Elden Ring - Maliketh, the Black Blade Lore & Story Explained

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  • Maliketh, The Black Blade is a Boss in Elden Ring. Maliketh was a shadowbound beast given to his Empyrean. Marika's soul need of her shadow was a vessel to lock away Destined Death. Even then, she betrayed him.
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Комментарии • 522

  • @vinnylatoria4478
    @vinnylatoria4478 2 года назад +1323

    The way my heart just broke when he recognized the player… THE HURT IN HIS VOICE

    • @TheStraightestWhitest
      @TheStraightestWhitest 2 года назад +206

      "Tarnished...? Why... Why wouldst thou..."

    • @Mad_racc00n
      @Mad_racc00n 2 года назад

      @@TheStraightestWhitest Tis no matter... I hereby vow- that Destined Death shall not be stollen again.

    • @Vitro799
      @Vitro799 Год назад +8

      Lmao

    • @Addyboy0190
      @Addyboy0190 Год назад +75

      Then your heart will probably shatter when you see the additional cutscene of sif recognizing the player in ds1

    • @hypnoticskull6342
      @hypnoticskull6342 Год назад +1

      IM SORRY OK!? ITS MANDATORY! ILL BRING YOU BACK TO LIFE SOON!

  • @labaguette2728
    @labaguette2728 2 года назад +540

    So far, Maliketh is having no problem at all protecting the rune from me

    • @laufeyisgood
      @laufeyisgood 9 месяцев назад +7

      How about now? Any updates?

    • @labaguette2728
      @labaguette2728 9 месяцев назад

      @@laufeyisgood I beat him after about 80 thousand tries. Given enough time, monkeys can also replicate the works of Shakespeare, though.

    • @dvaccaro96
      @dvaccaro96 7 месяцев назад +4

      I defeated him yesterday after months! You can do it!

    • @0zero728
      @0zero728 3 месяца назад +4

      @@dvaccaro96I never touched a souls game in my life, played elden ring and I'm on ng+3 with a total of 60 hours on the game, I think I need help😭

    • @Mstr4Pltrgst
      @Mstr4Pltrgst 3 месяца назад +2

      I kept at it for 7 hours and wasn’t even upset I was dying so much sometimes I’d do pretty good then just get fucked and sometimes I wouldn’t get a single hit on phase 2😂 then suddenly I was imbued with the power of god himself and got a perfect flow state run and I’ve never felt so good in my entire life

  • @ethanc3903
    @ethanc3903 2 года назад +1205

    I hated this boss fight not because of its difficulty, but because I did feed him the 9 death root and grew to like him. I was really sad realizing I had to kill my friend.

    • @mikerzisu9508
      @mikerzisu9508 2 года назад +60

      I beat him in 3 tries using an OP build. Kind it wish I didn't. I fight him in coop now

    • @techsupport1294
      @techsupport1294 Год назад +69

      He still lives in the bestial sanctum if you don't give him all the deathroot. Makes the fight not seem so sad, but also feels like a major oversight.

    • @happyroguue9358
      @happyroguue9358 Год назад +19

      @@techsupport1294 wait holdup in my playthrough though once I beat him he wasn't there in the sanctum anymore still the gargoyle is standing outside.

    • @techsupport1294
      @techsupport1294 Год назад +8

      @@happyroguue9358 I wonder if it was patched. Guess I'll have to try another ng to find out.

    • @drago9606
      @drago9606 Год назад +35

      @Tech Support I’ve heard that he is still alive because crumbling farum azula exist outside the concept of time

  • @greattitan371
    @greattitan371 2 года назад +934

    "This boss doesn't seem so bad. He takes a lot of damage and doesn't do that much."
    30 seconds later
    "I regret ever speaking"

    • @vinnylatoria4478
      @vinnylatoria4478 2 года назад +16

      He takes care of that don’t worry

    • @The_Dead_Zone
      @The_Dead_Zone 2 года назад +21

      Malekith killed me three times even before i hit him lol he's so fast...He's also the only boss to kill my level 10 mimic...I killed him on my fourth try used comet azur fives times on his ass that did it lol 😂

    • @TheAndertejker
      @TheAndertejker 2 года назад +29

      @@The_Dead_Zone I did it with rotten breath and run away. Honor died with Radahn, and I have not such thing :D

    • @fallen9997
      @fallen9997 Год назад +11

      @@TheAndertejker truly maidenless behavior.

    • @Pete_thegoldfox
      @Pete_thegoldfox Год назад

      Yeah

  • @j.vinton4039
    @j.vinton4039 2 года назад +556

    His transition cutscene to the second phase is breathtaking. How he sheds his gurranq facade and becomes Maliketh with that roar and the fighting stance he displays. Good shit

    • @carlos.cr.7139
      @carlos.cr.7139 2 года назад +21

      S tier level of hype

    • @ramon4184
      @ramon4184 Год назад

      @@carlos.cr.7139 he deserved two full phases not just one

    • @90daytrial75
      @90daytrial75 Год назад +19

      Yup that cutscene showed exactly why all the demigods were scared of him who the hells gonna try to kill Marika after seeing that?

    • @isaiahfaux5674
      @isaiahfaux5674 Год назад +7

      Ikr I really wished he had more of a impact on the story

  • @LR-420
    @LR-420 2 года назад +397

    6:30 First playthrough I found all the deathroot and when I walked through to this bossroom I genuinely wanted to cry cause he was the only quest I did

    • @HypnoHeart101
      @HypnoHeart101 2 года назад +32

      Same. I felt saddened I had to put him down… but it had to be done.

    • @Runwithmewillya
      @Runwithmewillya 10 месяцев назад +5

      O'death become my blade once more

  • @martinauld670
    @martinauld670 2 года назад +562

    I find it funny how Gurranq doesn’t disappear from the Bestial Sanctum even after killing Maliketh. Guy must want the death root BAD

    • @dereklol8310
      @dereklol8310 2 года назад +92

      @@chicken29843 tbh the game is just weird with things like that, another example is mohg, the omen still being alive after you kill mohg, lord of blood and vice versa

    • @JR-mk6ow
      @JR-mk6ow 2 года назад +97

      @@dereklol8310 I believe the Omens are after-images and can exist somewhat independently of the original

    • @marksullivan8005
      @marksullivan8005 2 года назад +6

      @@dereklol8310 they are twins.

    • @BoTheJo
      @BoTheJo 2 года назад +37

      He goes to the crumbling azula after you give him all the roots. The azula exist outside of time I think

    • @Kn1ghtborne
      @Kn1ghtborne 2 года назад +17

      @@BoTheJo my first and second playthrough convinced me they're not the same character.
      During my first playthrough I didn't feed Gurranq all 9 deathroots and after I killed Maliketh when I teleported to Gurranq he immediately started attacking me. When I got him to half health he begged me to stop then began asking for deathroot again.
      My second playthrough proved to me Farum Azula exists during the events of the game. Its not a past or future stage because you can access it early at the 4 belfries long before fighting Maliketh. The time dilation only applies to fighting to Placidusaxx because he's in the past

  • @s_mitua4653
    @s_mitua4653 2 года назад +115

    1:00 I'm sorry but that's a whole bakery

  • @Agradedbutfaded
    @Agradedbutfaded 2 года назад +291

    If guts were ever to fully embrace the beserker armor I imagine it would be close to this.

    • @adrian9420
      @adrian9420 Год назад

      Close to what

    • @Agradedbutfaded
      @Agradedbutfaded Год назад

      @@adrian9420 mutha f*cking epic savagery and carnage to rip out Zodds furry ball sacks and feed it down his throat. That’s what hahaha

    • @fallen9997
      @fallen9997 Год назад +16

      @@adrian9420 to Maliketh

    • @intelsucks7365
      @intelsucks7365 Год назад +1

      Meh guts is badass but he's no god of death xd

    • @KhoaLe-uc2ny
      @KhoaLe-uc2ny Год назад +14

      @@intelsucks7365 Maliketh is the keeper of destined death, not the god of death.

  • @vanishing4673
    @vanishing4673 2 года назад +239

    Ranni always trusted Blaidd and kept him close, and loved him til the very end, and she *can* get what she wanted. Marika abandoned Maliketh and lost everything. Moral of the story: treat the good boys right

    • @miissfits498
      @miissfits498 Год назад +9

      Wow clearly you know nothing of the lore, imagine thinking Ranni is the good guy in the story😂 ps she cares so less she ask you to kill nlaiid because he's no use anymore

    • @throwawaw5129
      @throwawaw5129 Год назад +18

      He didn’t say she was the good guy, only she got what she wanted…

    • @miissfits498
      @miissfits498 Год назад +1

      @@throwawaw5129 I can see you can not read between the lines how disappointing

    • @ydiom
      @ydiom Год назад +9

      @@miissfits498 i don’t know lore but i’ve no idea how you got the idea of them saying ranni was the good guy.. soo the other person actually has a point

    • @miissfits498
      @miissfits498 Год назад +2

      @@ydiom He said Ranni kept Blais close and loved him and compared her to Marika in a negative manner read between the lines instead of acting DUMD.

  • @virael3801
    @virael3801 2 года назад +416

    I wish they would've given his 2nd phase a full health bar, he was just way too easy when you consider the fact that he's one of the strongest characters in the lore. I get why they didn't make a mandatory boss that difficult though.

    • @zachanley2114
      @zachanley2114 2 года назад +1

      This mofo whooped my ass for 4 days straight

    • @norotokugawa9462
      @norotokugawa9462 2 года назад +85

      Theres a glitch where he spawns in hid 2nd phase with a full health bar...trust me you dont want it

    • @zachanley2114
      @zachanley2114 2 года назад +48

      @@norotokugawa9462 I know I don't....but it'll hurt so good

    • @leonardomontealegre3284
      @leonardomontealegre3284 2 года назад +117

      fr, lore wise maliketh would far outclass all the demigods with malenia included. man was an absolute beast

    • @ASmartNameForMe
      @ASmartNameForMe 2 года назад +15

      @@leonardomontealegre3284 literately

  • @jaedevon
    @jaedevon 2 года назад +291

    Ah so he's the equivalent to Marika as Bliev to Ranni. That's cool

    • @teeboh99
      @teeboh99 2 года назад +65

      It’s blaidd, which is Welsh for “wolf”. It is however pronounced like “blai-vth”

    • @jonnymario771
      @jonnymario771 2 года назад +4

      @@teeboh99 Oh I didnt know the meaning.
      Thats awesome.

    • @lordkira9791
      @lordkira9791 2 года назад +31

      yep
      except he was strong enough to singlehandedly beat the gloam eyed queen and her army
      without the black blade
      im not even sure why he didn't become the elden lord himself and just kill all Demi gods and gods

    • @thedeathofreason
      @thedeathofreason 2 года назад +29

      @@lordkira9791 because he's not only Marika's shadow but her half brother and physically incapable of betraying her unless she went against the greater will.

    • @dangerouslydubiousdoubleda9821
      @dangerouslydubiousdoubleda9821 2 года назад +4

      @@lordkira9791because even with all that power the Two fingers still control his free will.

  • @romhacher5160
    @romhacher5160 2 года назад +181

    0:58 idk what’s thiccer, this lore or marikas cake

    • @revthescatman137
      @revthescatman137 2 года назад +16

      Those are some birthing hips

    • @senseiace8039
      @senseiace8039 2 года назад

      *proceeds to have hair change to red and grow a dick*
      Radagon: Wassup baby
      😂

    • @RuthwikRao
      @RuthwikRao 2 года назад +11

      lmfaoooooo had to pause there and then and come see if anyone else mentioned about this as well 😭😭

    • @huntless4689
      @huntless4689 2 года назад

      @@RuthwikRao Same here💀💀

    • @Readdisyougey
      @Readdisyougey 2 года назад +1

      @@RuthwikRao same I’m like WTF why she so caked

  • @TopHatMax
    @TopHatMax Год назад +27

    Maliketh: *is tasked to kill someone*
    The person being hunted by Maliketh: *hears an ominous whistle in the distance*

  • @WhatIsGoinOnPeople
    @WhatIsGoinOnPeople 2 года назад +160

    Malekith and his sword remind me of Guts when he’s possessed in the Berserker Armor and using the dragon slayer sword

    • @TheStraightestWhitest
      @TheStraightestWhitest 2 года назад +10

      @@chicken29843 Lmao! His hitboxes are way better and he shits all over Artorias. Artorias was a top 3 favourite boss of mine until Elden Ring came out. Maliketh is better in every single way. Lore, story, presentation, voice, music, graphics (duh), effects, moveset, hitboxes, versatility, everything.

    • @thepeasant269
      @thepeasant269 Год назад

      @@chicken29843 peaked in ds1?? tf is this fool talking about

    • @NO-em5si
      @NO-em5si Год назад

      No

    • @grif419
      @grif419 10 месяцев назад

      💀💀💀

  • @lionheart4424
    @lionheart4424 2 года назад +285

    I really thought that Maliketh and Gurranq were separate entities but seeing how they have dialogue linked to the Deathroots makes me question it completely.

    • @dereklol8310
      @dereklol8310 2 года назад +42

      theres so much more linking them aswell:
      -if you look at gurranq’s arm, he has maliketh’s death rune crystal thing
      -there is a black blade kindred outside of gurranq’s bestial sanctum. the black blades, who themselves have attacks that have a destined-death like damage over time effect, are said to serve maliketh in the item descriptions for their weapons
      -besides the black blade kindred, the small doll enemies outside of the bestial sanctum also have the black and red destined death-like effect on their weapons
      -the bridge outside of the bestial sanctum is called the farum greatbridge. this is an obvious reference to the bridge in farum azula that leads to maliketh
      -gurranq’s name means “death of the demigods”, which makes sense since all the demigods fear maliketh and his destined death was used by the black knives to kill a demigod (godwyn)
      there are other connections between gurranq and maliketh but it’s pretty much confirmed they’re the same person

    • @lionheart4424
      @lionheart4424 2 года назад +8

      @@dereklol8310 yes but its still surprising considering that you kill Maliketh yet Gurranq is still alive, which I assume is a statement that Farum Azula is in a some sort of different timeline or something.

    • @dereklol8310
      @dereklol8310 2 года назад +9

      @@lionheart4424 i can see that being a reason but i just find it weird because the same thing happens with mohg. killing mohg, the omen in subterranean shunning grounds doesn’t affect mohg, lord of blood in the mohgwyn dynasty, and vice versa. if i had to justify both cases, i would just say that gurranq and mohg the omen are just clones that maliketh and mohg, lord of blood respectively use for some reason, like how morgott made clones of himself (margit and the other margit we find right outside of leyndell’s main wall)

    • @lionheart4424
      @lionheart4424 2 года назад +3

      @@dereklol8310 that's a good point, shadow clone jutsu is a thing in that world since even Godfrey had one in Leyndell.

    • @bossanova3292
      @bossanova3292 2 года назад +12

      Its his character story line, if you didn't complete the beastman quest then he'll still be there after maliketh. The goal was to complete his questline before you fight him. On the final deathroot, he will be outside the sanctum on the left, staring up at farrum azula. Once you give him the deathroot he disappears on that spot.

  • @ephraimallen660
    @ephraimallen660 2 года назад +54

    Out of all the characters Maliketh was my favorite and why I didnt regret going with the prophet build

  • @forgottengenie9437
    @forgottengenie9437 2 года назад +60

    Love maliketh after learning of him, I was giving him death root one at a time and before he goes Agro for a bit he was standing on the cliff side roaring into the sea. I knew right away this was a very afflicted character and honestly it did not disappoint when I saw it’s conclusion

  • @michaelareilly6234
    @michaelareilly6234 2 года назад +9

    this video is criminally underrated, thank you so much for this. your delivery is so perfect and amazing, please continue making this top tier content!!

  • @randomprimarissalamander8735
    @randomprimarissalamander8735 2 года назад +30

    Honestly he's quickly becoming my favourite designed character

  • @TheGrimPeeper
    @TheGrimPeeper 2 года назад +181

    Wasn’t it Rannie and Rykard that teamed up to kill Godwyn? I think Marika shattered the elden ring in anger/sadness.

    • @SixBeark
      @SixBeark 2 года назад +32

      That's what they want you to think

    • @KosmataBradva
      @KosmataBradva 2 года назад +1

      There is a theory that Marika figured out the Greater Will's idea to dominate the Lands Between. So she cast away Godfrey and the Tarnished to survive in the harsh lands without gods and become strong. Tasked the Black Knifes to help Ranni. Broke the Elden Ring. And entrusted Melina to burn the Erdtree, then the Tarnished eventually return to try and fix the Elden Ring and enter a conflict with the Greater Will. Most of this is sourced by speaking to Melina at different Churches.
      It is also a completely dumb idea, as Ranni is the character that conjures the big plan to remake the world order. Having another character with the same plan, but even more overkill is stupid. Also sacrificing Godwyn, her firstborn, so Ranni's can kill herself and do her Age of Stars plan? There is a level of foresight Marika can have, before the story falls into complete idiocy.
      It makes way more sense for Marika to be a benevolent ruler, that removed the Rune of Death, so none of her subjects would die (opposed to doing it only to benifit the gods). And when a mysterious subject kills her firstborn son, shatter the Elden Ring in rage/grief to punish her subjects, who seem to reject her benevolent rule. This fits with Roderika's final words, and the truth that Gideon saw.
      It also makes the Greater Will a better villain, since he can outmanuever Marika's rage, by having Radagon constantly repair the Elden Ring. And gives a reasonable explanation to why he would fuse them together at start. Essentually rulling the Lands Between via the constant stalemate, instead of Marika's original perfect world (very much similar to the different versions of the Matrix). While in the 2000 iq Marika theory, Greater Will is just an arrogant mong who stands there and waits for her plan to succeed, which it does.
      This is probably left intentionally for personal interpretation, but until we learn all there is to know about Melina/Gloom-Eye Queen, we can't say for sure what is the true scenario. The war with the Gloom-Eyed Queen will reveal what was Marika's real opinion on death and why Melina is tasked with burning the Erdtree...
      ... Not like if Marika wants to break the Ring to fuck over the world, she wouldn't send her daughter to kill the parasite tree.

    • @niallhardowar8982
      @niallhardowar8982 2 года назад +40

      Ranni killed godwyn but she had blessed rykards sword so he could take care of shit if she failed, but she didn't. Rykard kinda did nothing tbh

    • @RAREBASEDGOD
      @RAREBASEDGOD 2 года назад +28

      I think Marika wanted to defy the greater will, and when that happens the greater will makes their shadow go beserk and kill them (the same reason Iji sealed Blaidd away)

    • @crimsonwolf866
      @crimsonwolf866 2 года назад +15

      marika shattered the ring in defiance from the greater will. Though she was sad as fuck that godwyn died. And yeah it was ranni and her motley anime protaganist crew that killed godwyn. Guts, a random titan and everyones waifu in witch cosplay killed some golden boy.

  • @ldvcvon2822
    @ldvcvon2822 2 года назад +120

    I'm convinced Marika set him up...she knew when she planned to step out of line against the greater will, it would beckon maliketh as her shadow to put her down and he would've done it effortlessly as the "demi god slayer" or whatever. I'm not opposed to the theory she guilted him into engraving the rune of death into himself. As the vessel of the elden ring, she knew that would cripple him into his need for death root. But meh, speculation

    • @anxious3
      @anxious3 2 года назад +11

      Fr bro even after he fought hard to protect the rune of death for her she betrayed him

    • @DiddyBohlen
      @DiddyBohlen 2 года назад

      Marika seems to be a bitch in general as far as we can tell. She only serves herself

    • @TheStraightestWhitest
      @TheStraightestWhitest 2 года назад +29

      Actually, that's not how she betrayed him. Maliketh is not bound by the Greater Will. That's a common misconception. He's not like Baleful Shadows. He likely inspired them. He himself precedes the Golden Order. He wasn't made by the Greater Will. How do we know that? His spell descriptions mention that the first ever use of incantations were the use of rocks, something he's the origin of as he has the only rock based spells.
      So he's not bound to Marika by anything other than willing oath, and he's not bound to the Greater Will. Marika betrayed the Greater Will, yet Maliketh did not go mad and put her down.
      So it's actually more tragic than you thought. Marika did betray him, but she betrayed him by abusing his undying loyalty. She had him guard the Rune of Death, and he swore he would. Then she turned on the Greater Will, and she knew Maliketh would not harm her because of his oath and because she's his half sister
      She basically betrayed everything he stood for and relied on him being too pure to retaliate over it directly, which he was.

    • @ASmartNameForMe
      @ASmartNameForMe 2 года назад +15

      @@TheStraightestWhitest well the rememberance of the black blade states that he was a shadow bound beast given to Marika as she was an empyrean. Idk who else would give a beast like that, and the use of the term shadowbound sounds s lot like the same type of relationship Blaidd has with Ranni. You're right about stones being the weapons of beasts who had gained intelligence as the description of the bestial sling clearly states so, so Maliketh does possibly predate the erdtree, and the bestial constitution states how beasts must have felt their wildness slip away as civilization took hold.
      So this all probably means that Maliketh is OLD and I mean REALLY FUCKING OLD to predate the erdtree and probably be among the first beasts to gain intelligence, so unless maliketh just uses ancient incantations of beasts, you're probably right actually. He probably entered the greater wills service by the time he was fully grown and was then gifted to Marika

  • @catjulez5361
    @catjulez5361 2 года назад +8

    Love it 😍, the first few minutes are allready great. thanks for sharing

  • @plinadasilva351
    @plinadasilva351 Год назад +2

    Love it - thank you for this. I had quite difficulty following all the stories as a new player. This was exceptionally done.

  • @MonkeyDIvan
    @MonkeyDIvan 2 года назад +48

    Maliketh would eat Malenia and Radahn for breakfast.

    • @nelson_rebel3907
      @nelson_rebel3907 2 года назад +5

      He wins but I could see Radahn giving him a tough go. Malenia only becomes a problem is she uses the weird outer Rot god ability again.

    • @djames6043
      @djames6043 2 года назад

      I beat Maliketh my first try solo, Radahn took me about 20 tries and I needed like 6 summons there with me but that was also before they nerfed him.

    • @Livan-yuruikami
      @Livan-yuruikami 2 года назад +2

      @@djames6043 yeah but you were on another lvl with this two,and that dépends on your build too Guy
      Theres à lot of vidéo of bosses 1v1
      Maliketh solo all bosses,elden beast too

    • @djames6043
      @djames6043 2 года назад +2

      @@Livan-yuruikami I guess that's a fair point, I'm not saying Maliketh is easy by any means I just had a tougher time with Radahn, I do love both bosses though everything from the design to the lore so if Maliketh is #1 and Radahn is #2 for best bosses then I can live with that

    • @Livan-yuruikami
      @Livan-yuruikami 2 года назад

      @@djames6043 i think you'r right cause I will fight maliketh soon but radahn was an horror

  • @LoreExplore369
    @LoreExplore369 2 года назад +19

    I love these videos!!! Keep em coming man! Would be cool if you did other lore videos!!!

  • @Bavari90
    @Bavari90 2 года назад +3

    I 💚 those videos, keep them coming man.👏👏👏

  • @Titan1930S
    @Titan1930S 2 года назад +12

    Nice job Dan, I like how you are improving these videos 👍

  • @neptune7405
    @neptune7405 2 года назад +12

    0:58 no wonder why Radagon left Renala for Marika

    • @TheStraightestWhitest
      @TheStraightestWhitest 2 года назад

      "White girls got better cake than Asians. Worth it even if selfcest." - Radagon, probably

  • @Klaatew
    @Klaatew 2 года назад +1

    Love your voice man. It’s perfect for this theme of storytelling.

  • @joshnite9265
    @joshnite9265 2 года назад

    These are phenomenal, sir. Thank you!

  • @anonymous-ws7pb
    @anonymous-ws7pb 2 года назад +9

    One part that interested me is if you kill the beastman clergyman as he dies he cries out to Merica asking why she shattered the ring.

  • @liquidrufus
    @liquidrufus 2 года назад +131

    Malekith was such a bad ass. Love Malekith's Black Blade! Used it in my 2nd Journey for stabbing shenanigans.
    Also nice Ronin set. I'm rocking it with the Okina mask.

  • @adamfowler350
    @adamfowler350 2 года назад +9

    This man's voice is by far the most chilling and intimidating voice I've heard in any FromSoft game. Fuck he's scary, I don't say that about many bosses.

    • @fallen9997
      @fallen9997 Год назад

      And the more impressive thing is that isn't in any means modulated, the actor did that by himself.

  • @Embients
    @Embients 2 года назад +22

    So does every emperean have a shadow? Radagons is his red wolf, Rannis is Blaidd and Marikas is Maliketh. So what about Malenia and Miquella?

    • @oliver1834
      @oliver1834 2 года назад +24

      Technically they could be each other, like Malenia is Miquella's shadow

    • @kingfatty_sea5885
      @kingfatty_sea5885 2 года назад

      @@oliver1834 good point

    • @kingfatty_sea5885
      @kingfatty_sea5885 2 года назад +12

      @@oliver1834 “blade of miquella”

    • @Embients
      @Embients 2 года назад

      @@oliver1834 Makes sense.

    • @crossfire4691
      @crossfire4691 2 года назад +9

      "I am Melenia, *BLADE OF MIQUELLA* " this should tell who it is

  • @Boredmgoprao
    @Boredmgoprao Год назад +2

    Easily my favorite elden ring boss amazing lore, sound track, and character design 10/10 imo

  • @terminalarray1047
    @terminalarray1047 Год назад +7

    So i guess lorewise, Maliketh is the strongest being in the game. He could kill literally anybody, including the Elden Beast if he wanted. Only reason why he doesn't is because he's a good boy to Marika.

  • @rameniku-kun
    @rameniku-kun 2 года назад +2

    awesome Dan! Hope to see a Malenia and Miquella video 😁

  • @Wolf-bz6kq
    @Wolf-bz6kq 2 года назад +44

    I think the black knife assassins were numens who were jealous of marika and when ranni gave them the means to hurt her they took it. considering ranni pretty much tells you her side of the story she never mentions godwyn so I'm unconvinced she had a hand in his death other than giving the means to the black knifes.

    • @Morbak546
      @Morbak546 2 года назад +9

      Ah finaly a plausible argument. I always disliked Ranni despite all the enthousiasm around her character because i thought she decided to kill Godwyn but you've helped me make out the rest of the story. I know the black knife assassins had a falling out with Ranni so maybe that was it

    • @Wolf-bz6kq
      @Wolf-bz6kq 2 года назад

      @@Morbak546 the ringleader of the black knives is imprisoned in a evergoal that is located in the area that is accessible at the end of her questline. I say her area because adula the dragon that she befriended guards the area. Why would she imprison her if she was involved with her?

    • @Morbak546
      @Morbak546 2 года назад

      @@Wolf-bz6kq where is it said that ranni befriended adula? Didn't read that yet.
      Also i don't pay too much attention to evergaols in general like why is there an ancient hero of Zamor in the weeping peninsula?
      At any rate, it's never stated anywhere that Ranni took revenge on the black knives, just that they had a falling out so I wouldn't know why she would imprison Alecto there, nor if it was even Ranni that actualy did it.

    • @Wolf-bz6kq
      @Wolf-bz6kq 2 года назад +1

      @@Morbak546 when u kill adula then go to dragon shrine to get "adula's breath" and read its description. After u kill astel the area beyond has a temple guarded by adula (optional kill) the whole hilltop is all ranni if u study the area. The gaol is on the northwestern edge

    • @miissfits498
      @miissfits498 2 года назад

      Ranni is a manipulative selfish spiteful and she is the reason why everything went to shit.

  • @Pkilla80
    @Pkilla80 2 года назад

    beautiful video

  • @ardmccooligangames8037
    @ardmccooligangames8037 2 года назад +1

    Awesome 👍👀🔥🔥🔥💯

  • @MriLLWiLL.
    @MriLLWiLL. 2 года назад

    Subscribed from mikes stream

  • @Tono22957
    @Tono22957 2 года назад +4

    10:26 GOOD GRIEF HE'S NAKED!

  • @timelineenjoyer
    @timelineenjoyer Год назад +1

    I think the splitting of the five fingers into two and three might’ve been representative or consequence of removing the rune of death from the elden ring

  • @sanctusadam410
    @sanctusadam410 2 года назад +10

    It's sad that we have to kill all these lords who are just following orders or being loyal to the cause they believe in. I gave him all the death root so I didn't know he had other words if you didn't complete his questline. He was a epic fight and visually awesome

  • @runyohands4372
    @runyohands4372 2 года назад +35

    Was that a joke or is marika actually that thicc😭

    • @J.R.Swish1
      @J.R.Swish1 2 года назад +7

      Bro to be honest I couldn't pay any more attention to the rest of the video after that scene.....

    • @runyohands4372
      @runyohands4372 2 года назад

      @@J.R.Swish1 same😭

    • @runyohands4372
      @runyohands4372 2 года назад

      @@J.R.Swish1 and it makes it worst that it was at the beginning of the video😂

    • @MrSPIDEY21
      @MrSPIDEY21 2 года назад

      Where

    • @MrSPIDEY21
      @MrSPIDEY21 2 года назад

      Where does it show her being “thicc”…cuz I def don’t see it

  • @ellilmulligan9675
    @ellilmulligan9675 2 года назад +3

    His armor looks more like the berserker armor than blaidds

  • @V0RTA
    @V0RTA 2 года назад +2

    now I want a maliketh fight with full HP.

  • @dragoncelt3897
    @dragoncelt3897 Год назад +1

    Maliketh is so badass looking. Such an epic boss fight

  • @logicaldude3611
    @logicaldude3611 13 дней назад

    The coolest boss and perhaps the most challenging. I think he's definitely the boss that you have to have the most talent on the sticks in order to beat. He's ferocious, attacks constantly, and his move sets are insane.

  • @chaddross1920
    @chaddross1920 17 дней назад

    Maliketh and his draconic tree sentinel buddy did a good job of keeping me from the rune of death

  • @ryang3225
    @ryang3225 Год назад

    9:40 gives me chills

  • @jarrettbattle9295
    @jarrettbattle9295 5 месяцев назад +1

    Godrick- the weakest dogs bark the loudest.
    Ranni- you don’t have to continue the toxic cycle. Break the chain, and forge your own path.
    Rennala- sadness is remembering the strength you once had, and how those you love the most have taken it away.
    Morgott- your value does not decrease, because those around you can’t see your worth.
    Mohg- to catch a predator.
    Starscourge Radahn- that which doesn’t kill us, makes us stronger.
    Malenia- fight for the one who matters most.
    Miquella- Be the change you wish to see in the world.
    Malekith- failure shouldn’t define you, but it can shape you.
    Rykard: TOGETHAAAA
    Godfrey- A crown is warranted with strength.
    Radagon: Me, Myself, and I against the world.

  • @KingWillDog32
    @KingWillDog32 2 года назад +2

    So far Malekith has been my favorite boss

  • @HbCyclops
    @HbCyclops 2 года назад +4

    That guy in the church was malekith?? Yeah this is game of the year

  • @Pr0phet_Taker_official
    @Pr0phet_Taker_official 2 года назад +1

    Marika cheeked up

  • @TyrekClayton
    @TyrekClayton 2 года назад +3

    Elden Ring is my first Souls game and honestly it's breathtaking/fun and I am now a Souls games fan forever BUT Screw this boss lmao it took me forever to kill him and I died from endless BS in the process and it almost broke me as a human being. I love his character design and lore though, anyone who is stuck on him try using Bloody Helice +10 and Mimic Tear while arcane is around 50, this will cause massive bleed effects and its how I beat him. Hope this helped!

  • @Dinka_h
    @Dinka_h 2 года назад +10

    Bosses I never even wanted to kill and wish I could save: Radahn, Maliketh/Garrunq, Morgot, and Godfrey (lmk who I missed)

    • @mikerzisu9508
      @mikerzisu9508 2 года назад +4

      I don't understand why Godfrey didn't team up with you considering he was essentially the king of the tarnished

    • @3ia05_khalifnuril4
      @3ia05_khalifnuril4 2 года назад +1

      Fyi, they didn't die permanently tho, they became a rememberance and their spirit is in erdtree

    • @SwanTeeth
      @SwanTeeth Год назад +1

      Gideon massacred a village of Albinaurics

    • @Dinka_h
      @Dinka_h Год назад

      @@SwanTeeth yeah I redacted my statement

    • @devdadude9274
      @devdadude9274 Год назад

      @@mikerzisu9508 you killed his son and the grace of gold was driving him to kill you in the cutscene before you fight him

  • @tylermatthew378
    @tylermatthew378 6 месяцев назад

    If you look at the rune that was stollen, youll see it came out of a body. He lost a piece by defeating the gloem eyed queen, and whats left of her has been following you around the whole game. Miquilla and melanias sister, melina

  • @gibbous3931
    @gibbous3931 Год назад +2

    On a side note, what is this cursed image?
    10:27

  • @theonlykeon
    @theonlykeon 2 года назад +2

    I swear he’s like an ancient Egyptian god card.

  • @kevinharvey9500
    @kevinharvey9500 2 года назад

    Cool cool....always liked malekith

  • @doodlebop921
    @doodlebop921 2 года назад +1

    I don’t think it’s so much that Marika betrayed The Greater Will knowingly, or at least only did so in desperation… I feel like everything lends credence to Marika removing destined death in an attempt to stop Ranni’s plan to bring forth a new age - Remember, Ranni didn’t steal the entire rune of death, only a piece.. after this happened Markika removed the rune completely, unknowingly breaking a cosmic cycle - all in an attempt to save her child. So, in doing this, she betrayed her God and at the same time failed in saving her son - Godywn still dies in soul and becomes the Prince of Death. Her story is one of tragedy.

  • @reaper-vn6ub
    @reaper-vn6ub 2 года назад +1

    Radagon cheeked up ong

  • @jacoblahaie8231
    @jacoblahaie8231 Год назад +1

    1:00 marika making me fold 💀💀

  • @wreckemdaileas8647
    @wreckemdaileas8647 2 месяца назад

    Maliketh is my favorite boss in the game to fight. He is incredibly strong but when the dopamine hit from overcoming him is such a rush. He has a great story and if you choose to aid Ranni you really feel as though you are taking over for him as a protector of a goddess albeit as consort and protector of Ranni rather than Marika. If you side with Fia he becomes an obstacle that you must overcome to usher in the era of the Duskborn.

  • @FatalisCataclysm
    @FatalisCataclysm 7 месяцев назад

    See now this is one of the many reasons why maliketh is my favorite boss, (its also a pretty big reason) he’s soooooooooo damn powerful, imagine how ridiculously, insanely strong a character in elden ring would have to be in order to defeat an entire race of beings who hunt gods, then beat their queen who was strong enough to create the godskins, and do it all before you get your best weapon aka the death blade (and yk he’s built different because the effects he makes when he dies are different from any other creature in the lands between)
    what a badass character
    Edit: also side note, *every demigod feared him*

  • @Dragnarok1
    @Dragnarok1 2 года назад +1

    In a way he is this world's Grim Reaper.

  • @WhenWillMySufferingEnd
    @WhenWillMySufferingEnd Год назад

    Maliketh is now my favorite character and boss…

  • @blazing-wolf2331
    @blazing-wolf2331 2 года назад +7

    Man I wish they added a galary or something for us to check all the cool weapons, armor, enemies and bosses in detail

    • @ethanbolger7769
      @ethanbolger7769 Год назад

      A bestiary but they call it the beastiary and it’s in the sanctum? Would go hard

  • @uncensoredmaverick4455
    @uncensoredmaverick4455 2 года назад +21

    1.00 Are those marika's or radagon's cheeks

  • @khuatthelong
    @khuatthelong 2 года назад

    May I know the name of the song you used at the very end of your video ? :D

  • @keyhanamani
    @keyhanamani 2 года назад +2

    R.I.P loyal wolf😖

  • @DJTYLERRADIO.
    @DJTYLERRADIO. 2 года назад

    Cool game lore! 😎

  • @Shade00789
    @Shade00789 2 года назад +2

    He's my favorite Boss just before Radahn

  • @OculusVector
    @OculusVector 2 года назад +3

    Before playing any major bosses in this game, just hearing the name "Maliketh" uttered by an NPC, the F'ing name itself commands respect. His name says "Go F#ck yourself" without actually saying GFY.

  • @urmizurmi
    @urmizurmi 2 года назад +3

    didn’t know Marika was thick like that

  • @tylersmith1639
    @tylersmith1639 Год назад +2

    He’s the most awesome looking boss in the game

  • @CommanderNixon
    @CommanderNixon 2 года назад +3

    A sad bit to this is that if it's true that Marika shattered the Elden Ring herself and had all of this done to rebel against the golden order, she either had no actual control over Maliketh or just left him out of the loop for no reason :(

    • @thunderlifestudios
      @thunderlifestudios 2 года назад

      she had to, because he'd be forced to try and kill her like Blaidd with Ranni

    • @CommanderNixon
      @CommanderNixon 2 года назад

      @@thunderlifestudios So she left her most loyal, stalwart companion in utter dark to the point he literally infuses death itself into his body to make up for a failure she planned, because she didn't want to live with the guilt of having killed someone loyal to her? What kind of 4-d chess fuckery is that?

    • @TheStraightestWhitest
      @TheStraightestWhitest 2 года назад

      @@thunderlifestudios Nope. Maliketh wasn't made by the Greater Will, his spells make it very clear that he precedes its influence on the Lands Between. It has no control over him. He serves willingly, hence why he did not turn on Marika when she shattered the Elden Ring.

  • @crypticgamez1656
    @crypticgamez1656 2 года назад

    hollup the queen kinda packin back there👀👀

  • @Naveias
    @Naveias 2 года назад

    i love this boss fight but i also hate how he messed up the camera

  • @AmantetheGreat
    @AmantetheGreat 2 года назад +1

    I enjoy His and Blaidd's story.....both very sad

  • @aidan_hiatt
    @aidan_hiatt 4 месяца назад

    0:58 GYAD DAYUM! I'm pretty sure there's normally a dress there...

  • @arthurkurbedzis
    @arthurkurbedzis Год назад +1

    The truly honourable warrior, huh.

  • @SixBeark
    @SixBeark 2 года назад +3

    It's there a description of the golden order's idea of death that contrasts to destined death? Like 'pure death' or something in one of those golden incantations?

    • @SixBeark
      @SixBeark 2 года назад

      Isn't

    • @J.R.Swish1
      @J.R.Swish1 2 года назад

      Destined Death only became known as that after Marika took it away from the Elden Ring, I think. Presumably because she wanted to be the one in charge of who death reaches. She wanted a monopoly on death, pretty much. Therefore, only she can deliver true Death in Elden Ring. I think when the Rune of Death (Destined death) was taken away, the concept of Death itself left the Lands Between. From that point on, all life and death was bound to the Erdtree. That's why when you kill bosses you get remembrances. It's almost as if they are not really dead, but their power and life force sealed away, or in other words, returned to the Erdtree.

    • @FlowingEdge-
      @FlowingEdge- 2 года назад

      @@J.R.Swish1 but with the Erd Tree burning where do their souls go when they die?

    • @J.R.Swish1
      @J.R.Swish1 2 года назад +1

      @@FlowingEdge- well then it would become like our world, even though that is just my guess. Supposedly, the Lands Between existed for a long time before the Erdtree ever got there. If it would become like our normal world, then it would become a question of where do living being's souls go when we die and that my friend, is too complicated for me to give you a competent explanation

    • @SixBeark
      @SixBeark 2 года назад

      The main thing I have learned in reading through folks lore explaination is that no one has a solid grasp and most clearly did not pay attention during the parts of school concerning literature, narrative, & close reading. Le sigh, I'ma have to do this myself huh :(

  • @JawsFG_
    @JawsFG_ Год назад +2

    Daily reminder that every Demigod, and I mean EVERY Demigod, was pissed scared of Maliketh!

  • @LordNimbleNipples
    @LordNimbleNipples 5 месяцев назад

    Damn I ain’t know Marika was caked up like that

  • @chriscobayne2235
    @chriscobayne2235 2 года назад

    0:59 dayummm

  • @teofuego
    @teofuego 2 года назад +2

    ahh he’s so epic

  • @sadsworth4605
    @sadsworth4605 2 года назад

    Ooooh imagine blaidd becomes like this

  • @GhANeC
    @GhANeC Год назад

    Sorry I thought there was some direct connection/explanation, regarding maliketh and the assassins. Is there not, are the black weapons mere coincidence? Or did i miss the explanation?

  • @brianelliott6726
    @brianelliott6726 9 месяцев назад

    Narrators voice reminds me of the simulations.

  • @johnrich1985
    @johnrich1985 2 года назад +4

    Witless tarnished... Why covet Destined Death?
    To kill what?

  • @Kn1ghtborne
    @Kn1ghtborne 2 года назад +1

    No one is talking about how Gurranq straight up attacks you if you kill Maliketh before feeding him all 9 deathroot
    This is the reason I'd say they aren't the same creature but were definitely working in tandem. I got the impression Beast Clergymen are a divine archetype of creature that was appointed to consume traces of death in the lands between and Maliketh would be the definitive guard of Destined Death itself.
    Another reason I'd say they're not the same creature is because it's implied that after the night of the Black Knives Maliketh hid the rune of death inside himself then isolated himself so it could never be stolen again. He's in farum azula until you find him

    • @godusopp487
      @godusopp487 2 года назад +1

      But you can look into the gurranq character model and he is literally wearing malikeths amour.

    • @hugo-pg5tv
      @hugo-pg5tv Год назад

      Bruh malekith hid as a beast clergyman in caelid. He needed the deathroot to try get the power of the deathrune back

  • @catpaa8975
    @catpaa8975 2 года назад

    Ngl 6:35 hit me hard when he said why

  • @erlkonigschubert
    @erlkonigschubert Год назад

    As i knew, gurranq still exist after beating marikesu so i assume that gurranq isnt marikesu. However, i browsed everywhere all said that gurranq is marikesu?
    And i hate it so much when marikesu drops destined death, tarnished didnt take it right away and let it explode. When we wakes up, melina took it and would kill us with it if we became lord of chaos

  • @1k_Synth
    @1k_Synth 2 месяца назад

    He needed a 2nd health bar

  • @MyMaxzi
    @MyMaxzi Год назад

    This video would be even cooler if the voice over was by Malekith himself

  • @arielespinoza5474
    @arielespinoza5474 Год назад

    So Ranni stole a piece of the rune of death? Because he still has it in his hand, is that just part of it?

  • @bengough6772
    @bengough6772 2 года назад +1

    Man this boss took me so long to Jill