Elden Ring's Demigods ► Explained!

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00:00 Introduction
00:31 Godwyn the Golden
02:47 Morgott and Mohg
08:31 Starscourge Radahn
12:27 Lunar Princess Ranni
15:53 Praetor Rykard
17:54 Malenia, Blade of Miquella
22:12 Miquella the Unalloyed
25:36 Melina, the Kindling Maiden
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[killerkram]

After playing for over 100 hours I got some of the lore. Most of it is pretty hard to find like the other souls games. But there was one piece of lore I was able to figure out all on my own. Malenia is the blade of Miquella.

[Vagabond_]

Rykard coming in with, "TOGETHAAA!" at the beginning of the Malenia section really made my day hahaha

[edeasley]

Rykard: "I'm not a fan of the Big Tree."
God-Eating Serpent: "I can help you take it on"
Rykard: "How?"
God-Eating Serpent: "Get in my mouth"
Rykard: "Will that actually work?"
God-Eating Serpent: "Only one way to find out"
Rykard: "Why do they call you God-Eating Serpent again?"
God-Eating Serpent: "No Reason"

[taylorwilkinson]

The addition of the "Note: Togethaaaa" and then whenever together is said after, the dubbing in of rhykard saying is just, amazing. Love these videos. (17:52 and 18:00)

[hugeman]

Just realized that Godwyn is the nameless king of elden ring, where in dark souls he was cast out for accepting dragons, but outlived most other gods. Meanwhile in elden ring he was praise's for accepting dragons, but killed before any other god

[grfrjiglstan]

Godwyn: "Violence is not the answer!"
Horah Loux: "He's right. Violence is the question. The answer is YES!"

[takaw.d]

sad fact, Godwyn befriended the dragon Fortissax and the two became the best of friends, so much so that they became sworn brothers, Fortissax was the most broken by Godwyns Death, he was in so much pain to the point that he tried to revive his fallen brother, rejuvinating and piecing his soul back and for what seemed like thousands of years, ended up trying to take on Godwyns condition, which Failed and also turned him into a lich dragon. A truly saddening tale of the affects of grief

[BrevDawg]

Big shoutout to George R.R.R.R.R Martin for giving us Radagon, Rennala, Radahn, Ranni, and Rykard. And big shoutout to Miyazaki for epic characters such as Morgott, Mohg, Merika, Melina, Melania, and Miquella. Truly an epic Elden Ring experience!!

[the_furry_inside_your_walls]

Godwyn's story is so sad, especially when you take into consideration what happens to Fortissax, a powerful ancient dragon whom he fought, defeated, and then became best friends with. When Godwyn died, Fortissax tried all he could to try and save him, only to become corrupted by Death, forced to forever live a horrible nightmare.

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

When he mentioned “Malenia - Blade of Miquela” many times in a row, we all felt that.

[torpedopickle]

Mohg's character design actually does an immense amount of work in telling his story visually.
Mohg, unlike his Brother, saw his accursed blood as a blessing rather than a curse. He fanatically worships the formless mother, as she blessed him due to his curse.
This is visually communicated by Mohg's curse growing unchecked on his body. Rather than shave down horns in places where it'd be inconvenient to have them grow, Mohg has allowed his horns to grow to the point where one is sprouting from between his fingers and Another digs into his eye. He is blinded by fanatical belief in his blessing, literally.

[dontmakehaikus]

I really like how you noted Malenia's strength and willpower. I feel she's often reduced to "op boss" when her person is really facinating.

[azureascendant]

Radahn is truly a legend. Plagued with rot and still had the focus to keep the stars away.

[LePeppino]

I just love how these pieces of software created a whole community to play, create and discuss theories; it's just a nice thing to do... TOGETHAAAA

[aaronbouck]

After learning more about the demigods, I'm kind of sad we didn't get a Rykard or Mohg ending: I'd have loved to 'devour the very gods togethaa, ' or eventually replace Mohg and meld our blood with Miquella to bring an Age of Blood.

[hoobslice]

When looking at how Radagon and Renalla’s offspring all began with the letter R and Marika’s began with M I realised that the parents of the demigods have the initials G (Godfrey), R (Renalla), R (Radagon), M (Marika) - George R. R. Martin.

[dorkish]

So from the sound of it, the Stars knew Ranni's destiny of overthrowing Marika, and therefore the Golden Order. So the star that crashes to the earth and reveals the Enternal City was meant to crash much sooner to assist her in this task.
However, due to Radahn's faith in the Erdtree and the Golden Order, he must have conquered the stars to prevent that very thing from occurring.
Damn, I fricking love this game's lore lol

[rootzparty]

Sudden thought: cursed children have horns when they are born. It's entirely possible that mothers of such children may not survive the birthing process, or at least not as often. So the Omen may also have the association of death of the mothers.

[masternod]

I must say I really like Morgott, he seems to be kind of a family person to me. I mean he is guarding the entry to Godrick and sure it could be because Godrick is weak, but they are family, so maybe he is there to defend his family. Morgott even calls Godrick "The Golden" rather than "The Grafted". Also in the throne room, someone is putting those chairs in the arena, a chair for each but the two Omens, perhaps he hopes the rest of his family will cease their ambitions and aim to be a peaceful familiy.

I can just see him phoning up the rest to ask over for familiy meal:
"Hey Mogh, you got time, right?" "Sorry, I am plotting" *click*
"Hey Male..." "I am Malenia, Blade of" *click*
"So, Rykard, still wants to eat the gods?" "TOGETHER!!!" *click*
...
"Guess it is just me and a phantom image of my dad... again..."

[lunanyx]

You can see George R.R. Martin's affect on the story. The other Fromsoft stories have royal families but in Elden Ring they're very dynamic and all have unique relationships with each other. All with their own ambitions.