Elden Ring Lore | Miquella the Unalloyed 

Can you confirm for me if Malenia has ever known defeat? The game is very unclear in this regard.

Only to the pot hero

Dude, I just started watching your BJJ videos because I just started BJJ myself. Fancy seeing you here!

@@shalashaska5851 she cheated on her battle against Radhan - she lost, poison nuked the guy and ran away. She calls it a tie

Is that a rare dialogue or something?

Soon my legs wil-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *dies*

Well, he was accurate at least

Truly a 2000s anime supporting character moment

This has the same energy as: "Oh, the floor cracked. I think I might fall."

"I think I might die as soon as this sentence finishes" *turns to dust*

Lol

Not sure if they’re considered demigods or ABOMINATIONS-Leyndell (probably)

If it said "Empyreans", that'd be accurate. Poor Omens lol

Actually, they're blessed by Crucible, the craddle of all life itself. It's not their fault narrow-minded people, including their parents, shunned them.

@@user-od7hh8qg9d their PARENT is considered the very embodiment of the Golden Order shunning all life forms that can't be reborn within the Erdtree tho ...

It’s not in the nature of From Software to allow us the catharsis of our idealized ending.

I think we will see him again as the main forcus of a DLC, but I do think that Mohg has permanently stunted his potential or corrupted him, which will leave us with this lingering look at what could have been, a glimpse into what could have been a perfect ending that the lands between were so close to, but never got. If we could get an age of unalloyed gold it would be too good of an ending, and having a one-true-ending, or a best ending devalues the choice that the current list of endings give the player. Currently the endings are all small ways you could change the future, each fixing an injustice that exists within the world, however you can never fix everything, so the player must choose what fix is most important or logical to them. Miquella's ending would be too all-encompassing, and would overlap all the other endings, essentially destroying player choice.

They will never do a "true good ending", never had one in any souls game

@@ivesbarrera to be honest, Dark Souls 3 has a perfect ending where you burn the Painted World and grant the painter girl the dye with which she paints a new world

@@DanateDMC true

exactly！

that’s what i love about it too! they managed to write him in this way that makes him as mysterious and fascinating as he’s described to be

People complain about FromSoft's narrative style but to me they've mastered the key fundamentals of story and characters and allow for a lot of imagination.

@@Bungowumperpuss And those mushrooms are probably there because of scarlet rot frlm none other then Malenia

@@multilink1748 she sure seems to ruin a lot of things. You know, like the Haligtree... and Radahn... and Calid.

@@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290 and our health bar..

@@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290 and our sanity

@@cerberyn yeah, that too, if you can't memorize her moveset that is.

She is likely referring to his ability to charm others. Hell, there's no guarantee that her own devotion to him isn't because of his ability to charm.

I mean the dude could literally build god-repellants. Makes Radahn's star-hold look flimsy.

That line threw me off. I suppose she means in his charm and master planning perhaps?

In a game where no words are chosen by accident, to use fearsome would mean it's something powerful but strikes terror also. Notice that his charm power is called "compel", which a form more intense of a charm, almost a command. So instead of a direct/objective power - which he also had, remember the 3 rings of light - to compel other is of another level, since people will even kill themselves to defend him and his ideals. And he didn't have to force it to them like the Golden Order did. That is a power that even the best and undefeated swordsman or sorcerer in the game, would never have and it's more powerful than their direct powers. Even greater, i'd say, than the ability to stop the stars.

if i got it right she was referring miquellas charming ability and not his basic fighting power...which i think in terms of power radahn is by far the strongest of them all...the fact that malenia couldnt stop him was injured and thus forced to "bloom" (which is a metaphor for accepting the will of an outer god "rot" and loosing more of her sanitiy or "identity") means she was to week...while radahn even mentaly fucked by rot and corrupted still roams that desert and halts the stars "fate" from advancing. I dont know brother...every time fromsoft makes something look "holy" it ends up beeing the most evil shit...i think thers nothing more scary then a little kid who can play you like a fuckin doll...i think miquella is/will be the most evil persona in the game (im sure there is a dlc with miquella as a core of it coming) motherfucker is not dead hes slumbering...with mohg not around he will wake up i no time

Yes, especially after getting the unalloyed needle. Malenia with no rot. Oooo boy

Malenia be like "let me solo him"

It's funny the only npcs that look cool to interact with are bosses...also theres cut content that suggests we were friendly with Malenia she even calls us "Dearest Tarnished, My companion..." then she scolds us for our greed and hurting Miquella that leads up to the line "I am Malenia, Blade of Miquella and i have never known defeat" honestly i want to see that scenario more.

@@PapaDrevn that would make her weaker, as channeling it was the only thing allowing her to tie a handicapped Radahn. She also uses it in her 2nd phase, which in my opinion, is harder than the first.

@@Gelt1911 weaker against the tarnished maybe, but as a summon against Mogh? With no rot, and sight? Either way still would be neat.

Possibly something of note is that pure unalloyed gold in real life is a more saturated yellow colour whereas it becomes more dull the less pure it is. In the game the opposite is true; the golden order incantations and the Leyndell military are a bright yellow gold whereas the "unalloyed" gold is a dull, almost silver hue, with the haligtree force's uniforms reflecting it.

@@dommorris8163 That could be due to Leyndell’s forces being sat right next to a true Erdtree, meanwhile the Haligtree has not grown yet and doesn’t have the same golden leaves that the Erdtree does

I feel like you've hit the nail on the head with this one. I had made the connection of unalloyed referring to Pure gold, but I didn't think about how that makes the gold more malleable, or soft I guess. I hope these lore guys and gals see this comment. There is something here brother.

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@@dommorris8163 CVS? M000

I figured the pelvis was somehow related to the Formless Mother, Miquella being placed inside it by Mohg as if to rebirth him, but we have so little info on her it’s difficult to see how exactly it was used.

@@beatotheelder6170 True. Could just be a way of saying his rebirth will be unpure.

Was thinking the same thing, though I thought the pelvis bone we see in Mohg's castle to not originate from the tree but was something manifested from the Formless Mother.

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Exactly, this is why IMO Mohg is the most evil being in the game, worse than the dung eater

I find it kinda funny how even if you do Varre's questline, you can't really join the Bloody Fingers, and you end up killing him and Mohg. It's like the game is screaming at you, "Don't join Mohg, kill him."

I mean, we only hear about him on account of others, those who were affected by his "love-me" magic. Of course they would sing him praise endlessly. Ofnir, who doesn't interact with Miquella directly doesn't think much of him. Ofnir is not a nice person, but he ain't an idiot. The hope against hope of his followers and devotion that leads footsoldiers to kill themselves for his takes a completely different meaning if you remember his magical allure. Way to Mohg's palace lies in the same Snowfield that the way to Haligtree is, I don't know what it would be hard for them to find it, but it's really strange to me that there aren't any Haligtree-aligned search parties looking for him anywhere in the world. Malenia's sleep wasn't that overpowering, she wakes up just from us approaching, and she did wake up before - or how would she even learn that Miquella is gone and all that. But even without her, Haligtree still has an army, Loretta and agents, but there's no reference to them searching for their lord-god, istead all of them just wait. Now I think it's the result of his cult and his power - everyone believes in him so much they can't fathom that he's captured or powerless to return, he must be just lost or something. His allure overrides their logic. It's quite typical for a FromSoft story to have a genenly good person who's efforst are tragically ruined, but to me there's something quite sinister about this universally liked person with supernatural allure gathering everyone susceptible to be swayed - the lost, the oppressed, the dreamers - into a unified force, while making his own, spliter faith. If Miquella becomes a god and shields the world from influence of Outer Gods or other forces, he may rule unchallenged forever.

@demilung even if you assume his allure was sinister, he still was driven to develop unalloyed gold for his sister's sake, and we have no accounts of him doing or creating anything out of malice. The needles he made remove outer god influence, which almost always means purging or stalling painful corruption or affliction. Instead of raising an army and waging war with those rejects he attracted, he put all his efforts into creating a haven with his own blood and body, to tge point he left himself so vulnerable that Mohg could kidnap him. Idk, maybe it was all to some sinister end, but if it was, it was in a terribly roundabout way.

This is why I subscribe to the theory that Miquella split his soul from his body and memory and put it in the player character

Elden rings state the most mundane facts and think they've said something profound

Oh. Oh no. Fuck.

Obvious but stupid question but Mohg is Donovan right?

@@MrCowman57 Yes.

@@Sorrowdusk thank you.

#MiquellaDidNothingWrong

Maybe we'll visit a perfected version of the Haligtree in Miquella's DLC. I suspect some sort of dream DLC.

It's probable that Miquella would share Melania's divine tower. If that's a trait inherent in all demi-gods born as twins like Mogh and Morgott.

I'm still shaky on whether he can be corrupted at all. He's unironically "The Unalloyed." No attempt to mix or corrupt him should be possible. Now, what I've been interested in is, let's say it's true that he can be corrupted, is it possible for us to use the needle on him? If he was actually corrupted shouldn't we be able to? Lot of questions.

Highly likely that Melina is also a demigod

"nor do we find his Two Fingers" What if we do though? There is one set of Fingers to whom no demi-god is attached, seemingly.

Well people seem drawn to Marika and she was from what I understand less of a warrior and more of a ruler. Miquella was also not a warrior but more of a charismatic ruler. That's the only reason I can think of is the embodiment of something different than radagons descendents. But it really could just be genetics lol

That's an interesting point of comparison, given that Marika wished to shatter the elden ring, die at the hands of the tarnished, and usher in a new elden lord not beholden to the Greater Will

Love the idea of enter his ‘dream’. Hadn’t seen that idea yet!

Good news, everyone!

Yeah, I kinda figure that would be what the Unalloyed Gold age would look like. Miquella seems to genuinely care for his subjects, but he has passive and active mindcontrol going on; making him leader would likely result in a golden age of peace and prosperity, but one underpinned by an uncanny and quiet loss of free will and self determination. I can still see this as the "best" ending as he still seems to be the most kind and generous leader available and likely wouldn't overtly abuse his control, but the fact that this ending strips everyone of choice and freedom would still make it very dubious morally.

Yeh I'm divided on whether or not I actually want him in DLC

@@SmoughTown I don't think he will be. Souls DLCs are always about the prime movers and shakers of the world and what they've done. I suspect that any DLC will shed more light on the shattering itself and generally tell us more about the motivations and machinations of Marika. Miquella was poised to be a prime mover and shaker of the world but his flower was pruned before it could bloom. Personally I think Miquella is dead. His body has that same crusty Empyrean look Morgott's had after we killed him and took his rune. So unless the DLC involves time travel (definitely a possibility but who can say), Miquella's role in the game is over.

He's going to get the Aldia treatment from DS2. You're welcome

Agree, it will be better to have a new ending with Miquella, rather than force us to fight him.

i think he gonna be more like ranni as a character in this game if he ever appear

Your translation seems to be the same as the english one imo.Also i think the english also takes into account that Miquella tried to grown into full adulthood at the Haligtree.

Can we please start treating the English translation lore as a thing unto itself? I genuinely do not care what the original has to say about these matters whatsoever

What you're saying implies that the original Japanese writing is the only true way to interpret the lore, completely disregarding the English translation for what it is- it's own thing seperate to the Japanese version, and really every version. Just because something different in translation doesn't make it odd or an error.

@@_Molecule maybe the severity of these translation errors is being overblown though?

The perfect being in Alchemy that you are referencing is the Rebis, which is the perfectly **alloyed** divine hermaphrodite. He was born of one which is the cause of his curse in the first place. I highly doubt he's a Rebis as well.

I think you can see the future.

I like this explanation a lot, I think mirroring Marika/Radagon would be too on the nose as other theories suggest. St. Trina seems like a placeholder until Miquella ascended imo

We do see something similar happening via Morgott, who can project himself out into other areas like when he appears in Stormveil and again outside Lyndell, you even see him seemingly transform a random noble enemy into a copy of him that will attack you. Depending on how the ability works specifically, whether it will always transform them into a perfect copy of you clothing included or if you can chose to not transform everything, it would explain the ambiguous gender. Miquella may have used the bodies of both men and woman, and either if they transformed into him, the clothing they wore combined with his androgynous looks led them to confuse him for a woman. Similarly, whether it's due to Morgott's magic or Mohg's, there's a fake copy of Mohg down in the Shunning grounds. Each situation shows that there is a pre-established precedent for powerful characters to either project themselves out into the world, or create illusions of themselves that can act independently of the original person. Plus, the cookbook mentioning St. Trina also strangely mentions that the creator searched for St. Trina specifically in his sleep, not when he was awake. It's seems possible that St. Trina may be a dream projection of Miqulla that would take over other people's bodies.

So kinda like margit and how he's morgott's own projection

Agreed! His influence is unmatched

A perfect description. All of the speculation around Miquella and potential DLC reminds me of the DS1 DLC times and how people thought it would be about Velka. DLC about Miquella would make sense, but at the same time it would be such a Miyazaki move to release DLC that has nothing to do with Miquella and have this character remain shrouded in mystery forever.

@@hm02fly75 I think the key difference here is that Miquella plays an even bigger part in the story than Velka and is mentioned more often. Another character that got mentioned often in Dark Souls was Artorias, who got a DLC. Or Lady Maria who we only got a hint of through one Item, aswell as Kos (who turned out to be dead). You never know what Miyazaki will do. So we will have to see if this is a Artorias, Kos or a Velka, Tomoe situation. (although Sekiro was never gonna get DLC, since it's a side project)

He also reminded me a lot of Mergo from Bloodborne, altough both are _absent_ in the plot, their influence kickstarted a lot of their games events. Also both are eternal children.

@@Xfushion2 Mergo isn’t really absent, just invisible. He dies when the Wet Nurse does

So your character you play could be Miquella, because we are the only maidenless one and we can kill demigods for ever

I don't think so. I mean all empyreans are suffering from an infliction at birth. I think that is probably because with only 1 parent, the other half has to come from somewhere, right? So as far as I know nothing in the game actually says this but it makes sense. So I imagine the Outer Gods, end up taking the other half like a weird moving day. I think the Greater Will go to Miquella ,probably as a replacement for Marika as the Elden Beast's vessle, as "they" seemed to been afflicted by being a stunted *dual being* with allure. Like Mommy Marika and Uncle Guarranq/Maliketh. Both of whom are bound to the Greater Will and are two people. So while not completely confirmed , is highly suggested miquella/st trina being . Malenia got the SEALED GOD OF SCARLET ROT, most likely to spread the rot and bring the lands between closer to it being able to invade or to come back. Not sure. As it goes for Ranni, we don't know the affliction she suffered from when alive but obviously the God of the Primeval Current inhabited it when she was alive but she accepts it as part of her. OMG! I think I just saw the Matrix flash before me... that might be enough RU-vid/Elden Ring for today.

@@MSDK_DARKDRAGON its an rpg the player can be whatever you want them to but it will absolutely never be confirmed or it destroys the aspect entirely making it extremely unlikely

*Marika

What if he tested it on ranni first saw it worked and fucked up when godwyn was killed and that was meddling done by ranni to undermine miquella’s order which was in her eyes a part of the two fingers plan?

I always believed it might have been Rennala that cursed the birth of the Twins after being betrayed by Radagon.

@@alfredosimental6981 I highly doubt that. Renalla was basically powerless after Radagon left. Broken and useless. And even if she did, I doubt her power, even at her most powerful would allow for a curse so strong.

@@Pelagion98 well a fire giant was able to curse Radagon himself. And even though the fire giants are strong, I don't remember them being shown to possess powers of that measure except for the curse. So maybe you don't have to be powerful to do something like that

I'm thinking along these lines. But more in that the discord between Marika and Radagon had caused their afflictions. Elden Ring seems to be about connections, relationships, marriages.... and the corruptions therein. The Omens are shunned by blood where family would have sufficed. Ranni's ambitions are severed by attachment, et vice versa in her pursuit of the freedom she wishes upon the world. Radagon was happily married, only to be whisked away to serve as consort to his traitor goddess, likely tasked with repairing the elden ring, if only by himself.... Basically, bad blood equals bad blood, literally, instead of just generational trauma

@@ephemeralenhancement9445 wasn’t the fire giant either the fire god himself or was just channeling their god’s power tho? seems like he was more than just a fire giant considering the one we fight is the last one left

Thank you for your unparalleled support as always man

Agree, my fav lore channel by far.

I think this should be an ending if we get all of the greater runes. Just completely replace Marika and tell the Greater Will to take a hike.

@@piedpiper1185 but great runes make no sense since they come from the greater will

@@theoneandonly9775 maybe you collect them all then destroy them?

@@theoneandonly9775 I assume the greater will has a return policy

@@haydenfromtarget1357 that's the chaos take the world ending

Man if only Miyazaki and George R. R. Martin would collab on the lore of a game 😢

Well, the devs did collab with George r r Martin for this

It also works with Miquella's compelling of affection and loyalty, similar to Griffith's

He seems like a good chap though, devoted his life to cure his sister literally by turning himself into a tree.

I am with you completely even in the mogh video I left a similar comment

If we're following this metaphor, perhaps he was truly good. But after Mohg’s corruption, he becomes a “Femto” of sorts. If we do fight him in the DLC it will probably be a mercy killing since he’d have been fully corrupted by Mohg and the formless mother.

Miquella is a villain like all the rest, replacing one order and god with another is not true freedom, but a new form of slavery

Very true!

wasnt there a part in the video that said malenia bloomed 2 times before she did with us, the first being radahn and the second was in the roots of the haligtree for an unknown reason, probably either validating what u think or she just got bored

There is a blood trail leading to the portal in the Consecrated Snowfields, showing that Mohg did indeed use it to port back to his palace from there. The Albinaurics are more than likely there because they followed Mohg, not as their leader but rather in force to get Miquella back to the Haligtree. There is an Albinauric waiting by the portal on the Snowfields side, and he's pretty much the only Albinauric that uses the Rings of Light incantation, one of Miquella's creation. The Albinaurics within Mohg's realm likely followed through the portal but then we're influenced by the Unseen Mother once they passed through, as can be seen by their bloody spiked wheel abilities. The Albinauric with the rings of light incantation was likely the only one left behind to wait for the rest in case their mission to retrieve Miquella failed, and he waits there still. That's my interpretation anyways.

@@Faviomec that's not quite true, the other albinaurics in the snow fields use the rings of light all the time too.

@@Faviomec Don't forget the Sanguine Noble that invades right before the portal near the big tree their.

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@@SmoughTown so does this make Mohg a creeper/pedo? Or was Mohg just enthralled by Miquellas abilities and was forced to fall in love and serve his new majesty to create a new dynsaty.

@@SmoughTown definitely did

I’m really glad I was able to add value to the discussion! Thank you so much 🙏

This gave me something to really think about. Not that I myself really think this is the case, but what if Miquella isn’t in his cocoon anymore? If, like the nascent butterflies, he had emerged from his slumber when Mohg cracked it open, but when he emerged it was in a nascent form, making him some kind of invisible/translucent being, maybe even to free himself of whatever influence/meddling that any outer god had done to his physical form, or even to keep Malenia asleep to keep her from blooming further.

Interestingly there’s also smoldering butterflies, implying a potential third sibling, likely Melina the kindling maiden. Just more clues to Melina being a child of Marika

Lol good job presenting Vaati's theories as you're own.

I thought Miquella and St Trina are the same person?

@@thecrudest147 they might be, or they might be different aspects of the same person :) we don't know if Miquella had one eye over hair (the carvings imply he didn't) but it seems like St. Trina does based on her torch, so it would be fun if that creepy form is something Miquella can transform into.

@@mrrd4444 Maybe something akin to Melina changing appearance at the Lord of Frenzy flame ending? Opening the opposite eye, while her rosey hair turns a blackish gray

@@thecrudest147 Miquella = St Trina = Melina

I'm wondering if he has the same ability to have a masculine and feminine aspect/appearance like his mother/father. We still dont know if Radagon used to actually be an entire different person either! Maybe that's a super special emperyan ability?

i kinda came to this conclusion about the eggs around the haligtree and lack of albinaurics, especially since Loretta being there suggests that some albinaurics must have made it, another suggestion i’ve heard though is that they all followed him as Mohg took him to Mohgwyn

The thing that really bothers me about the Haligtree is that its secret entrance is guarded by multiple black knife assassins... seems to me its more than a co-incidence that the assassins who carrier-ed out the night of black knives are seemingly Service to an Empyrean who is disillusioned with the Golden order and seeking to establish their own order....

@@sleepyqueer the oracles look a lil like albinaurics with new swag ngl

@@Terminalsanity its very likely that both miquella and ranniss goals are not mutually exclusive and so the age of stars and the sanctuary within the haligtree and the curing of malenia and miquella with miquella bringing about an unalloyed order within the domain of the haligtree are both coherent goals at the same time? Like perhaps they would be interested to help one another and achieve both of their goals. They both have beef with radahn and seek the end of the golden order, and if anyone would be sympathetic to ranni even if he disagreed with her killing godwins soul, it would be miquella. He may pity godwin, but still understand the rannis desire to escape tyranny and the control of others. Especially when miquella himself regards that same tyranny as impure. I imagine he pities them both, and he probably pities mohg too.

@@outerspaceisalie I think their goals are very much mutually exclusive goals: Miquella wants to establish his own order and rule the Lands between under Unalloyed Gold: a more perfected version of the Golden Order with him as its God head. Ranni wants to ward off external influence from the Lands between and leave letting the people make up their own minds and choose their own path instead of having an order imposed upon them. Miquella's goal would undermine Ranni's goal entirely and via versa. Moreover I don't think Miquella is what he has people think he is. I think he was the one who secretly commanded and commands the Black Knife Assassins (It is after all Black Knife Assassins who guard the secret entrance to the Haligtree in Ordina) and so was the one who had Godwyn killed and betrayed Ranni in the process having had the Black Knife Assassins lie to Ranni about their target being Radahn and had them kill Godwyn instead. That would explain why Ranni had the leader on the Black Knife Assassins Alecto locked up in the Evergaol apparently right after the Night of Black knives. And also would explain why the Black Knife Assassins attack Ranni's crew right after she succeeds in slaying her Two Fingers and is on the cusp of achieving her goal. I think Miquella's mourning of Godwyn was nothing more than a public front to deflect suspicion from his involvement in Godwyn's death. Speaking of Mohg I don't think he actually took Miquella by force rather when Miquella plans for the Haligtree fell through I think Miquella sought out Mohg's aid to complete his transformation into a full God. Note that there is no sign of a fight having taken place at the Haligtree and none of Miquella's forces seem to be actively looking for him just awaiting his return. You don't see them fighting with Mohg' forces in the Consecrated snowfield. I think Mohg is just another enthralled pawn of Miquella when we fight him. Too much about Miquella reminds me of Griffith from Berserk. I do not think he is altruistic as he presents himself and is far more ambitious, devious, and corrupt than public image he crafted to help attain his ultimate goal of having his own order everlasting and unopposed. I'm guessing the impending DLC will settle whether or not I'm grasping at straws or have struck upon something of substance.

Yes, yes you are

The "Twins are evil" thing is also dependent on what era you're talking about. Sometimes they're an omen of disaster, sometimes they'd be considered almost godly. Which would tie into the different reactions to Morgott&Mogh vs Miquella/Millenia. In the Godfrey era, twins were seen as a evil omen thus Morgott/Mogh *must* be tossed out lest their curse spread but the Omen curse isn't communicable. Whereas Radagon's reign, twins aren't seen as evil, yet Miquelle & Malenia have two very dangerous afflictions- the Scarlet Rot and Unending Love/Obsession. Unlike the previous set, those two are allowed to exist in amongst the regular population risking a plague or worse. It's a great bit of social lore building.

@@brittany45 That's very True; the Egyptian gods were often twins and even had sibling marriages of their twin gods. Eldenring is inspired by many sources and no doubt takes inspiration from tons of myriad mythologies and Stories. It's very is fascinating indeed when we think of psychology and social factors.

another victim enthralled under Miquellas power...

@@DisgruntledPeasant guilty as charged

charming or...bewitching?

Great comments lol

Absolutely amazing

Love your stuff smough, amazing to see all the fantastic content created by fans of the series Thanks for the compelling narrative voice and fucken awesome visuals I anticipate your uploads

I think Unalloyed is pronounced weird in this game. 🤣

I especially like the part in which ranni explains that she, miquella and malenia are the only "demigods" that were awarded with the title of Empyrean, because it has some interesting implications for the gloam eyed queen. As has been established that the GEQ was also an empyrean, it's safe to say she was a full-blown god, or at least not one of Marika's offspring.

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@@lanceelopezz223 me too haha

but Milicent sisters can't bloom-?

@@lawlessloki9320 they can, just that they will be less impressive valkyries

Was gonna say this, everyone assumes when they see a bloom it's from Malenia

Her blooming confuses me. I don't think she's bloomed 3 times

@@LSB44446 She actually bloomed 2 times: One against her fight with Radahn and one against us

@@darthacez Isn't she only supposed to ascend after her third bloom? The one in her fight against us would have to have been her third right?

@@Ezekiel_Allium the third bloom is what we see in the room after the fight. blooming doesn't automatically result in ascension, it takes time. When we betray millicent she sits there in a bloom ready to become a Valkyrie in the future.

Considering the outfit you find by it, I disagree. It was one of Millicents sisters. They were all known as Blooms .

​@@eiden2616hi! What makes you think they are known as Blooms? Thanks

I don't think so. I mean all empyreans are suffering from an infliction at birth. I think that is probably because with only 1 parent, how is it possible? Cause the gods take the other half. So as far as I know nothing in the game actually says this but it makes sense. So I imagine the Outer Gods, end up taking the other half like a weird moving day ASAP , for more empowering them in the Lands Between/ I think the Greater Will go to Miquella. Miquella ,probably as a replacement for Marika as the Elden Beast's vessle, as "they" seemed to been afflicted by being a stunted dual being with allure. Like Mommy Marika and Uncle Guarranq/Maliketh. Both of whom are bound to the Greater Will and are two people. So while not completely confirmed , is highly suggested that it is a miquella/st trina situation . Could explain why he seems to have no belief in Greater Will and wanted to actually fix things. Malenia got the SEALED GOD OF SCARLET ROT, most likely to spread the rot and bring the lands between closer to it being able to invade or to come back. Not sure. As it goes for Ranni, we don't know the affliction she suffered from when alive but obviously the God of the Primeval Current inhabited it when she was alive but she accepts it as part of her and just wanted out of the Greater Wills plan OMG!....that might be enough RU-vid/Elden Ring for today. Have a good one.

I said the same thing

@@WillyTeach good job william! I appreciate you!

Poor old Mohg, no oracles anywhere near his palace lol

The only reason I don't agree with that is because they're found at the Capital and not places like Calid or the Lake of Rot

@@kylecherpy2842 yeah but they herald the coming of NEW gods not old ones. Meliania is a new god. The god of rot is an old one

Legit deleted Miquella's file

interesting

I do like the angle that Marika wanted Miquella to remove the influence of the Outer Gods all along, and Mohg kidnapping him ruined that, but also it was a consequence of her or the Greater Will's act of abandoning the Omen children in the first place. Also we know for a fact that Radagon was close to his son, and that Miquella gave him "several incantations", and we know Radagon and Marika are the same person in some way. So either Miquella was in on those plans or Radagon/Marika simply let him do his own thing knowing it would benefit them one day.

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That’s actually true

Yes

I'm not disagreeing with you, but where would the first bloom of Malenia be if this is the case? And do you think that canonically, the player should be leaving aeonias in their wake as they use the scarlet aeonia incantation?

@@heavenbot I think Malenia actually bloomed twice: during her fight against Radahn and one against us.

@@darthacez This. We don’t see the first bloom in-game, but it’s clear in the trailer of Radahn and Malenia’s fight

they’re passive until they kickflip towards me and slam a giant club into my spine

Just like minorities irl. They'll go way out of their way to be surrounded by white people.

I agree with your speculation. I think Miquella is dead. Ofnir calls Mohg insane and I don't think it was mere insult. Dude is talking to a corpse and living inside said corpse, animating it by acting as its blood.

@@rainbowkrampus doesn’t Ofnir also imply Miquella is alive within the cocoon?

@@SorowFame Not that I recall. Ofnir didn't even know where Miquella was until we tell him. I'm not sure how he could ascertain Miquella's state.

@@rainbowkrampus I’m pretty sure he mention Miquella still slumbering and that someday he might wake up. It’s been a while so I can’t confirm for the moment

@@SorowFame Ofnir says that miquella will be fine if hes left in his cocoon, but he also implies he doesnt know if thats a good thing.

Amazing, honoured you think so!

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The boss on the horse in the haligtree was a albinauric and part of rennalas academy she left her spirt/a spell to gaurd it is the ghost horse fight in the academy. "The sweetings" are illusions hence she is like where did yous go pretty sure the whole fights an illusion but they are obviously illusions of children alinaurics from when the academy was functioning That chick went to look for a home for the albinaurics and eneded up there. According to her gears description However We don't see any albinaurics at the haligtree but we see them at the lord of bloods area like they were following miquella you can see this because the portal to the lord of bloods area which is in the snow area aka close to the haligtree there's a lone non corrupted albinauric frog guy using faith magic so most likely they are dumb as bricks and followed him and that one stayied back and wasn't corrupted but obviously is allied with miquella due to it using ring of light aka one of miquellas incantations and the fact they all are dumb aka can't use spells now but that one can... We see them in liurnia but we also find part of the seal there and it seems to be possibly there home or close enough anywhere else you see them seems to be places associated with miquella Soulsborne games are about reading descriptions and environmental story telling. However im kinda thinking the frog alinaurics have something to do with either miquella and his transformation and maybe they were a test and as such fixing thier legs at the cost to magic and making them look like frogs or it was rykard as there's a skinned frog head there and he likes to mutate things like the snake people

@@rhysrat8949 the boss on the horse is specifically said to not be an albinauric just that she was helping them (on her shield.)

Well the sweetings disabilities seem to just a problem with egg which rune says those born of it usually just dry up and die without benediction from her great rune. As we see with boc .

@@dragonlogos1 I’m pretty sure the description even says it was a silly rumour

@@SorowFame it does it is actually pretty great

had to look this up. it seems like no sites can agree on the meanings of chrysalis/pupa/cocoon but apparently "melania" is the old name for the "Siccia" genus of moths. the more you know lol

Lepidopterans are special in the Lands Between. I'd be willing to theorize that specifically they are a sign of something untouched by the order, given the 3 varieties deal with flames, rot, and the arcane. With Miquella's fight against outside influence and Malenia's almost direct Aeonian butterfly generating, maybe they came to the same conclusion.

@@heavenbot Yeah, it's interesting to see how lepidoterans are tied in with statuses of the world. There's a weapon art known as poison moth sting, too. But other than these examples and the empyrean twins they have zero references or relevance to the story so far it seems.

@@blueverb chrysalis is what butterflies have, cocoons are the outer shell moths make usually made of silk and leaves, and pupa are the chrysalis like state moths enter inside the cocoon

So many spelling mistakes..I'm half asleep 😂 keep up the good work

I absolutely say this of my own free will, Miquella is great

@@SmoughTown blink twice if you need help! 😂

Wow - not sure how this is going under the radar in this comment section. Do you think this has implications for his blood being some special tempering material for his unalloyed gold crafting?

@@corvuscorax8459 I'm not sure, admittedly my read on their similarities conflicts with Miquella's gold being used to repel the rot. I thought early on looking at the Haligtree covered in rot that Miquella was using his sister's curse intentionally - cultivating the Haligtree then "condensing its juices" so to speak, through Noble Rot to create something pure.

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He is also that

Didn’t Miquella create unalloyed gold with the explicit purpose of resisting the outer gods will? I’m not sure I understand this part of the lore