8 MORE Incredible Secrets in Elden Ring DLC!

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[@John-on8ld]

No

[@Syzyphuss]

Hey zio, did you see mention on the elden ring subreddit, the erdtree shield roots might glow in the presence of the minor erdtree? It may be a simple interaction due to light refraction, but I didn't think the roots were so reflective... It certainly looks like they're glowing. Also, the minor erdtree in shaman village lines up with the lands between erdtree when the two maps are overlaid. There's probably a few more implications we can learn through this super-positioning of the maps. definitely worth looking into. It's pretty obvious i feel, but still feel i should point out the shadowlands are clearly "below" and more "base" than the lands between themself, as the occurrences of one seem to erupt in the other. I would also guess that the lands between erdtree and the minor erdtree in shaman village ARE the same tree, as they likely transcend the veil, with how much power they channel. As far as why the lands between erdtree got larger than the source in the shadowlands is questionable and may even disprove that theory, but I'm just spitballing here. And what's up with the tree the scadutree is enveloping if the implication of the map positioning reveals that the minor erdtree may be the source of the lands between erdtree? Perhaps that's an "original erdtree", which the scadutree was placed to impose it's dominion over the erdtree. And after everything that happened, with the slaughtering of her people, Marika planted the new tree as a memorial... Definitely need a whole episode on the scadutree itself, I feel.

[@notchunglingsu7014]

Too many fucking ads

[@MitridatedCarbon]

About Enir-ilim, it could very well be the city of the sun it is talked about in the base game. also, what if the putrescent knight is not Radahn, but Leonard, discarded in the same place of saint-trina because deemed useless? both St. Trina and Leonard are proof of each demigod's kindness, and it would be an apt parallel that both Radahn and Miquella had discarded what made them right candidate to be elden lord and god in the first place to achieve divinity. also the putrescent knight is a horse skeleton riding a horse skin. maybe it is Leonard honoring his old master.

[@Asteriarimia]

There's a hole in the coffing above the boss leaking the same putrescent essence he uses, so i doubt it is Leonard

[@Capthowdy098]

Try Knucelavee it's Scottish in origin. Edit: Maybe context is warranted, I am not good at game lore. But I do remember creatures, when I fought the Putrescence knight all I could think of was Knucelavee. Could provide some way to connect to the game lore.

[@MitridatedCarbon]

@@Capthowdy098 I checked it and there might be some inspiration, in particular with it bringing death and the coffin/ships around the area.

[@sebastianmoscoso9404]

Bruh leonard dies when we defeat rhadan in caelid

[@MitridatedCarbon]

@@sebastianmoscoso9404 yeah but also radaahn dies, and Mogh dies. death isn't that much of a problem in er

[@loblo5542]

The Putrescent Radahn actually blew my mind.

[@TheMachinehead112]

Same, but it does kind of fit. Maybe Miqella discarded Radahn's body when he discarded St. Trina? He used Mohg's body for Radahn's soul.

[@RandomBystanders]

I got one for you. Jolan Swordhand of Night, The finger armor she wears, Fingerslayer blade being at Night's Sacred Ground, and The Night set saying they are born underground. My brother has Jolan and Anne's ash and said they are very similar to the Nox Nightmaiden and Swordstress. Jolan maybe a snapshot into what happened to Nokron

[@Veish]

me and my friend were joking around today about radahn not having feet in the base game and as you can see in 5:40 / 5:41, the putrescent knight doesnt have any feet bones either

[@martinpatella3986]

Alexander ate radahn, so no

[@ghostdreamer7272]

Honestly, with the model, and knowing the story, I immediately thought that. It does make me wonder about the Gloam Eyed Queen too… maybe it was still Melina, and she originally got Radahn on her side, before maybe both repented. And Miquella say Radahn’s strength and compassion in that way.

[@apollodivine]

The coolest thing are the followers of Miquella referring to the Tarnished as, “Lord of the Erdtree, Lord of Marika” and “It was an honor to fight against such a worthy Lord as yourself” It’s the first time the Tarnished is referred to as a Lord, while also suggesting we’ve been on Marika’s side the entire time

[@AALion2004]

Not really I wouldn't say we're on her side they think we're on her side since we're so strong as you can choose Ranni so who's to say that they know our intentions for certain

[@SerPodrick]

This is actualky the one thing i didnt like because it assumes player choices. If you serve Ranni or frenzied flame then you arent really serving Marika or the Erdtree because youre replacing or destroying them.

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

It suggests that we defeated Radagon and the Elden Beast and claimed the title of Elden Lord...

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

​@@SerPodrickThe frenzy flame part is actually ridiculous. My character has the frenzy eyes and it's like why is anyone even talking to me let alone trusting me. Everyone should want me dead instead they're just like you're super cool and nice and sweet dude come help us gag on Miqella or whatever.

[@AALion2004]

@@SerPodrick yeah I feel like they kinda rushed some parts of the dlc they could've made dialogue be different depending on what part of the main game that you have passed for example. In Skyrim if you beat the main games final boss the antagonist in the Dlc will recognize this which changes their dialogue this should've been the same case like if you killed the Elden beast before starting the Dlc

[@lockepersonal]

Putrescence part is a reference to alchemy. The first step of Magnum Opus, blackening, nigredo. Miquella's whole path has parallels to Magnum Opus.

[@cwill14]

Top comment right here.

[@Bbmag23]

Its leonard!!!

[@cwill14]

@@Bbmag23 Yeah probably is tbh

[@Bbmag23]

@@cwill14 this dlc may wrap up the most loose ends of any from soft game.

[@AAG414]

@@Bbmag23 4000/99999

[@LAK_770]

Lol my dude you have a sick idea of “fun twist” in that Divine Beast rematch fight

[@johnpaulada5111]

That "twist" got me the first time haha jesas

[@fernandofaria2872]

The twist is that reskinned fights suck

[@Asteriarimia]

Another cool detail a lot of people miss is that the hooded figure we see in the story trailer is Romina. Other than the weapon shape wich is the same, if you look closely you can see purple particles that only appear in the segment of the video. Also her remembrance says that while her curch was burning she protected the bud that is her weapon, and in the trailer we see the figure sorrounded by flames while hugging her spear. So I'm pretty sure they are the same person.

[@AM_61102]

Yeah we know that now because of the ost that was playing

[@Asteriarimia]

@@AM_61102 It's weird, I haven't seen many people talk about this but it's such a cool deatail.

[@jw81687]

Looked like midras weapon to me

[@Asteriarimia]

@@jw81687 I doubt it's Midra, he was probably banished when the tower still had control over the lands of shadow. Also to me it resambleces a lot more Romina's weapon.

[@rono974]

The story trailer music is the boss theme when you fight Romina, so yes

[@OmerKoffman]

damn marika rly left 4 of her children lol

[@geraldsanchez1934]

Birth Control is apparently nonexistent in the Land's Between.

[@luigisalcedoii6077]

Marika is NOT winning any mother of the year awards 😭

[@monolith_g]

They ALL had trust funds. No mercy

[@4Shaman]

⁠@@luigisalcedoii6077Which is why she&Rad are so taken aback by Rennala. In her entire existence, strength was the only thing that held value - when Radagon was beaten by a woman of virtue, a conciliator radiating with motherly love, I bet it frightened them just as much as it intrigued. I feel like Radagon & Marika set out to find someone who was their equal or superior, and disposed of them when they had gleamed the lessons they needed. From Godfrey they learned of Honor, patience & inner strength, from Rennala they learned of empathy, openness & nurture - and then they sought to take these lessons back to make "perfect" children that could restore their fractured selves. A move which showed they had learned absolutely nothing, which is why Miquella & Malenia are so screwed.

[@njauinuka7359]

She spams mimic tear smashes and REPEAT.

[@dominickroberts4653]

3:15 CURSE YOU BAAAAAAYLE

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

I've listened to his monologue like 3 dozen times lol

[@dominickroberts4653]

@@A_Black_Sheep94 Did you like it everytime?

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

@@dominickroberts4653 Yes. Igons voice actor deserves so much recognition.

[@dominickroberts4653]

​@A_Black_Sheep94 if he doesn't win. CURSE YOU GEOFF KEIGHLEY

[@n8doggy733]

bro, Igon is ridiculous

[@laminatedpeanutbutter]

Fun fact: many of the new clothing items in the dlc have very different altered versions such as the dancers dress and the high priest robe.

[@MainTopmastStaysail]

The sword that pierces Midra is like parasitic vine. It winds around and through him, sapping his vitality and preventing the growth of another plant, the Frenzied Flame. It specifically resembles a Dodder vine in color. The flame head, with its yellow rim and dark center, is a sunflower. The wispy, frayed cloak that floats behind Midra resembles its root network and associated mycorrhizae. The cutscene is Midra uprooting a parasitic plant (the Sword of Damnation) from the soil of his flesh to allow the Frenzied Flame to bloom.

[@tropezando]

The sunflower/frenzy head resembles the microcosm on Metyr, and the runes we collect/eyes full of grace. Sunflowers are heliotropic, meaning they track the sun, which is why their stalks feequently twist. Metyr's microcosm's in-game file name is "Sun" and it looks reminiscent of a black hole. The Metyr quest line seems to reveal that the Greater Will is no longer in communication with Metyr. I can't remember the exact quote, but Jolán mentions her favorite and familiar night being black/devoid of stars if you give her the Iris of Occultation, which seems to hint at there being nothing to communicate with out in the heavens. I think all of these factions in The Lands Between are trying to contact/comprehend the same entity or natural force (perhaps the Greater Will, Primeval Current, Spiral) in their own way, though its perceived indifference manifests and affects them differently. Some become inspired to catch its attention, some become passionately zealous to defend its theorized principles, some become terrified and hopeless without its guidance.

[@andersondeneka1471]

I SWEAR IN THE CUTSCENE MARIKA IS REACHING INTO THE ABYSSAL SERPENTS EYE!!

[@lharsay]

I noticed the snake skin on my first run, but for me the wierdest thing is still the baby whale skeleton in the Specimen Storage next to Ansbach.

[@私はクソな中国人です]

Why is that so weird? Don’t overthink everything

[@I_Am_RYU]

@@私はクソな中国人ですDont think its weird either its rather cool imo. It confirms Water Animals in the game. Imagine what creatures live down there

[@diegoidepersia]

@@I_Am_RYU imagine if some are deathblighted or have the rot/omen/fell curses

[@donovan4222]

I feel like there should be some kind of connection between the Bonny village snake skin next to the “o mother” gesture, Mesmer’s serpent, and the snake that ate Rykard…but I just can’t put the pieces together. Idk why but I just feel it can’t be a coincidence that fromsoft made 2 demigod children so centered around snakes and put a snake skin where Marika or her people were presumably tortured…

[@Lidrien]

@@donovan4222the snake thing is driving me mad.

[@sk8legendz]

Im hoping to see speculation on Melina after the dlc So many rabbit holes right now

[@namarie.2289]

I really wanted more on her and the Godskins, I really liked where the DLC went lore wise and how it tied everything together, but I really wish they had another DLC cooking up that explored that side of the lore. Though that’s just me being greedy lol miazaki said he’s open for a sequel so I hope they get fleshed out there maybe

[@sk8legendz]

@@namarie.2289 Yeah, it does feel like we were left wanting an awful lot in this dlc, unfortunately. A second would be amazing just to wrap up everything, lorde wise

[@AALion2004]

​@@sk8legendztrue there's alot of unanswered questions and open holes they left us with all we need is a second dlc but make it more linear not as open

[@DANBAN119]

Yeah, the abyssal serpent, Nanaya and the frenzied flame, this DLC answered some questions then gave us 20 more. I'm still wondering where Radagon came into play.

[@Michaelroni-n-cheese]

​@@sk8legendzWe both know if the make an ER 2 we will only end up with more questions.

[@futurewarriorhero123]

as far the abyssal serpent you mentoned, the one with red hair and missing eye is clearly messmer turning into the serpent while the one that comes out of the portal could be the actual serpent that is writhing inside him. the burn mark are referencing messmers kindling that the serpent ate away at.

[@KyngD469]

Larval tear appearing only at night is a reference to the demon fetus from Berserk.

[@gunsniper414]

For the second divine beast section, in the outdoor area, there’s a squirrel that leads you to the rafters that you can jump to. I thought that was pretty cool. I wonder how many helpful squirrels there are in the game, because the only other one I know is the one in the Zamor Ruins.

[@FelisImpurrator]

Someone tell Ratatoskr they put him in Elden Ring after all.. (Norse mythology joke)

[@dancampbell703]

I took Messmer’s lines as we will be shorn of light, once taken into the jaws of the abyssal serpent. Either way, I love the way he speaks

[@VultureXV]

Heard it this way too.

[@LAK_770]

He’s definitely describing the Abyssal Serpent there. His grammar is archaic, but it’s very regular and proper and his meaning is clear. If he were referring to the Tarnished this would be a strange incomplete thought and change of subject. The Serpent itself is shorn of light now that he’s removed and destroyed the eyeball grace.

[@yujin_sumeragi]

@@LAK_770 another point towards this, as if another was needed, is that Messmer already states, without a shadow of a doubt, that the Tarnished is, in his eyes, bereft of light. You can't remove light from something that's already lightless, so it wouldn't make sense for him to imply so.

[@Evan0614]

@@LAK_770 Agreed. This can be further supported by the line he delivers when he kills us in his second phase: "O lightless creature, embrace thine oblivion, as shall I." This betrays a kind of self-digust that permeates Messmer's entire being, and the fact that he has stooped so low (for allowing the Base Serpent to assume control of his body), no better than the Graceless Tarnished, to prevent a lightless being becoming Lord.

[@Jay_daewi]

I saw a theory (I don’t remember where) that said since Melina and Mesmer are children of Radagon and Marika they must have a curse similar to melania and miquella. And Melina might be cursed with the existence of the gloam eyed queen being sealed in here after her defeat at the hands of maliketh. And the abyssal serpent might have been the queen’s consort before being sealed on Mesmer. Sorry if I explained that weirdly

[@Andrew_S1]

For some strange reason, many people call Malenia Melania.

[@ahlairgaming4551]

@@Andrew_S1 😂

[@MortimerSCrane]

The Putrescent Knight isn't Radahn, it's Gaea! Gaius' armour mentions a Gaea (presumably his sister). Gaius is an albinauric ( based off of his greaves) , then his theoretical sister is as well. The Putrescent Knight's missing legs could be because they are based off of a albinauric . There is almost no mention of Gaea so they might of died a long time ago( and became Putrescence). The cleaver and spinning are similar to Radahn and Gaius but unique in a way that the third Gravity student could of learned?

[@kagunslinger767]

That's an interesting take

[@arcanumcoto]

I thunk Gaea's the pig

[@MortimerSCrane]

@@arcanumcoto Big doubt there as Gaea is referred to as a student. If animals are students how come Radahn's horse isn't named?

[@cpt_micky]

Gaius' greaves drop from an albinauric that you can fight after his battle. The only other albinauric in the DLC. If anyone is Gaea, its her.

[@thej0y0f_a_nightmare33]

I believe the biggest secret yet to be revealed, is the alternative/secret ending shown in the gameplay trailer. It's odd that Miyazaki even answered a question about it but we never got to see it in the game... My only hope is that they patch it in later like they did in the main game with some quests.

[@rainer9931]

For real I thought the end was so anticlimactic, that would solve a lot of it

[@stehmer3]

@@rainer9931 Yeah I wasn't even sure it was over.

[@MADmaxazillion]

It's not an alternate ending. I'm fairly certain it's just the phase 2 transition from an alternate camera angle. Anticlimactic is the point of these games, especially Elden Ring. It's not about the destination, as it's not a story that goes anywhere, it's about the journey, the eternal cycle. Ultimately, my conclusion is that it's all for nothing, this eternal struggle unto eternity as Gideon puts it. Thus the true hero from my perspective is Boggart, as playing the game of getting to the top, chasing climax, is ultimately a losers game, so just sit down eat some crab and take it easy, and don't let the dung eater get ya! The secret to a good life. 😜

[@L_Zant]

That was just a cinematic of him divesting himself of his flesh. Idk why everyone is so confused about that. He was still in his golden order form. That was just him leaving his first cross.

[@Medi232-g1x]

I hope there is extra cutscene or dialogue with saint Trina 🤞

[@angel_dot_data]

I can’t remember who made the video, but I recently saw a video that said the putrescent night is actually the skeletal system of the horse, and it absolutely does look like a horse skeleton with a slime blob on the head.

[@Ziostorm]

It’s not, it’s a bunch of skeletons if you look closely, though the horse’s may be one of the many

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

​​@@ZiostormWhen the the skeleton jumps off the horse for a moment it stands still and you can see it's actual the horses skeleton. It stands on all fours and both sets of limbs bend backwards like a horse. It definitely has a pair of human hands attached to the arms but it's a horse skeleton l.

[@UncleBen9999]

@@A_Black_Sheep94 its leonard (radahns horse) of course

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

@@UncleBen9999 Leonard too tiny

[@Ziostorm]

@@A_Black_Sheep94yeah the posture is horselike, as well as the neck, but it’s not just one skeleton. If you look closely, it’s a bunch of spines and rib cages all over the slime

[@MrXDreamsOfficial]

I still want to know what the deal was with the Godskin Hunt, who was the kneeling, possibly impaled woman in the trailer, the Gloam Eyed Queen's identity, and so many other things lol. Great video as always brother.

[@gudmundur-heimisson]

The kneeling woman in the trailer is Romina, if it’s the scene I think you’re referring to.

[@kilua87659]

What if the butterfly theory was just a coincidence the first time around but Fromsoft liked the theory so much they decided to make it a thing with Messmer in the dlc

[@Ziostorm]

Certainly possible

[@Cman04092]

Cool, im happy to see i found 7/9 of the new larvel tears. Fun fact, the new larvel tears are an entirely seperate item, even though they're the same thing and used the exact same, and functionaly are the same. They do have different flavor text though.

[@squizzo5809]

Did anyone else find the bell bearing inside a breakable jar hanging from the big waterfall near the Cerulean Coast grace? I'm sure a lot of people probably missed it.

[@sakulugh]

there are a few more hanging pots in the dlc that holds bell bearings

[@certifiedcib7958]

Was it the mushroom one?

[@thelasthunter3123]

One thing that im still shocked not many people are talking about, although with how little details we have on it, it makes sense. Moore's armor mentions another new outer god, only known as the Vendigris outer god, who gifted them with that certain kind of metal. That just has me asking so many questions and kinda adds more to the Outer God pantheon. It seems to almost act as a Hephaestus parallel, but again, since it's only mention that I saw in my first run being on that 1 armor set, that's kind of a baseless assumption. Still, Im glad the DLC added more Outer Gods, and one that may actually not be an asshole is a cool thought in this already cruel world.

[@beerexpert1057]

I got to the second main boss of the DLC on my main character and I just started a new play-through with a Dex build. I want this DLC to last me months.

[@CoffeeBrainzz]

The putrescence knight secret was really kool!! It makes so much sense that it could be radahns body/Leonard

[@KlausMingo]

I find it inconsistent they used Scadu a lot, then you get to Shadow Keep! Why not call it Scadu Keep as well? Also, it was pretty obvious to me that Melina was related to Messmer: 1- They both start with M, their death is needed to burn thorns to unlock an area.

[@seanyeganeh7281]

Exactly mate, but I bet there's some 20min lore video out there explaining why it isn't Scadu Keep haha

[@oynjx2hy362]

Jar-Bairn wanting Diallos to be their potentiate really takes a darker turn after this dlc. Anyone know what the smooth hands could be referring to?

[@amwazdraws6890]

What‘s interesting is how the two maps of ER interact with each other. So apparently the minor erdtree from Shaman village lines up with the Erdtree from the base game

[@BaldorfBreakdowns]

How?

[@cwill14]

She bathed the village in gold, for sure. Every detail matters. She made the capital of her Order and the root of her Erdtree the same parallel spot as where that small tree is found in Shaman Village. She sought an eternal age of life without the pain of death for her family and loved ones. Yet they were all cursed. It is merely a cycle.

[@BaldorfBreakdowns]

@@cwill14 What do you mean by the same parallel spot?

[@amwazdraws6890]

@@BaldorfBreakdowns apparently the realm of shadow was a part of the lands between. It fits in the giant crater in the middle.

[@cwill14]

@BaldorfBreakdowns They fit together and Shadow Lands were removed and veiled somehow like a parallel dimension sitting under or on top in some way.

[@bigmanthere2]

hey btw - if you did the entire mohg ritual, when you meet with knight leda - she will also say "you have been sent by his emenence", that meaning, mohg

[@bigmanthere2]

or thats what i think u need to do atleast. i had leda say "by the erdtree and his eminence", and watching other playthroughs - leda only said "By the erdtree" in the final battle

[@rainer9931]

The Putrescent Knight isnt really missing its feet, the Knight is made up of the ribcage and back legs of the horse, with its "head" at the end of the horses tail. His missing "feet" would be the horses front hooves, which are still attached to the horse

[@Ziostorm]

I took a closer look at it after making this video and it’s not actually a horse skeleton. It’s just a bunch of random skeletons and bones, so it is in a sense still missing its feet

[@sebastianmorin9780]

Just found the snake skin earlier, or late last night. I was genuinely surprised to see it.

[@kevinfortsch]

Here's a secret. When messmer removes his eye, if you look in his skull you can actually see the snake inside him wiggle and writhe. We need zuli or bonfireVn to turn the brightness up on the clip or something, but there's definitely something in his head!

[@Peter-qq3io]

That’s not a secret

[@thelastcheetomaster6954]

Oh that's nasty.

[@BaldorfBreakdowns]

BonfireVN did indeed make a video of this.

[@kevinfortsch]

@@BaldorfBreakdowns Must have missed it

[@kevinfortsch]

@@BaldorfBreakdowns lol posted four hours ago, 3 down on my feed after this one.

[@0sujin]

The Abyssal Serpent, on closer inspection, really reminds me of Hellsing!

[@ZachTinnian]

I feel like Messmer and the Serpant are much like Marika/Radigon ect. They both share the same body as two separate beings.

[@mattnsg13]

i think they are actually like siamese twins, there's 3 snakes in his body, and the abyssal one is little but can turn him into big snek

[@blizzardgaming7070]

I think the children of Marika aren't actually cursed but are blessed, each having the influence of an outer God. The serpent God of Mount gelmir for Messmer. The fell God of fire for Melina. The rot God of stagnation for Malenia. And the Greater will for Miquella.

[@excalibur2596]

​​@@blizzardgaming7070The greater will and the fell god aren't using Miquella and Melina as vesells. And I'm pretty sure that a Serpent God doesn't exist in the lore. The serpent that devoured Rykard is an independent being and it has no connection with Messmer.

[@blizzardgaming7070]

@@excalibur2596 the serpent curved sword does mention an older snake diety, and every other god mentioned has been an in universe god rather than just belief.

[@scottgmccalla]

I was thinking that myself! ​@blizzardgaming7070

[@WynterLegend]

Getting my Messmer kill with a guard-counter on him in snake form was absolute cash. But, the fact that Messmer is Melina's older brother, and he's infested with all those snakes, both large and small, makes me think that Marika burned Melina.

[@theodoravram6557]

I know it is not a secret, but am I the only one who finds it weird that Ansbach ‘s beard is not an actual beard but a part of his helm? The description says that the helm gives the wearer the appearance of an old man, but I wonder why that would be helpful to Ansbach in the first place.

[@aboodbb8774]

His fighting days are over, as stated by him ( sure, he can still fight, but he is not in his prime), so the best way to look more wise less harmful is to have a beard or like just like with few other outfits we get the hair is attached to it like radhan for example having his red hair in the helmet

[@DeathPoke1qa]

I mean, the same thing could be said about Jerren

[@brandonhades3659]

I heard the music playing in your video in the background. Love the Super Metroid nod dude. The soundtrack from that game is by far noteworthy. Love the content. Keep doing you brother. Cheers~

[@BungardBooce]

Man if the Putrescent Knight turns out to be Leonard's remains I'm going to lose my mind. Also yeah I never noticed those serpent remains, I wonder if Zullie or anyone can analyze the game files to see if we can find a origin for that, maybe it being Eiglay or some other character affected by the Abyssal or God Devouring Serpant

[@MightyMaticus]

That temple was one of the locations I was determined to find. The Divine Beast rematch was sick and the little twist definitely caught me off guard.

[@bladej7688]

I called it! I saw everyone coming up with theories. I thought Messmer and melina were siblings because neither were mentioned in the base game lore. Pay me!! 😂

[@ironbadger8985]

Great video as always. That lower brinstar music always slaps.

[@scouragesij7916]

Something interesting that I noticed in the dlc is that you can find Godwyn at the end of the catacombs. This means that Godwyn might be connected to the scadutree somehow

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

You can find his face in both death knight locations. Godwyns is in the Shadow Lands because for whatever reason things that die in the Lands between end up washed up in the Shadow Lands.

[@shawnmiller1432]

I was wanting to know more about this myself as soon as I saw it. The death knights are the personal knights of godwyn but why are they in the land of shadow

[@CreativeUsernameEh]

@@A_Black_Sheep94his soul died, his body lives. Meaning his soul is in the realm of shadow, somewhere. Weird that Miquella was trying to restore Godwyns soul… and then… just sort of forgot.

[@blizzardgaming7070]

​@@shawnmiller1432they are mentioned to be searching for a "surrogate corpse" which is the three eyed visage guarded by the longhaft knight. It seems like Miquella once had a third eye which he cast off and this visage absorbed it.

[@jackreacher7495]

​@@CreativeUsernameEhWhatever he tried with the eclipse had failed, probably because his soul was perma-killed on the Night of the Black Knives.

[@julianyuh3163]

Lol the house of the dragon call back to probably commemorate George R.R. Martin was nice

[@alexclark4792]

You have amazing timing, I was running up to my first larval tear, one of the last things I have to do in the dlc, and your map of the locations just made it easier.

[@Toe_Jamson]

As for the Base Serpent, I think looking at the massive parade coffins is a good start. The iconography surrounding them invokes lots of Crucible imagery such as wings, horns, scales, etc, however; below that imagery is always a massive snake. You might say its the "base" of the crucible imagery. Its possible that this imagery came about before Messmer's war and his great sin utilizing the Base Serpent, so I wonder if the Base Serpent was a renouned diety of the Crucible itself, or a basis for the scales trait found in Hornsend/Omen.

[@KaiWoodX2]

Personally I believe Base serpent is a nod to Nidhoggr from norse mythology who is a giant serpent that eats at the roots at the base of Yggdrasil the world tree

[@cwill14]

Dragons have almost every single aspect of the Crucible. I think they played a key role in that older order.

[@rwberger6]

​@@cwill14Well the dragons were worshippers of the greater will with their own god (the nameless god who was made into the finger slaying blade) Elden Lord, and Elden Ring. And the Age of Dragons did come before the Age of the golden order. Who is to say the Crucible wasn't part of Age of Dragons or came immediately after it?

[@cwill14]

@@rwberger6 Especially considering the form the Elden Beast takes and that dragons have almost every aspect of the Crucible naturally.

[@panasit]

The putrescent knight being related to Radahn is wild.

[@mt2r-music]

A second what!?

[@lharsay]

And this one got an abiltiy which was shown in the trailer but ended up getting cut from the Bellurat bossfight.

[@julesgallaway1937]

Midra is my favorite dlc boss, he gives me an elevated lord Gwyn feel and I really enjoyed the slower pace of his fight

[@Salvador-312]

Can you please talk about the similarities between Ranni and Miquella. In the final fight we see Miquella with 4 arms just like Ranni, they both speak of the same term “thousand year voyage guided by” compassion/stars. And you get the “let us go together” gesture once your heart is stolen by Miquella. The exact same line Ranni says in the age of stars ending. Please talk about this!

[@cyndlehick9777]

Yess

[@rwberger6]

Ranni only has 4 arms because she's possessing a doll based on her teacher. Her original body only has 2 arms. Miquella having 4 arms is weird though, as his original body is only portrayed as having 2 in the various statues and artwork.

[@Salvador-312]

@@rwberger6I know but she chooses to make her doll form have 4 arms nonetheless and that’s how we know her in most of the game so it’s intentional in my eyes still.

[@ctyoro5086]

Igon's dialogue reminds me of Spider-Man yelling at Shocker

[@DerGametastischeDude]

Melina literally said, marika was her mother. That's been confirmed long ago

[@Ryuzaki280]

She not says marikas name

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

Wrong. Melina said she was born at the foot of the Erdtree. she says nothing about Marika being her mother. Ever. Needless to say, that on its own is not enough evidence to say Marika is her mother. its an implication, sure, but not proof.

[@Andrew_S1]

@@ZugzugZugzugson Melinas internal name in the game files is "MaricaOfDaughter".

[@gyozapunk]

​@ZugzugZugzugson she specifically says her purpose, to burn the Erdtree, was given to her mother at the foot of the tree. Still not proof that it was specifically Marika, but she definitely mentions a mother

[@draw2death421]

​@@Ryuzaki280 she does say her mother is in the tree so unless elden beast is her mother then it kinda had to be Marika.

[@minusp895]

Putrescent Knight looks Albinauric imo. Silver slime also reminds me of Mimic.

[@uncleulysses2328]

I left like 5 base game remembrances alive and came back to fight them after the DLC. Whole base game feels like child’s play compared to everything in the dlc its hilarious ☠️☠️ difficulty makes people better, Wish all those who complained understood that you grow from hardship not everything being handed over on a silver platter

[@BaldorfBreakdowns]

No, you see, you've been brainwashed and gaslit into thinking the game is good. Delayed attacks are a trick designed to make you dodge early so they get cheap hits, praying on your natural instincts. You're just coping if you think it's actually a good way to mix up attacks and make you pay attention instead of being able to react your way through every fight. Just in case it wasn't obvious, I'm being sarcastic.

[@uncleulysses2328]

@@BaldorfBreakdowns lmao remember when we all fought margit for the first time and thought it was cool asf and innovative that he reacts to panic rolling? Pepperidge farms remembers

[@thegodofsoapkekcario1970]

@@BaldorfBreakdownsIt’s crazy that people do actually think like that even as a joke, especially the delayed attacks. The people complaining about the difficulty would’ve hate playing DS2 and the Nameless King.

[@BaldorfBreakdowns]

@@thegodofsoapkekcario1970 Yeah, I was more or less quoting a person directly lmao... What I find most funny is how many of them are DS1 fanboys. As if DS1 doesn't have every issue ER has except ramped up and without the quality of life. Most people hate DS2 just in general, don't they?

[@thegodofsoapkekcario1970]

@@BaldorfBreakdowns I think most of them are just new people who went after the Elden Ring popularity, you can tell when someone is a DS1 fanboy by the way they speak or type; they straight up sound like a rackety old man.

[@MrFanservice]

For those wondering what the second Devine Beast's trick is, lemme break it down for you This isn't instagram, imagine a GIF of someone breakdancing

[@frizzman1991]

I didn't know about the Igon stuff, and getting a closer look at all those snakes was pretty neat.

[@VultureXV]

02:07 Can we STOP calling Melina the Gloam Eyed Queen now?

[@BaldorfBreakdowns]

She still could be, though.

[@Ziostorm]

This doesn’t really disprove anything about the Gloam Eyed Queen

[@monkeydluffy9131]

totally started thinking about frampt and kaathe when thinking about the abyssal serpant

[@joaop2294]

Bayle's name also rhymes with the word whale.

[@AliDD-p2e]

Funny fact about rauh ancient place it's inspired from the hanging gardens of Babylon also rauh un Arabic means soul (روح).

[@spectr__]

OMG, is the putrecent knight the remants of Leonard trying to remember his master????

[@Staycoldyoung]

Yup

[@godsdonttalk597]

The red eyes inside of the abyssal serpent's mouth really remind me of the design of Alucard from Hellsing (except snake instead of dog obviously)

[@tracaine]

It's pronounced "skibidi-tree".

[@brentramsten249]

i cant imagine egon being any less popular that the dub version of gyuobu massataka oniwa. both are absolute legends

[@gotama7239]

I'm starting to think that Marika takes out runes from the body of the "gloam eyed queen" (the figure of the winged serpent) in the trailer and seals death in the kingdom of shadows via malekith etc when she becomes a goddess (still in the trailer) after the shock of genocide of her people transformed into pots by the hornsents (the horned people who worship the "crucible".) Mesmer and Melina, her first two children are cursed, one has the snake inside him, the other death, and both have the ability to burn the tree. Marika sends Mesmer to fuck himself in the kingdom of shadows in addition to beating the hornsents (he embodies death therefore is symbolized by the winged serpent) The noxs half kill Melina and use her body to make the "Fingerslayer blade" - (used by Ranni to kill the fingers in her quest) The greater will sends the eternal cities to fuck themselves The noxs appeal to the gods of the Nightsky to help them out, Astel arrives, Radhan saves the game.

[@ChickenChal]

The Sword of Light is one of my favourite secrets. New favourite weapon

[@FaeQueenCory]

It's still Scadu. You just say it "scha-duu" or "scha-duh" as opposed to "sha-douh". The c in it is read as an old way that's an offshoot of the German sch, and is pronounced with that same ch sound blended in. Also as in ç.

[@randomnobody9229]

In “scadu”, the “sc” creates a “sh” sound, much in the same way that “precious” or “vicious” have a “sh” sound in them, while the “du” sounds much like how we would say the word “owe.” When you combine them together, we get “Sh-A-Dowe”, aka, how most English speakers would say “shadow.” In Old English, what we now know today as “shadow” was spelled “sceadwe”. “Sceadwe” evolved into “shadwe” in the Middle Ages thanks to associations with the word “shade,” eventually leading to the modern-day spelling of “shadow”. Granted, there are a few different regional dialects of how “shadow” was originally spelled, with the Dutch writing it as “schaduw” and the Saxons writing it as “skado”, but the meaning and pronunciation haven’t changed. 5 seconds of googling to find this to disprove what you are saying.

[@viniciusbernardi9066]

I love these, super interesting... Also never expected to hear Metroid Prime music here, and even more that they would fit so well into this. Great video!

[@kiddibble8814]

i poop an farded 😞

[@djzanman9614]

noooo

[@CreativeUsernameEh]

What could miyazaki have meant by this deep lore

[@carlcarlson776]

The second phase of messmer, the extra eyes totally remind me of Alucard from hellsing.

[@alexsparks4434]

The rematch with the lion genuinely shocked me

[@nosleepnoproblems4168]

When it comes to the putrescence knight, you can also notice it doesn’t have a head, which may be because we learn in Alexander’s questline that he may have consumed radahns flesh, and considering the shard of Alexander mentions red hair, he may have consumed radahns head

[@vikenemma2953]

One old connection to a song of ice and fire. Placiduesaxs theme matches Deanerys theme or the targaryen to theme in general.

Did you notice Metyr has hole in the front that looks a lot like what Merika stuck her hand into in the trailer?

[@stamatiskotakis9110]

11:50 I need an hour long video of you explaining how exactly you find this new "twist" fun...

[@Birdseed99]

Putrescent Radahn is crazy, I don’t know how we didn’t pick it up earlier. Leonard is even back!

[@themadhatter9509]

In reference to Mesmers sister as mentioned in his kindling, my initial thought to reading that item description was that it was a reference to the Gloam Eyed Queen given that she was said to be an empyrean, and is the creator/wielder of the god killing black flame.

[@lharsay]

At least we are finally done with the craziest "Melina is Miquella" and "Melina is Marika" theories.

[@Ryuzaki280]

The Black flame dont kill gods the GEQ lost destined death to maliketh without destined death it was the Black flame without the Power to kill gods

[@themadhatter9509]

@@Ryuzaki280 the black flame is derived from destined death, while now it has lost it’s power to kill gods, at the time that Mesmer would have been born this wouldn’t have been the case as Merica hadn’t left the shadow lands yet. So it’s entirely possible that when she plucked the rune of death from the Elden ring after becoming a god she gave it to her daughter, someone who was said to be an empyrean and is mostly likely the daughter of Merica. Since she created the black flame, it’s entirely possible she was born with it similar to how it’s implied Mesmer was.

[@themadhatter9509]

@@lharsay seriously, those theory’s were always so out there to me

[@themadhatter9509]

To build off of this, it’s been my own personal theory for a while now that Melina isn’t actually a direct daughter of merica and is more likely to be a daughter of the Gloam Eyed Queen given her seemingly direct connection to Destined death. Which if the GEQ is Merica’s daughter that would make Melina her granddaughter

[@TheUnseenKrab]

I knew Igon and Bayle was reference to Moby Dick. He even lived throughout the fight.

[@rashid69]

Hey Ziostorm, could you please make a video covering all the cut content that made it into the DLC and how the descriptions/names of the items might've changed.

[@CrematedCube]

I really think the Putrescent Knight is what became of Radahn's body after Miquella extracted his soul and "purified" him. It's like the discarded rotting remainder of him that badly needed to die bonded to St Trina instead, charmed by her promise of eternal rest. Throwing away "impurities" seems like one of the major goals Miquella had when he separated from Trina

[@SimplCup]

it's not his body, but it's 100% built like radahn. made to resemble him at least.

[@rwberger6]

Nah, the "knight" is pretty clearly meant to be made from the skeleton of the horse under it. I'd say it was just intentional to be similar to Radahn as St.Trina's knight.

[@CrematedCube]

Refining my initial ideas a bit, I still think of it lorewise as some kind of byproduct of the Battle of Aeonia. But rather than part of Radahn himself, it's more like St. Trina managed to grant the undying bodies of many Redmanes and Cleanrots a chance to rest in peace in the swamp instead of continuing to battle forever in the catacombs, and so their melted flesh merged together into a rough memory of Radahn's image to defend her. Both groups were renowned for their loyalty "despite the inevitable, if gradual, putrefaction of their flesh."

[@l1qu1dm3t4lIV]

Wow, that's a super good catch about Farum Azula (and Ilim)! I've got around 600 hours in the game on two different systems and never noticed that about the day cycle

[@endgamer3000]

The Shedded skin of the Snake at Bonnys Village completely shocked me when I stumbled abon it, like “Okay why the hell are you here?!?”

[@pyro3446]

We really fought Lenard & his skeleton doing a Rahdan imitation

[@stephenlucas8836]

9:23 abyssal serpent combines many aspects, red bloody finger eyes, Rykard’s fire snakes, eye growths like deathblight, flayed rotting like flesh, tracking fireballs, and even burns souls like original deathflame/rune of death.

[@HaloGrey666]

What i found interesting at 9:56 is that the tree's branches are pointing directly towards that snake skin, that's how i found it. it's all very odd, the tree, the headless statue, the snake skin and also the O' Mother emote.

[@ink3478]

That’s hilarious. I never found the first one. I thought it was strange that the lion boss was such a secret area 😂

[@fafnirstriker1169]

Marika and Radagon also seem to have a naming convention with their kids. Messmer, Miquella, Melania, and now possibly Melina. All M names...

[@pinto5012]

Putrescent Knight and Radahn connection is a really cool theory 😃👍🏽

[@flafim]

The slight bit of actual narrative in this DLC is the best storytelling of any darksouls game.

[@tigercloud6945]

"Call me Ishmael," thumbs up.

[@ryansullivan9313]

The eye socket of the abyssal serpent looks an awful lot like the cavity that Marika pulls bloody runes from in the story trailer

[@espenmykl]

Wondering about the "ceremonial boats" you find around the different castles and keeps with burning(?) remains in them. Also the massive coffins with obvious implications of travel in the depth on your way to st. Trina

[@SachinRajput]

I think Putrescent Knight is just the dripped putrescence from all those coffin boats in the fissure, combined with nectar of Trina.

[@agitogacha]

I def had not noticed the shed snake skin... interesting stuff.

[@moritzi.4621]

The rider of the putrescent knight is the skeleton of the horse riding itself

[@istaphobe]

Yeah, from what I gathered, Farum Azula was an exact moment in time you’re sent to, on an exact mission. It would make sense you couldn’t pass time there, you’re in a sense, in a time lock. That’s why I figured it never got dark.

[@dearcastiel4667]

I wouldn't call Melina being Marika's daughter a lore bombshell, she literaly speaks for her and said she was born in the Erdtree and spoke very highly of her mother, it was pretty obvious she was Marika's daughter, the DLC only confirms what the game already more than heavily hinted at...