Elden Ring Lore | The Fire Giants, Fell God and Fire Monks

The War of The Giants is one of the defining events in the history of Elden Ring. The defeat of the Fire Giants and the confinement of the Flame of Ruin marked the start of the Erdtree Era. Yet the Fell God's legacy lives on through the Fire Monks and his Incantations.

Intro: 0:00
Night and Flame: 1:48
[Lock On] Shout out: 10:35
The Fell God: 11:15
The Dawn of the Erdtree: 20:06
The War of the Giants: 28:25
The Last of the Giants: 40:52
The Fire Monks: 45:15
The Briars of Sin: 1:04:45
The Legacy of Fire: 1:13:12

This is an extremely expansive video that not only looks at the Fire Giants and Fire Monks but also the following subjects: The Fell God, The Flame of Ruin, Mountaintops of the Giants, The Zamor, The Prelates, The Thorn Sorcerers, The Briars of Sin, The Blood Star, The Guilty, what killed the Giants, Adan and more.

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[SmoughTown]

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[thelaggiest]

I don't think that the thorns are what caused the huge frozen giants to be missing limbs. It seems to me that the missing limbs are an indicator of how hard the giants were fighting, cutting off their own limbs mid-battle and burning them up as a sacrifice to summon the strength of the Fell God, much like we see the fire giant do in the boss fight.

[somedudewithakeyboard]

One thing that should certainly be noted is that the Flame harnessed in "Flame, cleanse me" can cure Scarlet Rot, which could only ever be stalled by Miquella, and could never once be stopped by anything from the Golden Order

This implies that the Fell God's power is greater than the powers of Rot, or that it holds some sort of power over it, such as the flowing water-like movements of the blue-dancer swordsman who taught Malenia

[hugoguzman]

My interpretation of Marika sparing the last giant is that the Flame of Ruin *needs* to be tended to by a Fire Giant, or else it will run rampant and out of control.

[KyleLyre]

A note about the Troll's Hammer: It's head is in the same swirling pattern as the Fell God's Eye.

[cwill]

"Long-lived" is how Zamor Knights are described. Numen as well. Marika is of the Numen race also. Ranni was taught by a "snow witch" likely called Renna.

[jonas_the_lost]

I love how these outer gods are (to some degree) linked to numbers. We have the fell God, represented by one eye, the greater will, represented by the two fingers and the flame of freny, represented by the three fingers.

[UltraStarWarsFanatic]

There are architectural similarities between the giants' forge, golems, divine towers, and dynastic ruins. There are also associations between the Mountaintops and Mt. Gelmir, from red glintstone, to the burning of the erdtree, to bronze metal, to fingercreepers. The flame of the fell god is very similar to full moon sorcery, evoking not only fire but also the sun, which is overshadowed by the erdtree. Some crucial element to this portion of the story is missing.

[mysteriousstranger]

Dude !!! You work harder and faster then Malenia’s waterfowl dance, well done man !!!!

[MCIful]

I have a theory about the knights of zamor: I think they were worshippers of the ice dragons when they had dominion over the lands between, and I think the banished knights were similar but came from a different region(Possibly near stormveil). The reason I think this is because I mixed and matched zamor armor with the banished knight armor, and I noticed that the plate pieces are almost completely matching in color, almost as if they were crafted from the same metal.

[archite]

Excellent scholarly work my friend. Gideon has competition, indeed.

I really appreciate the quality of your shots in game to visually connect your thorough dive through the lore.

A grade or two above the other videos on ER lore. Sometimes I don't agree 100% with your theories but they always make me think. But still, like 95% of the stuff you present is so well backed up. Just great work. Keep it up!

[sydposting]

The Fire Monks almost feel like an inverse of the Night's Watch from Game of Thrones. They're a collection of both dedicated warriors and outcasts, keeping watch against an ancient threat in the far north. Only, instead of protecting Westeros from the cold and dark of the White Walkers, they're guarding the Lands Between from the threat of a flame so powerful it could burn the Erdtree.

[IchiSwagger]

I just gotta say, I’ve been watching your stuff forever, and always dug your videos, but you’ve been absolutely killing it with the Elden Ring content. Honestly, Future Press should reach out to you next time they do a From Soft book that includes lore. I’m looking forward to their upcoming Elden Ring books, but you’ve set the bar pretty damn high.

[Blandy]

Imagine if you could spare the Fire Giant and have him help you against the elden beast

[chriswilliams]

Dude, you have been absolute on this content from the word go. I was not expecting to find someone who got into the Hawkshaw level of detail and bring it all about so quickly. Dont you go burning yourself out working at this pace, the content is absolutely fantastic.

[livingfailure]

I really appreciate taking the time to dissect the thorn sorcerers, I did sort of see them as a dark reflection of regular sorcerers but I was mainly preoccupied with what the Blood Star could be and why thorn sorcery requires faith to wield

My guess is a malevolent star that, instead of guiding humans, subjugates them and demands sacrifice to use its power. Perhaps instead of astrologers who work to communicate with the stars, the Blood Star itself communicates with the guilty

[austinbemis]

I had a small theory about the impaled giants. Given that there is some evidence that Marika herself was present at the battle, I thought that perhaps she commanded the very roots of the Erdtree to impale the giants. Just what I thought when I finally reached the mountaintop myself.

[nathangreen]

You have replaced vaati as my lore guy for elden ring. I still like his videos, but your long form lore deep dives are fantastic. Thanks for all you do in these vids and keep up the hard work bro 💪

[easye]

Maybe this is just my interpretation. But i thought that the Troll's chest cavity was the work of the golden order.

If the fell god exists in and jumps to different giants upon the death of one of its vessels. It makes sense that the order would gouge or remove the face/eyeball from the trolls who sided with them. So that the fell god doesnt jump to one of them and put the erd tree at risk. By sneaking behind enemy lines.

In fact that may have been a requirement to prove their loyalty upon their betrayal of the fell god.

[filletboy]

Can't wait to crack this one open, you make some of the best stuff for this game. Cheers Smough!