My first playthrough I made a B-line for Caleid without knowing where I was going. I remember seeing the Redmane Knights and thinking how badass they were. They literally fight mutated creatures in an area where a nuclear bomb went off. Out of all the knights I think they honor their respective demigod the best.
it's not out of respect, but I don't think I've killed one of them in a year. Caelid is very easy to run through and the only group of them I run past is the ones that fight the group of dogs as you approach the castle, and I always end up hanging out on that rock watching the melee and they nearly always win. These guys are just task driven, don't be their task and they don't even WANT to bother you, unlike other NPCs who are just not attacking you because they don't know you exist yet. The outcome is the same, but these guys don't feel as mindless in their constant fighting as the rest of the npc factions.
Redmanes made me think of the ''Biorobots'' during the Tchernobyl nuclear accident, those guys were desperately trying to contains the radiations with basic tools while beeing irradiated.
I think Morgott spared Radhann life during the siege of Leyndell when he was still ''little''. After the siege of Leyndell, when Leyndell armies attacked Mt Gelmir, Radahn didn't answered to help Morgott. I think that's why Morgott thinks radahn is a ''traitor''.
Personally I believe that by attacking Leyndell, Radahn was attempting to relieve pressure on Rykard's forces at the siege on volcano manor. Radahn's painting can be found in Volcano Manor which hints that Rykard views him favourably.
@@bluebird2217 I believe that when Marika shattered the Elden Ring, a lot of people gathered to attack Leyndell to get those precious golden runes that were raining upon the capital... Rykard forces. Radahn Forces, Godrick-Godefroy with their banished Knights and Trolls. They failed. Morgott Kicked their .sses.
I actually made a similar assumption in an old video i did about the confrontation, its probably somewhat outdated now but i think that really holds up as a possibility
Godrick Knights: I want to go home, O I want to go home! Redmanes: "Alas, dear home, I shan't see you again! For our duty is to remain here, a bulwark against the blight." Cuckoo Knights have the best drip when wearing their altered armor with Navy Hood. The DLC should have the option of pull out the jousting shields of the Knights' armors, pretty plz.
Totally agree, confessor hood is also a good way to remove the jousting shield, it looks really cool with the gelmir, similar to wearing the redmane with the red hood, and as you said the blue hood with the cuckoo set. I wish more shit removed that damn mini shield tho
@@TheHonoredMadman Hello again! Excuse my tardiness..again. I haven't much to note( puppetry has indeed been used willingly by the Nox Maiden and Swordstress to serve beyond the limits of their lifespan, so you're even more correct. Also, I think the Redmanes aren't just burning the dogs for the sake of it; I think they're one of their only sources of food). Just a theory about the Redmanes' flame. " This Rune burns, to resist the encroachment of the Scarlet Rot. " Much has been said about Radahn's possible connection to the Fire Giants and the Flame Of Ruin through his father, Radagon. His growth in size is unlikely to have been a coincidence, and his Rune is imbued with fire in the same way Malenia's is with Rot, or Mohg's is with accursed blood. That still leaves the question of what that his soldiers are doing with it. The Flame Of Ruin, Fell God, among other names, seems to have been a sentient being; for instance, it trapped the Fire Giants into being it's keepers in exchange for the power to face Marika and Godfrey's armies, a Faustian bargain which, as we see with the last Fire Giant, involved them constantly sacrificing body and mind to recieve it's blessings. Only death gave them freedom. As such, one could argue in favour of the Flame Of Ruin being an Outer God in the same vein as the Scarlet Rot; a force immanent in the world, manifested in the powers of it's vessels and worshippers. This general rule is followed by the Outer Gods; Rot is " the death that begets life"; the Deathbirds were born of an envoy of an Outer God representing death in the times before the Erdtree; the Formless Mother is literally everywhere ( whenever you use her spells, you stab her). Most can agree on this. But then, you ask, how could the Redmanes be worshipping the Flame? Are they not loyal to Radahn's vision of following Godfrey's footsteps? Well, that would imply worship in the literal sense is required. As you may have guessed, it's a little more complicated than that. _ "Ekzykes, Dragon Communion Revenger, did not forget his hatred even as he succumbed to the scarlet rot." "The Land of Reeds has long been locked in a miserable civil war, during which time it has remained alienated from the cultures of its neighbors. Little wonder that the entire nation has succumbed to the blood-soaked madness. " _ This will be a very big stretch, but thankfully, it won't require a literal crossover to be believable, I think. Let's revisit Ashina for a minute. You remember the Sculptor's story; how he almost became Shura, but then was saved by Isshin. Instead, his negative karma and inability to let go of his resentment of the Interior Ministry forced him to another fate; becoming a vessel for the " Flames Of Hatred". What are they? Simple; according to the old hag in the building where you meet Isshin as the Tengu, it's exactly what it says in a tin; a force that manifests out of the mutual and abiding hatred created by war, manifesting in the form of flames. Becoming it's vessel, the Sculptor's hair turns red, and he becomes capable of harnessing fire with infinite applications. And yet, the Flames do not merely come from the events surrounding him; they come from the Sculptor's own deep-rooted hatred for those that have ruined his homeland. Apply that logic to Radahn, and the Redmanes. At first glance, the Scarlet Rot seems solely responsible for Radahn's fate, but as we see in the trailer, his Great Rune was already doing it's work. Was it not enough to cure him, or... Was it a source of his madness n and of itself? " The mad taint of their newfound strength triggered the Shattering." The Flames within Radahn and his soldiers burn for one reason, and it is not worship. It is their pure and utter hatred; their resolve and willingness to sacrifice everything to end the Rot and the one who brought it. Radahn isn't roaring emptily to the sky; he is blind with rage at the dishonorable end of his final battle, and he will not die until one gives him a fitting one.
Also I feel like Godrick was likely caught in crossfires between two of the demigod when his forces were spread out scavenging whatever they can to strengthen their forces.🐱
It’s likely when General Radahn lead the charge to the capital they were quickly pushed back and their general being very injured after being attacked by the rumored Omen King and After losing a lot of their supplies and man, Radahn decide to hold the very stars in order to squash the ambitions of other demigod’s and force them to join his war ban but due to this Malenia was forced to leave her brother side and lead an armory to oppose Radahn so her brother can ascend from his cocoon.🐱
Yea Elden has hella knights but also many other enemies. Some of the knights are also unique enough that they almost come off like other enemies. Such as the Cleanrots who come at you with strange miracles, the dog knights like you said, and the infamous Crucible knights who sprout wings and frog ribbit bubble things
I liked this a lot. Being in Caelid usually has me in fight-or-flight mode so it’s tough sometimes to study enemy placement and the stories they’re trying to tell. This was a very thorough analysis, I feel like I know way more about the Redman Knights now! Thanks
As a cleanrot knight myself, I believe malenia went to fight radahn so she could help with miquellas plans, radahn held back the stars and therefore miquellas plan was in jeopardy. Proof of this is in the DLC requirements of Shadow of the erdtree, you have to kill radahn and mohg. Radahn IMO is a villain even through how cool he is, he held back the fates of many. It wasn't really right for malenia to unleash the scarlet rot but it was necessary for miquella to carry out his plans for her cure and possibly an age of Unalloyed gold of which all could be equal or an age of rot which is also good because it is the age of rebirth. I'm probably biased because I like malenia as a boss and her lore is sad but very badass. Good video though 10/10.
There is no hero or villain in this fight and I doubt From even intended us to take it that way. Think of GRRM's involvement too. Conflicts are not clear-cut and black and white. Radahn and Malenia fighting at all is tragic.
18:16 Do I smell a TWD reference? Awesome vid btw. Despite the general consensus, I really like exploring Caelid. Apocalyptic wastelands are kinda my thing 😉.
Since Bloodborne is one of my favourite games of all time and my first "real" playthrough of a fromsoftware game, it came naturally for me to head to Caelid instantly my first ER playthrough and man, that area is probably still my favourite
I hope you will do videos on House of the Dragon. I’m intensely interested in the similarities between the ASOIAF books/Game of Thrones and Elden Ring. This look into the Redmanes is also very comprehensive. Caelid and Radahn are so very lore-heavy. Good job. Thanks! 👍😊✌️
So personally I’m quite convinced that Melania went to fight Radahn to try and save Miquella. Radahn is holding back whatever crashes into the Lands Between after the festival; thousands of years ago the way the Lands Between was aligned with the stars, it would’ve hit Sellia. Melania needs a hole blasted into Sellia to get to the dynasty ruins directly beneath them, and Radahn is honor bound to defend Sellia.
Also I don’t think Radahn killed the star creature, just held it back from crashing. If you go to the hole in Limgrave and toggle your map underground, it’s a blank area with the “undiscovered but eventually explorable area” texture. I think whatever crashed is the melting-horse-astel-boss-thing in the DLC trailer, and we have to kill it and bring some item from it to Miquella in the dynasty ruins to access the DLC, hence Radahn being a necessary fight to access it.
I personally believe she was trying to get to Mogwyn Palace as it lies directly under Caelid. She was trying to find Miquella. I love how its popular to hate on Malenia when she was just looking for brother. And it's tragic she has to fight her half-brother Radahn in order to do it.
Radahn’s defining traits are honor and tradition which twisted into stagnation and a refusal to let go. The Redmanes epitomize this to a T. As cool as they are, they have decided to fight a losing battle against an enemy that had already beaten them. They’re still defending despite there being nothing left to defend. Tragically heroic or foolishly stubborn? Yes.
It's insane that Malenia basically set off a bio weapon and ruined an entire ecosystem because she didn't want a loss on her record. In all seriousness though I don't think I've ever seen anyone give her shit over it, which is insane. Like it was pretty evil.
Well, considering the "loss" in this case would mean dying to Radahn after suffering grievous injuries in ferocious mortal combat at the head of her own host, I can kind of see why Malenia's scarlet rot got out of hand. How much of a say Malenia had in the matter is debatable. It could be that she simply could no longer hold it at bay due to being so injured and about to die. As such, I doubt it was something she chose to deploy. More like something that just happened to unfold as she could no longer hold it back due to needing to put all that focus into the Radahn at hand. Ultimately, Malenia's scarlet bloom despite her efforts to hold it at bay would probably eventually have bloomed. Caelid just happened to be unfortunate enough to be where it went down. Despite only ever Radahn being able to give her trouble in battle, someone would eventually have come along and either pushed her so far, it would happen. Or just beat her like Radahn did so it would happen. No one can remain undefeated forever, after all. That or she would degrade and be eaten away by the Scarlet rot to the point of no longer being able to keep it at bay.
I was kinda half joking about the loss thing, I know she had a lot riding on that fight. But I do think she had some sort of idea about the bloom happening since her movements just prior to it were so specific. Her jumping on top of Radahn and stabbing not only him but herself too, either with the goal of poisoning him with her blood (since we see her blood run down the blade) or with the goal of triggering the bloom. But who knows what she intended, as I don't remember if anything in the game comments on her intent in that moment.
@@videocrowsnest5251 she stabbed herself with her sword specifically in the spot that held the unalloyed golden needle (notice that it's right where her prosthetic arm is, and Millicent puts the needle in the same spot, holding back the rot), breaking it and releasing the scarlet rot. I wouldn't characterize it as her being a sore loser about her loss record, but more that Radahn needed to be dead for Miquella's plans to advance.
It's not even entirely clear why she is fighting radahn. She defeated godrick and didn't take his rune, seems like she was just trying to conquer everything for miquella. And the game seems to hint that she intentionally broke her needle. Taking everything into account, radahn seems like mostly the neutral/good guy in the war because all he was really doing was holding back the stars from attacking the lands between.
@@MugenSaint Neutral/good with the caveat that Radahn doing this also halted the fates of many things/people. In essence, contributing to the deadlock, bad situation the Lands Between was put into. Not just the Carrian's had their fates held in stasis, and this does come with some bad implications. Because Radahn containing fate would also mean nobody who tried could do anything to improve things any, as their fate was also unmoving. Doomed to just waste away, unable to really do anything about anything. Saving Caelid from its fate only to give it an even worse fate via Scarlet rot is at least oddly ironic. Though, Radahn might have ended up doing more bad than good with this.
Jerren is sus. He seems to be a Bloody Finger if we go by his Sellen fight. Her summoning sign is golden, usually a "good" option while his is red, "evil". We see "Bloody Finger Vanquished" when defeating him. He wields a bloodloss sword. And, most importantly, he finishes what Malenia couldn't. If Mogh is doing Miquella's bidding, it tracks. An army couldn't take Radahn out so Mogh goes with manipulation of Tarnished instead, something he's good at.
When fighting the ravenmount assasin Yura also appears as a red phantom. I think Jerren was trying to kill Sellen using a Festering Bloody Finger, which can be used without being part of the Bloody Fingers.
I love how so many guys on here simp for Radahn and pick his side simply for being a "chad." Neither he nor Malenia are the "good guy" here. The tragedy of the shattering is these demi-gods destroying the land and becoming twisted, broken shells. Its sad Radahn and Malenia fought like this at all. And I believe Marika set it all in motion. Ranni was in on it. Marika wanted freedom from the Greater Will and set everything into motion.
As a certified General Radahn fanboy I tell you that I know we should look at every demigod and find their heroic aspects as well as their wrong doings; this is thanks to that Miyazaki interview.
Ironically there is actually a DS game called Bleach: Dark Souls, but it released in 2007, was developed by Treasure, and is a 2D fighting game, so it's just a hilarious in hindsight title nowadays!
I strongly believe Malenia came down to restart the stars because Radahn was holding up the Eclipse. Miquella couldn't fix the Godwyn glitch without it. So Malenia had to restart the stars or Miquella's whole plan to replace the Erdtree falls apart. The march from Haligtree across mountains, snowfields over such a long distance is a nightmare from a military logistics standpoint. Ignoring Godrick, Morgott, shows she WASNT after more Great Runes. I can't think of what would drive such a difficult thing unless it was necessary to make Miquella's plan work.
Can I just point out, war crimes of mortals don’t mean anything to gods and demigods…. And all she really did was go super saiyan, and pass out. As grandfather Nurgal says the eco system is a alive and well. 😅
I remember farming that one caelid knight on horseback for that set. I used the catacombs nearby so I could quickly return there instead of committing minecraft off the cliff.
Same here. It took me forever to get the leggings for aome reason but i used the same strategy. I even used the crow to kill the knight a couple times haha
@@TheHonoredMadman That's pretty cool. I usually just used the invisibility spell and then let my marrionettes spam arrows at the knight. The idea that people who do farming tips videos on how to get the set basically tells players to commit minecraft baffles me. There's a grace in walking distance, what the hell.
Ive seen some theories going around that from geological simularities, the dlc will have a portion of the map dedicated to pre-bloom calied, particularly the wheat fields shown in the trailer and promotion photos. Do you think that its a possibility? And if so would you think it would be cool?
good stuff as always yo. hey I was reading about Frankenstein and Prometheus and I think the game is basically a more modern Prometheus, with Frankenstein and the creator of Frankenstein's story also having inspired events. Storm caller church and its surroundings in altus plateau is where you can see the story of frankenstein, and Caelid is where you can see prometheus played out, with giants bringing fire down to humans, so they can fight the wilds and maybe the gods. But at storm caller church there is a circle of gravel stone surrounding a sacred tear(which states to have regenerative properties) and a lightning incantation hidden in a chest in the right corner behind the entrance. The incantation is dragon bolt blessing and it makes your body electrified with a zap of lightning. Radagons statue is right above this circle and I think his position represents being sprawld out on a table but given new life, hence the growing roots and flowers in some icons. But knowing Godwyn's body did not get used, it got sent downstairs, I think his souls got used and put into gravel stone(dragon scales) and blessed by dragons with lightning in a gravel sculpture of Godwyn. While his actual body was taken and turned into a gargoyle of things found down there But that would mean Radagon is stone sculpted Godwyn, how does Marika fit? A question she probably asked herself before learning to do what Sellen does, who happens to wear a mask almost resembling Marika and bound very similar. Near the end of Sellen's questline, you get a dagger I believe called the glintstone kris. Its description implies it was sent to lyndell as a peace offering, but thats not what it really is, its proof the carians knew about an ancient ritual using destined death to first kill someone, then revive them, and have a soul to transpose either to a weapon, a new body or their pocket like currency. So obviously Marika is now pissed but also learned the depths of the revivification process and goes back home to experiment and plot. I honestly cant fathom how melania was born unless the process is more like a miranda blossom cloning its own children, but Miquella, I think, was created by using the ancient ritual on St. Trina. It would explain the cursed with eternal youth, St. Trina being sainted, and Miquella gender getting confused. Also I think while Marika is close to numen and was immortal, her and radagon are draconians now because of the gravel body, which live short lives before crumbling like Azula.
I just realised that the reason we see a lot of banished knight swords and that is because those knights use storm ash of wars which derives from the storm lord. That lord was defeated by godfrey and I assume those knights were considered weak/defeated and thus (maybe) they were hunted or just used for sport. We see what look like traitors hanging all around the red castle and I think they do this not only to deter others but as a form of humiliation (hey look at these weak men who aren’t deserving of our distinct prestige) I am sure the banished knight stuff being hung up for all to see is to humiliate them also (we are here alive and strong and they are dead and weak)
@@TheHonoredMadman makes sense I'm sure there will be a few new knights in the dlc I wonder if messmer has any knights or followers like some of the other demigods
Fun fact. Those dogs may have migrated down from the mountains solely because the big white ones are up there. The skinny black ones we see may be the ones affected by the rot. Maybe
I would love to see an anime about elden Ring before everything went to hell. All the demigods living their lives and how they all interacted with each other.
I feel honored your video has graced my maddened mind. Edit conspiracy theory: I think Malenia came to challenge Radahn, because she thought he may have had something to do with Miquella's disappearance. You can see Mohgwyn dynasty is under caelid, and I'm sure Malenia could sense that Malenia was in the Caelid area, but didnt know it was underneath Caelid. Edit: I can't spell, goddamn
That cant be gowlrys dog I killed it right in front of him he said nothing,in fact I went in the shack it came in and it killed him while attacking me.
That’s what I was thinking too. An ass-tell was coming to selia and that why he learned to stop the stars. I also think that the blind swordsman was fighting an ass-tail when it says he fought a scorpion like outer god. When you look at ass-tail he has a scorpion like body Edit: Ass-stale
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My first playthrough I made a B-line for Caleid without knowing where I was going. I remember seeing the Redmane Knights and thinking how badass they were. They literally fight mutated creatures in an area where a nuclear bomb went off. Out of all the knights I think they honor their respective demigod the best.
it's not out of respect, but I don't think I've killed one of them in a year. Caelid is very easy to run through and the only group of them I run past is the ones that fight the group of dogs as you approach the castle, and I always end up hanging out on that rock watching the melee and they nearly always win. These guys are just task driven, don't be their task and they don't even WANT to bother you, unlike other NPCs who are just not attacking you because they don't know you exist yet. The outcome is the same, but these guys don't feel as mindless in their constant fighting as the rest of the npc factions.
I always thought that small group of nobles and pumpkin head were actually studying the rot.
That actually makes alot of sense, especially due to the presence of the noble sorcerers
Yes, it looks much more like a research project than a rescue relocation.
Redmane bbq, Big Boggart's Crab Shack, a variety of different jerkys, elden ring has the best cuisine in all of the souls games.
Redmanes made me think of the ''Biorobots'' during the Tchernobyl nuclear accident, those guys were desperately trying to contains the radiations with basic tools while beeing irradiated.
The Godrick knights are just happy to be included lmfao
Fuck yea! Redmane pride. Went to Caelid after finishing up most of Limgrave and loves it. 10/10 I crave pain Miyazaki.
I think Morgott spared Radhann life during the siege of Leyndell when he was still ''little''. After the siege of Leyndell, when Leyndell armies attacked Mt Gelmir, Radahn didn't answered to help Morgott. I think that's why Morgott thinks radahn is a ''traitor''.
Personally I believe that by attacking Leyndell, Radahn was attempting to relieve pressure on Rykard's forces at the siege on volcano manor.
Radahn's painting can be found in Volcano Manor which hints that Rykard views him favourably.
@@bluebird2217 I believe that when Marika shattered the Elden Ring, a lot of people gathered to attack Leyndell to get those precious golden runes that were raining upon the capital... Rykard forces. Radahn Forces, Godrick-Godefroy with their banished Knights and Trolls. They failed. Morgott Kicked their .sses.
I actually made a similar assumption in an old video i did about the confrontation, its probably somewhat outdated now but i think that really holds up as a possibility
"And by converted I mean they made absolutely no modifications to them." Classic Madman
That DK underwater music really suits this type of video well
Malenia: "Geneva Conventions? more like Geneva Suggestions! AMIRITE?!"
proceeds to commit worst war crime ever
Malenia: "A little bit of leprosy never hurt anyone..."
Godrick Knights: I want to go home, O I want to go home!
Redmanes: "Alas, dear home, I shan't see you again! For our duty is to remain here, a bulwark against the blight."
Cuckoo Knights have the best drip when wearing their altered armor with Navy Hood.
The DLC should have the option of pull out the jousting shields of the Knights' armors, pretty plz.
Totally agree, confessor hood is also a good way to remove the jousting shield, it looks really cool with the gelmir, similar to wearing the redmane with the red hood, and as you said the blue hood with the cuckoo set. I wish more shit removed that damn mini shield tho
@@TheHonoredMadman Hello again!
Excuse my tardiness..again.
I haven't much to note( puppetry has indeed been used willingly by the Nox Maiden and Swordstress to serve beyond the limits of their lifespan, so you're even more correct. Also, I think the Redmanes aren't just burning the dogs for the sake of it; I think they're one of their only sources of food).
Just a theory about the Redmanes' flame.
" This Rune burns, to resist the encroachment of the Scarlet Rot. "
Much has been said about Radahn's possible connection to the Fire Giants and the Flame Of Ruin through his father, Radagon. His growth in size is unlikely to have been a coincidence, and his Rune is imbued with fire in the same way Malenia's is with Rot, or Mohg's is with accursed blood. That still leaves the question of what that his soldiers are doing with it.
The Flame Of Ruin, Fell God, among other names, seems to have been a sentient being; for instance, it trapped the Fire Giants into being it's keepers in exchange for the power to face Marika and Godfrey's armies, a Faustian bargain which, as we see with the last Fire Giant, involved them constantly sacrificing body and mind to recieve it's blessings. Only death gave them freedom.
As such, one could argue in favour of the Flame Of Ruin being an Outer God in the same vein as the Scarlet Rot; a force immanent in the world, manifested in the powers of it's vessels and worshippers.
This general rule is followed by the Outer Gods; Rot is " the death that begets life"; the Deathbirds were born of an envoy of an Outer God representing death in the times before the Erdtree; the Formless Mother is literally everywhere ( whenever you use her spells, you stab her). Most can agree on this.
But then, you ask, how could the Redmanes be worshipping the Flame? Are they not loyal to Radahn's vision of following Godfrey's footsteps?
Well, that would imply worship in the literal sense is required.
As you may have guessed, it's a little more complicated than that.
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"Ekzykes, Dragon Communion Revenger, did not forget his hatred even as he succumbed to the scarlet rot."
"The Land of Reeds has long been locked in a miserable civil war, during which time it has remained alienated from the cultures of its neighbors. Little wonder that the entire nation has succumbed to the blood-soaked madness. "
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This will be a very big stretch, but thankfully, it won't require a literal crossover to be believable, I think.
Let's revisit Ashina for a minute.
You remember the Sculptor's story; how he almost became Shura, but then was saved by Isshin. Instead, his negative karma and inability to let go of his resentment of the Interior Ministry forced him to another fate; becoming a vessel for the " Flames Of Hatred".
What are they?
Simple; according to the old hag in the building where you meet Isshin as the Tengu, it's exactly what it says in a tin; a force that manifests out of the mutual and abiding hatred created by war, manifesting in the form of flames.
Becoming it's vessel, the Sculptor's hair turns red, and he becomes capable of harnessing fire with infinite applications.
And yet, the Flames do not merely come from the events surrounding him; they come from the Sculptor's own deep-rooted hatred for those that have ruined his homeland.
Apply that logic to Radahn, and the Redmanes.
At first glance, the Scarlet Rot seems solely responsible for Radahn's fate, but as we see in the trailer, his Great Rune was already doing it's work.
Was it not enough to cure him, or...
Was it a source of his madness n and of itself?
" The mad taint of their newfound strength triggered the Shattering."
The Flames within Radahn and his soldiers burn for one reason, and it is not worship.
It is their pure and utter hatred; their resolve and willingness to sacrifice everything to end the Rot and the one who brought it.
Radahn isn't roaring emptily to the sky; he is blind with rage at the dishonorable end of his final battle, and he will not die until one gives him a fitting one.
Also I feel like Godrick was likely caught in crossfires between two of the demigod when his forces were spread out scavenging whatever they can to strengthen their forces.🐱
It’s likely when General Radahn lead the charge to the capital they were quickly pushed back and their general being very injured after being attacked by the rumored Omen King and After losing a lot of their supplies and man, Radahn decide to hold the very stars in order to squash the ambitions of other demigod’s and force them to join his war ban but due to this Malenia was forced to leave her brother side and lead an armory to oppose Radahn so her brother can ascend from his cocoon.🐱
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Yea Elden has hella knights but also many other enemies. Some of the knights are also unique enough that they almost come off like other enemies. Such as the Cleanrots who come at you with strange miracles, the dog knights like you said, and the infamous Crucible knights who sprout wings and frog ribbit bubble things
18:42 i think the dog outside gowry's shack was blinded, the other dogs have red or black eyes but this one just has pits
Good old Rikardo always helping his siblings
I liked this a lot. Being in Caelid usually has me in fight-or-flight mode so it’s tough sometimes to study enemy placement and the stories they’re trying to tell. This was a very thorough analysis, I feel like I know way more about the Redman Knights now! Thanks
If I recall Goddrick was hiding from Radahn at one point so I imagine some of Goddrick's soldiers were made examples of after that.
I remember reading that somewhere as well but i couldnt find the description
@@TheHonoredMadmanKenneth Haight talks about that.
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Glad to see these heros getting their due. My favorite knight faction hands down.
As a cleanrot knight myself, I believe malenia went to fight radahn so she could help with miquellas plans, radahn held back the stars and therefore miquellas plan was in jeopardy. Proof of this is in the DLC requirements of Shadow of the erdtree, you have to kill radahn and mohg. Radahn IMO is a villain even through how cool he is, he held back the fates of many. It wasn't really right for malenia to unleash the scarlet rot but it was necessary for miquella to carry out his plans for her cure and possibly an age of Unalloyed gold of which all could be equal or an age of rot which is also good because it is the age of rebirth. I'm probably biased because I like malenia as a boss and her lore is sad but very badass. Good video though 10/10.
There is no hero or villain in this fight and I doubt From even intended us to take it that way. Think of GRRM's involvement too. Conflicts are not clear-cut and black and white. Radahn and Malenia fighting at all is tragic.
18:16 Do I smell a TWD reference? Awesome vid btw. Despite the general consensus, I really like exploring Caelid. Apocalyptic wastelands are kinda my thing 😉.
I think radhan cast a spell on the stars that ended after his death, he wasnt consciously hold the back but them spell was tied to his life
Since Bloodborne is one of my favourite games of all time and my first "real" playthrough of a fromsoftware game, it came naturally for me to head to Caelid instantly my first ER playthrough and man, that area is probably still my favourite
Calling Rykard Richard is my favorite.
I hope you will do videos on House of the Dragon. I’m intensely interested in the similarities between the ASOIAF books/Game of Thrones and Elden Ring.
This look into the Redmanes is also very comprehensive. Caelid and Radahn are so very lore-heavy. Good job. Thanks! 👍😊✌️
I hope the DLC has a map or painting of pre Malenia caelid
I would absolutely love that
So personally I’m quite convinced that Melania went to fight Radahn to try and save Miquella. Radahn is holding back whatever crashes into the Lands Between after the festival; thousands of years ago the way the Lands Between was aligned with the stars, it would’ve hit Sellia. Melania needs a hole blasted into Sellia to get to the dynasty ruins directly beneath them, and Radahn is honor bound to defend Sellia.
Also I don’t think Radahn killed the star creature, just held it back from crashing. If you go to the hole in Limgrave and toggle your map underground, it’s a blank area with the “undiscovered but eventually explorable area” texture. I think whatever crashed is the melting-horse-astel-boss-thing in the DLC trailer, and we have to kill it and bring some item from it to Miquella in the dynasty ruins to access the DLC, hence Radahn being a necessary fight to access it.
I personally believe she was trying to get to Mogwyn Palace as it lies directly under Caelid. She was trying to find Miquella. I love how its popular to hate on Malenia when she was just looking for brother. And it's tragic she has to fight her half-brother Radahn in order to do it.
Radahn’s defining traits are honor and tradition which twisted into stagnation and a refusal to let go. The Redmanes epitomize this to a T. As cool as they are, they have decided to fight a losing battle against an enemy that had already beaten them. They’re still defending despite there being nothing left to defend. Tragically heroic or foolishly stubborn? Yes.
I love how the redmane knights have one gauntlet missing theres just something about it thats so cool.
It's insane that Malenia basically set off a bio weapon and ruined an entire ecosystem because she didn't want a loss on her record. In all seriousness though I don't think I've ever seen anyone give her shit over it, which is insane. Like it was pretty evil.
Well, considering the "loss" in this case would mean dying to Radahn after suffering grievous injuries in ferocious mortal combat at the head of her own host, I can kind of see why Malenia's scarlet rot got out of hand. How much of a say Malenia had in the matter is debatable. It could be that she simply could no longer hold it at bay due to being so injured and about to die. As such, I doubt it was something she chose to deploy. More like something that just happened to unfold as she could no longer hold it back due to needing to put all that focus into the Radahn at hand.
Ultimately, Malenia's scarlet bloom despite her efforts to hold it at bay would probably eventually have bloomed. Caelid just happened to be unfortunate enough to be where it went down. Despite only ever Radahn being able to give her trouble in battle, someone would eventually have come along and either pushed her so far, it would happen. Or just beat her like Radahn did so it would happen. No one can remain undefeated forever, after all. That or she would degrade and be eaten away by the Scarlet rot to the point of no longer being able to keep it at bay.
I was kinda half joking about the loss thing, I know she had a lot riding on that fight. But I do think she had some sort of idea about the bloom happening since her movements just prior to it were so specific. Her jumping on top of Radahn and stabbing not only him but herself too, either with the goal of poisoning him with her blood (since we see her blood run down the blade) or with the goal of triggering the bloom. But who knows what she intended, as I don't remember if anything in the game comments on her intent in that moment.
@@videocrowsnest5251 she stabbed herself with her sword specifically in the spot that held the unalloyed golden needle (notice that it's right where her prosthetic arm is, and Millicent puts the needle in the same spot, holding back the rot), breaking it and releasing the scarlet rot.
I wouldn't characterize it as her being a sore loser about her loss record, but more that Radahn needed to be dead for Miquella's plans to advance.
It's not even entirely clear why she is fighting radahn. She defeated godrick and didn't take his rune, seems like she was just trying to conquer everything for miquella. And the game seems to hint that she intentionally broke her needle. Taking everything into account, radahn seems like mostly the neutral/good guy in the war because all he was really doing was holding back the stars from attacking the lands between.
@@MugenSaint Neutral/good with the caveat that Radahn doing this also halted the fates of many things/people. In essence, contributing to the deadlock, bad situation the Lands Between was put into. Not just the Carrian's had their fates held in stasis, and this does come with some bad implications. Because Radahn containing fate would also mean nobody who tried could do anything to improve things any, as their fate was also unmoving. Doomed to just waste away, unable to really do anything about anything.
Saving Caelid from its fate only to give it an even worse fate via Scarlet rot is at least oddly ironic. Though, Radahn might have ended up doing more bad than good with this.
Even more top notch content. Don't ever stop.
I’ve watched countless hours of Elden ring lore and I still learned loads from this. Great video. Earned a sub
Malenia 🤓 = I'm undefeated
Radahn 🗿 = I fear nothing. Including defeat.
I have to admit I personally play the outro at home during the whole duration of your vids.
Jerren is sus. He seems to be a Bloody Finger if we go by his Sellen fight. Her summoning sign is golden, usually a "good" option while his is red, "evil". We see "Bloody Finger Vanquished" when defeating him. He wields a bloodloss sword. And, most importantly, he finishes what Malenia couldn't. If Mogh is doing Miquella's bidding, it tracks. An army couldn't take Radahn out so Mogh goes with manipulation of Tarnished instead, something he's good at.
When fighting the ravenmount assasin Yura also appears as a red phantom. I think Jerren was trying to kill Sellen using a Festering Bloody Finger, which can be used without being part of the Bloody Fingers.
There's a sekiro Side Story manga? I would definitely watch if you did a video on that
I love your content so much. Commenting for the algorithm.
Keep up the great work brotha man, can't wait to see your destruction of caelid video!
Fort Faroth is incredibly mysterious and the answers there might just be the key to a few of the biggest questions in the whole game/lore.
I am never disappointed with a madman video, another banger!
Your choice of music, the breakdown of the freakin dogs lol keep it up man. Love it
Bro “aquatic ambience” at the beginning… 🔥🔥🔥
Also the Redmane knights are GOATed 💪🔥⚔️
Howdy peeps. Lets get it
Redmane knights be on some Warhammer type shit fighting off the rot like Imperial Guards fighting off Tyranids.
I love how so many guys on here simp for Radahn and pick his side simply for being a "chad." Neither he nor Malenia are the "good guy" here. The tragedy of the shattering is these demi-gods destroying the land and becoming twisted, broken shells. Its sad Radahn and Malenia fought like this at all. And I believe Marika set it all in motion. Ranni was in on it. Marika wanted freedom from the Greater Will and set everything into motion.
As a certified General Radahn fanboy I tell you that I know we should look at every demigod and find their heroic aspects as well as their wrong doings; this is thanks to that Miyazaki interview.
lmao loved that bleach reference. would def love to see a bleach sekiro or souls-like game
Ironically there is actually a DS game called Bleach: Dark Souls, but it released in 2007, was developed by Treasure, and is a 2D fighting game, so it's just a hilarious in hindsight title nowadays!
@@Solibrae I know right! One of my favourite bleach/dark souls trivia to mention to my friends
I strongly believe Malenia came down to restart the stars because Radahn was holding up the Eclipse. Miquella couldn't fix the Godwyn glitch without it. So Malenia had to restart the stars or Miquella's whole plan to replace the Erdtree falls apart.
The march from Haligtree across mountains, snowfields over such a long distance is a nightmare from a military logistics standpoint. Ignoring Godrick, Morgott, shows she WASNT after more Great Runes. I can't think of what would drive such a difficult thing unless it was necessary to make Miquella's plan work.
Can I just point out, war crimes of mortals don’t mean anything to gods and demigods…. And all she really did was go super saiyan, and pass out. As grandfather Nurgal says the eco system is a alive and well. 😅
This is a great comment lmao
I remember farming that one caelid knight on horseback for that set. I used the catacombs nearby so I could quickly return there instead of committing minecraft off the cliff.
Same here. It took me forever to get the leggings for aome reason but i used the same strategy. I even used the crow to kill the knight a couple times haha
@@TheHonoredMadman That's pretty cool. I usually just used the invisibility spell and then let my marrionettes spam arrows at the knight.
The idea that people who do farming tips videos on how to get the set basically tells players to commit minecraft baffles me. There's a grace in walking distance, what the hell.
This backwood is too strong! am I hearing Morrowind theme music at the end of the video 😂 another excellent video thank you
Ive seen some theories going around that from geological simularities, the dlc will have a portion of the map dedicated to pre-bloom calied, particularly the wheat fields shown in the trailer and promotion photos. Do you think that its a possibility? And if so would you think it would be cool?
good stuff as always yo. hey I was reading about Frankenstein and Prometheus and I think the game is basically a more modern Prometheus, with Frankenstein and the creator of Frankenstein's story also having inspired events. Storm caller church and its surroundings in altus plateau is where you can see the story of frankenstein, and Caelid is where you can see prometheus played out, with giants bringing fire down to humans, so they can fight the wilds and maybe the gods.
But at storm caller church there is a circle of gravel stone surrounding a sacred tear(which states to have regenerative properties) and a lightning incantation hidden in a chest in the right corner behind the entrance. The incantation is dragon bolt blessing and it makes your body electrified with a zap of lightning. Radagons statue is right above this circle and I think his position represents being sprawld out on a table but given new life, hence the growing roots and flowers in some icons.
But knowing Godwyn's body did not get used, it got sent downstairs, I think his souls got used and put into gravel stone(dragon scales) and blessed by dragons with lightning in a gravel sculpture of Godwyn. While his actual body was taken and turned into a gargoyle of things found down there
But that would mean Radagon is stone sculpted Godwyn, how does Marika fit? A question she probably asked herself before learning to do what Sellen does, who happens to wear a mask almost resembling Marika and bound very similar. Near the end of Sellen's questline, you get a dagger I believe called the glintstone kris. Its description implies it was sent to lyndell as a peace offering, but thats not what it really is, its proof the carians knew about an ancient ritual using destined death to first kill someone, then revive them, and have a soul to transpose either to a weapon, a new body or their pocket like currency. So obviously Marika is now pissed but also learned the depths of the revivification process and goes back home to experiment and plot. I honestly cant fathom how melania was born unless the process is more like a miranda blossom cloning its own children, but Miquella, I think, was created by using the ancient ritual on St. Trina. It would explain the cursed with eternal youth, St. Trina being sainted, and Miquella gender getting confused. Also I think while Marika is close to numen and was immortal, her and radagon are draconians now because of the gravel body, which live short lives before crumbling like Azula.
Coolest faction ever. I want to role play and make a build using only their stuff.
So soothing, while I make my blades. The wilds always freaked me out
I just realised that the reason we see a lot of banished knight swords and that is because those knights use storm ash of wars which derives from the storm lord. That lord was defeated by godfrey and I assume those knights were considered weak/defeated and thus (maybe) they were hunted or just used for sport. We see what look like traitors hanging all around the red castle and I think they do this not only to deter others but as a form of humiliation (hey look at these weak men who aren’t deserving of our distinct prestige) I am sure the banished knight stuff being hung up for all to see is to humiliate them also (we are here alive and strong and they are dead and weak)
The Morrowind music is always welcome lmao, so iconic.
Interesting content with the great «Aquatic Ambiance»
Will you make more videos regarding the knights?
Yeah i wanna make a video covering all knights in the game but im waiting for dlc to include those new knights as well
@@TheHonoredMadman makes sense I'm sure there will be a few new knights in the dlc I wonder if messmer has any knights or followers like some of the other demigods
The DK nostalgia, I miss being a kid 😢 simple and fun times.
I prefer the Gelmir knight drip, but these guys are definitely the best warriors.
Can’t wait for your next video!!!
wouldve loved to hear about the divine tower too! maybe in the caelid desolation video?
Raising Arizona soundtrack jumpscare alert
Fun fact. Those dogs may have migrated down from the mountains solely because the big white ones are up there. The skinny black ones we see may be the ones affected by the rot. Maybe
I would love to see an anime about elden Ring before everything went to hell. All the demigods living their lives and how they all interacted with each other.
Aaah yes LAPD/NYLDtrying to stop the many crimes of their beloved home New York City/ LA😭💀
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Celia gravity magic program 😂 they probably took "knight" classes bahahaha
My new favorite RUclipsr🤔
Your power level is based on how much drip you have. That’s how Malenia was able to nuke Caelid; look at how much damn drip she got 😂
LMFSO more like honoured bongman
Hell yea man keep em comin.
heck yeah second MapleStory reference!
I feel honored your video has graced my maddened mind.
Edit conspiracy theory: I think Malenia came to challenge Radahn, because she thought he may have had something to do with Miquella's disappearance. You can see Mohgwyn dynasty is under caelid, and I'm sure Malenia could sense that Malenia was in the Caelid area, but didnt know it was underneath Caelid.
Edit: I can't spell, goddamn
Great video dude
Tight
That cant be gowlrys dog I killed it right in front of him he said nothing,in fact I went in the shack it came in and it killed him while attacking me.
What music is in this video? It’s so familiar
Auqatic ambience from donkey country and them the map music from dkc
Hewl yea
That’s what I was thinking too. An ass-tell was coming to selia and that why he learned to stop the stars. I also think that the blind swordsman was fighting an ass-tail when it says he fought a scorpion like outer god. When you look at ass-tail he has a scorpion like body
Edit: Ass-stale
would you ever make a video on noita lore
What is the song playing at the beginning? I know it’s from a game.
Hyrule field night theme from twilight princess
@@TheHonoredMadman thanks for the reply! I was thinking it might be the underwater music from donkey Kong country.
Anyone know the song that plays at 16:44?
1st hell yeah🗣🗣🔥🐐
I'm not sure how "mad" Radahn is, he's able to use his bow and gravity attacks just fine
Don't forget he's now a cannibal who can't speak.
Song used in the first section?
In the intro or the first part? Intro is night hyrule field and first part is aquatic ambience from donkey kong country
@@TheHonoredMadman yes it was aquatic ambience, you have great taste in music and love all your vids
good vid
Solid toke
Bro pleeease do Terraria lore. That would be epic ngl.
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Bleach reference! Let’s gooo! My fav of all time.