Maliketh, The Black Blade: Elden Ring's Most Tragic Character 

Never expected Elden Ring characters on this channel but I am 100% all for it. Malekith is an amazing character and boss in the game. And his theme is amazing and a bit underrated in my opinion.

you know, in my head i always called him wise old master GURRANQ. and i always was quite happy with all the beast powers he'd give to me. i saw him as a friend and was was worried i'd done something wrong when he was went mad from eating too much deathroot. you can imagine my shock and destress when he showed up in farm azula! I said, "Master!? No! i don't want to fight you!" then i was all like "Wait you're Malekith?! *YOU* have the rune of death!" suffice to say i was sad.

Maliketh is soo underrated! The guilt, regret, trauma and betrayal he must have experienced and his limited being as a shadow surely doesn't make his life better. I loved the music, the design and lore about this character and can't say enough how much of a great character he is. I don't know, but when I fought him in his second phase, I was really listening to the music and the music said soo much about his current state of mind. Like you could feel his emotions during this battle. I mean he isn't just fighting the tarnished, but also against himself and against an act, which surely caused him a lot of despair, because in the end. The tarnished got the rune of death, which Maliketh was eager to protect.

It says a lot about the Rune of Destined Death's purpose in Marika's plan that she crafted it into a stabbing implement big enough to shave entire swords off of it. it must have taken so much isolation and gaslighting to reaffirm sad dog boi that guarding a weapon half his weight made of literal death would prevent it from ever being used.

Great analysis on a great character! He's definitely tragic even if he's not as tragic as how many attempts it took to defeat him...

Nice, Aleczandxr is back with another character analysis video, and I’m glad to see it is for Elden Ring. Hey man thanks for doing one on Maliketh, I know very little about him compared to the other characters.

When he says "why marika ? ... why ... shatter" with sadboi voice it really hurt me, poor Maliketh

I would’ve called Morgott that, since he’s so loyal to the tree even though by birth he’s treated like garbage for it, yet he’s the most loyal demigod

It’s exciting to have so many different views on the game. Personally, when it comes to Marika I don’t really think she was all that bad. Now Radagon on the other hand, is the main villain of the game. I understand Marika = Radagon. But while Marika is trying to shatter the Elden Ring her other half is trying to repair it. The golden order really remind me of the old Jedi order in the knights of the old republic. A flaw system held desperately by ignorance and arrogance… that is what Radagon is…

Aleczandxr and Elden Ring? Flawless

Wonderful overview! Thank you for your work.

"Elden Ring's most tragic character." That is a VERY bold claim. Looking forward to seeing you sway me.

Another amazing Elden Ring video!

Hey man cool video and topic. Maliketh was a tough ass boss and I had no idea he had such a backstory

Love your videod man! Keep them coming!🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

Everyone has so much sympathy for so many characters in this game but Rennala and Marika routinely get overlooked, misunderstood or quite simply shit on lol.

I was literally making a new build today cool to see elden ring on your channel

Didn't expect Elden ring here. Guess you can only get pleasant surprises when you're subbed to a channel this good.

It's amazing how I finished 2 elden ring playthroughs..but barely know any of the lore. Mabye I should actually read the item descriptions 😅. Great video.

One of my favourite RU-vidrs talking about one of my favourite video games

What a pleasant surprise this video is! Never expected anything Souls-related on this channel. Incredible stuff AJ!

"MARIKA! IS THIS...WHAT IT IS...TOO SIN!?"

Fantastic Video 👏👏👏 ❤❤❤ 💖💖💖

Holy flagnards. A soulsborne vid from my goat? THAT SOMEHOW REMINDS ME OF JOZU

Wouldn't expect a character analysis like this for a Fromsoftware game. Good to see.

Is fishman island video coming soon ?

You should do Joshua Graham. Probably one of the best video game characters I've ever seen.

How did you get the Mohg helm?

The coldest character in Elden RING 🥶

Can you do one on starburst

Marika.....why would thou gull me?.....why....shatter

It would be cool if you made videos on Final Fantasy XIV since you loved it!

Thank you.

Me screaming because he played Hollow Knight music at the start of the video.

Morgott is the most tragic and you can't change my mind

Keep moving forward

Considering that we release Destined Death to kill the Elden Beast, it's safe to say that Marika used Maliketh to seal away Destined Death, so that death stopped, but also to keep Destined Death close by, so she could release a part of it to kill the Elden Beast when she wanted to. That way, she can kill the Elden Beast in the small window that she could while making sure Destined Death was still sealed after her mission was finished. Which also means that Marika 99% was the one responsible for the Night of the Blade Knives. The way I see it, Marika used Ranni and the Black Knife Assassins to kill Godwyn and release Destined Death while she made her way to kill the Elden Beast. The only problems with that were: 1) Ranni had other plans and 2) Marika was way in over her head to think she could beat the Elden Beast (or maybe Ranni killing herself made it impossible for Marika to kill the Elden Beast).

If the developers wanted to keep deep into the lore if you lose to Maliketh it’ll be permadeath and you’ll have to start the game over.

Marika is a 20th level warlock who used her simulacrum and alter self spell to seduce her political rivals, turn her party/polycule into demigods, and plant the seeds to overthrow her great old one Warlock patron when she realized it was using her to invade the material plane.

Here’s the thing. He didn’t die…

I wish someone would have just scratched him behind the ears and told him he was a good boy. Instead he thinks he's a bad dog :'(

If reaching was a game.. This would be top 2 😂😂😂

His boss fight pissed me off so I have zero empathy for him

California lore

First?!?!