The Lore of Elden Ring is Rotten

Siofra is an Irish name meaning elf or fairy, so the Siofra river is the Fairy River. I'm gonna say it's safe to assume the river is the blue spirit

These hour-long lore videos are the only thing holding me over until more dlc news arrives

Malenia attacked Radahn because he had halted the stars, which halted Miquella's eclipse. This is what makes the story even more beautifully tragic because she didn't March for glory, power, a rune or the elden ring as she'd abandoned all of these things. She marched for her Vin Diesel Voice FAMILY. And through ultimate twist of tragic irony, it was because of her march that her brother was left unprotected to be stolen away by Mogh.

I love how the blind swordsman and malenia movement are almost identical. The way they move is beautiful.

I love the cycle of playing a souls game, watching Vaati for lore, and then playing more because now you appreciate the bosses even more.

Seeing the sword movements between the blind master and Malenia was beautiful, never knew they matched movesets so much.

I think why the stars don't hit Sellia is because Jerren was well aware that Radahn was holding back the stars, and that's why he says when you try to talk to him before the festival begins "Be patient, when the stars align, the festival will be held", so I think he was waiting for a special moment where the damage done won't be too hard, and that's why this falling star hits South-East of limgrave, where there isn't much life, instead of Sellia town.

Fighting Malenia feels weird after killing Mohg. She doesnt seem like she lost her mind or anything so in reality I would have liked the option to just tell her where Miquella is.

It actually makes perfect sense that malenia would suicide bomb radahn and sacrifice everything IF it means to open the path to finding miquella. Because then even if she is dead, miquella has the chance to be rescued.

On the point of Malenia only blooming twice it’s also worth noting that the victory message for defeating Malenia is “DEMIGOD FELLED” instead of the “GOD SLAIN” you get when defeating Elden Beast.

Tarnished: If I double jump, can I negate this fall damage? Torrent: nope Radahn: LEONARD, PREPARE FOR ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY Leonard: YES, MY GENERAL

Loved the use of in-game “re-enactments” for the various battles & interactions mentioned thru out the video! I especially loved seeing Malenia practicing her swordplay alongside her mentor the Blue Swordsman! 😊

I don't know why but I love the idea of Malenia going along with her troops, walking through stormveil towards calid, when godrick calls her a bitch or something and she decides to take a minute just to beat him up

Also, if you notice, Radahn is missing everything below the ankle in his battle with Melenia he really was... de-feeted.

I feel like she did fight Radahn for Miquella in one way or another, because also, if finding Miquella was her most important goal, why else would she fight so desperately to win? It's also why I feel like her line, "I have never known defeat," is being said ironically, in a way. Winning all of her battles is a hollow thing to boast about since she ultimately gained nothing from her efforts, and ends up alone and unable to search for Miquella anymore, and I feel like she'd be painfully aware of this. She's saying it just as if it's a fact that she unfortunately has to remind you about.

It would be sick if we could help Melania reunite with Miquila and fight the rot god in the dlc

I like how the essence of “Malenia vs. Radahn” goes all the way back to the days of Dark Souls 1. It’s literally just “Dex Enjoyers vs. Strength Enjoyers” personified

I absolutely adore the fact that we have all these high class names like Radahn, Melenia, Radigan, Lucaria, etc. Then we get a horse named Leonard 😂

14:50 this is beautiful The flow of the blind swordsman’s strikes is so similar to that of water, with the way his hand stops almost like a wave And while Malenia’s attacks are similar, they’re somewhat static, I’m aware this is due to the game’s animations, that the curved swords are meant to have those flowing animations with little static movements while the katanas have static movements But here it really looks like a master whose movements flow like water, and a student, who, while she can certainly understand and imitate what her master teaches her, still has a long way to go, before she can move with the elegance of the blind swordsman Also I like to believe that when Godrick insulted Malenia, she took less offence from the insult thrown at her, and more from the insults toward Miquella and the Haligtree For one thing, the Haligtree, while likely not intended to be the Erdtree’s rival, was still grown with the intention of actions that went against the Erdtree’s grace, providing a sanctuary for those spurned by the grace of gold, a home to Misbegotten and Albinaurics, and while there are none in the Haligtree, I have no doubt that Omens would likely be welcomed there as well, to insult a sanctuary for those less fortunate by invalidating its claims and what it stands for, would justifiably anger Malenia And then there was the insult towards Miquella, Miquella was a genius, a straight up prodigy in every sense of the word, even created an incantation in the name of his father Radagon. Yet Godrick had the nerve to insult Miquella for a curse he never asked for, something completely out of his control You’re right, it is quite strange that Malenia didn’t outright kill Godrick

With regards to what you said about Radahn not being beholden to the Golden Order, I think that his "fanboying" of Radagon and Godfrey was an admiration of their strength and leadership, not really a dedication to their ideals and motivations. He wished to be the warriors and the righteous men that they both were, even if he didn't share their beliefs of what it meant to be righteous.