Elden Ring's Spookiest Tarnished - Lore of the Ravenmount Assassin 

I would have thought the ash in Leyndell would have been a result of Bernahl’s maiden burning herself. He abandoned the path of Elden Lord AFTER she threw herself into the fire, so surely the Erdtree would have caught flame, like it does when Melina burns herself.

I feel he’s a nod to Bloodborne’s “Bloody Crow of Cainhurst.” And Sekiro’s mist raven prosthetic. The Bloody crow is also a killer that needed being put down and then the ash of war doing a similar thing to the mist raven prosthetic

I am so glad people are starting to cover the Deathbirds, the Ravenmount assassins, the Deathbird cult, and the ghost flame. It has been one of my favorite cosplay and character builds for a long time.

Lately I’ve been playing with the idea that the eclipse is the origin of Destined Death. If you look at the Eclipse Shotel, it bears a striking resemblance to the halfwheel cursemark found on Ranni’s and Godwyn’s corpses. It’s only when you bring them together and brandish the Elden ring that the eclipse finally happens and returns the principle of Death back into the Lands Between(Duskborn Ending).

The fact that a Death Rite Bird guards the outside of Castle Sol is really interesting too. If we assume all the elements are correlated somehow, there could be some pretty interesting narratives, albeit with little direct evidence. One idea that's really compelling to me is that Helphen *is* Elphael, under the eclipse. We find the ground zero of candletree imagery there, the ghost can't see the Haligtree in the memory, Ordina and other areas approaching the Haligtree provide the highest density of "spectral" objects and enemies. And not only that, but I never quite bought that the Haligtree soldiers were "looking for Miquella." They're holding torches forward in broad daylight looking out at a bright ocean. Clearly they are equipped for it to be dark, and *surprised* by the fact that it is light. Perhaps Helphen only became Elphael, became unshrouded, with the first burning of the Erdtree, the removal of the death rune, or some other event tied to the eclipse.

"The Deathbird" is a novelette by American writer Harlan Ellison. It won the 1974 Hugo Award for Best Novelette[1] and Locus Award for Best Short Story. It has been included in the author's short story collection Deathbird Stories.

Also, the shield mightve just been a reference to the normal burning of the Erdtree we do in-game. But that wouldnt be as fun

What if the candle trees are inverted in colour because they're ghost trees and in death they appear with their true black colour & blueish flame?

Really surprised this didn't bring up the Twinbird Kite Shield, found by beating a Deathbird in outer Leyndell. "Shield featuring a vividly painted twinbird. The twinbird is said to be the envoy of an outer god, and mother of the Deathbirds. At dwindling levels of HP, this shield slightly boosts both attack and defense."

I don’t know if you’re familiar with the theory of Marika being the orchestrator of the night of the black knives but I wonder if that were true and Godwyn was meant to get his soul back through the eclipse, then maybe the plan failing and him remaining soulless like the ghost says is why she went mad and shattered the ring

I like the third theory. It takes what we know about Miquella and expands on it, but in a way that makes sense.

About the Candletree shield it might just signify the opposition of the Deathbirds to the Erdtree and the Golden Order A way to mock or show disdain using a forbidden depiction of a burning Erdtree Great video btw! omw to cosplay Ravenmount assassin

Tarnished, Stand Up! *Salute*

I love these videos centered around super obscure elements in Elden Ring and how they tie into the lore that we know more about.

I have only just noticed that Necromancer Garris is a walking Pinwheel reference

2nd, can’t wait to see what “evil Batman” means

Somebody at FromSoft went “Ok, so Elden Ring has lots of Dark Souls in it, but how can we squeeze in a little more Bloodborne…”

Hmmm or perhaps the assassin/assassins betrayed Miquella and gave up his location to Mogh! That sounds pretty cool, and turns the assassin/assassins into pretty relevant character/characters

7:33 good to see you again Pinwheel

I really appreciate these types of videos. I love the lore

This is a good video. I wonder if there might have been 2 different death rite rituals from two different eras. The one with the head chopping is the older one since that depicts the full fleshed birds. That would also explain why we have 2 sets of birds and why the spear dudes all got to keep their heads.

The arena bit was foreshadowing

There’s numerous obelisk structures that are in the ground throughout the lands between, usually accompanied with a “try but hole” message atop. Their architecture seemed similar to the Helphen’s Steeple to me, and they, if grace didn’t exist, would be convenient in place of them as save points. And as such I believe them to have been the Lampwood at one point in time. But no longer as destined death is locked away

Keep the good work!! Great video

I wasn’t expecting this. I am pleasantly surprised.

By no means do I feel like this is personal but I do greatly thank you for Making a video about one of my favorite NPC Is great work as always keep it up

Clicked on this cause I thought it was gonna be a story of a player who would roleplay invasions or something and a history of the players experiences with him, not what I thought, very enjoyable and pleased, you've earned this like

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Great stuff! Subscribed. I never even thought about the role of this guy

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Fromsoft really missed the mark by not having a few helmets with pointy ear things on them. My Batman cosplay was so close to being perfect, but the black hood made it look more like a wannabe Azrael than Batman.

I rock a “death bird disciple” build. Love it

In Jungian psychology, which Elden Ring is clearly based on, it is stated that the path to wholeness is found through many deaths. Dying every day and being reborn a new, more complete version of yourself.

This lore video is amazing. As an idea for another video and because I want to make a lore-accurate or at least lore-friendly character build for it, what is the lore surrounding the Ancestor Spirits and the Ancestral Followers? I mean, from what I've gleaned from the different items in the game, the Ancestral Followers worship the Ancestor Spirits (or maybe animal-like spirits in general) and they follow a sort of "death brings new life" philosophy, but I still feel like I'm missing something. Of course, whether or not you decide to make that video is entirely up to you, I don't want to come off as demanding.

5:36 looks amazing! Wallpaper moment?

awesome video

This guy isn't Batman, this is Corvus Corax, Raven Guard primarch.

There is another Ravenmount Assassin that invades you in Consecrated Snowfield

This guy is so enigmatic I forgot he existed

Makes sense if they knew what happened to Miquella and joined simply to watch over him or find a time to steal him away. Maybe some lost their way or went mad. Maybe that old guy in the cave with the set was one of them who gave up the life to mourn his family.

I thought helphen’s steeple was talking about the red grace in the forbidden lands

great video

He got that Candel-bruh

The black knife is likely connected and allied through their orders shared desire for a return to the natural order of death. The black knife are also connected to nokstella, as the eternal city made their silver knifes, and so too is the ghost flame connected to the eternal cities. It being found there. It’s likely that the black knife either allied with or taught the ravens. It seems to me like they are deeply connected.

love the KF4 ost

0:39 and Melina. She has to be related to them, I am so sure about it.

the mask reminds me of the pest enemies

Aren't the Ravenmount Assassins more than one person I would guess so based of the talisman that references them and their unique ash

I think the sacrificial axe depicts the Twinbird, a deity of the deathbirds.

I can't believe Eileen the Crow was 9 months pregnant with this guy when she fought the bloody crow of cainhurst.

I don’t think miquella was trying to revive godwyn with the eclipse. After all he wants him to die a true death. I think he was trying to resurrect someone else…

Likely he used to serve in the Mohg dynasty but do to how stagnant the dynasty has become, he likely abandon his servitude to find some type of newer purpose eventually stumbling onto the evil Batman’s.🤔🐱

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Whats interesting is his top is only the bandit top but with a feather cape attached. Are there supposed to be more of these guys?

Can’t help but hear FF9 Treno theme in this music!

I'm surprised you didn't mention that the candletrees in both symbolic depiction and as the physical/spectral entities are visually really highly tied to the branchswords, not just in general looks and imagery, but in the number of their branches, that being seven. Burning death in a fire, use in a certain death ritual, candles, sin containing fire and a connection of being banned. Hmm.

Didn’t the Dung eater also have the formless mother branding on his face in the original 1.0 version of Elden Ring.

Wait- That's just a DS2 suspicious shadow with a cape. 😆

Who do you think was the Storm Lord? Seems like a major figure, but there's almost no info on him.

Excellent vid! I love fringe character deep-dives. After this, my character was totally a Ravenmount assassin turned Confessor.. ahem... Just speculating on a possible connection btwn the Assassins and the Assassins: Albinaurics of that caliber of skill are specifically Black Knife Assassins. I know the connections to the Nox are greater, I am not offering an alternative. Tho, I think, the influence by the Nox would've been in the genius engineering/crafting of the armor and weapons; and the Black Knives were likely trained up by Ravenmount assassin(s) won over to the cause. Or at least paid a worthy sum. The Depraved Perfumer's Garb seems very similar to Ravenmount's. It's Curse upon the tree could even be a design venomously evolved from the "surreptitious prophecy" of the Candletree Shield. Given the Perfumer's proclivities and aggressive development. It's possible the specialized group was eventually cherry-picked from the Assassin's of Ravenmount. From here, perhaps a connection was made with Melina/Marika/Ranni, and at least one Ravenmount Assassin was used to beef up this group of radical Albinaurics. Can't wait for more, this was quite spooky! lol

What if both the giant stomach pits and stone tablets therein are just the by product of societal beauty pressures being taken to extremes? Drop a “you’re beautiful” prattling prate near one and see if it’s still hostile

Regardless of any lore or story implications. I'm just annoyed that the cape isn't the same color as the hood. The black with bloodstains is much cooler than the faded navy blue and also looks more appropriate in combination with the Night's Cavalry chest piece.

I get the impression that Deathbird cultists are working with Miqella since he seems to be the only one interested in granting Godwyn a true death, which could only happen with the rune of Destined Death back in function. The Deathbirds and their followers likely lost a lot of influence and probably even power with the splitting of the Rune of Death. As such, I think it's very much in their interest to have people actually die properly. Other than that, though, I doubt they care much for Miqella's gardening shenanigans.

Ravenmount/Deathbird DLC when

Do the lore of a rob and bull goats set user

Probably someone has already mentioned before, but Vyke was the one, who got farest before us. He sacrificed her maiden and probably burned the tree. Correct me if I remember wrong.

My favorite thing about Elden Ring character videos is thinking "Who the hell is this"

"Mario? Marrrio?"

He is me in middle school omfg

If the deathrite birds set fire to the Erdtree once before, who did they use as kindling? Do we know a character that has burned skin and has some sort of connection to death, like a beast eye? I am of course refering to Melina. Her in game depiction has her with already burnt skin, her closed eye is the beast eye, and she was "born at the erdtree" which could simply be the resurrection that the deathbird followers talk about. This might also explain why she feels its her destiny to burn the erd tree in our game, that desire still lingers even if she does not remember her previous life.

Maybe the only reason we see the one ravenmount assasin is because all the other ravenmount assasins are good at hide and seek. So to speak.

Nah the order is just this one person who writes fanfiction about their own order but nobody joins anyway

Ok so stick with me here but I think the Red energy you get from War Cry and a few other roars is actually the power of The Helphen. Helphen is where the spirits of Warriors who died in battle went when they died. Also notice Helphens Steeple has a skill with ghost flame, which is the released vengeful *spirits* of the dead. This, I believe, was the burial ritual for whoever followed the Helphen, as there was clearly a faith surrounding it. This is also related to the Deathbirds and thus The Twinbirds, Death, and the Primeval Current but I won't go there. Anywho, I think the land that Hephen may have actually resided over was Eochaid, as the concept of moving the sword through "will alone" along with the Red magic/grace (and used by warriors in battle) lines up well with how the Roars work. We also know Hoarah Loux was a notorious Warrior, and very well may have come from Eochaid, or was banished there by Marika. "The badlands" could actually just be an area in Eochaid. This also has to do with Bronze and how it is implied to be as significant as gold. Considering how versatile and powerful Gold is, there's no reason to assume Bronze and Silver aren't just as powerful. So Eochaid is to The Lands Between as Ghostflame is to Erdtree Burial (or whatever Erdtree afterlife looks like). It seems these two are even held in respect, as Ghostflame torches light rooms of Erdtree Burial.

"Unalive". Facepalm. God I hate that shit. He hunts tarnished to assassinate them. They *die*.

Does anyone know how to get a link to the elden ring discord?

Evil Batman ftw

Helphen DLC anyday now..

candlebruh

Featuring Travis Scott. Its lit.

Everything (including desthbird) is decrepit bc no death so every one decays

Always see people posting their drip but I always go with function over fashion, been wearing black feathers for last 4 playthroughs

Everyone does lore vids on the nox but no one does lore vids on the zombie guys. The hawks or whatever theyre called.

Isn't the Ravenmount armor from the land of reeds?

I thought the evil red man was evil batman

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My friend said this about him “ this thing is not a killer it is not a person it is a thing that you can’t trust or reason with, it will hunt you down and find and kill you as it will rip and tear not until it is done but until all is done and dead painted red with their own blood not his and it will be your blood he spreads if you are not careful”

Today I learned miquella is a dude. Lol

This video makes me want a remastered Luigi's Mansion on switch :(