15 Remarkable Secrets in Elden Ring! 

It's so impressive how deep the Elden Ring rabbit hole goes Between the cut content and the little lore threads, there's just endless things to learn Thanks for unravelling this stuff!

I appreciate the shout Vaati🙏 can’t wait to see all the secrets and hidden mysteries of the DLC

That "burial crow" looks suspiciously like a pigeon to me. Kinda sad they left out Kali's quest since it makes it easier to find the area where the Three Fingers is located. Then again, that could be why they left it out as it's somewhat of a "secret" ending.

12:52 this shot of Ruinous Ghostflame and Fortissax pulling out the lightning has probably been one of the hardest things I've seen

Another detail about the unique Omen and nobles potentially aligned with Fia and Godwyn: they're positioned almost directly on top of Godwyn's underground location. If you look at the map and view both the underground and the overworld, you can see that the death root infected minor Erdtree is directly above where Godwyn is buried far below.

16:55 If Miquella was born for Radagon to gift him those Royal Knights, doesn't that mean that Radagon was separated from Rennalla at the time?

Interesting with the Quella stuff!

The graves representing Miquella's rune and having a section of the circle removed is actually quite compelling as a reference to Miquella's eternal youth - the natural process of his life has been disrupted and broken, changing the flow of the rune from a continuous loop to a rebounding crescent.

Do you think maybe a big reason that the Caria and Haligtree connections were removed was because of timeline shenanigans? Like, how could Radagon still be gifting things on Caria’s behalf to his own son Miquella, when to sire Miquella he must have already left Rennala?

Vaati! I'm certain some people already know of this, but you might not. The crucible knights' names Ordovis and Siluria are direct inspirations from Ages of the very Earth as a planet itself. (As in, pulled from soil samples) Specifically these two names have been pulled from the Paleozolic era, where there are 7 smaller eras: Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Mississippian, Pennsylvanian and Permian. Maybe, just maybe, the other 14 of the unnamed Crucible Knights of Godfrey were also named after ages of the earth?

So in regards to the Flying Abyssal Skeletons and the group of Deathbed Apostles by the minor Erdtree, if you toggle your map, you might see why the presence of Death is so strong there. That entire area is directly above Deeproot, so the presence of Godwyn is really seeped into Leyndell.

Guys, have you noticed the Table at the roundtable hold? It has 10 swords and 1 axe. 10 are the exact same amount of tarnished that appeared in the roundtable during the game: D, Fia, Hosllow, Rogier, Gideon, Nephelli, Dung Eater, Roderika, The Royal Remains Guy and Gold Mask's translator. Maybe the axe represents Our Tarnished or Horah Loux? The axe also points toward the two fingers of the table.

Dude i've been freaking out over the flying skeletons for a year now. Had zero clue as to why but for me it always happened with that one curved sword skeleton near the merchant shack outside leyndell. Actually spit my drink 1st time i saw it

The fact this game has been out for a year and we are still learning about details like this is a testament to From Software's immense worldbuilding skills

I'd always wondered why there were so many cocoons/eggs scattered around the Haligtree's fortifications, especially considering how the area is devoid of insect-like creatures that might've spawned them (unless you count the Revenants, which has implications that should _never_ be explored). Props to that commenter for noticing that some of them are shaped like hunched over, first-generation Ablinaurics

(9:32) About Miquella's Great Rune: I believe that the "Great Rune of the Unborn" is actually Miquella's great rune. The name itself is definitely a nod to Miquella at least, but the shape of the rune also follows the trend of sibling's great runes looking alike (Rykard's and Radahn's, Morgott's and Mohg's, and Malenia's and "Miquella's"). I was honestly so sure that everybody saw this that I've always considered it canon, and just thought that no lore videos mention it because it's so obvious... but maybe not hehe :'D

There are actually TWO friendly dogs in Leyndell!! The other one is found on the street with the Erdtree Avatar. If you walk around that area, there are two dogs eating a corpse with an item (as well as another dog around the corner). One of the eating dogs (I believe the right one) is also completely friendly! He won’t aggro even if you smack him. I love him with all my heart :)

9:40 I made a whole conspiracy about this when this when the DLC was announced that looks at Miquella’s possible influence in the current existing story. For example, judging from Turtle Pope’s dialogue, we know that Radagon left Rennala to become second Elden Lord after his union with Queen Marika but before he left, he bequeathed the Amber Egg that she is found cradling when we meet her in-game. Miriel claims she was left heartbroken because of his departure, but what if there is more to the story? What if instead of heartbroken, she’s actually bewitched? Let’s look at some details on the Amber egg: We are given dialogue from Gideon that the egg contains a Great Rune, and further progression into the game reveals it to be the The Rune of the Unborn. The rune is not revealed to be associated with any god in particular, much like the Rune of Death, but there are some interesting implications on it. Mohgs Great rune reads - “Mohg and Morgott are twin brothers, and their Great Runes are naturally similar.” Judging from that item description, the Rune with the most similarity to it is Malenia’s, who was Miquella’s twin. If this egg does contain the Great Rune of Miquella, possibly his soul too, then an explanation for the shape of the rune could be his curse - the “eternal childhood” - and possibly why the juveniles are imperfected and stuck as children. This brings me to my theory. Rennala is overly attached to it, calling it her little “culver”. We know from the Bewitching Branch that Miquella had the ability to compel love and affection and if we look close, we can see traces of it inside the egg, particularly the white buds before they hatch. We know anything that’s mixed with the blood or essence of Miquella tends to stay in a premature “infant” form, hence the Haligtree being stuck as a baby version of the Erdtree and now the buds inside the egg. Another thing to point out is the empty bird cages found all over the Raya Academy. I always wondered what the purpose of these were but then it dawned on me, there is an item in the game called “The Slumbering Egg” and it’s a crafting material needed to create items in the game that alleviate sleep. This makes me think the members of the Academy were trying to awaken Rennala from her “deep slumber” as Ranni says and at the same time, explain why the Knights of the Cuckoo marched against the Carian manor since they must’ve found out what Ranni is doing. So why would Ranni keep Rennala in her current state and attempt to possibly reincarnate Miquella? One theory is it’s because Miquella was in fact Ranni’s secret mentor, the Snowy Crone, and Torrent is the key to prove it, specifically his Whistle. The spectral steed whistle is made of a delicate “goldwork”, not just gold, mirroring the Item Description on the Unalloyed Needle. I didn’t think much of it at first but after seeing the flame of frenzy ending, I’ve speculated that the material is Unalloyed Gold. This is backed by the fact that the whistle is still intact after the flame of frenzy is unleashed. Gold only reacts to heat by melting and the fact that it’s burning in the ending is bizarre and means it could be rejecting the flame. We know that Miquella’s needle is made from the same stock and has the properties to ward away the effects of the flame of frenzy and rot, which both originate from outer gods. Torrent is also partial to the Frozen Raisins which are made exclusively from the Mountaintops with his mane being pale blonde like Miquella’s but that could just be a coincidence since Radahn’s horse has red hair. Or if you really want to go unhinged, Ranni may in fact be Miquella reincarnated. Miquella is thought to have an alter ego named St.Trina who’s going gender is open to interpretation(The double helix can be seen in Miquella’s needle which depicts the symbol for mercury(Roman God), who represents intersex people). In fact, the item description in the Sword of St. Trina states that he could’ve been a boy or girl. St. Trina is heavily tied to sleep and it can’t be a coincidence that Ranni enters a deep slumber at the same time as Rogier after you get close to retrieving her curse mark. During her first appearance in the Church of Elleh, the merchant and the donkey are also both asleep and the fog that covers the area can be seen on the Trina Lily and envelops all of Liurnia. Also, the juveniles in Rennala’s fight sing about sleep and St. Trina’s torch portrays the figure with one eye (Ranni always keeps one eye open). Something interesting about Blaidd is that his breastplate portrays two twins with a tree between, possibly being Miquella, Malenia and the Haligtree, and the double helix from Miquella’s needle can be seen in his Royal Greatsword. Blaidd could very well solve the mystery of their Shadow since they were born at the same time, being twins. His breastplate also tells us he always hated the cold but it never snows in Liurnia? I think the fact that Ranni discarded her flesh is the reason Blaidd has been able to help Ranni wage war against the Greater Will, right up to the point where Ranni murders her Two Fingers, going mad at the end of the questline because Ranni(Miquella) is in our pocket as a miniature doll. Speaking of Unalloyed Gold, the Mask of Confidence in particular could hint towards this secret. The gold threads could be unalloyed to hide Miquella’s(Ranni) secret from the Greater Will. This would also explain Malenia’s confrontation with Radahn. In her ending, She embraces Marika(her true mother) and vows to finish what they started which is to not be influenced by the Greater Will/Outer Gods anymore before creating a massive waygate into the Dark Moon(also explains why all the way gates smaller than our tarnished, since they were meant for a child). Finally, Ranni does sound like a child and she looks exactly like her doll which I believe is fashioned after Miquella. If you look at the statues of Miquella, he’s always depicted with his head much larger than his body which is a trait associated with infants and explaining why the “Greathood” found on the Mountaintops and the Snowy Crone Hat is meant for someone with a larger typical sized head which also sets a theme with the Glinstone Crowns, preceptor hats. Etc. Also, It only snows inside of Miquella’s husk in all of the Haligtree, further associating Miquella with the cold. I know there’s Miquella’s “body” in Mohg’s palace but I believe the it’s nothing but a husk since we don’t get a Great Rune. It’s likely he bewitched Mohg, Rennala, Seluvis, Gideon, Malenia etc. Even the player(why else would our character give her a wedding ring that clearly states “don’t give this to me”). “Oh? A dogged fellow aren’t we? Or is it thy habit to merely talk to dolls?” We know Radagon had a close relationship with Miquella so maybe the purpose of him bequeathing the egg to Rennala is to protect him from the Greater Will since Miquella seemed to have abandoned fundamentalism and the Golden Orders favor. Melina is hard to figure out but she does put us to sleep on top of the cauldron which could link her somehow as well.

i only just realised that miquella/quella comes from the word "quell" - to subdue or silence. also i knew there was something weird about that death omen and his crew. it's almost directly above the corpse of godwyn. also noteworthy, the only other minor erdtree above this area is the one in the forest in altus, also surrounded by death spewing creatures, the wormfaces.

Hey Vaati, in the DLC theories video you mentioned "shadows" possibly being the animals gifted to Ranni and Marika - it stands to reason that if it holds true, Torrent is also one of these shadow animals, only for Miquella. Though its FromSoft so it could be a whole bunch of different meanings cobbled together.

4:17 - I remember reaching the merchant shack in Altus while being chased by some skeletons who rose from a nearby graveyard. I had a lot of runes on hand, but thought: "hey, these guys are easy to deal with. I'll defeat them, then sit on the site of grace". Then the skeletons started running a space program. Luckily I managed to recover my runes later on.

When Vaati brought up the “field of wheat” and the “transition to the afterlife,” it made me think of the end of Gladiator.

The crystal tear reference is really cool! Such a minute detail, connecting to such an easily overlooked panel of the Manga.

I think it's cool how all the rewrites of certain lore aspects remain interesting before & after those changes. Even if certain aspects were completely retooled to serve different narrative purposes they always fit so well no matter how they're reshuffled. Game has some pretty damn good writers in that regard.

Also worth pointing out regarding the Capital Outskirt's dead minor Erdtree is that it's located directly above Deeproot Depths and its root is very likely where Godwyn's corpse is buried.

The fact about Siluria’s woe representing the sadness of the age of the crucible being long passed makes me think about what Daedicar and Shabriri could be feeling sadness or regret over in their talisman items

4:26 I randomly picked up Elden Ring again and just saw this for the first time. This game is still terrifying in different ways

Awesome video Vaati :3 Just wanted to add that the concept of the "Arbor Sentinels" likely evolved into the Tree Sentinels and Draconic Tree Sentinels throughout Elden Ring, as like Loretta, they are one of several mounted boss types in the game. Arbor does mean tree after all, so it doesn't seem like much of a stretch.

Here's a little fact I discovered in a mythology book. In greek mythology there is a Erinyes named Alecto, just like the Black Knife Ringleader. Apparently the name Alecto means, the Unceasing, and is the spirit of genius of war, pestilence, and ultimate revenge. And I just found that really interesting that the developers added that little reference, whether intentionally, or accidentally.

Interesting with the Quella stuff! Because just the other day I put a similar connection together. The goddess embracing Lautrec’s Armor in DS1 is called Fina, while in Elden Ring we have Fia, who embraces us, wishes to bed a god and interacts with a gold armored knight in her quest.

As good as you are at explaining and bringing the lore to life it makes me wish there was a million times more lore

the arbor sentinels were clearly replaced by the tree sentinels in the world, changing their armor a bit to make louetta unique and keeping her story similar to the original concept

I think we will be going into Miquellas dream after the mogwyn palace fight in the same way we go into Godwyns, and the teaser image is basically a peek into that world.

I'd think the intended meaning from all the albunarics dead mid metamorphosis, is that miquella's own metamorphosis within the tree was the source of it but once his influence was gone after being abducted there was nothing there to sustain and nurture the albunarics. Which I can only assume mohg knew would happen but didn't care

The idea that the graves are representations of Miquella's great rune is interesting because the graves are also similar in shape to the Halo Scythe carried by the Clean Rot Knights and using the Ash of War Miquella's Ring of Light. The shape is slightly different as the pole is slightly more off center, but it is fairly similar.

Hey, do you remember Ranni saying that the Lone Wolf Ashes belonged to the former owner of Torrent? The only Torrent in Elden Ring is the one given to us by Melina and the other one who we knows about it is driven by Miquella on DLC picture. Also, I think that the golden ring to summon Torrent is similar to those shapes on the sticks that we see among the wheat and also to the golden ring that Melina wears under her neck.

I had a look at the swedish royal castle armory last week and found the cleanrot spear just chilling behind glass, kind of cool. I mean it was almost an exact copy except for the handle.

I’m curious about a sort of secret I’ve seen no one talking about, located in Nokron. I played most of the game in 1.0 and I noticed that in the Ancestral Woods point of grace, we can hear « baby cries » which at the time felt very creepy. It reminded me a bit of the sound of Mergo’s arena in bloodborne but I never understood what it was in Elden ring. Now it seems to have dissapeared from the current version so I wonder what it was and if anyone has an explanation 🤔

One thing I did notice with the round Ghost tombstone looking things (which you said were probably miquellas rune) resemble the Spear Cleanrot Knights carry. The Curved end represents the Tip while the Straight line that passes through it represents the wooden stick. Since the cleanrot knights are part of Malenias Army, it’s possible that the Halo Scythes were modled after Miquellas Rune.

Regarding the "Quella, God of Dream" portion of the video, I noticed "Galib, God of Disease" and immediately thought of Caelid, which one may say was infected with the Scarlet Rot. Additionally (and possibly more of a coincidental stretch), it could also be attributed to the "Halig-" in the Haligtree.

Regarding the fias followers secret, there's an omen inna certain heros grave that can also cast fias mist. I believe he is sitting in front of a statue of some sort, could have a deeper meaning

it was a pleasure 100% beating this game. Managed to do Ranni's ending on my first playthrough by just naturally exploring and having fun. It's amazing how much story and details are in a single game. Masterpiece.

Love love love your content! There may not be enough lore available to do a full 30 or 45 minute "Prepare to Cry" video but I would cry my eyeballs out if you made one for Master Hewg. ❤ His story is the only in game moment during my playthrough that actually brought me to tears. I hope you will consider giving him and Roderika some love. Keep up the great work! 😍🤘

Loving the dedication and level of editing, so proud of all that are included. Thank you so much!

Considering that Miquella being taken is causing the tree to slowly die, it would stand to reason that that may be why the cocooned Albinaurics are dead as well.

LOL I love how the "burial crow" is very obviously just a pigeon.

One thing I noted about those circular 'graves' in the DLC teaser image is that they look A LOT like the Sword of Avowal from DS3, the sword you plunge into Anri to fulfill the marriage bond and follow the path of starting a new Age of Dark. Thought that was interesting.

This is insane the level of detail in this game. I almost feel guilty not noticing most, if not all, of the little details strewn throughout this game. Played it near the end of 2022 and logged over 150 hours. I’m certainly letting it get out of my system a little bit. But when I come back to play it, which I will, I’m going to explore more of the lore and stories. Thank you for this video.

one detail i enjoy about Loretta's armor and i seem to have a eye for little details on armor as ive spotted other things before on other sets, is her armor's plates are really beautifully designed that you can see the relation to miquella's lilys and trina's lilys as they have this curved, drooping petal design, it is even present on her horse's armor.

Regarding the Shadows of the Erdtree image and Miquella in the field: I think another point of interest to consider alongside the Egyptian Field of Reeds would be the Greek concept of Elysium: the afterlife inhabited by gods, heroes, and their relatives. It's also called the Elysian Fields, and is described by Hesiod as 'the grain-giving earth bears honey-sweet fruit flourishing thrice a year, far from the deathless gods'. I find that last part particularly interesting!

9:30 it would make a lot of sense for that to be the shape of miquella's great rune since it also resembles the cleanrot scythe and also the eclipse flag at Castle sol

8:20 "Hmmm..anyway" he knows something!!!!

DS1 Yulia was the merchant's invisible cat. He has animations for petting it.

One of the biggest mysteries of Elden Ring is how exactly did Mohg kidnap Miquella from the Haligtree? Miquella was at the center of the capital city of his fiefdom, in an underground fortress guarded by some of the land's greatest soldiers, knights, and monsters, including his sister Malenia, in an area which is almost impossible to get to unless you have access to a specific medallion, find a forbidden elevator, and navigate through a perilous snowfield filled with more monsters and which you can't even see through for more than five meters. Yet Mohg is seen nabbing him from his cocoon in the introductory cutscene none the worse for wear. Well, I have a theory: While the Haligtree is supposedly a safe refuge for all outcasts, including Misbegotten, Albinaurics, etc. strangely, there are no Omen; however, what if there were at one time? What if Miquella gathered a bunch of Omen and took them to the Haligtree, but they were secretly double agents for Mohg? Once Miquella sealed himself in his cocoon, the Omen could have used their blood as a portal for Mohg to appear out of, like he does in his boss cutscene, steal Miquella, and then leave with him and all of the Omen.

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned here, but there's another huge influence from Berserk in Elden Ring: Guidance of Grace. There's multiple panels, starting with the last two pages of Chapter 347, and in parts of some of the chapters that feature Casca's dreams, Danann provides guidance through streams of flower petals that bear a striking resemblance to the Guidance of Grace from Elden Ring.

The odd flying undead are very evocative of the Death Rite birds, their swords somewhat mimicking wings.

Speaking of the dlc teaser. I think the tree is actually miquella's haligtree due too the split branch look. Granted it says shadow of the ERDTREE, but isn't miquella's tree also technically an erdtree? Not to mention I looks like it's possibly in the sea close to the shore. So perhaps the Wheatfield is a thawed consecrated snowfield?

That part of the video where siluria flies into the air and shows her wings at 10:38 with the music and your commentary over it is so beautiful, gave it a divine feeling, I thought that she was an angel for a few seconds. Too bad that you can kill her, I would've liked if she was a friendly NPC encounter that could give more lore through dialogue.

After you beat the game, the world feels so empty, everyone is gone

@3:55 = I feel compelled, on some level, to point out that one isn't unconscious per se when asleep; we still react to stimuli, such as being tickled, etc. It's a common misconception. We ARE completely unconscious when knocked out, however, so it's pretty obvious how said misconception came to be. (There's a lot of argument about the definitions, such as some arguing that we -are- unconscious when sleeping until REM sleep occurs, etc, but for the most part, sleep is unanimously seen as a unique state of semi-consciousness, still not to be at all strictly defined as unconscious.)

I remember Vaati saying *_" This Dragon uses lightning! Does this mean this Dragon is blessed by the gods? If yes that would give Gwyn some serious coniptions. "_* 😌And now we know the Dragons did have their own deity which blessed them. 🙏Placidusax awaited the return of _"his god who fled"_ even! Unveiling that before the age of the Erdtree maybe Dragons ruled the entire world or at least absolute in the LandsBetween.

Truly incredible you are the queen marika of this community as everything relates back to you with lore vids, game speculations and even some builds/gameplay vids

I love how the Elden ring lore guy just happens to also be the one with the best looking footage. No idea what mods you use or whatever but the shots of Loretta are amazing.

One thing occurs to me regarding the strange circular tombstones. If they are indeed supposed to be shaped like Miquella’s great rune, the incomplete circle of the rune could possibly represent his cocoon being broken open and damaged, or his failure to reach full godhood.

WE GOT MORE! LESSSGOOO!!!

Put your cursor on the Erdtree, then switch to the underground map, you'll notice that the base of a giant tree (that might be the Erdtree itself) is being climbed by thorn near where Fia, the death bed companion, is laying with Godwyn. Plus, the image of Fia from the intro, looks similar to the person riding Torrent in the DLC image. just throwing another theory.

Hey Vaati! Awesome stuff as always. Have you noticed that the Pests seem to be big, mutated Great Dragonflies? Take a look at the babies in the Caelid Waypoint Ruins, and notice how you can find some enlarged dragonflies by the Heart of Aeonia

This game is actually amazing. To put the essence of soulslike games they've accumulated over the years into a massive open world with immaculate details is extremely extraordinary. Goty deserved

Hi Vaati, great video as always. I noticed one very coincidental thing: Cruicible knight Siluria is probably named after part of Paleozoic geological era, Named Silurian (Silúr in my foreign language). Sorry if it was already mentioned, if no, maybe it could lead to some explanations? Good luck😊

Regarding the reoccurring theme of boys and their trees from Elden Ring and DS2, your lore video on DS3 also speculated on the relationship between the lonely boy that would become Sulyvahn and the ghastly, murmuring tree that may have been calling out for him in the Painted World.

16:07 It's nice to see more of an establishment between Caria and Miquella, as Ranni gifts you the spirit calling bell from "Torrent's former master", and, if torrent's former master is Miquella, it always made me wonder how these two formed a connection in the first place. Perhaps Ranni formed her plan to steal the rune of death after her encounter with Miquella, learning something from their interactions.

Every new Vaati video I’m expecting him to say “this is it, it’s very unlikely we’ll uncover any more secrets” but they just keep on coming somehow. And they’re not even forced or anything.

Perhaps the Haligtree Albinaurics were meant to go through metamorphosis at the same time as Miquella, transforming and becoming reborn at the same time as him. But once he was torn from the tree and it began to die, they all died as well

Your videos really make the wait for the dlc easier! Thank you!

9:28 Another detail about the half-circles in the DLC teaser that you suggested could be Miquella's Great Rune: They’re very reminiscent of the hilts or blades of various weapons, that belong to followers of Miquella. Loretta's War Sickle and the Cleanrot Knight’s Halo Sycthe have a similar shape! The Halo Scythe also produces "Miquella's Ring of Light" from that blade. It also reminds me of a half-moon, which might be tying back to the moon and stars theme and Miquella’s fate or maybe the eclipse!

I keep getting amazed how Vaati keeps finding secrets after doing so many well researched Elden Ring videos after a year

I always like it when you admit mistakes or errors in previous videos and update us with new information.

Awesome video! I am not sure if you have talked about this in your prior videos, but the wondering nobles that dig sometimes talk I was in the academy's courtyard (kinda close to the fountain) and one of the nobles was mumbling something and the only part I could hear properly is "chief among them" the rest is incomprehensible to me. Keep in mind that them talking is tied to the "sound effects" sound setting. I took a look at a spreadsheet containing all dialogue and the wondering nobles one did not have anything similar. Any ideas?

I am surprised the Grass Crest Shield did not make an appearance in ER, especially when it has been in all of the past Souls games.

Nahr Alma, god of blood is very interesting, Nahr Alma can actually be translated to "Running river" or "River of water" drawing a parallel to mohg through Rivers of Blood, a weapon crafted by him. An interesting parallel when you consider the presence of quella on that same ring

Thank you for making these videos. It made me more aware of the game's surroundings and lore. It also made me wanted to take the game slow and enjoy the scenery and all small details. Thank you and I hope you make more videos for Elden Ring. More power to your channel.

Noticed that Loretta's helmet crest 16:15 resembles the shape of the graves at 9:42 supporting the idea that it may be Miquella's great rune shape.

In the image for Shadow of the Erdtree, the graves you said might look like his great rune also look like much bigger versions of the Sword of St. Trina

I absolutely love learning things that I might not have known about this game! Thank you for all the hard work and time you all put in to share with us😊

Thank you so much for this and all of your videos. You put so much effort into these and it really shows. I don't quite understand, how Radagon could have gifted the Carian Knights to Miquella as Rennalas Consort, because I assumed that the twins were conceived AFTER Radagon had "left" Renalla for Marika, or am I overlooking something?

"Siluria's Woe" is nothing more than a translation liberty. Its Skill is named identically to Ordovis's Vortex but with Siluria's name instead, so it could be more accurately translated as Siluria's Vortex. (シルリアの渦, shiruria no uzu & オルドビスの渦 orudobisu no uzu)

I think I know why the concept of Arbor Sentinels was scratched. As the armor description told us, the knights were gifted to Miquella by Radagon, and you, not unreasonably, made a conclusion that he was still in marriage with Renalla. But how could the empyrean be gifted to by the champion if Miquella was a result of Radagon and Marika’s relationship? So that’s probably why the developers replaced the Arbor Sentinels by the Royal knight Loretta (unless I got the timeline messed up).

I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH!! Its actually insane how amazing this game is, and your videos enhance that euphoric feeling!

Nice video Vaati. Regarding the dark souls 2 tree shield there's actually numerous other references. Those who live in death can drop a shield that references a city that worships the Sun I'm pretty sure Elden ring is literally just dark souls 2 the way they wanted to make it back then. Zullie the witch has a few videos on cut content from dark souls 2 being reused in elden ring, like rennala's first phase There's also info that Miyazaki wanted to make up dark souls 2 open world. probably a lot more links that haven't been explored

5:20 If I’m not mistaken there is another enemy that does something similar to this in Raya Lucaria. Right after the Red Wolf fight and to the left where a bunch of the weak noble guys are, one of them will just keep digging no matter what you do as long as you don’t attack them. This isn’t the case for any of the other ones and seems similar to this dog.

In the Shadow of the Edrtree image, the braid going aound Miquella's head looks very similar to the Haligtree siolder helmet.

I can’t imagine how much digging has to be done to make detailed videos on a game of this size. Great work.

Kalè looks so much like Santa Clause

Vaati in 2073: "So I noticed another detail in the 'Shadow of the Erdtree' teaser image that I wish I would have recognised earlier ..."

Gonna be honest, I’ve watched a few of the hour long lore videos and just started binging after that. And after hearing you out this story together in a cohesive manner, makes me understand why this game was nominated for best narrative. Do you have to either watch these videos or spend hours putting all the dialogue and descriptions together? Sure, but it’s truly all amazing.

@VaatiVidya, I purchased two copies of the Soul Art book about two months ago - one for myself and one for some close friends of mine - two brothers who turned me on to the other From Software games after I completed about 4 playthroughs of Elden Ring. Elden Ring was my first game of this type. The Soul Art book is great! I am still flipping through the pages regularly to find more amazing artwork. It did not disappoint at all!

6:27 who is that character, what is 'derassinae'?

4:20 lmao I just saw that on someones run, pretty sure it was Aggy's first randomizer run where he spots this dude flying and has a pretty hilarious reaction :D had never seen it before, and apparently neither had Aggy

The circular grave also seems like it could be the omega symbol as well. So it could be brroken/shattered or the last great rune?

Haven’t gotten to play elden ring yet but every time I watch 1 of your videos it makes me wanna play it!! Love the lore of souls games!