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Hey just a few notes on the secret swords: - They were apparently part of a cut quest tied to turtle pope, where you would find the sheathed version and depending on some unknown parameters he would give you one of the two swords depending on some choice. - The sheathed sword model was actually reused for the sword monuments around the lands between.

imagine thops in the afterlife seeing he invented a spell that could deflect destined death. "who's the bluntstone now you pretentious burger king heads"

4:17 not like anyone is going to go back to do a Santier's Spear run in DS2A, but the actual fastest way to break it is to go to the Forest of Fallen Giants, slaughter the hollows in one big pile, then go ham on the corpses. Weird interaction that shreds durability significantly reducing the time it takes to break. I only felt the need to point this out because i found it incredible that i had a memory of something so trivial embedded so deeply in my subconcious that simply SEEING the Spear immediately brought the knowledge back to the surface. I havent played DS2 in almost 10 years now and i still remember stuff like that. Crazy.

the black flame is still the flame of destined death, the red one is simply the more intense one directly connected to the rune of death such as thre wthe black knives(which have pieces of it) or malakiths powers as its guardian, so its possible the black flame on ijii is simply because its been sitting their a bit and has died down some to the weaker black flame

This man managed to do the impossible, have an Elden Ring lore channel and a genuine, real, actual child at the same time. How?!

Referring to Iji’s burning in black flame. When it comes to From. There are no bugs… Remember these are the guys that changed the cutscene with Morgott and cut entire quest lines because it doesn’t fit the lore. They patched the Great Club to scale with faith etc. I’ve come to accept everything is deliberate with their games, we just need to unravel the mysteries

Altering the helm of Alberich’s set reveals that his entire head is made from res glintstone, just like Lusat and Azure, making him the third primeval sorcerer

Regarding the tree insignia, it could be a translation error and they're referring to iconography of the erd tree in general

Ye the 3rd sword really looks similar to how Vyke's armor looks after being embraced by the three fingers. So maybe you wold transform the sword from that polsihed clean look to the twisted look by the same process.

The tree surcoat symbol looks small and young. It was beloved in the early days of the Erdtree when it was smaller but that symbol has long been forgotten as the tree grew in size but was beloved at some point in time. This chainmail armor was made from long ago and now stands as a one of a kind as no one now would remember it.

4:40 the pattern of the third sword reminds me of Morgott cursed sword

Making the connecting between Roderika and Farnese this late in the game is like just now making the connection between Andre and Godot. Not to mention Farnese’s fiancé is RODERICK. I mean it doesn’t get anymore obvious

I recently discovered you can instantly poisebreak Bloodhound Knight's if you hit them in the air when they lunge at you. Make for an easy lv.12 win when going straight for Latenna's set

That merchant probably sells fake Jordans too calling them ''design beloved throughout the hood''

The question about the 6 branch weirdass Erdtree coat is a good one. The answer is terrifying. Sometimes a 'tree' is not a plant. In mathematics & linguistics, a tree is a model for organizing knowledge. It is a literal path that connects ideas and directs their flow. This item is pointing us towards an understanding of the Erdtree as an abstraction. A sort of metaphor for something other than a normal tree

The secret swords were most interesting to me - honestly, I think that the swords look like they could be a pair of swords tied to the Empyrean Twins. Miquella’s beautiful clean white blade and Malenia’s gnarled blade of discolored steel. They’re VERY pretty, though. Shame we didn’t get to use them! Here’s hoping we get them in the DLC!

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For the Malenia comparison, only the "1-2" leaping diagonal combo looks similar, and the animations are still clearly not the same. The stab animation also differs, and Malenia's is both far less telegraphed and a technique she does in phase one, with the hop and dash being the source of the momentum. As for Waterfowl Dance, Malenia does a chasing series of actual sword swings, while the other boss just stands in place and a very brief "bubble" of air slashes appears in one spot, more akin to Maliketh and Alecto's Rune of Death attack. Regarding Roderika, her Berserk inspiration feels like something that has been covered a lot on other channels, and even mentioned on this channel, already, and it's a super clear one. The Tree Surcoat oddity and the section about black flames appearing by mistake on large enemies like trolls are good, but it's perhaps a misnomer to call them "secrets." The Maliketh section is neat, but it feels like you could have done more research to see what else can stop the projectile blades other than Thops' Barrier, and to see if anything can stop the melee attacks as well. For example, I've heard that Immutable Shield can allow a shield to block a Rune of Death attack entirely, even preventing the 10% HP reduction. You could also test if Law of Regression, if used quickly enough (such as by a summon), can stop the DOT from Maliketh's attacks. You could also test if the blooming Erdtree Guardians, who can further bloom if they take damage but survive, thus healing and gaining new attacks, can be sent back to a pre-bloomed state.

Elden ring feels especially real and alive compared to other lively open world games because much like the real world there is a surface level path much like the lives of ordinary people. But there's also an underworld of ancient civilizations and sinister secrets of hidden societies that can be compared to the shady underworld of corporations, politicians and other billionaire elites.

One thing that always stood out to me about Iji’s demise is his death pose. It looks like the puppets to me. It had me wondering for a while about the implications of that. For the black flame I’ve wondered more than once if the Godskin Noble at the Liurnia Divine Tower had anything to do with that, and if the Assassins had been fighting with Iji instead of against him in that fight. I think one of my favorite things about this game is that the lore is presented such that imagination and speculation is all you will have to fill the gaps of the ‘unknown’.

I think that specific surcoat refers to the time or age when the erdtree was still growing and it was probably the age of plenty where gifts and blessings were passed out and when the new age began the design was changed. Ppl love bc it’s like a form of nostalgia in the lands between but that’s just my theory. Like if I was a soldier in the current age I’d see that and be like “damn remember when we wore those! Those were the days”

8:06 About that surcoat design, and the fact that it shares its model with the Eye Surcoat, to me it looks like the design is actually refferencing the three fingers, it might be a stretch, and the blue color doesn't quite match. But maybe it was designed at an early stage of development when there was going to be a three finger allied army or something. And it was later repurposed as an erdtree design

"We are now sponsored by Displate." That's how you know the channel has made it 😂 Also, I wonder if Estelle in the Rupture Tear would be a reference to Miquella/Trina? I only say that because of the kamikaze soldiers in his Haligtree that pretty much do that 😅it would make for a potentially interesting connection between the Avatar that drops it in Liurnia of the Lakes on the Southwest (paired with a Cerulean Tear) which makes it also potentially related to Carian lore and the one that drops it in the Consecrated Snowfields (paired with a Thorny Tear that functions like items related to Malenia). And considering the references of how it was a lesson learned and that Miquella is a Demigod that likes to experiment (see Minor Erdtree Church video)...

Didn’t know Radagon was someone that likes to pop bobbles.

Yeah, I can see there being a bug or glitch with all the different types of death related flames. There is the ice cold ghost flame which is a pattern of black, grey, and white-cyan in tint, there is the black flame of death from the Godskin cultists which is black with shades of gray and white, and then there is Destined Death which is black with red highlights and gold sparkling embers. God forbid you are colorblind, you may have some difficulty determining which flames are which.

The tree surcoat insignia - Maybe it's the bird's-eye view of the erdtree? Or the connections the erdtree has with all the minor erdtrees (ME). Try connect a line between the Erdtree with these three minor erdtrees for the big branches, then connect the branch with the other 3 ME for the twigs: 1st branch, ME (Caelid) = ME (Dragonbarrow) , ME (Mistwood) & ME (Weeping Peninsula) 2nd branch, ME (Liurnia Northeast) = ME (Liurnia Southwest), ME (Mt. Gelmir) & ME (Altus Plateau) 3rd branch, ME (Capital Outskirt) = ME (Consecrated Snowfield), ME (Mountaintops East) & the destroyed ME (Flame Peak - there's an Erdtree Avatar underground guarding the root, I guess)

Radagon can parry/block literally everything. From spells to consumables, he even takes reduced damage from volcano pots while blocking

In regards to the erd tree sur coat, I think it represents Marika and radagon (the dual branches at the top) and coming together to form the single root system at the bottom

4:48 The three swords remind me of how Lorian and Lothric’s swords could be combined in DS3, and the colouring of the third sword reminds me of Morgott’s sword.

The erdtree surcoat likely was an early version of erdtree depiction in game development that they kept like an Easter egg that only they would know, somewhat how corhyn’s robe is the original design for the prophet robe

About the mystery of the tree on the surcoat... perhaps it represents the 3 branches of Marika's children? The roots could be Godwyn, Morgott and Margit; one branch Ranni, Rykard and Radhan; the other Malenia, Miquella and ...Melina.

Not a secret but an interesting interaction I found. I was in the Moonfolk Ruins on the Moonlight Alter when I kept walking over some magical traps. I used Mogh's Shackles accidentally and it actually triggered all the traps in the area. It only seems to work on magic traps like ones in the Moonfolk Ruins or ones in/by Caria Manor but its just something I've never heard about. I did try it with the Vulgar Militia traps but it didn't work, that would have been really nice if it did.

I've never seen those sword icons before! What gorgeous designs, I truly hope we get them in the DLC!

I wish the NPCs did a bit more. Gideon and Iji just stared at their book indefinitely, Sellen was a statue, etc..

The Erdtree Surcoat shows a emblem of the Order before Marika founded the Golden Order. The emblem of the Age of Plenty, if you will. Check it. Theres two branches and 6 leaves, one for each Divine tower. Theres also three roots. One for each Eternal city. I got another secret for you. If you draw parralels between Darksouls Gods and Elden Ring gods, Marika is most similar to Fina (the goddess of Lautrec) the are Golden Goddesses, they are fickle (you lose Fina's favor if you remove her ring, and Marika divorces Godfrey) they bestow Favor and Protection, and they kill Firekeepers.

For the surcoat I think either it's due to sentence structure, mistranslation or your own perceived focus, but I think it's actually the Erd Tree that is the subject not the surcoat. "The Erdtree is Beloved by all and widely used as a design" is how I see it. And as you've said it's not seen anywhere else so that would further support they don't mean it's this design that's wildly used, rather than at the Erd tree is often used as a design.

It might just be wild speculation on my part, but there's something about the hilt design on the three swords that makes my mind jump to Marika's Hammer. That worn, smoothed and stony visual design really suggests to me that it was in some way an old heirloom from the lands of the Numen. No hard evidence there, that's just my hot take.

I learned just now about that Santier's Spear trick, time to play DS2 again. I do know about the trick with getting the spear and only spending one lockstone.

I can see the swords being rewards for the different endings or something. The 3rd one definitely reminds me of the frenzied flame and/or margots cursed blood sword

I agree that the 3 swords appear to be the same one, but the one on the right looks too regular to be simply from being burned. It looks like it was designed like that and the white layer was put over the top. Also just under the hilt you can see an element of the design that carries from the middle one to the right, giving more weight to the idea that they're the same sword. I think it's more likely to be a weapon like Morgott's sword than what you described imo.

The black flame on Igi after he dies , I always thought it was a nod to maybe the black knife assassins blades no longer wield the true power of destined death. Idk. Could just be over thinking

Great video as always!!

The third secret sword doesn’t really seem like it was burnt by the frenzied flame to me. Personally it reminds me of the sky in the Lichdragon boss fight or during the ending you get from dung-eater’s quest. Another possibility is that the pristine version could be a sword of dreams and the twisted on could be of nightmares.

Did u know u can get out of a trap teleport chest by rolling backwards (not sure if it works on patches one) and if u stun tibia mariner before he teleport u cancel his teleport.

gargoyles do not have destined death , it is just red flame cause the damage done by them do not lower your max hp, second having some random npcs using the greatest weapon in the lore just destroys malekith's role as marika's executioner and doesn't fit he narrative of the night of the black knives

When I was playing Coop with my friends, I threw a glintstone pebble at Radagon. He caught the spell and threw it back, killing one of my friends… one hell of a bruh moment

I've had the black flame glitch happen a few times if the past. I think what's happening with Iji is that since his Troll model is unique, it uses old code causing the visual glitch and the devs haven't bothered updating likely due to time and possible difficulty.

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U know what's crazy is im around 400+ hours and I didnt think there was really anything new to see, recently i went weapon and armor hunting to grab what i missed, just looking for any one particular item can take u on such a journey, ive found at least 10 new areas looking for shit i missed

The Fernese reference blew my mind damn that truly was a cool one!

Honestly i think the erdtree surcoat is just a design based on the erdtree, which is a pretty popular thing to have on you. Considering the surcoat set is part of the chainmail+greathelm set, seems like a low ranking or poorer persons getup. After all the blue and gold kite shield depicts the erdtree and (thankfully) that design is used on one thing.

4:27 My copy of Bloodborne just pushed it's glasses up it's nose and said, "Um, well, actually..."

Finally, more secrets! Lmao the bubble parry

Everyone keeps talking about Roderika removing her hood once she finds her new purpose but I think there's a much more simple, and likely, explanation. She took it off when she settled in, in doors. Much like hats are worn outside and taken off indoors, same concept. She was no longer traveling (and no longer in stormy weather to boot) and so the hood came off. There, of course, is a correlation with her becoming a spirit tuner, but that's probably not the cause. An ex patriot is not necessarily someone unwelcome in their former land. It's just someone who no longer lives there and now claims some new land as their new home.

Great vid!

The middle sword at 3:36 reminds me of the Gilded sword from Majora's Mask

Great job Zio! I knew none of this!!

Nice video as always, cheers from Germany

As a Brazilian, it's always interesting for me how some descriptions and conversations are so much different in english when i watch videos about it. I have no idea why this happens, but the Brazilian translation seems more similar to the japanese original intention and that's amazing. 😅

Why the flame burns black and white is not a bug, I believe. Black flame was the original god slaying flame, but Destined death gave it its red tint and ability to slay Ranni’s flesh and Godwyn’s soul. I conclude that during the story at which Iji dies is when the Godskin and Black Knives combine forces to kill Ranni because she seemingly crossed them both to serve her own agenda. The Godskins killed Iji as he guards the entrance to Caria Manor to help the assassins get closer to Ranni but Blaidd would be there to stop them.

Going through a quest to transform a weapon would be so sick

_Estelle,_ just like _Astel,_ comes from a latin word, _"Stella",_ meaning star. In english it obviously became _'stellar'. In french _étoile_ and *_astre_* also both come from that word and mean 'star', the latter of which if you pronounce it with a heavy japanese accent give you ... *_"ASTELU"_*

That piece of armor he was talking about the Elden tree on it it could be a reference to the universal mouth the number 9

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one thing i would add is the flowy sword looks much like water flow when its disrupted

The swords look like erdsteel like the dagger. But the erdsteel dagger is the only weapon in the game of that name

Iji is sitting just like one of Selivus's puppets too, also Selivus sits the same way. No idea if Iji is a puppet but I think Selivus is one of Pidia's. No idea if anyone pointed that out. Also no clue what-so-ever who Iji's puppet master is. Kinda makes me wonder if puppets can feel the effects of destined death.

So funny that someone found that sword from the icon and we have all been walking past it repeatedly lmao.

Please do a video on magic the gathering influences on elden ring! I would love to know more and cant find anything else on the topic. Thanks for all the hard work

taking a dump off the clock after working the graveyard shift and watching this 👍

I had a weird interaction with Roderika once. I was summoned into my friend's world in the beginning of stormveil castle, right past Gostoc's secret passage, and she was sitting on the edge of the cliff, just before the bonfire. I've never seen her there and have never been able to replicate this, but the weirdest thing was that she was labelled as an invader, and since she wouldn't interact, I kicked her to get her to do something but she just returned to her world. I can't find any info about this anywhere, and I can also confirm it wasn't a cosplayer since we had already killed an invader prior to this event and there was no prompt to announce this ''invasion''

6:00 If you literally throw a rock in Elden Ring it actually is a Berserk reference to Isador lol

That's some synchronicity having your kids name in the game you cover.

maybe the black knife assassins were trying to help Iji, and they were attacked by some godskins? or another baleful shadow?

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Just picked up Armored Core VI at my local Walmart. You might want to check guys, they might be selling it a little earlier in your area too.

about the three swords, the third one has that same twisted and oily look that Morgott weilds on his sword. just a small observation, could have been part of the cut noble questline involving the omen king himself and the sword being different based off the stages of said quest? dunno tho

Imo I think FromSoftware just didn’t have a model of the red Destined Death flame. So they just used the black flame because they already had the model and they were already crunched to release the game after the long wait.

Not gonna lie, DS1 always had reminded me of Invictus. Kinda funny hearing it be brought up with emElden Ring

My blue tree surcoat theory is the merchant made it himself and the description is actually his own... the often say "im starving" so the description entices us to buy lol

Did a bubble build. Once he is staggered using the bubble ash of war destroys his health

Well how much of Elden Ring is from magic the gathering?

The Staff of The All Knowing has mirror/reflective physics

w video i just started playing elden ring recently and it’s been so good so far so this vid was interesting

The swords remind me of the datamined sword of abundance, sword of rot, and sword of rot and abundance

5:30 *shocked Pikachu face*

The Black Flame, as we see it now, is the flame of destined death with the power of the rune removed. The black flame is depleted destined death. We don’t know that every Black Knife was enchanted with Destined Death or if the enchantment was the same strength on each.

Like how Vykes armor got fucked up from the three fingers I wish we had something like that

Those three swords might be related to Morgott, before they chose to give him a cane/ cane sword.

I guess once u hit that 100k displate comes a knocking. Good for u bro

Respect on the outro song

As a Bubble enthusiast, i HAD to beat Radagon and his employer with the Envoy's Longhorn. It was fun ! (But he didnt try to counter the bubbles...)

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Well, tbh, you don't to be Radagon to swing your arm...I mean deflect "bubble" out of your way.

would have loved seeing iji fighting these

What if the flames on Ijii are black because we've released the death rune? And it's red form is when it's seperated, like we know before the erdtree the ghostflame was that black colour and is another form of death, so maybe the colour is a reflection of who controls it or like what state it exists in

My impression about Iji's death was that he committed suicide by self-immolation out of shame for his betrayal of Blythe.

If you really really want to understand Elden Ring, you have to read this which is primary source material - it's an impossibly difficult text written by French post structuralists in the 70s but is the intellectual structure for both Berserk & Elden Ring. Easiest part I think is the chapter explaining the lone wolf metaphor but honestly none of it is very easy - it is on my to do list to make some content showing how Elden Ring teaches you the ideas in the book

What an absolute chad to have a kid and then to name them Estelle. Congrats btw