on the map, where you fight Radahn (the dunes, where also malenia fought radahn), there is multiple boats with people painted on the shore, maybe they invaded/arrived through sea. Malenia's rune tower and the haligtree are also islands, idk maybe they had boats.
Keep in mind that she made this journey on foot through five entire regions, plus the capital in the midst of war, with a giant target on her back in the form of Malenia and her Great Rune. Finlay was wearing heavy armor, carrying and using her weapons, and carrying Malenia, who as a demigod is already quite large and potentially heavy, and she also happens to have two limbs made of solid fucking gold. Finlay should be reknown as the bravest, and maybe even the strongest knight in all of Fromsoft history
@@trh3xa174 but truly it was the chosen undead finishing the job the bravest and strongest in fromsoft history is none other than our very own heroes the chosen undead,bearer,ashen one,hunter,sekiro and the slayer all the best And also gael for his lady's painting .
@@notjohncena6492 Yeah but which one? There's millions of those guys since they are us who plays them and there's millions of player. So who's actually the best one? :^)
@@d3generate804 most likely considering multiple factions marched armies over distances that we can ride in less than a ingame day i persoanally belive its less the size of a single country more like europe
Stop playing elden ring. Every time you start a new run, Finlay has to make this insane journey with a literal demigod on her back. Give her a break guys
the "fending off all manner of foes along the way" part of the description makes me think that she'd regularly put Malenia down to fight hordes of enemies SOLO, and then pick her back up and keep going, for the entire trip, absolute legend
@@treeoflife8060 for what? Humiliating a power hungry weak demigod? for being controlled by a god she couldn't suppress without her brothers help? for leaving her brother defenseless in the haligtree? for nuking an entire region and permanently infecting a perfect candidate for elden Lord? she's way too overrated both in lore and in gameplay
@@I-like-cows Radahn froze the stars in place for shits and giggles, only one being of actual threat to Sellia/Lands Between. Radahn couldn't suppress the rot either lol his great rune is the only thing that kept him alive. Lore never states when Miquella was taken or why Malenia set out to fight during the shattering so that point is just you making assumptions to bring down Malenia like a cringe lord. "perfect candidate for elden lord" her brother began a new order of unalloyed gold, why would she let anyone rise to power when the golden order was finally destabilized?....your perception of the lore seems to be total shit so far. In lore, she matched Radahn to a stalemate with nothing, a few prosthetics, her fucking great rune was even negated and twisted by the rot. Then she finally opted to let the rot out. At that, her great rune was supposed to be the most "sacred of them all", it couldn't even withstand the rot god....the fact that you try to bring down a triple amputee who matched the greatest demigod (before they fought) with nothing but a prosthetic sword is just as bad as the fanboys who pretend she is the greatest thing ever created.
Honestly, Finlay’s story could be made into a whole movie or even TV show. The amount of feats on display from her is… kind of insane. She chose willingly to fight alongside Malenia despite Malenia’s scarlet rot guaranteeing her death via magical cancer. She fought in the battle against Radahn, one of the most brutal conflicts of the Shattering, and *survived*. She then survived the Scarlet Bloom that nuked all of Caelid and effectively killed a demigod (I know he isn’t technically dead, but Radahn is long gone). She then retrieved Malenia from the Scarlet Bloom, whose rot was likely leaking profusely due to the loss of the Unalloyed Needle, and did so while likely exhausted from fighting in a fucking massive battle. Then she made her way all the way back to the fucking *Haligtree* while carrying the radioactive remnant of a magical nuclear bomb, which is also a person larger than her with limbs made of gold (one of the heaviest metals), who is also one of seven individuals in the *world* who possesses a Great Rune, which is THE most sought after thing by anyone in the Lands Between. She carried this person through FOUR REGIONS of hostile enemy territory; first a rocky landscape right past the castle of someone who hated Malenia with every ounce of his pathetic being, second a region that is literally a giant muddy swamp lake that’s almost always being rained on and was controlled by the Cuckoo, then she either fought her way through the Cuckoo’s line of defense to reach Altus through the lift OR she climbed the ruin strewn precipice, both insanely impressive feats, then she had to make her way through Altus and either battled her way through ducking Leyndell to reach the Rold lift OR she just fucking climbed an absolutely gargantuan cliffside to the top. And then she had to carry Malenia the rest of the way through the consecrated snowfield, a land of constant, biting blizzard winds and snow, before finally reaching Ordina and no doubt being rescued by the Albinaurics. And the whole way, she fought off anyone who tried to kill or capture Malenia **SOLO**. What a fucking *beast*. Like, seriously, I know people joke that Malenia and Finlay were lesbian lovers, but I honestly think that there must have been *something* there, because that kind of devotion is literally fanatical otherwise, and probably still is. I’m willing to bet Finlay must have had some kind of feelings towards her at least, because holy fuck girl, you don’t do that shit for your boss on a Wednesday, you do that for the love of your life.
@@ik0la Ay listen... We said Chadfrey and Chadahn were the chadest chads of the lands between, but we never said there couldn't be more. Therefore, Finlay is accepted in the club. Welcome to the family, girl.
Finlay has to be one of the most heroic characters in the game Edit: This comment blew up I guess, because apparently extremely controversial. In the original comment, I was saying finlay was heroic for having the dedication to carry malenia so far. I think that is what this video is demonstrating in the first place. I wasn't saying malenia was a great person, she definately isn't. Malenia most likely didn't mean to nuke caelid, especially not going into the fight with radahn, it was a last card she could pull out to "win". I think you guys are overthinking this, malenia DID nuke caelid, but that has nothing to do with the original idea and I did not consider this when I said malenia wasn't a horrible person. Compared to what other characters in this universe have done or would have done, malenia is defo not the worst (ei; dung eater, marika, ranni, godrick, shabriri, etc.)
@TheStraightestWhitest Malenia isn't necessarily a horrible person? She just lives in an unforgiving world, she was chosen and given the opportunity to create a new age but ultimately failed and lost everything. I still think finlay carrying malenia all the way from caelid to the haligtree is such an underrated part of the lore
Degrading the whole meaning of extreme loyalty to your cursed god/head honcho that fought and beat the shit outta her half brother for a measly thing as half baked love Give me total undying loyalty bordering with fanatism or nothing
The fact that some of you took my comment so seriously that you wrote a massive reply saying how it's bad is funny to me, it's called a joke my friends. I was just making a joke.
The only problem here is that Malenia didn't fall on Radahn's battlefield. She blossomed in the middle of the Aeonia Swamp, where Commander O'Neil resides. That would be where Finlay dragged her from. Of course, that makes Finlay's feat immeasurably more badass. Not for any reasons related to distance, but because as a Cleanrot Knight, Finlay would have already been suffering from the Scarlet Rot's effects, and the Rot only gets stronger the closer you are in proximity to it. Which means that the entire time she was getting Malenia on her back, Finlay was getting blasted with point-blank wave after wave of the Rot as it destroyed Caelid. The fact that it didn't escape Caelid means that the Rot must have sealed itself back up inside Malenia before she left, but the fact remains that Finlay basically got nuked, picked up the leaking nuclear bomb while already suffering from radiation poisoning, put it on her back, and then carried it across not one but three active warzones while fully armored and actively fighting the entire way with zero backup and probably not stopping all that often to rest. It's kinda sad we don't learn more about her, or how she was rewarded. We only learn that she was kept within Elphael after she died, honored and revered, and to be honest, she should be far more major a character. One can only imagine how Miquella would have rewarded her, had he the opportunity.
Spoilers: In the DLC, we find out that the whole scenario was Miquella's fault. He sent Malenia to kill Radahn for his ascension plot because he had to die to become a perfect consort but he also wanted a warrior's death.
@@jagmbaksvshsh Have you even read any of Jerren's dialogue? From after the festival: "At last, the war festival has ended. Brave champion you have our gratitude. The Celebration was spectacular. General Radahn is surely pleased. Festering with rot, and crippled by madness, all he wanted was an honorable death."
@@jamesprout9412it this meant to have happened right after malenia and radahn duke it out? Like finlay’s taking her to safety after she’s exhausted her “FP” turning calid into a wasteland?
I genuinely appreciate you putting the visuals to this story, but the mental image of Finlay carefully stuffing a post-bloom Malenia into a jar cannon like an overtired octopus is now imprinted on my brain.
I'd love to read a book or a story about Finlay & a group of Cleanrot Knights (or even just Finlay herself) and the story of their travel back to the Haligtree. There's a million stories to hear from Elden Ring, and in my opinion Finlay's is one of the sweetest.
Finley: Malenia is in the jar cannon. Me: Why is she in the jar cannon. Malenia: Don't judge me or I'll waterfowl dance your ass so hard, you'll find your limbs in Stormveil.
@@thenickfoxx And? Do you not have anything better to do? You can always try making your own funny joke... but you'd actually have to be funny for that, I guess.
@@TheRisky9 Damn buddy it's not that serious. You really got mad about me making a funny observation? You'd think I cut deep and made a joke about your height or something. And no I have nothing better to do.
As awesome as Finlay is, the Lands Between was more... intact when she carried Malenia back. It was still an insane distant, but there uneven terrain and broken bridges wouldn't have been as severe. You can tell how long its been by looking at the rot that has overtaken Caelid. The battle ended in Aeonia, and the rot has consumed the entire dragonbarrow.
One can imagine the true horror of the armies of the shattering when going up against an entire army of cleanrot knights when ONE of them is capable of this.
Her body is coursing with rot. every step must be immensely painful, you see the cleanrot knights leaning on their polearms while not actively in combat.
I am incredibly impressed that you actually took the time to do this and that you did it without even opening the map. I would have gotten lost in like 10 minutes.
The beginning place is probably wrong. I'm pretty sure they didn't fight in Radahn's arena. They fought in Swamp of Aeonia which is why that place looks the most messed up out of all Caelid. That's where Malenia first bloomed.
in the cinematic it definitely looks like the battlefield where you fight Radahn. He went crazy after Malenia bloomed so he probably stayed in the same place
@@gooseball100 No it's really the Swamp of Aeonia. Thats where you also find the Broken Needle that Malenia broke to bloom. Not Radahn's arena. There's also a ghost East of Smoldering Wall grace of site that says "Sublime, I tell you. The very first flower of Aeonia bloomed on this very spot. Malenia, may you blossom into a goddess." He's looking directly at the Swamp of Aeonia.
@@trh3xa174 maybe there was more than one battle, and she bloomed twice? because if u remember correctly, the wailing dunes is where the fight between malenia and radahn took place, and it's the same place radahn is wandering inside
@@MaximillionPegasusJ.Crawford one hand needs to be empty for carrying Malenia (the jar). Assuming a single polearm and cleanrot sword (the scythe for finlay), you have one slot available to switch to, and it's reasonable to assume that the Malenias sword was recovered alongside her body. I might just do that challenge. I still need to get a scythe tho
@@Doktor_Lutscher i Imagine she carries Malenia on her back in some kind of towel or straps she found on the Battlefield. She used her weapons with great skill, so theres no need for a switcheroo. Besides, youd have a massive Canon that you cant use (actually, you can just shoot malenia to the haligtree with it, lol) alongside 3 other weapons + Armor. I doubt there is a way to midroll or even just fatroll. But...there are people thatve besten the game while overloaded, so If youre up for the Challenge...
@morgenrotritter-8608 The jar is just to have something on the back as representative of Melenia. Alternatively, you could have a greatshield of any kind, but unless you know an Elden Ring chest armor with a body sized backpack that looks similar to cleanrot armor, I think sticking to 1 weapon slot is fair for the run/walk, especially if we assume (for suspension of disbelief) that finlay had to also carry the prosthetics with the other hand.
For those wondering, considering all the turns, that's somewhere between 16 to 24 kilometers of walk (or roughly a half-marathon), enduring hardships, the tiredness of battle, the weight of a very big person on your shoulders, with probably a lot of people hunting you (Godrick would almost certainly be willing to send forces to try and capture Malenia after she humiliated him in her campaign towards Caelid, which was probably just a few days before her battle with Radahn, and I wouldn't be surprised if Mohg sent some of extremely powerful blood knights and bloody fingers to prevent her from ever retrieving Miquella). Finlay is one heck of a sis if I've ever seen one.
the lore of the Altus Plateau lift is its medallions had been lost and many forget that it even needed a medallion. so finlay wouldnt have used that, in addition the leyndel capital is occupied by enemies so how malenia got to cealid from the haligtree is as unknown as the path that finlay took back
@@santiagojara8056 what im saying is that we dont know how malenia got to caelid therefor the vid isnt accurate to lore. if you really want to make an OOB vid then you do you that isnt related to my comment
I can imagine poor Finlay scaling the sheer face of the ravine in northern Liurnia, painstakingly freeclimbing all while carrying Malenia on her back. Honestly incredible to imagine what the journey must've been like for Finlay, because you can't exactly dodge roll with a lady on your back.
Ay yo, What up? It's ya girl, Finlay! Back at it again with another *_EPIC CHALLENGE VID,_* but before we do anything feel free to click the bell, it really helps out a lot. Today we're gonna help, MALENIAAAA!!!! *[ **_airhorns and "sike it's the wrong number" sound effects_** ]* We're gonna be trucking this goddess of rot back to the Haligtree all the way from the swamps of Caelid. I've got my Fitbit set and Gfuel ready, and I'm rearing to go! I'd like to thank Squarespace, Grammarly, Audible, Honey, and Adam and Eve for sponsoring this video. Make sure to like, favorite, and subscribe, and I'll see y'all in the next one! *[ **_fights 13 Giant Dogs._** ]*
If there was an Elden Ring show, Finlay's journey would have about as much dedication to it as it gets in the game. There's so much lore to Elden Ring that they would have to skip past barely relevant side characters- unless you'd want to wait until season 26 before the arc would even begin.
Friendly reminder according to the DLC Miquella was in Caelid curing a RANDOM ENEMY SOLDIER rather than attending his own sister. FINLAY TRAVELLED AND CARRIED MALENIA ALONE
There's 3 Giga Chads in ER. Radahn, Hourah Loux and Finlay. One is a Demigod, the other is the first Elden Lord. And the last? One Bad @$$ Bitch who caried an 8 foot tall Rot Mommy across the entire Lands Between during an all out war, while being eaten by Scarlet Rot from the inside out and fighting off anyone who dared get in her way. She didn't give up or lose her sanity until she achieved her goal. Absolute LEGEND. Finlay, i salute you. 🫡
Technically the journey would have started in the Heart of Aeonia, Radahn was poisoned there and simply moved to the wilds later on to die as his last piece of mental ability faded, but he didn’t.
Imagine doing all of this and then, not getting a promotion. Miquella pats you on the back, says "I appreciate it, G", and then sends you back to the frontlines.....
I like how when you first hear the story of Finley you're like aw, that's sweet And then you see Melania's character model and realize that she is one *b i g b!tch* and probably weighs like 250lb, all muscle
The one part of this I find the most unbelievable is going through Leyndell while at war with them, like strolling through the entire front gates as an enemy combatant with a hostile armies queen/general etc.
Imagine going through a terrifyingly long, grueling journey, defeating all enemies along your path, out of loyalty to your sovereign, and dying after due to the injuries, strain, and disease inflicted before and along the way. And then a few decades after your death, some filthy tarnished comes in and says that you're just gay. Come on bro.
its crazy to think of how big open world games are like elden ring and skyrim, because you have horses, and fast travel. but when you think about walking all that distance, you couldnt even fathom it. But the devs built every piece of it, bit by bit.
I’ve beaten Elden Ring without Torrent or fast travel, and let me tell you, the environment work in this game is unmatched by anything I’ve ever seen. Walking such long distances really gives you a sense of patience and makes you appreciate the scenery.
@@KitsuneFyora Yeah it took me this amount of time with jogging haha. I think being encumbered is even slower than regular walk in elden ring right? I'm very bad at math but it can take 5-7 hours maybe? idk. btw since I'm not going to be able to roll I think for the new run at least I'm going to need bloodhound step or concealing veil.
I still think it’s interesting that Malenia only “won” that fight because her death caused a fucking nuke, which then caused her own resurrection. Without her bullshit trump card, Radahn in his prime did and would have swept the floor with her.
It really puts in the perspective of just how insane that trek was. Let alone having to fight their way through everything. Thanks for the video! I might try this myself at some point for a run.
why does the text at the beginning comfort me very very much it makes me think of happy nostalgic memories and amazing things anyone else get this feeling?
@@Araxielgod why do you even care it's pretend women in a pretend vidya game? what scared of a lil gay tarnishing your manly testosterone game? pathetic.
Imma be a nerd for a bit. LORE wise, finlay's grand jouney carrying our 8-foot-tall Scarlet mommy, should start from the heart of Aeonia, which is where Malenia first release the Scarlet rot and gave Radahn and the entirety of Caelid super aids. Yeah, but that's still far as fuck, nice vid.
This could be an anime of the grueling journey Finlay faced and the perilous obstacles they had to overcome. Just a whole season of endurance and perseverance and the indomitable human spirit
Honestly Finlay story can easily be adapted into a movie or show with the heroine eventually accomplishing her mission and passes on peacefully at the end. It'll be a real tear jerker thats for sure.
gets me puzzled that it's said the final battle between radahn and malenia took place in aeonia outside selia, but in the trailer it clearly showed radahn got nuked in the dunes
@@superceilingfan9741 couldn't be, malenia exploded in aeonia, that's why there's a rot swamp outside selia. Yet the dunes looked like there was a battle there
@@superceilingfan9741or maybe her forces arrived by sea, then battled their way into aenoia. After the blast, it's said Radahn with what little sanity he had left, moved to the dunes so he wouldn't become a danger to his own forces
I love how the whole time I can see pretty much exactly where you are and then when you get to the haligtree the video immediately turns into a nauseating blur
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How can I like her, she saved malenia (a mistake our grandchildren will still pay in later fs games)
That's the weirdest looking Malenia I've ever seen
Finlay is our parents going to school
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There isn't 5 feet of snow though.
Violently underrated comment
@@jamesfehr2071Finlay did go uphill and downhill several times across all sorts of awful weather, though.
@@courier6640still not 5 feet of snow
the true challenge would be to do this trek while overencumbered and not even being able to roll, let alone run
Finlay probably had a horse but that's still a long trip
@@nakashihofanda5223 then you can follow the gameplay rule of "if over encumbered while on a horse: any hit will cause you to fall off"
@@nakashihofanda5223 She didn't have a horse
@@nakashihofanda5223Finlay probably had what remained of Malenia's army to help him out too.
on the map, where you fight Radahn (the dunes, where also malenia fought radahn), there is multiple boats with people painted on the shore, maybe they invaded/arrived through sea.
Malenia's rune tower and the haligtree are also islands, idk maybe they had boats.
thank you Finlay EldenRing, for allowing me to get waterfowled for ten days
Now that you mention it, may she rot in hell with Malenia, those two harlots.
@@SIGNOR-Gagreed
@@SIGNOR-G I second that agreed.
@@SIGNOR-G git gud
Keep in mind that she made this journey on foot through five entire regions, plus the capital in the midst of war, with a giant target on her back in the form of Malenia and her Great Rune. Finlay was wearing heavy armor, carrying and using her weapons, and carrying Malenia, who as a demigod is already quite large and potentially heavy, and she also happens to have two limbs made of solid fucking gold. Finlay should be reknown as the bravest, and maybe even the strongest knight in all of Fromsoft history
Idk. Artorias kinda strong. Given he lost his sanity but my guy tried to hold back the Abyss.
@@trh3xa174some heroes endings are tragic 😩😩😩😩
@@trh3xa174 but truly it was the chosen undead finishing the job the bravest and strongest in fromsoft history is none other than our very own heroes the chosen undead,bearer,ashen one,hunter,sekiro and the slayer all the best
And also gael for his lady's painting .
@@notjohncena6492 Yeah but which one? There's millions of those guys since they are us who plays them and there's millions of player. So who's actually the best one? :^)
While constantly rotting from the inside due to carrying the reincarnation of the Rot God
Oh my god. I didn't realise how far that was... props to finlay man.
It's far enough on Torrent, let alone a normal horse, not on foot.
İn lore its probably much much more far away
It’s literally from one end of the map to the other, I’m not sure there is a longer distance you could travel.
@@ToxicTurtleIsMad wait, is the lands between downscaled like the genshin map?
@@d3generate804 most likely considering multiple factions marched armies over distances that we can ride in less than a ingame day
i persoanally belive its less the size of a single country more like europe
Stop playing elden ring. Every time you start a new run, Finlay has to make this insane journey with a literal demigod on her back. Give her a break guys
No
Me who speedruned the game 7 times...
@@w12266 hey nice, what's your pb? was it glitchless?
@@w12266it’s speedran
I thought Finlay was male? Must have misheard
the "fending off all manner of foes along the way" part of the description makes me think that she'd regularly put Malenia down to fight hordes of enemies SOLO, and then pick her back up and keep going, for the entire trip, absolute legend
Unlike her master
@@I-like-cows what do you mean?
@@I-like-cowsmalenia is a beast too
@@treeoflife8060 for what? Humiliating a power hungry weak demigod? for being controlled by a god she couldn't suppress without her brothers help? for leaving her brother defenseless in the haligtree? for nuking an entire region and permanently infecting a perfect candidate for elden Lord? she's way too overrated both in lore and in gameplay
@@I-like-cows Radahn froze the stars in place for shits and giggles, only one being of actual threat to Sellia/Lands Between. Radahn couldn't suppress the rot either lol his great rune is the only thing that kept him alive. Lore never states when Miquella was taken or why Malenia set out to fight during the shattering so that point is just you making assumptions to bring down Malenia like a cringe lord. "perfect candidate for elden lord" her brother began a new order of unalloyed gold, why would she let anyone rise to power when the golden order was finally destabilized?....your perception of the lore seems to be total shit so far.
In lore, she matched Radahn to a stalemate with nothing, a few prosthetics, her fucking great rune was even negated and twisted by the rot. Then she finally opted to let the rot out. At that, her great rune was supposed to be the most "sacred of them all", it couldn't even withstand the rot god....the fact that you try to bring down a triple amputee who matched the greatest demigod (before they fought) with nothing but a prosthetic sword is just as bad as the fanboys who pretend she is the greatest thing ever created.
The struggle towards the Hailgtree is enough to fill a tarnished's heart. One must imagine Finaly as happy.
Underrated comment
lmfao
She is a woman of focus, commitment and sheer fucking will.
Scholars of the first sin will read scrolls about Finley carrying Melania to the base of the Halig tree and write "they were merely comrades"
Very close comrades
Because they were
Followers of the Frenzied Flame would see this and say "yea, they were definetely fuc-"
"And they were comrades"
You're saying you wouldn't carry your injured friend to safety when they are vulnerable and in need of your aid? Some friend you are xD
Honestly, Finlay’s story could be made into a whole movie or even TV show. The amount of feats on display from her is… kind of insane.
She chose willingly to fight alongside Malenia despite Malenia’s scarlet rot guaranteeing her death via magical cancer.
She fought in the battle against Radahn, one of the most brutal conflicts of the Shattering, and *survived*.
She then survived the Scarlet Bloom that nuked all of Caelid and effectively killed a demigod (I know he isn’t technically dead, but Radahn is long gone).
She then retrieved Malenia from the Scarlet Bloom, whose rot was likely leaking profusely due to the loss of the Unalloyed Needle, and did so while likely exhausted from fighting in a fucking massive battle.
Then she made her way all the way back to the fucking *Haligtree* while carrying the radioactive remnant of a magical nuclear bomb, which is also a person larger than her with limbs made of gold (one of the heaviest metals), who is also one of seven individuals in the *world* who possesses a Great Rune, which is THE most sought after thing by anyone in the Lands Between.
She carried this person through FOUR REGIONS of hostile enemy territory; first a rocky landscape right past the castle of someone who hated Malenia with every ounce of his pathetic being, second a region that is literally a giant muddy swamp lake that’s almost always being rained on and was controlled by the Cuckoo, then she either fought her way through the Cuckoo’s line of defense to reach Altus through the lift OR she climbed the ruin strewn precipice, both insanely impressive feats, then she had to make her way through Altus and either battled her way through ducking Leyndell to reach the Rold lift OR she just fucking climbed an absolutely gargantuan cliffside to the top.
And then she had to carry Malenia the rest of the way through the consecrated snowfield, a land of constant, biting blizzard winds and snow, before finally reaching Ordina and no doubt being rescued by the Albinaurics.
And the whole way, she fought off anyone who tried to kill or capture Malenia **SOLO**.
What a fucking *beast*. Like, seriously, I know people joke that Malenia and Finlay were lesbian lovers, but I honestly think that there must have been *something* there, because that kind of devotion is literally fanatical otherwise, and probably still is.
I’m willing to bet Finlay must have had some kind of feelings towards her at least, because holy fuck girl, you don’t do that shit for your boss on a Wednesday, you do that for the love of your life.
Absolutely true
finlay's gotta be at the very least top three biggest chads in the lands between, she was borderline unstoppable
Imagine she had to do that every monday. Its hilarious to think
@@ik0la Ay listen... We said Chadfrey and Chadahn were the chadest chads of the lands between, but we never said there couldn't be more. Therefore, Finlay is accepted in the club. Welcome to the family, girl.
Finlay picked up a preserving bolus from rotview balcony
Finlay has to be one of the most heroic characters in the game
Edit: This comment blew up I guess, because apparently extremely controversial. In the original comment, I was saying finlay was heroic for having the dedication to carry malenia so far. I think that is what this video is demonstrating in the first place. I wasn't saying malenia was a great person, she definately isn't. Malenia most likely didn't mean to nuke caelid, especially not going into the fight with radahn, it was a last card she could pull out to "win". I think you guys are overthinking this, malenia DID nuke caelid, but that has nothing to do with the original idea and I did not consider this when I said malenia wasn't a horrible person. Compared to what other characters in this universe have done or would have done, malenia is defo not the worst (ei; dung eater, marika, ranni, godrick, shabriri, etc.)
though she forgot the gold needle
@@blood8273it was broken and useless after malenia took it out to explode didnt need to die to rahdan trying to find it
Is it heroic to save a terrible person, but in spectacular fashion and out of sheer dedication and loyalty? Hard to answer.
@TheStraightestWhitest Malenia isn't necessarily a horrible person? She just lives in an unforgiving world, she was chosen and given the opportunity to create a new age but ultimately failed and lost everything. I still think finlay carrying malenia all the way from caelid to the haligtree is such an underrated part of the lore
@@samthepigman4069causing the fantasy equivalent of the dresden firebombing isn't very heroic, no matter the world
Finlay was totally the main character of her time, she's just too cool. Either that or she was empowered by her platonic roommate relationship.
Both, both is good
Degrading the whole meaning of extreme loyalty to your cursed god/head honcho that fought and beat the shit outta her half brother for a measly thing as half baked love
Give me total undying loyalty bordering with fanatism or nothing
“platonic roommate relationship” Lmaooooo wtf go touch grass
they're just good friends
The fact that some of you took my comment so seriously that you wrote a massive reply saying how it's bad is funny to me, it's called a joke my friends. I was just making a joke.
The only problem here is that Malenia didn't fall on Radahn's battlefield. She blossomed in the middle of the Aeonia Swamp, where Commander O'Neil resides. That would be where Finlay dragged her from.
Of course, that makes Finlay's feat immeasurably more badass. Not for any reasons related to distance, but because as a Cleanrot Knight, Finlay would have already been suffering from the Scarlet Rot's effects, and the Rot only gets stronger the closer you are in proximity to it. Which means that the entire time she was getting Malenia on her back, Finlay was getting blasted with point-blank wave after wave of the Rot as it destroyed Caelid. The fact that it didn't escape Caelid means that the Rot must have sealed itself back up inside Malenia before she left, but the fact remains that Finlay basically got nuked, picked up the leaking nuclear bomb while already suffering from radiation poisoning, put it on her back, and then carried it across not one but three active warzones while fully armored and actively fighting the entire way with zero backup and probably not stopping all that often to rest.
It's kinda sad we don't learn more about her, or how she was rewarded. We only learn that she was kept within Elphael after she died, honored and revered, and to be honest, she should be far more major a character. One can only imagine how Miquella would have rewarded her, had he the opportunity.
Spoilers: In the DLC, we find out that the whole scenario was Miquella's fault. He sent Malenia to kill Radahn for his ascension plot because he had to die to become a perfect consort but he also wanted a warrior's death.
@@adamhenry7043 this
@@adamhenry7043that warriors death part is made up stop acting like it's confirmed
@@jagmbaksvshsh Have you even read any of Jerren's dialogue? From after the festival: "At last, the war festival has ended. Brave champion you have our gratitude. The Celebration was spectacular. General Radahn is surely pleased. Festering with rot, and crippled by madness, all he wanted was an honorable death."
That does sound very cool
New found respect for finlay...
After fighting a battle, too.
@@jamesprout9412it this meant to have happened right after malenia and radahn duke it out? Like finlay’s taking her to safety after she’s exhausted her “FP” turning calid into a wasteland?
@@ness1278Yep, Finlay began carrying Melanie since after the battle
So this explains why Finlay decides to not do too much as a spirit, she's just really tired after carrying Malenia for days
**ding ding**
Finlay probably: "GODDAMIT LEMME SLEEP ALREADY"
I genuinely appreciate you putting the visuals to this story, but the mental image of Finlay carefully stuffing a post-bloom Malenia into a jar cannon like an overtired octopus is now imprinted on my brain.
Historians in the Lands Between call them roommates and besties
HAHAHA I figured I wasn't the only one to make this joke
Sodomites cannot imagine love between friends or royalty to one's master without rainbowshit
I refuse to believe they arent lesbiabs and a friend keeps trying to convince me they were just close friends :(
U ppl need mental help
Malenia has a daughter, so she's probably not gay.
I'd love to read a book or a story about Finlay & a group of Cleanrot Knights (or even just Finlay herself) and the story of their travel back to the Haligtree. There's a million stories to hear from Elden Ring, and in my opinion Finlay's is one of the sweetest.
There’s quite a few good fan fictions on Archive of our own if you want to look for it.
One called Paper Flowers by TheUnkindledQueen on ao3.
@@b.a.bella.6158 if I remember correctly that one is extremely homosexual (based)
@@sleepyboysaturn1365what is archive of our own?
@@steveqi9309 a very large community owned fanfiction website.
Finley: Malenia is in the jar cannon.
Me: Why is she in the jar cannon.
Malenia: Don't judge me or I'll waterfowl dance your ass so hard, you'll find your limbs in Stormveil.
You edited the comment and still spelled Finlay's name wrong lol
@@thenickfoxx And? Do you not have anything better to do? You can always try making your own funny joke... but you'd actually have to be funny for that, I guess.
@@TheRisky9 Damn buddy it's not that serious. You really got mad about me making a funny observation? You'd think I cut deep and made a joke about your height or something.
And no I have nothing better to do.
"Why is she in the jar cannon"
Finlay: look man I had to get us out of redmane castle somehow
Well, people have talked about wanting to put Malenia in a jar...
As awesome as Finlay is, the Lands Between was more... intact when she carried Malenia back.
It was still an insane distant, but there uneven terrain and broken bridges wouldn't have been as severe.
You can tell how long its been by looking at the rot that has overtaken Caelid. The battle ended in Aeonia, and the rot has consumed the entire dragonbarrow.
A more intact land also means that there were probably more enemy troops still sane enough to be threats.
@@elias.tand more guarded areas to aka pathways
I mean it was a the end of the war. So there was probably already a bunch of stuff destroyed.
One can imagine the true horror of the armies of the shattering when going up against an entire army of cleanrot knights when ONE of them is capable of this.
1:33 HAHA that one lucky Misbegotten that reached the elevator
It was very stressful and funny to see you dodging it at x0.25 speed
Her body is coursing with rot. every step must be immensely painful, you see the cleanrot knights leaning on their polearms while not actively in combat.
I am incredibly impressed that you actually took the time to do this and that you did it without even opening the map. I would have gotten lost in like 10 minutes.
The beginning place is probably wrong. I'm pretty sure they didn't fight in Radahn's arena. They fought in Swamp of Aeonia which is why that place looks the most messed up out of all Caelid. That's where Malenia first bloomed.
in the cinematic it definitely looks like the battlefield where you fight Radahn. He went crazy after Malenia bloomed so he probably stayed in the same place
@@gooseball100 No it's really the Swamp of Aeonia. Thats where you also find the Broken Needle that Malenia broke to bloom. Not Radahn's arena. There's also a ghost East of Smoldering Wall grace of site that says "Sublime, I tell you. The very first flower of Aeonia bloomed on this very spot. Malenia, may you blossom into a goddess." He's looking directly at the Swamp of Aeonia.
@@trh3xa174 Damnnn that makes more sense actually lol. That’s crazy
@@gooseball100 It might have looked like that back then before the the Scarlet Rot had such a drastic effect on the landscape.
@@trh3xa174
maybe there was more than one battle, and she bloomed twice? because if u remember correctly, the wailing dunes is where the fight between malenia and radahn took place, and it's the same place radahn is wandering inside
And yet noone can find the albinauric woman for gideon
Great. Now do it again with the cleanrot Weapons and while being afflicted with scarlet rote.
At the very least, she would have access to the big katana, should have the stats for it.
@@Doktor_Lutscher How would she use 3 weapons?
@@MaximillionPegasusJ.Crawford one hand needs to be empty for carrying Malenia (the jar). Assuming a single polearm and cleanrot sword (the scythe for finlay), you have one slot available to switch to, and it's reasonable to assume that the Malenias sword was recovered alongside her body.
I might just do that challenge. I still need to get a scythe tho
@@Doktor_Lutscher i Imagine she carries Malenia on her back in some kind of towel or straps she found on the Battlefield. She used her weapons with great skill, so theres no need for a switcheroo.
Besides, youd have a massive Canon that you cant use (actually, you can just shoot malenia to the haligtree with it, lol) alongside 3 other weapons + Armor. I doubt there is a way to midroll or even just fatroll.
But...there are people thatve besten the game while overloaded, so If youre up for the Challenge...
@morgenrotritter-8608 The jar is just to have something on the back as representative of Melenia. Alternatively, you could have a greatshield of any kind, but unless you know an Elden Ring chest armor with a body sized backpack that looks similar to cleanrot armor, I think sticking to 1 weapon slot is fair for the run/walk, especially if we assume (for suspension of disbelief) that finlay had to also carry the prosthetics with the other hand.
0:16 Finlay learns to walk on water 👍
It's when the boss music starts
For those wondering, considering all the turns, that's somewhere between 16 to 24 kilometers of walk (or roughly a half-marathon), enduring hardships, the tiredness of battle, the weight of a very big person on your shoulders, with probably a lot of people hunting you (Godrick would almost certainly be willing to send forces to try and capture Malenia after she humiliated him in her campaign towards Caelid, which was probably just a few days before her battle with Radahn, and I wouldn't be surprised if Mohg sent some of extremely powerful blood knights and bloody fingers to prevent her from ever retrieving Miquella). Finlay is one heck of a sis if I've ever seen one.
This video shows how large the world of Elden Ring actually is
Points for using roads rather than going straight to the points.
the lore of the Altus Plateau lift is its medallions had been lost and many forget that it even needed a medallion. so finlay wouldnt have used that, in addition the leyndel capital is occupied by enemies so how malenia got to cealid from the haligtree is as unknown as the path that finlay took back
Yea, but the lyndel knights weren't enemies of the cleanrot, right?
@@God-nh9lq they were, if there was a clear winner between radahn and malenia the winner would have besieged Lyndell to contest morgott for the throne
Damn bro, yeah, OP is so dumb, he should've just gone out of bounds and used Elden RIng's well known climbing mechanic to get to the Haligtree.
@@santiagojara8056 what im saying is that we dont know how malenia got to caelid therefor the vid isnt accurate to lore. if you really want to make an OOB vid then you do you that isnt related to my comment
I can imagine poor Finlay scaling the sheer face of the ravine in northern Liurnia, painstakingly freeclimbing all while carrying Malenia on her back. Honestly incredible to imagine what the journey must've been like for Finlay, because you can't exactly dodge roll with a lady on your back.
One must imagine finlay happy
I appreciate that you didnt use the horse at all
Cats when you leave the door 1mm open
The homie with no car going back home (me)
Finlay Gaming
Ay yo, What up? It's ya girl, Finlay! Back at it again with another *_EPIC CHALLENGE VID,_* but before we do anything feel free to click the bell, it really helps out a lot. Today we're gonna help, MALENIAAAA!!!! *[ **_airhorns and "sike it's the wrong number" sound effects_** ]* We're gonna be trucking this goddess of rot back to the Haligtree all the way from the swamps of Caelid. I've got my Fitbit set and Gfuel ready, and I'm rearing to go! I'd like to thank Squarespace, Grammarly, Audible, Honey, and Adam and Eve for sponsoring this video. Make sure to like, favorite, and subscribe, and I'll see y'all in the next one! *[ **_fights 13 Giant Dogs._** ]*
So that's how she died and became spirit ash, from fck1ng exhaustion
Props to you, uploader, who walked through like all the Land Between just for the sake of this video
If there was an Elden Ring Show, Finlays journey could be an own arc
If there was an Elden Ring show, Finlay's journey would have about as much dedication to it as it gets in the game. There's so much lore to Elden Ring that they would have to skip past barely relevant side characters- unless you'd want to wait until season 26 before the arc would even begin.
Now we all know how her soldier carry her way back to haligtree. Bro is truly a gigachad
The bro is a sis btw
@@crios8307honorary bro
@@crios8307☝️🤓
@@crios8307No. She has earned the title of bro.
When she says, “Come over, I’m by myself”
What is it with all this lesbian crap?
Friendly reminder according to the DLC Miquella was in Caelid curing a RANDOM ENEMY SOLDIER rather than attending his own sister.
FINLAY TRAVELLED AND CARRIED MALENIA ALONE
One must imagine finaly happy
There's 3 Giga Chads in ER. Radahn, Hourah Loux and Finlay. One is a Demigod, the other is the first Elden Lord. And the last? One Bad @$$ Bitch who caried an 8 foot tall Rot Mommy across the entire Lands Between during an all out war, while being eaten by Scarlet Rot from the inside out and fighting off anyone who dared get in her way. She didn't give up or lose her sanity until she achieved her goal. Absolute LEGEND. Finlay, i salute you. 🫡
Malenia: IiIvE faAlLen aND ii CAnNt GgET UUPPP..
Finlay: Aight say no more.
Your strength.....Extraordinary. The mark of a true lord.
awesome! my only complaint is that I'm pretty sure Finlay took the ruined precipice up to Altus, not the lift of dectus.
Technically the journey would have started in the Heart of Aeonia, Radahn was poisoned there and simply moved to the wilds later on to die as his last piece of mental ability faded, but he didn’t.
Imagine doing all of this and then, not getting a promotion. Miquella pats you on the back, says "I appreciate it, G", and then sends you back to the frontlines.....
I like how when you first hear the story of Finley you're like aw, that's sweet
And then you see Melania's character model and realize that she is one *b i g b!tch* and probably weighs like 250lb, all muscle
The one part of this I find the most unbelievable is going through Leyndell while at war with them, like strolling through the entire front gates as an enemy combatant with a hostile armies queen/general etc.
Imagine going through a terrifyingly long, grueling journey, defeating all enemies along your path, out of loyalty to your sovereign, and dying after due to the injuries, strain, and disease inflicted before and along the way. And then a few decades after your death, some filthy tarnished comes in and says that you're just gay. Come on bro.
its crazy to think of how big open world games are like elden ring and skyrim, because you have horses, and fast travel. but when you think about walking all that distance, you couldnt even fathom it. But the devs built every piece of it, bit by bit.
I’ve beaten Elden Ring without Torrent or fast travel, and let me tell you, the environment work in this game is unmatched by anything I’ve ever seen. Walking such long distances really gives you a sense of patience and makes you appreciate the scenery.
Awesome! How long did the walk take?
Thank you. It took me 1.5 hours!
@@tinjutkinJesus Christ. If this walk took 1.5 hours, I worry how long it would take while over encumbered like someone else commented
@@KitsuneFyora Yeah it took me this amount of time with jogging haha. I think being encumbered is even slower than regular walk in elden ring right? I'm very bad at math but it can take 5-7 hours maybe? idk. btw since I'm not going to be able to roll I think for the new run at least I'm going to need bloodhound step or concealing veil.
@@tinjutkin quickstep is an option too, no?
@@KitsuneFyorayou're right! forgot about this one
And she STILL didn’t let him smash
Finlay's a woman but yeah, Fin didn't get any rotussy
Thank you so much for carrying Malenia all the way back to the Haligtree!
This video deserves more views
I still think it’s interesting that Malenia only “won” that fight because her death caused a fucking nuke, which then caused her own resurrection.
Without her bullshit trump card, Radahn in his prime did and would have swept the floor with her.
everyone talking about finlay but this dude had to do this. new sub good job :)
thank you so much for the sub!
now THIS is quality content
It really puts in the perspective of just how insane that trek was. Let alone having to fight their way through everything. Thanks for the video! I might try this myself at some point for a run.
You're 8 fortnights late, Finlay.
The pizza is free.
Thank you for honoring such a great warrior. When all of us cheered when we finally beat her, you shed tears and took her back home to rest.
why does the text at the beginning comfort me very very much it makes me think of happy nostalgic memories and amazing things anyone else get this feeling?
Very cool! Very dedicated, different, and unique. Good work man!
Finlenia forever 🥺❤️
No
Yes
@@milesbrown2261 no.
@@milesbrown2261 it was just admiration
@@Araxielgod why do you even care it's pretend women in a pretend vidya game? what scared of a lil gay tarnishing your manly testosterone game? pathetic.
Throughout my entire life, I was never so underprepared for the phrase "Malenia is in a jar cannon"
Imma be a nerd for a bit.
LORE wise, finlay's grand jouney carrying our 8-foot-tall Scarlet mommy, should start from the heart of Aeonia, which is where Malenia first release the Scarlet rot and gave Radahn and the entirety of Caelid super aids.
Yeah, but that's still far as fuck, nice vid.
When you said Malenia was in the jar cannon I thought I have seen that btch fly but, never like a shooting star 🤣🤣
an awesome recreation 👏
🎶 "And I feel like I just got home, and I feel..." 🎶
In the eldenring dlc I hope we can find Finlay carrying her leader
3 loading screens. We’ve come so far.
Im pretty sune finlay used the runic motorbike which will
soon be features in the dlc.
Hosts after you kill their phantoms be like:
...But it was definitely a tie.
If only she was encumbered at Castle Morne, Finlay would've had a harder time.
the walking i can see, the LADDERS IN THE HALIGTREE are another story, ridiculously long ladders shed have had to carry malenia down/up
She carried her form the battle of aeonia, in the swamp
Finlay is a top g
Mad respect my guy who knows how long it takes to run there
This could be an anime of the grueling journey Finlay faced and the perilous obstacles they had to overcome. Just a whole season of endurance and perseverance and the indomitable human spirit
Mean while miquella was healing redmane Freya for some reason lol
Honestly Finlay story can easily be adapted into a movie or show with the heroine eventually accomplishing her mission and passes on peacefully at the end. It'll be a real tear jerker thats for sure.
0:16 cuando te gastas el pasaje del autobus en una empanada 💀
gets me puzzled that it's said the final battle between radahn and malenia took place in aeonia outside selia, but in the trailer it clearly showed radahn got nuked in the dunes
Maybe they were dunes beforehand? But nah I'm with you tho
@@superceilingfan9741 couldn't be, malenia exploded in aeonia, that's why there's a rot swamp outside selia. Yet the dunes looked like there was a battle there
@@thecommentguy9380 maybe radahn got blasted and the fight moved to the dunes before it kicked in
@@superceilingfan9741or maybe her forces arrived by sea, then battled their way into aenoia. After the blast, it's said Radahn with what little sanity he had left, moved to the dunes so he wouldn't become a danger to his own forces
@@thecommentguy9380 my mans hopped off a cliff for the boys
Your endurance, extraordinary.
Dear Finlay,
You should really use Sites of Grace to fast travel.
Sincerely,
Tarnished
I admit it, i misread that as _"FINALLY carrying Malenia [...]"_
That awkward moment when you find a warp gate to the Haligtree underneath the sand 😬
I love this! Jarlenia is adorable! I'm going to give this journey a try myself!!
I love how the whole time I can see pretty much exactly where you are and then when you get to the haligtree the video immediately turns into a nauseating blur
“I have never known defeat”….. as she gets carried across the fucking world.
This is pretty impressive, but my grandma used to make this journey to school. Uphill. Both ways.
No horse either, all you can do is respect Finlay 👏
Finlay is like our parents carrying us to bed when we fall asleep on the couch