Elden Ring Lore | Rennala & The Carian Royals 

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I have a slight feeling that Rennala's insanity was not solely caused by Radagon leaving her (though that served as a catalyst). Radagon's departure may have weakened her mind enough that others conspired against her, but that wasn't enough to fully break her: it was Ranni's "death". Consider this: the love of your life leaves you, then the bunch of people who follow you begin to doubt you and, to put the cherry on top, your daughter and heir seemingly dies out of nowhare. Driven to madness, she tried to reincarnate Ranni through the Amber Egg; the last renmant of her beloved husband. I think that fully justified her descent into madness without invalidating or contradicting her previous displays of willpower. Awesome video Smough! As always, very exhaustive and well-researched. Cheers!

I don't know if anyone has pointed it out yet, but Rennala and her Full Moon married Radagon and accepted the light of the Erdtree for a time, a full moon being when the side of the moon is hit full on by the light of the sun. Ranni with her Dark Moon killed her physical body & her Two Fingers in opposition to the Golden Order, and to make a "new" order facing away from the Erdtree light; the Dark Moon would also be known as a "new moon" to us irl.

I really wish they'd made the Carian Knights Sword capable of actually being used as a catalyst for sorcery. Maybe R2 or an ash of war would've worked, mechanically.

Talking about the "Moon magic" being something the Carians had never seen before, just look at the Lazuli conspectus mask's facial expression: two gemstone eyes opened wide, the lips parted in what is clearly an expression of surprise! 19:57 shows this very clearly. When the Carians undertook this study, it was apparently something radically different from what they normally worked on. This was a huge break from their magical orthodoxy, and I think this mask tells a lot about how the Carians felt about this new type of magic.

Speaking of Rennala's oathbound dragons, maybe the reason Smarag exclusively eats sorcerers is because he is such an oathbound dragon and thus a sworn enemy of Raya Lucaria after it rebelled.

Radagon's marriage to Renalla also has a very obvious alchemical parallell. Albedo is the alchemical stage associated with the moon, already linking it clearly to Renalla. And transition from nigredo to albedo is often associated with - marriage, water, cleansing and purification and baptism. Radagon purifying himself in a baptism-like ritual with celestial dew and marrying the lunar queen is exactly the nigredo-albedo transition, tying into the whole of Radagon's story being basically magnum opus. The next stage would be rubedo, and is associated with gold, and union of selves, corresponding to Radagon's marriage to Marika, though based on some other dialogues, I think the union was never fully completed.

a criticism i have is that i do not believe the three sisters refers to three princesses but instead the three moons, rennala's full moon, ranni's dark moon and nokstella's black moon with this being exemplified by the odd one out amongst the towers representing a moon that has been destroyed (thus having a different name) and said tower containg a memory stone which is said to be made from the black moon. This actually may make killing astel even more thematic as part of ranni's quest if you view astel as the destroyer of said moon, in essence as part of this quest you are taking revenge on the one who destroyed the sister moon of your mistress ranni

There's something magical about the Carians, even in a fantastical world like Elden Ring! Been looking forward to this video!

Great video as always dude, really enjoyed listening to this. One little nugget I've never noticed before is Sellen being described as a 'Carian weed', potentially indicating her as a member of the Carian dynasty itself. Interestingly Caria is an area in modern day turkey which is notable in Greek mythology as the birthplace of the goddess Hecate - goddess of witchcraft and the moon. She is often portrayed with having multiple faces and the Greco-Roman influence on the Glinstone Crown masks is obvious. Hecate's chief rival as Goddess of the moon was named Selen.

Personally up until a little bit ago I believed Loretta was an Albinauric herself, but in her boss fight on the Haligtree she bleeds red blood, a trait that Albinaurics don't have, which makes me believe she's a human.

Great video, as always! When it comes to Loretta being an Aubinauric, my stance is that her story is more interesting to me if she is not, as that shows her to have a compassion for others that goes beyond just trying to make things better for her people, as she tries to give a group she is unrelated to a safe home to live in. She could very well not have cared, just kept on with her good life as one of the most notable knights of the Carians, but she chose to help those nobody else would, simply because it was the right thing to do.

I think the story of Rennala also influenced Ranni view on how the new age should be structured. The safety and stability of Liurnia basically hinged on one person. That made it all extremely fragile. If anything ever happened to Rennala, it would all collapse. And when Ranni looked outward, she saw the exact same thing happen with Marika. One ruler becomes too involved, too important, too intertwined with the land they rule.

Phenomenal insight on Rennala's "scheming" side, making her handling of Azur and Lusat a political move rather than a simply "ethic" or moral dispute in regards to what ought to be studied at the Academy. Really appreciated that part.

Ahh, I can't wait to sit comfortably with a cup of home made coffee, block out everything else and enjoy your wonderful voice and curious insights. Thank you for being a permanent company and a weekly routine. Cheers and much love

I'm always amazed how you manage to insert the item description for the Albinauric Blood Clot, the greatest lore item in the game...

One odd bit of lore that I think might be relevant here comes from the Greathood helm. {Hood far larger than the head it is meant to cover. A burial shroud of sorts for those who discover, at long last, the truth they sought. Increases intelligence and faith to the detriment of HP. "Yes, surely this is the moon that young Rennala gazed upon."} This has always stuck out to me, since it’s found in the Mountaintops, on the bridge leading to the Stargazer Ruins, but the dialogue implies that this is where Rennala first encountered the Full Moon. But this only seems to raise questions about how the Moonlight Altar was discovered, and why it became so relevant to the Carians. As far as I’m aware this description is not a mistranslation either.

53:00 It's possible that Caria's fate was bound to the golden order until Radagon 'married' Marika, breaking his vow with Renalla and thus, divorcing Caria's fate from the Golden order. It would've reverted back to the stars, which were held by Radahn.

Over an hour of SmoughTown? Yes please.

I find it interesting that there's a connection between the Numen and the Carians, considering Marika's origins and the eventual marriage between Rennala and Radagon.

By the time the Tarnished arrives to challenge Rennala for the shard, she's pretty much checked out. As the game states, when the people needed her most, they found out she was no champion. I actually want to expand on this a little further with the Cuckoos and their fair-weather loyalties. Mercenaries at the best of times are already pretty flaky when it comes to honoring contracts, and have historically often betrayed their hosts if they felt they weren't being paid enough or the contract simply wasn't worth holding anymore. Such as the case when the mercenary army employed by Carthage laid siege to the city after the first Punic War because the city couldn't afford to pay them anymore. Homilcar Barca, their leading general at the time, had to pay ANOTHER mercenary army to defeat the first one. One the he personally lead against the Romans. It would stand to reason that the Carians were "hands off" with the Cuckoos because they weren't officially apart of the military and governmental structure like the Carian Knights or their other oathbound retainers, and when Rennala just receded further into despair no one remembered to pay them. One thing leads to another, and the Cuckoos lay siege to both the Academy and the Lunar Estate to exact payment the old fashioned way. Bloody conquest and loot. Hence why to the people of Raya Lucaria, Rennala wasn't a champion anymore. If she ever was to begin with.

it made me so happy to see a new elden ring lore vid

Thanks for the deep dive into the lore of Carian. FromSoftware managed to mix mythologies lik: Alchemy, Astrology, Tales of Knights and Hermetism into very beatiful dark fantasy tragedy

I think it would have been good to speculate more on the exchange made between the Carian rule of the Moon and the Erdtree Order. The marriage of Rennala and Radagon seems to have been, at least initially, a political arrangement to break a stalemate and ensure mutual gain. Marika/Radagon learned a great deal from Carian sorcery and their way of thinking. But what did Rennala get? A truce alone doesn't seem like enough. I personally believe Rennala was unable to bear children on her own, and that Radagon bringing the egg with the rune of the unborn offered her the chance to establish a royal line after herself. I think ALL of the 3 children they had were born with the assistance of the egg and the rune. That Ranni turned out to be empyrean could have been an unexpected gift. But, alternatively, perhaps Radagon/Marika were already trying to produce one, which had not happened with Godfrey, and hoped Rennala's involvement would lead to success. People have speculated that Ranni may have been born of the amber egg in some way, but that makes much less sense to me than ALL of them being born in this way out of necessity.

If you can make the argument that Seluvis's Rise is a relatively recent renaming, couldn't Manus Celes have been renamed after the Two Fingers arrived?

There's a physical detail on the Preceptor's Mask that hints to the idea of the private matter they're meant to keep being the truth that Marika and Radagon are the same being: the "gold thread" that seals the mouth is in the exact lattice shape of the mending rune Radagon used to try and repair the Elden Ring.

with the topic of the town of sellia, i think that the remaining population is entirely from the nox settlement. but i think that the aeonian swamp used to be another portion of sellia, the part with ties to gravity magic and the alabaster lord. we find the meteor staff in the ruins of a street on the other side of the swamp, and given the rot explosion that would've happened, this would explain why the "town" of sorcery has been reduced to two or three streets, and why there's nothing in regards to gravity magic, and thus the sorcerers that studied it there, despite it being the location where an alabaster lord had been and where radahn had gone to learn gravity magic

i like how there's a spoiler warning 20 months after the game released

Carian gang for the win - gonna binge this

As a fellow Knight servant of the Queen of the full moon, I'm delighted to see recognition for our beloved royal house. May the full moon light your path, my fellow Carian protégés. 🛐✨

As far as im concerned, this is THE go to lore channel for anything Elden Ring. Youve done such a phenomenal job Smough. I cant thank you enough for the hours of knowledge and entertainment youve given to me/us.

The way that the Erdtree Order and Caria are bound together reminds me a bit of how in Warhammer 40k the Emperor of Man (Earth) forges an alliance with the Mechanicus (Mars) because a war between the two forces would have been pointlessly destructive. It was rarely a comfortable alliance, but at the time, there was not enough room in the galaxy for two independent human polities. Elden Ring gives me this same vibe: the Order, while more powerful overall, would have to expend far more resources to actually conquer Caria, when there is a much simpler fix: unify the two royal houses.

I consider it likely that radagon (being marika at this point) agreed to marry rennala as a form of subterfuge, already planning to woo rennala and then leave her heartbroken and weak since the forces of the erdtree were unable to physically conquer liurnia. its already conjectured by miriel why radagon, a "mere champion" would cast rennala aside and then become elden lord. would rennala being privy to this secret identity not throw a wrench into marika's supposed plan of mentally crushing her enemy? i would imagine that such a secret would be kept at the utmost discretion from the carian family, if that were the case

Fantastic content, as aways! There’s a theory that Godwyn was stand-in for Marika while she was absent from the Capital durning Radagon’s marriage to Rennala? I think it’s possible that he could take a female form also.

As a phantom troll champion, I really found it interesting how there seem to be several distinct moons who appear to certain people. I wonder if this has to do with the fate/stars thing. Also why they dislike how Radahn binds the 'stars' which somehow stops fate. I think it has to do with these moon encounters both mother and daughter have

Another god-tier lore video. keep it up brother. I cant wait for you to get your hands on the dlc

Lets gooooo Caria manor is definetly by far the scariest part of elden ring for me. Luckily I can watch this video from the safety of my bed.

It was heat as usual!

A bit of speculation on my part regarding a few things covered in this video. To me, it seems the sweetings created by Renala are made to be a younger version of her, or perhaps one of her daughters. Perhaps a way for her to try and feel joy again? Also could the Three Sisters be in reference to Renala herself and her own theoretical sisters? It seems likely if Ranni had sisters they would get a mention. Like Selevus’ Rise, Ranni’s could be renamed because she now occupies it. This could also mean the Snowy Crone is her aunt Renna. I disagree with the notion that Marika and Radagon always shared the same body. Namely, no absence of Marika is noted before the Shattering. Radagon in my eyes is a masculine aspect of Marika created on her ascension, yet occupying his own body until they are later unified. Gets back to that Alchemy sub-theme, that Marika represents the White Queen, and Radagon the Red King both are separate and trying to be united. I will admit that this stance is taken also to support my other theory regarding Godfrey and his sons Morgott and Mohg. It is likely the birth of the Omen Twins that led to the loss of Grace and Banishment of Godfrey and the Tarnished; thus leading Marika to seek a new Elden Lord in Radagon. (Also the logistics of getting pregnant as a singular being like that sounds like a headache to sort out.)

A film length lore video on Renala and the Carian! This is my superbowl!!!!! LETS GOO!!!!

I've been having a hard time winding down for sleep lately, this video is a godsend. Thank you SmouGeoff

PLOT TWIST Renalla was somehow transported to the Hunter's Dream and learned her full moon magic from the Moon Presence

the quality of your videos is so polished. loved that you revisited bloodborne lately, really looking forward to your forthcoming vids. be well

If you didn't upload such quality content I would have stopped watching lore videos on this game a long time ago. Props to you for keeping up the good work so long after this game's launch

you described the conifers in the mountaintops as "ghosts" but they actually _do_ have collision... for some reason. no clue what that's implying honestly, it might not even be intentional since you're not likely to notice during normal gameplay

One of your best videos yet… putting all the information into a greater context sets you apart !

Man the work you and others put into these is incredible, thank you for such an extraordinary video. I’m subscribed now and can’t wait to watch the others and any future video, this is the only channel I’ve ever pressed the notification bell for and you’ve earned it.

The royalty of all time!

Another excellent video man you have no idea how much I look foward to these and the bloodborne lore videos. Your definitely one of the best. Thanks for all your hard work

I am skeptical that Ranni had more siblings than we know. There's no evidence for it and since Radagon divorcing Rennala is a big deal, it would be for Rennala doing the same to not be mentioned. That said my theory is nearly as speculative in that I think the sisters/princess are Rennala's siblings or half siblings with Renna being the Snowy Crone and Ranni's mentor. In Japanese I believe the name of Celestial Dew is something like Nightmist (unsure) but whichever the point is the Japanese makes the item's connection to the Nox more explicit. May add more when I finish video, I commend your efforts

Tin foil hat time but talking about Loretta’s loyalties reminds me, I’m convinced there’s going to be some hitherto unguessed link between Ranni and Miquella in the dlc. Especially if Miquella is “Torrent’s former master” who entrusted Ranni with the spirit calling bell she gives us. Maybe something about Miquella’s frustrations with Golden Order fundamentalism, maybe him knowing that Ranni causing Godwyn’s death, I don’t know, but I’m sure there’s something between them that hasn’t been revealed yet

It’s always a good day when I open yt to see you’ve uploaded. Only you and 3-4 other channels I really look forward to.

Thank you for making this video! I adore all of your soulsborne lore videos, and as I'm playing Elden Ring the Carians are my favorite part of the lore (with Ranni being one of my favorite characters)

Very nice video, I really like Caria and everything about it so thanks again for explaining and expanding the knowledge about it!

I appreciate how much work you put in your vids smough I rarely if ever agree with your entire analysis but you usually give me something to think about

Man your Radagon video was heat honestly. It's so interesting to watch this Sun Queen and Moon Queen war unfold into this deceptive scheme. Marika = 5Head

Thank you so much Geoff. This was beautiful to watch! Next, if you have any major update in your mind, I’d love to see an updated timeline video. I’m a story telling style that tells us what possibly happened. I just finished playing the game for the second time, and even after seing hundreds of lore videos I hate to admit that I’m still confused.

Great video as always! for future videos i would strongly suggest that you cover the Abyss from Dark Souls, a lot of people often misunderstand the true nature of dark and abyss and i never found a good video (at least not as high quality and well researched as your videos) on this subject.

Regarding the discussion of Albinaurics and Carian royalty, I feel like it's an oversight not to mention the likeness of the female Albinaurics to the Sweetings present in Rennala's chamber. Both appear to fit the description of being frail beings, and neither can effectively move on their own. The female Albinaurics depend on their wolves to get around, while the Sweetings are similarly forced to crawl about. I also can't help but notice a certain similarity between the female Albinauric face and that of Rennala. And the fact that Rennala, too, was given wolves, and has obvious connections to the Nox. This may be considered conjecture, but Rennala's hat seems to show an evolution of the traditional Noxian dress. All in all, I think there's a lot more to be gleaned from Rennala in regard to a potential connection to the Albinaurics; especially the female ones. And it all begs the question; how does the Amber Egg fit into all of this? I simply refuse to accept the fact that we have no good explanation as to why Radagon would leave Rennala with that rune, specifically. It cannot just be a matter of gameplay convenience.

Doing my due diligence Carian knight playthrough, right now, about to fight rennala, and then this drops? Thanks for the gift

He's done it again! Thanks for these, always a pleasure to soak in some fromsoft lore and theories.

I feel like there is soo much more to this game to uncover. Keep digging for nuggets of world building and piecing together content for those of us in the community that have an absolute addiction 😅 praise the sun

A other good vidoe dude keep you rock cant wait for your nexts vidoe

In vers 1.00 the flavor text for Celestial Dew refers to it as a "nostrum", or medicine, perhaps indicating that a transgression, or "sin", is viewed like a sickness in the body. The theory that sin is a sickness fits with a lot of the demigods and their current afflictions. Some people have already theorized that the Seven Deadly Sins are represented by the demigods, all of whom are afflicted with some sort of sickness or impairment. Malenia is Pride, Margott is Envy, Mohg is Lust, Godrick is Greed, Rykard is Gluttony, Miquella is Sloth, and Radagon is Wrath. All of them are "sick with sin". And if Marika is Radagon, her Wrath against all whom she conquered is fairly evident in Melina's echo dialogues. Perhaps Radagon used the Celestial Dew to clean himself of Marika's transgressions as a whole, not just those against Liurnia. But then Godwyn was slain in soul and Marika's wrath fell upon the Elden Ring, after which she was crucifief for her sin again. It is too bad we have no option to cleanse Marika with Celestial Dew.

I have to believe that Marika intended for the Tarnished to not only find Rennala, being able to change your stats fits her theme. With this I wonder if Ranni’s second phase of her mother was meant to counter Marika’s plan. Also, Caria has the best drip and the best knights. All the coolest characters are tied to then

I was excited for this video but I wasn’t notified by youtube, and only found it through your community post.

Ahhhh, a new video to enjoy with my lunch. LEGEND.

Finally got around to watching this video and damn i was so good! Honestly the Carians and their great rise to poor falling from grace remind me of the Targaryens from game of thrones and house of the dragon.

I think that the glintstone and astrological studies are 2 halves of the same coin. You can see the astrolabes and a lot of other star gazing tools laying around still. I think the glintstones are comets turned asteroids. Their seems to be a reverence with the stones. And there are some sentient Chyralians that almost guard them on behalf of the academy too. Going into the moon thing is a whole other thing that Rennala brought to the academy it seems.

Glad I’m here early! I love all the lore videos!

I love this video!!! I would absolutely love more videos on Bloodborne and Dark Souls aswell! :)

One of my favorite role-playing backgrounds for my Tarnished is that they are of Carian descent with dark red hair (implying they could be a bastard of Rykard or Radahn), forced to leave the Lands Between and die, the Greater Will recognizes the demigod blood in my veins so I arise, and then I return to Caria Manor to assist Ranni in her quest. The Carians, Liurnia, and the cosmology are the most fascinating parts of Elden Ring for me. Again, another great Lore video SmoughTown!

It took me a month but now I remember. In Slavic mythology, there are three godesses representing Dawn, Twilight, and Dusk. In astrology, they are represented as 3 sister stars, along with an evil star that is chained to them. When the 3 sisters vanish from the night sky, the evil star will come free and bring about the end of the world. The fourth star, which is chained to the three sisters, is similar to Fenrir. It is a ravenous WOLF known as Simargl.

I still wish we could have a red wolf of radagon as a spirit ash. Even if it doesn’t have its fire spells or the jumping magic attack. It’s just so cool.

There is a Elden ring manga, MC going visit her, she still insane but her attention taking care of reincarnation kids slowly curing her. She became sane talking about how she hate Radagon, and threating MC not doing the same thing to Ranni. After the battle, she mention to MC say hello to Ranni.

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One problem with your version of events is it suggests Rennala and the Carians were not prepared to suddenly lose the favor of the academy. But numerous item descriptions suggest the opposite: that the Carians *knew* a split was coming, *knew* the Academy would eventually fight them, and made preparations so that *when* this split happened, the Carians would be ready for it. This suggests to me not merely that Rennala was a political leader felled by a moment of weakness and opportune political opponents, but that she was actually secretly betraying the academy in some way. Perhaps she actually wanted Radahn to arrest the stars, or perhaps the her binding the stars to the Golden Order or forbidding study of the Primeval Current wasn't just a "disagreement," but treachery. The academy scholars couldn't see it because they were *bewitched.* Rennala was taking advantage of the academy, and knew she'd be found out eventually. That's a very different story than it seems most folks have concluded.

@SmoughTown I’m so pleased you finally covered Caria. Thanks again, for another great video essay! I’m curious if you and Loki ever discussed the fact that the Oath-Sworn summons during phase two of Renalla’s boss fight are also beings that are also vassals or have an association with Ranni? While I acknowledge wolves, trolls and dragons are important icons to all of Caria, I don’t think it’s coincidence that Ranni gifts us the wolf Spirit Ashes, and has Iji and Adula both as oath sworn vassals - especially if we hold to the belief that the second phase of the aforementioned boss fight is really a contest with Ranni’s magic. I’d be curious to know your thoughts if you see this. Thanks again!

Perhaps the fingers crashed and tried to dig deeper in the ground trying to escape ranni. We see the fingers in a position showing a struggle to get away. I could still see these fingers being lifted into the heavens by the greater will to prevent ranni from truly escaping. Rhadan could have been approached by the greater will to help maintain them with the stars

So Rani made a magical version of Loretta, and also the abandonce of her father Radagon of his family is the reason why she hates the golden order 🔥

Hypothetical: ranis ending leads to bloodborne. A marriage of the blood star and moon . Gets moon presence, focus on blood and faith and explains the moonlight great sword. Also the beast from the shadows of rani and the queen

Excited about more SmoughTown! Hoping this video addresses the turtle pope in the room. I still don't read Fate as being a literal force in this world.

Just what I needed!!

yaaaay elden ring lore!! already know its gonna be awesome and im only a minute in :D

A nice reminder to go play elden ring again :)

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I have a small theory that the existence of Radagon was a curse placed on Marika by the fell god for her crimes against the fire giants as well as trying to extinguish the flame. The same way their children are also afflicted by outer gods.

I wonder if there is a connection between the nox/carian tunnel to the moonlight alter and the knowledge that Marika was once of the nox. Possibly a collaboration that Rennala had as a contingency plan in during or after the Liurnian wars?

Every time the Beast Shadows are brought up it makes me think, we've seen Maliketh and Blaidd, but what of Melania and Miquela's Shadows? Not even a mention in the entire game.

Yes needed something while waiting for F1. You rule!❤

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Thoughts I’ve had: Moonlight Altar was sealed off because of the Astel attack. This would lead to problems for Ranni’s plot by severing connections to the Finger Slayer Blade, the Black Knife Assaassins, and the hand she had to kill. Maybe Astel plus Godhand equals ahhhhhh!! I’ve maybe gotten the wrong idea about Sellen, she’s connected with the Founding Rain of Stars and referred as a Carian weed. The spell is picked up at Heretical Rise, up by those cold astrologer ruins. So I got the idea that she left the astrology community much earlier than Rennala and gathered her Lusat and Azure buddies and they did the founding together. But them dudes were always materials for Sellen to gain power, maybe even as an attempt to mimic crystalians. And the whole Carian even goes to… she was a previous matriarch of the family. Also, how Sellen refers to Ranni… Ranni’s possibly not Carian. I often times want to think of these three sisters as being Marika, Rennala, and Sellen. I dunno why

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Hey SmoughTown - Have you looked into the oddity that is the Four Belfries yet? It's located in former Carrian/Raya Lucaria territory, and has portals to very interesting locations. One takes you to the area the Tarnished first ends up in after traveling through the mists (Chapel of Anticipation), another to an area high up above Nokron, and the third one very interestingly to an isolated part of Crumbling Forum Azula! This comes packed with immense implications, as the Carrian royal family had access to all manner of very obscure and secretive regions, to the point they could at will transport themselves to Crumbling Forum Azula. Rennalla back in her day having dragons in her service is quite interesting if you consider this point, as she in essence had the ability to go to their ancient capital where quite a lot of dragons are still found flying abouts to this day. You can also find a caravan transporting a Carrian knight sword there en-route towards the Carrian manor (though I don't know where exactly they go if you let them proceed), a lot of security fortifying the positions, and curiously enough only one of the needed keys to re-activate the dormant transportation grid. The second key is found lying around on the rooftops of Raya Lucaria, and the third sealed behind a barrier in Sellia. Considering how one portal goes to Nokron, and Sellian sorcerers are connected to both the Nox/Raya Lucaria, it is an interesting point that after the portal network was shut down for whatever reason they took one of the keys back home. Perhaps to keep uninvited types out of Nokron? Though it does seem like an isolated site being so high up, there is a lesser crucible knight there along with a few bodies. The portal which goes to the chapel of anticipation also is pretty interesting. Who made this portal system and why? The Carrians? If they made it, that means they might have had information on the likely return point of the banished roaming Tarnished, and wanted a way to be the first party to get to interact with them upon their travels back to the Lands Between. Which knowing Rennalla's brilliance in building her power base and other maneuverings does seem like at one point she had made plans to befriend returning Tarnished and have them get a good impression of the Carrian royal family, plus allowing her to do more power base building and gain powerful new allies by being their first friendly face on return. That, or it was made in order to halt the Tarnished from getting past that point, which the welcome party grafted scion might be a relic of...though the grafted scion smells more like Godrick the Grafteds work. Chapel of Anticipation portal might also have something to do with some of Marika's machinations for the Tarnished as carried out by Radagon.

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Great video as always appreciate the content do you think the Great Snake a goal is an outer God and if so would that make Ricard and empyrion or

16:00 I doubt that the Cathedtal of Manus Celes was built after appearence of the Two Fingers. Tarnished Archeologist provides very solid evidence about the history of this place and it is far older than Fingers, Golden Order or Carians themselves.

I think there's more relationship between moon princesses/queens and sun gods then anyone has covered yet. Almost like it's the same queen line or queen and the sun gods keep changing, just changing the moon queen to a new moon princess to be made a new queen for the new god.