General Radahn Lore & Story Explained - Elden Ring

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  • @aayusshsingh9999
    @aayusshsingh9999 2 года назад +3573

    Radhan is one of those few bosses that the whole community respects.........i just want to fight his prime form
    Edit (June 2024): Guys you wont fking believe......

    • @auditor7613
      @auditor7613 2 года назад +333

      Me too. Or have an option to save him from scarlet rot.

    • @sqwid12
      @sqwid12 2 года назад +344

      Time travel DLC PLEASE

    • @SomeoneIsAlwaysMovingOnTheSurf
      @SomeoneIsAlwaysMovingOnTheSurf 2 года назад +48

      @@sqwid12 YESS

    • @zervaunt
      @zervaunt 2 года назад +163

      @@sqwid12 that's not completely out of the question, because if you're fighting Dragonlord Placidusax, you literally go back in time in order to fight him. So who knows

    • @xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx
      @xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx 2 года назад +37

      @@zervaunt
      Can some Time Travel relic be found on Farum Azula?
      However if you do travel back in time, you will ruin Ranni's plan for ascension because the Rune of Death isn't stolen yet.

  • @Sp3llmen
    @Sp3llmen 2 года назад +1278

    General Radahn's boss fight is the epitome of "honorable death" in my eyes. He went down in a way he would've wanted, in battle. An not to just any person, but to someone who becomes an elden lord.

    • @dexterhopkins5267
      @dexterhopkins5267 2 года назад +34

      And to an entire army

    • @justsomeguy4260
      @justsomeguy4260 2 года назад +8

      Don't know what's up with these elden ring gaymers worshipping bosses in a videogame like it's just a video game

    • @asura191
      @asura191 2 года назад +1

      @@justsomeguy4260shut up pls

    • @asura191
      @asura191 2 года назад

      @@justsomeguy4260 he didnt say " i suck his 3d cock" , just appreciating the story

    • @Ghost-qo5of
      @Ghost-qo5of 2 года назад +25

      And a giant jar

  • @heyimurchin6575
    @heyimurchin6575 2 года назад +2020

    One sad detail i noticed when i visited redmain castle was a chair close to the lift before Radahn's arena. It was facing the beach. Which made me believe that Jerren spends most of his time looking at his old comrade driven by madness.

    • @blank3746
      @blank3746 2 года назад +45

      Have you ever visited redmain early on, when it is filled with enemies. There is a side boss there.

    • @heyimurchin6575
      @heyimurchin6575 2 года назад +46

      @@blank3746 yes I did, I believe its a misbegotten and a crucible.

    • @Hoshiningen
      @Hoshiningen 2 года назад +105

      If you read Jerren's helmet, it says that he was a guest commander in Redahn's army. And that he had sworn an oath with him to each meet an honorable death. I wonder how many Radahn festivals he's hosted.

    • @danieldevito6380
      @danieldevito6380 2 года назад

      Can you imagine looking out from your porch and seeing that monstrosity ride his emaciated horse, or being woken up in the middle of the night to the howls of the mad, rotten general?

    • @lewispooper3138
      @lewispooper3138 2 года назад +21

      @@blank3746 yeah
      It’s the 5th crucible repeat and the 4th misbegotten repeat in a bad gank fight

  • @MrRedMane
    @MrRedMane 2 года назад +464

    Just the fact that Radahn allowed Malenia to reattach her prosthetics before engaging the fight tells so much about what Radahn stood for.

    • @courier6640
      @courier6640 Год назад +5

      @Ders snek in me boots All 'causd she went Yandere for her brother, because she couldn't protect him from... their half brother, likely seeking greater power to defeat Mohg.

    • @randomninja7632
      @randomninja7632 Год назад +47

      Radahn is the kind of person to bow in pvp then wait for the opponent to spend 30 seconds on buffs

    • @Person-lk1vs
      @Person-lk1vs Год назад +1

      @@courier6640 huh

    • @MisterCade
      @MisterCade Год назад +8

      @@Person-lk1vs bro thinks he is a tarnished 💀

    • @yeeyee6136
      @yeeyee6136 2 месяца назад +2

      @@courier6640boy did this comment age well

  • @Saint.Cosmos
    @Saint.Cosmos 2 года назад +478

    I would love for Radahn in whatever new age the tarnished actually ushers in to be a friendly NPC. I could see his non rotted personality being a lot like Alexander. Loud, bombastic but cheery and ready for honorable duels.

    • @smiley4995
      @smiley4995 2 года назад +18

      What if Alexander has a part of him inside of him?

    • @electronoob8970
      @electronoob8970 2 года назад +34

      Time travel DLC where you can save him from the scarlet rot and fight with him in the Shattering

    • @user-vp6cq4sv3d
      @user-vp6cq4sv3d 2 года назад +4

      He literally carries himself as being the exact opposite of "bombastic" in the cutscene against Malenia.

    • @Hugealligator254
      @Hugealligator254 2 года назад +4

      He can’t fit in any building though.

    • @tomasmisek5598
      @tomasmisek5598 Год назад +10

      @@user-vp6cq4sv3d i mean at the time he was fighting an invading army lead by perhaps the most feared warrior in existence while his family is actively falling apart, his brother AND sister both going to war againts his god, said god having fucked off somewhere, his mother gone insane, Godfrey gone, Godwyn dead, Morgott apparently going to try and hunt him down, that kinda thing must have tired him

  • @itwasaladream
    @itwasaladream 2 года назад +438

    General Radahn is one of the most bad ass bosses in any game, his lore, his character art, his boss fight everything is so well put together.

    • @lewispooper3138
      @lewispooper3138 2 года назад +1

      Except the boss fight part

    • @xhydrox
      @xhydrox 2 года назад +11

      @@lewispooper3138 Looks like someone is salty they couldn't beat him....

    • @lewispooper3138
      @lewispooper3138 2 года назад +1

      @@xhydrox beat who?

    • @Penguino19
      @Penguino19 2 года назад +6

      @@lewispooper3138 its literally the best fight in the game at least for me

    • @lewispooper3138
      @lewispooper3138 2 года назад +1

      @@Penguino19 that says a lot about the quality of this games bosses

  • @HateSonneillon
    @HateSonneillon 2 года назад +117

    The thing I love about the Radahn fight is that its not really a boss fight so much as it is an epic raid just to put him out of his misery. Thats why it feels necessary and canonical to summon all those warriors to help celebrate the event and what a spectacle it is too.

  • @bananakinflyswatter904
    @bananakinflyswatter904 2 года назад +26

    I always see the pre-Rot Radahn as a stoic, almost fatherly figure. Stern, demanding, but had high hopes and pushed people under his command to be the best they could be. That kind of guy to give you a pat on the back after a hard day of work then offer helpful solutions to reduce the workload.

    • @mauz791
      @mauz791 2 года назад +3

      Agreed, his soldiers care for him so well 👍

  • @joselazo9799
    @joselazo9799 2 года назад +552

    The battle between the two was implied to be a stalemate. As a draw would still mean Malenia was never defeated. Also Malenia was stated to have given into the Scarlet Rot to "meet Radahn's measure", meaning she wasn't able to beat him without the rot.
    And finally, Malenia was pulled out of the battlefield slumbering all the way back to the Haligtree after blooming, while Radahn was still alive. Had she been left there, she would have died.

    • @simonsupersad1722
      @simonsupersad1722 2 года назад

      You seem to have left out the part where the rot was also eating away at Malenia from the inside, she was missing body parts, partially blind and she was also not at full power because she wasn’t at the third bloom. I love Radhan but you dickriders are annoying creating your own lore and passing off your opinions as facts. Also she was born with the rot, yes it’s a cancer but also part of her abilities to use. This is war to the death and anything goes.

    • @zachheafner197
      @zachheafner197 2 года назад +26

      She was unable to hold back the rot, her needle given to her my miqella held back outer gods which after it was broken she could no longer hold it back hence what happened to caelid

    • @adammiller8504
      @adammiller8504 2 года назад +17

      Well she was born cursed with the rot so there was no, "beating him without the rot." The rot is apart of her. Plus she was dealing with it since birth. What happened to radahn was she cursed him with her rot. And he couldn't even deal with it for a second. It absolutely destroyed his mind in the process. That's why it's a stale mate. She over exerted herself and fell into a deep sleep and radahn could no longer continue the fight because he was driven insane. He no longer could rationalize and was essentially turned into a clueless beast with an insatiable appetite. If he happened to kill her. It wouldn't have been legitimate as victory for radahn. 1. Cause she had to be completely disabled for him to win. And 2. There was no point after his mind got destroyed because his goals and ambition ceased to exist at the point. A strong mind is also important.

    • @Chadius_Thundercock
      @Chadius_Thundercock 2 года назад +100

      @@adammiller8504 radahn had a cancer nuke on top of him, and that man still had the composure to hold the stars back. If that isn’t a strong mind, I don’t know what is

    • @Hawntbawt
      @Hawntbawt 2 года назад +25

      Adam Miller Malenia simp xD

  • @DarthSateus
    @DarthSateus 2 года назад +489

    The thing I like about his clash with Malenia is that we’ll never know who would’ve won had both of them reached their full potential, with Malenia in her form as the Goddess of Rot and Radahn no longer held back from restraining the stars

    • @wrenthree
      @wrenthree 2 года назад +101

      Redahn easily wins

    • @justanordinaryguy._.7399
      @justanordinaryguy._.7399 2 года назад +126

      Bruh, Radahn without holding back could just lift the entire battlefield to space. Heck, he just use his Gravity Magic to meteor shower Malenia

    • @gilsonpassos1047
      @gilsonpassos1047 2 года назад +89

      @@wrenthree so true, as far as I'm concerned he did when they fought for the first time and she did the equivalent losing a chess game and then ragequiting while throwing the board with the pieces.

    • @AKGame100
      @AKGame100 2 года назад +61

      if you think about it radahn is the winner, because malenia flee with her soldier after poisoning radahn, and radahn still standing without any heal or help

    • @Wi11iamNZ
      @Wi11iamNZ 2 года назад +61

      The whole reason Milenia nuked Radahn and Aeonia in the first place is because she was probably losing or knew she was no match for Radahn. It was her last ditch attempt at defeating him even if it killed her too. We know she had to be carried back probably in a near death state and has been regenerating at the Haligtree ever since that battle.

  • @bobbytillman8454
    @bobbytillman8454 2 года назад +396

    Imagine having to fight a 100% full power Radahn… Words wouldn’t be able to describe that battle. Thank you for the lore, very informative and entertaining. Makes me love Radahn even more!

    • @rossl5908
      @rossl5908 2 года назад +8

      Well he got beaten by Melania full strength with false limbs lol

    • @thedoomslayer5863
      @thedoomslayer5863 2 года назад +104

      @@rossl5908 malenia literally nuked an entire landmass by willingly putting herself in a gravely wounded state by her own blade just to let her disease do the fighting for her to kill Radhan. The result was Malenia was completely KO'ed by her own attack and Radhan the chad tanked a nuke point blank and survived. The scarlet rot took Radhans mind and legs overtime but that is not to Malenia's credit. Her goal was to challenge and kill Radhan but she failed and Radhan lived.
      Oh and the entire time during his fight with Malenia AND YOU he was reserving massive chunks of his power to keep himself light enough to not crush his steed and literally hold all the stars and meteors in the sky still. If thats not fucking BADASS i dont know what is.

    • @rossl5908
      @rossl5908 2 года назад +5

      @@thedoomslayer5863 How was he holding the stars in place, was he using the force? This is why I don’t like him, the writing seems out of place…

    • @BT-jg2xv
      @BT-jg2xv 2 года назад +72

      @@rossl5908 he literally uses gravity magic what did u think he uses

    • @AngelAngel-wf1rs
      @AngelAngel-wf1rs 2 года назад +41

      @@rossl5908 Bruh did you listen to the video? He went out his way to learn gravitational spells because he was too heavy for his bestmate and also gave him the power to hold back STARS. LET THAT SINK IN.
      Edit: Just to add - the force you're talking about is the purple spells he casts that lifts boulders

  • @mrprodigy0526
    @mrprodigy0526 2 года назад +510

    This is amazing, we really need a dlc or something that shows radahn in his prime, such a cool boss 1 of my favorites. Would’ve loved to fight him in his prime☹️
    -damn i manifested prime radahn😳

    • @mida05g
      @mida05g 2 года назад +28

      You would have loved it for the first 20 attempts lol

    • @flarethedragonlord7470
      @flarethedragonlord7470 2 года назад +4

      Perhaps something similar to the champions of hallownest from hollow knight?

    • @foca_4765
      @foca_4765 2 года назад +1

      Imagine morgot in his prime, morgot defeated radhan

    • @blacktigerpaw1
      @blacktigerpaw1 2 года назад +1

      @@foca_4765 Really?

    • @fhufhfhjfjfjf9534
      @fhufhfhjfjfjf9534 2 года назад +1

      @@flarethedragonlord7470 do u mean the pantheon of hallownest?

  • @dracorex426
    @dracorex426 2 года назад +23

    Radhan's mind couldn't have been completely gone. He still had enough him in him to remember to hold back the Stars and protect Leonard.

    • @Era551
      @Era551 Год назад

      I think it was the last to go

  • @oerjeke9422
    @oerjeke9422 2 года назад +372

    Make as many of these videos as you feel like. I really enjoyed the parts where I could see Radahns model since during the fight its kinda hard to see all the details.

  • @j.vinton4039
    @j.vinton4039 2 года назад +166

    He’s actually one of my favorite bosses / characters ingame next to Rykard. The fact that Radahn isn’t a power hungry mad man, but an honorable general who loves his horse and family won me over. I’d liked to have seen him pre rot.

    • @courier6640
      @courier6640 Год назад +4

      Really? One of your favorites is "TOGETHAAAA" Man?

    • @yourerightdawg
      @yourerightdawg Год назад

      You might be able tobin the dlc

    • @theozlander4629
      @theozlander4629 7 месяцев назад +1

      I love the juxtaposition to his brother as well.
      Rykard was an evil, corrupted monster his men finally saw as the monster he was.
      Radahn was such a leader even his madness he was so respected they threw The Radahn Festival until the general got the honourable end he deserved

    • @MirelurkMaster
      @MirelurkMaster 3 месяца назад +1

      Bro you won't fuckin believe it

  • @benjithecorgi5714
    @benjithecorgi5714 2 года назад +30

    It’s sad how he went insane, respect to him. He died a warrior. He died with honour.

  • @jonasfadi8213
    @jonasfadi8213 2 года назад +692

    Radahn is just the best designed character I've ever witnessed in gaming like no joke.

    • @Artaxerxes.
      @Artaxerxes. 2 года назад +18

      The best one so far in FS games definitely

    • @t-mac1236
      @t-mac1236 2 года назад +15

      How do you figure? He is certainly cool looking but I can think of many other characters that are better designed than him.

    • @chewyhazerd3587
      @chewyhazerd3587 2 года назад +29

      His story reminds me of Artorias from know about him by the stories of his glory, achievements, and strength, only to find that he is just a crippled shell of his former self and still beats the ever loving shit out of you

    • @simeonspence1953
      @simeonspence1953 2 года назад +5

      @@t-mac1236 well it’s his opinion can’t you respect that?

    • @t-mac1236
      @t-mac1236 2 года назад +20

      @@simeonspence1953 I certainly respect it. I’m sorry if my response seemed disrespectful. Just trying to open a dialogue about fromsoftware character design

  • @TENGU127
    @TENGU127 2 года назад +37

    One of the most Epic battles in the entire game...Fun and Brutal at the same time. He has become one of my favorite Boss Battles. They could make a Video Game or Movie evolving around Radahn and I'm buying it.

  • @Lansoprazoless
    @Lansoprazoless 2 года назад +232

    Malenia: I have never known defeat
    Also malenia : got beaten to a pulp by ongbal

    • @Titan1930S
      @Titan1930S 2 года назад +19

      Man ongbal was the real boss there 😂

    • @Lansoprazoless
      @Lansoprazoless 2 года назад +6

      @@Titan1930S Ongbal is actually the first elden lord. Godfrey just pissed off bc he beat him mercilessly before stepping out from the crown

    • @skyfigurefun
      @skyfigurefun 2 года назад

      malenia is cheater u hate her

    • @xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx
      @xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx 2 года назад +1

      @@Lansoprazoless
      Godfrey lost his grace after Ongbal replaced him.
      *DEEPEST LORE!!!*

    • @uzicarries8582
      @uzicarries8582 2 года назад

      @@skyfigurefun youre ignorant

  • @alexc3502
    @alexc3502 2 года назад +202

    This is what storytelling is about. A story well-woven with a perfect cadence of tone. Enticing, reminiscence of another age where words and imagination were powerful tools. Well done, Dan.

  • @Hugo_Tate
    @Hugo_Tate 2 года назад +92

    The fact that he was still holding the stars back during his rotten years is incredible. I can’t even imagine his prime

  • @-__-8478
    @-__-8478 2 года назад +184

    Sadly 😥 fromsoftware disrespect him by nerfing his damage and increases the damage he gets. The only boss that fromsoftware has created to be battled differently from any other bosses, Ofcourse you can fight him alone and challenge yourself. But at early release of the game I couldn't beat him without the help of the others, and it's was magnificent battle. But now with the unnecessary nerf and NG+2 I can easily beat him in his first phase. That's really a bummer. If there is a boss that needs a nerf it's melnia without a doubt

    • @nathansolberg8009
      @nathansolberg8009 2 года назад +24

      i fully agree with you radhan was my favorite fight during my first run of the game until i got to into ng+, then i realized how much easier it could truly be after the nerf and with a full build, malenia deserves a fat nerf to how she can recover like 300 hp a hit, i’ve never been more annoyed with a boss sometimes especially that flurry combo when she just busts it out randomly

    • @eetfuk3571
      @eetfuk3571 2 года назад +4

      you can actually beat Radhan even before the nerf. using those companions to beat Radhan will just make him tough as an old leather boot and that also applies to any boss fight using summons. Radhan isn't that hard, he just become so tanky once you activated those extra help.

    • @xAshura_
      @xAshura_ 2 года назад +12

      #MakeRadahnGreatAgain

    • @Artaxerxes.
      @Artaxerxes. 2 года назад +6

      Radahn needs a buff instead

    • @ronthorn3
      @ronthorn3 2 года назад +1

      Just don’t update the game and play offline

  • @chewyhazerd3587
    @chewyhazerd3587 2 года назад +50

    I would love to cure him, so he would become an Npc, so you would have the option to support him to become the elden lord for a different ending, or fight him and he would be cranked straight to 12, and on 2x so you can see his true strength and mastery along with his weightless from the gravity magic, and he would be summoning the stars he holds back to bombard you and have the stars visibly leave from the from the night sky, so that if you last long enough the stars would be all gone and leaving you in a starless night and the star attacks would end

  • @matheusyoshida8068
    @matheusyoshida8068 2 года назад +62

    In my opinion Radhan is going to be "Legendary boss" in From Software lineage of games, like Artorias, Smough and Ornstein, Gael, and etc... I Mean, the community and al fans are loving the Radahn's backstory and fight, so i think we could already put him in this list of God Tier bosses from FromSoftware, Right? He is fucking Awesome!

    • @bananaman4613
      @bananaman4613 2 года назад +2

      Hope he gets buffed to his original form he was a much more enjoyable fight pre nerf

    • @Lepoetism
      @Lepoetism 2 года назад +4

      He is already, and cooler than Artorias to me at least...

  • @mattperjes6173
    @mattperjes6173 2 года назад +42

    I think a cool detail in the fight is if you summon patches, he’ll eventually leave the fight if he hasn’t died during it

    • @killer19183
      @killer19183 2 года назад +2

      For me he looks at him and leaves lol

  • @LucidFlameX
    @LucidFlameX 2 года назад +35

    Player characters aside, I think Radahn may now be the biggest badass across the entire FromSoft game catalog. Yes, more so than the Abysswalker, and the accursed beast who reclaimed his humanity through beloved moonlight.

    • @thctitan5041
      @thctitan5041 6 месяцев назад

      Ludwig reference or no?

    • @LucidFlameX
      @LucidFlameX 6 месяцев назад

      @@thctitan5041 Indeed.

  • @delta_knife144
    @delta_knife144 2 года назад +42

    I would love to fight prime and younger radahn even if it means being one of the hardest boss fights in all of the souls games just to give this legend some justice

    • @Thz333
      @Thz333 Месяц назад

      Now we got it buddy

  • @hahayessir400
    @hahayessir400 2 года назад +121

    Fun fact: the lion that radahn adores comes from his idol godfrey the 1st rlden lord and serosh. The red mane comes from his father radagon.
    I love radahn man.

    • @drnarwhal2888
      @drnarwhal2888 2 года назад +8

      He looks up to his father's 1st boyfriend lol

    • @shaggy5052
      @shaggy5052 2 года назад +1

      Looks like buff ornstein

    • @cloud6254
      @cloud6254 Год назад

      He is also part giant cause radagon was also a giant

  • @aregeninotenshi6484
    @aregeninotenshi6484 2 года назад +3

    Amazing work as always. As you said, truly a living legend. While I currently serve the Fell God as an ardent redeemer, I do study the Ancient Dragons (Placidusax, Granssax, etc.) and assist the Stars (Ranni; I always do her ending). And out of the Demi-god children of Marika, Radahn is an absolute favorite and I would love to have fought him at his prime - or died in his gravitational wormhole or meteor barrage, which is still epic.
    Anywho, I just wanted to add one more bit of lore about Redmane that I love: Redmane Knight Ogha. I love the Legendary Ashes and so far Ogha & Kristoff are my favorite. But reading the lore for Ogha is so amazing (like Finlay’s).
    “The longest serving member of the Redmane Knights, Ogha studied techniques to manipulate gravity alongside Radahn.” That signals to me that this knight was also a legend who travelled along side Radahn very closely. And it shows every time I summon him and he instantly begins obliterating enemies with his great bow without me even prompting. Thanks friend 😇
    Anywho. Thanks again for all the great content. Radahn, Ogha, and the Redmane Knights are truly stuff of legend and I hope they get a redemption (as I wish for the Fell God and Fire Giants) once the next reign of the Lands Between begins (hopefully by Ranni, but who knows! Dung Eater and Goldmask would also be cool continuations.)
    Gonna go play some more ER. I think I have rambled enough. Enjoy exploring, learning, dying, and growing my beautiful, fellow Tarnished!

  • @dragondaddykushala7133
    @dragondaddykushala7133 2 года назад +27

    You know he was an amazing general when simply his backstory and character inspires us to wanna follow the guy

  • @DragonMonkey07
    @DragonMonkey07 2 года назад +2

    Something I think would be amazing for Elden Ring, isn’t just Radahn or Malenia in prime form, but everyone, basically we would get to fight all the bosses Pre shard war, in which we could not only go more in depth with the lore of all bosses and the world itself before it came to ruin, but also experience literal gods and demigods in their true forms, Such as Radahn being able to have full control over the stars, his gravity magic capable of crushing all who oppose him, I would love to see this in which we could see all of the bosses backstories and challenge them at their strongest.

  • @raziel6304
    @raziel6304 2 года назад +21

    Am i the only one who absolutely adores the military drums percussion in his phase 1 theme? It fits him so well

    • @Artaxerxes.
      @Artaxerxes. 2 года назад

      They absolutely nailed Radahns theme

  • @MadTuning01
    @MadTuning01 2 года назад +3

    In a way we kind of free him of that madness but I can only imagine fighting such a mighty foe at his best health

  • @souls3bark765
    @souls3bark765 2 года назад +10

    What if Radahn instead of holding up all the stars we see in the cutscene after beating him, drags them all down with gravity magic to rain meteorite upon his foes the way Astel destroyed Nokron, and judging from how many stars there are and how much damage a single star did to the terrains in limgrave just by simply falling, now imagine all those stars being accelerated by gravity magic while each one of the stars being powerful alien beasts that also master gravity magics, imagine the destruction he could've caused, but he didn't do it because he wished to protect his people and territory, unlike malenia who doesn't care at all and nuked caelid with rot

  • @felixgutierrez993
    @felixgutierrez993 2 года назад +2

    The fact Radhan even in his putrid form long past his true prime can still hold back THEE FUGGIN STARS!?!?! Just how powerful is this dude? How many push-ups did he do and what juice does he drink? mans straight outa DragonBall
    Also love the fact even with the scarlet rot festering in him and what not you can tell he still held true his beliefs holding back the stars and still cared for his horse...mad respect

  • @sarcastic_ocupie1669
    @sarcastic_ocupie1669 2 года назад +4

    I’d honestly don’t want to fight him just be friends with him. He seems like a good guy. Shame that Malenia had to corrupt him. This is why she is the worst girl.

    • @str8apem88
      @str8apem88 2 года назад

      Aren't Radahn and Malenia both good guys, and only fought eachother thanks to Mogh?

    • @sarcastic_ocupie1669
      @sarcastic_ocupie1669 2 года назад

      @@str8apem88 From what I know Malenia wanted to claim the Great rune from Radahn. He was just defending his kingdom.

    • @str8apem88
      @str8apem88 2 года назад

      @@sarcastic_ocupie1669 I thought she was looking for Miquella after Mogh kidnapped him, but was stopped by Radahn Because Mogh's domain was under his, and thought Malenia was invading. It could have been one big misunderstanding, that couldn't be talked out because of their pride.

    • @sarcastic_ocupie1669
      @sarcastic_ocupie1669 2 года назад

      @@str8apem88 I believe your right. Again I’m not sure.

  • @eternalkick
    @eternalkick 2 года назад +2

    I finally beat Radahn last night. That was probably one of my favourite boss battles that Fromsoft has done. Fighting to the bitter end. Shit was just cinematic 🔥

  • @Coal2956
    @Coal2956 2 года назад +4

    Lmao never known defeat my ass. Malania got her ass beat and tried to take radaan with her by giving herself up to the rot. She used an underhanded move that brought more of her illness to the world for the sake of her ego and failed. Radaan lost his mind but didn't give up his duty

    • @ramonsanchez4751
      @ramonsanchez4751 2 года назад

      She's an 🐜 compared to radahns mighty boot 🥾

    • @minial0015
      @minial0015 2 года назад

      This is some extreme dick riding i see here, radahn used his gravity magic so its only fair malenia used her scarlet rot, you have to be extremely delusional to ignore the game literally saying it was a draw

    • @ameirgrant6116
      @ameirgrant6116 2 года назад

      Why are you mad at her for using her strongest attack? It clearly worked

    • @ramonsanchez4751
      @ramonsanchez4751 2 года назад

      @@ameirgrant6116 it didn't

    • @ramonsanchez4751
      @ramonsanchez4751 2 года назад

      @@ameirgrant6116 she still failed to kill. She's a sore loser

  • @theozlander4629
    @theozlander4629 7 месяцев назад

    One sad detail i realised after watching this - Nelson. Hes struggling with Radahns weight in the pre battle cutscene.
    I always noticed and assumed Radahn's magic just took some of the weight and he was just still struggling a bit. But according to this video hes meant to be weightless.
    Which means he was slowly but surely losing even the last trace of Radahn, and slowly letting his weight down - eventually he wouldve just, squashed his friend. And walked away without even knowing.

  • @mitchellpenfold2097
    @mitchellpenfold2097 2 года назад +18

    Fantastic video! So much more respect for Radhan now. Can’t wait to see who you do next!

  • @mohramdhan707
    @mohramdhan707 Год назад +1

    When you fight with honor but she gave you nuke and cancer to everybody 😂😂

  • @YeOldeMachine
    @YeOldeMachine 2 года назад +44

    Radahn's story, along with the story of the ancient Godskin Hunt, are my favorite pieces of lore in ER. This is why I'm a Fromsoft junky. These epic stories held just below tge surface are so rewarding to put together

  • @GigaMoth
    @GigaMoth 2 года назад +1

    Malenia was his true rival? Radahn quite literally mopped the ground with her so bad she unleashed her scarlet rot. This rot could only be unleashed three times before she was consumed by it. She practically set off a bio weapon due to how badly she was losing. Malenia, the Blade of Miquella was a piece of cake for the chad Radahn.

  • @iTsGhosty24
    @iTsGhosty24 2 года назад +28

    Man you’ve got a sub from me now, Elden Ring lore is so interesting and you narrated it very well. Keep up the good work 😄

  • @timm2824
    @timm2824 2 года назад

    Good to hear someone not putting on a pretentious whisper voice when describing the lore. You've earned a sub. Good job

  • @rathfoks5051
    @rathfoks5051 2 года назад +5

    In a world completely dominated by scheming liars and treacherous minds, you have the few chads that really stand out in the mix; Radahn, Godfrey, and despite not being in the game, Havel comes to mind as a similar themed character. Warriors all, honorable to a fault, fighting for their fellow kin, to prevent some great evil from befalling the world. They always seem to have tragic endings to their tale, but long after their supposed demised, they still linger as fearsome enemies, and carry on as the most memorable and respected characters in their series.

  • @logangurt2667
    @logangurt2667 2 года назад +2

    I really feel like this is the most complete story they've been able to tell. It feels like what they wanted to do with dark souls.
    Elden ring is phenomenal!

  • @TheHornedKing_27
    @TheHornedKing_27 2 года назад +22

    I wish there was a way to fight Rahdan in his prime or save him from the rot

    • @SirEggo2412
      @SirEggo2412 2 года назад

      He would be harder then melania

  • @rob3497
    @rob3497 2 года назад

    This video was absolutely incredible! Great work, the lore was exactly what i needed.

  • @Ocean0Bluu
    @Ocean0Bluu 2 года назад +40

    Your narration is fantastic! All these characters feel so alive it’s amazing… I’m attached to Radahn, Ranni, Malenia, Morgott, and a few others. I love how deep their lore is! Please make more of videos like this!

  • @Hugo_Tate
    @Hugo_Tate 2 года назад

    That gazelle line and patches leaving message was hilarious

  • @IronSoulElf
    @IronSoulElf 2 года назад +5

    1 thing I wish this game had in was the ability to HEAR the bosses(some) from outside boss doors. Jerren's saying how Radahn is wandering and howling at the sky, I wish we could see and hear that from the lift that takes us to the boss door...or maybe from inside the castle.

  • @Nik37346
    @Nik37346 2 года назад

    Oh man I love Radahn and this gives you so much to think about. Best powerpoint for this showstopper. The boss is hype and so is this video. Thank you

  • @nightshadehelis9821
    @nightshadehelis9821 Год назад +4

    @0:58 I never noticed this before, but the gold etching/design on his sword is a symbol for a planet's magnetism, with the North and South pole exploding. That would explain his gravity magic. That's a pretty cool little attention to detail.

  • @TheRoomforImprovement
    @TheRoomforImprovement 2 года назад

    I still love how he waited for Malenia to put on her prosthetic arm blade before fighting her.

  • @thanquolrattenherz9665
    @thanquolrattenherz9665 2 года назад +12

    radahn was the real victor, poison is a weapon for cowards especially when granted by a questionable god.
    change my mind

    • @auditor7613
      @auditor7613 2 года назад +5

      You are 100 percents right. Malenia bitching that she never knew defeat is an absolute lie. She would be dead if her fellow knight hadn’t saved her ass.

    • @ungabunga9581
      @ungabunga9581 2 года назад +5

      @@auditor7613 I mean she can hardly be called the "undefeated swordswoman" if she didn't even use swordsmanship to fuck Radahn up. It took an outer gods power point blank to the face while he was stabbed in several places with scarlet rot spears and holding back the fucking sky to break his mind but not his body. And even then he had enough willpower to keep holding the sky up. What an Omega Chad.

    • @auditor7613
      @auditor7613 2 года назад +2

      @@ungabunga9581 Agree. She had no disadvantages in that fight, while Radahn had to care about lots of things. And people who say that she is crippled with scarlet rot and lacked her arm, aren't right. Her prosthetics are better than real arms and scarlet rot, as we saw, making her only more dangerous. Her deed becomes only worse if we remember that because of it, the whole region which was under Radahn's control is now cursed with her poison. With the same success, Radahn could drop all stars he was holding onto her head.

    • @ungabunga9581
      @ungabunga9581 2 года назад +1

      @@auditor7613 I'm pretty sure if we're talking pure destructive power, from what we've seen in Elden Ring nothing really compares to Radahn's ability to drop thousands of stars. We saw what happened when one star fell from the sky, it created a giant crater that we use to enter the eternal city. He had thousands if he dropped them he could wipe out the entire continent.

    • @BlueYYu
      @BlueYYu 2 года назад +1

      He didn't win though. Also Malenias boss fight is more fun.

  • @deadlyapple8333
    @deadlyapple8333 2 года назад +2

    Instead of the radahn bow we shouldve gotten leonard as another option for a steed instead of just torrent.

  • @dededehasastroke6919
    @dededehasastroke6919 Год назад +3

    Imagine if Prime Radahn forces players to do a 100 player party raid.

  • @BaldinBlack
    @BaldinBlack 2 года назад +2

    No one can blame Radahn for losing against Malenia.
    That woman is a true monster

    • @bananaman4613
      @bananaman4613 2 года назад

      Didnt really lose more so of a stand still
      And for me i want to know what would happen if it was 1v1 not him vs her army

    • @doginababyseat5127
      @doginababyseat5127 2 года назад

      He didn’t lose. It ended in a draw and both suffered the consequences, more so Radahn. Radahn got driven mad by rot and Malenia used too much power worsening her own inner rot and forced her into a long slumber. Both warriors were never able to continue the fight to see a true victor. Malenia was a monster though you’re right about that. Just rot nuked the entire land with her ultimate attack while my man didn’t even think about nuking her with those thousands of stars he was holding.

    • @Amon_Teivel
      @Amon_Teivel 2 года назад

      Hmm... Who wins? A poison build lady that attacks really fast, or a mammoth titan that can literally drop the sky on you?

    • @gnf_swampboi3305
      @gnf_swampboi3305 2 года назад

      I mean finlay saves her ass that’s why she alive she took the L

    • @doginababyseat5127
      @doginababyseat5127 2 года назад

      @@Daboy804 Well it also should be said that he pushed her to the absolute limit. That was why she used her ultimate attack. In the trailer, she was putting back on her arm while he was just standing there waiting with his arms crossed. Must have knocked her arm off during the fight and waited for her to get combat ready again. Definitely seems like the better warrior of the two. Her powers were more dangerous though and she unleashed it on him and the land. He beats her in skill and strength, she beats him in power and speed. Battle ended in a draw, but my man did manage to push her to limit firstz

  • @Emma_2Banks
    @Emma_2Banks 2 года назад +3

    1: screw Malenia for giving this guy a fate worse than death.

  • @ctrl4969
    @ctrl4969 2 года назад

    the song of honor hits so deep whenever i listen too it

  • @Kaldortangerine
    @Kaldortangerine 2 года назад +4

    the shivers i got when the stars started moving, just the shear number of them made me realize, that was nowhere near as strong as he could've been, if only his wits were still there and he wasn't hold the stars back.

  • @WOLFKILLS
    @WOLFKILLS 2 года назад

    Yo I love this you killed this man so so much been looking to understand general rads story thanks brother

  • @eureka0521
    @eureka0521 2 года назад +6

    Imagine this dude in his prime giving a speech to his elite soldiers at their castle going into war. Fcking legend

  • @RogueRanger53
    @RogueRanger53 2 года назад

    I believe that Radahn won because it states in the lore says that Radahn was about to kill Malenia when she gave into the scarlet rot and in the beginning cut scene you see Radahn about to kill Malenia

  • @Billy-grandMarshal
    @Billy-grandMarshal 2 года назад +18

    That was amazing great job. Continue the series

  • @paulodavi9166
    @paulodavi9166 2 года назад

    Great voice, great character. Damn good lore video, man. Subbed. Kuddos from Brasil!

  • @hamzakhairi4765
    @hamzakhairi4765 2 года назад +4

    I'd have loved to see the whole fight of malenia and radahn

  • @iso5874
    @iso5874 2 года назад

    7:10 anyone else notice how one of the soldiers threw a bomb right at the dogs balls? 😂

  • @lukelmaooooo
    @lukelmaooooo 2 года назад +3

    hope they revert most of his nerfs. it's a shame what they've done to him. I had more trouble with fucking commander o'neil than I did with radahn on my second playthrough

  • @thelettertwelve5789
    @thelettertwelve5789 2 месяца назад +2

    I got the game recently, and even knowing how much weaker his boss fight is now, it’s still my favorite fight so far. Radahn is my second favorite (nobody beats Alexander. AKA the one that should have been Elden lord)

  • @pspspspsps44
    @pspspspsps44 2 года назад +3

    Malenia and radahn are probably top 5 best fromsoft characters honestly

  • @courier6640
    @courier6640 Год назад +2

    Was he a follower of the Golden Order? Possibly.
    Was he adamantly against his sister and stepmother's wishes, yet, ignorant of his mother's pain? Certainly not.
    What he absolutely was... is a man who believed in strength, not unlike his brother (initially). A literal gentle giant, who's belief lies in the might of his master, Hoarax Loux; his pride of his lineage, with his bright red hair out in display for all to see; and his faith in the words of his teacher, the Alabaster Lord whom taught him the powers of Gravity, enabling him to protect his family, his men, and his home from the dangers lurking in the Stars, creatures like Astel, and Fallingstar Beasts, and above nearly all... ride from youth to death with the one being who stood by him, even above his men, holding a War Funeral for him; his dear friend, his mount, his ally, Leonard.
    I call him... *General Gigadahn, Scourge of the Stars.*

  • @danieldevito6380
    @danieldevito6380 2 года назад +4

    His cutscene was amazing, I just wish we got more. That's one of my only 2 complaints about this game... Not enough story and the quests are FAR too vague.

    • @lewispooper3138
      @lewispooper3138 2 года назад +5

      Are you new to souls games? That’s how they kinda are. You’re lucky to even see a cutscene for him. Many cool bosses in other souls games don’t even get that

    • @draw2death421
      @draw2death421 2 года назад

      Hmm? Oh wait your new to souls games arent you? Well thats how it usually goes with souls games. The lore is rarely just told to you. You have to read everything and come to your own conclusions. And as you progress throw the game youll find more items either confirming your theory or disproving it making you have to come up with another one based on what youve learned.

    • @danieldevito6380
      @danieldevito6380 2 года назад +1

      Regardless, whether I'm new or not, it would still be MUCH better if we got some amazing visuals. I don't see how that would diminish the mythical "Souls experience".

    • @lewispooper3138
      @lewispooper3138 2 года назад

      @@danieldevito6380 if you want better cutscenes, try dark souls 3. Plays very similar to elden ring but the bosses and story are more cohesive

    • @danieldevito6380
      @danieldevito6380 2 года назад

      @@lewispooper3138 I actually just started the Demon Souls remake for PS5 and after only just a few hours, I'm COMPLETELY blown away. I can't believe how gorgeous this game is. EVERYTHING, from the character model, the enemies and bosses, the environment, even the animations are beautiful. I don't know why Elden Ring wasn't made with the same level of detail. I even redownload Elden Ring just to see if I was imagining just how much better Demon Souls looked, but as soon as I started playing ER, it was immediately clear how much more polished DS is. You also have MUCH better support for the Dualsense controller as well.

  • @leftoverpunxxxx
    @leftoverpunxxxx 2 года назад +60

    The meteor jump was one of the coolest attacks in any game I’ve ever seen. Epic.

    • @SirEggo2412
      @SirEggo2412 2 года назад +6

      Literally everyone died to it there first run

    • @liorgoldshtein2373
      @liorgoldshtein2373 Год назад +1

      that and everything plcudisax does

  • @massivebulge2298
    @massivebulge2298 2 года назад +2

    Funny how the game makes you fight a handicap because he was too strong

  • @CalciumOxyde
    @CalciumOxyde 2 года назад +3

    It’s almost scary how strong Radahn could of been. Good lore vid.

  • @devobarnett5965
    @devobarnett5965 2 года назад

    What's scary is radahan wiped the floor with milenia quick. But she scarlet rotted to get away. And when the player fights radahn he's literally dying anyways and like at 15% mental or physical state from the rot deteriorating his body and mind

    • @minial0015
      @minial0015 2 года назад

      How exactly did he wipe the floor with her? Did you see the full fight? Can you send me the footage?

  • @YDD_Luke17
    @YDD_Luke17 2 года назад +12

    By far my favorite fight in the game. A glorious entrance and story behind the fight itself. I love the character design and emotion behind him. Malenia is still my favorite of the demigods in ER and for me her story is much more sad. I love the depth of every character in the game even down to the mobs you fight along the way! Would love to have a prequel book or comic series come out to read and really dig into the lore leading up to the game.

  • @jamesolson6544
    @jamesolson6544 2 года назад

    General Chadhan who only lost to Malenia because he's a gentleman

  • @bloodkingarthur
    @bloodkingarthur 2 года назад +7

    Great video bro. Love the fact that he had a big heart despite being such a beast on the battlefield.

  • @Howlingbrown
    @Howlingbrown 2 года назад

    Great vid dude. Did him justice. Look forward to more

  • @GrandShielder
    @GrandShielder 2 года назад +6

    This was so good! Earned a sub from me. Looking forward to more for the other major characters!

  • @creepergod3692
    @creepergod3692 2 года назад +2

    Fun fact, his design was based off of Ganondorf

  • @ptolomaios4118
    @ptolomaios4118 2 года назад +3

    So basically Radahn won but Malenia cheated with Scarlet rot

    • @planetbumble5060
      @planetbumble5060 2 года назад +1

      using your trump card ability that would win you the fight is cheating? I guess most anime protagonists are cheaters lol

    • @nooneeverlies2426
      @nooneeverlies2426 2 года назад +1

      @@planetbumble5060 wdym, she didnt even make it out alive if not for her knight

  • @EnchantedSmellyWolf
    @EnchantedSmellyWolf 2 года назад +2

    Anyone ever thought the name caelid sounds cute for this place. Probably was once a great respected placed before defiled by Melania.

  • @thegamercat9809
    @thegamercat9809 2 года назад

    wow its like watching a docuseries, good job

  • @zandervolker3439
    @zandervolker3439 2 года назад +7

    It was very odd to hear you narrate a lore video. I think the script was great and you delivered it well (not as well as Vaati… obviously😄) but I felt that for you to improve you would need to build up your style. In my opinion it had a little bit of a children’s bedtime story tone and would have liked to hear a bit more character. I’m sure you have a “souls” voice in you somewhere 😊. Who is Dan Allen in the Lands Between? What tales echo out through his voice?

  • @businessgamerprb5398
    @businessgamerprb5398 2 месяца назад +2

    Radahn is the most saddest character in elden ring... Even more so after the DLC... Imagine forcing your soul to come back and be a consort

  • @notbluebook
    @notbluebook 2 года назад +3

    The stars falling is possibly one of the most amazing And intriguing image I've seen in a video game ever

  • @mirkoblaco812
    @mirkoblaco812 2 года назад +1

    Radahn was a truly great boss.

  • @y_magaming9798
    @y_magaming9798 2 года назад +4

    I love bosses and lore like this. Makes me feel like I really killed a god or demi god.

  • @matthewmartinez3907
    @matthewmartinez3907 2 года назад

    So if it weren’t for scarlet rot he would’ve been nearly undefeatable or at least the strongest boss.

  • @arthysis9679
    @arthysis9679 2 года назад +4

    I would love to see a prime radahn in future dlc

  • @abrahamxiong4972
    @abrahamxiong4972 2 года назад

    Wow he so tough that all I did was ride around on torrent spewing scarlet rot lol

  • @geordiejones5618
    @geordiejones5618 2 года назад +3

    Radahn is like Orphan where you're fighting him at a fraction of his potential and still can easily beat you down over and over. For melee builds Radahn, Astral and Godfrey are just brutal. At least you can parry Melania.

    • @lewispooper3138
      @lewispooper3138 2 года назад +1

      Except orphan is an expertly crafted fight with balance and radhan clogs your screen with his ass and you beat him by just standing underneath him

  • @JDWalker495
    @JDWalker495 2 года назад +2

    Radahn was so beastly, Malenia had to toxic stall him

    • @thedoomslayer5863
      @thedoomslayer5863 2 года назад +1

      not even that radhan was holding back ALL the stars and meteors in the sky while having to keep himself light enough for his horse ALL THE WHILE fighting her and she STILL had to nuke a continent by almost killing herself so her rot would bloom and do the work for her.

    • @backpackpepelon3867
      @backpackpepelon3867 2 года назад

      Malenia is a beast tho, she's the only one that can brag about trading blow with prime radhan 1v1, and came out alive as strategic victor. Most demigods can't even look at radhan in his eye.

    • @thedoomslayer5863
      @thedoomslayer5863 2 года назад

      @@backpackpepelon3867 was it really HER victory if radhan lives still after and only weakens due to a disease that's just some curse Malenia was born with from some outer god of rot forced on her?
      It's eating her alive too as much as it is radhan. Granted she's resisting it better than anyone but it took both her legs, a arm and her eyes and you can see it doing work on her other arm too.
      Physically radhan only lost his feet but he did lose his mind.
      Not to mention her own ultimate attack knocked her ass out so her best knight had to carry her unconscious body to safety or she'd likely have died there.
      Radhan took her bloom POINT BLANK LIKE A UNIT and lived. With all the handicaps he had like holding back the stars and keeping himself light for his horse and protecting it.
      Pound for pound I think radhan is superior. Milicent even mentions how Malenia had to toss her pride and honor aside just to match radhan

    • @mohammadsaleem5990
      @mohammadsaleem5990 2 года назад

      @@backpackpepelon3867 yeah like godrick who literally disguised himself as a woman to escape radhan because he knew an honorable warrior like radhan would never attack defenseless women.

    • @bananaman4613
      @bananaman4613 2 года назад

      @@backpackpepelon3867 it wasnt a 1v1 lol he fought her and her army to a standstill, but yeah Malenia was still a beast

  • @Nosh_Feratu
    @Nosh_Feratu 2 года назад +3

    Fantastic video, really like the way you present information, very clear and easy to understand, subbed!!!

  • @fujiro_kurusu2931
    @fujiro_kurusu2931 2 года назад

    Only person to beat rahdan is Morgott, opening scene of the game one of the stills used is morgott on top stabbing someone in the shoulder with Radahns armor we can assume is Radahn cause no one else has his armor. But it’s pre gravity radahn cause of the size of them both in the still in the intro.