Elden Ring Lore | The Blood Star 

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I know what I'm falling asleep to tonight.

I think I said it already on Zullie's video: I find that whole concept of glintstone slowly replacing one's brain incredibly creepy and unsettling.

I believe Heretical Rise is Sellen's former abode. During the fight against or alongside Jerren in Sellen's questline, she'll use Founding Rain of Stars, the sorcery you find in Heretical Rise, and is the only magic user you can encounter who uses this spell. It also ties into her study of the Primeval Current, and her being branded a heretic to the Academy of Raya Lucaria who have since sealed Heretical Rise.

Finally someone does a cool synopsis of the Blood Star without explicitly stating it’s just another aspect of the Mother of Truth

A note on red glintstone: the Gelmir staff, intended for magma sorceries, is also set with red glintstone and also scales with faith. It's also worth noting that the Academy despises death sorcery for relying on faith, same as Aberrant Sorcerery.

Part of me wonders if the Primeval Current isn't just the name that characters give to their galaxy. Instead of the Milky Way, it is the Primeval Current.

you mentioning the crone made me realize something i'm surprised i didn't notice before. ranni, renala, and the snowy crone are a reference to hecate. she is the goddess of magic in greek mythology, and is known as the triple goddess because she has three forms: the maiden, the mother, and the crone. like its literally perfect, they're all extremely powerful practitioners of magic. i love noticing where fromsoft has drawn on real world mythology for their lore

The Blood Star may be a reference to a entity in the Chthulhu mythos created by Clark Ashton Smith called Yamil Zacra otherwise known as the Infernal Star, a star that is said to be the source of most evils and the desire for suffering in people throughout the universe.

I wonder if the blood star was discovered before lusat and azur began looking more into the primeval current and it's darker nature is the reason the carians and academy aren't as eager to delve into the stars more in depth like azur, lusat, and later sellen would be.

Bloodstar, Elden Stars, Fallen Stars, Dark Moon, Black Moon, the regular moon seemingly having a great rune design on it, the Celestial Bodies of ER is certainly topic worthy of its own video

It's interesting that Blood Thorn magic and the Frenzied Flame both dwell in people who have lost their sight, only to be guided to respective lights. It sounds like the Blood Star has to be sought out, while the Frenzied Flame kindles in the "back of the eyes", as Hyetta puts it. Great video!

You should look into another notable heretical sorcerer: Necromancer Garris. The sage of Sage's cave

Seeing the influence of the Blood Star throughout the mountaintop of the giants gave me an eerie feeling that I've not been able to shake since, whenever I make my way through the mountains. Cheers for making a video on the subject Geoff!

The Blood Star might also be referenced in the Great Stars weapon description which reads, "Huge bludgeon with three stars at the striking end. Though primarily a striking weapon, the stars' spikes cause blood loss. A blood-stained star is an ill omen, a fact not lost upon those against whom this weapon is brought to bear. Landing attacks slightly restores HP." This could have some interesting implications, either way great video like always.

I think the guilty might have their eyes gouged not to make them into blood star worshipers but because grace is found in the eyes and removing them basically condemns them to live outside the Order.

What really puzzles me is why both the Blood Star and the Formless Mother have so many unexplained ties to fire. Blood Star - The description of the red thorn round shield specifically states that the “ancient thorn design” boosts fire negation, and the guilty thorn sorcerers have so many attacks that produce fire with their staves. These attacks could just be things that they’ve learned from their fire monk masters, but it’s always struck me as more than coincidence that these groups work so closely together. Formless Mother - Mohg’s blood is distinctly said to have erupted in flame during contact with the Formless Mother, and nearly all Blood incantations (and Rivers of Blood) deal some amount of fire damage. “Bloodflame” is frequently referenced, but we don’t really get a description of what it is or if it relates to other kinds of fire, like Blackflame or Ghostflame, which we know much more about. It may be that there is something inherent to blood that attracts flame, regardless of either the Blood Star or the Formless Mother. Morgott seems to have no real connection to either entity (other than perhaps sharing Mohg’s blood), but he/his sword still produces fire from the “Cursed-Blood Slice” skill. I feel like there’s so much more we just don’t know about how fire relates to it all

An hour of content on the Blood Star? Madness

36:30 It’s interesting that it’s a Primeval sorcery, since it is always described as something terrifying. One very common literary theme is that when someone sees something terrifying or horrific, they are driven to blind themselves, either as punishment for seeing it or a preventative measure to avoid seeing it again. If the early astrologers had already outlawed looking into the darkness between the stars, then the astrologer of the heretical rise could have done it for both reasons; and in blindness he found the Blood Star.

Maybe to those with eyes it appears as the formless mother(formless) but in the main land of the lands between and to those who lose their site she is revealed as the blood star(formed) but only seen in the shadows... maybe

Blood Star is a cool entity, also you know it’s fascinating when i have the urge to look back at all the thorn/blood equipment in the game to see if there are more relations present, like Elemer’s set and shield etc Awesome job as always ST

I once saw a theory that said that the blood thorn sorceries derive from the formless mothers period blood and I’ve never forgotten that since.

When mogh makes his special attack, the three circles he makes around you are made of thorns and one of his eyes is blinded

Id love if you created your own fictional universe and described the lore of it in this same format

Smough, i havent even finished the video yet, but good job and keep going. You are making so many others happy with these videos.

As a thorn sorcerer - I approve of this video.🎉 Thank you for the hard work!

I've really like the Blood Star. If I remember, it was actually a short about it that I randomly came across that got me interested in Elden ring in the first place.

finally a video on one of the most esoteric concepts in the game!! covering every bit man and we’re loving every second of it

I just noticed that Albeitch’s cloak has a cut in it in the shape of hollow parts in some of the graves across the Lands Between

I literally just finished your complete lore series this morning. What terrific timing!

I've long had a theory that stars are the servants of the Outer Gods. The Falling Star Beasts/Astel/the Elden Beast, etc all seem to serve other worldly purposes as emissaries but aren't themselves the supreme beings they serve (I know we've discussed them to be more like kami than supreme beings, but alas). Perhaps the Blood Star is akin to the Formless Mother as the Elden Beast is to the Greater Will? I think you're getting too hung up on the literal way these beings are observed. Both the Formless Mother and the Blood Star can't be interacted with under normal circumstances. Normal people can't see or interact with them. Only those with accursed blood can interact with the Formless mother, and only those who are blind can see and interact with the Blood Star. Both beings have a pre-requiste to being seen/communed with.

I like the thematics of The Blood Star and Mother of Truth, it (or them) along with the gloam eyed queen give me heavy Velka vibes, and she was and remains a very interesting part of souls lore. I wonder how this’ll compound (or get even more confusing) in the DLC content

When you mentioned the taunters tounge theory, the first thing that came up was illyn Paine from asoiaf.

FINALLY A VIDEO ON THE BLOOD STAR!!!! the weapon i used throughout most of my first playthrough

I think it quite the opposite with regards to the iconography of thorns being used in the imagery of the prelates and the giants, and extending further still to the briar sorceries themselves. Given the sorceries were discovered by those whose eyes were already pierced by thorns, the iconography is not reflective of the blood star, but rather, the blood star sorceries are reflections of the punishment given to those seen as guilty of great crimes, and that the usage to impale the giants is a further usage of the same original punishment. In the same way a sorcerer casting comet manifests a comet through the use of blue glintstones and the knowledge therein, an aberrant sorcerer manifests thorns through the use of red glintstones, and the faith and passion associated with it. Thorns used to punish the guilty, that they might know the pain of their actions, crucifixion and impalement used to punish further, that they might know the sacrifices of their god, Marika.

in love with the blood star and what it means for this world we explore.

I was one of the first to point out the briar spell being held by Mesmer in the trailer and everyone told me it was Giants Flame or Blood Flame or Dragon Communion. I think the black tendrils within the flame in Mesmer's hand are indisputable proof that he is the exile mentioned in the item descriptions.

I believe the Blood Star is the vassal or avatar of the Formless Mother. Like the Elden Beast being the vassal of Greater Will. I think every outer god has a vassal or avatar

Alberich just wants blood for the blood god, as we all do.

Very interesting video! One comment I have on the nature of thorns is that it is also used to frame Marika as heretical by Radagon. He uses thorns to block the way to inside the Erdtree, implying that the one inside (Marika) is a heretic. This is further substantiated by how heretics are crucified on something that resembles Marika’s own rune. I would also like to note the Giant’s flame’s connection with thorns. While Radagon’s thorns only disappear when the tarnished gains access to the rune of death, it’s actually the Giant’s flame that burns the thorns away (the thorns were burning, but they were still undying). The fire monks are similarly also always paired with the thorn sorcerers. As the Giant’s flame could burn thorns, perhaps the fire monks’ purpose was to keep the followers of the Blood Star in check, suppressing any chance of a revolt. Another interesting thing is the ways in which blindness interacts with Outer Gods in Elden Ring. Hyetta, for example, is guided by her the Flame of Chaos by way of blindness (and the use of eyes). Brother Corryn similarly also wears a blindfold. Lusat’z and Azur’s eyes have been consumed by their glintstone growths, perhaps to make their connection to the primeval current more potent.

I always love when armor sets give boosts to certain spells and abilities like the red glintstone armor set. I always thought the fire prelate helm should boost fire giant incantations but for some reason it doesn't.

I've complained a lot about ER's emotional impact vs. Souls, but without a doubt the best thing about ER is the ridiculously long podcast-tier videos of Smoughtown that are always nicely speculative and calming. I like how nondogmatic you are. A good listen while playing other games lol

I'm so excited I've been waiting for this since you started teasing it! Can't wait to watch your shadow of the Erdtree, also as far as lore stuff have you considered baldurs gate lore? I've been finding it fascinating myself lately.

Something I just thought of regarding the large thorns piercing the giants: The spot in their chest in which they are pierced by the thorn is where they would have an eye if they were to be the fire giant with the fel god. Maybe all fire giants had some extent of the fel god in them and the golden order pierced their eyes, or maybe this was done so that the fel god could not manifest itself in any of them. I haven’t thought a whole lot about this, but this connection does seem interesting to explore more

tI feel there is also significant over lap with the fell god as well as destined death and the black flame. There are all these tiny threads that don't let you think about one without the other. Black flame monks were once fire monks for example. I think Messmer's flame and it's appearance harkens to what black flame is simply a shadow of today. It is frustrating at times because it feels like there is exactly as much separating these concepts distinctly as there is tying them together and the facts are equally compelling. I know DLC will spawn more questions but I really hope there are SOME answers LOL

4:54 Another point worthy of note is the description for the Graven Mass Talisman: "A talisman depicting the first school of graven mages - a nightmare that would continue to haunt the academy. Greatly raises potency of sorceries. The primeval current is a forbidden tradition of glintstone sorcery. To those who cleave to its teachings, the act of collecting sorcerers to fashion them into the seeds of stars is but another path of scientific inquiry." If a collection of Sorcerers (specifically their bodies) can be transformed into the "seeds of stars", this implies that stars somehow grow from life force. Which might explain why the extra-terrestrial Malformed Stars have skulls resembling those of humans.

It occurs to me now how the Formless Mother and the Blood Star are very different entities. even opposing in some way. Going by what little info we have: the formless mother is an outer god. Most outer gods are outer because they are connected to the concept of death in some way. I understood this as meaning that the Formless Mother's domain is death through wounds and bloodloss. Violent, involuntary deaths, basically. Whereas sacrificial deaths, if performed for ritualistic and religious purposes, are usually voluntary and as painless as possible. Moreover, it's said that the Blood Star wants the sacrificial spilling of blood, but nowhere does it say that it requires death. Looking at the lore through that lens we can see that the Blood Star would very much align itself with Marika over the Formless Mother. Which it did. If it's followers can give blood sacrifices over and over again without dying, that would be extremely beneficial for it. And we can see that it's followers are aligned with Marika, with both Alberich serving the roundtable and the thorn sorcerers watching over the giants flame. Also, as far as I've understood it, it's sorceries were proclaimed heretical by Raya Lucaria, but not by Marika's order. Not sure where i'm going with this, it's just some interesting thoughts i had while watching the video.

Thank you for this. I'm very interested in learning this lore. Blood for the blood star! And blood for the great mother of truth! I believe them to be the same. I think the requirement of sacrifice for the blood star is due to the lack of the omen blood. That because mohg is omen he can commune direct but non-omens must sacrifice to get the attention of the formless mother. I would also speculate out on the farthest limb that perhaps the star is the form of the formless mother but perhaps her body(the star) and her soul (the mother of truth) are seperated due to some kind of primeval ritual. Probably not but i felt the need to share the idea.

It's nice that we've got a nearly hour long video based around something that's barely mentioned with the in-game lore. But looking at the overall themes - the Blood Star itself, the Primeval Current and Glintstone in general - we can see that old adage that messing with things you don't understand fully can be dangerous.

The timing on this video couldn't be more perfect.

Amazing video - thank you so much for mentioning my speculation in it! I'm also fine with the Blood Star not being explained in the DLC, but it would be nice to know what the deal is with the huge thorn stakes in the mountaintop giants - it's just so conspicuous that it's frustrating to know so little about those identical thorn stakes! The last connection possibly worth considering is that Radagon's Erdtree influence usually manifests as thorns - his thorny trellis is what blocks us from entering the Erdtree, and it's implied his origins had much to do with that War of the Giants. But there's just so little evidence to support or refute much!

I always thought the Giants were impaled by the deathblight roots, as it looks very similar to how we die when we're blighted. Maybe before the rune of death was removed, it was used as a weapon on the Erdtrees most dangerous foes

I agree The Formless Mother and The Blood Star are not the same. They may even be in competition with each other in the Land of Reeds as The Formless Mother links blood and fire (her spells are all bloodflame and the bloody finger weapons like RoB and Eleonora's poleblade all deal fire damage as well as physical and bleed) but the shield wielded by the samurai starter class you showed in the video also mentioned it being nothing much but had decent fire resistance; odd since it is a wooden shield. So maybe they are in competition for followers and influence due to the civil war

I love ER lore but this I’ve only recently been made aware of the bloodstar so I’ll definitely have to lock in for this one

27:50 These “stakes” always reminded me of “Miquella's Needle” given after completing Millicent’s quest line. There is some validity to this considering these needles “ward away the meddling of the outer gods”. It also makes sense why the fire giants would be pierced through the abdomen where the influence of the Fell God manifests. Has Miquella been compromised by the Mother of Wounds? Is she commandeering/bending Miqella’s power of needles and twisting it into corrupted thorn magic? Similar to how Aldrich absorbes/uses the power of Gwyindolin in DS3

you never fail to bring us absolutely amazing and insightful view points/theories. i've always thought that both the formless mother and the blood star were separate entities for various reasons and the fact that they share commonalities is irrelevant to that fact. though we can't know for certain unless we're given more information from the DLC i really do believe that these are two different beings. either way thank you for making your videos. you can tell there's a lot of time and effort put into them and you not only attempt to look at the bigger picture, but also attempt to connect the smaller dots and details within the picture.

I think it’s important not to overlook to true nature of glintstone and intelligence. It is pure life energy, likely that of the spirit and soul. Death sorceries that draw spirits call on Int, the ancestral spirits use bows that draw intelligence, and of course there’s what Sellen tells us: that it’s life force. It makes sense then, that while blue glintstone draws on “residual life” (whatever that means) and ancient life for the amber shard, that red glintstone draws power from the currently living. Aka sacrifices. You can quite literally convert life force to glintstone, likely a reversal of how it’s made to begin with. As was discussed, blue is leftover life force from stars (dead or alive who knows) and amber is of ancient life (maybe from the primordial Crucible, since it’s similar in color scheme and lore). To discern that which is living is much more complicated and ritualistic than simply dissecting power from life long past, which is probably why it draws on faith. There’s also overlap between the gods and stars. The Elden beast is called a golden star. And share a similar bug theme form as the malformed stars. Maybe what “stars” are is the embryonic form of a god. When they eventually mature into the outer gods, and they’re more generic form leaves residual life force (aka glintstone). What makes the Astel’s “malformed” is that they never matured into a god proper. And this must be a common thing, which makes sense. It wouldn’t really be godly if just any of these beast could become an outer god. But perhaps where they can find worship and domain, they can mature into a more unique and original form: an outer god proper. Within a domain, they find worship. And thus faith is needed to draw their powers. This definitely leans on wild speculation, but this has always been my personal interpretation on the relationship between stars and gods. The sky is the cradle of the gods, I would say.

Here’s hoping we get more blood lore and spells in the dlc.

A good evening for you too, Mr Town.

Perfect timing I was about to smoke!

Maybe the conflict in the Land Of Reads is a pseudo-war between The Formless Mother and the Blood Star? Both could have been drawn to the Land Of Reads via their connection to blood thanks to the civil war, and together, whether in cooperation or as rivals, turned the conflict up to 11

The observation and connection between the stuck through fire giant corpses in the mountains and the thorn trees in the Liurnia camps was really nice.

great vid as always, also loved you helping put Syrobe ❤

this is one of my favourite mysteries in elden ring, great vid

Praise the lore!

Amazing video Smough!! The Formless Mother, Land of Reeds and the Blood Star are my favorite parts of the lore, thank you for covering them!!

I bet we will get more of the Red Star and The formless mother and heresy in general. A combination of thorn/blood magic and behimd Mohgs bossfight.

Great thorough analysis of such a small piece of lore! So many connections. Thanks for the updates on the Primeval current, I was struggling to grasp it but now I get it. Updated videos wrapping up older topics would be great too.

Its here baby

Glintstone is not used by "all" sorcerers. Sellian assassins specifically have no glintstone in their Staff of Loss. Wilhelm even made contact with the primeval current, yet he was not taken by it as Lusat and Azur were. I think this is due to his not using glintstone. I have been debated on this before, but I also believe his "glintstone crown" isn't truly glintstone. It resembles memory stone much more than glitnstone, which would link it to the Nox and their moon, which Sellians are also linked to.

Another interesting connection between blood thorn sorcery and the fell flame/fire monks is the fact that the staves of the guilty are all “smouldering” branches. Now we also have Messmer with similar iconography. Also while I believe the Blood Star & Formless Mother are separate entities it’s interesting that the Formless Mother too has an association with fire in how her influence manifests. What is this connection with blood & fire? Another fun separate connection I drew is Alberich’s pointed hat. We know that the pointed hats are a sign of a heretical practicioner but where did this originate? Surely not everyone in the Lands Between that practices unsavoury magicks just decides to wear a pointy hat. It must have an origin. Given that the Snow Witch also wore a pointed hat and that Alberich wields her magic, it seems even more likely that he did in fact study under her or was at least inspired by her. She could very well be the origin of the iconic pointed hat that various other practitioners now pay homage to. Even Rogier wears one and his views on Those Who Live in Death would certainly be considered heretical to Marika’s Regime.

Awesome video. I frequently went back and forth regarding whether the Formless Mother and Blood Star were connected or even the same thing and if they were just two different outer gods communing in the same sort of way. Your video has definitely convinced me that they are indeed separate from each other. The graphic at the end really helps put the "pros and cons" together in a concise way. Thank you!

Something to keep in mind with Mohg though and his connection to the Formless Mother and it's possible connection to the blood star is that Mohg is a demigod omen so that could change the way in which he specifically would need to make a connection. Being a demigod he was already more powerful than regular people, add on to that his omen form giving him basically a direct connection to the Formless Mother he would then have some form of connection to the blood star if it's related to the Mother, and if it did require some sort of sacrifice even from him his lineage might've made it so he only needed to be partially blinded especially since he had been chosen to be the Formless Mother's lord.

thanks smough boutta bump this at work today

Something I hope ends up being in the DLC is spells that summon weapons like carian Greatsword but instead of it being there for a brief time you cast it and it stays until recast and instead of just Greatsword there’s a spell for every weapon class

Another great video that blows my mind with a wealth of insights I had no idea were there to be found

Niceeeee, perfect timing Smough! Thanks 🤝

I was really looking forward to this! Your videos are super calming and interesting, you have a great voice! And script

Fantastic work! Really good insights and a pleasure to watch and listen to.

A nice point I don't remember if you make, is the importance of eyes to the outer gods in general, the Flames of Chaos seem to like making woman eat eyeballs lol, and many of those that go blind start seeing things that are not in the realms of the lands between. Even some of the Bosses and Characters in the game have this theme like the Fire Giant with that huge eye of fire, but even the Gloam eyed Queen does. I hope to see some more use of this theme in the dlc

This community has some of the greatest detective work ive ever seen, every theory video ive seen as felt completely valid

Another thorough well thought out Gem!!! Thank you Smough!

Terrific watch smough! Keep it up

Amazing video! Excellent coverage of the topic, I learned a lot about glintstone in particular. I also found the thematic connection between the abyss of space and the abyss of blindness and the detail of alberich's hat coming with a blindfold very interesting. I wonder if it has any intended thematic connection with the Flame of Frenzy, which also appears to the blind and suffering, in the form of a light in the back of the eyes. Finger Maiden Hyetta also wears a blindfold. It also reminds me of the Prophet's Blindfold, and the Hierodas and Haima glintstone crowns. Altering Alberich's hat reveals that it is also a glintstone crown - there are large red glintstones in the headwraps. I don't know what it means but I'm definitely looking forward to perhaps seeing more Blood Star lore in the DLC. Plus we NEED more blood sorceries

Came home from the bars late and actually shouted I was so excited to see a new upload

I think the formless mother could be specifically connected to “accursed blood” maybe the omens. Whereas the blood star connects though punishment and the blood becomes a medium as opposed to act of communion.

Amazing theories and speculation! I'm looking forward to more

The segment involving the Land of Reeds intrigues me. It makes sense for the Blood Star to have some early influence there, considering the very rigid honor bound mentality often represented in samurai culture. But perhaps the Blood Star's reach there could only go so far, and as the Land of Reeds filled itself in bloody combat the Formless Mother's sway revealed itself. Just some errant speculation but interesting to me anyways. Wonderful work on the video! The Thorn sorceries for what they are had so much more going on than I ever thought they would.

Well waiting in line just got better

Love your videos man, just finished part 2 of the elden ring triology.

There may be no connection but there are also some strange parallels between the formless mother, the blood star, the frenzied flame and the Greater will. One is the clear claim of 'madness' within the land of reeds and the bloody fingers. but the part that sticks out most to me is the how the frenzied flame can appear almost as a distant 'star' to Hyetta in the darkness of her blindness. The frenzied flame is a Outer god that can appear as a star to the blinded. also a brief aside is that the Elden beast is referred to as a 'golden star' at various points and it is a vessel of an outer god. not really sure what these overlaps suggest, just found it interesting. Even though the Stars are held in reverence by intelligence, and the Outer gods through faith, there is overlap between them (even in golden order fundamentalism)

Both the Formless Mother and the Bloodstar seem to be such overt (albeit probably unintentional) references to Bloodborne to me, which might be why I love them so much. Amazing video as always

This is an incredible video! I love the depth you were able and willing to go to for a topic with so few mentions. I feel like they may not be the same entity, but either way they operate very similarly I would include the Guilty's blindness and Mohg's blinded eye as a similarity on that comparison chart. It's my own conjecture, but Occam's razor is that Mohg's blindness is likely his meeting point with the formless mother. And, the Guilty who were blinded by thorns manifest blood and thorns in their faith magic. Mohg (and those who have his blood) who was blinded by his own omen horn as his blood lit on fire manifests flaming cursed blood and omen horns in his faith arcane magics. Both are blood powered entities found in the darkness of blindness that manifest in spells as the thing that caused the blindness and thus first interacted with it and the blood of the one blinded in that fashion i.e. blood and thorns, and flaming omen blood* and omen horns *which we know to be oily and likely flammable from Morgott's Cursed Blade which looks like an oil slick and reads Warped blade of shifting hue used by Morgott, the Omen King. The accursed blood that Morgott recanted and sealed away reformed into this blade. So it's a blade made of his blood that can light on fire because it's made of his blood. If they aren't the same entity they are at least another example of a common theme in many of this world's conduits of magic, be they outer gods or parts of space. Many of these blind their caster or worshipper and manifest as either the thing that caused the blindness, the blood or an associated medium, portals to directly access the entity or it's location, or a combination. There's the flame of frenzy which blinds with an infectious wormlike burning, similar to its real world parasitic blinding worm infection influence, and manifests as a twisting wormlike burning. The Primeval Current with glintstone sorcerers blinded through eyes getting subsumed by glintstone and manifesting as glintstone (the amber of the stars) or portals to space where the stars are. The God of Rot through the servants of Rot with their eyes overtaken by toxic mushroom overgrowth and manifesting as spores. The Blood Star with the guilty blinded by thorns and their bloody thorn sorceries. The Mother of Truth through Mohg, blinded by his horn, and manifesting as omen horns and bloodflame (burning oily omen blood) and portals to the mother of truth to chuck her burning blood. There's just a lot going on with different magic entities, gods, and egregores that are initially accessed through blindness caused by a specific thing. ... Anyway, there's my running theory/observed theme

Yay I was looking forward to this!! I want to point out that coagulated blood is darker than fresh blood.

Cant wait to hear this on Spotify!

what a way to spend my sunday morning chilling... enjoying breakfast while listening to another smoughtown video... LFG!!!

Another amazing ST lore video! Tysm for all the hard work you’ve put in on everything!

the blood star seems to act kinda like the exalted flame with Hyetta as she is able to see a golden flame through her blindness the blood star seems to also have a form of connection with fire as we see the guilty holding a bruning branch as a staff stars in elden ring are living beings and as they move in the primeval current, they are able to influence the fate of mortals who connect with them if the blood star is not a "real" star but wants to actually be one to be able to influence the fate of mortals I'm not sure about the chronological accuracy of what I'm about to say...but maybe the blood star was the god of giants that "reborn" itself after the giants were extinguished ? trying to take revenge and lead mortals into a cult of bloody sacrifice ?

It is amazing how in-depth you are willing to go. As well as the level of dedication to correctly citing your sources. Thank you, I wish those covering real life topics had your commitment to uncovering the truth. Hats off to you 🎩

You definitely have to sacrifice to commune with the Formless mother, most tarnished kill their Maiden, but we however are maidenless. Omen were not only born with Briars BUT they were shoved into darkness, AND tortured, arguably they already served their sacrifice.