Thank you so much for watching! 🙏 I poured my heart into this video to bring you this tribute to the incredible world of Elden Ring and its amazing Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. Your support means everything to me, so if you enjoyed it, please leave a like and share your thoughts in the comments below. Let's discuss our favorite moments and experiences in this masterpiece! 🌟
@@phelopatirabdel-malak554 Yeah. If you see his questline through to the end, he joins you for the final boss and dies shortly after. The same goes for another npc named Thiollier, who's questline is connected to St. Trina
Age of suffocation is the ending of elden ring where you marry nepheli loux and she suffocates you with her thighs? 😂 In that case age of suffocation >>> age of compassion
"His eminence was felled in an honorable duel." *My eyes fading as I recall how I used scarlet rot and lightning storm spam so hard that he never even got to "Nihil"* "Yeees. An honorable... Duel..."
"It was the Eardtree commanding you all along..?" Sadly Leda still chose to die on Miquellas side. I was a bit hesitant to truly believe the Sanguine Noble at first, but lastly he was the only one that stayed on my side during the invastion. Honestly it was so fitting. A tarnished, his Bloodhound Knight and one of Mohgs followers versus 3 guided by Miquella.
@@gadman85just got here on my 2nd playthrough and decided to keep the Hornsent alive so it’s 3 against 5 for me; Ansbach, Thiollier and I vs Leda, Dane, Moore, Hornsent and Freyja and they are absolutely shredding my crew!
maybe you already know the "Marika place" on the DLC that is the only place don't get burn by the messmer flame He know what Marika did, but Marika still are Beloved
Freyja, Moorne, Hornsent, and Leda. The interactions and connection with the npc's in this DLC was absolutely phenomenal. I started the dlc walking with my comrades in the footsteps of Miquella. Suddenly a charm that no one knew was there breaks and everyone is started to become mistrustful of each other. Suddenly, you are at the foot of the stairs to the gate of divinity fighting a battle royal between yout, Ansbach, and Thiollier vs Dane, Moore, Leda, Freyja. Absolute cinema. People can hate on this DLC all they want for the difficulty but it will never not be a 10/10.
That text, that place, that music...the game was dragging nails against the chalkboard of my soul. At once I wanted to leave immediately and stay there among the fields of flowers forever
Spoilers ahead in my discussion. This game makes me emotional. Please be kind in the comments. Edit: Oh my gosh thanks so much for the likes and comments I'm going to CRY. I believe that everything Miquella did-trying to cure his sister's rot, founding a safe haven for the spurned and the excommunicated-came from a place of genuine compassion. He saw a world that was broken, dangerous, and unkind, and sought to heal it by giving it the one thing it desperately needed: love. But the kind of love that Miquella knows is not true love; it is a compelled, and some might say forced, obedience. It was the only kind of love he ever received from others, the only kind he ever understood. Ultimately, it was his curse which led him down the sickening radiance of his path. His curse of eternal youth isn't just physical; it is emotional and mental as well. It perpetually stagnates him, never allowing him to reach his full potential and thus preventing him from growing as a person. He possesses the foresight of an angsty teen who just wants what he wants, right now. He knows what he is doing is wrong. That’s why he rid himself of doubt and vacillation first before discarding the one thing that could have grabbed him by the face and forced him to see the truth of his actions. His love, St. Trina, was his true love-the love that resides in every single child. She was his empathy. He abandons her only after casting away his doubt because, without that doubt, he would never have done it. And without his love, without his empathy, he was free to become the beautifully disgusting sociopath we confront in the final fight-a being who wishes to take away all free will, believing that’s the only way forward. In the end, he was just like his mother. He swore he would be different, that he would make the world a better place. I’m sure Marika said the same thing when she planted the minor erdtree in her village. They were both willing to do horrible things to build a world of safety and comfort. Marika wielded her rage and pain to purge the Hornsent for what they did to her people, and upon their bodies, she built a new world. One with trauma as its foundation and death is but a cautionary tale. Despite being demigods and a goddess, Marika and her family are far more human than most want to give them credit for. It's part of what I love about From Software: every single one of their characters is nuanced in a way that makes them feel like real people.
Thank you for such a thoughtful analysis! Miquella's story is indeed layered with tragedy and complexity. Your insights into his curse and motivations really highlight the depth of his character. FromSoftware's ability to craft such nuanced, human-like characters is remarkable. It's always fascinating to see how different players interpret these stories. Thanks for sharing your perspective!
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel about Miquella. I didn’t have the words myself, but all the people painting Miquella as this one dimensional, manipulative, conniving villain never sat right with me.
@@Watchfire. I just ran across a quote that further paints Miquella's tragedy. "To love is to be changed." And as we've discussed, because of Miquella's curse of eternal youth, which is just a curse of stagnation, means that he can never truly love or be loved in a genuine way because he cannot change. That quote came from a meme about childhood stuffed animals being torn to rags from the passage of time. I think I'm going to cry.
This tribute made me cry honestly. I finished the dlc yesterday and it was...the best one I've ever played. Miyazaki, Fromsoft, thank you for bringing this game to life and other games such as Bloodborne and Dark Souls to life as well. These games are considered my happy place, my escape from the real world. It's not just a game. It's a journey worth every second.
I would've rather let them cook it for another year and really get deep with it. There are so many glaring issues with gameplay and story I cannot wholly accept it this way.
One of my friends got elden ring last christmas, played a few hours and told me "I still can't see why it's got so much apraisal, it's just dark souls (which he thinks is meh) but open world" To this day he didnt get to godrick
@@Oznerol1234your friend got nothing on mine. I was mainly backseating my friend that day. So, he started a new game, we went a little too long time in the character creator (mainly making good looking character with sus enough voice and laughing our a$$ off in the process). Then he landed in the cave of knowledge, finished the entire thing and finally opened the door that leaves to Limgrave title screen. It seemed like a good way to end that session that day and so we did. I thought it made a good impression on him, long enough to at least continue until dying to Margitt or Tree Sentinel. Apparently not, because he never continued even once after that seasion. He is busy a lot of the times so it's possible he didn't get to play for a long time and then got bored on something. Since that session, he only got to see my streams on the game, specifically on those frustrating moments (which, FromSoft does have a lot of) or in regions where my attacks barely damage enemies and never ever when any of the actually interesting things happen. And now he thinks I play these games only because they're hard. And when I'm on the menu, he's always pointing out how there are so many things on the screen (like weapons or so many player stats). But I can't stop and explain how you don't need to care about 90% of these if you don't want to, because I can't just pause the game. And yesterday, he saw me struggling with Bayle, despite the previous few days, I was practically beating dragons and bosses left and right. But he didn't see any of that. (Fyi, I was streaming it to a different friend who's interested in the game, but doesn't have hardware good enough to run it. We just happened to also be on public VC.)
i beat the DLC about two weeks ago, and after beating the final boss and loving it so much, i legitimately got depressed that i wasn't gonna be able to experience this masterpiece of a game + its DLC for the first time ever again. normally it's not a big deal to finish a game, but this game helped me get through some rougher times, especially recently, and it's become my favorite game of all time.
Drake warrior....Dear friend.... thank you for granting us this glorious tribute.....I hereby vow this is my new favorite video of yours....behold a true master of his craft, thank you tarnished one.
I finished the DLC a couple of days ago and... is it just me, or does anyone else feel this emptiness? It's like I've lost something irreplaceable. I can't fully describe it.
@@me_like_giraffe For real though, defeating Slave Knight Gale didn't make me feel like a triumphant hero. I felt like I had achieved something that wasn't the original goal.
The way Igon says "I hereby vow" and "Behold a true drak warrior and I Igon" bro is acknowledging that the fight was not his moment was ours to conquer and make Bayle rue, it's feeling still gives me goosebumps.he is acknowledging that
@@eveexeTV Yes, the game literally is designed as a power fantasy - as long as you play katanas and use magic - and Igon outright tells you, that you are the protagonist, because, since you paid for the DLC, you can't figure that out.
"There is nothing more terrifying." A God who makes you love him. Alters your mind to worship him. Has a radiant golden figure when you meet him, but you know he stripped his flesh already, so what you see is what he wants you to see: A "kind God". But there's no kindeness in him anymore. Just force. He knows better, he knows right. You *should* love him. Terrifying.
I personally believe Miquella became a real monster when he cast St. Trina into the depths of the fissure, St. Trina herself says ''Don't turn the poor thing into a god''/''Kill Miquella'' I think she says that because she was the most 'racional', actually compassionate part of Miquella, his hesitation of doing such immoral things to accomplis his goal, When he set Trina aside, he stopped seeing the wrong he was doing, like brainwash people into doing his bidding and/or use the bodies of 2 other demigods as a husk for his new form.
@@ryean8212 That was definitely the whole "Point of no Return" for Miquella. That's why you have the soul remembrance, or whatever they are called, right there. It says Miquella threw away the one thing he shouldn't have when he abandoned his other half, St. Trina. Then after that you touch the cross where it says, "I abandon here my Love".
We never find the discarded scraps. Only the remnants of his spilt blood. Perhaps Mohg played some role. Perhaps that truly was Miquella, stillborn within his cocoon.
69 quintillionth obligatory mention of "CURSE YOU BAAAAYLE! I HEREBY VOW! YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY! SOLID OF SCALE YOU MIGHT BE FOUL DRAGON, BUT I WILL RIDDLE YOUR HOLES YOUR ROTTEN HIDE! WITH A HAIL OF HARPOONS! WITH EVERY LAST DROP OF MY BEING!" This DLC is absolutely amazing. Yes, some areas are empty. Yes, the final boss is bad. But it's exploration rivals if not outclasses the base game due to the world's structure, and I think you understand how impressive that is. It basically feels like an entire new game, honestly.
@@callsignfatbeard2637for real, it has ONE bad attack, and if he gave you performance issues that sucks a lot. But everything else I found to be top tier.
The final boss IS NOT bad. Just because some people can't admit that they need to put in more work to win and choose to whine doesn't mean that he's bad overall.
My best game & best DLC ever! Other From Software games are also awesome, but none capture the magnificence & how inspiring & larger-than-life this feels, I feel very empty after beating Shadow of the Erdtree, I feel very satisfied but empty at the same time, but I know that this is it for Elden Ring, it will be forever remembered in my heart. From "Foul Tarnished..." to "I'll make the world a gentler place..." 😭💓
@@gadman85 his entrance to the NPC fight also.. "I stand with blade aloft... blood afire..." Almost everything he says is quotable, and the voice actor is a 10/10 (all of them in the DLC are TBH)
so awesome mate. This game is the only game i've come across that has the ability to allow for all of this creation from the players. I love every thing this community has to offer and this is fantastic and well put together. If i leave loving this game more than I already did than you did quite an accomplishment. namaste!
Messmer is such a sad character. He was rejected at a fundamental level by Marika, both his mother and goddess. He thought he was doing awful things in the name of the greater good, but eventually realized everything was just pointless violence. He watched as his friends eventually went insane, defected, or started to despise him. He was truly alone, but he stayed loyal to his mother, perhaps out of some small sliver of hope that remained. It was the appearance of the Tarnished that finally broke him. The confusion and mixed emotions were very apparent in his dialogue.
Messmer's story is truly heartbreaking. His loyalty despite everything and the emotional turmoil he faced make him a deeply tragic character. FromSoftware did an incredible job conveying his pain and confusion.
By what little I might know as I haven't played the game, I do feel like there are some hints about some of his people following him, or being in his service genuinely due to him as a leader (or even person??) though. Rellana, Commander Gaius, the latter being stated as someone Radahn looked up to, just as he did look up to Messmer. If my memory serves me right, that is So maybe he wasn't all alone Or at least I'd like tot hink that :( Messmer is an amazing character and certainly a boss I love a lot, despite the genocide he committed. In true belief it was for his mother and goddess or not, he deserved better. ..That last line in his rememberance too T^T
@@HalocraZze Messmer is the promised Prince that Never Was. In some items it describes how despite his existence is anathema to the Golden Order and the Order had solidified itself by the time of his birth, he was still a person who could rally and gain the love of people from all walks of life. Hell, he even gained the loyalty of Carrion royalty through Rellana. But due to his existence, due to being born imperfect, Marika could not allow herself to love her own son for he didn’t fit her vision of peace. He was proof that Marika was not perfect, she was not as beautiful as the Order she built by blood and conquest. It’s a tragedy, because he could’ve been as legendary as Godwyn (pre-death) and instead became like Godwyn (post-death).
@@Eckskalibur I love this comment, thank you for that great reply :) Marikas actions are also kind of understandable for me although I try not to think that way, but her simply shunning her own children because of their ailments that her own curse caused is distugsting. Messmer isn't the only one of her children suffering from that, although he is the only one sent to the shadowlands and waging war over there All that really makes me wish we could see what lives every demigod would have led if left to chose themselves :(
As if Messmer's story wasn't tragic enough, the Golden Order resorted to using fire when the siege of Leyndell wasn't going well for them. All that hatred for creatures born of fire, and then there's Messmer with his cursed affliction. Abandoned by his mother and betrayed by the Erdtree. He was abandoned for nothing. Say what you will about how much of a monster he was, the people who used him were ten times worse.
I didn’t jive well with Elden Rings story…. Until this DLC and honestly this DLC has put the game up there with Bloodborne in terms of story telling for me. It tied everything together to make Elden Rings narrative a sweeping fantasy epic full of flawed, but understandable beings who all believe they are doing the right thing… Marika, Ranni, Malenia, Morgott…. And now Mohg, Miquella and Mesmer and further confirmation of Radahns convictions …. What a deep intricate and powerful piece of fiction.
Thank you for this video, it is beautiful. I started tearing up at the Messmer part. His life was such a tragedy. (and I like the video's title. It reminds me of whenever I'm talking to other gamers about Elden Ring. They all assume its just another RPG. When in fact, its a spiritual journey:)
You're welcome! Messmer's story is truly tragic, and I'm glad the video touched you. Elden Ring is more than just a game, it's a spiritual journey for sure.
Ringed City is my favourite Fromsoft DLC, now SOTE is on the same place with it. The lore reveal, character explanations, the beautiful world.. THOSE NPCs! 😢 It’s so *chefkiss*
Miquella sacrificing his love is probably what I find to be the most tragic of the game. How can you make the world a gentler place without love? How can you have compassion without love? If he succeeded I think he would have failed himself and his order wouldn't be as he truly envisioned.
Games get better when they repeat themselves. 6000th "this isn't Sif, bro" Wolf is not prove enough? How about... Fifa 2001 Fifa 2002 Fifa 2003 Fifa 2004 Fifa 2005 Fifa 2006 Fifa 2007 Fifa 2008 MORE EA PLEASE, EA IS GODLIKE. Fromsoft are amateurs when its comes to copy paste content!
The music in shamans Village and the sort of haunting tranquillity there were amazing...but really sad because no-one is there. Jarsburg was the only other place like this in terms of peaceful seclude, which is interesting in terms of who the actual jars are.
"Become a lord, not for gods, but for men." I don't know why that resonates so much with me, when I haven't even beaten the base game once yet. But I realized that... in nearly every ending, you become an Empyrean or a god. There is no ending in which the common folk of the Lands Between come out on top, at least in any significant way. Become a lord, not for gods, but for men. Do it for Ansbach and Igon, do it for Boggart and maybe even for Patches. Do it for those like us, the common folk. Not the Greater Will, nor the Frenzied Flame, nor the Dark Moon itself. Do it for Master Hewg and Iji. Become a lord, not for gods... but for men.
Ansbach is one of the best npcs in souls games, he just felt like a real person... How he shares his reasoning investigates and reconsiders his convictions. I bet we all know real people who are more 'npc' than him.
I realized something... The first Generation sons of Marika (Godwyn, Morgott, Mogh, & Messmer) have been staying true and loyal for Marika and The Golden Order unlike the other Demigods. Only for Marika to favor Godwyn more and abandoned the other three. I wonder if we have more allies like Ansbach if Mogh was not charmed and manipulated by Miquella?
Uh, no? Mohg was anything BUT loyal to the Golden Order (doesn't make him a bad guy though, in fact according to what we know he was probably more chill than even Radahn, who was double-loyal to the Golden Order), and Messmer wasn't born alongside the other three - he is a child of Marika and Radagon, and while the exact age is not stated I'd assume he was born alongside Miquella and Malenia because if he and Melina were born before Morgott and Mohg then it'd create... A lot of confusion. Especially considering the fact that he looks 5 bajillion times younger than both Morgott and Mohg.
@@gunsevenwhillans420 true true, I wonder though. If Mohg is not the bad guy, I feel like there's a chance IF we get an Age of Blood ending, of course that's not gonna happen but what if though. Since The Mohgwyn Dynasty worships Formless Mother but still retains that Honorable and Chilvarous Style like Ansbach. 🤔
@@gunsevenwhillans420 then you get discrepancies, like how Radahn saw Messmer as his older brother figure, while also at the same time befriended by Gaius, who is Radahn's senior in learning gravity magic, while also at the same time seemingly loved (romatically or platonically, who knows) by Rellana (which shouldn't even be possible if Messmer was born during the time after Radagon became Elden Lord, as that means she's leaving a disabled sister for the son of the same man who betrayed her sister). Radahn will not openly admire someone who is not his equal. He sees Gaius as equal and a rival because the latter mastered more practical uses for gravity magic despite obviously having much less power than him. Therefore, Messmer must've done something that earns him Radahn's admiration other than his crusade (because how can he foster the relationship if he's no longer there in lands between?) There is also the fact that so many willingly followed him to his crusade to the point of leaving behind their past glories and fortunes shows that he must've done something enormous to win their trust and loyalty. It's not something easily gained if he's born in the relatively peaceful age where Miquella and Malenia were born. He doesn't have Miquella's charm after all. Therefore he must've been born before the war time, and participated during the war against giants and dragons alongside Godfrey.
Godwyn I feel is the perfect face of the organization, loved by all and was the epitome of what Marika wanted from her “betrayal”. Messmer was the first sign of imperfection, still toe-to-toe on the charisma chart when next to Godwyn, but simply did not bear a facade worthy of her Order. Mohg and Morgott was the big wake up call to Marika that something is completely wrong, and maybe she was duped into committing heinous acts that she knows her people would’ve despised. Her trauma is sympathetic, but her reactions to them is unquestionably heinous and at best questionable, that maybe, just maybe, she did choose to stop the madness and chose to attempt to destroy the Elden Ring.
I'm genuinly jealous of all the people feeling such strong emotions from games, even more so FromSoft games. It's hard to remember that this game and all the souls likes before are not just about slaughtering enemies and bosses every minute, but that there are some very good characters and lore behind them as well. I'm personally not really able to understand how this game or expansion can bring out other emotions besides anger and happiness in people, but i'm glad they do. Thanks for making the video and by that maybe letting people remember these games can be much deeper as they let on at first
Thank you! I'm glad you appreciated the video. FromSoft games have a unique way of drawing out deep emotions and connections from players. Reminding us that games can be much deeper than they initially appear.
I really love this video and the previous one for the base game. You really capture the way this game evokes emotion. This is just a small thanks for some of my favorite content and I’ll go back and check out your other stuff!
the thumbnail is absolutely gorgeous man putting another two cents about miquella- the "correct", intended path that marika, ranni and all wants the tarnished to walk is one of power decent, which marika had planned and fought and pretty much martyred herself for, wrangled from the fingers of the greater will- out of all the children ranni is the successor of her in spirit, and it is with her tandem that the night of the black knives happens. Some people say she went mad from the loss of godwyn, but fail to see someone that says to her children "fight or be discarded" would never have been affected by that. All these steps she took, putting the rightful, perfectly golden firstborn heir out of the picture, the power vacuum that eventually came into place, and then the shattering of the ring all aims to create discourse and upheaval in the political landscape of the land, and thus even a tarnished(no fingers attached) could become a lord, the path of ascension shut by marika's corpse still sitting in the seat of godhood. As we can see, the grace of gold of marika had been something unique to her in the beginning, like miquella's unalloyed gold, and the erdtree was like the haligtree. It is only later did the greater will gain a chokehold on the order and changed it from marika's to the greater will's (such is the price of collab-ing with an outer god in the beginning) Ranni takes this a step further by going into the aether with her knife. The age of the stars means when the inhabitants of this planet first set off into the space stage (stars, outer gods) as equal players now, no longer helpless and could only take defensive in face of invasion (radahn) but able to threaten their existence with that god slaying knife ranni has made as well as the tarnished as her blade. Miquella, on the other hand, regresses this progress (if you view this decent as progress) by bypassing marika's seal and achieving godhood on his own terms. This is his answer to the other god issue of the lands between- his own unalloyed gold. The true worth of the age of compassion is how Miquella, as a god, can extend his own law of unalloyed gold like how marika does her grace, and this gold explicitly blocks out connection from the outer aether. Thus his sister will be saved, the land purged of outer influences, and once again in a politically stable state. And then the land and the people would have the time and space to heal from it's wounds. Think of it as a cocoon that Miquella will put over the earth, in which everyone shall sleep and dream a blissful life. That is why trina said godhood will be his prison. Everything miquella had worked towards will depend on him being alone for the rest of eternity. He cannot back out of it, he cannot die, he cannot even go mad, because miquella is the being that is keeping everyone under his influence and keeping the shroud over the earth and this dream will collapse and take everyone with it if anything happens to him. And thus the only thing remaining in Miquella before the gates of divinity, the last thing he can discard- is fear. Trina and him is the same person, how would he not know? Miquella chooses to do so anyway. Unlike ranni that can abandon the common people to their own devices in the tragedy that had already taken root, who looks above into the stars with a knife in hand, kindly miquella would never have been able to think the same way she does. His sister is sick, his family broken, the world diseased, vying, shattered. Miquella looks down at this and his love pours out and says, I'll make this right. If sacrificing myself would bring good to this world, then let me be the first and the last lamb placed on this alter. Miquella is the echo of the part in marika that planted that tree in her village, the part of her that wishes death to be only a distant memory and made it so. If only the world would be a gentler place...
After the DLC I realized that the entire story was just about Broken,Crippled,and Cursed people with too much power that were all in too much pain……… It’s heartbreaking
This is a masterpiece man! An underrated masterpiece! This gave me chills and emotions. It made me relive all these incredible moments again when I experienced them for the first time in game. Truly magical. I get that some people take waaay longer to beat something like this DLC so I hope this will blow up later on. It truly deserves it. Crazy movie like editing really. Felt like I was watching one. It also didn't feel like 9 minutes whaaaaaaaaaaaat
I wanted to point something out about the fight with Midra. When you first approach the old man and he shouts. You don't have to kill him. There is no fog wall. In fact, even after the first fight there is still no fog wall. You don't HAVE to kill him. He has endured long enough. You did this.
you dont have to but if you do you will be granting him peace not having to endure more pain an hopefully reunaiting with his love Nanaya i see it as an act of kindness for him to grant him the release of death
This game, basegame and DLC, is the grandest poem ever written. Being lucky enough to live at the exact time in history to experience this artwork is unbelievable. This and the Lord of the Rings movies. We're so lucky, no matter how hard our lives ever get.
As much as i love Igon, Ser Ansbach was the goat for me. I started out being suspicious of him and wanting to actually kill him. Thankfully he was saved because Leda decided herself to kill the hornsent, which i prevented. And thus i got to do his quest and learn of the truth of Miquella's ambitions. And learn what an honorable man he is. He became my bro by then end. I became Elden Lord for him and Boc.
This hit harder than a bullet train, I kid you not. Got literal goosebumps when the whispering voice of St.Trina came up...and your music in the background...JUST PERFECTION!! And the Bayle fight scene..Just made me imagine what fighting a Balrog would be like. Brilliant Edit my friend.
Ansbach: "Mohg was slain in an honourable duel" Me using Purified Crystal Tear, Golden Vow, Grant me Strength, Bloodboil Aromatic, Commander's Standard swapping to Jellyfish Shield, Exalted meat, Seppuku, Royal Knight's Resolve:
The purpose of ascension to the throne is to imbody power. Be one who represents ones true desire. St. Trina, beloved and one with Miquella, said to stop him. Kill Miquella. She knew every part of him as his witch mother, but never did she remark him as kind. Miquella began his conquest to forfill their desires. Power, devotion, love, and the promised voyage of a thousand years. And yet, he waited. Remained at the gates of all his desires. As if waiting. Perhaps waiting for someone to stop him. Even breaking his great rune once he gathered enough vassals to turn into his enemies. And so, Miquella, waited for one depraved of light while enjoying his last moments along with his Lord Brother. Even if he was just a puppet with a kindly face.
However ruined this world has become, however mired in torment and despair, life endures. Births continue. There is beauty in that, is there not? - Melina, Elden ring.
We hadnt gotten that real verticality like dark souls 1 and 3 until the dlc...its so amazing you get these extreme depths like stone coffin fissure/deep purple garden and abyssal woods, then extreme heights like jagged peak. The travelling to those places is so completely epic and encapturing as well, so much so as being elden ring 2 basically. The legacy dungeons help enhance this, shadow keep is insane in levels and entrances. The whole map is crazy in how you access different spots, its so close to being a gigantic open world dark souls 1
I love Igon and Ansbach , They do not call you a Tarnished but a warrior . Someone they see fit to be a lord and spite whatever other may think of you.
A video game expansion with as much love and care as the base game. This DLC should honestly be considered a top Game of the Year by its merits alone. Personal note I was surprised at how much the story was fleshed out as you progressed. You didn't have to dive as deep as you did in the main game to get the general main story of the DLC.
Elden Ring's story is profoundly melancholic, yet there is an undeniable beauty woven into its sorrow. The decay of the demigods is particularly heartbreaking. General Radahn, once a mighty warrior, lost his mind to the scarlet rot, and even in death, he finds no peace. Morgott fights valiantly for a kingdom that despises him, while he despises his own existence. Mohg, in contrast, abandoned his brother, accepting his fate as a monster, rejecting the Erdtree, and becoming a pawn in Miquella's schemes. Malenia patiently awaits Miquella's return, clinging to the slim hope of a cure for her scarlet rot, despite the improbability of such a miracle. Rykard, once noble, descended into blasphemy as the Lord of Blasphemy. Godfrey, a revered Elden Lord, was banished from the Lands Between, stripped of grace, and forced to witness his son's death in his arms. Godrick, ever the coward, might have had a different fate if not for Godwyn's murder. Rennala wallows in depression, abandoned by her twin Rellana, who followed an unrequited love for Messmer. Messmer, in his desperate quest for his mother's love and recognition, became a slaughterer, ultimately realizing his efforts were in vain, lamenting, "A curse upon thee..., mother..." Marika remains trapped within the Erdtree, shunned by the Greater Will for her actions. And you, the Tarnished, endure a similar decay. Upon becoming Elden Lord, you revisit the once-familiar places, now empty and desolate. The Roundtable Hold, once bustling with life, becomes a haunting reminder of your solitude. Your companions, each following their paths, either meet their end or disappear. As the Tarnished, you grapple with the question: Is following the flame of ambition and becoming Elden Lord truly worth it? You are the hope of the Lands Between, yet what is left for you? In the end, despite your title, you were, and always will be, a Tarnished-driven by the flame of ambition in an endless search for the Elden Ring. Thank you for the vid!
Thank you for sharing such a beautifully articulated reflection on Elden Ring's story. The depth and melancholy of the characters truly resonate, making the game an unforgettable experience. I'm glad the video could capture some of that profound emotion. Your insights add even more richness to the journey. Thank you!
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Thank you so much for watching! 🙏 I poured my heart into this video to bring you this tribute to the incredible world of Elden Ring and its amazing Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. Your support means everything to me, so if you enjoyed it, please leave a like and share your thoughts in the comments below. Let's discuss our favorite moments and experiences in this masterpiece! 🌟
"I've dedicated over 30 hours to creating this video" Thank you
🙏🙏
It was a pleasure to do it.
We’ve all seen it, all the effort you put into it, and we all appreciate it greatly. Thank you!
Rest in peace Ansbach, you absolute legend.
Ansbach is indeed a legend. His questline is truly impactful.
*Mogh approve this comment*
Wait. He dies?
@@phelopatirabdel-malak554 Yeah. If you see his questline through to the end, he joins you for the final boss and dies shortly after. The same goes for another npc named Thiollier, who's questline is connected to St. Trina
@@Watchfire. His spell and armor is sick. I knew I wanted it as soon as I saw him
In a world where substandard work is considered the norm, Elden Ring and now Shadow of the Erdtree is a breath of fresh air in an age of suffocation.
Facts Chad
Meant facts Chaz
Age of suffocation is the ending of elden ring where you marry nepheli loux and she suffocates you with her thighs? 😂
In that case age of suffocation >>> age of compassion
@@alessandrogarofalo9951 :0
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@@alessandrogarofalo9951pls tell me which questline I have to do
"His eminence was felled in an honorable duel."
*My eyes fading as I recall how I used scarlet rot and lightning storm spam so hard that he never even got to "Nihil"*
"Yeees. An honorable... Duel..."
Such is the risk of seeking lordship 😂
At least Mogh is dead and he will not suffer the lovesickness no longer. So long as Miquella remains alive, we cannot avenge Mogh.
Not an execution, a mercy.
Haha black flame twinblade go brrrrrr
>Me spamming the Destructo Discs and never letting Mohg get close
Yeah... Honorable
“Guided here by kindly Miquella”
No, I’m here to finish the job. No demigod escapes.
"It was the Eardtree commanding you all along..?"
Sadly Leda still chose to die on Miquellas side. I was a bit hesitant to truly believe the Sanguine Noble at first, but lastly he was the only one that stayed on my side during the invastion. Honestly it was so fitting.
A tarnished, his Bloodhound Knight and one of Mohgs followers
versus 3 guided by Miquella.
Cleanse it ALL away, in the yellow chaos flame. Marika's bastard shall know fear.
Well, except Ranni
@@seventyfour8256 For me it was a 4 v 3. Freyja, Moore, Leda, and Dry Leaf Dan against my Tarnished, Thioller, and Ansbach.
@@gadman85just got here on my 2nd playthrough and decided to keep the Hornsent alive so it’s 3 against 5 for me; Ansbach, Thiollier and I vs Leda, Dane, Moore, Hornsent and Freyja and they are absolutely shredding my crew!
"It's just a game."
Damn right it is. That "expansion" is a full on game.
"Mother... Marika... A curse upon thee..."
And there i fucking cried
Messmer has suffered just as much as anyone. Blind to what Marika has truly done to him… until that one moment.
maybe you already know the "Marika place" on the DLC that is the only place don't get burn by the messmer flame
He know what Marika did, but Marika still are Beloved
@@Regular_Everyday_Normal_MFNot even, he dies thinking he was a curse upon his mother despite all his efforts and contributions to her
I interpret it as if he couldn’t admit his mother betrayed him until his death that’s why he cursed her
@@T.L.P50 I would like to think that Marika didn't really abandoned him, but simply lost contact due to her imprisonment in the Erdtree.
Igon
Ansbach
Thiollier
Hells, even Mohg
Thoust shall never be forgotten…
Freyja, Moorne, Hornsent, and Leda. The interactions and connection with the npc's in this DLC was absolutely phenomenal. I started the dlc walking with my comrades in the footsteps of Miquella. Suddenly a charm that no one knew was there breaks and everyone is started to become mistrustful of each other. Suddenly, you are at the foot of the stairs to the gate of divinity fighting a battle royal between yout, Ansbach, and Thiollier vs Dane, Moore, Leda, Freyja. Absolute cinema. People can hate on this DLC all they want for the difficulty but it will never not be a 10/10.
Mohg was still extremely evil in all fairness
Mohg with the redemption arc!
Radahn.
Alexander!
"Marika bathed the village of her home in gold, knowing full well that there was no one to heal."
And right there... I cried..
I loved seeing her side of the story. Throughout the base game she was always portrayed as this power hungry queen who seemed to screw everybody over.
That text, that place, that music...the game was dragging nails against the chalkboard of my soul. At once I wanted to leave immediately and stay there among the fields of flowers forever
the music of the Shaman Village is so simple and yet so powerful. Peak of Art.
Damn it hurt so much
@@greatsword6365
How did it make you feel that twink bussy is all that Radahn wants in life?
I want my money back for this stupid DLC.
Spoilers ahead in my discussion. This game makes me emotional. Please be kind in the comments.
Edit: Oh my gosh thanks so much for the likes and comments I'm going to CRY.
I believe that everything Miquella did-trying to cure his sister's rot, founding a safe haven for the spurned and the excommunicated-came from a place of genuine compassion. He saw a world that was broken, dangerous, and unkind, and sought to heal it by giving it the one thing it desperately needed: love.
But the kind of love that Miquella knows is not true love; it is a compelled, and some might say forced, obedience. It was the only kind of love he ever received from others, the only kind he ever understood. Ultimately, it was his curse which led him down the sickening radiance of his path. His curse of eternal youth isn't just physical; it is emotional and mental as well. It perpetually stagnates him, never allowing him to reach his full potential and thus preventing him from growing as a person. He possesses the foresight of an angsty teen who just wants what he wants, right now.
He knows what he is doing is wrong. That’s why he rid himself of doubt and vacillation first before discarding the one thing that could have grabbed him by the face and forced him to see the truth of his actions. His love, St. Trina, was his true love-the love that resides in every single child. She was his empathy. He abandons her only after casting away his doubt because, without that doubt, he would never have done it. And without his love, without his empathy, he was free to become the beautifully disgusting sociopath we confront in the final fight-a being who wishes to take away all free will, believing that’s the only way forward.
In the end, he was just like his mother. He swore he would be different, that he would make the world a better place. I’m sure Marika said the same thing when she planted the minor erdtree in her village. They were both willing to do horrible things to build a world of safety and comfort. Marika wielded her rage and pain to purge the Hornsent for what they did to her people, and upon their bodies, she built a new world. One with trauma as its foundation and death is but a cautionary tale.
Despite being demigods and a goddess, Marika and her family are far more human than most want to give them credit for. It's part of what I love about From Software: every single one of their characters is nuanced in a way that makes them feel like real people.
Thank you for such a thoughtful analysis! Miquella's story is indeed layered with tragedy and complexity. Your insights into his curse and motivations really highlight the depth of his character. FromSoftware's ability to craft such nuanced, human-like characters is remarkable. It's always fascinating to see how different players interpret these stories. Thanks for sharing your perspective!
Beautifully put
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel about Miquella. I didn’t have the words myself, but all the people painting Miquella as this one dimensional, manipulative, conniving villain never sat right with me.
@@Watchfire. I just ran across a quote that further paints Miquella's tragedy. "To love is to be changed."
And as we've discussed, because of Miquella's curse of eternal youth, which is just a curse of stagnation, means that he can never truly love or be loved in a genuine way because he cannot change.
That quote came from a meme about childhood stuffed animals being torn to rags from the passage of time. I think I'm going to cry.
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
Messmers fight and seeing Shaman Village were the best moments for me
Shaman Village was beautifully sombre.
This tribute made me cry honestly. I finished the dlc yesterday and it was...the best one I've ever played. Miyazaki, Fromsoft, thank you for bringing this game to life and other games such as Bloodborne and Dark Souls to life as well. These games are considered my happy place, my escape from the real world. It's not just a game. It's a journey worth every second.
Why would you cry? Good Lord, pull yourself together and act like an adult. It's a frickin' videogame.
The loss of my money for a shit DLC made me cry too. I feel you bro.
i loved the storytelling but the ending is horrible...
I would've rather let them cook it for another year and really get deep with it. There are so many glaring issues with gameplay and story I cannot wholly accept it this way.
@@darkbrother339the only glaring issue was the emptiness of some of the areas. Besides that this was the best DLC they've made.
Can’t believe there are people who think this dlc and Elden Ring in general is a bad game. They really are missing out
One of my friends got elden ring last christmas, played a few hours and told me "I still can't see why it's got so much apraisal, it's just dark souls (which he thinks is meh) but open world"
To this day he didnt get to godrick
@@Oznerol1234your friend got nothing on mine.
I was mainly backseating my friend that day. So, he started a new game, we went a little too long time in the character creator (mainly making good looking character with sus enough voice and laughing our a$$ off in the process). Then he landed in the cave of knowledge, finished the entire thing and finally opened the door that leaves to Limgrave title screen.
It seemed like a good way to end that session that day and so we did. I thought it made a good impression on him, long enough to at least continue until dying to Margitt or Tree Sentinel.
Apparently not, because he never continued even once after that seasion. He is busy a lot of the times so it's possible he didn't get to play for a long time and then got bored on something.
Since that session, he only got to see my streams on the game, specifically on those frustrating moments (which, FromSoft does have a lot of) or in regions where my attacks barely damage enemies and never ever when any of the actually interesting things happen. And now he thinks I play these games only because they're hard.
And when I'm on the menu, he's always pointing out how there are so many things on the screen (like weapons or so many player stats). But I can't stop and explain how you don't need to care about 90% of these if you don't want to, because I can't just pause the game.
And yesterday, he saw me struggling with Bayle, despite the previous few days, I was practically beating dragons and bosses left and right. But he didn't see any of that.
(Fyi, I was streaming it to a different friend who's interested in the game, but doesn't have hardware good enough to run it. We just happened to also be on public VC.)
@@Oznerol1234skill issue on his part ngl
@@nerozone_ yeah that's true, he is bad.
But he misses a lot.
I will say this DLC is the first fromsoft dlc that for me isn’t as high qaulity as the base game
i beat the DLC about two weeks ago, and after beating the final boss and loving it so much, i legitimately got depressed that i wasn't gonna be able to experience this masterpiece of a game + its DLC for the first time ever again. normally it's not a big deal to finish a game, but this game helped me get through some rougher times, especially recently, and it's become my favorite game of all time.
I feel yuor statment whoe heartedly, I went trough similar thing and this game truly helped allot
Drake warrior....Dear friend.... thank you for granting us this glorious tribute.....I hereby vow this is my new favorite video of yours....behold a true master of his craft, thank you tarnished one.
You welcome Lord Master 🙏
They really outdid themselves with this game in its entirety. Amazing art
First company I purchased artbooks from. So inspiring
indeed
I finished the DLC a couple of days ago and... is it just me, or does anyone else feel this emptiness? It's like I've lost something irreplaceable. I can't fully describe it.
I know exactly what you mean. It's like saying goodbye to something special. It shows just how impactful and immersive the experience was.
Same feeling I got after beating DS3 DLC. Just the hollow feeling knowing it's the end...
Not really because I already made a new savefile.
I have the same feeling anytime I finish one of these games/DLCs. Elden Ring, SOTE, DS#, DS3's DLCs, same feeling.
@@me_like_giraffe For real though, defeating Slave Knight Gale didn't make me feel like a triumphant hero. I felt like I had achieved something that wasn't the original goal.
Ansbach and Igon, true bros who fought with us till the end, the most goateed npc ong
The way Igon says "I hereby vow" and "Behold a true drak warrior and I Igon" bro is acknowledging that the fight was not his moment was ours to conquer and make Bayle rue, it's feeling still gives me goosebumps.he is acknowledging that
damn i killied igon for the first time i meet him
@@eveexeTV
Yes, the game literally is designed as a power fantasy - as long as you play katanas and use magic - and Igon outright tells you, that you are the protagonist, because, since you paid for the DLC, you can't figure that out.
"There is nothing more terrifying." A God who makes you love him. Alters your mind to worship him. Has a radiant golden figure when you meet him, but you know he stripped his flesh already, so what you see is what he wants you to see: A "kind God".
But there's no kindeness in him anymore. Just force. He knows better, he knows right. You *should* love him.
Terrifying.
this was actually fucking beautiful. wow.
Thank you 🙏
How much of himself can Miquella tear away before he stops being Miquella? And if someone were to gather up all the pieces, is THAT Miquella?
I personally believe Miquella became a real monster when he cast St. Trina into the depths of the fissure, St. Trina herself says ''Don't turn the poor thing into a god''/''Kill Miquella''
I think she says that because she was the most 'racional', actually compassionate part of Miquella, his hesitation of doing such immoral things to accomplis his goal,
When he set Trina aside, he stopped seeing the wrong he was doing, like brainwash people into doing his bidding and/or use the bodies of 2 other demigods as a husk for his new form.
@@ryean8212yeah and in other places he abandons his doubt, fears, indecision, and there, his love. He pretty much lost everything that made him human.
@@ryean8212 That was definitely the whole "Point of no Return" for Miquella. That's why you have the soul remembrance, or whatever they are called, right there. It says Miquella threw away the one thing he shouldn't have when he abandoned his other half, St. Trina. Then after that you touch the cross where it says, "I abandon here my Love".
We never find the discarded scraps. Only the remnants of his spilt blood.
Perhaps Mohg played some role. Perhaps that truly was Miquella, stillborn within his cocoon.
@@NerdOracle I was referencing the Ship of Theseus.
69 quintillionth obligatory mention of "CURSE YOU BAAAAYLE! I HEREBY VOW! YOU WILL RUE THIS DAY! SOLID OF SCALE YOU MIGHT BE FOUL DRAGON, BUT I WILL RIDDLE YOUR HOLES YOUR ROTTEN HIDE! WITH A HAIL OF HARPOONS! WITH EVERY LAST DROP OF MY BEING!"
This DLC is absolutely amazing. Yes, some areas are empty. Yes, the final boss is bad. But it's exploration rivals if not outclasses the base game due to the world's structure, and I think you understand how impressive that is. It basically feels like an entire new game, honestly.
you misspelled obligatory. youre welcome
I couldn't agree more! Despite its flaws, this DLC truly shines with its expansive exploration and world structure. Glad you're enjoying it too!
Final boss wasn’t bad, just difficult
@@callsignfatbeard2637for real, it has ONE bad attack, and if he gave you performance issues that sucks a lot. But everything else I found to be top tier.
The final boss IS NOT bad. Just because some people can't admit that they need to put in more work to win and choose to whine doesn't mean that he's bad overall.
My best game & best DLC ever! Other From Software games are also awesome, but none capture the magnificence & how inspiring & larger-than-life this feels, I feel very empty after beating Shadow of the Erdtree, I feel very satisfied but empty at the same time, but I know that this is it for Elden Ring, it will be forever remembered in my heart.
From "Foul Tarnished..." to "I'll make the world a gentler place..." 😭💓
"make...miquela...stop😢"
bRO!
Calm, wise, loyal, and charismatic, it's literally impossible to not like Ansbach.
He is my favorite story NPC of the DLC. His entrance dialogue for the final boss fight is really awesome.
@@gadman85 his entrance to the NPC fight also.. "I stand with blade aloft... blood afire..."
Almost everything he says is quotable, and the voice actor is a 10/10 (all of them in the DLC are TBH)
He has the only memorable outfit in the DLC.
That's it.
so awesome mate. This game is the only game i've come across that has the ability to allow for all of this creation from the players. I love every thing this community has to offer and this is fantastic and well put together. If i leave loving this game more than I already did than you did quite an accomplishment. namaste!
Thank you 🙏
Messmer is such a sad character. He was rejected at a fundamental level by Marika, both his mother and goddess. He thought he was doing awful things in the name of the greater good, but eventually realized everything was just pointless violence. He watched as his friends eventually went insane, defected, or started to despise him. He was truly alone, but he stayed loyal to his mother, perhaps out of some small sliver of hope that remained. It was the appearance of the Tarnished that finally broke him. The confusion and mixed emotions were very apparent in his dialogue.
Messmer's story is truly heartbreaking. His loyalty despite everything and the emotional turmoil he faced make him a deeply tragic character. FromSoftware did an incredible job conveying his pain and confusion.
By what little I might know as I haven't played the game, I do feel like there are some hints about some of his people following him, or being in his service genuinely due to him as a leader (or even person??) though.
Rellana, Commander Gaius, the latter being stated as someone Radahn looked up to, just as he did look up to Messmer.
If my memory serves me right, that is
So maybe he wasn't all alone
Or at least I'd like tot hink that :(
Messmer is an amazing character and certainly a boss I love a lot, despite the genocide he committed. In true belief it was for his mother and goddess or not, he deserved better.
..That last line in his rememberance too T^T
@@HalocraZze
Messmer is the promised Prince that Never Was.
In some items it describes how despite his existence is anathema to the Golden Order and the Order had solidified itself by the time of his birth, he was still a person who could rally and gain the love of people from all walks of life.
Hell, he even gained the loyalty of Carrion royalty through Rellana. But due to his existence, due to being born imperfect, Marika could not allow herself to love her own son for he didn’t fit her vision of peace. He was proof that Marika was not perfect, she was not as beautiful as the Order she built by blood and conquest.
It’s a tragedy, because he could’ve been as legendary as Godwyn (pre-death) and instead became like Godwyn (post-death).
@@Eckskalibur I love this comment, thank you for that great reply :)
Marikas actions are also kind of understandable for me although I try not to think that way, but her simply shunning her own children because of their ailments that her own curse caused is distugsting. Messmer isn't the only one of her children suffering from that, although he is the only one sent to the shadowlands and waging war over there
All that really makes me wish we could see what lives every demigod would have led if left to chose themselves :(
As if Messmer's story wasn't tragic enough, the Golden Order resorted to using fire when the siege of Leyndell wasn't going well for them. All that hatred for creatures born of fire, and then there's Messmer with his cursed affliction. Abandoned by his mother and betrayed by the Erdtree. He was abandoned for nothing.
Say what you will about how much of a monster he was, the people who used him were ten times worse.
The most beautiful tribute to the best DLC ever! Not ashamed to admit I did shed a tear. (I’m still fighting Consort Radahn)
>I shed a tear
>I'm still fighting the bussy smasher Radahn
I didn’t jive well with Elden Rings story…. Until this DLC and honestly this DLC has put the game up there with Bloodborne in terms of story telling for me. It tied everything together to make Elden Rings narrative a sweeping fantasy epic full of flawed, but understandable beings who all believe they are doing the right thing… Marika, Ranni, Malenia, Morgott…. And now Mohg, Miquella and Mesmer and further confirmation of Radahns convictions …. What a deep intricate and powerful piece of fiction.
"honourable duel"
Me with a comet azure build: THINK FAST CHUCKLENUTS
Thank you for this video, it is beautiful. I started tearing up at the Messmer part. His life was such a tragedy. (and I like the video's title. It reminds me of whenever I'm talking to other gamers about Elden Ring. They all assume its just another RPG. When in fact, its a spiritual journey:)
You're welcome! Messmer's story is truly tragic, and I'm glad the video touched you. Elden Ring is more than just a game, it's a spiritual journey for sure.
Ringed City is my favourite Fromsoft DLC, now SOTE is on the same place with it. The lore reveal, character explanations, the beautiful world.. THOSE NPCs! 😢
It’s so *chefkiss*
Just watch it..pure art😮😮😮😮
Thanks
Miquella sacrificing his love is probably what I find to be the most tragic of the game. How can you make the world a gentler place without love? How can you have compassion without love? If he succeeded I think he would have failed himself and his order wouldn't be as he truly envisioned.
To quote game of thrones. Because he knows what is good. And love is the death of duty, but sometimes duty is the death of love.
@@PlayfulFruitLPer 🔥🔥
When the Cerulean Field appeared on the screen i was sooooo moved!
Beautiful place!
Expertly done… again. The DLC is the ultimate, as is this showcase 💥
Thank you 🙏
Games get better when they repeat themselves. 6000th "this isn't Sif, bro" Wolf is not prove enough? How about...
Fifa 2001
Fifa 2002
Fifa 2003
Fifa 2004
Fifa 2005
Fifa 2006
Fifa 2007
Fifa 2008
MORE EA PLEASE, EA IS GODLIKE. Fromsoft are amateurs when its comes to copy paste content!
The music in shamans Village and the sort of haunting tranquillity there were amazing...but really sad because no-one is there. Jarsburg was the only other place like this in terms of peaceful seclude, which is interesting in terms of who the actual jars are.
Only the jars in the DLC are shamans
I dont know whether there will ever a game like Elden Ring! This will go down in history of story telling at its peak.
"Become a lord, not for gods, but for men." I don't know why that resonates so much with me, when I haven't even beaten the base game once yet. But I realized that... in nearly every ending, you become an Empyrean or a god. There is no ending in which the common folk of the Lands Between come out on top, at least in any significant way. Become a lord, not for gods, but for men. Do it for Ansbach and Igon, do it for Boggart and maybe even for Patches. Do it for those like us, the common folk. Not the Greater Will, nor the Frenzied Flame, nor the Dark Moon itself. Do it for Master Hewg and Iji. Become a lord, not for gods... but for men.
There's. The goldenmask one.
Ansbach is one of the best npcs in souls games, he just felt like a real person... How he shares his reasoning investigates and reconsiders his convictions. I bet we all know real people who are more 'npc' than him.
'THERE IS LIFE IN ME YET' - Igon
This us absolutely phenomenal! I will always love this game, such an amazing journey and story
I realized something... The first Generation sons of Marika (Godwyn, Morgott, Mogh, & Messmer) have been staying true and loyal for Marika and The Golden Order unlike the other Demigods. Only for Marika to favor Godwyn more and abandoned the other three. I wonder if we have more allies like Ansbach if Mogh was not charmed and manipulated by Miquella?
Thanks for sharing! it's interesting to consider how things might have been different if Mogh hadn't been manipulated by Miquella.
Uh, no? Mohg was anything BUT loyal to the Golden Order (doesn't make him a bad guy though, in fact according to what we know he was probably more chill than even Radahn, who was double-loyal to the Golden Order), and Messmer wasn't born alongside the other three - he is a child of Marika and Radagon, and while the exact age is not stated I'd assume he was born alongside Miquella and Malenia because if he and Melina were born before Morgott and Mohg then it'd create... A lot of confusion. Especially considering the fact that he looks 5 bajillion times younger than both Morgott and Mohg.
@@gunsevenwhillans420 true true, I wonder though. If Mohg is not the bad guy, I feel like there's a chance IF we get an Age of Blood ending, of course that's not gonna happen but what if though. Since The Mohgwyn Dynasty worships Formless Mother but still retains that Honorable and Chilvarous Style like Ansbach. 🤔
@@gunsevenwhillans420 then you get discrepancies, like how Radahn saw Messmer as his older brother figure, while also at the same time befriended by Gaius, who is Radahn's senior in learning gravity magic, while also at the same time seemingly loved (romatically or platonically, who knows) by Rellana (which shouldn't even be possible if Messmer was born during the time after Radagon became Elden Lord, as that means she's leaving a disabled sister for the son of the same man who betrayed her sister).
Radahn will not openly admire someone who is not his equal. He sees Gaius as equal and a rival because the latter mastered more practical uses for gravity magic despite obviously having much less power than him. Therefore, Messmer must've done something that earns him Radahn's admiration other than his crusade (because how can he foster the relationship if he's no longer there in lands between?)
There is also the fact that so many willingly followed him to his crusade to the point of leaving behind their past glories and fortunes shows that he must've done something enormous to win their trust and loyalty. It's not something easily gained if he's born in the relatively peaceful age where Miquella and Malenia were born. He doesn't have Miquella's charm after all. Therefore he must've been born before the war time, and participated during the war against giants and dragons alongside Godfrey.
Godwyn I feel is the perfect face of the organization, loved by all and was the epitome of what Marika wanted from her “betrayal”. Messmer was the first sign of imperfection, still toe-to-toe on the charisma chart when next to Godwyn, but simply did not bear a facade worthy of her Order. Mohg and Morgott was the big wake up call to Marika that something is completely wrong, and maybe she was duped into committing heinous acts that she knows her people would’ve despised.
Her trauma is sympathetic, but her reactions to them is unquestionably heinous and at best questionable, that maybe, just maybe, she did choose to stop the madness and chose to attempt to destroy the Elden Ring.
Great video! I been waiting for a cut like this and knowing how hard it is to get through these fights... damn good video.
Thanks a lot! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I'm genuinly jealous of all the people feeling such strong emotions from games, even more so FromSoft games. It's hard to remember that this game and all the souls likes before are not just about slaughtering enemies and bosses every minute, but that there are some very good characters and lore behind them as well. I'm personally not really able to understand how this game or expansion can bring out other emotions besides anger and happiness in people, but i'm glad they do. Thanks for making the video and by that maybe letting people remember these games can be much deeper as they let on at first
Thank you! I'm glad you appreciated the video. FromSoft games have a unique way of drawing out deep emotions and connections from players. Reminding us that games can be much deeper than they initially appear.
I know people had problems with this dlc, but I will argue forever with them because I didn’t have any of those problems.
I'm not prepared to let it go
Ansbach was such a treat, he really captivated the audience with his charm, smooth voice and interesting questline.
the shaman village broke me
I really love this video and the previous one for the base game. You really capture the way this game evokes emotion. This is just a small thanks for some of my favorite content and I’ll go back and check out your other stuff!
Thank you so much for your generous support! i appreciate it a lot. 🙏
the thumbnail is absolutely gorgeous man
putting another two cents about miquella-
the "correct", intended path that marika, ranni and all wants the tarnished to walk is one of power decent, which marika had planned and fought and pretty much martyred herself for, wrangled from the fingers of the greater will- out of all the children ranni is the successor of her in spirit, and it is with her tandem that the night of the black knives happens. Some people say she went mad from the loss of godwyn, but fail to see someone that says to her children "fight or be discarded" would never have been affected by that. All these steps she took, putting the rightful, perfectly golden firstborn heir out of the picture, the power vacuum that eventually came into place, and then the shattering of the ring all aims to create discourse and upheaval in the political landscape of the land, and thus even a tarnished(no fingers attached) could become a lord, the path of ascension shut by marika's corpse still sitting in the seat of godhood.
As we can see, the grace of gold of marika had been something unique to her in the beginning, like miquella's unalloyed gold, and the erdtree was like the haligtree. It is only later did the greater will gain a chokehold on the order and changed it from marika's to the greater will's (such is the price of collab-ing with an outer god in the beginning)
Ranni takes this a step further by going into the aether with her knife. The age of the stars means when the inhabitants of this planet first set off into the space stage (stars, outer gods) as equal players now, no longer helpless and could only take defensive in face of invasion (radahn) but able to threaten their existence with that god slaying knife ranni has made as well as the tarnished as her blade.
Miquella, on the other hand, regresses this progress (if you view this decent as progress) by bypassing marika's seal and achieving godhood on his own terms. This is his answer to the other god issue of the lands between- his own unalloyed gold. The true worth of the age of compassion is how Miquella, as a god, can extend his own law of unalloyed gold like how marika does her grace, and this gold explicitly blocks out connection from the outer aether. Thus his sister will be saved, the land purged of outer influences, and once again in a politically stable state. And then the land and the people would have the time and space to heal from it's wounds.
Think of it as a cocoon that Miquella will put over the earth, in which everyone shall sleep and dream a blissful life. That is why trina said godhood will be his prison.
Everything miquella had worked towards will depend on him being alone for the rest of eternity.
He cannot back out of it, he cannot die, he cannot even go mad, because miquella is the being that is keeping everyone under his influence and keeping the shroud over the earth and this dream will collapse and take everyone with it if anything happens to him. And thus the only thing remaining in Miquella before the gates of divinity, the last thing he can discard- is fear. Trina and him is the same person, how would he not know?
Miquella chooses to do so anyway. Unlike ranni that can abandon the common people to their own devices in the tragedy that had already taken root, who looks above into the stars with a knife in hand, kindly miquella would never have been able to think the same way she does. His sister is sick, his family broken, the world diseased, vying, shattered. Miquella looks down at this and his love pours out and says, I'll make this right. If sacrificing myself would bring good to this world, then let me be the first and the last lamb placed on this alter.
Miquella is the echo of the part in marika that planted that tree in her village, the part of her that wishes death to be only a distant memory and made it so. If only the world would be a gentler place...
wow! Thank you for this wonderful comment
Elden Ring is one of the greatest things ever created by human hands. It is art, pure and simple.
After the DLC I realized that the entire story was just about Broken,Crippled,and Cursed people with too much power that were all in too much pain………
It’s heartbreaking
Ansbach is one of the best npcs in the series
Elden Ring alongside its DLC is a benchmark to every role-playing game no doubt
These videos surely hurt the mind... While healing the soul...
This is a masterpiece man!
An underrated masterpiece!
This gave me chills and emotions. It made me relive all these incredible moments again when I experienced them for the first time in game. Truly magical. I get that some people take waaay longer to beat something like this DLC so I hope this will blow up later on. It truly deserves it.
Crazy movie like editing really. Felt like I was watching one.
It also didn't feel like 9 minutes whaaaaaaaaaaaat
Thank you so much for your kind words! I hope more people will discover and enjoy it too. Thanks for the support!
the first boss literally foreshadows the concept of putting a soul into a different creature or person's body...
I wanted to point something out about the fight with Midra. When you first approach the old man and he shouts. You don't have to kill him. There is no fog wall. In fact, even after the first fight there is still no fog wall.
You don't HAVE to kill him. He has endured long enough.
You did this.
you dont have to but if you do you will be granting him peace not having to endure more pain an hopefully reunaiting with his love Nanaya i see it as an act of kindness for him to grant him the release of death
I wanted his sword….
@@WoodlandAsh that is also a valid reason
Good edit man I appreciate it, will save this. One day in the future, I will re-watch this and remember all the good moments I had in this DLC
Thank you 🙏 I'm glad you liked it 😊
After beating it.. i cried.. i sat there thinking and in my thinking i realised this game's plot isnt about gods but a broken family....
Absolutely amazing! Thank you so much for this masterpiece
a truly wonderful video. when there are such videos. the game is played completely differently. Thanks for the work!
@@Elysiuma you welcome 🙏
This game, basegame and DLC, is the grandest poem ever written. Being lucky enough to live at the exact time in history to experience this artwork is unbelievable. This and the Lord of the Rings movies. We're so lucky, no matter how hard our lives ever get.
Beautifull!!! Y just missed so much leda's words in the royal rumble battle
Thanks for the awesome vid man. This game was trully such a wonderfull experience!!!❤
You welcome 🙏
As much as i love Igon, Ser Ansbach was the goat for me. I started out being suspicious of him and wanting to actually kill him. Thankfully he was saved because Leda decided herself to kill the hornsent, which i prevented. And thus i got to do his quest and learn of the truth of Miquella's ambitions. And learn what an honorable man he is. He became my bro by then end. I became Elden Lord for him and Boc.
Lord for the people not for the gods. Torrent must be really proud!
That was so beautifully done. Thanks for making it.
You welcome
Bro the voice lines... The background music , the characters themselves, the story. It literally tugged my heart. Great work bro. Truly great.
Thank you
dude, great production! you got yourself another follower
Thank you 🙏☺️
This hit harder than a bullet train, I kid you not. Got literal goosebumps when the whispering voice of St.Trina came up...and your music in the background...JUST PERFECTION!! And the Bayle fight scene..Just made me imagine what fighting a Balrog would be like. Brilliant Edit my friend.
Thank you for your wonderful comment 🙏 i'm glad you liked it 😊
Ansbach: "Mohg was slain in an honourable duel"
Me using Purified Crystal Tear, Golden Vow, Grant me Strength, Bloodboil Aromatic, Commander's Standard swapping to Jellyfish Shield, Exalted meat, Seppuku, Royal Knight's Resolve:
The purpose of ascension to the throne is to imbody power. Be one who represents ones true desire. St. Trina, beloved and one with Miquella, said to stop him. Kill Miquella. She knew every part of him as his witch mother, but never did she remark him as kind. Miquella began his conquest to forfill their desires. Power, devotion, love, and the promised voyage of a thousand years. And yet, he waited. Remained at the gates of all his desires. As if waiting. Perhaps waiting for someone to stop him. Even breaking his great rune once he gathered enough vassals to turn into his enemies. And so, Miquella, waited for one depraved of light while enjoying his last moments along with his Lord Brother. Even if he was just a puppet with a kindly face.
this game, for the first time sine i played UNDERTALE, have i felt truly connected to a games world. its different.
amazing tribute for the great game and the best dlc ever made. work of art. very well done ❤
Thank you 🙏
What a Game ! truly one for the book of my life................
Beautiful, love this and the first video so much!
Thank you
"His eminence was felled in an honorable duel"
Not me one-shotting him with Comet Azur
Well you were his honorable guest, even
Who else think prime radahn reminds of hercules
4:37 It sure sounded like he said "WE have endured"
However ruined this world has become,
however mired in torment and despair,
life endures.
Births continue.
There is beauty in that, is there not?
- Melina, Elden ring.
This was an emotional rollercoaster. Terrific work
Thank you
Your 30 hours invested in this masterpiece will be immortalized, my brother
Thank you 🙏
Thank you tarnished ones..and sir ansbach..for saving me from Miquella when he abducted me . Now that im home, im safe
What a stellar labor of love for such a magnificent game. This really hit the feels, good job!
Thank you 🙏
This is so good- we wore the same armor too at the start of the dlc! The banished knight helm feels special to me
We hadnt gotten that real verticality like dark souls 1 and 3 until the dlc...its so amazing you get these extreme depths like stone coffin fissure/deep purple garden and abyssal woods, then extreme heights like jagged peak. The travelling to those places is so completely epic and encapturing as well, so much so as being elden ring 2 basically. The legacy dungeons help enhance this, shadow keep is insane in levels and entrances. The whole map is crazy in how you access different spots, its so close to being a gigantic open world dark souls 1
A masterfully crafted montage for a masterfully crafted DLC 👏👏👏
Thank you
Man thank you for this masterpiece. So much love in it.
You welcome
Now this is what DLC should be. This is what we should be paying for not more characters or skins or time skips.
I love Igon and Ansbach , They do not call you a Tarnished but a warrior . Someone they see fit to be a lord and spite whatever other may think of you.
Absolutely amazing work! Love it
Elden ring is one of the best things that have happened to me. This made me really emotional….thanks :)
A video game expansion with as much love and care as the base game. This DLC should honestly be considered a top Game of the Year by its merits alone.
Personal note I was surprised at how much the story was fleshed out as you progressed. You didn't have to dive as deep as you did in the main game to get the general main story of the DLC.
Elden Ring's story is profoundly melancholic, yet there is an undeniable beauty woven into its sorrow. The decay of the demigods is particularly heartbreaking. General Radahn, once a mighty warrior, lost his mind to the scarlet rot, and even in death, he finds no peace. Morgott fights valiantly for a kingdom that despises him, while he despises his own existence. Mohg, in contrast, abandoned his brother, accepting his fate as a monster, rejecting the Erdtree, and becoming a pawn in Miquella's schemes. Malenia patiently awaits Miquella's return, clinging to the slim hope of a cure for her scarlet rot, despite the improbability of such a miracle.
Rykard, once noble, descended into blasphemy as the Lord of Blasphemy. Godfrey, a revered Elden Lord, was banished from the Lands Between, stripped of grace, and forced to witness his son's death in his arms. Godrick, ever the coward, might have had a different fate if not for Godwyn's murder. Rennala wallows in depression, abandoned by her twin Rellana, who followed an unrequited love for Messmer. Messmer, in his desperate quest for his mother's love and recognition, became a slaughterer, ultimately realizing his efforts were in vain, lamenting, "A curse upon thee..., mother..."
Marika remains trapped within the Erdtree, shunned by the Greater Will for her actions. And you, the Tarnished, endure a similar decay. Upon becoming Elden Lord, you revisit the once-familiar places, now empty and desolate. The Roundtable Hold, once bustling with life, becomes a haunting reminder of your solitude. Your companions, each following their paths, either meet their end or disappear.
As the Tarnished, you grapple with the question: Is following the flame of ambition and becoming Elden Lord truly worth it? You are the hope of the Lands Between, yet what is left for you? In the end, despite your title, you were, and always will be, a Tarnished-driven by the flame of ambition in an endless search for the Elden Ring.
Thank you for the vid!
Thank you for sharing such a beautifully articulated reflection on Elden Ring's story. The depth and melancholy of the characters truly resonate, making the game an unforgettable experience. I'm glad the video could capture some of that profound emotion. Your insights add even more richness to the journey. Thank you!
nah me chilling with ranni on the moon.
The song really wrecks my heart
I wanted to say I loved the video.
Elden Ring made me emotional at well. It was a joy to see a video capture the same feelings.
Subbed and liked. ❤
Thank you 🙏
Not a mere game, but a true work of art
I spent over 90 hours exploring and everything in the land of shadows...its gonna win GOTY
The video should've ended with this dialogue:
"Righteous Tarnished. Become our new lord. A lord not for gods, but for men." - Sir Ansbach
ture 🔥
Nah, this expansion was Miquella's story.