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Well I think it's clear that Radagon tried to repair it because Elden ring is fundamental artifact that affects reality they live in so if it's shattered many fundamentals of reality will be as well. And many will fight to restore it which would result in a war possibly stretching long time few centuries at least. As for other points mentioned in video I agree they don't make much sense when you have other parts of the story.

Thanks for commenting. I can certainly elaborate upon each of my claims with detailed reasoning, so please feel free to continue the discussion. :) As for your questions: The Omen Twins were born Omen, meaning they had to have been born after the purge of the Hornsent. It makes perfect thematic and narrative sense that they were conceived just before Godfrey left with his Crucible army to leave the Lands Between as Tarnished; their curse is, like Radagon's red hair, a punishment for Marika's betrayal and for the blood she shed. Now, was Godfrey simply there to witness his people (the Divine Beast Knights and so on) be slaughtered and/or fight against themselves, as well as the Hornsent who worshiped him and gave him the throne? No, it stands to reason that just before that event, Marika planned for his departure. There are no Crucible Knights in the DLC at all (besides Devonia, who went there on her own). The Black Knights served Messmer, not Godfrey. And yes, you are correct that Godfrey holding Morgott like a baby is a minor clue as to their father-son relationship; they never saw each other, Morgott was raised in secret, fatherless and motherless. This is thematically cohesive with his character - he is the most loyal of the Demigods, and he loves the Erdtree and what Marika's Age of Gold represents, despite his abandonment and solitude. I think it's abundantly clear if you examine both the cinematic trailer and the in-game evidence that what is being portrayed with that scene is the following: Marika walking on top of a pile of flayed Hornsent bodies that she used as fuel for a ritual; that ritual, of course, being the culmination of her betrayal of the Hornsent, the burning of their Divine Tree and the veiling of their homeland in shadow and the purging of their people (as retribution for what they did to the Shamans, her people, in the past). My claim also accounts for the metaphysical reason behind the runes being taken from flayed skin. *Editing this because I forgot to answer your question about the Shadowtree. The Shadowtree is simply the Greattree after it was burned by Messmer's Abyssal Flame and veiled in shadow (thus, the veil, a symbol and consequence of Marika's ritual). The Meteoric Ore Greatsword appears to reference the titanic Giants who fought against the Dragons in the distant past. If you scale the sword (as an arrowhead) and place it in its original context (the forges were built by an alliance of Giants and Astrologers to produce weapons for them to fight against the Dragons, their common enemy), it makes perfect sense. Miquella's hair is like Marika's yellow hair, but a bit brighter - he represents the continuation of her Age, a continuation of the Age of Gold. I did not mention it in this video, but there is a plot point in the first of the ASOIAF books that is nearly identical to the mystery of Ranni's bastard nature, where the genetics of hair color are discussed in this exact same way in a very similar context. So Ranni's hair color being a relevant clue is a certified George R. R. Martin moment. Melina most definitely got rid of her fingers, and this can be inferred for a few reasons. Firstly, it is simply logical. She conspired against the Greater Will. She was an Empyrean and had a pair of Fingers watching her. We know that Ranni had to get rid of her own pair in order to continue her own plan. There is a pair of slain Fingers on top of the tower where we find Melina's Godslayer Greatsword as well as one of her Apostles. And so on. As for the other pairs of Fingers, I will talk about them in my follow-up video in depth. Radagon is trying to repair the ring because he desperately seeks to restore the Golden Order. He is a fundamentalist and a devout follower of the Order. Again, thanks for commenting! And I hope you have enjoyed the video.

@@rafsandomierz5313 If you have any questions, please feel free to share them here, I will be happy to reply!

Thank you! And I partially agree with you, I think Goldmask's ending is quite nice.

Thank you for commenting! The Elden Beast being the spiritual half of Metyr is discernable through a few different factors, such as their visual design, which seem to complement one another to a T; the Elden Beast's affinity with the stats that are opposite to Metyr's; their Ying and Yang-like color scheme (for their attacks and so on), as well as by narrative analysis. We know that the Elden Beast is the Elden Ring itself, and that Metyr followed the orders of the Greater Will, which as we know, are implied to have been to guide and shepperd the inhabitants of the Lands Between to inherit the Elden Ring and so on. The Elden Beast is a spiritual parasite that presumably needs a body to operate. He lives within Marika and Radagon's body. So it follows that he had to have lived within someone's body before being transposed into Marika as she became the God-emperor. As for her pupill, the four-leaf clover-like symbol is likely representative of the whole of the universe; such a symbol often represents unity and wholeness in the Dark Souls games as well. Metyr's staff can notably cast both sorceries and incantations.

​​@@thefirelinkconspiracy i see, that's really interesting. Do you think the Elden Beast's design is also sort of supposed to be a representation of all the intelligent life forms in the Lands Between? With it having human legs and arms, and a dragon-like physiognomy.

Thank you so much! It is a passion of mine to decipher Miyazaki's works to perfection. I am truly glad you found this video enlightening. :´) Yes, that bridge possibly used to connect Leyndell to the land of the Hornsent. It's difficult to tell if it specifically connected Leyndell to Enir-Ilim, though. I will investigate more closely and talk about this in a follow-up video that will cover the details of Elden Ring's story.

Thanks for commenting! What I argue is that that cutscene is presented to us out of chronological order, and that is evidenced by the colors of the sky. I will make a complete guide for the lore of Dark Souls and make a very clear argument regarding that. :) Nito's miasma weakened the Archtrees - we can see it happen in that very cutscene, which shows them drying out and decaying, not the dragons. What follows is the firestorm of the Witches, which was made more effective by the effects of Nito's miasma.

@thefirelinkconspiracy so, that cutscene is 100% out of order, but actually, it's showing his attacking the dragons, not the trees. You can see their tails, those aren't roots or vines. "Nito, the first of the dead, is one of the original Lords who found a Lord Soul at the dawn of the Age of Fire. His soul turned him into a living manifestation of illness and death, a mass of skeletons held together. He, along with the other Lords, waged war against the Dragons, and helped issue the killing blow by unleashing a miasma of death and disease upon them." I'm sure he attacked the trees, too, but the cutscene isn't showing that.

​@@r3gret2079 It is quite difficult to tell what exactly is the object he is tearing apart with his miasma, I had always assumed it's a tree root. You're correct, it could be a dragon corpse. Though either way his miasma being the first act of men's war against the dragons is the important point. Though I must point out that the quote you cited comes from a fan wiki. The game never stated Nito issued the killing blow and etc.

@thefirelinkconspiracy correct.

No, Marika was definitely not a part of the Twin Bird. Marika's Age of Gold was the opposite of the previous Age of the Eclipse, which was an age of Death where the spirit world was merged with the physical. The Nox maidens were the angels of death mentioned by the Winged Scythe's item description. The Rune of Death was plucked out of the Elden Ring by Marika as she created the Golden Order; it was then sealed within Maliketh's blade. Ranni stole it in preparation for the Night of the Black Knives. After the Gloam-eyed Queen's defeat, the rune was retrieved by Maliketh, and he sealed his sword within himself, as to prevent it from being stolen again. I talk about the plot of the Gloam-eyed Queen at 58:47 if you're interested.

@ thank you, I did view it all. I just think Alchemist's recent video essay on that topic was pretty compelling. I also don't see why Melina couldn't have been taking on an older mantle - channeling the GEQ in a similar manner to Mesmer and the serpent.

@@UrielAngeli147 The GEQ is not an Outer God to be channeled, as Outer Gods are amoral, Lovecraftian-like forces of nature, they are embodiments of elements of the cosmos.

@@thefirelinkconspiracy was thinking more in terms of "mantling" or taking on the name and role of a previous entity for power & Cred, maybe like a "spiritual heir" b/c they channelled the same force (death). Except Marika was using and conspiring with Melina her daughter the whole time, whereas she betrayed and murdered the original GEQ.

(sorry) 4. The Numen being described as, "coming from another world", the stone coffins containing a silver-like (rotted?) amalgamation of life, other coffins / graves being shown to be able to transport themselves through both space (the ones in the eternal cities) and time (how we get into Placidusax's boss arena), and finally "Elden John" (the statue depicting the ancient map of Mesopotamia) being embraced by branches all point to that being the origin of both the Nox and Numen. Connecting them all to the stars.

Thank you so much! I'm glad you have enjoyed the video. As for your questions: I don't think Fia is Fortissax, as she comes from a distant land where the practice of sleeping with the dead is sacred, and Fortissax appears to be a male. The Black Flame incantations looking similar to Metyr's head could be tied to her ying-yang relation with the Elden Beast, and consequently, with the aspects of the universe. Each represents half of the aspects of the cosmos - that is, of the dual cosmic entities. The Elden Beast, of course, is associated with Light, while Metyr is with Shadow. Shadow is Death. The Numen possibly originate from stardust, as Ymir seemingly claims: ''Long ago, we began as stardust, born of a great rupture far across the skies.'' That mention either reffers to that, or to the fact that they hail from the underworld of the Lands Between, which could theoretically be a different world in the perspective of the Astrologers who came from the surface of the mainland.

O, Elden Ring!

Thank you so much for your kind words! I am glad you've enjoyed it.

His generation of Albinaurics was integrated with nobility, meaning it's perfectly reasonable that one of them would be able to join Marika's forces. :) Not to mention that even wretches and other generic warriors of no renown are Tarnished. Marika's forces were extremely diverse.

@thefirelinkconspiracy okay, maybe, but Tanith is heavily implied to be a former dancer from foreign land, since patches assign us a task to give her a Dancer Castanets. So, she can't be ab albinauric right?

@@justpython4021 Compare Tanith's dress with the Marais' robes - they are nearly identical. Plus, she wears a silver mask similar to that of house Marais. Her narrative role of finding belonging with Rykard - who has hunted the Albinaurics in his inquisitions - is both ironic and dramatic, in typical From Software and George R. R. Martin fashion.

Thank you!

Thank you so much! I'm glad you appreciate it! And I will cover each and every mystery and detail of the Dark Souls series as well, don't worry! My mission here is to solve these games to perfection. :D

Thank you so much!! I'm glad you appreciate it!

Thank you! And if you let me know of any issues you had with the video, I assure you I can provide you a very detailed argument to explain my reasoning with evidence to back it up. And if you have any questions too, please let me know, I will be glad to answer them! :)

Thanks for commenting! I am glad you have enjoyed it. If you have a specific question, please let me know and I will gladly answer it. I can certainly provide you with detailed reasoning behind each claim I make in the video. :)

Thanks for commenting! I don't think it's possible that the Omen twins were born after Godfrey's departure. The Omen are born that way, meaning that the Hornsent were already betrayed and hunted by the birth of the twins. The disdain for the Crucible-touched happened in response to the Hornsent crusade; the Misbegotten were spurned from the Order for that very reason. :)

Thanks for commenting. As for your questions: Enya and the Finger Readers are definitely Albinaurics, and that can be inferred for reasons such as hints by their visual design (not exactly clues, as it is quite blatant) and context clues. We know that the first generation of Albinaurics was created in pairs, and they exhibit exaggerated sexual dimorphism. The Finger Readers look much more similar to the second gen Albinaurics than the Wolf Riders look in contrast with the male priests like Albus; they have excessively thin, frail-looking limbs, pale skin, huge eyes - which were removed because of their role as oracle - and so on. The Albinaurics often serve as both soldiers and oracles/priests; even their predecessors, the Claymen, are no exception. The first gen is composed of soldiers (the females) and priests (the males). The second generation is composed of both... soldiers, and oracles, again, though this time the gender roles are inverted. And to conclude this explanation, the Finger Readers all look the same, because they were mass produced like every other batch. The Cuckoo symbology is indeed quite complex, for their relation with Ranni is twofold. They are indeed not a force originally related to her, and I am not claiming that the Cuckoo metaphor was created, in-universe, with the intention of portraying Ranni's nature as a bastard. However, they were, essentially, magically ensared by the Carians (led by Ranni), and began to serve them for this reason. The Cuckoos are more like a soft metaphor or symbol in this context, and if you don't think it means anything, that is fine - Ranni's bastardness can be explained by other means, such as by her nature as an Empyrean and the narrative around Rennala. As a sidenote, George R. R. Martin loves writing loyal bastard children, and she is one of them. As for Radagon's curse, I realized I made a mistake in editing, and the description that was supposed to appear there was incompletely inserted into the timeline a couple seconds before. Sorry about that, making such mistakes annoy me to no end xD. I have replied to someone who asked a similar question, I will post my answer here as it pertains to my reasoning: Radagon's red hair being a result of the Giant's curse makes sense for four reasons. One, and the most simplistic, there is text in game that tells us that. Of course, that doesn't automatically mean the text is entirely correct, but in this case I think it is. The second reason is that Radagon hated his red hair. The third and most esoteric reason is that the red hair of the Fire Giants isn't a random artistic choice, but a result of their man-eating practices. It references old legends about red-haired man-eating Giants of our real world, most of which come from native american tribes, and is cohesive with the ''alchemical''/''scientific'' nature of the world of Elden Ring. The fourth reason is a narrative one - Radagon's hair became red, as though tinted with the blood of the Giants they betrayed and exterminated. The Giants themselves had a brutal and controversial culture which Marika likely despised, yet she was faced with the reality that in order to fulfill her wishes she had to stoop down to their level. The red hair being recontextualized as a symbol of bravery and heroism is classic Fromsoftware irony - Radahn is a war-hungry, naive warrior who failed to grasp the implications of his father's sin, or did not care and chose to glorify his war regardless. Nearly every point I raise in this video has intricate reasoning behind it, though I chose not to elaborate too heavily on each one as to not drag the video down. Though I welcome everyone to ask me any lore-related questions or to ask for more in-depth explanations. Please feel free to continue the discussion!

Thank you! I'm glad you've enjoyed the video!! As for your comment, I haven't watched any From Software lore content on the internet for many years, nearly a decade by now. Over the years I participated in a few discussions about lore and so on, and I have talked to a few of my subscribers about it as well. If you are interested in me talking about an argument made by someone else, please feel free to post it here! If it clashes with my views, I am confident I can explain why, and probably debunk it, amicably of course xD. And again I really appreciate the kind words.

Thanks for commenting! I hope I can answer all of your questions. Here is my reply. First and foremost, I want to point out that you are taking specific facts and events out of their narrative context, and failing to see the bigger picture. Firstly, the Fire Giants fought against the Ice Dragons all the way back in an era analogous to the Bronze Age; the Astrologers hadn't yet migrated to the Mountaintops. Before mankind established itself as the rulers of the surface world, the Dragons were the apex species of the surface (the same is true for Dark Souls.) Meaning they had territory all over the Lands Between, not just near the Jagged Peak and Caelid. The war of the Giants versus the Ice Dragons was the first major conflict of men versus Dragon. Secondly, Farum Azula itself was built after the Dragon War (see the architecture, the various references the Empire of the Eclipse - including multiple statues of their dynastic rulers - and the Twinbird and so on), and the various skeletons of the Beastmen we find there already had opposable thumbs - their intelligence, much like the Dragons', was granted to them way before that. Other clues as for the timing of their intellectual development are the Inverted Hawk company of slave warriors, which originated from, most likely, an abduction of men by Demi-humans (check the location where the soldiers would have been captured; there is Demi-human tribe near that place); it would make no sense if they were enslaved and ordered to prowl the Eternal Cities by a random, unnamed group of humans. The descendants of the Astrologers were allied with the Fire Giants for generations, and together they compose a united mankind that was fighting against a common enemy, that being the Dragons and Beasts. This same narrative occurs in Dark Souls - a united mankind, which was mostly confined within the underworld (as they had to avoid the Dragons who ruled the surface), fought against the Dragons and eventually defeated them in a major conflict that took place on the surface. To finish this point, Metyr, the Mother of Fingers, was inside the first shooting star that fell upon the Lands Between. It would make no sense for Metyr to lazily stand about, avoiding fullfiling her assigned task of colonization - she granted the creatures of the Lands Between intelligence so that they could advance the schemes of the Greater Will. Bayle's rebellion took place as a reaction to the Golden Order. Considering the Dragon Communion and the Dragon Cult's origin, it is obviously impossible that this conflict took place before that time. There are a myriad of reasons for that being true besides this major one though. I am not sure if you have finished the video as of now, but I will talk about Bayle in depth eventually. :) The Ice Dragons are never stated to have been Drakes, though the curse of Bayle's bloodline is simply the removal of the intellect granted to them by the Greater Will. Meaning that if the Ice Dragons were indeed Drakes, there is still no reason to believe that Bayle's rebellion took place during the bronze age; that would just mean that the Ice Dragons weren't granted intelligence by the Greater Will. But I don't think there is any evidence at all for them being Drakes.

@@thefirelinkconspiracy Thanks for the reply. I can see your point. Taking it out of context and building up a supporting context still does not make either of us right. They are still theories. You never really mention Placidusax's relation to time or how Farum Azula is out of time. Placidusax's design evokes the five headed Tiamat of popculture but Tiamat was the mother of monsters in Sumerian mythology. You mention architecture as if that's not a malleable thing, structures and symbols could be rebuilt as TIME changes. Still on the topic of architecture, Bayle's arena looks eerily similar to Placidusax's, in fact it looks like it was plucked out of there. We know the Land of Shadow was once part of the Lands Between, fitting smugly into the hole in the map between the areas. It just makes sense that Farum Azula was phased out by Placidusax's time magic in response to Bayle's rebellion to deny them greatness like you said. Dragons living on a volcano is an age old trope. To me, the Crucible imaginery all over Farum Azula, as well as the beastmen link them to a time before the Golden Order, maybe even the original inhabitants before the Greater Will touched them. (Farum Azula also bears resemblance to Croatian and Maltan burial sites from the Bronze Age Europe - not as progressive as the Mediterranian.) Blessed by intelligence and a god, Elden Lord Placidusax and his stony dragons ruled as guides, influencing the evolution of humanoids. This is backed up by so many things trying to imitate dragons and failing in Elden Ring, which means dragons have a huge cultural impact and are viewed as the pinnacle of evolution. There is also the Draconian starting race which is described as short-lived "people of the ancient dragons." This correlates to Prehistoric human livespans. Them being called ancient dragons also goes to length to show their place in the timeline. Bayle is a dragon omen, touched by the Crucible and if we go by my theory of the Crucible predating the structure of the Golden Order, then it's understandable why Bayle's appearance was distressing to the ancient dragons. If Florisax was part of Plasidusax, the inbreeding explains why Bayle came out imperfect, violent. He is given the moniker of Tyrant (which means an oppressive ruler not a rebel like how you worded it), giving us the idea that Bayle was a leader in dragon society but his brutish ways were disjointed from the benevolent ancient dragon rule. Thus he rebelled, thus he was cast out like Lucifer and Farum Azula vanishing from the Jagged Peaks. And again you assume that Dragon Communion was an immediate response to Bayle's rebellion while siring that many offspring take time. While the Lands Between is left to its own devices, a burgeoining humanity claiming it. Another theory is Bayle only gained his Crucible mutations and lost the stony carapace of the ancient dragons like Seathe the Scaleless of Dark Souls because he was cut off from the power of Farum Azula. Regardless of the reason, Bayle's descendants come out lesser but numerous. Viewing them as a threat to the people, dragon society starts Dragon Communion to hunt drakes in the hope that a dragon warrior will be strong enough to defeat Bayle but they only become magma wyrms (referencing Fafnir legend in Scandinavian mythology where a covetous dwarf is turned into a dragon due to his greed). This would explain why the elemental charged ice dragons lived in the mountaintops before the meteorite worshiping giants made their way there. Seeing this failure Placidusax retreets into his lair to commune with the Greater Will but the rest of the ancient dragons are left to their own devices, especially the ones who were outside of Farum Azula when it popped out of existence. They became wise things to be sought out, earning their respect took great effort, like Vyke proving his worth. Fortissax's friendship with Godwyn elevated the man-dragon relationship into an alliance against enemies of the Golden Order. This is very much like GRRM to treat dragons as nuclear weapons and assets to war winning. One thing is strange though, Gransax's posture is not attacking, nor does he look dead - almost as if he is frozen in time. Marika is known for covering up events with different interpretations. If we do not agree in the timeline fine, but if you could answer me a few questions. What do you think happened to Gransax? Why is he still there while every other dead ancient dragon crumbles away with time. Why is the lightning bolt still there (funny geological thing is fulgurite). Is the lightning bolt put there by Marika to look like he attacked?

@@themonolougist Farum Azula is out of time because of its very nature, as I explain it in the video - it is a giant mausoleum constructed with the specific purpose of serving as the altar for a ritual, employing the numerous bodies of the creatures killed in the war as sacrifices; through that ritual, they contacted the Greater Will, and made Placidusax a God. The relation Farum Azula has with time, like Placidusax', has to do with the nature of the Outer God that specifically attended the ritual, in this case, the Twinbird (who is featured in iconography throughout the place). The Order that resulted from that ritual was an order of Death; an Order where the physical world was merged with the spiritual through the Eclipse. The Nox maidens were seen as angels of death and so on. Death is of course related to time - the Dragons achieved immortality because their stone scales defy time itself. By the way, there is no Crucible symbology through Farum Azula, what you are thinking of is the Greattree, because it was built by the united mankind who defeated the dragons and conjured the Eclipse and etc. The Erdtree was planted in the far, far future. And yes, Placidusax' arena was built to resemble his birthplace at the Jagged Peak, for there he would be reborn as a God. What you seem to be missing here is that the Dragons remained close to the humans for generations, ever since the first great Dragon War that happened in Caelid and that resulted in the birth of Placidusax and the construction of Farum Azula. Bayle's rebellion obviously took place after the Age of Life, as its aim was to dethrone Marika and humanity (thus why he was called a tyrant), and burn the Erdtree (which is why he developed Flame Lightning). The various Ancient Dragons who fought in the war were defeated by Demigods like Godwyn and knights of the Roundtable such as Vyke. The Dragon Communion was a direct response to Bayle's rebellion, and it was founded by Placidusax after their fight. As for the Ice Dragons again, what I personally think is most likely is that they were very much like the Ancient Dragons of the Jagged Peak, but instead of Fire and Red Lightning, they conjured Icy Mists and Blue Lightning. That would explain the Dragonkin soldiers - they were an attempt of recreating the Ice Dragons. The Dragons of Elden Ring are definitely not like the nearly mindless weapons of mass destructions of ASOIAF, who there only exist as manifestation of the ''gluttony'' of the Demiurge; their only purpose is to serve the Azor Ahai (and his lineage) and nurture the Demiurge. The same is true for the Others, who represent their opposite. The empire of the original Azor Ahai had both Dragons and Others serving it; that is what the Kingsguard represent, they are, symbolically, Others. The Targ empire was a distant immitation of the vast empire of the Bloodstone Emperor. But this is off topic xD Please feel free to keep the discussion going! (edit) Oh and I forgot to answer your question about Gransax. He was the Stormlord defeated by Godfrey. He stormed Leyndell and was killed in battle; Godfrey of course was near his throne when the incident occurred, ready to defend the capital. He is still there because his body is way too big and difficult to transport I suppose lol (it does make a great visual). I think it is as simple as that, as funny as it may be.

@@thefirelinkconspiracy Your points still sound like conjecture, only there to back your claims. Your definition of tyrant is still wrong. A tyrant can be two things, a dictator of Ancient Rome where martial law was needed and only for a certain amount of time (until Caesar seized the throne), the other meaning is when ruler or leader (sphere of influence applied) acts with full power. This mostly arose in absolutist monarchies or later in authoritarian regimes. For Bayle to be called a tyrant he had have unquestionable power over something. For your reference, ASOIAF dragons are not mindless beasts, I never said that. In fact ASOIAF dragons are deeply intelligent, apex predator and magical creatures (see Martin's blog post about dragons). Martin stated that Septon Barth is mostly right, and dragons are created through alchemy and blood magic. Yet the Empire of the Dawn seemingly had them but it's a curious case of GRRM's obsession with cosmic mysteries for there is hardly even any evidence of a super developed civilization outside of Yi Ti BUT it mirrors the Chinese mythology of a heavenly empire existing on earth before time so it mostly boils down to myths. Dragons are nuclear weapons in the sense that whoever holds them, holds the opportunity to decimate the enemy at the cost of the war goal. Drakes who only come after Bayle are mindless beasts, great at adapting to the environment, Borealis for example boasting frost powers (like an ice dragon perhaps). The drakes are all Crucible touched, horns and feathers, growths and all that riddle their bodies. I do not mistake Farum Azula's symbols for a mix of two culturs for I think it depicts the Crucible which is the predecessor and former form of the Erdtree. The first iteration of the Golden Order that the Greater Will imposed upon the Lands Between to facilitate evolution because with all immortal things they become stagnant and never changing. Placidusax is different from other ancient dragons because he was changed by the Greater Will. It doesn't make sense why ancient dragons would worship a death deity since they can't die, and Placidusax was an Elden Lord which means he had to be the servant of the Greater Will, not a different outer god. Farum Azula is not just out of time, it was taken out of time, which means it had to be somewhere in Lands Between. If you position the Shadow Realm over the map it shows that the Jagged Peaks are almost in the geographical middle and the fallen rubble all over Limgrave and Caelid shows that in fact those ruins were once part of Azula, Gurranq's Beastial Sanctum was even left intact through it all, despite being part of the ancient dragon dominion. If you entertain my idea of the Crucible-Erdtree pipeline, I don't think it's that hard to understand my points. BTW Gransax isn't dead, all other dead ancient dragons (dragon communion church, the one you see when teleported to Farum Azula hanging ovet the ledge) are all crumbled, with limp limbs and broken wings. Gransax is fully intact, his teeth are still yellow and he is looking up. The Bolt of Gransax is not his, every named ancient dragon uses a different set or form of lightning, the bolt lodged into Leyndell is Placidusax's. He looks like he was defending the capital against the real Stormlord. In my opinion the war against the dragons happened because Marika did something to incur the wrath of the Elden Lord, and with many other thing she just covered it up with lies, she is an unreliable narrator.

@@themonolougist I think you are interpreting the label ''tyrant'' too literally. He was not actually established as a dictator, but he aimed to become one, and spouted tyrannical beliefs. And the Dragons of ASOIAF are beasts of destruction, unlike those of Miyazaki's games. They were created to be weapons of the Antichrist, more or less. We can agree to disagree if you think the Greattree is the Crucible. Such symbols (which depict the Greattree) can be seen all throughout the architecture built by the alliance of Giants and Astrologers, and their empire had the Greattree as its divine tree. You don't seem to understand the Greater Will and its relation to the Outer Gods. The Outer Gods are like the embodiment of nature itself. The Greater Will is simply a divine mind, not an Outer God that can be communed with in order to reap magical benefits like mastery over Red Lightning and so on. All cultures communed with the elements of nature and drew their strength from them. I agree and understand what you said about Farum. I explain this as it having been the altar of a ritual which disconnected it from time. We know that the Stormlord was felled by Godfrey. His corpse is wielding the bolt. That bolt was definitely not Placidusax, he was not even big enough to wield it. I think you are tunnel visioning here. The war against the Dragons was clearly a result of Bayle's rebellion, and it is the third in a series of rebellions of factions that were united before, under the empire of the Eclipse, but were dissatisfied with the new Age, with the Golden Order.

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I wouldn't say simple, though it is certainly cohesive! It fundamentally operates like any other great work of literature, with a structured overarching narrative, build-ups and pay-offs, themes and so on, though the way it is communicated to the player is very mysterious xD I believe most people see the stories of the From Software games as random world building projects than actual literature, and if you view it like that you will never be able to concretely understand it. I hope you have enjoyed the video! And please feel free to post any questions you may have, I will be glad to reply!

And by the way, you got a based profile picture. My next video will cover Berserk's overarching narrative. :)

xD Thank you so much!!

Thanks for commenting! Here is my reply: I absolutely agree that external references are crucial to the understanding of Miyazaki's games; I cite many of them in my pinned comment and in my video, in fact. I may have expressed myself wrongly, I just meant that I have seen some people who get tunnel visioned by external sources and interpret things too literally. The early Numen are cavemen-like shamans. The Astrologers have a more developed culture so to speak. The Numen represent the stone age, the Fire Giants the bronze age, and the Astrologers the iron age. The Stone Coffins were buried due to the stars that landed on the Lands Between over the Ages, which have severely deformed the land and altered the sea level. They were definitely built in order to avoid a biblical flood, which is why there is a Noah-like figure on each Stone Coffin, and why they are filled with various animals and so on. This is also made evident by the connection between the Astrologers and the currents of water - the allowed themselves to be taken by the currents of the sea, and were brought to the Lands Between by them. As elaborated briefly on the start of the video, the Primeval Current is manifested microcosmically as the flow of water. The Astrologers were also expert swordsmen, and that is also tied to the idea of the flow and current and so on (see the Blind Swordsman who became a dancer after studying the currents of the underground rivers, and etc.) The Numen had special blood and flesh because of their practice of eating the special sap of trees (which are nurtured, of course, by the souls of those buried in the soil), which is why tree worship became a thing. The entire narrative centers around this idea. The powers of *grafting* result from generations of such practices, and that is also why the Shamans were hunted for their special flesh. If you see the bigger picture it becomes clearer. Romina is a successful Saint because she is called a Saint in the game, and was worshiped as one. She exhibits the properties of a supreme conductor - that is, of an Empyrean, a conduit for an Outer God. The unsuccessful ones were used as fuel for the ritual at the Divine Gate. Miquella did not repeat the original sin, quite the contrary; he sacrificed himself instead of others, an inversion of that sin. He wanted to attain godhood in a proper holy way. He represents the New Testament ideology, the kindness and forgiveness of God and so on, and the second coming of the Messiah. Please feel free to keep the discussion going, I will be happy to answer any of your questions! :)

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention! The story of the Numen is nearly identical to the origin of mankind in Dark Souls. In Dark Souls, humanity was once a different ''race'' (hollows) who lived in confinement within the underworld - because in the surface world the Dragons were the apex species. In order to leave the underworld, a more advanced mankind had to call for unity to defeat the Dragons in a combined effort. The result of the war against the Dragons was a great empire that spanned the whole world (just like the empire of the Eclipse, the union of the Fire Giants and Astrologers) and united the symbolic Day (Gwyn) and Night (the Witches of Chaos, including Velka).

Thank you, that means a lot to me! I talk about the Three Fingers here: 1:21:54 The Three Fingers and the Two Fingers embody the duality of the Greater Will. Duality is a universal law in Elden Ring. The Two Fingers seek to expand the universe, ever-nurturing the divided One Great through universal colonization. The Three Fingers seek to restore the One Great, melting the entire universe into one. Think of the ending of Evangelion for a clearer picture xD. The primordial Chaos. They were not consumed by Frenzy, they embody the Flame of Frenzy and what it represents. A call for unity, the abandonment of individuality for the sake of the collective. I was able to precisely discern each Generation of Albinauric for a multitude of reasons. The most notable one is their design. All generations have at least one or more common traits that denote their nature, such as pale hair and skin, sickly/frail constitution, lack of leg function, a mass-produced appearance, a devised role that defines their existence, such as that of an oracle or soldier or sentinel, pale blood (in the case of the first three generations, which were made with little to no Gold in their constitution, being based on the Silver dew of the Greattree), and so on. In the case of the first and second gens, the game itself tells us what they are. They also wear armor that is more medieval in appearance, in contrast to, for example, the Tree Sentinels, which are mass-produced, lack the function of their legs, have the role of sentinel, but wear more ornate, late-medieval, renaissance-like armor and bleed red blood. Loretta and Gaius more or less confirm their status as Albinaurics - each instance of asset reuse in this game has significance to the story. The third gen is definitely the Oracle Envoys because of their very role - they are the envoys of a new age, of the Dawn, which they announce with their golden trumpets. That is obviously a reference to Marika's Age of Gold. They are pale-blooded, pale-skinned, frail, mass-produced homunculi-looking blobs. All Albinaurics that have come after them have red blood; they were the last ones to have been produced with the Silver dew of the Greattree as a basis. Later generations had the Golden dew of the Erdtree, the Golden Sap as their basis. I can go on if you want, with in depth explanations for each generation of Albinauric. The Outer God attaching itself to Miquella is Light, which is why his curse is the opposite of Melina's (death x eternal youth; a Destined Death, meaning completeness, x an eternally incomplete, immature destiny.) The Giant skeletons are merely the remains of exceptionally large Giants. It could be that they are that way because they ate not only human flesh but also Dragon flesh. Their remains are found in abundance places where the Giants fought against the Dragons - the Mountaintops and Caelid. The Cemetery Shades will likely be addressed in my next video, which will cover the details of Elden Ring. I hope this reply is enough for now, and thank you again for your kind words! Feel free to continue the discussion, I will be glad to answer more of your questions if you happen to have any!

Precisely. The Greater Will wanted Miquella to succeed her, producing a new lineage of Demigods. She was discarded and imprisoned.

@@thefirelinkconspiracy The Greater Will actually left once Metyr became broken. It sent it's vassal to do the job but actual involvement is unknown whether Elden beast received orders or not and became equally abodoned and broken (the shattering and Elden beast living inside of the Elden ring. The wound on the stomach suggest's that shattering affected Elden beast and suggest's that Elden beast is somewhat connected to the Elden ring itself) as it's sibling.

Thank you!! I will make a follow-up video to this one covering the smaller details of the story. Renna was... Rennala! ''The moon was encountered by a young Ranni, led by the hand of her mother, Rennala. What she beheld was cold, dark and veiled in occult mystery.'' Renna was Rennala's alias, a persona she had created in order to study heretical sorceries. This is why there is no Rise of Rennala at the Carian Manor, but there is one for Renna. Ranni's doll body looks like a younger Rennala. Both George and Miyazaki love to write characters with secret identities, often with obvious, in-your-face names. Miquella was the former owner of Torrent, as is evident by that picture of him riding Torrent. The Spirit Calling Bell has the purple aura of St. Trina, the same featured on the sprites for the St. Trina's sword and other items. I will cover both of these topics in more detail in my next Elden Ring upload!

Thank you so much! Looking forward to more videos!!

Now I just have to puzzle out why Ranni would want to do the bidding of Miquella by passing the bell along to us. Doesn’t she want to prevent Miquella from becoming a god?

@DWileyNewMarket She does, but they were likely close to each other before the Shattering. Miquella is the embodiment of kindness, and is the type of figure to be beloved by all. Despite their rivalry, Ranni likely does not resent him and vice-versa - just like Marika does not resent any of her children, quite the contrary, she loves them all, but is forced to orchestrate their downfall. And thank you again! I am glad you have enjoyed it!

Thank you!!

Thanks for watching! Could you elaborate on why? I am confident I can answer your questions, just let me know if you have any!

And oh, by the way, I intend on making a follow-up video covering all that was not elaborated upon in this one. That being minor details and other things that deviate from the main events.

this video explained everything so well that it feels obvious in retrospect. you should substantiate your claim instead of just posting a comment like this, I'm sure the creator of the video will respond all of your questions

Hey! Thanks for commenting. Radagon's red hair being a result of the Giant's curse makes sense for four reasons. One, and the most simplistic, there is text in game that tells us that. Of course, that doesn't automatically mean the text is entirely correct, but in this case I think it is. The second reason is that Radagon hated his red hair. The third and most esoteric reason is that the red hair of the Fire Giants isn't a random artistic choice, but a result of their man-eating practices. It references old legends about red-haired man-eating Giants of our real world, most of which come from native american tribes, and is cohesive with the ''alchemical''/''scientific'' nature of the world of Elden Ring. The fourth reason is a narrative one - Radagon's hair became red, as though tinted with the blood of the Giants they betrayed and exterminated. The Giants themselves had a brutal and controversial culture which Marika likely despised, yet she was faced with the reality that in order to fulfill her wishes she had to stoop down to their level. The red hair being recontextualized as a symbol of bravery and heroism is classic Fromsoftware irony - Radahn is a war-hungry, naive warrior who failed to grasp the implications of his father's sin, or did not care and chose to glorify his war regardless. And Radagon had to have conducted a 'crusade' (very deliberate therminology here) with the Misbegotten at some point. We see one of them in the North - the one who was most likely the closest acquaintance of Radagon -, at the Mountaintops of the Giants, wielding Radagon's legendary sword, which represents the Golden Order. Such things are hints by From Software and never coincidences. It fits perfectly that Radagon faced the Fire Giants, led the Misbegotten and was cursed by the Giants for his betrayal. I hope this answer satisfied your doubt. Please, feel free to reply and keep the discussion going!

Thank you!! I am truly glad you appreciate it! As for your questions: His curse is that of eternal youth, and he is a conduit to Light, as Melina is to Shadow. Radagon is Marika's animus, he was born when she became a Saint - that is, when her body was made a supreme conductor. Not all Empyreans appear to have the ability of splitting their nature into Anima and Animus, we have only seen Miquella do it besides Marika.

Ah, that makes sense. The conduit reference is really cool. Welp, Carl Jung will be my next readings then. That is fascinating.

@@jolteontrainer7489 Start with the book ''Man and his symbols'', it is a great introductory read.

​@thefirelinkconspiracy sick! Thanks dude!!

Hahah I hope you'll enjoy the video!

I don't get this. Everyone has an accent even Americans heck they have multiple different accents put a New Yorker, a Wisconsin person, a southerner from Appalachia and one from Louisiana, a Californian all in the same room and it would be difficult for any non Americans to know that those people were all from the same country

@170skeith The realization that everyone has an accent and that the accent you grew up with isn’t the “standard” is one you have when you start interacting more with people from different places. For some people this comes early in life, for some later. Plus this is YT you never know if a commenter is 12, 75, or anywhere in between.

And you can tell it's a natural accent unlike other lore content creators that try to sound like Vaati.

I think the weapons not being boosted by such items is in line with the way the game usually works. There are barely any sets or talismans that boost weapons, it's usually just the sorceries and incantations that get a bonus, with a couple exceptions I can think of.

That character preset is indeed a major clue as to their origin, though it explains a lot with that small paragraph and the visual appearance of the Numen. The Ancestral Followers evidently predate Marika's reign by, at the very least, many centuries, and they are the native inhabitants of the Lands Between who made contact with the Astrologers, the travelers who found them in the underworld. There is a clear correlation between Elden Ring's timeline and our real world's, with the Numen representing the Stone Age, the Fire Giants the bronze age, the Astrologers the iron age and so on, all the way to the renaissance being referenced by Marika's and Radagon's poses.

@thefirelinkconspiracy I am familiar with your latter point in your reply although I can figure that From Software didn't necessarily set out to give every major epoch of the game's world a 1:1 parallel. As for the first paragraph I didn't think it was explicitly clear that the Ancestral Followers would have existed underground that long ago and I don't remember reading anything about the Astrologers discovering them down there, although that would explain the Claymen and some of the sorcery types found down there but... I've also never seen it mentioned anywhere that the civilization represented by "Elden John" and all the Ancient Dynasty/Uhl/Uld or Rauh *are* the Astrologers, but if that was the case why do the Ancestral Followers/"Numen" hang out around the *ruins* of the Astrologers? Just. It would be better to cite your sources instead of just expecting your audience to take you at your word. You do include sources in the video but then there are long periods with no in-game sources mentioned.

Maybe I'm mistaken and I should rewatch your video but I don't think you even explicitly mention the ancient time period in which the civilization of presumed giants created the structures found in Rauh and all over the Lands Between even underground in Highroad Cave and or that whatever cataclysm, presumably the arrival of Metyr or the Elden Ring, destroyed their civilization. But that would have predated almost everything else in the timeline

@@Vordb666 The Ancestral Followers evidently inhabited the underground, as it is there that the Ancestor Spirits they brewed reside (think of the sacred bodies of the animals they worship.) For that and various others reasons that rely mostly on subtext and can be deciphered through inductive reasoning, such as them inhabiting the underworld in order to avoid the Dragons and Beasts that reigned on the surface (think of cavemen and their cave-dwelling practices in our own distant past). The Astrologers are the ones behind the Uhl civilization, that is, the ancient underground ruins. Yes, they have created the Claymen, which served as oracles of the cosmos, and they were expert swordsmen who studied the currents (both of the waters and of the stars). Once you see the big picture it all becomes very clear. I have seen this ''Elden John'' name mentioned a couple times in my channel before, and I think it refers to the statues of the Uhl dynast, correct? Yes, that is the dynast of the Astrologers. The Ancestral Followers were the actual native inhabitants of the underworld, and the Astrologers made contact with them as they reached the Lands Between. The longer periods with little to no in-game sources mentioned mostly rely on 1. inductive reasoning, 2. context clues, 3. visual design, 4. narrative analysis. If there is any specific part that left you wanting to know my line of reasoning, please feel free to reply here and I will answer to the best of my ability with a detailed explanation as to why I believe that is the most logical and cohesive conclusion.

@@Vordb666 This is incorrect, and I do mention it in the video. Those structures were built right after the Giants and the Astrologers joined together to defeat the Ice Dragons at the Mountaintops. Their united civilization built the various ruins built with meteoric rock/black stone we see throughout the Lands Between, such as the enormous aqueducts, bridges and so on. I talk about it here -> 18:20 The Fire Giants built *aqueducts* precisely because of their alliance with the Astrologers; it is a union of Ice and Fire, of Night and Day. An eclipse, if you will. :)

Yes, her body is there, but a part of her flesh and bone was consumed to forge the Fingerslayer. If you compare the Fingerslayer Blade to the Sacred Relic Sword - which was forged using Radagon's flesh - you'll see the uncanny resemblance. Though Ranni's Fingerslayer is way smaller.

Thank you! And that's a funny observation to make Miyazaki is quite a nerd xD

Thank you!! I'm glad you have enjoyed it!! Have you seen my most recent video? It is a better and longer version of this one.

Thank you!!

Precisely! Lovecraft is one of the greatest influences for both Miyazaki and George R. R. Martin, especially for his cosmology - and Elden Ring has inherited ASOIAF's cosmology nearly to a T. Bloodborne is also very similar in this regard, and I plan to make a detailed lore guide for it as well of course. I hope you are enjoying this video, and please let me know if you have any questions! Feel free to continue this discussion too.

There are various clues that show us she is Placidusax' anima, especially if you understand that Placidusax was the God-emperor of the previous Age, the Age of the Eclipse, which began after the war against the Dragons, as a great empire that encompassed the entirety of the Lands Between rose. (By the way, this exact same narrative happens in Demon's Souls and Dark Souls. Great empires that encompass the entire world rise and later fall for a multitude of reasons, a major one being instability.) Firstly, it is strange that the Old Lord's talisman, which depicts Placidusax, has only four heads. We know that he originally had five, and that two of them were lost in his fight with Bayle. There were no conflicts or wars that were written during the period when Placidusax' reigned, meaning it's unlikely that a random, irrelevant battle that is never mentioned claimed one of his heads. Secondly, Florissax' is spiritually linked to Placidusax. This is perfectly explained by her being a manifestation of his Anima. Thirdly, Bayle's story is one of rebellion against his father; he is inspired by Lucifer, the angel who led a rebellion against God, lost, and along with his followers ended up cursed and exiled from Heaven. Both Miyazaki and George R. R. Martin write this kind of parallel very frequently, and both love to reinterpret and recontextualize biblical archetypes within their stories. Florissax' being Bayle's mother is the reason for her tie with Bayle's flower-covered arena. The black flowers, in a way, are symbolic of her motherly grief. As mentioned in the video, there is a subtext of penance woven into Florissax' story and role. She is punishing herself for Bayle's transgressions, and by slaying Bayle we can redeem her. It is also no coincidente that Placidusax' founded the Dragon Communion and Florissax became its envoy. She is reffered to as the Dragon Communion Priestess first and foremost, in fact. I hope this reply proves satisfactory enough for you. Please feel free to keep the discussion going, or to ask more questions! I'll be happy to answer you again!

Thank you so much for your kind words!

:D I'm very happy to read that. Thank you, and I hope you will enjoy it!

Yes it is!

Thank you, your words truly mean a lot. The third generation of Albinaurics is discussed here -> 27:47 In order to trace a cohesive timeline of the batches of Albinauric, I took into consideration every single clue provided to us. In this case, the first and second generations of Albinaurics are pale-blooded - just like the Oracle Envoys. They are also the prophets of a new age, and their white clothes, as well as their golden trumpets are symbols of the Dawn - that being Marika's Age of Life, an Age of Gold. It is a very obvious clue in hidnsight, considering the previous order was one of Death and Eclipse. They are also present to announce Miquella's reform of the Golden Age, his Age of Kindness, which is a continuation of Marika's Age of Life. It isn't that hard to identify Albinaurics for one major reason - their visual design communicates their nature, as is elaborated upon later on the video. Even the ones that cover their faces and bodies share traits with other generations. For a specific example, the Tree Sentinels are strangely chained to their horses, and we never get to fight them on foot. Same with Loretta. With Gaius, we get more or less a proper confirmation that their legs do not function. If you want a more in-depth explanation, feel free to post a reply and I will provide you with a detailed timeline for the other generations as well. :)

​@thefirelinkconspiracy The only generations i wasnt sold on was the last two generations? What were the details that led you to this? What makes you think Ofnir created the clergy of the Golden Order when he is a tarnished that returns after the shattering. Perfumers were around before the shattering too. Great video!

@@brigbird3656 Thank you! And as for your questions: The perfumers were, originally, physick chemists. I believe they were created by Gideon Ofnir for three major reasons; firstly, he perfectly fits the profile of someone who would create a batch of Albinaurics. He is a scholar, perhaps the greatest one we meet in game. Secondly, the perfumers are loyal to him, and follow his orders for seemingly no reason. Why is that the case? Because he is their creator. And thirdly, because it fits the timeline. Gideon Ofnir is implied to be old and wise, and he would be around during the dawn of the Golden Order. The nature of the Albinaurics of the last generation is definitely subtler to grasp than their that of their predecessors, but it is still apparent for a few reasons. As I've argued in the video, most generations of Albinaurics serve as priests/oracles and soldiers/sentinels, and their roles are often gendered. In the case of the last generation, we can see some who are soldiers (such as those who guard the Shaded Castle) and some who are priests or occupy a similar role (such as Tanith, a Dancer and royal consort, and to an extent, Thiollier, who is an alchemist and devout follower of St. Trina). Another clue is their covered faces; Albinaurics are mass-produced, and that is reflected in their appearance. Despite the last generation being a near perfect replica of humans, they likely look identical to one another. As they were officially integrated into nobility, you can understand why they would feel like they needed to wear (silver!) masks (some of which increase Arcane xD) to cover their artificial faces. Lastly, there is their association with Arcane. The invader of the Shaded Castle wears a silver mask that increases Arcane, and wields an arcane-scaling weapon. We know that Albinaurics are, as the game puts it, innately Arcane. Thiollier's head piece also increases Arcane, and the items associated to him all have a relation to that stat. It can also be said that from the perspective of narrative analysis, the creation of various generations of Albinaurics is a build-up for a perfected homunculus being invented - that being the Silver Tears, and their creation resulted in war. The last generation of Albinaurics is the second closest in that regard. I hope this answer was satisfactory! Please feel free to continue the discussion :)

@@thefirelinkconspiracy Thank you for your response. I have a few more questions: What were the Nox? Are they albinaurics or descendants of Numen? It says they’re a cold blooded race and they have similar weapons as the nightfolk who were said to once bleed silver. What were the Knights of Zamor? Are they the opposite of the Fire Giants- Numen who conducted the power of the Primordial Current instead of the Fell God? Also does Radagon have relation to them?- they walk/move the same way and there’s one with his Scarseal in the Weeping Evergoal. Follow up- what’s Radagon’s relation to the Misbegotten? What exactly is the Great Tree? Is it the part of the Scadutree being strangled by the shadow strangler fig? Did you say the Astrologers planted it- if so why? What’s the purpose behind the Fallen Hawks? I know they were slaves but what makes you think they were enslaved by Demi-humans and why did they get sent underground?

@@fullspeedpagan I can't believe I missed this! Yes, the Nox are certainly Albinaurics created with the silver dew of the Greattree - they too serve as priests and warriors, and they bled silver. The Nox maidens are the angels of death mentioned in the Winged Scythe's item description. I honestly feel compelled to remake this video with increased information, as I also did not mention that the Ice Dragons parallel the Ancient Dragons of the Jagged Peak and wield Frozen Lightning and etc. Those two points are quite relevant. The warriors of Zamor were likely an ancient group of humanoids who faced the Ice Dragons, but were defeated and enslaved. Though their weapons possess magical powers, they don't scale with intelligence or faith, meaning they were likely an ancient, semi-primitive people, not too dissimilar to the Fire GIants. The beasts and dragons would enslave the men they captured, as was the case for the soldiers who became the Fallen Hawk company of slave warriors as well. Both the warriors of Zamor and the Misbegotten fought for Radagon in the war against the Fire Giants. That is the explanation for that warrior of Zamor possessing a Radagon's Icon, and is also why some of them were considered heroes - they fought for the Golden Order. The Greattree is the Shadowtree, yes. The Astrologers planted it for a few reasons: they had created the Claymen, oracles of the cosmos, it is possible that it was from the knowledge they acquired from them that they got the idea to plant the Greattree; the Greattree represents an Age of Death, so to speak, and age where the spirit world is merged with the physical, an age where death burned in Ghostflame and so on. The Astrologers are of course associated with all that. The Fallen Hawks were originally a group of scouts who in the midst of their exploration got captured by Demi-humans who served the ruling force of the overworld, the Dragons. They were ordered to scout and prowl the underworld in search of the Eternal Cities by the Dragons/Demi-humans.

All of the NPCs are so ugly in the demake, it's insane lol