"TOGETHAAAAAA WE WILL... become family once again. Seriously, I miss you. Radahn, little brother, I miss our playfights. All those pranks we played on each other, all those times we raced each other to see who'd get to the Manor first. I miss that, but I miss you even more. I hope Leonard is doing well. Ranni, little sis, wherever you are, I hope you're doing okay. Blaidd and old Iji are still with you, right? I hope so, they always took care of you when Mother and Father weren't around. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten our plan. And I will see you again, I promise. Mother... well, you've probably forgotten we exist. Still bound to that rotten egg, I assume. Father gave up on all of us a long time ago, and yet you're still holding on to him. He left you, but we didn't. We stayed. And yet you left us. As if we were to blame for him choosing Queen Marika over you. You're as terrible as her. Whatever. Go rot in that awful library with all your fake children. Clearly you love them more than us. And Father... I have even less to say to you, old man. What a soulless waste of air you are. Iji was more of a father to me than you ever were. How to shave, how to fight, how to ride a damn horse... it should have been you, not him. I needed my father, not the caretaker. I hope it was worth it. Leaving us. I hope you got what you wanted in the end." @@lucasgraf2677
Reaching the minor erdtree and having the sublime guitar strings echo in my ears as I was strolling closer felt like a religious moment for some reason.
Poor marika, she lost her people in a horrific genocide, and in her rage she charged her son to commit attrocities beyond measure. She condemned her son to blasphemy. And he shunned her for it. Her first sin was the sealing of the tree, and the genocide that followed. She simply wished to never have death take whom she loved again, sealing away destined death after attaining godhood. When her only son, not cursed by the horn sent, was slain, she was broken. Although a god in flesh, she was simply human.
they really used that so well, esp the dlc but also the main game. music/scenery/lore set these games so far apart. another one that comes to mind is first entering the abyssal woods. silent crypts going down and down until the spooky forest is revealed. every step had me paranoid
I don’t know anything about music theory, but I feel like the two notes being removed from the Elden Ring theme that separate the beginning from the full orchestral performance holds some kind of symbolism and significance. As if to solidify the isolation of this place from the wars and conflicts that swallowed the rest of the Lands Between and the Realm of Shadow. Only in this somber and empty place, is some remnant of a kinder past, a desire for healing with the minor Erdtree, now only a hollow peace.
i cried when i walked into this area, i knew there was something sad behind this place and when i started reading the item descriptions i cried even harder
With the reinforcement that the Greater Will has abandoned the world since way before Marika's rise to power, Grace has to therefore be a gift from Marika to the Tarnished. There's no grace in the Shaman Village. Marika did not want us to see this place.
Going from finding 5 whole scadu fragments in one spot and being ecstatic to then coming upon the Shaman village a stones throw away is the same feeling as getting a text from your crush and then realizing you didn’t silence your phone at the funeral.
Marika being a Shaman, and Shamans being described as easy to meld to other bodies makes me think that Radagon melded Marika to himself after he left Renalla. Which has holes of its own, but it explains why Radagon and Marika had opposite viewpoints on the Golden Order. Marika destroyed the Elden Ring, while Radagon was trying to fix it.
Radagon was definitely a part of marika while being married to renala, this is confirmed with seluvis’s masks description. Not saying they didn’t meld, but it had to have happened before he married renala
Marika fused with Radagon because she was a goddess and Radagon was her mortal self... So she could destroy the elden ring and be killed by a tarnished. The shaman part means they can fuse with others creatures living or dead, such as Godrick with the tarnished and the dragon's head or Rykard with the Eiglay (The immortal snake)
@@Perdido626 But if Radagon was Marika, why would he have the opposite goals to her? That's the main reason why I believe they were two separate people at some point in the past and Radagon forced her, or coerced her, to merge with him.
Radagon didn't do it, for Markia was the goddess. It appears that the Hornsent sought to create a saint, one who could embody godhood and Marika was the success of this effort. Many people of her village, and beyond suffered the jarring process by the Hornsent. It's possible Marika was a successful saint and she resented the Hornsent for it. The sacrifices made that turned people into those fleshy blobs we see in the DLC are enough to send her into a rage. She sought to preserve what little bits of happiness in her home town. Knowing there was nothing left of her home. There was nobody to save, nobody to heal. Leaving the Erdtree as something of a bouquet to a grave.
@@V0RTA there would be visible debris. As I’m sure there is not hornscent disaster relief program cleaning up after war campaigns. I struggle to understand how you all can’t just admit that the Shaman village despite having nice music and a shiny mini erd tree and a dead tree with a carving of a old woman in it, the rest of the village is as poorly designed and likely thrown together last minute.
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"Marika bathed her home in gold, knowing then, that there was no one left to heal."
”And one day, we'll return together... To our home, bathed in rays of gold"
TOGETHER
"TOGETHAAAAAA WE WILL... become family once again. Seriously, I miss you.
Radahn, little brother, I miss our playfights. All those pranks we played on each other, all those times we raced each other to see who'd get to the Manor first. I miss that, but I miss you even more. I hope Leonard is doing well.
Ranni, little sis, wherever you are, I hope you're doing okay. Blaidd and old Iji are still with you, right? I hope so, they always took care of you when Mother and Father weren't around. Don't worry, I haven't forgotten our plan. And I will see you again, I promise.
Mother... well, you've probably forgotten we exist. Still bound to that rotten egg, I assume. Father gave up on all of us a long time ago, and yet you're still holding on to him. He left you, but we didn't. We stayed. And yet you left us. As if we were to blame for him choosing Queen Marika over you. You're as terrible as her.
Whatever. Go rot in that awful library with all your fake children. Clearly you love them more than us.
And Father... I have even less to say to you, old man. What a soulless waste of air you are. Iji was more of a father to me than you ever were. How to shave, how to fight, how to ride a damn horse... it should have been you, not him. I needed my father, not the caretaker.
I hope it was worth it. Leaving us. I hope you got what you wanted in the end."
@@lucasgraf2677
@@es-rh8oo wasn't expecting to get emotional in a random comments section at 4 in the morning...
@@es-rh8ooomg it did not even cross my mind….that Rykard was Rennala’s son??!
bro its reazlly that
*"What was her prayer? What was her wish? There was no one left to answer, and Marika never returned home again..."*
- Description of the Golden Braid
Reaching the minor erdtree and having the sublime guitar strings echo in my ears as I was strolling closer felt like a religious moment for some reason.
Have you ever heard a guitar before? What's playing is a harp lol.
@@RokinDokin sir you're greatly mistaken, for that is clearly the sound of a xylophone
I heard the music, got off torrent, and walked to the light. A slow pace as I relaxed and picked up the incantation
@@julian_whitewaywrong, thats clearly the sound of bongos.
Poor marika, she lost her people in a horrific genocide, and in her rage she charged her son to commit attrocities beyond measure. She condemned her son to blasphemy.
And he shunned her for it.
Her first sin was the sealing of the tree, and the genocide that followed.
She simply wished to never have death take whom she loved again, sealing away destined death after attaining godhood.
When her only son, not cursed by the horn sent, was slain, she was broken.
Although a god in flesh, she was simply human.
so flawed but understandable. what a brilliant character they made, and we never even really meet her / see her (alive) as herself
You can taste the sorrow on the wind. The narrative transition in the soundtrack when you approach the village is masterful.
they really used that so well, esp the dlc but also the main game. music/scenery/lore set these games so far apart. another one that comes to mind is first entering the abyssal woods. silent crypts going down and down until the spooky forest is revealed. every step had me paranoid
The most serene area in the game.
"What a sad state of affairs"
Gideon knew all about this from the start.
I don’t know anything about music theory, but I feel like the two notes being removed from the Elden Ring theme that separate the beginning from the full orchestral performance holds some kind of symbolism and significance.
As if to solidify the isolation of this place from the wars and conflicts that swallowed the rest of the Lands Between and the Realm of Shadow. Only in this somber and empty place, is some remnant of a kinder past, a desire for healing with the minor Erdtree, now only a hollow peace.
It's a nice interpretation
i cried when i walked into this area, i knew there was something sad behind this place and when i started reading the item descriptions i cried even harder
i feel nostalgic i dont know why, i want to be here
With the reinforcement that the Greater Will has abandoned the world since way before Marika's rise to power, Grace has to therefore be a gift from Marika to the Tarnished.
There's no grace in the Shaman Village. Marika did not want us to see this place.
😢🎉
Going from finding 5 whole scadu fragments in one spot and being ecstatic to then coming upon the Shaman village a stones throw away is the same feeling as getting a text from your crush and then realizing you didn’t silence your phone at the funeral.
The weight of sadness and loss this place has is beyond words
Thanks for posting this! One of the most haunting places in the game in my opinion.
I wonder what the lore reason is for there being no grace there....
Grace is a gift from Marika to the Tarnished, it serves as a guide to us
and knowing what this place once was...
Marika being a Shaman, and Shamans being described as easy to meld to other bodies makes me think that Radagon melded Marika to himself after he left Renalla. Which has holes of its own, but it explains why Radagon and Marika had opposite viewpoints on the Golden Order. Marika destroyed the Elden Ring, while Radagon was trying to fix it.
Radagon was definitely a part of marika while being married to renala, this is confirmed with seluvis’s masks description. Not saying they didn’t meld, but it had to have happened before he married renala
Marika fused with Radagon because she was a goddess and Radagon was her mortal self... So she could destroy the elden ring and be killed by a tarnished. The shaman part means they can fuse with others creatures living or dead, such as Godrick with the tarnished and the dragon's head or Rykard with the Eiglay (The immortal snake)
@@Perdido626 But if Radagon was Marika, why would he have the opposite goals to her? That's the main reason why I believe they were two separate people at some point in the past and Radagon forced her, or coerced her, to merge with him.
@@drohit1207 bro, didn't you play the dlc ? ST Trina is Miquella and the two have opposite goals from each other.. Just like Radagon and Marika
Radagon didn't do it, for Markia was the goddess. It appears that the Hornsent sought to create a saint, one who could embody godhood and Marika was the success of this effort. Many people of her village, and beyond suffered the jarring process by the Hornsent.
It's possible Marika was a successful saint and she resented the Hornsent for it. The sacrifices made that turned people into those fleshy blobs we see in the DLC are enough to send her into a rage. She sought to preserve what little bits of happiness in her home town. Knowing there was nothing left of her home. There was nobody to save, nobody to heal. Leaving the Erdtree as something of a bouquet to a grave.
My new favorite area in a Fromsoft game.
Very relaxing, keep it up bro!
friki
Sounds like same notes from the final fight vs Radagon
Elden Beast
@@masonstewart6232 indeed yes
Just art 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
O, Mother
………..didn’t see any new 🫙.
Shaman village. More like a lone Shaman hut. 😂
Are you blind? There's two buildings in that shot.
@@GreyMASTA two buildings with no entrance or internal structure. 😂🤷♂️
@@ReallyYoureDenied to the players, but it ONCE was a village.
It was a village once. Maybe the houses were burnt down by the hornsent and only those two survived.
@@V0RTA there would be visible debris. As I’m sure there is not hornscent disaster relief program cleaning up after war campaigns.
I struggle to understand how you all can’t just admit that the Shaman village despite having nice music and a shiny mini erd tree and a dead tree with a carving of a old woman in it, the rest of the village is as poorly designed and likely thrown together last minute.