As soon as you reminded me of rain I thought "But in this case it didn't rain, and maybe wasn't one meteor impact, maybe it was like a meteor shower that liquified the land all over." and then my mind went to "Founding Rain of Stars" the first of all Glintstone Sorceries "The glimpse of the primeval current that the astrologer saw became real, and the stars' amber rained down on this land." If that astrologer was the ancient dynast, it could stand to reason that he foresaw this "Rain of Stars" in the primeval current and the rest is history as described All im saying is the fact that the first glintstone sorcery is described as "Rain" and was essentially a meteor shower does connect nicely with these ideas and is also ancient in nature, playing a similar role as "the first" so to speak
What distinguishes this channel (other than the archaeology) is how they clearly researched their theories prior to release to the extent that they elude to months of work and theory collation rather than release asap to generate views. Truely a labor of love
@@tarnishedarchaeologistthat's not a compliment that's an objective factual observation. I thought I understood elden ring lore as well as any did after hundreds of hours of lore videos, then I watch one tarnished archeologist video and realize I knew absolutely nothing
i have to agree, seems like tarnished archaeologist here doesn't just do extra research but also goes back over it a couple times and double checks and cross references everything. No hate to other lore channels, i think most do great work, but this channel seems to bring things to another level
I truly hope that you one day consider partnering with the psychologist and perhaps others to write an anthology that delves deeper into the real-world parallels . I’m all-in for it. Thank you for what you do!
I love how the begginings of these, and throughout, feel so different from other lore videos. People always make their lore videos relating to pop culture references or other From games. But its nice to see comparisons between real history/myths.
The only other creator who I'm aware of who does anywhere near as good of a job is Quelaag, who's really getting every cent she can out of her education (I say with love if you see this, I feel that sister) though it seems like it's more based in literary criticism, and her vibe is a little more "eccentric aunt who's quite smart takes you to school"
What sets TA apart for me is the fact that even if I were to find a particular theory to be farfetched (which hasn't happened yet), the videos and by extension the game itself have become vehicles to learn about so many fascinating ancient cultures. This shit is awesome, well done TA!!
I like your interpretation that the stones coffins only became stone coffins after the occupants were trapped inside. It makes way more sense that they were arks but that only a few survived the catechism.
I'm forty years old and Elden Ring is my favorite game of all time. Each playthrough is amazing but will never emulate the awe and wonder of the first time exploring The Lands Between. I am deeply grateful for your videos as they tap into that wonder and discovery all over again. Thank you so very much for your hardwork and shared passion.
You opened my mind to so much that doesn't even has to do with ER, I got like 20 tavs open at the moment, gonna be a long night, thanks brother, you're keeping me alive in those dark days.
That final teaser revealing Radagon's point of union with Marika is going to be very interesting. Speaking of cataclysmic events, I hope we get to see your findings The Finger Ruins. Visually, they look as if the Greater Will itself gripped the land and I'm curious if there's any historical imagery or geographic indications that can contextualize the alien environment.
Im guessing it must have been Metyr that warned Elden John that the lava flood was coming, especially if the coming of the elden beast was what caused the flood.
I think the great cataclysm that flooded the Lands Between with molten rock was the meteor that brought Metyr. She is described as being the first that the Greater Will put on the planet, the Elden Beast I believe arrived during Marika's ascension.
I think something interesting we can gleam is that the divine locus framed by the Gate of Divinity is indigenous to the Lands Between, while the Elden Star and the Fingers (all envoys of the greater will) are not. I think what's very subtly being posited here is that the Greater Will is an alien force that exudes its influence on these lands, yet true divinity is something very much natural and native to the Lands Between as perhaps was the focus of the Rauh civilization. Now, I'm a bit unsure whether the Rauh civilization destroyed itself because of cults to the World Eating Serpent (associated with magma) or if the Elden Beast star brought up the molten cataclysm or whether the Elden Beast simply brought life back to the molten world, but it remains that the Greater Will was probably not happy with the fact that the tower folk were digging up the Rauh ruins and seeking their own divinity rather than venerating the Greater Will (basically digging up the "Nephilim"), so Marika was given her finger envoys to guide her in succeeding them and perhaps even purging them later.
The ruins being giant finger prints is probably a very literal metaphor/allusion to Lovecraft. I think in the story about Cthulu theres a line that says something like “What we see of him is but a fingerprint” or something like that. Im botching it but
It occured to me that Putrescence is very much like Crucible - and content of Jars. All of them are unions of myriad of life forms in one. One natural, one artificial and one accidental. Fantastic work TA. Best lore tuber all around.
I think the Sun Realm Shield is an incredibly under appreciated lore item. It reveals the possiblity of an ancient era where the Sun ruled as a god, specially since Sun worship was a very prevalent religion all around the world, including the Sumerians. I think that the Fell God is related to this Sun god. This would explain the Fire Giant's forge was already built before this flood, and would mark the "Sun Realm" era as the one before the flood.
You are not wrong in facts the one eyed sun deity does appear in Mesopotamian mythology it's an evil goddess slain by ninurta Mesopotamian god of war,warriors, agriculture, harvest, hunting
Exactly what i have been screaming atop a mountain since the early days of the game. Every culture ingame fears the fell god and that must have a historical reason, not just "mighty fire giants roar and cause storms of fire and avalanches across the world". The sun shield is very much under peoples radar even tho the sun was one of the biggest physical gods in human history.
ive basically been assuming the fell god was the sun, straight up, since other outer gods seem to be associated with celestial bodies and the greater will is apparantly a black hole / the void of space
I'm pretty sure the sun is symbolic of the greater will, not the fell god. Firstly, consider that skeletal beastmen in farum azula also drop the shield, we know that farum azula was an elden ring centered culture, thus worshipping the greater will, there's not really anything that ties them to the fell god. Also look to both goldmask and the dungeater, the formers titular mask and the latters medallion both evoking images of the sun, yet neither having anything to do with the fell god. Instead both their questlines result in forming a mending rune, used to repair the elden ring and usher in a new order to the lands between, fulfilling the greater wills wishes. The biggest thing, to me, that points to this theory though is the warming stone, it's item description stating "It's said that the Erdtree was once as warm as the gentle sun, and would gradually heal all who bathed in its rays". It directly likens the healing power of the erdtree to the sun, which would be an odd thing to do if the sun were the fell god, one of the greatest enemies of the erdtree. And again, a connection only strengthened by the dlc's improved version, literally called the "sunwarmth stone", and again likens the erdtree's healing light to the warmth of the sun. Another small detail is the fact that the sun ingame is so small and easily missed, which I believe is a visual representation of the greater wills abandonment, though that could be a stretch.
@@crazzyguy7735 Most Beastman use the Jar shield, the only who drop the Sun Realm Shield are a few of Those Who Live in Death. Which is pretty specific, you would think that if the Greater Will and the Sun were always synonymous, there wouldn't be such distinction. Moreover, the age/kingdom named in the shield is no vague title, as it specifically capitalizes the term "Seat of the Sun" where seat has no reason to be capitalized unless it is referring to an specific, named era. So i hardly think that this was merely another age of the GW. Ironically, we all know how the Golden Order is very much fashioned after Christianity, and how fitting for the Golden Order it is that it assimilates an aspect of another culture, even more when in real history, Christ took on the symbol of the Sun as well! "Mithra was also the god of the sun, of the shining light that beholds everything, and, hence, was invoked in oaths. The Greeks and Romans considered Mithra as a sun god. He was probably also the god of kings." The birth of Mithra was on December 25, celebrated in Saturnalia, which is... Yeah, the original Christmas. You mention the Dung-eater medallion since it's medallion doesn't specifically depict a sun, but rather it only mentions that it's "Sun-shaped" Ironically, it is basically the exact same visual as the Fire Visage from the DLC, a much more close fit since it also has a face. And the fire Visage directly depicts the Fell God. What's more another thing which resembles the Fire Visage, which again, depicts the Fell God, is the Lamenter mask, and the lamenter form itself has on it's back a giant face extremely similar to that which the Fire Giant has on it's chest. I think what you say doesn't necessarily mean that the GW couldn't have been fashioned as a "Sun religion", but it certainly doesn't debunk the existance of an ancient kingdom of a Sun god separate to that of the GW.
I am once again blown away by your skills here. I can't watch a lot of elden ring lore videos since the dlc. Because it seems to muddle a lot of the lore or is completely unrelated? I'd love to be wrong but most videos just seem way to speculative yet said with an air of authority. But you're takes using your knowledge of real world mythos gives so much life to this world! I love it. Thank you for your hard work!
Ngl fam as soon as I walked around the stone ships in-game a few months back I remember thinking “Ol’ TA is gonna have a field day with this one”. Called it, great vid as always 🔥
The bodies of the titans rising from the landscape probably started as another Nausicaa reference, the bodies of the ancient god warriors that dot the landscape. It's also not hard to see the many stone pillars embedded in the earth as an evolution of the stone forest that holds up the world of dark souls, visible in Ash Lake, which is also a Nausicaa reference (note the giant skull there as well).
What if the great stone flood was the Crucible itself? The Elden Star landing was the cataclysmic event that caused the lands to melt into one soup of rock and life. The Erdtree couldve been born from the land shortly after, when the land was fertile from the life that once was. People that survived coulve splintered their beliefs, with people like the hornsent worshiping the event itself as the birth of life, and others worshipping the erdtree born from the event, when really its all just different aspects of the Greater Will to begin with.
I subscribe to this. Only problem is that there's suposed to be no civilization before the splitting of the One Great. Unless maybe what was there before wasn't life, like the everlasting dragons or archtrees from before fire
I thought about it too but i'm confused to the fact ruah worships the crucible and it existed before the flood, unless ruah are just hornsent who came to inhabit the ruins of the ancient giants, and the crucible happened to be near it.
The sun realm from the sun shield probably was the "realm" of the fell god, while i dont subscribe to the idea that the magma flood was caused by meteors, every culture fears the fire god and that must have a historical reason.
@@jotasietesiete4397 The Crucible and the One great are two separate concepts. The new lore from the DLC has led most people to the conclusion that the one great existed before everything else, before fracturing and becoming the greater will (the will of the one great) and the other outer gods. The crucible is hard to pin down exactly, perhaps it refers to a time when life was blended together, or a place or thing which blends life itself, but it is not necessarily the origin of all life. There definitely was life before the cataclysm, the ancient giants and Elden John civilization obviously, but possibly the Farum Azula civilization as well. Rauh makes things messy, but it seems like their civilization continued existing after the cataclysm.
The Asassin’s Creed theme, structures older than the earth (lava), and museum artifacts, this is my happy place. Can’t wait to watch the full episode later!
One thing I noticed about the DLC is the recurring theme of death in the lands of shadow. It is such a frequent theme that there are literally tombs bursting from the land (or as I like to think of it, the lands are literally made of/ fertilised by death), as exemplified by the spirit graves, “staircase coffins”, and of course the massive stone coffins. The Suppressing Tower reads: “all manners of death drift” to the land of shadow, which I interpret as: the land of shadow which we tread, is made from the accumulated death of all life that came before, like precipitating grime out of seawater. Awesome analysis as always! Love you TA
I think your theory about the stone coffins floating there on lava makes perfect sense. Mostly because a ship made of stone would never float on water.
I think it depends on construction. Ships don’t have to be made of buoyant materials (otherwise our steel ships nowadays would sink), they just have to have enough air in their hull to displace enough water to stay afloat. As long as the rock making up a ship is watertight, it should be able to float. Though I do agree, in this case with the Elden ring coffin ships, it sounds for sure like a lava flood.
@@chrisprescott2273I do not believe the coffins were ever designed to float on water; throughout the game we see several coffins used as transportation devices that work by "riding" light, defying gravity outright, and using some kind of glyph-based power system. The elevators that go down to Siofra also use this "stone magic". It's clear to me that the coffins arrived in the Lands Between by this same or similar technology. Not by actually floating on water. I am very confused how TA keeps missing this connection.
I have had my gripes with some of your theories, but this was just masterful. I'm blown away. I had an inkling of the 'ark' idea, but I hadn't imagined they would be designed to 'float' along such a magma deluge. Nor that not all of the ark's would have become putrescence. 3 survivors is a brilliant idea/find. Absolutely stunning work on this one, truly
When this game first came out, my bf and I said "I bet you the GW sent the comet as a punishment, and the earthquake/tremors of the impact from it sank the eternal cities like a 'land' version of the flood myth." It feels so good to have perhaps guessed that tiny part of the lore based on context clues. Love your work- this is the first video Ive watched from this channel, and you have a fan!
I'm wondering if you or anyone else has covered the cliffside terrain of Mr Gelmir/Altus/Liurnia? When I look at it I get the sense that it has been manipulated by gravity magic. Especially given those spires around the Uhl Palace Ruins, which was likely mostly teleported underground.
each time I see or explore the inmediation of gelmir, including caria, give the sense that teluric activity has shake the region in the 2010 earthquake, a whole city was moven a meter, similar case is the island of chiloe was risen other meter, same country. when looking the road on gelmir is clear that mountain gelmir has being rising upward, gelmir is not only active, is moving/growing
The Mt. Gelmir map says that it underwent violent upheavals during the Shattering - apparently even the land buckled and broke. So it’s very plausible that Mt. Gelmir looks like that only now that the Shattering has shaken and broken it.
This series feels like a mix between elden ring lore and trey the explainer. It's such delightful vibe. Intriguing, informative and relaxing. Looking forward to the next one
My goodness!! The Mesopotamian inspiration is the key to unravel Marika´s betrayal!!! TA you are a treasure to the lore community!! Each and every episode is great! Cannot wait for the next one!
You guys and Hawkshaw are the only channels I trust to do the full research every time a new video comes out. Looking forward to seeing what you can piece together regarding the Sun Realm and original Prince of Death.
I love that the best Elden Ring lore videos are not-so-secretly science communication videos. You do an amazing job of teaching people how real scientists learn about the real ancient world, while constantly making me go OHHHHHH about a game ive played hundreds of hours of
One theory I really like that explains a ton of stuff is that The Lands Between isn’t a natural place. That the gods or whoever took all of the main players and their kingdoms and essentially smushed them together and transported them somewhere else. It explains why the scale of everything is weird, why the different biomes seem to be just smushed together like puzzle pieces and the “kingdoms” have no actual kingdoms. They’re just the castles and a few other structures. The theory is that the “Greater Will” or whatever took everyone involved in the world wide war involved in the shattering, the release of Scarlet Rot, Death Blight… etc. and snatched them out of the world and put them all together in an “arena” of sorts to let them sort out their problems away from the rest of the world. They took the Erdtree, the towers, the castles, caves… and moved them into a sort of pocket dimension through the “fog” and that’s what the “Lands Between” actually is. There’s probably a whole world out there with huge chunks and kingdoms missing but maybe there’s regular, giants, etc just living normal lives. The curses and chaos of Grace and everything related has been confined to The Lands Between and the Shadow Realm. This would explain the floods, the weird rock growth and mismatch of biomes and architecture. Because it was all just smooshed together and unceremoniously dropped in the middle of an ocean somewhere.
Brilliant as always! I swear, every video you post warrants a new playthrough of this brilliant game! The work you do does SO much to augment the pristine gameplay and sense of adventure that Elden Ring offers! Much love TA, been along for the ride since your first 500 subs or so! Keep it up and know your work is meaningful and deeply appreciated!!
I've always been fascinated by the Flood myths, because you can find a Flood mentioned in most cultures in that general vicinity, and even a few further out. (I think there's actually a Taiwanese variant that refers back to Noah) Beyond Noah, I'm a Greek mythology buff, so I'm most familiar with Deucalion , but I vaguely know of myths from all around the Mediterranean
As most of the major civilisations that we have inherited our written culture from were formed next to rivers that is no surprise. The Nile and Egyptian culture, Tigris & Euphrates city-states , Indus basin culture, and the river basin where Chines cultures flourished are responsible for this. It's amazing how integral their mythological/historical structures are to much of modern culture today.
I remember thinking these could have been ‘generation ships’ for the Numen. That they may have been star faring. At least that was before more evidence came about. This is a good conclusion as well.
You’re definitely onto something with the Dynasty being the precursor civilization to Enir-Ilim. In the gaols, specifically the one under Belurat, there’s a heavy presence of Dynasty-style architecture, albeit slightly more ornate in ornamentation. It’s also curious that these gaols are where the Swordhands of Night are born. The atmospheric effects in the more expansive parts of the gaols are very reminiscent of the false Night we see in Nokstella, and although the game doesn’t have any built-in temperature gauge, these gaols are implied to be freezing cold, suggested by the presence of frozen maggots and frost coating various surfaces within. On a side note, I think this seems to reinforce a connection between Ranni’s Dark Moon and the Black Moon of Nokstella.
Do you have any thoughts on why the Titans seemed to be so large, and how it matches up with their buildings? The ruins seem built for much smaller people; were the titans slave builders, or maybe pet keepers? On that note, the giant hornsent specimen - how does it's size and shape compare to the base game titans?
The important detail in the DLC, referencing the taurus vessels. are the golden sculptures in the Belurat, depicting the boats with the apparent oxen design being used in some sort of ceremonial procession, likely funerary ritual. Take a look at that please!
Replaying demon souls ds1-2-3 bloodborne & sekiro after beating elden ring & its Dlc left me with many epiphanies in the lore & am still constantly unearthing some unsettling revelations with the hindsight of elden ring & The shadow of the erd tree Your work is very important. Super informative
One thing I've been thinking about when re-exploring the base game areas is how it feels like some areas are "grafted" together. The Divine Bridge has a very strange and steep cut off with seemingly no rubble beneath it, and is pointedly not bridge like. Almost as if it was suddenly ripped away.
I was a bit sad to finish this DLC but also so thrilled because it meant I could come to your channel and watch your videos. This is such a great begining, your analysis and paralels with real world myths and history always blow my mind, thank you for making this game experience even greater than it already is!
i believe some of the answers to the bull iconography can be found on Dark Souls 2. The iron king is represented as a bull, and Yui worked his ass off on that game, and there's so much of ds2 in elden ring (like with the emerald herald and her purple eye). Maybe the answer lies there, in the forgotten dark souls game
Many Fromsoft theorists are so speculative that their content is more about their creativity than the story’s depth. You base your theories in such concrete evidence that it’s not so much that I wonder and praise your findings,and more then I’m amazed, impressed, and more deeply intrigued by the story tellers at Fromsoft. And that’s the way strong analysis writhing should be. (Not that I’m not also very impressed by you, too!) Well done!
I live for stuff like this. Quite literally digging up entire stories from well-hidden details that turn out to be analogous to the real world myths. I love it.
I've been going into anthropology and particularly archeology, and just wanted to say that these videos are always so well made and thoughtful. perfect examples of what an archeologist should be.
Hey Tarnished Arch, another excellent video! I was thinking, maybe the great catastrophe was caused by the Titans, causing geological events, perhaps the emergence of Mount Gelmir (an active volcano) and ending the activities of Jagged Peak. It would be worth investigating
Absolutely love the unique approach you bring to Elden Ring lore! The way you seamlessly draw parallels between real-world history, mythology, and the intricate world of Elden Ring is nothing short of brilliant. It’s fascinating to see how you theorize the inspirations behind the game’s narrative and world-building, bringing a whole new level of depth to the lore. Your research and storytelling add so much richness to the experience-truly elevating the appreciation of the game. I really appreciate you making these videos. They are truly inspiring.
Finding this channel is like digging up buried treasure. Using real life history and myth to help frame Fromsoft lore is two flavors of my interests I did not know I needed in one dish
I've been working on a couple lore documents to establish the power levels of everything in Elden Ring and to play with different timeline/narrative sequences and the one thing that keeps popping up over and over are the links between water and death. I wonder if this Great Flood actually introduced spiritual death to the Lands Between and now the Shadowrealm is something of a delta for spirits and souls to pass through into deeper waters.
Wow!!! This is deep and very well researched. You sir are a genius. I wonder what Hidetaka Miyazaki or the folks at FROM SOFTWARE think of all your in depth videos. Love'em. Thank you so much for taking the time to research, post & share with us. Look forward to more Elden Ring content.
I'm a big fan if art in general. Thanks for Tarnished archeologist for this series. Each episode confirms to me what I felt intuitively from the release of the Elden Ring: it is one of the most complex and subtle epics of our time. Thanks for unearthing so many of the game's strati!
Since we only find them in forges, I believe they use lava as a heat source for forging. Since the Flames of Ruin belonged to the Fire Giants and are far away from the Land of Shadow, they use magma to mass produce weapons, armors and golems.
As per your later comment, I'm in favor of the idea that the molten cataclysm was the apocalypse of the World Devouring Serpent of Gelmir, who is associated with magma. The Fire Giants were probably the survivors of the primeval titans, who in despair devoted themselves to a fell god that kept them alive (possibly via the knowledge of metal-smithing, using the magma to their advantage). The Elden Star that was fortold to Elden John (probably by Metyr, the first star to land) landed later, animating stone dragons from the magma and cooling the magma enough so that the land could be settled again. I'm guessing part of the reason that the Greater Will sent another set of Finger envoys to Marika's village was because the tower folk of Enir-Ilim and the dragons had strayed from Elden John's tree prophecy and were digging up the Rauh ruins - basically digging up the "Nephilim".
The forges are weird. They don't natively have an access to above ground, they've all been dug into. So maybe they were there before the flood, but the architecture is Hornsent. Maybe Hornsent culture is much more ancient than I expected.
Ahoy Hoy & Many Happy Travels Tarnished Dig Crew! I Hope You've Been Well & Safe. I Have Been Sayin' For A Good While Now That Some Sort Of Molten Rock Event Hit The Lands Between Hard. How It Was Caused Is The ~Big Unknown~, But Now We Have More Pieces To The Puzzle! Thank You So Much TA! I Hope You Had A Fantastic Time In The Land Of Shadow. I Can't Wait To See What Else You've Found.😊
Baby wake up new Tarnished Archeology video dropped that will once again blow your mind and recontextualize everything you thought you knew about Elden Ring
It was literally just yesterday that I thought"it's been awhile since the last TA video, I hope they release another one soon" and here we are! TA, you are my favorite ER lore channel, and the use of Ezio's theme from Assassin's Creed always hits me right in the feels 😊
Love your content! I know you for only couple months, but now everytime I see you've uploaded a new video I just go into excited mode, I even clap my hands from happiness, amazing! 🤩
As soon as you reminded me of rain I thought "But in this case it didn't rain, and maybe wasn't one meteor impact, maybe it was like a meteor shower that liquified the land all over." and then my mind went to "Founding Rain of Stars" the first of all Glintstone Sorceries
"The glimpse of the primeval current that the astrologer saw became real, and the stars' amber rained down on this land."
If that astrologer was the ancient dynast, it could stand to reason that he foresaw this "Rain of Stars" in the primeval current and the rest is history as described
All im saying is the fact that the first glintstone sorcery is described as "Rain" and was essentially a meteor shower does connect nicely with these ideas and is also ancient in nature, playing a similar role as "the first" so to speak
Oh shit thats a good point
Keep cooking 🔥🔥🔥
Nice one!
Wow! Nice job
Goated comment. I'm gonna go unlike everything else I clicked on
it is not an exaggeration to say my life goes on hold when a new Archaeology video comes out
Literally walked out of church
Literally the only channel I have alerts for
I don't know why I fucking love this channel so much. Like I think I love this channel even more than the game lmao
Dearest Mother, wouldst thou truly Lore-ship sanction an Elden Ring theory bereft of Archeology?
@@tuckddd9”sorry Father, but I put my faith in the Erdtree now”
What distinguishes this channel (other than the archaeology) is how they clearly researched their theories prior to release to the extent that they elude to months of work and theory collation rather than release asap to generate views. Truely a labor of love
What a nice compliment :)
@@tarnishedarchaeologistthat's not a compliment that's an objective factual observation. I thought I understood elden ring lore as well as any did after hundreds of hours of lore videos, then I watch one tarnished archeologist video and realize I knew absolutely nothing
It's the same reason I like your videos. There is a layer of 'texture' that other content creators are missing. Keep up the good work! 🎩
i have to agree, seems like tarnished archaeologist here doesn't just do extra research but also goes back over it a couple times and double checks and cross references everything. No hate to other lore channels, i think most do great work, but this channel seems to bring things to another level
So researched he's saying these stone coffins might be Arks created for a flood, but stone doesn't float. What a waste of time
Tarnished Archaeologist has no fans.
He has students.
lmao I left such a long comment because this theory has me INSPIRED. It's really compelling - and I just wanna complete it!
And I currently have a D- 😂
"Sir will this be in the test?🙋♂"
Tarnished deleted my comment because I disagreed with him and respectfully pointed out flaws in his theories.
@@scotshabalam2432 Post it here, RUclips usually deletes comments and I’ll check if you have terms that make it deletable because I’m used to this.
I truly hope that you one day consider partnering with the psychologist and perhaps others to write an anthology that delves deeper into the real-world parallels . I’m all-in for it. Thank you for what you do!
100 smackaroos??
Wow, thank you!
❤ great show of support
Holy crap 100 doubloons?! I could buy 10 little Cesars with that😮
@@user-zp8kj2cl9gwhy would you when you could donate it to the TA?
"But that, our friends, is a story for another day" NOOO DON'T END LIKE THIS COME BACK I NEED MORE
Every time lol
When he started pointing out the woman…i was dreading the cliffhang 😢
Vid released yesterday- so, can that day be today please?
I love how the begginings of these, and throughout, feel so different from other lore videos. People always make their lore videos relating to pop culture references or other From games. But its nice to see comparisons between real history/myths.
The only other creator who I'm aware of who does anywhere near as good of a job is Quelaag, who's really getting every cent she can out of her education (I say with love if you see this, I feel that sister) though it seems like it's more based in literary criticism, and her vibe is a little more "eccentric aunt who's quite smart takes you to school"
What sets TA apart for me is the fact that even if I were to find a particular theory to be farfetched (which hasn't happened yet), the videos and by extension the game itself have become vehicles to learn about so many fascinating ancient cultures. This shit is awesome, well done TA!!
I like your interpretation that the stones coffins only became stone coffins after the occupants were trapped inside. It makes way more sense that they were arks but that only a few survived the catechism.
I'm forty years old and Elden Ring is my favorite game of all time. Each playthrough is amazing but will never emulate the awe and wonder of the first time exploring The Lands Between. I am deeply grateful for your videos as they tap into that wonder and discovery all over again. Thank you so very much for your hardwork and shared passion.
Thank you for the the compliment. May there be always be new horizons for us to explore.
You opened my mind to so much that doesn't even has to do with ER, I got like 20 tavs open at the moment, gonna be a long night, thanks brother, you're keeping me alive in those dark days.
That's the goal!
Stay strong my friend 👊💚
Same here.
TA opening my mind to the possibility that games can not just be stories or art, but entire histories. Incredible stuff.
That final teaser revealing Radagon's point of union with Marika is going to be very interesting.
Speaking of cataclysmic events, I hope we get to see your findings The Finger Ruins. Visually, they look as if the Greater Will itself gripped the land and I'm curious if there's any historical imagery or geographic indications that can contextualize the alien environment.
Im guessing it must have been Metyr that warned Elden John that the lava flood was coming, especially if the coming of the elden beast was what caused the flood.
Check this dude Ontos out he has some interesting ideas on their union.
I think the great cataclysm that flooded the Lands Between with molten rock was the meteor that brought Metyr. She is described as being the first that the Greater Will put on the planet, the Elden Beast I believe arrived during Marika's ascension.
I think something interesting we can gleam is that the divine locus framed by the Gate of Divinity is indigenous to the Lands Between, while the Elden Star and the Fingers (all envoys of the greater will) are not.
I think what's very subtly being posited here is that the Greater Will is an alien force that exudes its influence on these lands, yet true divinity is something very much natural and native to the Lands Between as perhaps was the focus of the Rauh civilization.
Now, I'm a bit unsure whether the Rauh civilization destroyed itself because of cults to the World Eating Serpent (associated with magma) or if the Elden Beast star brought up the molten cataclysm or whether the Elden Beast simply brought life back to the molten world, but it remains that the Greater Will was probably not happy with the fact that the tower folk were digging up the Rauh ruins and seeking their own divinity rather than venerating the Greater Will (basically digging up the "Nephilim"), so Marika was given her finger envoys to guide her in succeeding them and perhaps even purging them later.
The ruins being giant finger prints is probably a very literal metaphor/allusion to Lovecraft. I think in the story about Cthulu theres a line that says something like “What we see of him is but a fingerprint” or something like that. Im botching it but
It occured to me that Putrescence is very much like Crucible - and content of Jars.
All of them are unions of myriad of life forms in one. One natural, one artificial and one accidental.
Fantastic work TA. Best lore tuber all around.
I think the Sun Realm Shield is an incredibly under appreciated lore item.
It reveals the possiblity of an ancient era where the Sun ruled as a god, specially since Sun worship was a very prevalent religion all around the world, including the Sumerians.
I think that the Fell God is related to this Sun god. This would explain the Fire Giant's forge was already built before this flood, and would mark the "Sun Realm" era as the one before the flood.
You are not wrong in facts the one eyed sun deity does appear in Mesopotamian mythology it's an evil goddess slain by ninurta Mesopotamian god of war,warriors, agriculture, harvest, hunting
Exactly what i have been screaming atop a mountain since the early days of the game. Every culture ingame fears the fell god and that must have a historical reason, not just "mighty fire giants roar and cause storms of fire and avalanches across the world". The sun shield is very much under peoples radar even tho the sun was one of the biggest physical gods in human history.
ive basically been assuming the fell god was the sun, straight up, since other outer gods seem to be associated with celestial bodies and the greater will is apparantly a black hole / the void of space
I'm pretty sure the sun is symbolic of the greater will, not the fell god. Firstly, consider that skeletal beastmen in farum azula also drop the shield, we know that farum azula was an elden ring centered culture, thus worshipping the greater will, there's not really anything that ties them to the fell god. Also look to both goldmask and the dungeater, the formers titular mask and the latters medallion both evoking images of the sun, yet neither having anything to do with the fell god. Instead both their questlines result in forming a mending rune, used to repair the elden ring and usher in a new order to the lands between, fulfilling the greater wills wishes. The biggest thing, to me, that points to this theory though is the warming stone, it's item description stating "It's said that the Erdtree was once as warm as the gentle sun, and would gradually heal all who bathed in its rays". It directly likens the healing power of the erdtree to the sun, which would be an odd thing to do if the sun were the fell god, one of the greatest enemies of the erdtree. And again, a connection only strengthened by the dlc's improved version, literally called the "sunwarmth stone", and again likens the erdtree's healing light to the warmth of the sun. Another small detail is the fact that the sun ingame is so small and easily missed, which I believe is a visual representation of the greater wills abandonment, though that could be a stretch.
@@crazzyguy7735 Most Beastman use the Jar shield, the only who drop the Sun Realm Shield are a few of Those Who Live in Death. Which is pretty specific, you would think that if the Greater Will and the Sun were always synonymous, there wouldn't be such distinction. Moreover, the age/kingdom named in the shield is no vague title, as it specifically capitalizes the term "Seat of the Sun" where seat has no reason to be capitalized unless it is referring to an specific, named era. So i hardly think that this was merely another age of the GW. Ironically, we all know how the Golden Order is very much fashioned after Christianity, and how fitting for the Golden Order it is that it assimilates an aspect of another culture, even more when in real history, Christ took on the symbol of the Sun as well! "Mithra was also the god of the sun, of the shining light that beholds everything, and, hence, was invoked in oaths. The Greeks and Romans considered Mithra as a sun god. He was probably also the god of kings." The birth of Mithra was on December 25, celebrated in Saturnalia, which is... Yeah, the original Christmas.
You mention the Dung-eater medallion since it's medallion doesn't specifically depict a sun, but rather it only mentions that it's "Sun-shaped" Ironically, it is basically the exact same visual as the Fire Visage from the DLC, a much more close fit since it also has a face. And the fire Visage directly depicts the Fell God. What's more another thing which resembles the Fire Visage, which again, depicts the Fell God, is the Lamenter mask, and the lamenter form itself has on it's back a giant face extremely similar to that which the Fire Giant has on it's chest.
I think what you say doesn't necessarily mean that the GW couldn't have been fashioned as a "Sun religion", but it certainly doesn't debunk the existance of an ancient kingdom of a Sun god separate to that of the GW.
I am once again blown away by your skills here. I can't watch a lot of elden ring lore videos since the dlc. Because it seems to muddle a lot of the lore or is completely unrelated? I'd love to be wrong but most videos just seem way to speculative yet said with an air of authority. But you're takes using your knowledge of real world mythos gives so much life to this world! I love it. Thank you for your hard work!
Thanks!
We know the ancient dragons protected their lord by becoming a wall of stone. I'm so excited for future videos
The best Elden Ring lore RUclipsr hands DOWN.
@@devinguy the best lore RUclipsr hands down
It’s astonishing how good it is, really.
all four of them!
Ngl fam as soon as I walked around the stone ships in-game a few months back I remember thinking “Ol’ TA is gonna have a field day with this one”. Called it, great vid as always 🔥
This channel is still the best thing to happen to Elden Ring
I know you're not supposed to rush perfection, but the wait is painful. Love your content.
Wow, the consistent quality of these videos is amazing. Another straight banger
Absolutely insane the amount of lore in this game and even more insane how you discover it and parallel it to real events
The bodies of the titans rising from the landscape probably started as another Nausicaa reference, the bodies of the ancient god warriors that dot the landscape.
It's also not hard to see the many stone pillars embedded in the earth as an evolution of the stone forest that holds up the world of dark souls, visible in Ash Lake, which is also a Nausicaa reference (note the giant skull there as well).
I was hoping for a new video the moment this dropped. Fantastic work as always - absolutely fascinating
i love how im always so dubious at the beginning and by the end i believe everything you say
What if the great stone flood was the Crucible itself? The Elden Star landing was the cataclysmic event that caused the lands to melt into one soup of rock and life. The Erdtree couldve been born from the land shortly after, when the land was fertile from the life that once was. People that survived coulve splintered their beliefs, with people like the hornsent worshiping the event itself as the birth of life, and others worshipping the erdtree born from the event, when really its all just different aspects of the Greater Will to begin with.
I subscribe to this. Only problem is that there's suposed to be no civilization before the splitting of the One Great.
Unless maybe what was there before wasn't life, like the everlasting dragons or archtrees from before fire
I thought about it too but i'm confused to the fact ruah worships the crucible and it existed before the flood, unless ruah are just hornsent who came to inhabit the ruins of the ancient giants, and the crucible happened to be near it.
The sun realm from the sun shield probably was the "realm" of the fell god, while i dont subscribe to the idea that the magma flood was caused by meteors, every culture fears the fire god and that must have a historical reason.
@@jotasietesiete4397 The Crucible and the One great are two separate concepts. The new lore from the DLC has led most people to the conclusion that the one great existed before everything else, before fracturing and becoming the greater will (the will of the one great) and the other outer gods. The crucible is hard to pin down exactly, perhaps it refers to a time when life was blended together, or a place or thing which blends life itself, but it is not necessarily the origin of all life.
There definitely was life before the cataclysm, the ancient giants and Elden John civilization obviously, but possibly the Farum Azula civilization as well. Rauh makes things messy, but it seems like their civilization continued existing after the cataclysm.
The Asassin’s Creed theme, structures older than the earth (lava), and museum artifacts, this is my happy place. Can’t wait to watch the full episode later!
Jesper Kyd has done so many 10/10 video game soundtracks. Borderlands 3 menu theme is another one of my favs from him.
Bro I miss when assassin's creed was coming out with Ezio bangers every year
TA is extremely based it seems.
Wasn’t the cg stuff from Civ too?
Every single video of yours is an amazing experience.
One thing I noticed about the DLC is the recurring theme of death in the lands of shadow. It is such a frequent theme that there are literally tombs bursting from the land (or as I like to think of it, the lands are literally made of/ fertilised by death), as exemplified by the spirit graves, “staircase coffins”, and of course the massive stone coffins.
The Suppressing Tower reads: “all manners of death drift” to the land of shadow, which I interpret as: the land of shadow which we tread, is made from the accumulated death of all life that came before, like precipitating grime out of seawater.
Awesome analysis as always! Love you TA
I think your theory about the stone coffins floating there on lava makes perfect sense. Mostly because a ship made of stone would never float on water.
I think it depends on construction. Ships don’t have to be made of buoyant materials (otherwise our steel ships nowadays would sink), they just have to have enough air in their hull to displace enough water to stay afloat. As long as the rock making up a ship is watertight, it should be able to float.
Though I do agree, in this case with the Elden ring coffin ships, it sounds for sure like a lava flood.
@@seaottar25 That's a very good point my friend.
@@Tyneras That's quite interesting.
Stone diesn't float in lava it melts. Sorry but this video is stupid af and anyone believing anything said here should have their brain checked.
@@chrisprescott2273I do not believe the coffins were ever designed to float on water; throughout the game we see several coffins used as transportation devices that work by "riding" light, defying gravity outright, and using some kind of glyph-based power system. The elevators that go down to Siofra also use this "stone magic". It's clear to me that the coffins arrived in the Lands Between by this same or similar technology. Not by actually floating on water. I am very confused how TA keeps missing this connection.
the animals are sleeping in worship of St. Trina, but I never put together the ark connection before. super rad
Linking the theory to the putrescent knight human/animal design (with the animals by the grace before) definitely sold me on it.
Fantastic as always 👏
Thanks!
This channel truly enthralls me and captures my attention like no other channel ever has. Incredible work as always TA.
For every storyteller that passes in to history another is born to tell their story, but that is a story for another day. RIP Jason.
Everyone wussing out and avoiding these topics meanwhile TA is out there ACTUALLY trying to figure out the lore.
I have had my gripes with some of your theories, but this was just masterful. I'm blown away. I had an inkling of the 'ark' idea, but I hadn't imagined they would be designed to 'float' along such a magma deluge. Nor that not all of the ark's would have become putrescence. 3 survivors is a brilliant idea/find. Absolutely stunning work on this one, truly
When this game first came out, my bf and I said "I bet you the GW sent the comet as a punishment, and the earthquake/tremors of the impact from it sank the eternal cities like a 'land' version of the flood myth."
It feels so good to have perhaps guessed that tiny part of the lore based on context clues. Love your work- this is the first video Ive watched from this channel, and you have a fan!
Yes! Perfect timing to take my mind off the inevitably approaching Monday morning.
Couldn't wait to hear your take on this one. This is the most important channel for understanding elden ring lore.
I'm wondering if you or anyone else has covered the cliffside terrain of Mr Gelmir/Altus/Liurnia?
When I look at it I get the sense that it has been manipulated by gravity magic.
Especially given those spires around the Uhl Palace Ruins, which was likely mostly teleported underground.
each time I see or explore the inmediation of gelmir, including caria, give the sense that teluric activity has shake the region
in the 2010 earthquake, a whole city was moven a meter, similar case is the island of chiloe was risen other meter, same country.
when looking the road on gelmir is clear that mountain gelmir has being rising upward, gelmir is not only active, is moving/growing
The Mt. Gelmir map says that it underwent violent upheavals during the Shattering - apparently even the land buckled and broke. So it’s very plausible that Mt. Gelmir looks like that only now that the Shattering has shaken and broken it.
The concise and eloquent writing of this channel is unmatched. A breath of fresh air on RUclips.
This series feels like a mix between elden ring lore and trey the explainer.
It's such delightful vibe. Intriguing, informative and relaxing.
Looking forward to the next one
My goodness!! The Mesopotamian inspiration is the key to unravel Marika´s betrayal!!! TA you are a treasure to the lore community!! Each and every episode is great! Cannot wait for the next one!
The connections you make are always so good. Truly thought provoking and awe inspiring insight.
You citing Irving Finkel is like when a musician you love features another artist you love 😍 Your analysis is incredible!!
The best lore channel of Elden Ring community hands down
You guys and Hawkshaw are the only channels I trust to do the full research every time a new video comes out. Looking forward to seeing what you can piece together regarding the Sun Realm and original Prince of Death.
I love that the best Elden Ring lore videos are not-so-secretly science communication videos. You do an amazing job of teaching people how real scientists learn about the real ancient world, while constantly making me go OHHHHHH about a game ive played hundreds of hours of
One theory I really like that explains a ton of stuff is that The Lands Between isn’t a natural place. That the gods or whoever took all of the main players and their kingdoms and essentially smushed them together and transported them somewhere else. It explains why the scale of everything is weird, why the different biomes seem to be just smushed together like puzzle pieces and the “kingdoms” have no actual kingdoms. They’re just the castles and a few other structures.
The theory is that the “Greater Will” or whatever took everyone involved in the world wide war involved in the shattering, the release of Scarlet Rot, Death Blight… etc. and snatched them out of the world and put them all together in an “arena” of sorts to let them sort out their problems away from the rest of the world. They took the Erdtree, the towers, the castles, caves… and moved them into a sort of pocket dimension through the “fog” and that’s what the “Lands Between” actually is. There’s probably a whole world out there with huge chunks and kingdoms missing but maybe there’s regular, giants, etc just living normal lives. The curses and chaos of Grace and everything related has been confined to The Lands Between and the Shadow Realm.
This would explain the floods, the weird rock growth and mismatch of biomes and architecture. Because it was all just smooshed together and unceremoniously dropped in the middle of an ocean somewhere.
Our cups runneth over today! I've been anticipating a video along these lines for a long time, excited to watch!
Brilliant as always! I swear, every video you post warrants a new playthrough of this brilliant game! The work you do does SO much to augment the pristine gameplay and sense of adventure that Elden Ring offers! Much love TA, been along for the ride since your first 500 subs or so! Keep it up and know your work is meaningful and deeply appreciated!!
Thanks for sticking along for this wild ride
I've always been fascinated by the Flood myths, because you can find a Flood mentioned in most cultures in that general vicinity, and even a few further out. (I think there's actually a Taiwanese variant that refers back to Noah) Beyond Noah, I'm a Greek mythology buff, so I'm most familiar with Deucalion , but I vaguely know of myths from all around the Mediterranean
Even ancient China has a primordial flood myth. Although they don't just survive their flood; they TAME it. Check out Yu the Great.
As most of the major civilisations that we have inherited our written culture from were formed next to rivers that is no surprise. The Nile and Egyptian culture, Tigris & Euphrates city-states , Indus basin culture, and the river basin where Chines cultures flourished are responsible for this. It's amazing how integral their mythological/historical structures are to much of modern culture today.
I remember thinking these could have been ‘generation ships’ for the Numen. That they may have been star faring. At least that was before more evidence came about. This is a good conclusion as well.
I’ve been fascinated by this theory of yours since you first mentioned it in your Divine Towers video, glad to see my patience has been rewarded!
What do you mean I need to wait another month for a episode??
The best lore videos about elden ring no doubt, love it!!!
You’re definitely onto something with the Dynasty being the precursor civilization to Enir-Ilim. In the gaols, specifically the one under Belurat, there’s a heavy presence of Dynasty-style architecture, albeit slightly more ornate in ornamentation.
It’s also curious that these gaols are where the Swordhands of Night are born. The atmospheric effects in the more expansive parts of the gaols are very reminiscent of the false Night we see in Nokstella, and although the game doesn’t have any built-in temperature gauge, these gaols are implied to be freezing cold, suggested by the presence of frozen maggots and frost coating various surfaces within.
On a side note, I think this seems to reinforce a connection between Ranni’s Dark Moon and the Black Moon of Nokstella.
Do you have any thoughts on why the Titans seemed to be so large, and how it matches up with their buildings? The ruins seem built for much smaller people; were the titans slave builders, or maybe pet keepers?
On that note, the giant hornsent specimen - how does it's size and shape compare to the base game titans?
He is back! And he got more discoveries! Praise be!
Here's what I love about this channel: I feel like I'm not just learning the fictional lore of the games, but also REAL WORLD HISTORY. Love your work.
Stone Ark and flood of fire is completely mind boggling unimaginable scene for me.
I really sat here for 30 minutes watching a theoretical study of the archeology and history of a game. This is a rabbit hole I will never come out of.
The important detail in the DLC, referencing the taurus vessels. are the golden sculptures in the Belurat, depicting the boats with the apparent oxen design being used in some sort of ceremonial procession, likely funerary ritual. Take a look at that please!
Replaying demon souls ds1-2-3 bloodborne & sekiro after beating elden ring & its Dlc left me with many epiphanies in the lore & am still constantly unearthing some unsettling revelations with the hindsight of elden ring & The shadow of the erd tree
Your work is very important. Super informative
"Antediluvian" is a word with such an intense feeling of time
One thing I've been thinking about when re-exploring the base game areas is how it feels like some areas are "grafted" together. The Divine Bridge has a very strange and steep cut off with seemingly no rubble beneath it, and is pointedly not bridge like. Almost as if it was suddenly ripped away.
TA doesn't just cook, man runs a 5 start restaurant
I was a bit sad to finish this DLC but also so thrilled because it meant I could come to your channel and watch your videos. This is such a great begining, your analysis and paralels with real world myths and history always blow my mind, thank you for making this game experience even greater than it already is!
i believe some of the answers to the bull iconography can be found on Dark Souls 2. The iron king is represented as a bull, and Yui worked his ass off on that game, and there's so much of ds2 in elden ring (like with the emerald herald and her purple eye). Maybe the answer lies there, in the forgotten dark souls game
Iron King and his castle drowned in Lava, too. Sounds convincing
The ending was something else! Can't wait for more episodes of TA.. Souls games with TA, best content on RUclips..
Wooooo new video lets go!
Many Fromsoft theorists are so speculative that their content is more about their creativity than the story’s depth.
You base your theories in such concrete evidence that it’s not so much that I wonder and praise your findings,and more then I’m amazed, impressed, and more deeply intrigued by the story tellers at Fromsoft. And that’s the way strong analysis writhing should be. (Not that I’m not also very impressed by you, too!)
Well done!
I live for stuff like this. Quite literally digging up entire stories from well-hidden details that turn out to be analogous to the real world myths. I love it.
Genuinely incredible, you are one of the few youtubers whose videos I refuse to do anything else while watching and just put all my focus on it.
Excellent content, as always. This truly is one of the best channels on RUclips.
You make the best elden ring content around, full stop. Love the channel.
I've been going into anthropology and particularly archeology, and just wanted to say that these videos are always so well made and thoughtful. perfect examples of what an archeologist should be.
incredible work as always, no one does it like TA. super fascinating and satisfying answers to some things i wondered about
The GOAT is back. Love the amount of effort and detail you put into your videos.
Hey Tarnished Arch, another excellent video! I was thinking, maybe the great catastrophe was caused by the Titans, causing geological events, perhaps the emergence of Mount Gelmir (an active volcano) and ending the activities of Jagged Peak. It would be worth investigating
Absolutely love the unique approach you bring to Elden Ring lore! The way you seamlessly draw parallels between real-world history, mythology, and the intricate world of Elden Ring is nothing short of brilliant. It’s fascinating to see how you theorize the inspirations behind the game’s narrative and world-building, bringing a whole new level of depth to the lore. Your research and storytelling add so much richness to the experience-truly elevating the appreciation of the game. I really appreciate you making these videos. They are truly inspiring.
I never thought I would get a history/anthropology lesson from an Elden Ring lore video. Absolutely amazing
never clicked so fast 🎉
Finding this channel is like digging up buried treasure. Using real life history and myth to help frame Fromsoft lore is two flavors of my interests I did not know I needed in one dish
This is genuinely some incredible stuff. I don't even know what else to say besides that. This is incredible.
I've been working on a couple lore documents to establish the power levels of everything in Elden Ring and to play with different timeline/narrative sequences and the one thing that keeps popping up over and over are the links between water and death. I wonder if this Great Flood actually introduced spiritual death to the Lands Between and now the Shadowrealm is something of a delta for spirits and souls to pass through into deeper waters.
These videos are insanely good, thank you so much for your service!
Wow!!! This is deep and very well researched. You sir are a genius. I wonder what Hidetaka Miyazaki or the folks at FROM SOFTWARE think of all your in depth videos. Love'em. Thank you so much for taking the time to research, post & share with us. Look forward to more Elden Ring content.
I never know how to fully prepare for watching your latest video, I'm always blown away
Finally, the oracle returns. So excited to hear upcoming video ❤
Omfg, the ending of the video is just perfect. What a great parallel!
Ive been checking the community channel weekly. Good to see this upload!
I'm a big fan if art in general.
Thanks for Tarnished archeologist for this series.
Each episode confirms to me what I felt intuitively from the release of the Elden Ring: it is one of the most complex and subtle epics of our time.
Thanks for unearthing so many of the game's strati!
Love it when my favourite history channel uploads
You are the best lore teller out there today.
The screw pumps in the forges could be the source of such a magma flood - at least that's how it tends to happen in dwarf fortress XD
Hah indeed. Someone back then probably just tried to make lava moat.
Since we only find them in forges, I believe they use lava as a heat source for forging. Since the Flames of Ruin belonged to the Fire Giants and are far away from the Land of Shadow, they use magma to mass produce weapons, armors and golems.
@@mmyr8ado.360 yes I wasn't being serious. The volcanos or a meteor are much more likely
As per your later comment, I'm in favor of the idea that the molten cataclysm was the apocalypse of the World Devouring Serpent of Gelmir, who is associated with magma. The Fire Giants were probably the survivors of the primeval titans, who in despair devoted themselves to a fell god that kept them alive (possibly via the knowledge of metal-smithing, using the magma to their advantage). The Elden Star that was fortold to Elden John (probably by Metyr, the first star to land) landed later, animating stone dragons from the magma and cooling the magma enough so that the land could be settled again.
I'm guessing part of the reason that the Greater Will sent another set of Finger envoys to Marika's village was because the tower folk of Enir-Ilim and the dragons had strayed from Elden John's tree prophecy and were digging up the Rauh ruins - basically digging up the "Nephilim".
The forges are weird. They don't natively have an access to above ground, they've all been dug into. So maybe they were there before the flood, but the architecture is Hornsent. Maybe Hornsent culture is much more ancient than I expected.
Ahoy Hoy & Many Happy Travels Tarnished Dig Crew!
I Hope You've Been Well & Safe.
I Have Been Sayin' For A Good While Now That Some Sort Of Molten Rock Event Hit The Lands Between Hard. How It Was Caused Is The ~Big Unknown~, But Now We Have More Pieces To The Puzzle!
Thank You So Much TA! I Hope You Had A Fantastic Time In The Land Of Shadow.
I Can't Wait To See What Else You've Found.😊
Baby wake up new Tarnished Archeology video dropped that will once again blow your mind and recontextualize everything you thought you knew about Elden Ring
It was literally just yesterday that I thought"it's been awhile since the last TA video, I hope they release another one soon" and here we are!
TA, you are my favorite ER lore channel, and the use of Ezio's theme from Assassin's Creed always hits me right in the feels 😊
The man, the myth, the legend has returned
Love your content! I know you for only couple months, but now everytime I see you've uploaded a new video I just go into excited mode, I even clap my hands from happiness, amazing! 🤩