Elden Ring - Why are there two Mohgs?

It all fits together, more or less, but the road to Mohg's addition to the roster of Demigods may have been a bit of a winding one.

Song used: Village Ruins - King's Field IV OST

[ZullietheWitch]

They say one of the first things you should do when you finish writing is start rewriting. Having a better idea of the whole story can let you revise individual parts of it in new and interesting ways. Unfortunately for videogames, it's a lot more costly to rebuild a game from scratch after you already finished it, so rewrites often times have to make new use of existing assets. There can be some feeling that these revised uses are less legitimate than assets that were used exactly as they were planned to be, but I feel like that's an uncharitable interpretation.

[aswifte]

Mohg on Chariots is the true Elden Lord

[fintan]

If people are not into or aware of Irish mythology, one of the most notable druids/wizards was named Mug Ruith(Mogh Roith) which means slave of the wheel. Many might find it interesting, sometimes he is blind or just one eye is blind. He can turn people to stone and had a chariot pulled by bulls

[anatoliasmercenary.]

I like the idea that even though Mohg is insane, the frenzied flame is so dangerous that even HE has to prevent your from getting to the three fingers

[Battker]

If you defeat sewer mohg before leyndell morgott, the path beyond sewer mohg is blocked by morgott's aura. So in a sense they did work together on stopping you from seeing the three fingers

[mr.toothy]

I like how both Mohg and Morgott are blocking the path to the three fingers. Shows how much of a danger the flame of chaos is to everyone in the lands between.

[dorkish]

One interpretation I think is neat is that Mohg likely knew that the Three Fingers(or at least something regarding the Frenzied Flame) was contained beneath the sewers. He is technically part of the Golden Lineage and was also trapped down in the sewers with the other Omen for who knows how long, so its not too much of a strech to think he'd find out the secrets his family hid down there.
Maybe he feared that the Frenzied Flame could get in the way of *his* Dynasty if someone was able to reach the Three Fingers, so he sent his illusory projection to defend the one entrance leading to it.

[SmileytheSmile]

Mohg clawed his way to power, both in the world's lore and in the lore of the game's development.

[moonlitgamer]

Mohg having a riding point is really funny to me. Imagine Radahn's reaction to seeing the player hanging onto Mohg's horns pointing like "Go my noble steed!"
Edit: Well, didn't expect Mohg and Radahn to be connected in any way but here we are.

[Strawberry-Pine]

The mental image of encountering several Mohgs riding chariots is equal parts hilarious and terrifying.

[DS_DoggerX]

Considering the amount of Omen in the sewers, it's not unreasonable to think, and is in fact highly likely, that Mohg and Morgott grew up in the sewers. As Royal Omen, they would grow healthier than their counterparts and would eventually leave.

But the fact remains, Mohg has ties to the sewers, as he grew up there. It's entirely plausible that he'd set up a mirror image of himself in there to protect his Omen kin, being that he loves them. Unlike Morgott, he sees his Omen blood as a blessing, rather than a curse.

[cardmossdn]

Thank god Mohg wasn't just an unnamed omen, he's such a fantastic fight.

[DreamTravelerZenddrex]

I’m glad that they developed Mohg into what he is now. He was my favorite boss fight.

[sharkuel]

I believe both Morgott and Mogh worked together to keep the Three Fingers contained. Hence why he left his projection there while he built his own blood cult following. Because the twins may have their disagreements, but the Frenzy Flame (and keeping the Merchants a secret as well) was a common enemy to both, and it was of their best interest to have it contained.

[theyokaiunderworld]

I like to think that maybe Mohg produced an illusion of himself there to maybe prevent the Tarnished from unleashing the Flame of Frenzy, which in this case I assume, would be an Outer God which could conflict with Mohg's Outer God, the Formless Mother

[dominickroberts]

Therapist: Mohg on a chariot is not real, he can't hurt you.
Mohg on a chariot: 2:21

[soarel]

This is crazy, if they’d already done the Mohg model with the intent of it being a generic demon, that raises all sorts of questions about at what point they came up with the Omens and Morgott as a character too.

On Miquella’s involvement in the Malenia fight, he was planned to have his own ending at one point where he replaced Marika as host of the Elden Ring. Can’t wait to see you cover that!

[albyx]

Miquella speaking during Malenia’s phase change would make sense, especially considering how they both resemble the twin Princes from Dark Souls 3 (the weaker Prince has dialog when he revived his brother)

[Razhork]

One of the more welcome development changes imo. Mohg and the Formless Mother are some of the cooler parts of the lore imo, and having a character that's played straight evil is great.

It also leaves them the possibility to do a deeper exploration of Miquella in a DLC rather than having him just present for Malenia's fight. That is, if they actually do Miquella DLC... I really hope they do.

[gabadaba]

The theory I heard a while ago was that both Mohg and Morgott knew the danger of the three fingers and thought it necessary to guard it, which is why you need to kill Morgott to break a seal to get down there (if I remember correctly) and kill a projection of Mohg. Even if their goals differ wildly, it would all still be derailed by chaos.