Queen Ronaldo and America the Eternal….the subtitles are so hilariously horrendous and I love them haha. I highly recommend the story that covers Vyke, the guy on the cover of the Elden Ring game, by Vaati titled, ‘The Lord of Frenzied Flame’. It gives a lot of insight on the Frenzied Flame and covers one of my favorite stories from the game. I think that you’d really enjoy that video as well! Also I’ve been loving following your gaming journey 🙌🏾

@tugitbrothers3699

Жыл бұрын

The Korea- I mean the Carina Royalty would like a word as well

Given how Rennala’s children have evidence of aiding each other, I feel like Radahn (there is an iron virgin at his castle) froze the stars to put Ranni’s fate in stasis-meaning she can’t be killed until Radahn unlocks her fate. This would mean that Malenia was sent to kill Radahn to free Ranni’s fate to allow the lunar family to be slain properly. Essentially rannia was kept safely in stasis during the war of the shattering, preventing her destruction

@14megasxlr

Жыл бұрын

That’s a cool theory. The only issue with it I can see is how much it seemed like Radahn favored Radagon, at least aesthetically. I find it iffy that he’d be against the golden order

@epiccthulu

Жыл бұрын

@@14megasxlr Remember that Morgott named him a traitor and artwork shows them fighting. More so, an Iron Virgin is at Radahn’s castle and Radahn’s portrait is still hung in Volcano Manor. It seems like when the golden order was shattered alongside the elden ring, The children of Rennala and Marika were at war, with Rennala’s children all providing pieces to a plot.

@cynreiusacari3163

Жыл бұрын

@@14megasxlr I wonder if she (Ranni) had a deformity on her actual body with the theory that she’s birthed from the amber egg.

@hunter5822

Жыл бұрын

OH MY GOD YOUR BRILLIANT!!!!!!

@getass3290

Жыл бұрын

@@urdeddog5124 Even if it did hinder Ranni’s ambitions, I wouldn’t question it too much. A reoccurring theme in Elden Ring is that the Golden Order is bad but most of its alternatives are worst. Look at Rykard, the Flame of Frenzy, the Fire Giants, etc. All seemingly were worst than the Golden Order. I think Radahn and the average player have every right to believe Ranni’s intentions aren’t the best. She did literally kill her stepbrother and therefore indirectly started the shattering. Even though we do see the result of her ending, her intentions do appear to be a mystery. In any case, I believe Radahn had the right to not be on board with what his sister was doing.

37:41 The sword that the Elden beast uses is believed to be made out of the corpse of Radagon/Marika itself. Like Vaati said you can see the spine forming the grip, and the two arms forming the crossguard, if you look closely it even appears to be forming the golden order pose. You can also assume that the two blades that separate, intertwine and finally conjoin at the tip of the blade are Marika's and Radagon split personalities separating, twisting and joining again.

@alol_x4353

Жыл бұрын

It is not forming "the golden order pose", there are three. Inner order, Outer order and Golden Order Totality. The sacred relic sword is specifically doing the Inner Order pose

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It's so much fun to deepen the experience of these games. Vaati is exceptional at opening up the elusive depth of the lore. Thank you for sharing your experiences. I've watched all of these before, but it's a lot of fun to revisit with your fresh perspectives!

@Emmalition

Жыл бұрын

So lovely to know you’re enjoying rewatching them! I suspect I’ll be doing the same once I’ve watched them all too - would love to see other peoples thoughts! VaatiVidya is a master, I’ve never been so impressed by anyone’s dedication and ability to articulate vast concepts like this

@JohnDWJ

Жыл бұрын

@@Emmalition The games may be elusive but they (like Vaati) never speak down to the player. They encourage our curiosity, imagination, and intelligence. You feel yourself expanding as you unlock their secrets. It makes them incredibly replayable (however hard they are) and every experience is all the more enriching. Works of art do that. That's why these games are so special. They always endeavor to take us to these places. It's all challenging in the best ways.

Cool! I recommend to watch the "Tarnished Archaeologist", but only after Vaati. I'm not sure, but i think he is a historian or real archaeologist, since he has some takes based on buildings and symbols that no other lore nerd has!

@Emmalition

Жыл бұрын

This sounds awesome, YES. Added to my notes!

@michaelfoist6128

Жыл бұрын

Second for Tarnished Archaeologist! Such valuable, interesting insight into the themes and inspirations.

@vde1846

Жыл бұрын

Second that :) That guy's awesome!

42:18 It’s likely that the Eternal Cities were built before they were banished underground, as evidenced by the architecture (“The Tarnished Archeologist” is a great channel for dissecting Elden Ring lore based on real-world influences and architectural hints). The lower section of Leyndell where you find the Omenkiller and the town of Sellia both share architecture with the Eternal Cities, and both underground cities have windows that are sealed up - why would one seal their windows, if not to keep out the daylight? It seems the underground cities were literally banished below the earth, and it doesn’t particularly matter exactly how; god-like forces like the Greater Will can just do that stuff.

Vaati is good for a general audience and he is my favourite but there are some others who go much deeper and have found some very interesting things. The black knives leader and her daughter trying to escape Leyndell after killing Godwyn and you realise who didn't make it by who is imprisoned and who you get as a spirit summon as described by Smoughtowns videos being my personal wtf moment. The injured and exhausted black knife assassin's you find trying to hide make so much more sense.

Glad to see another Vaati reaction! If you’re interested in more of his Elden Ring content, I highly recommend his “Prepare to Cry” / “An Elden Ring Story” series, which are much more narrative-focused and have absolutely stellar presentation. His videos on Miquella and the cosmic sorceries are also personal favorites! (Also it’s low-key surreal to hear someone have _anything_ positive to say about the Capra Demon, considering that IMO it was the single most bullshit fight I’ve ever experienced and singlehandedly made me give up on DS1 and convinced me never to play a Soulsborne game again for the sake of my own mental health XD)

I think the most fascinating and understated thing about Vaati's early Elden Ring videos is how completely wrong he and the community at large were about many of our early assumptions. You saw this in some of Vaati's DS3 videos where earlier theories get jossed by subsequent community discoveries and dlc releases, but this time around it feels so much more blatant and organic, much like real world anthropology and archeology where our theories are constantly disproven and reshaped the more we come to discover about this incredible world Fromsoft and GRRM have created. Looking forward to you learning more about this strange and twisted history that's continuing to shed secrets, even a year after release.

Vaati: “This is datamined information we’re not supposed to know” Emma: “YEAH BUT THATS COOL”

So looking forward for this, I’ve watched vaati’s video twice but I seem to understand more watching alongside you so thank you!!

@Emmalition

Жыл бұрын

That’s so lovely! ❤️

Just found your other two reaction videos and now I’m addicted. It’s nice seeing someone react who plays the game but doesn’t know everything and hasn’t seen the videos before so so here!!!

i do really enjoy these from you, your a much better reactor than a lot of other creators ive found lol. Cant wait to see more

VaatiVidya has done amazing work with his videos. A lot of work, splendidly executed.

I've loved watching your take on these videos. I never took Marika as the bad seed who set this into motion. I always took it as she was an idealistic champion chosen as a god by the Greater Will and the Elden Beast, and slowly over time she broke away from that which is why she had Ranni steal the Rune of Death, sent away Godfrey to build the tarnished's strength, and even shatter the Elden Ring.

this came out while I was watching your other elden ring lore videos, and I had never seen your channel before today

Great reaction really enjoying these lore videos and hearing your different perspectives on it the one thing I love about FromSoft games is how we as a community look at everything the architecture, item descriptions, enemy placements, visuals, etc.. Looking forward to more.

I really hope you get round to the 'Prepare to Cry' videos Vaati has done for Elden Ring. Really dives deep on individual characters and journeys they took. He really shines in those videos I find. Really enjoying all this and seeing your reactions and questions too 😄

Regarding translations, IIRC From doesn't translate in-house, so any mistakes is not entirely due to them. They have had a history of mistranslations leading to odd lore interpretations, though. The most infamous regards Gwyn's firstborn's banishment. In Dark Souls I, the English translation states that "a loss of the annals led to his banishment", leading people to scratch their heads and wonder if he got exiled for destroying history books. The Japanese original, however, rather says that he was struck from the history books, "lost to the annals" after his banishment.

Since you mentioned the tree Sentinels, they are chained to the horses, that's why you can't dismount them, it's kind of disturbing, like a lot of stuff in the game as you realize more and more about it. I have more things to say but they are going to be shown on other vids so no spoiler!

Love your videos and your hilarious playthroughs 😂

33:17 it’s the same feeling I got when I stumbled onto black reach cave in Skyrim!!!

That gun fort part always reminds me of Princess Monanoke!!! Never gets old!

i seriously recommend you to watch Hawkshaw's Lore video called "The Color Theory of Elden Ring", it brings such a unique view and perspective of the game that i haven't seen any other channel talk about. it will certainly change the way you look at the lore of this game.

A bit more on the abstract side, but I would highly recommend Hawkshaw's video "The Color Theory of Elden Ring." It is extremely cool, and might help to make clear some of the more underlying principles of the games world.

@handtomouth4690

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Hawkshaw is criminally underrated.

Me in my Elden Ring Lore rabbit hole rewatching all these videos here

I second the recommendation to watch Vaatis, lord of the frenzied flame video. One of the best edited videos I've ever seen and a heck of story.

The Tree sentinel's are by far my favorite! I love their design their motives and how cool they look. They look like a roman centurion. I did an invasion build as a tree sentinel and it is so fun! Got some cool clips of it too! By far one of the coolest armors in the game!

I felt like the Finger Slayer Blade was from Godwyn the Golden, the first to fall. He was also closely related to death and Destiny. So it would be fitting if the blade was made from a part of him.

Dang, i was just finished marathon-watch your Elden Ring lore and Elden Ring Demi-Gods Lore react videos. And voila! another one!

@Emmalition

Жыл бұрын

It’s like I knew…!

Morgott's my favorite character in retrospect. Obviously he's a pain during your first playthrough and his words aren't any better towards you, but his story is so damn sad and understandable that I just feel so bad for him in the end. From start to finish in his life it was pain and yet he still fought for what seemed right even though it never benefited him. Idk, just my thoughts.

The Bosses in Elden Ring are amazing! I loved all of them, they were fun to battle and provided a great challenge! 🤗

VaatiVidyas prepare to cry vids are awesome. You should do that. I think you might have missed the lore video explaining the sorceries and primeval current, which is mentioned here. Happy day and hf

I really recommend the "An Elden Ring Story" of Vaati (the list name on his channel is actually "Elden Ring Prepare to cry" thou), which I think is the absolute peak of his ER content. It's not just a lore discussions, it's like a whole story and the level of cinematic in those videos is just insane. They're also easy to understand since they didn't touch some big lore and stuffs, mostly just characters' stories.

I feel like there was some sort of a secret team between Ranni, Miquella, Melina and finally Marika. Their end goals might have been different yes but to be it feels like they respected eachother as rivals and helped out(?) eachother in their own ways to be fair to each other. It seems to me like Marika was at the helm, and these Children of her came to her for assistance in their own way. Melina was instructed by Marika to be a Kindeling maiden, Miquella was left alone even when Marika surely knew what he was doing could challange the Golden Order and the Erd Tree. And Ranni was supported by Marika by lending her the Black blade assassins which allowed her to kill Godwin and go forward with her plan. For Rennala too, Radagon being Marika herself, it seems to be like Radagon was kind of like a split personality of Marika with different ideology and his own will and thoughts but he did truly loved Rennala and by extension so did Marika. But he had no choice to go back to the Capital where Marika was cause of some thing that happened and Marika seeing Rennala heart broken, pitied and left her alone even if she had the forbidden right (according to the golden order ) of Rebirth.

17:20 Tree cults always get the coolest gear

SmoughTown is actually another great lore channel to check out if you wanted to keep doing a lore series (which I am enjoying and I hope you do

May I recommend the lore of the frenzied flame? It's incredibly underrated and is probably my favourite video Vaati has done.

I love these videos, you should watch the Miquella lore video next

25:00 I'm a firm believer of the great tree theory too. There's so much evidence for it and for the golden tree being a "grafted parasite" on top of the root of this old great tree

Love me some lore time with Emma

@Emmalition

Жыл бұрын

Enjoy!!

If you have time, you can check out the mimic tear cut questline. It's very interesting and adds more to the personality of your mimic

Should def check out the rest of his lore vids. Especially An Elden Ring Story ► The Lord of Frenzied Flame. Best one of Vaati's lore vids imo

It's so much fun Emma you look stunning

You should for sure watch vaati's frenzied flame video which is the best video hes ever made in my opinion

Would highly suggest reacting to Vaati's prepare to cry on elden ring, they are all so well made but the frenzy flame video is, in my opinion, the best video on his channel to date. I was in awe watching that.

20:19. The music here is magnificent. I knew it immediately from another excellent FromSoftware dedicated channel @thebrotherscode Hours long in depth videos from the previous games including 2 so far for Elden Ring. This song is from their intro to a mutual favorite 😁 Bloodborne

Yay! Another one!

45:52 the nameless city is right under leyndell, even better, it's right under the missing part of leyndell (the part where there's a huge all that's surrounded by walls. There's even a door leading to this section, which means there used to be something there before that hole)

So, another really fun channel for this is the Tarnished Archeologist who has VERY interesting analyses of, well, archeological stuff in the Lands Between. Would recommend.

I really hope you go into npc lore, they're just as interesting. My favorites are Vargram and vyke; the guy from the trailers and the poster boy.

If there's any part of this game I enjoy seeing someone's reaction to, it's the siofra river well experience.

The Nox were once living above ground until they were banished. They know what the night sky looks like lol

I’d love to see your reaction to His video on the lord of frenzied flame. One of my favorites in his elden ring lore vids

The Nox and their cities are my favorite part of the game visually and lore wise. So much so I did an entire play through as a Nox swordtress! Wasn’t very fun tbh😂

20:58 I also really immediately found the Crucible Knights interesting. I remember saying to my friend when we were playing the game simultaneously at release "I want to know what the deal is with these knights. Their gear talks about how OLD they are serving the first lord and holding primordial powers, but you can tell by their posture that they still have their wits about them... and so what does it mean when somebody who hasn't lost their mind and knows more about the world's history than anyone else we meet takes one look at US and immediately goes kill-on-sight?"

U should really react to his prepare to cry videos the frenzied flame video is my favorite

I think Morgott is so obsessed to become a champion of the golden order, to cope with him being rejected by his very family for being an unworthy omen. He basically devoted his entire existence to win back the favor of his family and the ppl that believe in the golden order. I think thats his main motivation, to become a part of the very thing that rejected him.

Consider watching Smough Town's material on Rykard and lore videos of Square Table Gaming on lesser known npcs and bosses such as Commander Nial. They all are extremely well done and present interesting points and theories. Excelent fillers while waiting on new Vati's videos

Wow lore! Wowow thumbs up

asking how humans manneged to inslave and kill the trolls is like asking how humans were able to hunt down and kill mamoths and huge bears

I recommend that after watching Vaati's videos you watch SmougTown's lore series on Elden Ring, wich in my opinion surpasses Vaati's in terms of understanding the lore.

i guess the astel of the forgotten city must have visited before radahn became the starscourge since he stopped their trespassing when he stopped the stars.

Vaati was wrong about Radan being attacked by morgot after fighting malania because in that fight he didn't come back he became eaten from the inside by the rot that eaten his brain until he became like a dog eating on dead friends and enemies But it is more possible he got attacked by morgot because he went to the astrologers who have been in his Region that got destroyed by the golden order after Radan learned from them and the alabsta lord

Cheers for another video Emma ^^ I have recently watched through your Elden Ring gameplay series and i loved it :D If i recall right, then you did not complete the questline for Diallos and Alexander, so I recommend you to watch the "An Elden Ring Story ► The Warrior Within" from Vaati ^^ It is an amazingly made cinematic video made in collab with other youtubers, and it will tell you an incredible wonderful and heartfelt story of Alexander and Diallos ^^

This is where we learn the true depths of Elden Ring lore: Queen 'Murica's lust for power and Cristiano Ronaldo's grim and forbidden acts of reincarnation.

my theory is marika sets the stage for the betrayal of the golden order by helping us the tarnished decide whats best, not her useless demigod children. the elden ring could have been almost like a mind/will control, like Iji the giant had a helmet of mirrors to negate any outer gods control, ranni cast away her body too. the mimic veil description say marika was mischievous and playful. hard to imagine all this war mongering was really from her heart or the golden order gods will imposed on marika, and she wanted out hence black knives

Erdtree/Elden Beast just feels like a big ol' parasite sucking the lands between dry - and all the other outer gods seem to want in on that power, rather than just letting The Golden Order take it all. From the moons that bewitched and empowered Rennala and Ranni, the Formless Mother that enticed Mohg, the God of Rot seems to wish to rot the world much like how fungi and diseases will rot their hosts to absorb nutrients IRL, etc..

good content!

If youre interested in more lore channels, you should check out Smoughtown. he goes into even more detail on certain subjects than vaati does. I love vaati but Smough is awesome too. I like having these types of videos on in the background while im studying or doing something, souls, 40k and lately Warcraft lol.

Fun fact time! The Erdtree Guardians use largely the same model and movements as the Capra Demon from DS1!

The Sekiro thing about the "shutgun women" you mention at 56:34 - Miyazaki could have been inspired by another Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli). Meaning by the strong female leader of the little settlement in Princess Mononoke that manufactures guns.

Ever wonder why some Souls players seem to know exactly what to do, what items are used for and general strategies, when they first start a new game.? It is because Miyazaki, since Demon Souls, generally uses the same blueprint for most of his Soulsborne games. As you mention, referencing lore being similar from Demon Souls, Dark Souls 1 and Sekiro once you generally learn ONE you tend to understand them ALL! Great Series. You are a GREAT Student!

The ulcirated tree things are actually reused assets from one of the dark souls or blood borne games that never made it in and had only a single silhouette left…… which perfectly matches the ulcirated snake things. People have been trying to figure out what they were for YEARS. Also the 29:36 tree guardians is the prison guardian, the first boss you fight in demon souls and dark souls(1or2?)

I would recommend looking into SmoughTown's content. He coveres narrow topics and provides detailed explanations on them and everything that surrounds them. He has very interesting analysis of the nature of the Greater Will, or dragons, for example. In dragon lore video he also covers the ages before the Golden order. He'll, he has a literal "The TIMELINE" video, lol 🙃

Quick clarification on something. Radagon gave Rennala the amber egg when he left her. So it wasn’t until after Radagon left her that Rennala started to create life with the amber egg.

There's one Crucible knight that you have to find a teleporter to get to he's on a rocky outcrop in the middle of nowhere and he's the only person in that secret area

Dont feel bad about cheesing the ulcerated tree spirit in the haligtree that thing is on freaking steroids lol. it has like 20k health. Yeah that reveal of the eternal city going that elevator was a moment that made me say this game is incredible!

I really hope you react to the Prepare To Cry series, they are very beautiful and very well made as well

easiest way to kill a death bird is use any sword with the holy blade that shoots out i use Ds sword as that also has it built in so does miquellas knight sword

You should watch the tarnished archeologist dude is really good

35:16 God Dam Radahn

Renala was given the egg by Radagon so no it wasn't because of that Radagon is the will of order that Marika slowly got to lose and Radagon becoming a different creature from the same person it really present the 2 parts of confusion (being loyal to the golden order or to destroy it) so the rune of reincarnation was owned by Radagon is indicate that he got it after being the one who reincarnated from the true royal sense that Marika had and get it off of her so she can think on how to destroy the very things she supported all along and made her will of serving the golden order busy in doing wars And when she started to make Godfrey the first elden lord to leave to fight in other wars in other lands and come back as a dead body the sea thrown back to the land between so he can be at least stronger to destroy the elden beast but Radagon once he knew that the order lacking the consort he went force without thinking about renala and left he the reincarnation rune so who wouldn't be looked at as not fitting role for the golden order and the greater will once he reached the tree he was accepted right away by the greater will that's why no one knows why he got accepted right away i mean something like that would be sorta admitted by queen Marika herself but not really she sorta inclined to it because Radagon the golden order believer want to be Marika want to take away her doubts and be her to stand along with the greater will and the golden order

prepare to cry series are damn good.

wonder how all those fire giants were frozen, given that they can literally produce heat from their body

Damn, this lore vids are blowing up 👍

one thing i dont understand: rennala can rebirth stuff because she has the amber egg that contains the rune of the unborn...ok, but, that egg was a parting gift from radagon when he abandoned her, so she gained that power because of radagon. Aaaand the runes appeared after the shattering of the ring which happened long AFTER radagon gave the egg to rennala. What am i missing?

I just hate the Scarlet rot variant. Especially the one in the haligtree. Had to summon coop just to get rid of it xD

I have a theory that Morgott beats Radahn in the opening cutscene simply that's when Morgott was bless by the Erdtree. As everybody knows that who blessed by the Erdtree will very strong and Radahn in the opening scene was weak because he is young and not experienced. Now in the game, we see Morgott no longer be blessed by the Erdtree and Radahn is strong, fully experienced. So the chance to let Morgott beats Radahn is... by luck :))))

Yessss

If Radagon really didn't care about Rennala, he wouldn't have given her the egg or he could've taken it back

Just because the Nox lived underground, it doesn't mean they couldn't have walked outside every now and then

May I recommend another LoreMaster, he's only done DS2, DS3 and Bloodborne Lorethroughs so far but he's rather good? I am asking you for permission btw.

You can only become Vaati's assistant after deciphering the mystery of Priscilla's fluffy tail. Hint: Watch "Priscilla and the Chastity Belt" by VaatiVidya :)) 2 minutes well spent.

Will you also react to SmoughTown's Lore Video's as well?

You would think that Fromsoft is pretty on point when it comes to their translations, but I think especially Bloodborne historically has a LOT of cases where the english translations say something completely different from the original Japanese text, which lead to early theories of Bloodborne being really misinterpreted

Hi Emma, what is Emmalition,?

Youre correct, the Eternal Cities are all optional

Sorry but i can't wait to see you react to the Prepare to Cry stuff for Elden Ring and then see you actually cry LOL