Messmer is not an endgame boss. Saving him for the penultimate fight was a huge mistake. He's a early-mid boss as he and his castle are the gateway to the rest of the map. Its unfortunate, but Platy also did this in Vanilla ER so it kinda fits with Platy lore lol.
That spoilerino though. Sorry that happened to everyone that saw. It got me! I've manager to avoid any other streams of this and these vods are amazing. Platy has got me into Elden Ring, I'm looking forward to playing shortly.
I think the point is that first gen Albinaurics' legs fade, like literally disappear over time, so what would they even put greaves on? Messmer prob had Marika's Scarseal in his eye, which she put there to hold back the serpent and ensure his loyalty to her.
That whole questline confused me, and I tried looking up and the only thing different I got was the invader was anna, the sister, but Jolan sure didnt give a shit, Which he went down there too soon as it was supposed to be before the boss. Given it was the finger/greater will thing and the only way to end the questline was too kill the mother that its a contradiction to get mad Ymir believed the star where guiding you/the character. XD
