I came across a lore video today explaining how Gransax (the Dragon in Leyndell) isn't actually dead, but somehow frozen in time. If you notice all of the dead dragons around the lands, they have obviously dead stances, whereas Gransax seems to have been frozen in time mid battle with his head looking upwards (so obviously not dead). Hoping the DLC may somehow clear this up.
I wonder how long ago the dragon war was because it seems like they didn’t clean up at all after gransax’ attack and just left him there as well as the broken buildings
I have a bat-s%#@ theory about Gransax, and how he's the "Vassal Beast" of the Dragon Outer God! For what we know, this is how MOST of things work, there's a Outer God, then a God/Vassal Beast, then a Lord of some type to rule over the people and physical realm. Since Placidusax was the Dragon Elden Lord, and there is/was a Draconic Outer God, could Gransax be the Vassal Beast, he's covering HALF of Leyndell, for frick's sake! If THIS goes by this hierachy, could it be the case? OH F%#@, if Gransax is Time-locked! I know we won't get a new Ending, but, could the DLC affect certain events in the Main Game, depending on where the player is at?
@@godly_potatoe69xd19 that'd be a lot of dragon to move if they decided to clean gransax from the capital tbh i'd just leave him there. That's also why my dishes are piling up now that i think about it. It's a lot of dishes...
@@marystone860 actually would make sense seeing as he’s bigger than the lord of dragons himself and there’s so much mystery surrounding him (similar to elden beast)
Here's a secret I found that I think literally no one has pointed out yet. The corpse in the Mirage Rise is the unseen NPC Fevor. His cookbooks make all the sleep craftables, and it states he "entered an endless sleep to pursue St. Tina. The corpse has a slumbering egg on it, is hidden in a illusionary tower (perfect for disappearing from reality inside) and there are a few Miquella and St. Tina Lillies. I think that corpse is Fevor.
@@esther9433 good point. The exact wording is: "A record of crafting techniques left by a man who was utterly captivated by St. Trina. He continued the search for her in his slumber." Not sure where I got the word endless from.
Seems like one of those instances where a creator inserts a few easily spotted errors to farm comments from people who can't wait to "correct" them, and boosting the video in the process. That's my personal conspiracy theory lol
@@Ziostorm I havn't played in a while but doesn't the guard of that spear look like one of the bow's? I think its the bow you get near the entrance to the golden scarab dungeon with the two rot knights but I could be wrong.. I hope the dlc gives us more answers than questions but either way the lore is very interesting. I always thought those three wolf statues are the spirt wolves you get at the start but now I'v changed my mind. Nice video I want to play the dlc so bad now. 😩
Sometimes I just click on ER videos that appear on TH-cam without checking out who it is from, and without a doubt whenever I hear this sentence I’m like “oh here’s my boy Ziostorm”
Hmm, I think there's a pretty profound lore implication in the Heart Rot thing - the Haligtree didn't ultimately grow and fulfil Miquella's plan because Malenia is there, causing it to rot from inside. He's trying to save her, she's trying to save him, together they're inadvertently ensuring things don't work out the way they want. Inverse Gift of the Magi or something.
You know that's really interesting cause Miquella is also a genius at creating things, like the Haligtree or the unalloyed gold, so maybe his Empyrean flesh made it so he couldn't help Malenia. From that there is a possibility he actually planned his own abduction with Mohg (cause he knew when Malenia would be gone) so he could do something on his own to save Malenia, and maybe the thing he tried to do is the DLC.
Ah Man ! This dragon ball's teleportation sound killed me. Thanks Toryama for the happy memories, RIP and thanks Ziostorm for bringing back good memories with one sound.
I'm very happy to see my notes about the Red Wolves passed along. Hopefully we'll get a backstory for them soon I've always been curious were they really come from, and why they are completely absent from the written lore Learning even the smallest bit about them feels like it could reveal a lot about either the Shadowbound beasts or Radagon himself
I just finished a run to have an NG cycle save for the DLC and I've been thinking: We are contemplating whether or not still having Melina makes a difference in the DLC. But seeing how the DLC revolves around Miquella, is it possible that completing the DLC before fighting Malenia makes some difference in that boss fight, like with Sif in DS1? Or maybe the other way around, having Malenia dead or alive might make a difference in the DLC?
In my opinion, the unfinished island at 3:28 was probably going to be a four belfies teleport teaser, however they went with the more simple finished one we got in game instead. I imagine it was planned to have a mini boss like the other belfies (the crucible knight and the grafted spider thing) but they were just short on time so cut it and we got the one little floating ruin with the beast men. Would explain the lack of access to the cut island too
Sekiro Dubi also found the original Deeproot Depths. Very incomplete like the arena, just barren developer terrain, and how to get to it. It went much further North-East and had two exists. An elevator like in Soifra that let to start of Consecrated Snowfield and a bottomless pit drop. That bottomless pit drop leads to that arena and it had a boss arena before it that lines up underneath with the second Astel in Yelough Anix Tunnel. Sekiro Dubi made the video 2 weeks ago. "New Unused Maps in Elden Ring - Cut Content"
My theory is that maybe it had something to do with dragon communion like maybe some kind of ending where you transform into a true dragon or maybe a magma wurm like all the other magma wurms we see in game
The Nox shield weapon is sick because it’s literally just a trick weapon, now I have more slight hope they’ll be adding trick weapons into the DLC as one of the new 8 weapon types!
Man, the Nox Flowing Hammer turning into a Shield is fantastic. What a shame they didn't give that to us. Could even have the same parameters, when we get to low health, it turns into dual shields. Could have created some interesting low health build instead of the meta of perpetual full health.
Isn't there a line in the trailer that says something along the lines of Miquella "uses love to shrive clean the hearts of men; There is nothing more terrifying"? This reminds me of the sacrament of confession in Catholicism where you confess your sins to a priest and he gives you a penance of prayer to complete. You might be on to something with relation to Miquella / Messmer being tied to confessors somehow.
Concealing Veil: Used by the Black Knife Assassins Black Knife Assassin Chestplate: Literally what the Assassins wear Marika should have had that knight in her payroll if it meant he could have diverted one of the catalysts of the entire game's story.
That concept art at 3:33 kinda look like Shadow of the Erdtree trailer where an NPC character that look like Roderika casting the butterfly spell in that area.
@@dustinirvin9205 hey, I'm just repeating the exact words used in the "Greyoll's Roar" incantation lol for all we know, Greyoll could have been an ancient dragon that magically transformed or evolved. Though I just had the thought that perhaps ancient dragons aren't birthed but modern ones are. This is definitely a possibility given that natural birth was a thing until Death was confined in the creation of the Golden Order.
@@eddieford9373 ask "Greyoll's Roar" that since that's what the description says word for word lol I just thought of this but maybe the ancient dragons aren't birthed but modern dragons are? It's the only explanation I can think of.
@DanielGarcia-rx3kt I think it's just a title because she's old and really big. Maybe she was the first wyvern type? I don't actually know if ancient dragons were birthed. I don't know if that information is given in the game.
Greyoll waking up also happened to me and my buddy about a year ago. We played together with seemless coop and randomizer, so I assume it doesn't nessesary have to do something with the game speed. I remember us beeing absolutely stunned when it happened lol Edit: i believe skumnut had to downpatch his version for the 500% speed run. So I guess it was only possible in the version back then.
Greyoll was already known, I think it was Zullie that showed off her animations, but that one problem was that greyoll constantly made the game crash. Additionally, though there's no absolute either way, I think most people call greyoll her instead of him, on account of various descriptions stating that greyoll made a nest after surviving the scarlet rot
The incantation "Greyoll's Roar" word for word describes her as "mother of all dragons." I speculate this means that the dragons before her (ancient dragons) aren't born but were made, formed, created, etc. and the current dragons were born from her.
Why has no one mentioned this from the trailer. The trailer had a dude thrkqing knives as a shadowy foe. This shadow affect in is hero graves where you need the light of Erdtree sigil to counter. While shadowed, foes are 100% immune to dmg The idea for the new lvl system i dlc is we need to imbue our weapons with erdtree light to harm dlc foes. Not even black flame/ destined death will hurt them in base game, the daggers do hurt them in trailer.
I have been able to take out the duel-swordsman banished knight easily with the Bolt of Gransax ash of war and the right combo of talismans and physick. It takes two hits, but the first surprise hit knocks him down, and the second finishes him off while he is trying to recover. That's how I farmed him for banished knight gear.
The Banished Knight is ridiculous. I have tried to do the cliff skip in to Sol once. He teleported up and knocked my ass off for a gravity death. Farming him for the unique armor set is easy though with the teleport to his own death trick.
The Red Wolf of Radagon in the underground makes a bit more sense now due to the connection with the wolves in Farum Azula and that statue having to be Marika/Radagon. Probably a Messmer connection as well.
Aggro the knight from the edge of the wall and then turn your character 180 degrees. The knight teleports behind you but since you're on the edge of the wall with your back to the ledge, he falls to his death.
I have learned to PARRY that Banished Knight. When he is charging at you, his first sword swing is well-telegraphed, making it an easy and consistent target for parrying.
There are 3 wolves of Radagon we can find so it would make sense that they are the ones on the statue. There’s the main boss fight wolf, the wolf behind carion manor, and the last one is underground. Correct me if I’m wrong but they’re all the ones I can recall
There is 3 types of Red Wolf, but 6 in-game total. There's 1 "Red Wolf of Radagon" in Raya Lucaria. There's 4 "Lesser Red Wolves of Radagon" found in Liurnia of The Lakes, Consecrated Snowfield, East of Caria Manor in a small graveyard and the Ancestral Woods in Nokron There's 1 "Red Wolf of the Champion" in Gelmir Hero's Grave.
The cut island … is interesting. It seems like there is a dungeon entrance but also the trees seem to be two different colors split vertically! Miquella and Malenia? Radagon, Marika?
I saw that skumnut stream live and I freaked the F*** out. My guess is greyoll is just an enlarged dragon and kept in place by the environment but the speed increase dislodged her
I hope Zullie the Witch covers the Greyoll thing. I'm curious to know more about whats going on there on a technical level. I assume Greyoll's animation speed is set to a fraction of the normal speed.
Zio, maybe you can look into this. I seem to remember early Elden, there was talk of reduced Magic or Holy damage in Volcano Manor. I cant find any sources anymore.
the second one, the hammer turns into a dual shield, i think the one Nox knight in the underground also does that, in the area before the rot lake, he's on the right side of the first and only grace
6:57 the girl being Marika would make more sense than you spoke of, because not only the wolves but also the fact that Maliketh is Marika’s beast that she got when she became an empyrian
As for the cemetery shades, when they elongate the blades, their arms also gain an extra wrist if you slow it down enough, they have arachnid like arms (multiple elbows)
That cut Farum Azuela island looks like the kind of spot that would be accessible from somewhere else in the map, as a place to see an as of yet unreached area
That first glitch with mimic item and black knife set can be replicated using the Crepus’s Vial talisman. It’s kinda fun walking up to other players and doing it.
btw that banished knight in castle sol can deffo be surprise attacked. pop on sacred blade, sprint close enough so you're just within projectile range, fire it, and watch him stagger as you hit him in the back. i did it at least 20 times while farming his armor. you can even sprint in for a followup jump attack once the projectile hits him and basically destroy him before he gets a chance to fight back.
One thing I did notice about the statue with the wolves, is that there are exactly 3 red wolves in Eden Ring. One is the boss in Raya Lucaria. Another is next to the Cemetery behind Caria Manor, and the final one is on the moonlight alter
best way to get that knight at Sol, lightning. Specifically Bolt of Grandsax with lighting scorpion charm, Godfrey Icon, Alexander talisman, and one extra of ur choice. Add in the lightning buff to your physik as well as the boos to charged attacks. Pop Golden Vow + Howl of Shabri, you will 2 shot him everytime and the first time it hit him knocks him down :))
I think the flower island possibly could’ve been where we originally were supposed to fight Maliketh. If you think about it,it would be fitting,for the one guarding the rune of death to be in an area full of life(plants)
Some enemies have a aggro trigger event, probably the reason why this banished knight aggroes, its very common on ambushes. The greyoll moveset was found a while ago, but it was not possible to be used in the game, funny that increasing the enemies speed broke that restriction. Skum can say prodly that he was the first player to die to "vanilla" greyoll lol I've actually saw that nox monk shield on my first playtrough, I get to this boss very early and it was a tough fight.
Cemetery shades carry double bladed, curved swords. These are not"claws" of the mantis that are possessing them. A cemetery shade is a possessed grave keeper. A grave keeper is a retired duelist warden, so naturally, they'd be armed. Something I can't find in the lore is if the possession takes place on a spiritual level, if the mantis is instead a parasite that grabbed a live host, or if the mantis is actually a necromancer that has reanimated a duelist warden and corrupted the physical form.
Being serious this time, that confessor symbol looks super familiar, like I’ve seen it elsewhere in game. I can’t jump on right now to check, but i want to say it is similar to the knot tied to Okina’s Armor, specifically the chestpiece. It’s on his back; can’t recall if it’s on the regular samurai set as well. It’s also from somewhere else, I can picture the symbol but can’t place it (maybe a wall relief or something?) but I’m pretty sure it’s linked to an older area, like the ancient dynastic ruins. Which, if this symbol is indeed originally from one of the older civilizations of the lands between, would establish a link and potentially even a timeline connecting Messmer, or at least his spear, to the wider lands between
You can cheese the knight of castle sol if needed. If you trigger him from the balcony (like in the vid) immediately turn around. He will spawn behind you as always but in air and fall down to the floor.
10:12 So what your saying is, there may be no graces to rest at in the Land of Shadow. If you die, you die 0: what if there’s a cutscene that shows you the aftermath of “Destined Death” since we pretty much reactivated it
For the greyold dragon. If i had to guess From put in a laying down animation to keep the standard dragon moveset from activating. Since all enemies are 500x faster that animation was able to finish.
Dunno if it's been changed since i last played a caster, but those spells are not silent. They just can't be dodged by the PVE enemies. normal spells are actually more stealthy.
Check out velkas rapier from dark souls 1. I’m pretty sure that’s where they got the inspiration for mesmers weapon. Also the npc that wields the rapier is a type of “confessor” I’m starting to see a connection between the painted world and the “shadow realm” in the dlc. For sure there are more connections to be found.
YES! YES! I'm not the only one that has saw that! That guard on Messmer's Spear looks almost JUST like the symbol on the Confessor's Hood and Cloaks, ALSO, on the Crespus Crossbows! I have a theory that Messmer was the first Leader of the Confessor's, who could have been tasked by his mother, Marika, to stamp out ANY remaining opposition to the Golden Order/Erdtree, and to make sure those OUTSIDE THE LAND'S BETWEEN, who worshipped the Two Fingers, stayed true to their teachings! And when someone DIDN'T, or, became a threat to the Golden Order/Greater Will, Messmer would send out The Confessor's to "deal with" the problem! OH, Messmer could have created The Confessor's himself, after the establishment of the Golden Order, forgot to put that one in earlier, lol! I was just SO excited that I'm not the only one that has saw that symbol on Messmer's Spear, the way it looks in promo art especially, is almost EXACT to the one on the hoods/cloaks of the Confessor's, also their Crespus Crossbows! HOLY S%#@! This could be HUGE! MAJOR tin-foil hat theory coming, but, could have Marika sent Messmer to the Land of Shadows on purpose, to crush as much as possible, any opposition to the Golden Order/Erdtree, outside the Land's Between, instead of the theory that he was banished there for blasphemy or some other reason, just a rambly thought at the end. I have another theory that Messmer was/or still IS a Empyrean, since he's on the same level as Miquella, Malenia, Ranni, and the Gloam-Eyed Queen! It's all but confirmed at this point, Messmer was on the Council at Leyndell, since we all know he has his own throne like the other's, and there's a big gap in them when Morgott was naming them, Morgott KNEW him, and is now either made or has forgotten him/or thinks he's dead, since it's been so long! Those Council Meetings with Messmer, just HAD to be a real hoot, lol! I know this next part is REALLY far-fetched, but, since Miquella reportibly shed himself of his Grace, his lineage, and everything Golden, and Messmer "supposibly" wants to kill ALL Tarnished, could he fight WITH us against Miquella, like, that could be another reason we could ally with him! In my head, this is how this dialogue could go, Messmer:' Miquella is NOT what you think he is!' 'But, I can see you already have your suspicions!' I just think it would be SO badass, if us, The Tarnished, and Messmer, can fight TOGETHER, against Miquella (which I think will be the case)! I just KNOW, Miquella is going to pull something, and we'll have a choice to make, depending on our actions with/against Messmer! Sorry this went all over the place, but, it's just how my brain works, lol!
ER having already 2yrs released and still finding new stuff is not unexpected considering the size of the game. Heck even the DS series and bloodborne had stuff being find in them years after release
Just Imagine an Elden Ring TV series where the last episode shows the tarnished laying on the ground and melina on the horse like for the Intro of the game
1 great wolf of Radagon, plus 4 lesser wolves of Radagon, in the statue there's 3. A lot can happen here. The spirit wolves ashes may indeed be related to the wolves of Radagon, those 3 could be the one's who were expelled from the pack, as per item description. The rest of the pack could be the one's we face through out the game. A lot is unknown at this point, I would not be surprised if it's a mix of circumstances, especially if we have in mind that Melina has "pink" hair and "Radagon is Marika". I think Melina was the "original one". The original soul, while Marika and Radagon as "partitions" in soul and nature/attributes, of her once whole soul. It's why Melina calls Marika "her mother", they are distinct entities.
Ppl still wonder why no other souls like game managed to reach from softwares crafts. The level of detail and thought that goes into their games is simply unmatched.
the cemetery shade weapons can be acquired by the player although its not a dedicated drop and at First look its a small weapon but heavy attacks can extend the blade. i honestly got really lucky because i got it on the first kill in a heros grave or something. and its called mantis blade. i dont remember which area it was but theres a shade in the crypt and killing it can drop it
Connecting messemer to the confessor’s in the video in some way makes me think that Marika left him there in order to maintain control of the land of shadow and it’s people who were there before Marika showed up and gained godhood. Like how confessor’s hunt people down who’ve strayed the path of the golden order Messemer has probably been ruling the land of shadow cruelly and has used his faction to stop you or even Miquella. Miquella could also be on no one’s side and just want the power of a god as well. It kinda seems unlike fromsoft to create a “most fearsome demigod” in Miquella and have them be a good person.
I came across a lore video today explaining how Gransax (the Dragon in Leyndell) isn't actually dead, but somehow frozen in time. If you notice all of the dead dragons around the lands, they have obviously dead stances, whereas Gransax seems to have been frozen in time mid battle with his head looking upwards (so obviously not dead). Hoping the DLC may somehow clear this up.
Very interesting
I wonder how long ago the dragon war was because it seems like they didn’t clean up at all after gransax’ attack and just left him there as well as the broken buildings
I have a bat-s%#@ theory about Gransax, and how he's the "Vassal Beast" of the Dragon Outer God! For what we know, this is how MOST of things work, there's a Outer God, then a God/Vassal Beast, then a Lord of some type to rule over the people and physical realm. Since Placidusax was the Dragon Elden Lord, and there is/was a Draconic Outer God, could Gransax be the Vassal Beast, he's covering HALF of Leyndell, for frick's sake! If THIS goes by this hierachy, could it be the case? OH F%#@, if Gransax is Time-locked! I know we won't get a new Ending, but, could the DLC affect certain events in the Main Game, depending on where the player is at?
@@godly_potatoe69xd19 that'd be a lot of dragon to move if they decided to clean gransax from the capital tbh
i'd just leave him there. That's also why my dishes are piling up now that i think about it. It's a lot of dishes...
@@marystone860 actually would make sense seeing as he’s bigger than the lord of dragons himself and there’s so much mystery surrounding him (similar to elden beast)
Here's a secret I found that I think literally no one has pointed out yet.
The corpse in the Mirage Rise is the unseen NPC Fevor. His cookbooks make all the sleep craftables, and it states he "entered an endless sleep to pursue St. Tina.
The corpse has a slumbering egg on it, is hidden in a illusionary tower (perfect for disappearing from reality inside) and there are a few Miquella and St. Tina Lillies.
I think that corpse is Fevor.
Very interesting
Hi, I looked for this and it says he continued to search for her in his slumber but I don't see where it says endless sleep. Miquella can wakeup yet!
@@esther9433 good point. The exact wording is:
"A record of crafting techniques left by a man who was utterly captivated by St. Trina. He continued the search for her in his slumber."
Not sure where I got the word endless from.
Greyoll is a girl. "Mother of All Dragons". Come on man I thought you were a lorehead!
My fault lol
This needs to be pinned!!!
men can be mothers too #mpreg
Seems like one of those instances where a creator inserts a few easily spotted errors to farm comments from people who can't wait to "correct" them, and boosting the video in the process. That's my personal conspiracy theory lol
@@Ziostorm I havn't played in a while but doesn't the guard of that spear look like one of the bow's? I think its the bow you get near the entrance to the golden scarab dungeon with the two rot knights but I could be wrong.. I hope the dlc gives us more answers than questions but either way the lore is very interesting. I always thought those three wolf statues are the spirt wolves you get at the start but now I'v changed my mind. Nice video I want to play the dlc so bad now. 😩
Alright whats goin on guys? 💯💯💯🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣🗣
The rallying cry
Sometimes I just click on ER videos that appear on TH-cam without checking out who it is from, and without a doubt whenever I hear this sentence I’m like “oh here’s my boy Ziostorm”
The moment I hear it, my mood instantly improves.
Would we even notice if he was just reusing the same clip?
Jynx you owe me a soda
Hmm, I think there's a pretty profound lore implication in the Heart Rot thing - the Haligtree didn't ultimately grow and fulfil Miquella's plan because Malenia is there, causing it to rot from inside.
He's trying to save her, she's trying to save him, together they're inadvertently ensuring things don't work out the way they want. Inverse Gift of the Magi or something.
You know that's really interesting cause Miquella is also a genius at creating things, like the Haligtree or the unalloyed gold, so maybe his Empyrean flesh made it so he couldn't help Malenia. From that there is a possibility he actually planned his own abduction with Mohg (cause he knew when Malenia would be gone) so he could do something on his own to save Malenia, and maybe the thing he tried to do is the DLC.
I was going to say the same thing . Makes sense that it’s rotting with Malenia sitting at the center of it.
"She she she she she she she she she she she"
-me the entire time you were talking about Greyoll the Mother of dragons
same
Knowing that GRRM had a hand in this, both statements might be true.
Ah Man ! This dragon ball's teleportation sound killed me. Thanks Toryama for the happy memories, RIP and thanks Ziostorm for bringing back good memories with one sound.
I'm very happy to see my notes about the Red Wolves passed along. Hopefully we'll get a backstory for them soon
I've always been curious were they really come from, and why they are completely absent from the written lore
Learning even the smallest bit about them feels like it could reveal a lot
about either the Shadowbound beasts or Radagon himself
I just finished a run to have an NG cycle save for the DLC and I've been thinking:
We are contemplating whether or not still having Melina makes a difference in the DLC. But seeing how the DLC revolves around Miquella, is it possible that completing the DLC before fighting Malenia makes some difference in that boss fight, like with Sif in DS1? Or maybe the other way around, having Malenia dead or alive might make a difference in the DLC?
In my opinion, the unfinished island at 3:28 was probably going to be a four belfies teleport teaser, however they went with the more simple finished one we got in game instead. I imagine it was planned to have a mini boss like the other belfies (the crucible knight and the grafted spider thing) but they were just short on time so cut it and we got the one little floating ruin with the beast men.
Would explain the lack of access to the cut island too
Sekiro Dubi also found the original Deeproot Depths. Very incomplete like the arena, just barren developer terrain, and how to get to it.
It went much further North-East and had two exists. An elevator like in Soifra that let to start of Consecrated Snowfield and a bottomless pit drop.
That bottomless pit drop leads to that arena and it had a boss arena before it that lines up underneath with the second Astel in Yelough Anix Tunnel.
Sekiro Dubi made the video 2 weeks ago. "New Unused Maps in Elden Ring - Cut Content"
My theory is that maybe it had something to do with dragon communion like maybe some kind of ending where you transform into a true dragon or maybe a magma wurm like all the other magma wurms we see in game
"Ah, I wonder what Zio has for us today"
*Footage of deer riding*
D A M N
The Nox shield weapon is sick because it’s literally just a trick weapon, now I have more slight hope they’ll be adding trick weapons into the DLC as one of the new 8 weapon types!
Man, the Nox Flowing Hammer turning into a Shield is fantastic. What a shame they didn't give that to us. Could even have the same parameters, when we get to low health, it turns into dual shields. Could have created some interesting low health build instead of the meta of perpetual full health.
Looks like bewbs.
The dragon getting up reminds me the dragon ass that you could get to stand up in Dark Souls 1 in the painted world with a jumping attack
Isn't there a line in the trailer that says something along the lines of Miquella "uses love to shrive clean the hearts of men; There is nothing more terrifying"? This reminds me of the sacrament of confession in Catholicism where you confess your sins to a priest and he gives you a penance of prayer to complete. You might be on to something with relation to Miquella / Messmer being tied to confessors somehow.
“that I guarantee you probably did not know”
68% of the time it works every time.
Concealing Veil: Used by the Black Knife Assassins
Black Knife Assassin Chestplate: Literally what the Assassins wear
Marika should have had that knight in her payroll if it meant he could have diverted one of the catalysts of the entire game's story.
Convenient he's working for Miquella
That concept art at 3:33 kinda look like Shadow of the Erdtree trailer where an NPC character that look like Roderika casting the butterfly spell in that area.
The only contention I have is referring to Greyoll as male. She's the mother of all dragons lol
I thought she was just mother of all the dragons still living today and that's possibly why they only have 2 legs instead of 4 like placideusax
How is she the mother of dragons if she's a wyvern and not one of the ancient stone dragons?
@@dustinirvin9205 hey, I'm just repeating the exact words used in the "Greyoll's Roar" incantation lol for all we know, Greyoll could have been an ancient dragon that magically transformed or evolved. Though I just had the thought that perhaps ancient dragons aren't birthed but modern ones are. This is definitely a possibility given that natural birth was a thing until Death was confined in the creation of the Golden Order.
@@eddieford9373 ask "Greyoll's Roar" that since that's what the description says word for word lol I just thought of this but maybe the ancient dragons aren't birthed but modern dragons are? It's the only explanation I can think of.
@DanielGarcia-rx3kt I think it's just a title because she's old and really big. Maybe she was the first wyvern type?
I don't actually know if ancient dragons were birthed. I don't know if that information is given in the game.
Greyoll waking up also happened to me and my buddy about a year ago. We played together with seemless coop and randomizer, so I assume it doesn't nessesary have to do something with the game speed.
I remember us beeing absolutely stunned when it happened lol
Edit: i believe skumnut had to downpatch his version for the 500% speed run. So I guess it was only possible in the version back then.
Why do I love that conflicting sentence so much. "That I GUARENTEE you PROBABLY do not know😅" 80 percent of the time it works every time
0:32 The words "Guarantee"and "probably" don't go in the same sentence 😂😂😂
0:03 Frieren Easter Egg unlocked 🤩
4:17 too
Greyoll was already known, I think it was Zullie that showed off her animations, but that one problem was that greyoll constantly made the game crash.
Additionally, though there's no absolute either way, I think most people call greyoll her instead of him, on account of various descriptions stating that greyoll made a nest after surviving the scarlet rot
The incantation "Greyoll's Roar" word for word describes her as "mother of all dragons." I speculate this means that the dragons before her (ancient dragons) aren't born but were made, formed, created, etc. and the current dragons were born from her.
Why has no one mentioned this from the trailer.
The trailer had a dude thrkqing knives as a shadowy foe.
This shadow affect in is hero graves where you need the light of Erdtree sigil to counter.
While shadowed, foes are 100% immune to dmg
The idea for the new lvl system i dlc is we need to imbue our weapons with erdtree light to harm dlc foes. Not even black flame/ destined death will hurt them in base game, the daggers do hurt them in trailer.
That sounds really dumb
@@23Butanedione which part?
You care enough to share how & why you claim its sound dumb?
I think we "die". Alot of the characters seemed to be starting classes, unless that was just their way of keeping the trailer simple or something 🤔
@@kamantariq2513the entire idea
I have been able to take out the duel-swordsman banished knight easily with the Bolt of Gransax ash of war and the right combo of talismans and physick. It takes two hits, but the first surprise hit knocks him down, and the second finishes him off while he is trying to recover. That's how I farmed him for banished knight gear.
"I guarantee that you probably did not know" he's certain that he's not certain 😂
Lhh
Wow with those Nox shields! Im genuinely amazed that something i didn't know was found
A thing to add to 11:55 is that the tagline for Shadow of the Erdtree is *’Fall from Grace’* (As per Bandai website)
These videos keep me alive until the dlc
5:20 THATS MY CHALLENGE RUNNER STAY CLIMBING KING
It's ALL about the Climb! 🤣 Some of the Challenge's he has done, are F-ING INSANE!
You can actually play fetch with the disk of light encant and the red wolf down past the mimic tear in Nokstella
That Red Wolf of Radagon statue connection is so cool! 😍 I'm so excited to check that out and see if there's DLC connections
The Banished Knight is ridiculous. I have tried to do the cliff skip in to Sol once. He teleported up and knocked my ass off for a gravity death.
Farming him for the unique armor set is easy though with the teleport to his own death trick.
The Red Wolf of Radagon in the underground makes a bit more sense now due to the connection with the wolves in Farum Azula and that statue having to be Marika/Radagon. Probably a Messmer connection as well.
Ziocord deserves its own video
No it doesn't.
@@ThinkerOfThoughts okay cam
Aggro the knight from the edge of the wall and then turn your character 180 degrees. The knight teleports behind you but since you're on the edge of the wall with your back to the ledge, he falls to his death.
The day one of Zio's videos starts by anything other than "alright what's goin' on guys?" There will be riots.
I hope we get spiked bucklers as fist weapons in the dlc
The island in Farum Azula was probably going to be the area you would fight Maleania, it has the same ecstatic as the bottom of the Halig Tree.
I have learned to PARRY that Banished Knight. When he is charging at you, his first sword swing is well-telegraphed, making it an easy and consistent target for parrying.
There are 3 wolves of Radagon we can find so it would make sense that they are the ones on the statue. There’s the main boss fight wolf, the wolf behind carion manor, and the last one is underground. Correct me if I’m wrong but they’re all the ones I can recall
There is 3 types of Red Wolf, but 6 in-game total.
There's 1 "Red Wolf of Radagon" in Raya Lucaria.
There's 4 "Lesser Red Wolves of Radagon" found in Liurnia of The Lakes, Consecrated Snowfield, East of Caria Manor in a small graveyard and the Ancestral Woods in Nokron
There's 1 "Red Wolf of the Champion" in Gelmir Hero's Grave.
@@BudravenOG ah yeah you’re right there’s way more than I thought
@@BudravenOGDon't you mean Raya Lucaria instead of Caria Manor?
@@teknogothyk yup, fucked that up. Edited for accuracy.
The cut island … is interesting. It seems like there is a dungeon entrance but also the trees seem to be two different colors split vertically! Miquella and Malenia? Radagon, Marika?
Something new I found literally this past week was the golden great arrows have a buff for friendlies and yourself if you shoot it at your feet
I saw that skumnut stream live and I freaked the F*** out. My guess is greyoll is just an enlarged dragon and kept in place by the environment but the speed increase dislodged her
The trees on the garden island of Farum Azula are half white, which reminds me of how Miquella turns the shadow tree white/gray in the trailer
I hope Zullie the Witch covers the Greyoll thing. I'm curious to know more about whats going on there on a technical level. I assume Greyoll's animation speed is set to a fraction of the normal speed.
One thing I haven't seen people talk about is miquellas needle, it seems to be upgradable a 3rd time
I think I cast that spell that makes you half invisible before engaging the Knight and it work great.
God bless you Ziostorm
Did a great job with this one bud. There's some good new info in this one
Confessor gloves also have matching visual elements to the drake knight armor, and by extension Messmer’s design too
Woah - the art for Farum Garden Island has Finger Reader Crone in it too! That would be new...
Zio, maybe you can look into this. I seem to remember early Elden, there was talk of reduced Magic or Holy damage in Volcano Manor. I cant find any sources anymore.
Your videos are every single time really intresting, i love them thank you bro
the second one, the hammer turns into a dual shield, i think the one Nox knight in the underground also does that, in the area before the rot lake, he's on the right side of the first and only grace
shout out to skumnut. best challenge elden ring player ever. the climb never disappoints.
2:25 lol oh looks like radahn. 2:27 oh...no, that looks like "sum" else..
nice Frieren cosplay there, my character looks exactly the same lol
6:57 the girl being Marika would make more sense than you spoke of, because not only the wolves but also the fact that Maliketh is Marika’s beast that she got when she became an empyrian
Oleg, the banished knight kicks ass
As for the cemetery shades, when they elongate the blades, their arms also gain an extra wrist if you slow it down enough, they have arachnid like arms (multiple elbows)
That cut Farum Azuela island looks like the kind of spot that would be accessible from somewhere else in the map, as a place to see an as of yet unreached area
That first glitch with mimic item and black knife set can be replicated using the Crepus’s Vial talisman. It’s kinda fun walking up to other players and doing it.
btw that banished knight in castle sol can deffo be surprise attacked.
pop on sacred blade, sprint close enough so you're just within projectile range, fire it, and watch him stagger as you hit him in the back.
i did it at least 20 times while farming his armor.
you can even sprint in for a followup jump attack once the projectile hits him and basically destroy him before he gets a chance to fight back.
One thing I did notice about the statue with the wolves, is that there are exactly 3 red wolves in Eden Ring. One is the boss in Raya Lucaria. Another is next to the Cemetery behind Caria Manor, and the final one is on the moonlight alter
Skumnut mentioned!!!
best way to get that knight at Sol, lightning. Specifically Bolt of Grandsax with lighting scorpion charm, Godfrey Icon, Alexander talisman, and one extra of ur choice. Add in the lightning buff to your physik as well as the boos to charged attacks. Pop Golden Vow + Howl of Shabri, you will 2 shot him everytime and the first time it hit him knocks him down :))
This is the first one of these videos in a long time in which the facts within were actually really cool to learn. Awesome.
I think the flower island possibly could’ve been where we originally were supposed to fight Maliketh. If you think about it,it would be fitting,for the one guarding the rune of death to be in an area full of life(plants)
The confessors and messmer absolutely have a connection in doing the golden orders dirty work
Last point with confessors is crazzzzy I love how we keep finding semi-obvious connections so much later on! Hidden in plain view….
Some enemies have a aggro trigger event, probably the reason why this banished knight aggroes, its very common on ambushes.
The greyoll moveset was found a while ago, but it was not possible to be used in the game, funny that increasing the enemies speed broke that restriction. Skum can say prodly that he was the first player to die to "vanilla" greyoll lol
I've actually saw that nox monk shield on my first playtrough, I get to this boss very early and it was a tough fight.
Amazed at how oblivious ppl are to the lore when it's been out for years. Good video mate.
Greyoll, Mother of Dragons actually being a male was probably the most shocking secret I learned today
Cemetery shades carry double bladed, curved swords. These are not"claws" of the mantis that are possessing them. A cemetery shade is a possessed grave keeper. A grave keeper is a retired duelist warden, so naturally, they'd be armed. Something I can't find in the lore is if the possession takes place on a spiritual level, if the mantis is instead a parasite that grabbed a live host, or if the mantis is actually a necromancer that has reanimated a duelist warden and corrupted the physical form.
Whats the background song during the intro?
Being serious this time, that confessor symbol looks super familiar, like I’ve seen it elsewhere in game. I can’t jump on right now to check, but i want to say it is similar to the knot tied to Okina’s Armor, specifically the chestpiece. It’s on his back; can’t recall if it’s on the regular samurai set as well. It’s also from somewhere else, I can picture the symbol but can’t place it (maybe a wall relief or something?) but I’m pretty sure it’s linked to an older area, like the ancient dynastic ruins. Which, if this symbol is indeed originally from one of the older civilizations of the lands between, would establish a link and potentially even a timeline connecting Messmer, or at least his spear, to the wider lands between
Thanks again for dope new stuff
You can cheese the knight of castle sol if needed. If you trigger him from the balcony (like in the vid) immediately turn around. He will spawn behind you as always but in air and fall down to the floor.
The cut Farum Azula island sorta looks like a piece of Caelid
10:12
So what your saying is, there may be no graces to rest at in the Land of Shadow. If you die, you die 0: what if there’s a cutscene that shows you the aftermath of “Destined Death” since we pretty much reactivated it
God damn, still finding new stuff after all this time. Im glad there are other people out there that love this game as much as I do
For the greyold dragon. If i had to guess From put in a laying down animation to keep the standard dragon moveset from activating. Since all enemies are 500x faster that animation was able to finish.
Dunno if it's been changed since i last played a caster, but those spells are not silent. They just can't be dodged by the PVE enemies. normal spells are actually more stealthy.
Check out velkas rapier from dark souls 1. I’m pretty sure that’s where they got the inspiration for mesmers weapon. Also the npc that wields the rapier is a type of “confessor” I’m starting to see a connection between the painted world and the “shadow realm” in the dlc. For sure there are more connections to be found.
YES! YES! I'm not the only one that has saw that! That guard on Messmer's Spear looks almost JUST like the symbol on the Confessor's Hood and Cloaks, ALSO, on the Crespus Crossbows! I have a theory that Messmer was the first Leader of the Confessor's, who could have been tasked by his mother, Marika, to stamp out ANY remaining opposition to the Golden Order/Erdtree, and to make sure those OUTSIDE THE LAND'S BETWEEN, who worshipped the Two Fingers, stayed true to their teachings! And when someone DIDN'T, or, became a threat to the Golden Order/Greater Will, Messmer would send out The Confessor's to "deal with" the problem! OH, Messmer could have created The Confessor's himself, after the establishment of the Golden Order, forgot to put that one in earlier, lol! I was just SO excited that I'm not the only one that has saw that symbol on Messmer's Spear, the way it looks in promo art especially, is almost EXACT to the one on the hoods/cloaks of the Confessor's, also their Crespus Crossbows! HOLY S%#@! This could be HUGE! MAJOR tin-foil hat theory coming, but, could have Marika sent Messmer to the Land of Shadows on purpose, to crush as much as possible, any opposition to the Golden Order/Erdtree, outside the Land's Between, instead of the theory that he was banished there for blasphemy or some other reason, just a rambly thought at the end. I have another theory that Messmer was/or still IS a Empyrean, since he's on the same level as Miquella, Malenia, Ranni, and the Gloam-Eyed Queen! It's all but confirmed at this point, Messmer was on the Council at Leyndell, since we all know he has his own throne like the other's, and there's a big gap in them when Morgott was naming them, Morgott KNEW him, and is now either made or has forgotten him/or thinks he's dead, since it's been so long! Those Council Meetings with Messmer, just HAD to be a real hoot, lol! I know this next part is REALLY far-fetched, but, since Miquella reportibly shed himself of his Grace, his lineage, and everything Golden, and Messmer "supposibly" wants to kill ALL Tarnished, could he fight WITH us against Miquella, like, that could be another reason we could ally with him! In my head, this is how this dialogue could go, Messmer:' Miquella is NOT what you think he is!' 'But, I can see you already have your suspicions!' I just think it would be SO badass, if us, The Tarnished, and Messmer, can fight TOGETHER, against Miquella (which I think will be the case)! I just KNOW, Miquella is going to pull something, and we'll have a choice to make, depending on our actions with/against Messmer! Sorry this went all over the place, but, it's just how my brain works, lol!
ER having already 2yrs released and still finding new stuff is not unexpected considering the size of the game. Heck even the DS series and bloodborne had stuff being find in them years after release
the dragon pretending to be disabled was funny af, i get it tho its easier to park
No matter how much I play Elden Ring, it still holds so much mystery. That’s why I absolutely love the game!
Just Imagine an Elden Ring TV series where the last episode shows the tarnished laying on the ground and melina on the horse like for the Intro of the game
6:45 BjronTheBear, who does “can any boss survive X?” Elden Ring videos, has a video with Greyoll, though I ignore how or where he got it from.
What's the name of the staff you were using in the beginning?
I replayed that "Alright what's going on guys?" 4 times.
1 great wolf of Radagon, plus 4 lesser wolves of Radagon, in the statue there's 3.
A lot can happen here. The spirit wolves ashes may indeed be related to the wolves of Radagon, those 3 could be the one's who were expelled from the pack, as per item description.
The rest of the pack could be the one's we face through out the game.
A lot is unknown at this point, I would not be surprised if it's a mix of circumstances, especially if we have in mind that Melina has "pink" hair and "Radagon is Marika".
I think Melina was the "original one". The original soul, while Marika and Radagon as "partitions" in soul and nature/attributes, of her once whole soul. It's why Melina calls Marika "her mother", they are distinct entities.
Red Wolf of the Champion as well
Ppl still wonder why no other souls like game managed to reach from softwares crafts. The level of detail and thought that goes into their games is simply unmatched.
the cemetery shade weapons can be acquired by the player although its not a dedicated drop and at First look its a small weapon but heavy attacks can extend the blade. i honestly got really lucky because i got it on the first kill in a heros grave or something. and its called mantis blade. i dont remember which area it was but theres a shade in the crypt and killing it can drop it
Connecting messemer to the confessor’s in the video in some way makes me think that Marika left him there in order to maintain control of the land of shadow and it’s people who were there before Marika showed up and gained godhood. Like how confessor’s hunt people down who’ve strayed the path of the golden order Messemer has probably been ruling the land of shadow cruelly and has used his faction to stop you or even Miquella. Miquella could also be on no one’s side and just want the power of a god as well. It kinda seems unlike fromsoft to create a “most fearsome demigod” in Miquella and have them be a good person.
If you look closely, there's a tibia mariner in that concept art of the area from Farum Azula
Frieren's literally doing every side quest out there 💯