by that SAME corpse you just mentioned. Why is there what looks to be part of a snake with Godwyn?

[@GeorgeDroyd1998]

@@keebler1280 either way, nothing explains why he looks like what he does. Especially the face part being kinda like Rykards

[@fennec13]

Godwyn's deformed body rests in the deep-root depths - that was the whole point of Fia's quest to revive him.... so No, Godwyn wasn't devoured by the god serpent Eiglay.

[@ghostobiwankenobi6324]

He explained it, the face is so flat and there's 2 of them because it is Eiglay's shed skin

[@Koyomix86]

@@ghostobiwankenobi6324 Eiglay couldn’t have eaten Godwyn because Godwyn’s body is still alive. It’s so deformed because he’s become deathblight itself and is the source of all undead. The face in stormveil is likely another example of his image spreading throughout the world, you can see his eyes on roots all over the Lands Between.

[@termin4127]

@@ghostobiwankenobi6324 nah bruh, incorrect.

[@Norioce]

I'm pretty sure that the face in the opening cinematic is actually Rykard getting eaten by the god devouring serpent because we actually see a portrait of Rykard in Volcano Manor like in 5:54 in the video. Plus Godwyn doesn't really look like that face in the opening cinematic since he has long blonde hair and no beard but overall your video was really good and keep up the good content!

[@ManticoreRunner]

Including Godwyn being in the Deep Root Depths as well. His huge dead body of course but still.

[@samzadeh2518]

I assumed Rykard had white hair cause he just got old lol, same with Morggot and Godrick, they may be Demigods, but they still age (slowly)

[@lojras7853]

PIN THIS COMMENT ITS GREAT

[@localfriendlycloud7720]

plus in the opening scene you can actually see rykards fingers that is filled with rings

[@damjanmuskinja9227]

And they have the same yellow eyes

[@magnolt]

the godwyn theory is possible but I believe the reason his corpse has the mermaid tail thing is because it's being affected by the crucible as deep root depths is where the original tree and crucible still has affect over the environment

[@samttk359]

The guy in the cutscene before the game is definitely rykard, there are paintings of him in the manor before being eaten, he looks exactly like that

[@LukeBeAJedi]

I don't agree with your theory about Godwyn being eaten by the snake but I do like the theory of Rykard taking the fall for Ranni/being involved in the Night of the Black Knives. I missed that description about Ranni rewarding him. I think perhaps that instead of luring Godwyn, Rykard might have been the one to actually steal the rune of death for Ranni as she gives him the reward that directly offers him protection should Maliketh come looking for him. I know Ranni says she stole it but maybe she meant she orchestrated it but didn't actually do it herself. Great video's man. Keep them coming!

[@Gemini271]

I agree

[@ailaxl]

Ranni could have just as easily stolen it. I think Rykard, being a genius, helped Ranni to figure out what she needed to do to rid herself of the GW's influence. He is her older brother, after all.

[@ailaxl]

It's also possible Rykard's hair color faded to a dirty blondish/greyish hue as he aged. People's hair can turn grey sometimes pretty early on. At the same time, though, Rykard DID somehow help Ranni in her quest to turn against the Greater Will, as they both despised it (for different reasons) and perhaps based on the fact that Rykard is her older brother. What he did exactly, we don't know. Maybe he was the one who finally pushed Ranni over the edge, corrupting her mind but also giving her insight into a way to oppose the GW. She obviously never liked the GW, though, because of the treatment her mother received - basically left to an imprisoned Rennala after Radagon decided to up and leave and join his other half.

[@adambombing5428]

Rykard is definitely my favorite boss the serpent killing sword is such a cool addition to the fight

[@cafetomedragongrimborncdg1406]

On a painting you can see Rykard has blonde hair but people tend to prefer Rykard with red hair so it’s not really a problem to assume he has the same hair color as his siblings

[@greenghostmusic3240]

I do think that image is Rykard. His hair color still aligns with your theory and he is the one talking. When you look at the face on the ground after the battle if you flip the image it looks identical to the painting of the guy being consumed by the serpent. wonderful video!

[@some-nerd]

Proud of you for getting over your fear for us ✨

[@Liminal_Simulacre]

The reason you find two faces representing Godwyn is that his body is undead and is slowly corrupting the Great Tree from its roots where he has been burried, in the Deeproot depths. This also why you find some of the deathroots in catacombs, near the Erdtree's roots.

[@hx615]

Rykard speaks like he's in Twin Peaks. His character design, the lore, the castle, his name scream Dracula/Alucard.

[@ivanjerginov1729]

Just wanted to say this, if you look at the Gelmir Knight helmet, it says "Its crest of red feathers symbolizes Rykard's pedigree as Lord Radagon's son", this has probably been said but, Godwyn's body is found in the deeproot depths, and is confirmed to be his body, because of Fia's questline and the lich dragon bossfight, now I do want to say. Ingame it is said that the opening trailer art, is an artist's depiction of the events in the lands between, and is the same mystery artist that made the paintings scattered around the lands between.

[@alexszabo8010]

Idea for another theory for you - was Rykard a fire prelate before he became “Praetor”? He seems to have a connection to fire and fire sorceries/incantations with us finding a few magma sorceries around the volcano manor, the enemies having magma weapons, and him just living in a damn volcano. Also this would’ve started him down the path of blasphemy by learning of the fell god/giant fire incantations, which some of upon casting get you banished since they’re forbidden. Just a thought!

[@Whooptywoop]

The scaly husk in the depths I made it out to be fish scales. U can even see the tail fin at the end. I also like to believe in the intro that is indeed rykard And think the snake and rykard were eating each other to the point they were one because as u can see when we beat rykard and happen to go back he is rejuvenating while tanith is eating the corpse so she too can be one with rykard and devour gods together so that they can all be one being. This a good theory tho and there are no wrong answers when it comes to shit like this plus these are fun videos to watch

[@gabrielgabriel5176]

I like how in the thumbnail rykard is hearing the narrator like, "wait that was an option"

[@Vr_O]

Bro this is my first souls game and I gotta say I love the lore man with such a passion and I love to see your videos bro, great job and never stop dude!

[@martinpoletti7845]

this made me think on the brothers Ranni, Radahn and Rykard, you see paintings or Radahn in Rykards castle and one thing I never understood was why Radahn was "stopping the stars", but they say the fate of Ranni is or her house is tied to the stars, maybe since Ranni did not want to be an empyrean Radahn actually held the stars for her, now the stars make us able to get to Nokron and progress her quest but maybe before she killed her body her destiny was a different one, become a god maybe and her siblings helped her avoid it

[@kalzero3319]

Radahn was loyal to the Golden Order. We can only speculate as to the reason he was holding back the stars. I'd posit the theory that because of his loyalty to the Golden Order, his adulation of his father Radagon, and his emulation of Godfey that he was holding back the stars to put a stop to Fate and the bringing about of an age of the Moon. He was the child of two different worlds. The Golden Order on one side and the Moon and stars on the other but we know through item descriptions that he took after his Father and emulated the powerful warrior Godfrey. Its true that he also dabbled in sorcery which he learned in Selia but its obvious where his loyalties lied. I think that its because his upbringing as Carian Royalty that Radahn understood full well that fate was tied to stars and because of this he stopped them in place in order to artificially preserve the Golden Order. Alternatively he could've put a stop to the stars to hold back some theoretical second Astel-like calamity but seeing as how a few seconds after we kill him the path to Nokron is opened and Ranni is allowed to once again pursue her fate I'm leaning towards the first theory.

[@shawniep5806]

@@kalzero3319 the only thing that makes no sense to me is I'm pretty sure the greater will sent astel to destroy nekron and the nox... witch the fallen star beasts come from the fallen stars that radahn held back.... witch ate clear baby versions of astel... I specifically remember a item description or somthing that radahn had known somthing no one else did and thats why he held the stars back.

[@shawniep5806]

@@kalzero3319 also the fact that radahn has straight up war with morgott and lindell that is also straight up golden order and Godfrey connected.

[@chemeleofandango7112]

Addressing the "Gold hair" shown in the intro when the serpent is devouring someone. Like Radahn and his half sister Malenia the Gelmir Knights have feathery plooms on their helmet representing their commanders hair. The Gelmir helmet has a red and white plume implying that Rykard at whatever time he gave them the armor was either incredibly stressed or more likely old. This white hair of age is also what we see in his portrait in the Volcano Manor as well as the head being devoured by the serpent in the intro.

[@jamesnorman9160]

I subbed just so your Goorl Girl got belly rubs and treats. What I like with the Volcano Manor is that Tanith and the other Recusants have no ill will towards you. They accept that someone would slay Rykard sooner or later, and just clear out, eager to keep fighting against the Greater Will in their own way. Though it is somewhat messed up that any Recusant who did well enough on their assignments would be rewarded by being fed to Rykard. He is one of the coolest boss designs there is too. I particuarly like how the hardened scales at the top of his face and beneath his mouth are shaped to represent his original hair and beard too. Also, you might notice that the writhing remains of his past victims look like the cross between actual limbs and snake tongues, like they're still in the process of co-mingling with the serpent. And the way they're still writhing around on his corpse afterwards heavily suggests he is still alive in some capacity.

[@daemonblackfyre3238]

Jake: "I'm just gonna suck it up." 13 y/o: "Hehe... He didnt say pause."

[@ozzybaba3128]

The taker’s cameo item description says that it represents Rykard and looks a lot like the picture

[@Bigkumasarmwrestling]

Pictures of Rykard all over Volcano Manor well deeper into the Dungeon/manor

[@High-Overlord-Pugula]

that snake dude's face and voice is just fucking perfect, I wouldn't have been able to tell you what a giant snake with a dud's face attached would look like or sound like but From fucking did because they nailed it

[@robertminnie782]

If the serpent are Godwyn, we'd likely see traces of him on its body; like with Rykard. And the other face of Godwyn we see in Stormveil actually bleeds when you strike it, so it's more than shed skin. No snake scales anywhere on it either.

[@sfcSpidey]

I agree I don’t think it’s Godwyn but I’m so confused…I don’t understand why godwyns face looks like that? And why his Body turned into a fish monster and why that fish monster is under stormveil

[@robertminnie782]

@@sfcSpidey Yeah. Makes no sense. I thought he was the Prince of Death; not the Prince of Long Spoiled Seafood 🤣

[@steves9194]

wow, this make so much sense with the scales. People drew him as a fish but this makes way more sense based on his size in the killing picture.

[@aranthur]

I have to wonder if Rykard's motivation all along might have been jealousy that he was not an Empyrean, like his sister, and despite all his work for the Golden Order, he would never even be considered for the next to ascend to godhood. His greatest accomplishment could only ever be to become a Lord, at best. And that's why he sought out a loophole, eventually finding that by making himself part of the serpent, he could also devour and become one with other gods, finally reaching beyond the limits of his half-mortal birth This could also explain his interest in aiding Ranni on the Night of Black Knives. He not only removed two of the other demigods, who he likely saw as competition, but got himself one step closer to consuming Marika when the day came that he was ready to attempt it If only his ambition hadn't been overcome by his gluttonous desire to just consume more and more Tarnished without ever actually making an attempt at the end goal he promised his people

[@cloudy5115]

Morgott is most worthy of bein elden lord he never knew love was all alone doin his duty while seeking his purpose to the very end the most loyal even tho he was betrayed since birth (Godfrey doesn’t count)

[@aranthur]

@@cloudy5115 He's definitely the most loyal! In fact, I think in a very Greek tragedy way, loyalty might be Morgott's greatest fault Despite how horribly he was treated, he refuses to see the flaws in the Golden Order and blames all the problems in the world on the Tarnished and the other demigods. And despite being rejected by the Erdtree once again, he not only refuses to consider burning the thorns to get inside, he gives up his life to protect a door that doesn't even open

[@cloudy5115]

@@aranthur exactly I think his story by far must be most saddest or Godfrey to finally see his son who’s already to know how lonely he’s been and treated yet still was loyal out of all their families to the very end which he relates to the most I believe them both by far got the most tragic story imo

[@Catdogomeow]

Godwyn has fish tail and clam head . His other face in stormveil castle resembles an octopus . This is mainly due the association with water and the land of the dead - I

[@siddharth9407]

Rykard is like Orochimaru, both are obsessed with snake, immortality and pull sword from their mouth.

[@constipation4650]

*We shall devouh da Gods Togethaa*

[@eetfuk3571]

TOGEDAAAA

[@Depressbian]

As a caretaker of many snakes and geckos, I appreciate your effort to be tasteful in this video despite your fear of them.

[@kalzero3319]

Uhh you are way off on the Godwynn stuff. Like shockingly off. The body we see in the roots is Godwyns corpse. Godwyn wasnt eaten by the god devouring serpent.The one we see under the castle is a bit more complicated but it's thought to be by most an infected Erdtree root. You can see similar faces on the postule charm and giant crabs. His living mutated corpse has infected the erdtree and is spreading like a pathogen in the Lands Between. What do you think deathroot is? He died in soul not body just like Ranni died in body not soul. I can go into a hell of a lot more detail if needed but you should look into this a bit more...

[@agtjake]

Could all be connected for all we know. Any one of our theories could be right or way off. In the end, not every theory is “wrong” because it’s different from yours.

[@kalzero3319]

@@agtjake Yes but not everything is just theory. There are mountains of dialogue and lore that directly contradict this. May I suggest talking to the finger reader outside the area where you fight Fotisax the Lichdragon. The lore community has been putting the pieces together for awhile now. Maybe take a look at some posts/videos that touch on Godwyn, those who live in death, and the deathroot.

[@kalzero3319]

@@agtjake Hell, even the wormface enemies are very likely some how connected to Godwyn's living corpse spreading its contamination. His assassination and the subsequent contamination of the cycle of death is what gave rise to Those Who Live In Death. Fia is laying with his corpse(Not his shed skin) because that's what deathbed companions do. They lay with corpses, get pregnant, and rebirth the dead into new life. It's the whole point of her questline. Like I said I'm not trying to be an asshole I'm just pointing out that the Godwyn stuff in your video is factually incorrect. It's a fun theory but ultimately untrue. Thanks for making the video though. Without speculation discovering lore wouldn't be fun.

[@TaIlonIV]

@@agtjake in general I agree with you, in this case there is so much that tells us Godwyns body infected the Erdtree. Imo you added some very interesting details and even if Ryckard didn't devour Godwyn, there is still a connection. It seems like there were many rebells against the Golden Order and it seems logical that Ranni somehow worked with him up to the point where he goes snake mode and completely insane.

[@mask6663]

@@agtjake its wrong

[@notme6344]

Something I've thought was an interesting way to show family relations is the demigods names. How all Godfrey's/Houra Loux's children (except Morgat and Mogh) have "god" in there name. For the children of Rennala and Radigon all of their names start with R. And it appears that the children of Radigon and Marika all start with M. Which also made me wonder if the omen twins weren't infact the children of Godfrey, but of Radigon and Marika as well. The only thing that makes me doubt this is it is stated from objects that the omen twins are children of Godfrey. My best guess would be to hide the fact that they are his children, but even then the M would probably still connect them to Marika. This may also be a way to indicate that Nephli Loux isn't actually Godfrey's daughter, but a descendent as she retains his last name instead of his first initial. Let me know what u guys think, I'm really curious!

[@gudmundur-heimisson]

Another thing that strengthens the connection to Godfrey with the Omen twins is that Godfrey has a lot of connections with the Crucible, specifically the fact that the Crucible Knights served him. We also know that Omens are somehow connected to the Crucible. It’s not much to go on but about as much evidence for any other connection in a FromSoft game. For Nepheli Loux my suspicion is that initially Hoarah Loux was supposed to be an interactable NPC in the roundtable hold occupying a role similar to Gideon. I think that’s how Gideon wound up being Nepheli’s adoptive father because it was a pre-existing lore element and they just kept it. We also don’t know whether she is Godfrey’s daughter or a more removed descendant, or even just of the same clan in the Badlands and not a blood relation. One piece of evidence pointing at her not being related to Godfrey is that Gideon claims to have looked after her since she became tarnished. We know all the tarnished originate from Godfrey’s army that conquered the giants and we know he was married to Marika until he was exiled. So Nepheli was old enough to be a warrior at the time that Godfrey was still married to Marika. So either Nepheli is a bastard child of Godfrey or she followed Godfrey into exile and just took his clan name, or she is a child of Godfrey from before Marika.

[@AceAviations2]

I don't think that a giant serpent would be able to use the Blasphemous Claw, so he was probably still human and not part serpent before the Shattering, Gideon seems to imply that Rykard was still human, given that his spy fell victim to Rykard before they could report back what Rykard really was. I think that he'd mention something about a serpent when talking about him if he knew that fact as a bit of a heads-up to the Tarnished to warn them about the dangers they'd likely face, its kind of a super important detail you know. So even if Godwyn's corpse wasn't in the Deeproot Depths, him devouring Godwyn just doesn't seem possible at the time.

[@TheChase39]

Another supporting factor is in trading in the remembrance of Rykards great rune is the spell Rykards Rancor and how it goes hand in hand with death Rancor spells that down the pipe line are I believe produced from or because of Godwyn.

[@teek745]

Rykard is so mysterious I can’t wait to see what happens with his character!

[@Okil_Atlas]

Godwyn is the prince of death, that giant fish snake under the erdtree, the thing that Fia is resting against at the end of her quest. After godwyn was killed his body was taken to the roots of erdtree to be reborn, like all other people who die, but since his soul died but not his body he became the prince of death and is the direct cause of the deathroot. You're taking the paintings at the beginning to literally. For example the one wear morgott is fighting radahn, they're almost the same size, but we know this isn't true. That's because the artist, probably had a biased against radahn sincenhe lost, and was the one to seige the captial. The paints in the beginning are just an artists rendition of these major events they haven't seen, it's really cool world building!

[@Minecraftxpo]

its not godwyn being eaten, fias dialogue in deeproot depths heavily imply that godwyn turned into this strange creature. Think of how a mere shell of life succumbing to the souls of the dead and becoming malformed from all these souls trying to be contained in the flesh, at least this is how i interpret godwyns scalie transgenderfication

[@toothpicksamurai1251]

Join the serpent king as famileeeeeeeee.

[@smugglersmoon8852]

Tanith’s name actually means serpent lady which is also really intersting

[@Jnrose94]

The cinematic being eaten is clearly Rykard, his portrait is identical to the face being eaten.

[@philvaneman5769]

Best new channel I’ve found in a while. Very fun lore theories. She better have gotten rubs for my sub.

[@bartman7181]

dude theres a portrait of Rykard in Volcano Manor. the whole thing is red even his hair.

[@elguapo3301]

Anyone else notice that the "remains of the countless heroes" present on the Blasphemous Blade are represented by little two-fingered hands, symbolizing that they were doing what the Greater Will commanded, while after Rykard is killed, the appendages coming out of his head are 3-fingered? In my opinion this shows us that even though in his pride he thought he was blazing his own path, the chaos he created in the godly family was furthering the will of the three fingers all along.

[@nulsis-9]

the funky mermaid tail is actually a part of Godwyn's wierd corrupted body

[@evanvanwormer6805]

Nah, I fundamentally disagree with your premise. We see Godwyns body, we see pictures of Rykard and Godwyn, showing the former is the one being eaten, not the later, and the hair could just be decayed or something. This is one of those Occam's Razor moments.

[@a.sasley2817]

I like to think that the god devouring serpent was just a normal snake and rykard just went insane and the god devouring serpent just got a massive power boost from the great rune. This would explain the size of the snake. Since rykard’s mind was much more powerful than the serpent’s he took over and BECAME the serpent. There probably some item description that disproves this, but anyways that’s just a theory a ga-

[@tylerweis5484]

Hearing RuneScape music to Elden Ring always gives me the image of having a desperate fight for your live against one of the bosses, only to leave the room and see like 20 people advertising the buying of RuneScape GFs for 300k GP

[@beetle4799]

Good theory and all One issue The man being eaten by the small snake and Godwyn not only have different shades of hair, but also seem to have a massive age gap between the two

[@Thearmyofsnipers]

Godwyn's body is underground.... how could he have been fed to the serpent??

[@NekomiyaTH]

Serpent hunt spear = nameless king spear since weapon use to hunt dragon/serpent.

[@juliushall8499]

WE CAN DEVOUR YOUR FEARS TAGETHAAAA! nah but seriously thanks for this

[@medovk]

there are literally pictures of rykard in volcano manor and he has red hair

[@omarabdelkebir7085]

I wished that we would have the choice to join the serpent king as family so we can devour the gods

[@Psych0VampireHvsb4nd]

The Gelmir knight helm says "red feathers symbolise rykards pedigree as Lord radagons son"

[@frog_9354]

I like to think that you can't see Mogh's hair because he rejects that bloodline.

[@Shlankyman545]

All this lore just makes the HOPEFULLY eventual DLC that much more exciting.

[@Bridges94]

I'm glad you overcame your fobias enough to make this.❤️

[@unclebughy0762]

You know its a good day when Jake posts a vid! ;)

[@Killiyon]

bro faced his fears in elden ring

[@bupkissknarbler4261]

There are portraits of Rykard with blonde hair in Volcano Manor I believe.

[@yardenamoyal1256]

That thumbnail is sick!

[@bobzandvliet]

Never thought that osrs music would fit so well in elden ring lore

[@adriangonzalez-cw7bt]

Love the RuneScape music with these lore videos

[@BestWayKilla]

Figures that Radahn was the good son, while Rykard and Ranni were up to these schemes of, questionable intent at best (Ranni), and overtly malevolent intent at worst (Rykard).

[@mickeycee8559]

Keep up the vids man. You are by far one of the top 3 Elden ring lore KZbinrs right now.

[@marsfaded3189]

I’m pretty sure ranni had black hair just an assumption cause the girls in the renalla fight are supposedly to be her attempt to bring ranni back but since her soul inhabits the doll it fails also mostly speculation.

[@nazarethwynter4356]

Idk why but when he said rykards worshippers would drop him the first chance they get I was laughing od 🤣🤣

[@zackperkins6107]

What if Rykard was half way through eating the serpent and was like "Wait a minute. What the hell am I doing? How did I get to this point in my life? This is not normal, no no no fuck this I'm going to Applebee's."

[@madzkev3100]

Rykard as black hair ( grey ) like is mother look at the painting in volcano manor. U can notice it when u're figthing him in his serpent form look around his face the color of the scale the're dark grey distinct of the color of his face and the rest of the serpent.

[@ematouk100]

I’ve always wondered what’s with all those dead finger crones in Lyndell on the bridge to the queens bed chamber?

[@MrPaPhotos]

If the serpent consumed the seed of the deathroot that'd be the end of the serpent.

[@BeYera3]

Very interesting, that would make sense why the serpent grew so large so fast. Devouring a TWO demigods would definitely boost it's strength/size far greater than a tarnished warrior would....that is, until you come along

[@MrZambrano101]

This game has been out for about 5 months now, and I haven't seen any videos about why there's a blood stain at the very beginning of the game near a dead maiden and when you check out the the bloodstain it's a phantom of Melania dying, which makes me wonder was this her maiden or ours???

[@mysterin5061]

Rykard's Knights also had the red plume, so I assume that at one point in Rykard's younger years, he, too, had red hair. I just think the painting's from when Rykard aged, but possibly couldn't die. I actually theorize that Rykard and Radahn are twins. In honesty, I think of the giant God's eye with the eight dots had something to do with the "prophecy" that the Golden Order didn't like. When you think about it, twins ran rampant in the family: Mohg and Margot, Miquella and Malenia, then if correct, Rykard and Radahn. The only two who would have no equal would be Ranni and Godwyn, the forebearers of the death curse.

[@MrBo5alefa]

Godwyn’s face is In Rykard, Carcas under stormviel, and parts of him with Fia..

[@dillonmax8392]

Godwyn's body is shown to us malformed during Fia's questline. His soul died but not his body.

[@robertminnie782]

This would have been pretty interesting if they did something like this in the game. They really wasted Godwyn imo. You don't even get to fight his zombified corpse. No Great Rune either, though he died just before the Shattering, I guess. That aside, I think you have potential for these lore videos, but need some more substantial evidence to back up the theories. This one's too far out there to be plausible.

[@CalIsCursed]

Rykard is the best boss in elden ring.

[@TaIlonIV]

Gameplay wise it's just a boring Gimmick fight like Yhorm in DS3, but his design and story is one of the best.

[@headecas]

ill just leave here some ramblings about my thougts on rykard the serpent is probably thematicaly similar to ouroboros, it feeds on others to gain strength but is fed upon by others to gain a new body after defeat, thats what tanith is doing, becoming the new snake, thats why a snake never dies, it just sheds its skin

[@Crum5h0t]

Cool theory, but Goldwyn is dead at the roots of the erd tree. A part of him also grew underneath stormveil castle. Fias whole quest line is about resurrecting Godwyn

[@_faultee_]

U obviously dont get Godwyn's story or Rykards.

[@wyattgraves1127]

The runscape music caught me off guard I love perfect choice

[@guilhermearaujolopes6413]

If you look at the rykard paintings in volcano manor you will see that his hair is white, as why that is i have no ideia

[@movespammerguyteam7colors]

I don’t think that Godwyn was partially eaten by the God Serpent. Mainly because if he did he would have partial access to Rune of Death and could possibly have death blight magic in combination to primordial fire when we fight him. He only ever uses primordial fire and poison effects on us in combat.

[@pixelty7458]

for me i think that if Rykard consumed Godwyns body he would be inflicted with deathblight like how we see his mangled corpse in the deeproot depths and thus he would either become one who lives in death or just dead

[@KapteeniLaaseri]

Everything about Godwyn is wrong. That is not shed skin but the deathroot growing from Godwyn. You can see these deathrooths about everywhere in game. They seep and penetrate to every where.

[@supercactus90]

So this is where G R R Martin participation to the lore is : HAIR ! ^^ Great content :)

[@R.O.T.C._SEEM]

That husk of Godwin is bigger than the snake and if it wasn't how would eating him do anything if the snake shed him out. Seriously where would his face even be positioned at on the snake

[@tschatman123]

Is it just a random corpse, that fell out, when he pulled out the sword from the snake, or was it Godwin?

[@caitfitz8029]

Any idea what the craic is with the shrouded castle and all the statues? Are they meant to be previous heads of household? Other demi gods? Are any of them michella and malenia?

[@Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan]

Having 10 IQ I didn't realize the spear is the intended way of defeating Rykard. So with my colossal grafted sword and flamedrake talisman +2 I went for it. After 20 deaths I FINALLY beat the fucker while being at one hit.

[@hannahshark8080]

Not sure how his hair colour changed, perhaps just natural aging, but pretty sure it is Rykard in the still with the snake. Perhaps Rykard was the oldest and was the first to show lightened hair due to his age.

[@bongshark420]

cant wait for the dlc that can come off of rykard being eaten by his follower

[@Nessy04E]

That actually IS Rykard in the photo, he has a red beard. The white hairs are likely from age or the like, not to mention we never see Rennalla's hair. She could be blonde, hor mayber Rykard has a few white hairs. I forgot my source on this, but I do recall some other lore video theorizing that the slides in that section are just artisitc depictions of what happened by an artist in the lands between, drawing based on tales of the shattering and the night of black knives, who hasn't actually seen the events unfold before them. Think like a historical painting made in modern day.

[@Nzzertral]

I'd like to know what would happen if the God devourer went to lordran or dragnlaic or even or even myanman. The gods it could find then consume in these lands would allow it to become something truly horrific and probably feminine to some degree.

[@DreaddPirateRobb]

I have absolutely NO idea how you could've gotten so much stuff so incredibly wrong