That’s an interesting idea, since the player narratively has to be in a position of power lower or equal to bosses to make accomplishments matter. What if we did have a 2nd phase for the first time… hmmm intriguing
Actually would be pretty cool if we got our chosen ending's power in second phase. Imagine Promised Consort vs Lord of the Frenzied Flame... Or versus Tarnished surrounded by legions of Those Who Live in Death...
I think a better idea is Ranni would talk to you and gets to assist you before you enter the arena. Then when phase 2 happens, the cutscene extends to Ranni talking to Miquella then dropping down to your shoulders. then the fight continues.
That's next game ideas here. You won't get a second phase til you get to the final boss. Then in subsequent playthroughs they permanently remain your second phase during boss fights for fun
It really feels like a missed opportunity. Radahn held back the stars and thus Ranni's fate. The Tarnished slew him to put her back in motion. Miquella revived Radahn and is using him, against his will, while the Tarnished helped Ranni voluntarily, and under no pretenses or delusions about who she was or what she was trying to do. A clash of a master and unwilling puppet vs a cooperative and consensual pair, would have made for an incredible fight. Ranni clinging to your back and casting frost spells, or fending off Miquellas brainwash attack, so when Radahn grabs you she says something like "His heart is not for you to steal." it would have been really cool.
There's actually a lot of conflicting evidence about whether or not Radahn agreed to this with some evidence even suggesting the initial idea for this was Radahn's.
4 spouses, 2 warriors true, throwing hands and testing their might against one another again. The other 2, planners who prefer to sit back and watch others set their schemes into motion. But in this instance they would just be pulling each others hairs and hurling ye olden english profanities at each other lol. I can see ranni getting very catty if she catches tricky miqy trying to make you gay for him.
Ranni and Miquella casting spells at each other Meanwhile the Tarnished and Radahn; STANDING HERE I REALISE THAT YOURE JUST LIKE ME TRYING TO MAKE HISTORY!!!
The Dark Moon doesn't seem malevolent (maybeee) so it makes sense to slay the other outer gods that have been toying with humanity, and keeping the Dark Moon as a patron to ward off other cosmic pests in the future. If the Frenzied Flame wants to spread frenzy and entropy, Scarlet Rot its rot, Greater Will wants its brand of order, Dark Moon just wants to... exist?
"To take from one their reason, thier self, who one is... this is a tyrany not even mother wouldst have dreamed. Anything is better than such, suffering is the ultimate teacher. one thou would condem on a wim better we should reain our selves and learn compassion though a journey as our selves. a journey into fear and doubt and loniness and truer love than thee hast er known."
"Dearest brother, it is good to see thee freed from the madness of the Scarlet Rot. However, thine ears hear not mine words, do they not? ... To be freed from madness only to be enslaved by compassion... there is only one act of kindness I can give unto you, dearest Radhan. Canst thou feel it, brother? The chill of the coming night? Consort eternal, if thou hast any kindness in thy soul, please, lend thine ear, and grant mine brother his final rest."
Finally, dialogue that actually has Ranni state that "Radahn is my brother and I'm not having him be screwed over anymore! I've.... regrettably done that more then enough! He's done quite enough, now let him have his rest"
The wielding of both the moonlight and godslayer's greatswords here implies this tarnished is a faith-int, the rarest and flashiest build. Faith-ints are always gigachads and you cannot convince me otherwise.
Actually it would be Dex/Int. GSG scales more from Dex than it does faith, it also requires 22 dex compared to 20 faith to use. So having 20 faith while maxing Dex/int would be your best damage output with these two weapons.
@@Kingofredeyesbut in terms of storytelling and enjoyment being fth\int is far superior. is it optimal? Absolutely not but it’s much more fitting to be able to cast Incantations (godslayer incants come to mind) on the left hand while casting spells on the right, combine this with a catalyst weapon and you’ll find a new play style weaving in the longer incants with the quicker spells. Is also very cool looking and fits well as the chosen consort of Ranni
@@m.ubaidaadam I don't disagree that faith/int gives a ton of versatile options and is likely the playstyle with the most options to it. I was simply talking about optimising the build presented, darkmoon greatsword+god slayer.
"I swear my heart to her as her consort for the age yet to come and the freedom from gods. I swear my sword arm to Alexander to remember the strength he gave to me and to always seek the warrior within. I swear my mind to Ansbach to remember always that I am a lord not for Gods but for Men. I swear my heart to Melina without whom sacrifice none of this would be possible. I swear my tears to Diallos to remind myself that to protect another is the greatest calling one can make in this life. I swear my faith to Godfrey for he reminds us all that a true crown is warranted only to the strong. I swear myself to the lands between all of their pain and sorrow I take into myself and make of it my own that I might remake the world. Tell me Miquella, you who discarded your flesh, your mind, your soul, your kindness. What do you have left to match what so many others have given me? For them, not for me, do I stand against you. Now and forever." - The Tarnished who would be Lord
Radahn jumps forward catching the tarnished on his graps, tightly helding it with no show of relenting. The hands of Miquella stretch forward atempting to grab the tarnished ready to sway it towards them. But a blizzard blows hard blinding Miquilla, the tarnished takes this oportunity kicking Radahn on the chest beinf free of its grasp landing on the ground a few feets away, as an spectral figure apears from behind. Two arms coil gently around its neck, while another pair grabs it around the waist. - Noble tarnished hearth its not for you to take Miquella, for it is unbound and unchained! Given out of free will- Ranni materializes behind the tarnished, floating behind it as an spectral cloack, her hair floating gently as her hat its carried away by the wind. - My promised consort and i will usher a new age of the stars, of true free will and boundless discovery and wisdom - Ranni reaches closer with her hand, touching her consort gently, as the tarnished answers in kind, eyes not moving away from their rival. -Let us go...togheter consort eternal...to fullfill our vows, two halfs of a full moon. Ranni releases a new wave of ice magic enveloping her consort, as the fight resumes for the fate of the lands betwen. The tarnished stretches his hand, and a blade apears on it, blue as ice, shimering as the stars while the warrior gets ready to fight, the blade pulsates and shines again for a moment, reacting to the wielder and her Mistress, empowering by its mere presence.
Ohhhh, I absolutely love this. Forgive me if the following is a bit of a rant. But I had the same idea with a character losely based off of the Doomslayer. A vengeance paladin blessed by an Angel of Vengeance. Then at the final battle, you see the spectral image of an angel embrace the paladin as they speak the words that the King spoke to the Doomslayer, as he turns into the Avenging Angel Capstone ability of a the Paladin Oath.
I imagine this being when welding the dark moon greatsword. And when this happens it gets permanently powered up (like if you use the ash of war) for the rest of the fight
Ranni's dark moon spell absorbs all spells cast against the bearer, it would be great if during the battle every time Radahn throws meteors at us, Ranni would use her dark moon to nullify those attacks.
It is truly amazing how we have Dark Moonlight Greatsword to represent our Dark Moon Outergod and God Slayer Greatsword to be able to kill any God who could danger the current order.
To be honest, I prefer using normal weapons and upgrading them to +25. Even the achievement for that is called God Slaying Weapon. Instead of using weapons with history estabilished by others, I prefer to craft that history myself.
It probably would have been more significant if it had been a staff since Ranni is a witch who holds her own fate and freely roams the stars. That and she pobably gives you some spells.
The moon might not be an outer god since Ymir implies it's just another celestial body in which to connect to the Greater Will, the Dark Moon is weird though.
Why is it that in Souls and Elden Ring the "Dark Lord"/"Lord of Night" is preferable to the "Lord of Sunlight"/"Elden Lord"? Almost as if Miyazaki wants to challange the classical Evil dark vs Good light thing.
"Lord, Brother. How sorrowful of what has become of thee. Mine consort giveth a greater promise, more than what thou hast bespoken of before." "Thou treat mine brother as a doll, doing what thoust commandeth. No more shall ye hold thy fate. Nor those of thine order." These are just quotes I think would play out if you did the age of stars ending and then went to fight Miquella and Radahn.
This sounds right. If my memory serves me right, *Ranni’s* ending freed the lands between of the Elden Ring, meaning no more laws, no more order, no more control over fate. In essence, Ranni’s ending allowed everyone in the lands between to make their own choices and die where they pleased as opposed to a world of the golden order. Even if it is a reckless solution to the problem of the Elden Ring and absolving the sins of Marika’s order it is a productive one, letting the world make its own decisions without interference, meaning wars will still be fought, men and women will die, no peace to come of it, but free will be granted after years of suffering. *Miquella* on the other hand, couldn’t bare a world given the free will to make their own choices. In his eyes, the free will to make choices outside of his command has lead to countless deaths and endless slaughter, even outside the golden order, in other cultures too. Many have tried to create a perfect order, Marika included, but no matter what, if their roots are rotten, there will always be an impurity or flaw in their design. Miquella believes that with enough sacrafice they will become pure enough to ascend to godhood and make a perfect order of peace, leading to infinite prosperity. However, to achieve that peace, he needs to heartlessly hold complete control over the minds of everyone, ensuring not a thought would be made without her guidance. While on paper it seems fine, in practice it’s absolutely horrifying. No free will, not a single decision made on your own? It would be a world completely made of zombies, all fawning over Miquella. A world without free will and permanent peace is funny enough, complete and utter stagnation. Nothing will change, nothing will grow, everything will remain the same. In that way Miquella plan is reflective of Miquella’s curse. Forever young, never to grow. A clash between Ranni and Miquella would be a conflict between the long held question. What leads to a better world? More free will or less free will? In the end, free will will always prevail making this ending, narratively speaking, really clever.
"It matters not if I am Tarnished, a pawn of the Greater Will... I chose these lands, the same lands I've met my death countless times." "I had forsaken the path thrusted unto me by that which shackled me, and you ask that I yield this world to you?" "Don't you dare spout such nonsense... I did not break my chains to conquer. I did not betray the Greater Will for a higher purpose. I tore my yoke to free humanity from the same bondage I possessed." "I believed in my lady, I believed in Ranni, for her path is foolishly selfless... and if you believe for a second I shall grant you the chance to enslave these lands once more, then you are sorely mistaken." "It matters not if I am Tarnished. I am entrusted with cleaving the path forward for my lady, and you shall not stop me." - Tarnished Elden Lord, Eternal Consort of Ranni
People are joking a lot and good on them but on the music specifically I just want to say that the duality between the twinkly percussion instrument and the more grounded string instrument is wonderful at the start. The duality between spectral, mystical xylophone-like instrument and the more earthen, somber sound of the cello or violin. The duality between Ranni, and the Tarnished. 0:00-0:51 Ranni makes her appearance, embracing the Tarnished 0:51-1:43 Ranni's build up counter speech as Radahn and the Tarnished stare eachother down (Ranni emulates Rennala, raising her staff as the Tarnished regroups in some sort of cool pose) 1:43-End: The second phase.
@@windrider2190 I personally think Vyke’s set makes more sense since he’s the cover character, but at the same time he has too much of a character to represent the tarnished.
@@culturedcreator5185 Vyke is seperate as he was the closest contender for Elden Lord until the frenzied flame got him. We essentially follow his attempt, and Raging Wolf tends to get used to show our specific Tarnished.
POV: Is 2054, The DLC for Elden Ring 2 came out 6 months ago and you are still trying to defeat the hardest boss ever created by Miyazaki: Dear Consort Eternal of Ranni the Witch of Endless Night
If this happened it would be sweet ... especially if you also have the godslayer great sword (with may or may not be the weapon of melina) this would be a cool time for the tarnished to spreak something like "oh hear thee miquela ... we have given thee courtesy enough ... we had lost those closest to us but we refuse thees age of compassionate tyranny ... so the flames of black and the silver moon will unite ... ranni and i her consort eternal ... WILL STRIKE YOU DOWN!"
Funny how both swords rep the only two "maidens" we can have. Melina with her alter ego's godslayer blackflame sword and Ranni with her dark moon greatsword. But is that enough to stop tricky mickys femboy charms from taking over his mind? filling it with depraved thoughts of micky bussy?
"Thou will is strong, my Consort. However, thou strength burns like the Crucible. So let thy light rest upon thee. Let the light of the moon, guide our wrath."
"Again I face you and again I am cheated of the opportunity to face the strongest of the demigods of his own will. I pray I dont see you again for I fear a third time will yield the same result, rest well radahn."
An amazing detail I like in this, is that Miquella puts his arms over Radahn's shoulders and neck, putting his weight on him. While in this art Ranni puts her arms under tarnished arms, as if supporting his weight - really puts them in perspective.
"Dearest brother, thy body is not thine own, thy mind ensnared by false compassion. Thou art being used merely as a tool, a weapon, a vassal of an empearyn, this is not love. Hear my words Miquella, release my brother at once, allow him to finally rest, if thoust shalt not, thoust shall face I Ranni & my beloved Consort eternal, rulers of the moon"
It would've been cooler if whichever ending we chose or mending rune we carried had relevance. The Tarnished can grab Miquella and stare into his eyes as the Lord of Frenzied Flame until he lets go, Ranni saves you, something related to Fia or how Godwyn protects her if you attack her, even being charmed but taking it a deranged direction via wanting to kill and defile him like the Dung Eater.
I actually saw this artwork theme about a week and a half ago, and decided to try a NG run for it just to see if it can work and how effective it could be. Basically, this build requires you to dump into 3 damage stats: Dex, Faith, and Int. If you go with Wretch for starting class and allocate points correctly, it’s actually possible to make this build work before level 100, and that’s including you hitting at least 40 Vigor. Basically, you’re primarily going into Dex and Int, while grabbing the Faith needed to wield Godslayer. While the build does work prior to level 100, you won’t start seeing massive returns until a bit after, so for all intents and purposes this is a late game build. It can actually be used a couple ways. One way is to simply “powerstance” the weapons. With this you would use the left hand to apply frost and the right to remove it; this method largely forgoes the skills for both weapons. Second, you simply two-hand one at a time and swap when you want to use the other; this allows for more consistent gameplay and better use of the skills, but also requires a lot more thought since you have to micromanage which weapon you’re holding at any given point. One nice thing about the build is the multiple damage types. Being able to hit against multiple different negations allows you to abuse more enemy weaknesses, and black flame of course is super strong with its guaranteed percent damage.
@@Dankmemeslover69 while that’s true, it’s also black flame which does flat percent damage, do there isn’t that much of a damage falloff. Not to mention there’s plenty of ways to boost its damage, like FGMS and Fire Shrouding Cracked Tear, which you’d be using anyway if you’re trying to get the most damage out of it. Either way, the build primarily would center around proccing and resetting frost while also getting additional percentage damage from black flame, all without needing a ton of FP from spell spam. Most of the time you aren’t using the L2 at all outside of stance breaks or if the boss is big and slow, because the L2 isn’t needed to reset frost.
@@Dankmemeslover69 the point is, you don’t need the L2 to be super strong, you just need the occasional black flame effect. This kind of build really only reaches its potential at very high levels (roughly 80 in Dex, Int, and Faith to hit the hard caps and push the Godslayer’s AR to 1000), but it’s still perfectly viable and surprisingly effective at the 125-150 range.
"Dearest brother. Thoust held back my fate once before. I shall not let thy transgressions past once more. Witness now my King Consort of the Dark Moon" -Ranni, probably
It would be nice if they give option like in sekiro to raise again as "promised consort" depending on what ending you set up. E.g. if you choose Ranni she would hurl sorceries on Radhan, Frenzy flame, you get orb of frenzy over you putting Huge amount of Frenzy state on radhan making him vulnerable (not counterable just that you could land several hits) as Miquela tries to calm Radhan down. In short every ending giving you power to overcome Radhan. OFC it will require fighting Radhan solo + probably Radhan should be a little buffed due to it.
HEACY DLC ENDGAME SPOILERS: I find it hilarious how Miquella basically had to wage war against Radahn because he said to Miquella "sorry, not interested. Have a nice day. I'll be focusing on being a warrior and holding back the stars now", then Miquella had to wait for his death, then bring him back from the afterlife to finally charm him into beocming his consort... Meanwhile the Tarnished basically throws himself into Ranni's arms without the slightest hesitation and Ranni repeatedly goes "WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME?" and "WHY THE HELL DO YOU LIKE ME?!" and we are just like "Anything for you, my queen."
@@shahriar4706_ Lore wise well for me personally the tarnished was alyways an orphan he never really had a Family so all his life up to his adulthood he was a sellsword and very untrusting of others so overtime he ending up growing close to Ranni and the others as time went one his first real thing to a family he ever had so yeah that's my headcanon
Miquella: Surrender, Tarnished...You fight alone. *something starts to glow* Miquella: What...what is that? *Tarnished opens their eyes* Tarnished: Ahhh, you were at my side all along... *Small doll Ranni dragging the moonlight greatsword with all her might* Tarnished: My shining moonlight... *Tarnished grabs small doll Ranni and places her at his back and she projects a larger version of herself to be hugging the tarnished from behind* *Tarnished picks up the moonlight greatsword*
If "Lord Consort with God on their back" is the pattern we're going with then Godfrey was actually married to Serosh. Thus, in this universe, Godfrey is a furry.
It would be cool, I imagine she would cast dark moon and frost spells from your back and colaborate with your attacks much like miquella does, but she should also have the capacity to defend against the charm atack
Instead of being charmed, she triggers frostbite on you to chill your heart against a charm attempt. Still punishing you for getting caught by Radahn/Miquella grab, but not triggering normal game over.
In game I know the power standing of these weapons wouldn’t work but idgaf it’s cool asf. Ranni has one of the few quest lines in the game that doesn’t really lead to a cosmic tragedy beyond our present understanding. Radahn is THE most powerful demigod (in combat at least) but the Tarnished is a legend by this stage. The Lunar Princess Ranni, and her Tarnished Consort, Router of the Scarlet Rot, Slayer of the Lord of Stars, The God-Killer. *intro theme*
I need this. The Promised Consort of Ranni vs the Promised Consort of Miquella. Could you imagine Radahn using his boss arena wide starfall attack only to be met with a Glintstone Spear Star Barrage 😂
"Tarnished... Please limit thy penchant for panic rolling. This form of mine possesseth no stomach with which to empty, and yet thine frantic tumbling doth churn my innards."
I would seriously lose my balls if happened. When youre down on your last Estus and the moon suddenly appears as Ranni embraces you and goes to support you against the twink.
Miquella: “I promise 1000 years under warmth and compassion.” Tarnished: “And I promise an 1000 voyage of darkness and loneliness” *The heart above the head breaks and turns into a moon*
we literally have that in Dark souls 3 with soul of cinder. phase 1 is all the previous chosen undeads who gave themselves to the first flame. basic 1h knight form curved sword pyro user form spear user form mage form. then he just says eff it im going super saiyan Gwyn
Has anyone designed a build for this look!? That is incredible, the armor almost looks like Blaidd's on top, but not 100% sure. The music works so well. :)
"By Moonlight and sky, ever dark and cold as the moon, she will guide my hand. By accursed flame, to fell the foul gods who upended our world and shackled the souls of man By Grace of Gold I am risen and given one last chance to free these lands between from tyranny. By the might of Destined Death unleashed, the Erdtree will burn. And I alone can claim the throne. Miquella... you became a god to try and bring about an age of compassion. But we don't want your compassion. As Third Elden Lord, Consort of the Lunar Princess, wielder of Destined death, slayer of the demigods, triumphed over dragons and giants. I will stop you. Not for gods. But for men. For all those Tarnished in your shadow."
Whats interesting is the choice in swords. The Darkmoon Greatsword is obvious, but the Godslayers Greatsword is also a meaningful choice. A common theory is that Melina is (or was) the Gloam Eyed Queen, so in this image, the Tarnished is wielding the power and swords of both his beloved Consort and his sacrificed Maiden.
How cool would it be if you finished Ranni's questline and when Miquella charms you instead of having to use his Great Rune, the arena goes dark for a second and Ranni talks some shit and cleanses the charm? Barely any change on the fight so it can't be called OP, but so rewarding and cool.
Honestly this could have been a really cool alternative ending two ideas clashing free will vs tyrannical compassion freedom of choice vs absolute obedience for compassion
Broooo, imagine in one hand the dark moon sword and in the other the golden order greatsword (sword of radagon given by Renala) How cool will be that, I know what run I am gonna do now
I’d hate it too if it wasn’t the sword of the gloam eyed queen, or as we knew her, Melina. This image is the perfect contrast to Radahn and Miqila’s relationship, theirs being that of puppet and puppeteer. Where as we wouldn’t have gotten where we are without the help of others, without their willing support, and at times friendship. We may not be able to bring Melina with us in the fight, but we can slay them with her old sword, becoming a lord not for gods but men.
I think it would be so cool if depending on the ending you chose the maiden would come to help you. Imagine when Miquella appears and has his speech your character hears Ranni or if you did the perfect order or the normal ending you have Marika appear and cast spells to heal you or attack Radahn. And if you did the chaos ending your character appearance could be changed to have the frenzied flame head during the second phase. I think it would reward players for beating the game in there own way.
This is more fit to be Raani's theme There should be more intense chiors to show the strength of the Tarnished here imo. I mean he is literally a serial demigod killer
@@BorrasitoTakaTakahe is not here to fix anything. He is no hero. He is just someone with ambition and grit to follow through with it until the end. Also I checked the description. This is literally Ranni's theme.
Rannis path is literally bout free will. It's giving the people a chance to forge their own path. If that's not saving them I don't know what is.@@Shura31412
The Tarnished of No Renown. Who crossed the fog into the lands between. He hath Slew all the demigods. Claiming all the great runes. Crowning Theimself Astral Emperor of Lunar Queen Ranni.
"You held back the stars, kept life beating within this land. Now that you have a successor, let me put you to rest, and show Miquella that you deserve to be free."
Can you imagine in the 2nd phase of the fight with radahn, Ranni appears and says something like i wont let your heart be stolen and she is also in our back while we fight and helps us.
If only we could be so strong. That stance is impressive. Also would be happy if we could have called on the Gloam Eyed Queen or Ranni for support in second phase.
Tarnished really out here like, "Behold the power of a consensual relationship!"
oh im using that
Mid sword clash, Ranni: *slaps Miquella* consent is key to a relationship fowl heathen
@parkerbeebe4383 calling miquella that is an insult to fowl hesthens.
@@dreamcatcherben8214 my bad I didn’t want to say anything about him that would be against the guidelines lol 😂
@@parkerbeebe4383 amen to that
"Brother... Your transgression will not go unanswered. Let us now witness whose will is truer... that of your consort, or mine."
(and as they banter the camera cuts between side profiles of Radahn and the Tarnished)
@@Avenger85438 here
@@igrid6399 Thanks, though I just now noticed one I missed. Excuse me.
"Didn't you also condemn one of our brothers to state of undeath?"
"That's not important"
You forget. Ranni speaks in an archaic fashion, such as "thee" and "thou" instead of "you."
damn that's cool. Imagine when Radahn enters his 2 phase, we can go into our second phase if we're married to ranni before hand
That’s an interesting idea,
since the player narratively has to be in a position of power lower or equal to bosses to make accomplishments matter.
What if we did have a 2nd phase for the first time… hmmm intriguing
Actually would be pretty cool if we got our chosen ending's power in second phase. Imagine Promised Consort vs Lord of the Frenzied Flame... Or versus Tarnished surrounded by legions of Those Who Live in Death...
I think a better idea is Ranni would talk to you and gets to assist you before you enter the arena. Then when phase 2 happens, the cutscene extends to Ranni talking to Miquella then dropping down to your shoulders. then the fight continues.
That's next game ideas here. You won't get a second phase til you get to the final boss. Then in subsequent playthroughs they permanently remain your second phase during boss fights for fun
Lord of Frenzy wouldn't work since you reduce everything to ash, and the only ones still alive are the Frenzied Lord and Melina.@@alextrill5829
The Lord of Consent.
It really feels like a missed opportunity. Radahn held back the stars and thus Ranni's fate. The Tarnished slew him to put her back in motion. Miquella revived Radahn and is using him, against his will, while the Tarnished helped Ranni voluntarily, and under no pretenses or delusions about who she was or what she was trying to do. A clash of a master and unwilling puppet vs a cooperative and consensual pair, would have made for an incredible fight.
Ranni clinging to your back and casting frost spells, or fending off Miquellas brainwash attack, so when Radahn grabs you she says something like "His heart is not for you to steal." it would have been really cool.
You, sir/ma'am, are a genius. I love it.
Alternative: Ranni pimp slaps miquella for trying to take *HER* dear consort eternal away.
@@antonyalceu4547 Also a good option.
There's actually a lot of conflicting evidence about whether or not Radahn agreed to this with some evidence even suggesting the initial idea for this was Radahn's.
Where’s that evidence
MIYAZAKI!!! GRANT ME THIS ENDING AND MY SOUL IS YOURS!!
It literally is in the game
see all I can think of is tarnished and radahn throwing absolute raw hands while Rani and miquella have a cat fight.
4 spouses, 2 warriors true, throwing hands and testing their might against one another again. The other 2, planners who prefer to sit back and watch others set their schemes into motion. But in this instance they would just be pulling each others hairs and hurling ye olden english profanities at each other lol. I can see ranni getting very catty if she catches tricky miqy trying to make you gay for him.
More like Ranni and Miquella have an epic-level sorcery vs. incantation battle... and both run out of fp, and then have a cat fight
Indeed. Both Ranni and Miquella ascend to gods.
The Tarnished and Radahn are lords, who have the purpose of fighting for their god.
Would Ranni have the advantage with her 4 arms?
Ranni and Miquella casting spells at each other
Meanwhile the Tarnished and Radahn; STANDING HERE I REALISE THAT YOURE JUST LIKE ME TRYING TO MAKE HISTORY!!!
Tarnished and Ranni on their way to slay the outer gods.
Ranni serving Outer God, Dark Moon: "Yes Tarnished, whatever delusion makes you obey and enact my will."
@@matiasluukkanen7718 What makes you think the Dark Moon isn't last on the hit list? 😎
@@matiasluukkanen7718the moons don’t really have much in the way of consciousness, though.
The Dark Moon doesn't seem malevolent (maybeee) so it makes sense to slay the other outer gods that have been toying with humanity, and keeping the Dark Moon as a patron to ward off other cosmic pests in the future. If the Frenzied Flame wants to spread frenzy and entropy, Scarlet Rot its rot, Greater Will wants its brand of order, Dark Moon just wants to... exist?
@@farisanwari777 The Greater Will isn't malevolent either, it's neutral and so is every outer god, Metyr's lore confirms this.
''Ah, you were at my side all along. My true mentor. My guiding moonlight.''
ahhh ludwig
TBH I liked ludwigs holy greatsword better than his moonlight greatsword in fact to honor him I defeated him with his hol y greatsword
"To take from one their reason, thier self, who one is...
this is a tyrany not even mother wouldst have dreamed.
Anything is better than such, suffering is the ultimate teacher.
one thou would condem on a wim
better we should reain our selves and learn compassion though a journey as our selves.
a journey into fear
and doubt
and loniness
and truer love than thee hast er known."
Poetic
“You may have held back the stars, but I have the The Moonlight, my guiding moonlight…” -Tarnished Warrior
Holds the moonlight greatsword like Ludwig as Ranni materializes behind us.
@@pratiksengupta5336 THIS RIGHT HERE
Ludwig from
Bloodborne reference there
"My true spouce, my guiding moonlight".
Aah,You were at my side all along....my true consort...my guiding moonlight...
If that had actually happened, if you play on a run where you got that ending it would have been the coolest moment in any Soulslike Game
You've become the final boss
New game plus with ranni cape
this could be the final boss in elden ring 2
:P
"Dearest brother, it is good to see thee freed from the madness of the Scarlet Rot. However, thine ears hear not mine words, do they not?
...
To be freed from madness only to be enslaved by compassion... there is only one act of kindness I can give unto you, dearest Radhan.
Canst thou feel it, brother? The chill of the coming night?
Consort eternal, if thou hast any kindness in thy soul, please, lend thine ear, and grant mine brother his final rest."
Elden ring truly has the best character dialogue ever.
Damn that goes hard
Finally, dialogue that actually has Ranni state that "Radahn is my brother and I'm not having him be screwed over anymore! I've.... regrettably done that more then enough! He's done quite enough, now let him have his rest"
I have read this with Ranni's voice whispering in my ear.
It shall be done
The wielding of both the moonlight and godslayer's greatswords here implies this tarnished is a faith-int, the rarest and flashiest build. Faith-ints are always gigachads and you cannot convince me otherwise.
Actually it would be Dex/Int. GSG scales more from Dex than it does faith, it also requires 22 dex compared to 20 faith to use. So having 20 faith while maxing Dex/int would be your best damage output with these two weapons.
Shame we can't powerstance them. Closest we'd get is darkmoon/golden order greatswords.
@@Zomboy123456789 true. Darkmoon/black blade would work too.
@@Kingofredeyesbut in terms of storytelling and enjoyment being fth\int is far superior. is it optimal? Absolutely not but it’s much more fitting to be able to cast Incantations (godslayer incants come to mind) on the left hand while casting spells on the right, combine this with a catalyst weapon and you’ll find a new play style weaving in the longer incants with the quicker spells. Is also very cool looking and fits well as the chosen consort of Ranni
@@m.ubaidaadam I don't disagree that faith/int gives a ton of versatile options and is likely the playstyle with the most options to it. I was simply talking about optimising the build presented, darkmoon greatsword+god slayer.
"I swear my heart to her as her consort for the age yet to come and the freedom from gods. I swear my sword arm to Alexander to remember the strength he gave to me and to always seek the warrior within. I swear my mind to Ansbach to remember always that I am a lord not for Gods but for Men. I swear my heart to Melina without whom sacrifice none of this would be possible. I swear my tears to Diallos to remind myself that to protect another is the greatest calling one can make in this life. I swear my faith to Godfrey for he reminds us all that a true crown is warranted only to the strong. I swear myself to the lands between all of their pain and sorrow I take into myself and make of it my own that I might remake the world. Tell me Miquella, you who discarded your flesh, your mind, your soul, your kindness. What do you have left to match what so many others have given me? For them, not for me, do I stand against you. Now and forever." - The Tarnished who would be Lord
*slow clapping*
That was amazing. You're a really good writer. I couldn't have come up with any of what you just said if I tried.
Well said! 👏👏
You got it my Fellow Tarnished as Tarnished we are the brothers in arms not just warriors of Godfrey.
My man, you are great with words and a true Elden Lord for that 🙏
GODDAMN, GODLY WRITING RIGHT THERE! 👍👍👍
The difference here is we are willing participants
Radahn jumps forward catching the tarnished on his graps, tightly helding it with no show of relenting. The hands of Miquella stretch forward atempting to grab the tarnished ready to sway it towards them. But a blizzard blows hard blinding Miquilla, the tarnished takes this oportunity kicking Radahn on the chest beinf free of its grasp landing on the ground a few feets away, as an spectral figure apears from behind. Two arms coil gently around its neck, while another pair grabs it around the waist.
- Noble tarnished hearth its not for you to take Miquella, for it is unbound and unchained! Given out of free will-
Ranni materializes behind the tarnished, floating behind it as an spectral cloack, her hair floating gently as her hat its carried away by the wind.
- My promised consort and i will usher a new age of the stars, of true free will and boundless discovery and wisdom -
Ranni reaches closer with her hand, touching her consort gently, as the tarnished answers in kind, eyes not moving away from their rival.
-Let us go...togheter consort eternal...to fullfill our vows, two halfs of a full moon.
Ranni releases a new wave of ice magic enveloping her consort, as the fight resumes for the fate of the lands betwen. The tarnished stretches his hand, and a blade apears on it, blue as ice, shimering as the stars while the warrior gets ready to fight, the blade pulsates and shines again for a moment, reacting to the wielder and her Mistress, empowering by its mere presence.
Ohhhh, I absolutely love this. Forgive me if the following is a bit of a rant. But I had the same idea with a character losely based off of the Doomslayer. A vengeance paladin blessed by an Angel of Vengeance. Then at the final battle, you see the spectral image of an angel embrace the paladin as they speak the words that the King spoke to the Doomslayer, as he turns into the Avenging Angel Capstone ability of a the Paladin Oath.
I imagine this being when welding the dark moon greatsword. And when this happens it gets permanently powered up (like if you use the ash of war) for the rest of the fight
I truly wish this was something that could happen and the way you described it, I can see it happening like that
This sounds like an epic rewrite in a fan fiction, and I am here for it!
Ranni's dark moon spell absorbs all spells cast against the bearer, it would be great if during the battle every time Radahn throws meteors at us, Ranni would use her dark moon to nullify those attacks.
It is truly amazing how we have Dark Moonlight Greatsword to represent our Dark Moon Outergod and God Slayer Greatsword to be able to kill any God who could danger the current order.
To be honest, I prefer using normal weapons and upgrading them to +25. Even the achievement for that is called God Slaying Weapon. Instead of using weapons with history estabilished by others, I prefer to craft that history myself.
@@Aurilion44 Same, I finished the entire of the game and DLC with only Claymore+25 and only change affinity and ash of war.
It probably would have been more significant if it had been a staff since Ranni is a witch who holds her own fate and freely roams the stars. That and she pobably gives you some spells.
The moon might not be an outer god since Ymir implies it's just another celestial body in which to connect to the Greater Will, the Dark Moon is weird though.
Do you ever wonder if the god slayer greatsword was given to the tarnished as a symbol to the gloam eye. Like how ranni gave us that sword
Love, the Cosmos, and the power of FREE WILL! The Dark Lord of the Moon
Sounds like a sweet book title
Why is it that in Souls and Elden Ring the "Dark Lord"/"Lord of Night" is preferable to the "Lord of Sunlight"/"Elden Lord"? Almost as if Miyazaki wants to challange the classical Evil dark vs Good light thing.
"Lord, Brother. How sorrowful of what has become of thee. Mine consort giveth a greater promise, more than what thou hast bespoken of before."
"Thou treat mine brother as a doll, doing what thoust commandeth. No more shall ye hold thy fate. Nor those of thine order."
These are just quotes I think would play out if you did the age of stars ending and then went to fight Miquella and Radahn.
This sounds right. If my memory serves me right, *Ranni’s* ending freed the lands between of the Elden Ring, meaning no more laws, no more order, no more control over fate.
In essence, Ranni’s ending allowed everyone in the lands between to make their own choices and die where they pleased as opposed to a world of the golden order.
Even if it is a reckless solution to the problem of the Elden Ring and absolving the sins of Marika’s order it is a productive one, letting the world make its own decisions without interference, meaning wars will still be fought, men and women will die, no peace to come of it, but free will be granted after years of suffering.
*Miquella* on the other hand, couldn’t bare a world given the free will to make their own choices. In his eyes, the free will to make choices outside of his command has lead to countless deaths and endless slaughter, even outside the golden order, in other cultures too.
Many have tried to create a perfect order, Marika included, but no matter what, if their roots are rotten, there will always be an impurity or flaw in their design.
Miquella believes that with enough sacrafice they will become pure enough to ascend to godhood and make a perfect order of peace, leading to infinite prosperity.
However, to achieve that peace, he needs to heartlessly hold complete control over the minds of everyone, ensuring not a thought would be made without her guidance. While on paper it seems fine, in practice it’s absolutely horrifying. No free will, not a single decision made on your own? It would be a world completely made of zombies, all fawning over Miquella. A world without free will and permanent peace is funny enough, complete and utter stagnation. Nothing will change, nothing will grow, everything will remain the same.
In that way Miquella plan is reflective of Miquella’s curse. Forever young, never to grow.
A clash between Ranni and Miquella would be a conflict between the long held question.
What leads to a better world? More free will or less free will?
In the end, free will will always prevail making this ending, narratively speaking, really clever.
That 1 dislike is probably the most maidnless man on earth.
Who*
wait, you can see dislikes?
@@Jayzonny the extension
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HOW
How you see dislikes?
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"It matters not if I am Tarnished, a pawn of the Greater Will... I chose these lands, the same lands I've met my death countless times."
"I had forsaken the path thrusted unto me by that which shackled me, and you ask that I yield this world to you?"
"Don't you dare spout such nonsense... I did not break my chains to conquer. I did not betray the Greater Will for a higher purpose. I tore my yoke to free humanity from the same bondage I possessed."
"I believed in my lady, I believed in Ranni, for her path is foolishly selfless... and if you believe for a second I shall grant you the chance to enslave these lands once more, then you are sorely mistaken."
"It matters not if I am Tarnished. I am entrusted with cleaving the path forward for my lady, and you shall not stop me."
- Tarnished Elden Lord, Eternal Consort of Ranni
Keep cooking
People are joking a lot and good on them but on the music specifically I just want to say that the duality between the twinkly percussion instrument and the more grounded string instrument is wonderful at the start.
The duality between spectral, mystical xylophone-like instrument and the more earthen, somber sound of the cello or violin. The duality between Ranni, and the Tarnished.
0:00-0:51 Ranni makes her appearance, embracing the Tarnished
0:51-1:43 Ranni's build up counter speech as Radahn and the Tarnished stare eachother down (Ranni emulates Rennala, raising her staff as the Tarnished regroups in some sort of cool pose)
1:43-End: The second phase.
Sheshhh
That actually very cool
Vargram's armour as well. The Raging Wolf. He who aspired to be the Shadow of an Empyrean. Fitting choice.
It’s also just the armor set that the community collectively agreed upon to represent the main character for some reason.
It’s a toss up between Vyke’s set and the Raging Wolf set. But I’ve seen more opinions on the Raging Wolf than Vyke’s.
@@windrider2190 I personally think Vyke’s set makes more sense since he’s the cover character, but at the same time he has too much of a character to represent the tarnished.
@@culturedcreator5185 Vyke is seperate as he was the closest contender for Elden Lord until the frenzied flame got him. We essentially follow his attempt, and Raging Wolf tends to get used to show our specific Tarnished.
@@GentlemanMudkip I uh, I know. That’s why I said he has too much of a character to represent the tarnished. Too much lore, in other words.
"In the name of the dark moon. I, the tarnished. Will deliver upon you the cold embrace of death"
POV: Is 2054, The DLC for Elden Ring 2 came out 6 months ago and you are still trying to defeat the hardest boss ever created by Miyazaki: Dear Consort Eternal of Ranni the Witch of Endless Night
This should be on wallpaper engine if it isn't already.
100% please
it is, but without the music
Can u share ?
@@darkin1484 search for "consort"
its called "ranni age of stars X elden ring"
Radahn POV: Boss fight with Lunar Consort Eternal
If this happened it would be sweet ... especially if you also have the godslayer great sword (with may or may not be the weapon of melina) this would be a cool time for the tarnished to spreak something like
"oh hear thee miquela ... we have given thee courtesy enough ... we had lost those closest to us but we refuse thees age of compassionate tyranny ... so the flames of black and the silver moon will unite ... ranni and i her consort eternal ... WILL STRIKE YOU DOWN!"
Funny how both swords rep the only two "maidens" we can have. Melina with her alter ego's godslayer blackflame sword and Ranni with her dark moon greatsword. But is that enough to stop tricky mickys femboy charms from taking over his mind? filling it with depraved thoughts of micky bussy?
-What kind of build you're on ?
-Yes
"Thou will is strong, my Consort. However, thou strength burns like the Crucible. So let thy light rest upon thee. Let the light of the moon, guide our wrath."
"Again I face you and again I am cheated of the opportunity to face the strongest of the demigods of his own will. I pray I dont see you again for I fear a third time will yield the same result, rest well radahn."
he truely deserves it after all, give the poor guy a break
An amazing detail I like in this, is that Miquella puts his arms over Radahn's shoulders and neck, putting his weight on him. While in this art Ranni puts her arms under tarnished arms, as if supporting his weight - really puts them in perspective.
"Dearest brother, thy body is not thine own, thy mind ensnared by false compassion. Thou art being used merely as a tool, a weapon, a vassal of an empearyn, this is not love. Hear my words Miquella, release my brother at once, allow him to finally rest, if thoust shalt not, thoust shall face I Ranni & my beloved Consort eternal, rulers of the moon"
The fact that I practically heard Ranni's voice while reading that shows how underrated this comment is.
It would've been cooler if whichever ending we chose or mending rune we carried had relevance. The Tarnished can grab Miquella and stare into his eyes as the Lord of Frenzied Flame until he lets go, Ranni saves you, something related to Fia or how Godwyn protects her if you attack her, even being charmed but taking it a deranged direction via wanting to kill and defile him like the Dung Eater.
I guess the Tarnished was tired of being called a simp over a million times.
Just imagine as this guy just keeps rolling all over the place Ranni's just casually dropping moons and missiles left and right
I actually saw this artwork theme about a week and a half ago, and decided to try a NG run for it just to see if it can work and how effective it could be.
Basically, this build requires you to dump into 3 damage stats: Dex, Faith, and Int. If you go with Wretch for starting class and allocate points correctly, it’s actually possible to make this build work before level 100, and that’s including you hitting at least 40 Vigor. Basically, you’re primarily going into Dex and Int, while grabbing the Faith needed to wield Godslayer. While the build does work prior to level 100, you won’t start seeing massive returns until a bit after, so for all intents and purposes this is a late game build.
It can actually be used a couple ways. One way is to simply “powerstance” the weapons. With this you would use the left hand to apply frost and the right to remove it; this method largely forgoes the skills for both weapons. Second, you simply two-hand one at a time and swap when you want to use the other; this allows for more consistent gameplay and better use of the skills, but also requires a lot more thought since you have to micromanage which weapon you’re holding at any given point.
One nice thing about the build is the multiple damage types. Being able to hit against multiple different negations allows you to abuse more enemy weaknesses, and black flame of course is super strong with its guaranteed percent damage.
Godslayer's L2 scales purely with faith so not investing into faith beside minimum requirement is a big loss in dps.
@@Dankmemeslover69 while that’s true, it’s also black flame which does flat percent damage, do there isn’t that much of a damage falloff. Not to mention there’s plenty of ways to boost its damage, like FGMS and Fire Shrouding Cracked Tear, which you’d be using anyway if you’re trying to get the most damage out of it.
Either way, the build primarily would center around proccing and resetting frost while also getting additional percentage damage from black flame, all without needing a ton of FP from spell spam. Most of the time you aren’t using the L2 at all outside of stance breaks or if the boss is big and slow, because the L2 isn’t needed to reset frost.
@@Dankmemeslover69 the point is, you don’t need the L2 to be super strong, you just need the occasional black flame effect. This kind of build really only reaches its potential at very high levels (roughly 80 in Dex, Int, and Faith to hit the hard caps and push the Godslayer’s AR to 1000), but it’s still perfectly viable and surprisingly effective at the 125-150 range.
"The Age of Consent"
I mean if this was my age of stars tarnished then we’d have an issue if “oops two mages” on our hands .
"Dearest brother. Thoust held back my fate once before. I shall not let thy transgressions past once more. Witness now my King Consort of the Dark Moon"
-Ranni, probably
“The fuck is thou doing with my sister??” -Radahn, probably
It would be nice if they give option like in sekiro to raise again as "promised consort" depending on what ending you set up. E.g. if you choose Ranni she would hurl sorceries on Radhan, Frenzy flame, you get orb of frenzy over you putting Huge amount of Frenzy state on radhan making him vulnerable (not counterable just that you could land several hits) as Miquela tries to calm Radhan down. In short every ending giving you power to overcome Radhan. OFC it will require fighting Radhan solo + probably Radhan should be a little buffed due to it.
HEACY DLC ENDGAME SPOILERS:
I find it hilarious how Miquella basically had to wage war against Radahn because he said to Miquella "sorry, not interested. Have a nice day. I'll be focusing on being a warrior and holding back the stars now", then Miquella had to wait for his death, then bring him back from the afterlife to finally charm him into beocming his consort...
Meanwhile the Tarnished basically throws himself into Ranni's arms without the slightest hesitation and Ranni repeatedly goes "WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME?" and "WHY THE HELL DO YOU LIKE ME?!" and we are just like "Anything for you, my queen."
depends also which route it can be literally "my lady" route or the rogier "i scratch your back you scratch mine but i think ill end up liking you"
@@ZeroOmega-vg8nq i like this approach. though i must admit it sounds somewhat like its out of those romance novels
@@shahriar4706_ I see every variant as an absolute win.
@@shahriar4706_ Lore wise well for me personally the tarnished was alyways an orphan he never really had a Family so all his life up to his adulthood he was a sellsword and very untrusting of others so overtime he ending up growing close to Ranni and the others as time went one his first real thing to a family he ever had so yeah that's my headcanon
This is absolutely gorgeous!
Miquella: Surrender, Tarnished...You fight alone.
*something starts to glow*
Miquella: What...what is that?
*Tarnished opens their eyes*
Tarnished: Ahhh, you were at my side all along...
*Small doll Ranni dragging the moonlight greatsword with all her might*
Tarnished: My shining moonlight...
*Tarnished grabs small doll Ranni and places her at his back and she projects a larger version of herself to be hugging the tarnished from behind*
*Tarnished picks up the moonlight greatsword*
I can’t think of two better weapons to have the tarnished using. The sword of their marriage… and the sword of their profession.
Damn, everyone in the comments is suddenly a writer of epic scenes
MIYAZAKIIIII
ALLOW ME TO SUMMON RANNI ON MY BACK AGAINST RADAHN’S SECOND PHASE AND MY LIFE IS YOURS
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Underrated as hell keep up the good work
Cek the description for the banger music that play, I am just combining elden ring gif and the music
Ah yes...
the canon Tarnished...
the first Elden Simp.
If "Lord Consort with God on their back" is the pattern we're going with then Godfrey was actually married to Serosh. Thus, in this universe, Godfrey is a furry.
Fr 🗿
I feel that the dark moon greatsword would give you a 2 phase if you talk to ranni at her chamber when you get the sword if only it could
It would be cool, I imagine she would cast dark moon and frost spells from your back and colaborate with your attacks much like miquella does, but she should also have the capacity to defend against the charm atack
Instead of being charmed, she triggers frostbite on you to chill your heart against a charm attempt.
Still punishing you for getting caught by Radahn/Miquella grab, but not triggering normal game over.
@@matiasluukkanen7718for some reason this is making me happy
IT TRULY FITS WITH THE ENDING FOR AGE OF THE STARS
In game I know the power standing of these weapons wouldn’t work but idgaf it’s cool asf. Ranni has one of the few quest lines in the game that doesn’t really lead to a cosmic tragedy beyond our present understanding.
Radahn is THE most powerful demigod (in combat at least) but the Tarnished is a legend by this stage. The Lunar Princess Ranni, and her Tarnished Consort, Router of the Scarlet Rot, Slayer of the Lord of Stars, The God-Killer.
*intro theme*
Would be insane if we have a Dark moon DLC if Elden ring 2 ever comes out, where we go fight our old Elden lord character.
I need this. The Promised Consort of Ranni vs the Promised Consort of Miquella. Could you imagine Radahn using his boss arena wide starfall attack only to be met with a Glintstone Spear Star Barrage 😂
How interesting, we have the strongest between the demigods, a god, a witch, and a tarnished... Let the games begin...
When the ultimate battle of deciding who becomes the new god comes down to a medieval Pokemon battle.
"Tarnished... Please limit thy penchant for panic rolling. This form of mine possesseth no stomach with which to empty, and yet thine frantic tumbling doth churn my innards."
I would seriously lose my balls if happened. When youre down on your last Estus and the moon suddenly appears as Ranni embraces you and goes to support you against the twink.
Imagine if the company actually did this.
Now that i think about it, the concept of the consort reminds me of the story of Lautrec
Imagine if there was an elden ring 2 and the final boss was the god level tarnished that we've built!
Ah yes, the Age of consent.
Miquella: “I promise 1000 years under warmth and compassion.”
Tarnished: “And I promise an 1000 voyage of darkness and loneliness” *The heart above the head breaks and turns into a moon*
Imagine this is the final boss of Elden Ring 2 if they ever make it. Having to defeat our previous protagonist in a final battle sounds epic
we literally have that in Dark souls 3 with soul of cinder. phase 1 is all the previous chosen undeads who gave themselves to the first flame. basic 1h knight form
curved sword pyro user form
spear user form
mage form.
then he just says eff it im going super saiyan Gwyn
@@ZeroOmega-vg8nq oh really? That's cool! I'm a FromSoft newb (Elden Ring was my first souls game), so I don't know much about their other games.
@@ZeroOmega-vg8nq the plin plon hits as hard as that long combo of his
And in phase 2 , tarnished becomes let me solo hér
The equivalent of a chicken fight in the lands between
"My guiding moonlight.."
Aah, you were at my side, all along.
Ranni my beloved always, the true ending of Elden Ring... I kneel... Ranni..
Has anyone designed a build for this look!? That is incredible, the armor almost looks like Blaidd's on top, but not 100% sure. The music works so well. :)
@@Dunedan2 raging wolf armor set,Godslayer Greatsword and dark moon Greatsword
@@igrid6399 Thank you so much! Now I am off to find or design stat builds to make this work XD
@@Dunedan2please share once you do, I’ve been wanting to try a faith intelligence build
Tarnished - mightiest of the Demigods.
Tarnished, Eternal Consort of the Dark Moon
Better tittle imo
this would go so hard as an animated computer background but my little dell latitude would actually explode 🥲
"By Moonlight and sky, ever dark and cold as the moon, she will guide my hand.
By accursed flame, to fell the foul gods who upended our world and shackled the souls of man
By Grace of Gold I am risen and given one last chance to free these lands between from tyranny.
By the might of Destined Death unleashed, the Erdtree will burn. And I alone can claim the throne.
Miquella... you became a god to try and bring about an age of compassion.
But we don't want your compassion.
As Third Elden Lord, Consort of the Lunar Princess, wielder of Destined death, slayer of the demigods, triumphed over dragons and giants.
I will stop you. Not for gods. But for men.
For all those Tarnished in your shadow."
Whats interesting is the choice in swords. The Darkmoon Greatsword is obvious, but the Godslayers Greatsword is also a meaningful choice. A common theory is that Melina is (or was) the Gloam Eyed Queen, so in this image, the Tarnished is wielding the power and swords of both his beloved Consort and his sacrificed Maiden.
There he is; Elden Ring 2´s secret final boss.
Miquella and Radahn being the Sun vs. Ranni and Tarnished being the Moon would be an epic aesthetic for the fight.
If they make a sequel, this had better be a secret boss or something
I don’t see a sequel happening because the 6 endings are too distinct from each other.
How cool would it be if you finished Ranni's questline and when Miquella charms you instead of having to use his Great Rune, the arena goes dark for a second and Ranni talks some shit and cleanses the charm? Barely any change on the fight so it can't be called OP, but so rewarding and cool.
A Frenzied Flame one would look sick. Just the obvious flaming head with a cascading cape of flame
Gotta say, playing the game with this as background hits very different and I love It
Honestly this could have been a really cool alternative ending two ideas clashing free will vs tyrannical compassion freedom of choice vs absolute obedience for compassion
Tarnished will duel wield those powerful weapons and Ranni will shoot Ki blasts out her hands 😁
I cant stand him holding both int and faith sword :D
This is what a TRUE QUALITY BUILD looks like!
Broooo, imagine in one hand the dark moon sword and in the other the golden order greatsword (sword of radagon given by Renala) How cool will be that, I know what run I am gonna do now
@@saulernesto7091 i would prefer the Helphen's Steeple
I’d hate it too if it wasn’t the sword of the gloam eyed queen, or as we knew her, Melina. This image is the perfect contrast to Radahn and Miqila’s relationship, theirs being that of puppet and puppeteer. Where as we wouldn’t have gotten where we are without the help of others, without their willing support, and at times friendship. We may not be able to bring Melina with us in the fight, but we can slay them with her old sword, becoming a lord not for gods but men.
Int faith gives you some of the funnest combos though.
And they said we were maidenless. Lady Luna is our maiden now. We are a true Lord with a Consort. We win. We just win.
"Not the holiest compassion, nor the mightiest demigod ... will spare your life. From the magic of the dark moon"
I think it would be so cool if depending on the ending you chose the maiden would come to help you. Imagine when Miquella appears and has his speech your character hears Ranni or if you did the perfect order or the normal ending you have Marika appear and cast spells to heal you or attack Radahn. And if you did the chaos ending your character appearance could be changed to have the frenzied flame head during the second phase. I think it would reward players for beating the game in there own way.
The true power of the true love
This is more fit to be Raani's theme
There should be more intense chiors to show the strength of the Tarnished here imo.
I mean he is literally a serial demigod killer
this song was made before the DLC release
The tarnished is a serial demigod killer yes, but don't forget he is also here to fix the world. There is still hope and this song reflects that.
@@igrid6399that changes nothing
@@BorrasitoTakaTakahe is not here to fix anything. He is no hero. He is just someone with ambition and grit to follow through with it until the end.
Also I checked the description. This is literally Ranni's theme.
Rannis path is literally bout free will. It's giving the people a chance to forge their own path. If that's not saving them I don't know what is.@@Shura31412
The Tarnished of No Renown. Who crossed the fog into the lands between. He hath Slew all the demigods. Claiming all the great runes. Crowning Theimself Astral Emperor of Lunar Queen Ranni.
''Ahhh tarnished, I see you also felt the call of the PUPPET's HANDS upon your cackle...'' - Lord Ofnir the All-Knowing
"You held back the stars, kept life beating within this land. Now that you have a successor, let me put you to rest, and show Miquella that you deserve to be free."
Can you imagine in the 2nd phase of the fight with radahn, Ranni appears and says something like i wont let your heart be stolen and she is also in our back while we fight and helps us.
Radahn the promised consort vs Tarnished the destined consort bout to dope fight
-me consensually giving the world chaos- 💀
I fking LOVE THIS if only souls games would give us a powerup like this along with the boss.
If only we could be so strong. That stance is impressive.
Also would be happy if we could have called on the Gloam Eyed Queen or Ranni for support in second phase.