A very interesting look at the rivers and rot. Thanks for all the hard work in putting this video together. While I haven't put to much thought or investigation in this area myself, so much to look at in this world, I did have one small unimportant thing to share. The coffins, the text that makes them fly is Smithscript. Smithscript is formally introduced in the DLC with a series of weapons that can be thrown but will return to the wielder. These weapons have those symbols on them but for the best view the Smithscript shield icon is what you wanna look at. Unfortunately, this is one of those revelations that doesn't really offer much but scraps of certainty are very rare in Fromsoft Lore so anything you can take for 100% fact we gotta be thankful for lol.
great video! I’m definitely writing some stuff down as I was just looking for more information about golems myself lol 🫶 thank you for pointing out the crystal darts ~
13:06 what if… ALL of Marika’s children‘s afflictions come from hornsent curses. The omen curse is the most obvious one, but what if miquella’s eternal nascence and whatever took over godwyns corpse also comes from the hornsent
@@yunkinto This is definitely a possibility! The curse’s afflicting Marika’s children all seem to be tied to her past in some way. As you said, the curses of the omen twins, Malenia and maybe Miquella are likely linked to hornsent, but if we look at Messmer his curse might be more linked to the gloam eyed queen (who is associated with snakes).
I would love to see more discussing the death legacy of the palace ruins and if they connect to the Nox, as well as the Nox’s own connections with death. I was disappointed there wasn’t more revealed about them in the DLC.
Great video! This topic is sorely under covered, as is the engineering of the waters and lands themselves. I have a question for you as I have been pondering the lake of rot for some time. Why do you think it was made in the first place? Were the Nox attempting to amass spiritual energy with their damn? Why on earth is the other far side associated with Elden John and a more ritualistic ancient dynasty? Was this area meant as a repository for rot or is that a happy accident? And how on earth does the glintstone cluster /mushroom shelving at the center all play into this? The story of this region defies me still.
@@The808basshead Thanks! I agree the lake of rot is definitely a very interesting but mysterious region. Since we have so little information on the region, there are lots of valid theories. My interpretation is that the ancient dynasty ruins (grand cloister) predates the lake of rot, and that the blind swordsman defeated the god of rot there much later, possibly around the time of the Nox. When he defeated the god, it’s essence was sealed within the lake, making it the lake of rot. The Nox built the dam at this time so that no more spiritual energy would enter the lake in an attempt to prevent the spread of the rot. It’s also very possible the ancient dynasty was involved with the god of rot though. As for the glintstone cluster, if you check the map it is actually right under Raya Lucaria. Rot can infect glintstone, as we can see with the rotten cystallians, so maybe that is another source of energy for the rot. I also think the lake of rot could be the reason Liurnia is sinking into the water above ground. It’s definitely an interesting piece of world design.
Hey its parallwl lmao I personally think it would be a mischaracterization to say romina realized she could achieve divinity through the rot Instead i think this is more akin to the bloodfiends, who in their grief, beheld their fallen ancestor, and in doing so beheld the formless mother In other words, her grief revealed to her a divinity she was foreign to, and her grief imprinted on the rot in a way
@@parallellines2568 🚨Parallwl spotted 🚨 Yeah that’s fair, the way I worded it might have forced the goals of the hornsent onto Romina too much. Romina may not have wanted to achieve divinity through rot, but I think in creating the scarlet rot she imprinted the idea of blooming flowers to try to save the buds of her church. That blooming was a divine act which remained a path to divinity, but creating a god was likely not a goal of Romina, and more a byproduct.
A very interesting look at the rivers and rot. Thanks for all the hard work in putting this video together. While I haven't put to much thought or investigation in this area myself, so much to look at in this world, I did have one small unimportant thing to share. The coffins, the text that makes them fly is Smithscript. Smithscript is formally introduced in the DLC with a series of weapons that can be thrown but will return to the wielder. These weapons have those symbols on them but for the best view the Smithscript shield icon is what you wanna look at. Unfortunately, this is one of those revelations that doesn't really offer much but scraps of certainty are very rare in Fromsoft Lore so anything you can take for 100% fact we gotta be thankful for lol.
Just found your channel and so glad! Great work!
thank god a lore channel that not AI
i dont think i’ve seen one elden ring lore channel done by ai. i’d kinda prefer them to the nasally british ones 😅 (not smough he’s great)
great video! I’m definitely writing some stuff down as I was just looking for more information about golems myself lol 🫶 thank you for pointing out the crystal darts ~
Excellent video. Immediately subbed
Thanks being able to help me clarify connect the dots better on my thoughts on the Flower aspect of the Crucible
13:06 what if… ALL of Marika’s children‘s afflictions come from hornsent curses. The omen curse is the most obvious one, but what if miquella’s eternal nascence and whatever took over godwyns corpse also comes from the hornsent
@@yunkinto This is definitely a possibility! The curse’s afflicting Marika’s children all seem to be tied to her past in some way. As you said, the curses of the omen twins, Malenia and maybe Miquella are likely linked to hornsent, but if we look at Messmer his curse might be more linked to the gloam eyed queen (who is associated with snakes).
I would love to see more discussing the death legacy of the palace ruins and if they connect to the Nox, as well as the Nox’s own connections with death. I was disappointed there wasn’t more revealed about them in the DLC.
Thank you for a good watch.
Is the runes on the stone coffins alike those on the weapons from Eochaid?
The production quality here is really high, Kudos. 1080p would have been nice though, it shows when you're watching on >1080p resolutions.
Great video! This topic is sorely under covered, as is the engineering of the waters and lands themselves.
I have a question for you as I have been pondering the lake of rot for some time. Why do you think it was made in the first place? Were the Nox attempting to amass spiritual energy with their damn? Why on earth is the other far side associated with Elden John and a more ritualistic ancient dynasty? Was this area meant as a repository for rot or is that a happy accident? And how on earth does the glintstone cluster /mushroom shelving at the center all play into this? The story of this region defies me still.
@@The808basshead Thanks! I agree the lake of rot is definitely a very interesting but mysterious region. Since we have so little information on the region, there are lots of valid theories. My interpretation is that the ancient dynasty ruins (grand cloister) predates the lake of rot, and that the blind swordsman defeated the god of rot there much later, possibly around the time of the Nox. When he defeated the god, it’s essence was sealed within the lake, making it the lake of rot. The Nox built the dam at this time so that no more spiritual energy would enter the lake in an attempt to prevent the spread of the rot.
It’s also very possible the ancient dynasty was involved with the god of rot though.
As for the glintstone cluster, if you check the map it is actually right under Raya Lucaria. Rot can infect glintstone, as we can see with the rotten cystallians, so maybe that is another source of energy for the rot. I also think the lake of rot could be the reason Liurnia is sinking into the water above ground. It’s definitely an interesting piece of world design.
Hey its parallwl lmao
I personally think it would be a mischaracterization to say romina realized she could achieve divinity through the rot
Instead i think this is more akin to the bloodfiends, who in their grief, beheld their fallen ancestor, and in doing so beheld the formless mother
In other words, her grief revealed to her a divinity she was foreign to, and her grief imprinted on the rot in a way
@@parallellines2568 🚨Parallwl spotted 🚨
Yeah that’s fair, the way I worded it might have forced the goals of the hornsent onto Romina too much. Romina may not have wanted to achieve divinity through rot, but I think in creating the scarlet rot she imprinted the idea of blooming flowers to try to save the buds of her church. That blooming was a divine act which remained a path to divinity, but creating a god was likely not a goal of Romina, and more a byproduct.
@Stormking66324 i do like the idea that this is some form of extension of the hornsent's goals, only defiled by grief
So wait, does that mean that from other cultures' perspective, my baptism was me getting pushed and pulled to and from the Underworld?
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Bro, use a crossfade