The Secrets of Godrick | ELDEN RING LORE ft. Eredin

[@Tyrene]

I felt sad when i fought him in NG+3 and i had read that Godwyn had fortisaxx as a friend and the closest Godrick could get to that was grafting a rotting dragon, even treating it as a friend. It made me think he wants to be like Godwyn, also when Godfrey kills you and says A crown is earned by strength and Godrick says Godfrey should bare witness to his strength when he kills you in second phase. That says a lot about how he lost himself in trying to impress his forefather and even mimic Godwyn

[@alfred0621]

He also calls himself golden

[@bobdylanlovr69]

@@PyrrhusBrin my understanding was that that was more a derogatory name people gave him

[@bakatako8602]

@@bobdylanlovr69 Exactly.. Even Morgott called him Godrick the Golden

[@DarthAssViolater]

A truly sad and broken old man

[@StopItGarrison]

@@PyrrhusBrin He didn't lose the title, people just didn't respect it. And yes Goderick the Grafted was purely derogatory

[@Ziostorm]

A few points: - No, we do not know that the Storm Lord was ruler of Stormveil, it’s likely he was ruler of the area BEFORE Stormveil came into being as referenced by the painting. - Yes, I forgot about Morgott calling him “the golden” We know Morgott respects his family moreso than any of the others as he still tends to their thrones. It’s likely he holds reverence for his relative enough to refer to him as “the golden” rather than “the grafted” despite Godrick’s shortcomings

[@loC2ol]

Yeah my guess was the previous leader of Limgrave ruled the land from Castle Mourn before Stormveil was built.

[@KindredMixedBlade]

It’s also worth noting that Morgott still stood between you and Godrick, in the first encounter with Margit. It’s probably where he usually would appear, but just maybe, he could even be trying to protect what’s left of his family. That, or he is so used to winning there, it’s just his thing, I guess. Great video!

[@ogi155]

@@KindredMixedBlade he doesen't protect him because he loves him. He protects him because godric is the weakest of the demigods and tarnished who want to beacome elden lords will go for godric first.

[@rossl5908]

@@ogi155 hahaha true Godrick is the Fredo of the Demi gods and Morgott could see that he was easy pickings.

[@jooot_6850]

@@rossl5908 Morgott even threatens us from his "death." He knows that we're gonna kill Godrick. That's why he lets us know that the hands of the Fell Omen (Night's Cavalry) will be hunting us down ever still

[@joaoluizkfsantos8392]

Morgott also calls Godrick "the golden" when addressing the traitorous demigods before his boss fight. Seems like this was his official title before he started grafting.

[@jooot_6850]

Morgott is also Godrick's, like, great great uncle, as he is the direct son of Godfrey. So it makes sense that he'd respect at least whatever shred of the Golden Lineage there is left. Moreover, Morgott has all the more reason to respect, or at least recognize, Godrick's lineage as they were both spurned from their birthright. Morgott was the true lord of Leyndell, and a direct son to the Golden Lineage, but he was rejected due to being born as an Omen. So the two have a lot in common, as the rest of the demigods probably both see them as monstrosities.. it's just that Morgott was a far greater threat, and was thus left alone by everyone

[@walesjedi9217]

@@jooot_6850 it's also worth noting that he blocks the path a Tarnished must take to reach Godrick, perhaps out of that same familial connection and the understanding of Godrick's lacking strength

[@Siisjoonperkele]

@@walesjedi9217 so basically Morgott is a disrespected babysitter🤔

[@tanoshichannel2012]

Don't forget that Rodericka will also tell you how she's trying to get over the fear of the pain with losing limbs, making it sound like Godrick tries to convince his people that its a good thing to happen. You can find a red hood that is extremely similar to hers on one of the bodies in a room filled with corpses and even has the corpse of a troll with missing limbs right above it.

[@DarthAssViolater]

She went back and left her hood there with her men. That's why she's not wearing it for the rest of the playthrough.

[@tanoshichannel2012]

@@DarthAssViolater except she still has her hood when she gets to the roundtable.

[@spyfire242]

@@tanoshichannel2012 Pretty sure you only find the hood after her sidequest is completed with the blacksmith and she becomes a spirit tuner, at which point she has taken off the hood. Before that you find an item called the "chrysalids memento" where you later find the hood. Unless you go straight to Liurnia and then that part of the quest is skipped.

[@Boddar]

An interesting note about the cave of knowledge: you posed some of the questions a player might ask themselves when going through the cave, like “who’s been going through all these graves?” and “what are they looking for?” The player learns later that Godrick sent his soldiers and nobles to gather powerful bodies for grafting, but they can get an early hint to his intentions at the end of the cave itself. After killing the Godrick Soldier, the player can pick up a new emote called Strength-just the thing Godrick is desperately searching for.

[@Ziostorm]

Great point

[@averymccoytarnished6782]

That's a good point. I had taken the piling of corpses here as Godrick's doing. The caskets were heavy, and hewn from stone - it would not only take tremendous manpower to carry them all here, but great resources to craft them too. It's possible that both are true, and that perhaps Godrick was using this as a sort of remote larder for those he may want to graft later. On the note of the caskets being so heavy, I also had the thought that they were made in such a way so that if tarnished were buried within them, they would not be strong enough to lift the lids off and escape should they awaken from death.

[@TheoJay615]

I know this is a video on Godrick, but Godfrey... oh my goodness. Hands down my favorite phase 2 in the game. The guy turns into a WWE Fighter who could impress Champion Gundyr! I'm surprised he didn't pull a chair out to use as a weapon!

[@evitanigaminU]

It felt like an episode of JoJo

[@wesjacoby3879]

Bah Gawdfrey

[@bobdylanlovr69]

Dude was on some E Honda shit

[@rossl5908]

All he needed was to do the hulk hogan ear thing after he power bombs you

[@UnholyWrath3277]

Oh mah god hes got a steel chair!!!! Somebody stop the dam match!!!

[@Phero124]

Watching this made me really appreciate him as the first big boss. With all this hindsight u really appreciate the fact that he uses Earthshaker in the boss fight. I mean, he's not carving his great rune into the earth through sheer force of will, but it's still Hoarax Loux's Goddamn Earthshaker

[@zulu2345tarpeh]

So far best lore video I’ve watch on Elden ring your speculations makes alot of sense and explained the game well in detail, do the crumbling Farum Azula next

[@YatharthRai]

Totally. Would love a farum azula video

[@imGool]

@@YatharthRai agreed

[@ftrwrwbg]

I’d like to see a video just taking a detailed up close look at of all the enemies in the game. This was so cool seeing the scion like that I never could make out a single detail trying to fight it I didn’t even realize it had such a human face.

[@elissalesse8320]

look at Zullie the Witch’s video (you’ll love all of them honestly), she is huge in the Souls community and does a ton like this and even showed him with his cape taken off and it is even crazier.

[@hatedfollower]

Its time. Time for the Elden Ring lore theories. A new age has begun.

[@dalton8386]

I find the double meaning of "scion" interesting 1. A young member of a royal or notable family 2. A young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting

[@randalthevandal4170]

The beta Godrick Vs the alpha Godwyn and the Sigma Godfrey

[@Micolashcage1]

Vs The SigmAlpha Radahn

[@randalthevandal4170]

@@Micolashcage1 Radhan my beloved

[@Trismegistoaureo]

Great analysis. It’s crazy how ER’s lore becomes deeper and weirder the more you dig into it. It conveyes such a sense of immense, unfathomable aeons of time, and you as the unknown Tarnished are but a small dust mote in comparison. This game is sublime. The only fault is that you cannot pet the horse.

[@jamalisujang2712]

Is feeding Torrent not enough for you?

[@codyw1023]

you can pet the nightriders horse...

[@Wellgee]

Great video and I think the only thing I'm surprised was left out was Nepheli and her quest, being proclaimed by Haight as the rightful heir of limgrave and likely being descended from Godfrey (sharing his surname) - it implies Stormveil's previous ruler was Godfrey himself

[@Ziostorm]

There was definitely a lot more that we could’ve gone into, but wanted to keep it focused on Godrick,

[@Alucard-dg1fo]

Honestly, this storytelling is great, I'm learning a lot about Elden ring and it's almost like reading or listening to a tale about knights, dragons and golden orders

[@ander8417]

I think theres only three places where you can find the Farum Azula beastmen, this being Farum Azula, Caelid and Limgrave, and these three places have conections with dragons, where both Caelid and Limgrave having the dragon comunion church.

[@brreakfastYT]

Oh yeah, Kenneth was kind to the demihumans while Edgar, who was put into power of Fort Morne by Godrick, had no qualms about subjugating the local demihumans.

[@Aleks251]

With Nephilis questline finished now I figured the king of storms was Horah, and Godfrey killing the lord of storms was more of a symbolic thing

[@LookIDrum]

Oh I'm in, trying to hoover up as much ER lore as I can as I try to piece some stuff together myself. Y'all are doing an awesome job.

[@BearOverseer]

Yo g I'm vaati that KZbinr who does the vids on these sorts of games wanna PayPal me some bucks

[@socialjihad5724]

Interesting thing I found about Godwyn... in contrast to the "favored child" description that's often stated, if you talk to the ghost outside of the church of pilgrimage, Godwyn is instead described as Merika's "unwanted" child... interesting bit that would put more credence to the black knife assassination of Godwyn on Merika's hands

[@Ziostorm]

Woah I’ll have to check that out

[@socialjihad5724]

@@Ziostorm Found the exact quote. "The mausoleum prowls. Cradling the soulless demigod. O Marika, Queen Eternal. He is your unwanted Child." It's possible that this ISN'T referring to Godwyn, and the "He" is merely referencing the mausoleum, and the "cradling the soulless demigod" is just a hint that you can collect boss souls from the mausoleums, but that would seem to be a very akward way of conveying that if that was the intent. I suppose it's also possible that the "soulless demigod" is someone other than Godwyn, but I have no idea who else could fit that description

[@Ziostorm]

@@socialjihad5724 yea I don’t think that’s Godwyn. Still very interesting as that implies the corpses in the walking mausoleums are lesser demigods

[@SynthBro]

@@Ziostorm Yes, the corpses in the mosoleums are indeed other dead Demigods born of Marika.

[@socialjihad5724]

@@Ziostorm I'm not sure that explanation makes sense given this dialogue for a couple reasons. First, the description is the "soulless demigod", not just "dead"... the circumstances which led to Godwyn's soulless state were very unique, resulting in the bodiless Ranni. Why would this have been done with a bunch of other demigods as well? Where are all the bodiless demigods? Second, "he is your unwanted Child" is a very specific description to apply to some random, unnamed demigod in a mausoleum that is one of many, without a single other piece of dialogue or item description further developing this. Lastly, I'm not sure it's a good idea to assume that there ARE a bunch of other unnamed demigods that were killed in the night of the black knives. As far I know, this idea stems from the implication of Godwyn being described as first to die, but keep in mind, this is implication through a translated text, and the "first" still works if it's framed in the context of time: before Godwyn was killed, no demigod had ever died. More importantly though, there doesn't seem to be a single piece of dialogue or item description actually referencing a single other demigod, named or unnamed, that either died or even existed...we get descriptions of mercenaries from some far off lands, but literal demigods leave no trace of their presence? I dunno, just not sure I can buy that, but maybe I'm missing something

[@MZGriffith99]

Little detail to add to Fort Haight. Blood Roserose blooms there and is a beloved flower for Lord of Blood servants, so possible that a deal there was explored.

[@codydagg2259]

Oooh, I never thought about how Serosh is kind of like grafting but Godrick did it to extend his power, while his forefather did it to contain. Smh

[@mtszkrk]

I guess Godrick listened to Vendrick's advice: "seek strengh, the rest will follow"

[@lolltaylor]

Just wanted to say that I think you guys did a great job with this. I’m still waiting on lore from Vaatvidya and you guys did just as good of a job.

[@CreditedJester2]

Fantastic job! Vaati better hurry lol

[@wreath626]

For someone so golden he really do be a stinky lad

[@justaperson2693]

I love goddrick , He used grafting as his str but u can tell he's not that skilled of a fighter his attacks are extremely slow. he kind of pathetic but also has a mighty fine spirit his cuts scenes are honestly the best in the game

[@timothyvenske6519]

A golden lineage descended from kings, which uses a golden lion on a red background as an emblem… does Lord Godrick shit gold as well?

[@SereTheDoggoUwU]

Damn, Godrick really reminds me of Gollum.

[@SeanGA1]

I thought Godfrey was the previous ruler of Stormveil. I mean there is a big painting of him in that room with the grafted monster and a big statue of Godfrey behind the Throne. Plus, by the end of Nepheli Loux's quest (who shares the same last name as Godfrey) she ends up being considered the rightful heir to the throne and new ruler of Limgrave.

[@Empireo_sebastian]

11:05 Morgott also refers to Godrick as Godrick the golden

[@morganclark8221]

Idk if any creator or redditor or anyone here has discussed it but my true crime alarm started going off when I noticed the dead maiden on the ground in the chapel of anticipation. Then, Melina already knows you’re maidenless and offers to act as one. I thought it was a lil sus

[@ricardodarcangelo2437]

Hmm good assumption. Except in the case of Melina, she's, let's call her a spiritual being. She knows details like these for a different reason. However, the very FIRST person you talk to... that's a different story. That person also calls you maidenless, knows where to find dead maidens, and has a motive for drawing in tarnished... something Melina doesn't really have. If she really had to weasel in with some tarnished, all she'd have to do is lie and say she was their maiden. Given what this other person does, and what they later do in game, it would not be unreasonable to suspect them of wanton murder, simply to further their own goals. This was my 2nd choice for the cause of the dead maidens anyways; with the most likely cause simply being the various Gods vying for power, and the agents of said gods. All of these powers want tarnished out of the way, so they can manipulate demigods to use as puppets. Tarnished are trying to kill demigods, to install themselves as Elden Lord, or as a consort to a demigod; so they need to be eliminated (godrick's hunts) or prevented from being a threat (maidenless). So it's likely just back story lore. But if it is a character in game killing maidens, then I think the most evidence points to person I described

[@morganclark8221]

@@ricardodarcangelo2437 hey you’re right! I completely forgot about that guy!

[@SirBean1274]

This was amazing. Cant wait to learn more about mogott and mohg

[@danksalt5935]

Funny. His Great Rune is the best rune for all builds.

[@vvbr2372]

You got to hand it to him tho, he did create one of the worst enemies in the game... those giant moving hands, I see one I gtf out of there

[@Ziostorm]

Those are of Caria, no relation to Godrick

[@vvbr2372]

@@Ziostorm oh then nvm ig godrick just stole all the dregs he could get his hands on quite fitting tbh

[@Jumpboots_Jamstrang]

I’m always going to have a soft spot for Godrick, even though he’s basically the Waluigi of Elden Ring.

[@jaysondominguez4556]

18:30 if you progress with Sellen she reveals that the body you learn spells from is merely a projection. She then asks you to go and truly free her body in the Weeping Peninsula.

[@Ziostorm]

Yes, she is still sentient though and has a reason to be where she is.

[@skitriddles635]

11:14 Morgott also refers to Godrick as "Godrick the Golden" when naming off all the other demigods in his cutscene. This could imply that "The Golden" is his proper title as opposed to usurping it by some means

[@jooot_6850]

Morgott's also one of the relatives of Godfrey. And in a similar way to Godrick, Morgott was spurned by the other demigods as a monstrosity; however, he was a "monstrosity" at birth, being born an Omen while Godrick chose to graft himself into one

[@MW-W88]

Ahhh I’ve been waiting for this video with Eredin

[@cofizzle7527]

Please make more of these videos, I know it takes a long time, but we need more

[@JusticeforLiberty]

Yeah Godric the Golden is cool and the ruler of everything golden and all , but he is no Loathsome Dung Eater. Now that is a chap worth ruling the Lands of in between.

[@saintsfearful]

Godrick is Godwyn's twin brother. Godwyn's body is underground with Fia at the end of her questline, not under the castle. The one under the castle is similar because they BOTH tried to ascend/transform to attain the power of an Empyrean and thereby the ability to replace Marika. Godrick failed and Godwyn was likely successful or nearly successful until the night the rune of death was stolen. This left Godrick being labeled "weak", which left him bitter and slighted so he decided to instead try grafting to attain the power. I believe that Godwyn's ascension was at least in part why he was targeted first by the assassins. The game is clear Marika had "countless" children in the lands between and we know one of her children is needed to ascend and replace her, so logic dictates he was the closest one to ascending.

[@sus5434]

can't believe i actually found some lore stuff on godrick, this video is exactly what i wanted. thanks

[@newvidahall]

What cracks me up is that all of this could have been avoided with decent parenting

[@rossl5908]

This guy was the real hero of Elden ring

[@crjm2001]

Godwyn could never have been in possesion of the anchor rune since the elden ring was split only after godwyn's death

[@francoiscremer7537]

love the in depth lore vids. but i dont think its accurate to say the issues with marika's offsprings was "blood dilution". many of them were empyreans (so um, entirely inbred, as pure as it gets right?). like all from soft games, i think this is a critique of stagnant power, isolated, self-obsessed aristocracies and oppressive hierarchies. the children of marika are not good rulers even though they have varying degrees of magic blood. they think they are, and that leads the world to ruin.

[@idknemore525]

Whoa how did you figure all this out? The objectively bad exposition delivery should have prevented anyone from understanding what's going on. ....Shadiversity said so lmfao.

[@francoisdelrio1824]

never really connected the dots on how "Godrick the grafted" a guy with multiple arms ruled a place called limgrave or "limb grave"

[@joshuamorris5290]

Subbed, in the hopes there will be far more Elden Ring lore videos. I think it's interesting how the strongest - Malenia - is missing all but one limb, while the weakest - Godrick - has acquired more than he knows what to do with.

[@stampede274]

One thing I noticed that I don't think anyone has addressed is that in Stormveil, there's a small courtyard where two Banished Knights, one of whom is wearing red, have apparently massacred a whole bunch of Exiled Soldiers. I don't know what's going on there but I feel like it might be important

[@Ziostorm]

Hmmm that’s interesting

[@cynaxis4002]

So basically Godwin was the favorite child and Godrick just wanted attention from him father.

[@hatem19sennin]

is Nepheli Loux related to Godfrey (Hoarah Loux) ?

[@jlenhumphrey4933]

Morgott calls Godrick "the Golden" pretty sure it's his birthright title.

[@andycarroll3403]

Morgott refers to him as “the golden” in his pre fight cutscene

[@Dumdumshum]

I think Marika foresaw that the greater will was going to replace her with Godwyn and demote her back to Renalla's consort to maintain good relations there. Radagon liked this idea, because he was tired of wanking and calling it intercourse, which is why he opposed Marika later shattering the Elden Ring. To secure her own authority and preserve her sense of self, as to Marika Radagon was a secondary construct and Godwyn was more the product of the Greater Will than her child; she manipulated Ranni into killing Godwyn. That way she also got to spite Radagon, by killing one of his kids. This is why Ranni was partially killed; Marika wanted to tie up loose ends. But, the Greater will had other machinations in mind, and spared Ranni's Soul and Godwyn's body to throw a wrench in the works. The black knife assassins are Marika's agents, not Ranni's, which is supported by how they attack Iji later once Marika realizes Ranni is going to depose and destroy her. As a last ditch effort, Marika shattered the Elden ring to fulfill her ultimate prophesized plan B and recall the tarnished. To which the Greater Will replied by sealing the Erdtree, having Godrick hunt the Tarnished, and lying to the two fingers about how it supports the Tarnished so it could lead them astray from Marika's Grace.

[@Hekk.]

Marika didn't manipulate Ranni though... and Godwyn wasn't an Empyrean so he couldn't become a god - when he was alive at least. Ranni went even as far as killing her"self" to oppose the Greater Will, because her goal was to free The Lands Between from Outer Gods' influence. I'd say yours was a nice theory, but without any in-game evidence and actually contradicting in-game evidence.. I can't.

[@Dumdumshum]

@@Hekk. Yeah, I knew less when I posted this. Still playing through for the first time

[@jacobbenjamin2664]

Ahhhhhhhhh I love seeing you and Eredin do a collab!!!! 😭😭😭♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@FLipPy-u8h]

Great collab yall should 1 v 1

[@doscaras206]

Now i feel bad for leveling up to level 40 before fighting him. Its like if i strated taking steriods to fight the kid with asthma

[@ImpracticalShield]

elden ring lore crossovers > any marvel movie ever made

[@Macleod1545]

How could Godwyn have possessed the anchor rune if the Elden Ring wasn’t shattered until after his death?

[@posthardcoresinger]

I still have maybe 1 or 2 areas potentially left to explore by my guess, messing with Malaniea now and did the whole deeproot thing already, but it's kind of a bummer how much better designed the Stormveil castle experience was than pretty much anything that came after (barring the capital assuming you LIKE the way that was laid out, but those damn sewers man... lol). I'm guessing they frontloaded a lot of dev effort there and maybe got burned out or had less polish time for later areas, not sure.... but Stormveil and all the little secrets and ways that it uses pathing to make it seem so much larger, and just it's sheer size in general in comparison to most other "castles" in the game is way above and beyond.

[@Ziostorm]

Wait until you get to haligtree

[@viktor_v-ughnda_vaudville_476]

Well done I subscribe to both of you guys I’m just jealous that I’m still a lvl 46 with relatively good weapons but never enough runes to get the stats that you guys are rockin in that video

[@Tubular_t]

go to different areas and kill some hard enemies

[@lolersauresrex8837]

I think that Godrick started grafting because if we look into the past we see the crucible, the primordial undifferentiated existence of all life. I think Godrick sought to recreate some form of this crucible and instead created abominations.

[@TheCoulsonlax]

Godfrey definitely grafted Serosh onto his back. You see that during his fight.

[@Mike-fu8pk]

I think you're wrong on Sellen, she's not actually in waypoint. Her real body is locked up in the witchbane ruins, in waypoint she's just a projection. I always figured the Pumpkinhead was hers, but she never mentions either being saved or annoyed her guard is killed so idk.

[@Ziostorm]

She still has a reason for being there

[@Mike-fu8pk]

@@Ziostorm I agree, she has some sort of connection but I don't believe it's imprisonment there, she has a whole work shop set up. Wasn't trying to take shots, just pointing out something I think needs some more looking into.

[@MultiCommissar]

How fitting and pitiful, that even Godrick's army is a grafted one.

[@trevorbrantigan4794]

This is the best video of elden ring lore, making a thematic scene of lore rather than just a retelling. I really hope you make more

[@jasperfox6821]

Ayyyy, I like Godrick, he's just a crazy old man.

[@blobsas692]

Wasn't there The Storm Lord that Godfrey fought? And after that he lost his golden eyes if i remember correctly. I thought that he was previous Stormveil ruler.

[@Ziostorm]

Never says he was ruler of stormveil

[@andrewpaul8732]

I'm so glad I subbed to you man. Will check out your friend. Love from Canada 🍁❤️

[@Lucas-st1xq]

1:25 Aldia's theme brings me the memories...I will never get enough of Ds2's piano. I know its a little off track but had to say it

[@conwaysquest6961]

I cannot tell where godrick actually sits under the familiy tree.

[@filianoreboreal2595]

I find this video from Eredin I really like it alot but i always get confuse for the name of the caracter so maybe i need to see it again more time but that beside the point . Great video and awesome lore like always thank you for you hard work .

[@billyshakespeare1696]

Great team-up! Another strong video by Zio & co.

[@catboy57392]

Morgott also calls Godrick "the Golden"

[@Xuhtig]

It isn't atlas it's altus

[@Pillarofcreation1]

I still don't understand why the corpse below Stormveil is considered to be Godwyn. There's another one in deeproot depths that was clearly deathblighted. Is there something in the game that actually points to those being the corpses of demigods and not just ancient aliens from before the Erdtree? Edit: Definitely dead demigods but I still think the one under Stormveil is someone else.

[@Ziostorm]

Yes, it is Godwyn. After the death of his soul, the corpse seems to have multiplied and spread as a curse

[@smithynoir9980]

I believe Rogier confirms it as the body of Godwyn if you interact with his Blood Spot then talk to him at Roundtable Hold. Might be misremembering though.

[@Pillarofcreation1]

I still think there's something more to this. I don't know if what Rogier tells us about history can be entirely trusted. He contradicts himself in a very obvious way when he is telling the story of the shattering. "It happened during the Golden Age of the Erdtree, long before the shattering of the Elden Ring. Someone stole a fragment of the Rune of Death from Maliketh, the Black Blade. And on a bitter night, murdered Godwyn the Golden. That was the first recorded Death of a demigod in all history. And it became the catalyst. Soon, the Elden Ring was smashed, and thus sprang forth the war known as the Shattering." So did it happen long before the shattering or right before it? What Rogier tells us about Godwyn is contradicted by what we learn from Fia much later. It makes much more sense to me to assume that the body under Stormveil is yet another unnamed demigod who was slain with the power of the rune of death. I see no reason to assume that Godwyn's body duplicated itself in death and moved out to the countryside.

[@wollyram6248]

Well done, this was entertaining and informative.

[@Orthanderis]

Godrick the Grafted, Godwyn the Golden

[@flfl]

I love how the information you’ve given are chronological and fully explained while also being relative to the main topic and each other

[@jgredova302]

Vaati too busy tryna get more funds for his next art book that all these lore channels are doing better lore videos. He will always be one the OG lore channels that started the waves tho. Love seeing the lore for these games 👍

[@namelesswarrior1187]

I wish Eredin would have kept his old videos up

[@jeanfrancozaratemarcial7916]

Wonder why he went full christian, nothing bad with that on itself, but he purposefully erased his old legacy, that´s quite the shame...

[@namelesswarrior1187]

@@jeanfrancozaratemarcial7916 if enough of us ask he might reupload them. It's possible he's made connections to Christianity in old videos and doesn't want it coming back to bite him

[@denzeldeveaux13]

I still don’t understand the golden lineage. Is that just how the lore is? I doubt the vague explanations aren’t on purpose. It’s explained marika and Godfrey had 3 kids but then wtf is godrick? Did Godfrey have a few hoes? Did marika have fun outside the marriage? What is the direct relationship between marika Godfrey and godrick? Distant relative means anything. The lore does a great job at remaining ambiguous. Thanks for the content guys y’all r great.

[@denzeldeveaux13]

I meant I doubt the vague explanations are on purpose

[@Ziostorm]

They had a lot of kids. There’s apparently generations of children unaccounted for

[@fredericklyle4001]

@ 20:00 ish, the old king mentioned in stormhawk deenh's description was stormhawk king. they are found together because deenh was so faithful and they both mention the same storm.

[@fredericklyle4001]

also, I think that painting from earlier was stormveil when the stormhawk king was king. there was no castle and only the storm during his reign.

[@Krideezy]

Sweet

[@brigonion10]

This explains a lot about why certain enemies are in certain locations

[@no.9516]

"He is the *descendent* of the greatest elden lord the land had ever seen."

[@dennisnordlund902]

Best lore vidya I’ve seen yet, just astounding work! Keep it up man Edit: Keep it up MEN I meant 😂

[@ArvindRajAgnosticAtheist]

I don't know if it's said anywhere in the game, but I don't think the Omen brothers were the result of Godfrey's blood being diluted. If I'm not mistaken, they are the direct children of Godfrey and Marika, and direct siblings to Godwyn. We know how powerful Morgott is after we saw him in the cutscene giving a whallop to Radahn. Hell, he is the Omen King after all, the true king of Leyndall. Good video as always.

[@apprehendedavocado169]

Actually Morgott also refers to Godrick as ‘golden’ during his introductory cutscene

[@joshcox8475]

First time watching and paused to like then subscribed. Quality video!

[@Wralis]

just a lil side not about the banished knights and connection to farum azula. The one knight located at the beginning of the game behind the imp door who drops the dragon communion seal and the other who patrols the Cathedral of Dragon Communion. not sure what it implies but is a neat detail. Great video!

[@michaelwilcox8187]

He's my favorite fight

[@arcanefire7511]

Morgott also refers to Godrick as "the Golden".

[@deusexmachina8112]

Godwyn's death caused his body to leak death. The roots led to many undead monsters. They attempted to bury his body under the castle but where unable to contain it which is why underground you are able to see the deathroots.

[@Hekk.]

His true body is located in Deeproot Depths though

[@jellydamgood]

Nay, the Stormlord, previous Lord of Stormveil seems to be the last enemy Godfrey defeated prior to losing his grace.

[@Ziostorm]

Nowhere in the lore does it say he was ruler of Stormveil

[@jellydamgood]

@@Ziostorm I think that's the implication on the stele outside Stormveil. Besides, where else are we supposed to place the Stormlord? Can't be Liurnia, that's hogwarts property. Doubt its Caelid, there's no mention of him there. Can't be Farum Azula either, Hic Svnt Dracones for one, and I don't see any evidence of Godfrey ever going there.

[@Ziostorm]

@@jellydamgood the painting is a good measure to tackle this idea. We know the storm raged in that location long before Stormveil castle existed. He was likely the lord back then

[@jellydamgood]

@@Ziostorm Yea prior to getting offed by Big G Godfrey. The painting was likely made in remembrance of that. Of course whether the castle was built by the Stormlord or Godfrey I am not sure. I'm gonna go with yes, because his title of Lord implies it. But then he could just be called Lord due to his mastery of storm powers, honestly could go either way.

[@topcat59]

Great vid.😺

[@joevaghn457]

I appreciate when video game characters don’t use the cliche English accent. It sounds refreshing and normal to my ear. I love how Godfrey and Godrick pronounced “lord” as “lor-rrr-d” 😝

[@julienaudebrand5440]

Wouldn't the storm and the ruins from the sky be Farum Azula before it began to crumble? While I don't know why it would be in limgrave and why it began to crumble, I still think this is a very possible answer. Maybe another thing leading this to be slightly real is that limgrave has dragons in it, and so does farum azula? Idk, the types of dragons in the Farum Azula are lightning dragons that are cleaerly more ancient than any other dragons we encounter. I'd also like to say that I believe that people are overlooking the dragons and their existence in the lore because they seem to be present everywhere and have a strong connection to elements.

[@ninjaeris131]

You know, whatever I read or hear that particular line about quelling the bloodlust within him, I never really know if they're talkin about Godfrey or Suresh...