Elden Ring Lore ▶ Every Dragon Explained 

Loved having the chance to collaborate on this! The Dark Souls Lore videos from this channel were some of the biggest inspirations for creating my own content, so thank you again for having me on board for one of my favorite topics in the game

If you don’t like the idea of your character becoming a magma wyrm you can just say that your character is built different and will not succumb to that fate

"Power granted, is stronger than power stolen" that why the dragon cult could wield the red lighting of ancient dragons without adverse effects, unlike the act of dragon communion.

Loved the dragons in this game. I understand the takes on enemy variety, but it made them feel like normal inhabitants of The Lands Between. I enjoyed them

Never knew Ekzykes was intentionally guarding the Cathedral of Dragon Communion just so he could avenge fallen dragons, he was already one of my favorite bosses in the game just by visual design, and how he blends in with the landscape, but this just elevates him to another level of badassery in my eyes. Great video, Ashen!

Placidusax is one of the most grand and awe-inspiring boss fights, ever. You truly feel you're fighting an immensely powerful being.

The way Placidusax are holding their heads. Kinda reminds me of when our own two fingers starts communing with the greater will. Also, a similiar kind of hand symbolism considering he probably had 5 heads but now only got two, and that there are two fingres mostly, but the Three Fingers also exsist but are considered mad and heretical. going on a long limb here, but maybe there was a "hand" of 5 fingers, that split?

I like the idea of the magma wyrms being cursed to crawl on their bellies for their transgressions. Very similar to the story of man’s expulsion from Eden in the Bible. Miyazaki always loved western, Christian and gothic themes and this fits perfectly.

A note on Eleonora She holds the purifying tear, specifically meant to counter the bloodboon ritual which grants Mohg his strength. Furthermore, she wields Greyoll's roar, an ability which requires the death of the Elder Dragon. However, she can wield it even if we have not yet killed Greyoll. It is my belief that Eleonora was attempting to amass draconic power to slay Mohg before he could form his Dynasty, hence the purifying tear, and used his bloodflame to stave off the negative effects of Dragon Communion. Hearts pump blood through one's body, and it is the hearts of the Dragons that is needed to harness their power. Thus, the introduction of Bloodflame may introduce a second "agent" into the blood of Eleonora, allowing her to wield both and cancel out the negative effects of one another. This is further supported by Dragon incantations and Bloodflame incantations both requiring Arcane to wield

The dragon fights in this game are so fun, they're not super difficult like the bosses and you can usually beat them first try, but they add a huge sense of scale when you're fighting them

I wondered why killing Greyoll netted five hearts. I never noticed the others around her died, too. I always bailed out right after the death, fearing losing my rune haul to the surrounding dragons.

The curse of dragon communion puts an interesting twist on a tarnished who manages to ascend to status of elden lord Especially if they chose the age of fracture or age of true order Suddenly, Leyendell finds itself being ruled over by an Elden lord magma wyrm.

I always thought Dragonbarrow was like a cemetery for dragons of sorts. Where the weakening dragons go to die. They all look kinda sickly. Great video 👍🏽

Another interesting note about Agheel and the lake he resides in.. is that the undead in the lake can be heard praying to him, in the hops that he’d burn them all away…

Really hope they add in a Dragon NPC in a DLC that we can talk to or ride to a new area or something

I always thought the shape Placidusex takes when just floating before the fight was vaguely heart looking

Man. This video was exquisitely narrated and designed. The ending sent chills down my spine. Dragon communion incantations are among my favorite in this whole game.

considering the direction Yura's...story...goes later in the game, its interesting that he brings up being "mad" [crazy] and "being burned alive" in his first lines of dialogue.

I've loved dragons since I was itty bitty. I fell in love with the dragon spells. And the way they designed them was breath taking. I only wish we had an ending that could save them.

Ive been waiting for someone to do a lore about it. My boy ashen hollow never fails

All this time later and I'm STILL blown away every time I see Gransax, i can't imagine the horror of watching a dragon so enormous and strong fall upon the city in assault. I dont think any dragon boss in all of From games would be that insane,

The whole Dragon Communion thing goes to show that old chestnut from the Souls series: dragons are awesome and all, but please try not to become one, it isn't worth it. As some others have said, this just shows how Dragons are such an important part of this world, even if their importance may not be as ingrained as in Dark Souls, for instance. Interesting also that Adula made a knightly vow to Ranni, like some Trolls are knights of the Carian Royal Family. I also love the differences between the Ancient Dragons and the 'Modern' Dragons: The modern dragons are not covered in gravel stone but their hides are still stone-like and more bestial, and they can still put up a hell of a fight. But the gravel stone on their hearts proves the connection between them and the ancient line.

So something I'm a bit confused about. The dragon lighting incantations that buff the tarnished are said to only be usable on those the dragons love yet our tarnished can use it no problem. So do the dragons "love" our tarnished or is this just a case of stolen power that no other was strong enough to just take and use before our tarnished? If they do love our tarnished they've got a funny way of showing it by always trying to give us the zap zap.

Really like the ‘travel through the world’ method you’ve used here. More!

yeah Placidusax's outer god might also be greater will, since his golden flame breath is similar to Elden Beast's golden fire breath attack. Maybe someone can even test if it deals holy damage as well

Are we just gonna ignore the fact that Lansseax was probably Vyke's dragon waifu? Certainly sounds like they were more than just "friendly", especially with her spending a lot of time in human form.

Compared to the rest of the series, the path of immortality being a magma Wyrm isn’t the worst fate You’re probably immortal, considering Theodorax is from the giant war You can live in magma and spew it, sure you can’t fly but eh You still have use of your hands and arms And you get a sick looking greatsword, while being a several ton, scales like armor wyrm

Yeah I'm definitely gonna use dragon spells my next playthrough

I loved every dragon fight in this game, they all felt cinematic and fun. I actually like that their are loads of them because I love fighting them

It seems like evolving hands with 5 fingers is a symbols of higher inteligence. Reminds me of the endidng that was removed from the game.

What I find interesting is that placidusax is almost a reflection of the two fingers. He once had five heads, much like five fingers of a hand. As the elden lord, he would have acted as the "hand" of the greater will. Now, he has fallen away from the grace of gold. He's lost three of his heads, beaten and broken by the time we meet him. Just as the five fingers became only two. And the three fingers took on the chaos flame. It would be interesting to see the other three heads somewhere writhing about in protest to the God that placidusax once served, eh? As if three of the five heads wrenched themselves from their stumps and abandoned the elden lord, leaving him to die. My goodness. What a scary thought...

i still love the fact they made the dragons heads shake whenever they shriek or use a breathe attack, it’s such a small detail but it makes them look so much more menacing and terrifying

I don't think the undead nobles and commoners are tarnished. There are many different types of undead in this game because the concept of death has been warped for everyone, tarnished or not. The tarnished are specifically the army and followers of Godfrey who were divested of grace like Godfrey himself, sent away to die in wars outside the lands between, and after they died were resurrected specifically to return to the lands between and follow the guidance of grace. Surely not every undead person we see in the game was a part of Godfrey's army, I doubt the spirits of deer in the Mountaintops of the Giants, the Tibia Mariners, or the undead common folk digging away at ruins were a part of his army. They're just the various inhabitants of the land between living on in death. Regardless this is an awesome video, keep up the good work!

woah, Placidusax has TWO heads almost symbolizing the TWO fingers. And we also see that he possibly had FIVE heads and a hand has a total of FIVE fingers...idk i just think theres something to that in relation to the fingers and greater will.

oh my god I love your lore videos, I learned so much in this that I haven't heard anywhere else yet, thanks for your Elden Ring coverage! (also as an aside thank you for your Lore to Sleep To series I literally put it on every night, you have a really great voice for it and I know they must take a lot of time to make but I'd love to see more so I can expand my sleepy library!)

There should be an Age of the Ancients/Age of Dragons/whatever cool name you can give it where you obtain every Dragon Communion spell and rule over the Lands Between as an ancient dragon mimicking the design of Elden Beast. Alternatively, you could have a different kind of ending with never using Dragon Communion spells and settling for the red lightning of the ancient dragons, taking the throne as a champion of the ancient dragons, spreading the draconic cult across the Lands Between

Hell yes! Love your work. Time to get cozy and learn something about dragons.

Something to note about Placidusax is that it might still live outside time even after defeat by the player. The player also defeats marika's shadow Gurranq inside Farum Azula and he still ives. the only difference seem to be that he was allways on the outside while Placidusax is only inside. (also that you likely can't effect things outside time, just experience them. but that's up to interpretation)

Dragons. The best fantasy has to offer.

This is something I always found inconsistent about this series. Ok, so Adula protects Ranni and I'm on her team, so... why are we even fighting if we're on the same side? I get Blaidd or the Preceptor what's-his-name... puppet guy... Seluvis? Something like that... but what's the deal with Adula? I got the sense that I had to fight some enemies only because the game said so, even though I didn't really have an option to say no or even talk to those enemies and decide for myself whether to fight them or not.

I feel so sad to have killed Greyoll, after I learnt about her. I hope I could revive her. I am even willing to give back the 100.000 runes, if I could, and the 5 dragon hearts.

I enjoyed learning about these dragons. I’ve probably gotten about half way through the game and haven’t played in months. I’ve finally beaten about six of them, but I remembered another dragon you didn’t mention. I don’t remember the name, but it was under ground next to a huge skeleton seated statue. It also breathed frost damage.

This is the best lore video on the dragons I've seen and I've seen a lot of ER lore videos. A lot of effort must have went into this, the wording is poetic at times. Subbed.

I’m a simple man, I see the word Dragon in the Title I Click the Like Button

The facts about those dragons and wyrms are very interesting.😊 I like dragons myself. I even got their incantations and the dragon breaths.

Great video, constantly captivating, good narration, thorough explanation of each dragon, whilst highlighting each of their uniqueness, loved every minute of it

Very well done. Excellent pace. Incredibly informative. I missed a lot of the information that you provided here in my play through. So thank you. I look forward to your next video.

Ya know.. It feels like im the bad guy for killing Agheel now. He's just a dragon killing undead that want to die. DamB

Incredible video (and map for dragonhunters)! Also, I was today years old when I realised WHY Miquella's needle can only be used in Placidusax's room. The Frenzied Flame is in you and won't LET you use the needle. But in the eye of the storm beyond time, the frenzied flame is stilled or cut off from you. Or maybe it's as simple as time has stopped for you in the outside world. Basically, I think it's the only place the FF can't control you.

To be fair, if you do become a magma-wyrm, you retain the intelligence enough to use swords and you get magma breath. That’s neat.

I remember when I went to the lake and was like “ ohhh ez zombies to kill” then Agheel flew down , like bro I was soooo scared you had no idea😂

I love how comprehensive this video is. Well deserved thumbs up.

Gransaxx doesn't rival greyroll he is much bigger than her

Man. That outro after Placidusax’s section actually gave me a chill. That was great

I’m just now realizing the dark irony of Yura saying “unless you’re mad, or want to be burned alive”

Adula whipping out the moonlight sword is the coolest understated moment in the game.

If anyone deserves to be Elden Lord, I say it should be the chad who slept with a dragon. All hail Vyke the Dragonlayer

Nice vid, I'm a fan of the ancient dragons 👍

As soon as I discovered the dragon spells I knew I was going cleric/dragon Paladin build . Wouldnt trade it for anything else . It feels good to be a tarnished that commands the power of dragons . Elden ring really gives you the tools to be formidable , even on more difficult playthroughs .

I think that if the worship of the ancient dragons did not conflict with belief in the Erd Tree, and the fact that many items involving dragons are imbued with gold, it would make sense that the Greater Will was the outer god once connected with the ancient dragons. If the dragon lord was awaiting a return of the god, and they had interacted before, it would make sense that the Greater Will would take a physical form similar to a dragon when interacting with those in the lands between. The Greater Will had not returned to the Lands Between since leaving the ancient dragons, hence why it takes the form of a dragon like entity when we fight it following Radagon.

The Ancient Dragons are some of my favorite enemies in any game. Their power is fearsome and beautiful. Truly an epic foe.

That closing statement with the music. pure epicness

Thank you for this. I love the dragons in this game. It’s my first souls game and I’m in love

Wish we had a Paarthurnax in this game

Love the game, love the dragons! Thank you very much for the lore my friend!

the best lore videos turn into tutorials that show u new things and new processes. wonderfully done!

My tarnished: Dragon cursed, Blood cursed, Inhabited by frenzied flame, walking around with a rune of death. "What's it gonna be? What's it gonna be?"

Call me a dumb fandom kid or something, but Vyke and Lansseax were always such badass characters to me that I ended up creating my main original Elden Ring character to be the son of the pair and a half-dragon prince. The idea of a Tarnished being close to a powerful ancient dragon that guards the Altus Plateau, only to lose his mind and be consumed by the frenzied flame is such a cool idea.

I like to view Placidusax's role as Elden Lord in the ancient world similar to Godzilla's role in being protector of Earth. Placi acts more like an apex predator monarch, who simply probably exists as a symbol of power, order, and peace and probably didn't actually do much except probably work directly with his God and the other powerful dragons. The ancient world was probably more simple and didn't need complex governments, different kingdoms, borders, taxes, lawd and everyone or all species were likely treated fairly. So basically the dragons just kinda existed, kept the peace, and any smaller less powerful beings probably inevitable worshiped or built their belief systems around the influence of the dragons. I could be wrong, but that's the picture I got painted of the ancient world when dragons ruled; they probably didn't get aggressive until after all the drama that happened and they got kicked to the curb Also, doesn't it say somewhere in the game that Placidusax was a kind and fair Lord? I could also be wrong, someone please let me know if it talks about him in a positive light. I mean "placid" is in his name which literally means calm or peaceful, or not easy to get upsetted so Placi was probably a super nice guy that didn't deserve his fate

Extremely high quality - thank you for making this

everyone talks about agheel being the first dragon they met, and for good reason but on my playthrough the first dragon i met was ekzykes. and doing almost no damage to him and realizing how outclassed i was has got to be one of my favourite moments

Give us more my apprentice, for we need the lore

I would imagine so that’s the price of trying to appropriate the power of dragons for human usage

Yeah I think those who became Wyrms were those who failed to fully merge and control the powers growing within them. As we see with the Bodies of Wyrms such as their wings are badly deformed. So if the player has full control over the dragon incantations as well as learning the powers of other large figures such as Placidusax there's no telling what will happen to them when they start to transform. Chances are they'll become a dragon far more terrifying than Placidusax or Gransax. I really hope they give more insight on becoming a dragon in the DLC

In every Soulsborne game dragons are always never portrayed as purely malicious creatures but as a tragic dying species long past their golden age. Makes wanna comfort the poor beasts, without getting burned alive of course.

The dragons are fun enemies, but still darkeater midir is THE best fromsoft dragon fight

Interesting detail about Partysnax's fingers. I never twigged that about him tbh. Wonder if he was once a prehistoric beast man that partook in dragon communion? And the result was that kind of transformation as opposed to the magma wyrm stuff of modern ER dragons?

This was such a good video I don't know like anything about elden ring but it was still super interesting to watch!

At 22:38 Dragonlord Placidusax seems to resemble a heart to me. Kinda cool.

Remember Seath? Remember Guyra? I hope these two primordial dragon deities exist somewhere beneath the surface of Elden Ring lore.

moral of the story: instead of eating dragon hearts to become dragons, or as powerful as a dragon. make them your friends, or waiffus

By far my favorite lore video of elden ring tbh

Fascinating. Thr blue-green, blue flames is teal or turquoise of color aka green and blue mixed. With clear distinct traces of those coloeørs on the edges

i can only hope the DLC is focused on dragons and we get more ice lightning stuff 🙏🏻

The moment I saw Placidusax lingering in the air with two heads pointed up, I immediately made the connection to the pose the Two Fingers take when communing with The Greater Will. It makes me think that, perhaps, Placidusax was "beaten" into submission and shaped into a pseudo-Two Fingers. His heads were ripped off to strip him of his power and force him to bend to the Greater Will. My other idea is that he once had five heads, a lordly number that was also symbolic of the original hand. But when the Three Fingers were deemed heretical and ripped off, so too were three of his heads.

This is what I love about Elden ring The Way they use enemy placement and item drops to tell story like that magma worm that gives you all the hearts that the is able to put together that that was actually a giant that turned into one of those things

Placidusax is definitely one of the most awesome dragons depicted, both visual and lore wise

Dragons are so beautiful

Never knew yura was even a thing

I cant get enough of lore like this... masterpiece. thanks for the video!

The "Flying Dragon" title never made sense to me. They're all flying dragons.

And then a random tarnished killed them all

I get the feeling that Fortissaux is actually the leader/creator of deathbed companions. She may even be Fia (The letters actually line up in Fortissaux's name too interestingly. There's a second character that follows a pattern like that as well. Rya - Zorayas), that just being her human form. That's why you end up fighting her there. A test to ensure you were worthy and capable of carrying out their end goal and that sacrificing Fia/Herself to create the mending rune was worth it in your case. Granted that's just a theory, nothing really backs it up.

4:50 Yeah, that's because Adula pushed past her limits and went into Super Dragon God Super Dragon (Evolved). (also had to double check the wiki to be sure I wasn't going crazy and yes, he's pronouncing Lansseax like a madman)

Can't wait for every dragon not in elden ring explained next

Feel weird learning about your victims AFTER you kill them. 😕

Dude the dragon fight music is awesome

Dope video. I really hope that the DLCs that we get have an expansion on dragons and also Eochaid.

I think that, while the dragon god was linked to the Greater Will, they weren't it, and neither were they a primitive version of it. My main reason for thinking that is that, if they were an Outer God, they wouldn't be able to flee, as they would never have been in the Lands Between to begin with. Another reason is that Mohg couldn't just create his dinasty with just himself and his outer god, the Formless Mother. He needed Miquella, and specifically needed Miquella to attain godhood. This indicates that, to truly rule, you need not only a Lord and an Outer God, but also a normal god, like Marika is. The fact that Placidusax breathes golden flames, an attack shared with the Elden Beast, that dragons are associated with gold, that the Golden Order accepted the dragon cult, the depictions of the Elden Ring in Farum Azula and that Elden Lord is reserved to the Lords that follow the Greater Will ( or at least the Order part of it, if you consider the Three Fingers and the Flame of Frenzy to be related the Greater Will ) ,as indicated by the fact that the player is the Lord of Frenzied Flame or the Lord of Night ( the name is given by the Nox Swordstress armor set ), and not an Elden Lord in the Flame of Frenzy and Age of Stars endings, make me think that Placidusax and the Dragon God ruled just like the other Elden Lords and their gods, under the Greater Will. In this theory, the Dragon God is just like Marika, a vessel for the Elden Ring. They may have, just like Marika would, changed their mind about the Greater Will and the Age they installed. That,and that, Placidusax stopped all their duties of Lord to just wait for the Dragon God to return might have been why Radagon, loyal to the Golden Order far more than to Marika, was not only chosen as Elden Lord, but also fused with Marika, to prevent her from fleeing as well as to have a Lord that wouldn't abandon everything this easily.

I wish the modern dragons were a little more unique in their combat.