The Mind-Blowing Connections Between Miquella and Griffith | ELDEN RING LORE 

Miyazaki's entire career has been building up to making a game where you hit Griffith with what he deserves.

I think the Miquella's prophesized eclipse failed because the constellations were in control of Radahn, which is probably the reason Malenia fought him in the battle of Aeonia

Imagine the DLC is a full on Bersek Eclipse moment unleashing demons

Don't forget their close connection to a one armed swordsman

Ok so something i want to say. The moonlight boy isnt griffith he is guts and casca's son. He was corrupted by griffith and used as a vessel for him to reenter the world later. If anything miquella also shares that inspiration with him being kidnapped by mohg and corrupted. Id even put it a step further and say miquells was born as two people born in a single body. He is himself at day but becomes st trina at night. He most likely isnt evil

Oh my God, this SCREAMS Bran Stark. Considering he’s possibly the most powerful wielder of magic in GRRM’s work, I’d look into it. Bran literally will go from boy to marry with a tree. If the ending of the show is true in the books, he’s gonna be a literal tree wizard-human-king. St. Trina might just be a foil to the magical influences on other people’s dreams, but in another level. This is so fucking interesting lol

Elden Ring, comparatively, is much more colourful and ‘Heroic’ than previous titles. Tragic characters like Malenia and Godwyn are even seen through a legendary/heroic viewpoint, despite their respective tragedies. Radagon, despite being a dictator, used to be seen as a heroic champion. Even the base ending has a weirdly bright tone compared to prior games base endings. The Final Boss in Elden Ring is a victory lap compared to prior games final bosses, where they are traditionally seen as purposefully anticlimactic and somber All this to say: I firmly believe, despite the Griffith similarities, Miyazaki wouldnt pervert Miquella’s story into a Griffith. In the bible, Michaela = God to be/Jesus-like figure (I understand this can be intentional to make the ‘Jesus-like’ figure of Elden Ring a bad guy) I’m also aware that there’s only ONE item description (bewitching branch) that freaked everyone out into thinking miquella is manipulative, but I truly believe it’s intentionally vague, but Miquella will a ‘good guy’ so to speak This may age bad, but I think the Griffith comparisons are intentionally meant to represent a disparity between Miquella and Griffith and their respective goals. Griffith = selfish, Miquella = Selfless Elden Rings character tones consist of Legends who sacrifice. I believe Miquella will be a “good guy” but wont have a “happy” ending. He’ll sacrifice his life somehow. Perhaps defeating St. Trina also defeats the more selfless alter-ego: miquella Great video however. You bring good points. And it’s always fun seeing similarities between my two favourite fanstasy worlds. I’d be happy with whatever From chooses, and these are interesting comparisons! If anything, I think St. Trina will be Griffith lol

Other things that I would like to add: + The child-like appearance Miquella can also be related to the duality between Griffith/Femto & Moonlight Boy, two souls within the same vessel. + There are multiple times of Moonlight Boy saved Papa Guts & Mama Casca, including "sacrificing" himself to protect Mama Casca from horde of specters, dying, then eaten by the egg apostle. This may set precedence that Miquella might have more in common with Moonlight Boy, instead of Griffith, from personality & deeds POVs. + In the recent Berserk chapters, The World Spiral Tree also being called The Great Helix Tree, literally the same with Elden Ring counterpart. The branches of this particular tree also being used by both Griffith & Moonlight Boy to traverse the world super fast like a supernatural dimensional wormhole. Idk, about Elden ring counterpart, but it could be noted there might be similar case for Miquella in the DLC, like the DLC concept art of Miquella riding torrent in a place that could be a different dimension.

I like to imagine that the eclipse didn't happen because Radahn arrested the movement of the stars. This would also explain why Melania decided to march south and face him during the shattering war. Unlike the other demigods Melania had no interest in obtaining great runes which is evidenced by her sparing Godricks life upon defeating him. She was on a mission to aid her brothers quest to resurrect Godwyn. And upon her depature, Mohg had his opportunity to steal Miquella, ending the entire story with a great tragedy.

One curiosity I want to highlight is that Malenia design is practically Griffith's “warrior side”, a swifth fighter, being the most formidable sword fighter in the game and her connection with Miquella seems to almost divide Griffith's character into these two. The way Malenia “parry” your attacks is exactly the same way Griffith deflects Gutts’ attack in the anime ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jrqVo555ggY.html )

Im so hyped for Shadow of the Erdtree. I've been doing a lore run, just slowly walking through trying to be mindful of everything looking for details I missed. It's Fromsoft though, every DLC they put out seems to be a complete surprise in contrast to any theory the community thinks up.

My feeling is the Erdtree should have taken the form of a double Helix but one half was destroyed before it could grow, possibly the Siluria room could be the other half

Isn't coincidental that the 2 siblings that loved him the most have sprouted wings

When Miquella gets out of that “egg” things will never be the same again.

Dude didn’t even get into the Ganishka/Godwyn connections. Now that is some crazy stuff relating to Miquella and potential DLC

i think another aspect that helps that the black knife assassins guard entry to the haligtree. You have to deal with them in the gaol version of the town. It’s not a band of hawks, but i think its a similar concept if he sent them out on the night of black blades

Another great video. As you were demonstrating the similarities between Miquella and Griffith I had a weird thought just roar into my brain. Marika is a lot like Griffith as well. Leyndell is her Falconia. Godfrey was her Guts. In a weird loose way Radagon seems inspired off the moonlight child but being a grown man rather than a child and Rennala is kinda the Casca of the situation (being left in a senseless state as a result of Griffith/Radagon/Marika's deeds). We don't know the full situation around Marika's ascension, how she went from Empyrean to a god. Based on everything else in Elden Ring, I imagine it wasn't a happy process. Being an Empyrean must be like being a candidate for the God Hand. Funny how in Elden Ring we specifically know of 5 people who were considered Empyrean: Marika, Gloam-Eyed Queen, Ranni, Miquella, Malania. Heck comparing the Fimeto of the God Hand to when Malania ascends to Godhood we she emerges from a red bud not unlike a crimson egg and has wings, Griffith is everywhere lol. An off topic thought after talking of Malania's ascension: Malania ascended to Godhood - per her second phase health bar, potentially per the Oracle Envoys being at the Haligtree (if they were there for Miquella they would be at Mohg's palace). She had no Fingers or Shadow that we know of and definitely did not contain the Elden Ring. Soooo how much of the rules that the Golden Order told us about the universe are actually made up Marika propaganda (Sorry too much caffeine this morning)

Ngl, I will be SO disappointed if Miquella turns out to be just another evil demigod to kill in the DLC. The other demigods in the game, that we know of, have been nothing but power hungry, homicidal, assholes. With the exception of Godwyn who established peace with dragons, General Radahn who used his power and military might to genuinely help ppl, like the town of Selen, and Malenia who supported Miquella in his pursuit of protecting the marginalized races and making the Lands Between a better place for all living things in it. If we really have to fight Miquella I hope it's because he's testing us to see if we're fit to carry on his dream or just fit to build a better world as Elden Lord

Miyazaki got something hidden up sleeve like always. I can’t wait for shadow of the erdtree

If you look at Elden rings map specifically the the underground part. Where the erdtree is. You can see a cross section of the tree stump depicted and it looks as if there’s a tree wrapping around the base of the main tree and even looks like a three fingered hand squeezing the tree

I think these connections are more superficial than anything else. Griffith and Miquella are very clearly different in their motivations and beliefs. One is a narcissistic person who wants nothing more than a kingdom for themselves, the other is egalitarian and directly supports those who are persecuted and weak.

I’ve always thought that Miquella seems a lot like Griffith, or at least the contrast between how the public and those who know him sees him

Id like to see a video in this same style about the inspiration ER took from Tolkien's books, that waa just as as much as Berserk

When you say that Miquellas motivations is the direct opposite of Griffith, we only know his motivations through what other people and items tells us. It’s actually the same in Berserk, the only people who know Griffiths true intentions and the monster he is are Guts Casca and Rickert, everyone else believes he is a savior and basically worships him. Elden ring could be intentionally giving us the viewpoint of the regular people in Berserk and not the ones who truly know him. They also say that miquella is the most powerful. Everything points towards us and everyone else being mislead to believe he is benevolent, I smell a twist coming

I love this topic, it's like Berserk is a type of inspiring mythos for Miyazaki. Joseph Campbell we need you! Well done on this. I'm leaning toward Miquella taking action for mostly unselfish reasons (his sister and others) but also for himself as opposed to a fully evil purpose. We'll see! Would love more vids like this!!

Make a video about where on the map you believe the DLC starting point will be and why

Just noticed insect like wings in the mohg carrying miquella picture

The way I understood Miquella was by simply comparing him to Gwyndolin from Dark Souls. They were both born males but were mistaken and can be easily mistaken to be females. In fact, this actually serves as a reason for a theory I have for how Miquella became an Emperean. From my observations, it seems that in the world of Elden Ring, both the house of the Erdtree and the house of Caria are matriarchal, where it is the woman that's crowned and the male becomes the consort. But then how would that work for Miquella? Well, the two fingers could have easily mistaken him as a female, given how feminine his appearance is as just have him raised as one, much like Gwyndolin.

There's another character that has many connections to Griffith and in my opinion may be a inverted expy of him in elden ring: The Prisioner Tarnished. Let me explain and spoilers for the Berserk manga from here on out: First as we all know The Prisoner represents the archetype of the Spellblade, a swordsman that uses magic along side swordplay to fight. Story wise this makes the prisoner the perfect role for the Tarnished that brings about the Age of the Stars (AoS) ending, which in turn makes The Prisoner a full blown Expy/parallel of Griffith himself in the lore of Elden Ring due to all the parallels/similarities in both Griffith's story and the storyline the Prisioner Tarnish has to walk to reach that ending. First lets talk about Griffith. To make things short in the manga Berserk Griffith is taken prisioner for seducing the crown princesses of Midland and spends a year being tortured while wearing the iron mask shown in the video. Later, after being released by his companions he's given the choice to sacrifice said companions in order to kinda ascend/transform into an evil demonic god, a member of the GodHand; and the Prisioner's journey to bring about the AoS is a positive/good twist and interpretation of this, a "Griffith, but not actually Griffith, did nothing wrong" sceneario. How and why? The reasons/similarities are as follow: First: Griffith was a skilled swordsman that mainly uses a slender blade which allowed him to move freely in combat. The Prisioner, and the Spellblade archetype as a whole, also uses a slender blade and moves freely in combat in order to avoid damage as opposed to a full blown armored magic knight that dives head first in the thick of it and takes hits head on due to wearing a full set of armor. Second: While the magic knight is typically show as a fantasy version of a medieval British knight, the Spellblade is sometimes presented in fantasy with an appearance similar to that of a sword wielding French Musketeer. It is theorized by many Berserk fans that the story is mainly set in a fantasy version of France (there's a video somewhere in yt that may point at this) making Griffith a French man furthering the connection between him and the Prisioner/Spellblade. Third there's the Prisioner's origins: According to the game the Prisioner used to mingled among the elite or was a straight up member before "falling from grace". The elite being probably the Carian Royal Family since the spell that The Prisoner uses at the start of the game is one of Carian origin. In Griffith's case he was very well liked by the nobility of Midland before being sentenced. Fourth: Griffith's fall was due to him seducing Charlotte, the crown princess of Midland while the Tarnished Prisioner properly becomes the consort of Ranni the (legal) crown royal princes of the Carian Royal Family at the end of her quest, which is necessary to unlock the AoS ending. Four and a half: At the End of Ranni's quest line, when you become her consort, the Tarnished is gifted with the Darkmoon GreatSword. This would be perfect for the Prisioner who is a Spellblade and the Dark Moon Greatsword is a literal magical sword fit for the consort of a demigod known as the Lunar Princess. (Although personally I believe the Wing of Astel is a better intelligence weapon than the DMG.) Fifth: In order to achive his ascension into the GodHand Griffith willingly sacrificed his companions, the Band of the Hawk. At the end of Ranni's quest all of your questline companions, Ranni's subordinates, also end up dead due to different circumstances. The main difference being that while Griffith knew what He was doing the deaths of Blaid and Iggy were not intentional on part of the Tarnished and are seen as unfortunate; except for Sellevus, that creep got what he deserved. Sixth, and this is the big one: Griffith became/ascend into a member of the GodHand, a group of god like demons that serve an Eldritch god that is technically the main antagonist of the whole story, at least thematically speaking that is, the GH and Griffith in particular are the true bad guys. Meanwhile at the AoS ending Ranni, possibly representing an unseen moon themed god/entity (the jury is still out on that one), becomes the goddess of the new aforementioned age just like Marika was the goddess of the previous one. This would mean that as her consort the Tarnished/Prisioner ascended into a demigod, the Elden Lord of the Stars, just like Godfrey, Radagon and by extension both their respective children were ascended into god like status when they married Marika.

The deck is very stacked against Miquella being benevolent. 'Blood' is universally associated with pain and torment and misguided struggle in the Lands Between. See thorn sorceries and the blood soaked madness of the Land of Reeds. In real life a tree doesn't care if its watered by blood - generally its extra nutrients compared to water even. In the Lands Between blood corrupts. Intentionally or not, Miquella was doing some vile stuff before attracting the attention of Mohg. I also suspect that Miquella's needle is to associate himself and Malenia with the story of Koschei the Deathless - a villain of Russian folklore who stored his immortality inside a needle, inside a diamond, inside a waterfowl, inside a rabbit. Malenia the waterfowl and Miquella the rabbit. If you squint, this could already be referenced in Bloodborne's Orphan of Kos (it's something of a paradox to be orphaned by a deathless being - and there's the connection to blood again). At best, Miquella has the childlike excuse that he didnt know any better which could possibly see him handled more sympathetically than Griffith. "the goal of the eclipse was to give life, with Godwyn the golden the primary aim of it" Also the above is likely wrong. Godwyn is not stated to be the companion that Miquella wants resurrected. On the other hand, Miquella explicitly wishes Godwyn dead for good. There is not enough information to put a name to the person Miquella wants resurrected, but they are probably much more ancient than you'd expect.

Been waiting for this!

Bro I can’t wait for this. This is literally what I’ve been looking into the past week.

I love your videos but I especially wante to point out I repeatedly notice the music from metroid prime series that you select, and that I love your choice!!

I dont think he has anything to do with Griffith. Maybe some similarities & some things taken as inspiration but i dont think we can predict anything about the DLC or Miquella based on this. The real thing will be very different

Miq is pure. He doesn’t want blood ior death

It's 4am and I can't sleep. Ooh, new Zio vid 😍

Dude this Miquella/Griffith theory blows my mind, I love it. There are so many connections between them. Getting crazy with some theories, you could even see that our tarnished character would be seen by Miquella almost how Griffith sees Guts. We liberate Miquella from capture, just like Guts does for Griffith. Yes we did save him, but we also killed his sister, almost how Griffith feels like Guts "stole" Casca from him and he feels this rage for the new Elden lord and wants to take back the power himself, how Griffith as Femto does.. well you know how he does... We also managed to accomplish many things that Miquella wanted to do himself and he might feel that same kind of jealous rage that Griffith feels about Guts..... I know this all doesn't make total sense and it doesn't align perfectly but mannnnn

Could this be a coincidence I just finished watching Berserk and I'm loving it. in addition, a video from you about this topic, are we waiting for an eclipse?

Love my Berserk that ended with Miura death so FromSoft overall does have influences from Berserk absolutely especially visually. Elden Ring though was not just him though and if you want to get more depth with Elden Ring lore you should be also listening/watching videos that are doing analysis of GRRM writing style and ASOIAF lore which has loads of presence in Elden Ring.

the ritual at castle Sol failed cause of Radahn holding out the stars. that's why Malenia went out to battle him at Miquella's orders and that's also when he was kidnapped by Mohg

Nice work

Wonder what will happen when the Erdtree is under Shadow...rebirth of Miquella in the eclipse perhaps...

Also Melania has a prosthetic arm like Guts and a helmet like Farnese. Entrenched in Berserk inspiration.

Fantastic vid

I wonder if Mog doesn't end up being part of Miquella's plan, and a necessary step through alchemical allegory to achieving his goal of maturity and fighting off the influences of the outer gods.

I'm not so much worried about Miquella, i am however worried about St. Trina

oh my God you made me realize the connection with only the thumbnail. Bro.

FromSoftware loves to reinterpret previous concepts they used in their games, and I believe that the blueprint rather than Griffith, is Gwyndolin, or more specifically the Shinto God Tsukuyomi: child of the head God Izanagi (Geyn/RadaMarika), master of illusions (what are dreams, if not illusions of reality?), connection to crows, and is depicted as both male and female (Velka and Gwyndolin are the only Gods capable of passing judgment to their own kind, with both crowfolks and silver knights collecting their covenant items)

friend of mine got me berserk volume 1 deluxe this christmas and I just started reading it...looked up there's like 14 deluxe volumes...if I don't want spilers I guess I'll see you next year

Miquella is more like what Griffith wishes he was, not who he actually is.

Oh boy am I a sucker for a video detailing the ‘Zerk refs in a Souls game!

cant wait for elden rings crazy eclipse skybox dark souls 3 version was hauntingly beautiful

Miquella being the dude of sleep and Griffith having a dream just dawned on me as another cool connection

I actually just watched a lot of the Berserk anime for the first time a few days ago and I’m absolutely blown away by the story. It’s an absolute masterpiece in storytelling and character development. I’m going to watch the films and read the books next.

just to clarify: the moonlight boy is very very likely the child of Casca and Guts, that was corrupted by Griffith during the eclipse and used as a vessel for his rebirth during the ceremony with the behelith/egg-like apostle. It was heavily implied before and with the transformation on elf island it was pretty much confirmed...

I think Miquella was going to use the cocooned albinaurics as sacrifices, and a big part of that is another Fromsoft game called Kuon

The Haligtree was meant for the outcasts of society and a place where anybody could live peacefully. It's why you find Misbegotten, Albinaurics, and Loretta, who devoted herself to this idea to protect the tree.

my favourite elden ring youtuber making a video about my favourite manga? YES PLEASE!!! EDIT: amazing video, thank you so much for your work!! I had this feeling of familiarity all along but didn't make the connection between Miquella and Griffith. Can't wait for the DLC!!

For a minute there i thought of making a casca joke but it seems that I’m blanking in it

Have been waiting so long for the lore between Miquella and Griffith

can't wait to see miquella summon the godhand

I would like to note that the bewitching branch turns the individual into a temporary ally. We get the Fervors cookbook after getting the Moghwyn palace map. It’s crafted by using a sacramental bud and Miquella’a Lily. The bewitching branch could possibly be used to lure those not accepted by the Erdtree and Miquella used these beings to further his own goals. He bewitched them into following his rule. If he could gather enough power from these beings by sacrificing them, he might have accomplished his goal whatever that may be. Possibly breaking the curse of eternal youth to gain enough owed for a new age. Maybe the age would be in the spirit world and he would need enough power to kill Godwyn’s soul.

I always figured the eclipse didn't work out because Radahn's magic was pausing all celestial movements above the Lands Between.

Judging by the lore of Miquella, for him to be a friendly NPC with even a pretty good ending would be logical, almost nothing in game makes you suspicious of him.

Whats most interesting is how the tree's branches offer paths to different parts of the world. Thats amazing.

well done

Connect 'the Tarnished' with 'the Brand of Sacrifice' and you can get a bit more out of the 'what did Miquella sacrifice' question

I see Radagon more as Griffith and Miquella as Guts's son

People will be like "Miquella wont be an antagonist" right up until the healthbar appears on screen, Im betting.

I'm pretty sure Ico was the biggest inspiration. The ones that are there are mostly superficial.

Pretty sure Miyazaki wouldn't give us some warm story or good ending with Miquella and I wouldn't surprise if any of the "Femto" things come out. Miyazaki always hiding some evil ideas behind his evil smile, LOL

Love the metroid music

Falconia was actually created by the Skull Knight long ago when he was still a human king before being betrayed by Void, the leader of the God Hand. Falconia disappeared when the other previous God Hand members appeared to sacrifice Skull Knight's kingdom and wife, similar to what happened to Guts.

I wish we got to see Miquella's final form. Damn that Mohg for what he's done. If we have to fight Miquella in the dlc I hope he has an epic form.

My current theory, at least based on the image we were given, is that Miquella might be playable somehow or for part of the DLC. Story wise though it could go a different way. I think at this point Miquella's plan got fucked enough to drive him to do things he normally wouldn't, which could invert his usual benevolent demeanor into something more sinister. Who the hell knows?

I truly believe miquella wont be an antagonist to our character in the dlc

Just in time for breakfast with this one

Mogh is Femto - Miquella is Griffith... . . . . . . (Saint Trina could be the Moonlight boy...)

I think Miquella and St. Trina are the same as Radagon and Merika being 2 in one package... Wonder how the DLC is going to play out. #Elden Hype

Miquella is more an Anti-Griffith and, if anything, is more like a Soul King candidate in Bleach. I mean, a self-sacrificing nature isn't explicitly a requirement, but it does match up with the original Soul King and Ichigo Kurosaki. Granted, Bleach also shares a lot of themes with Souls games as well, so...

Miquella could be a 'good' version. Or his downfall is gonna show in the DLC. So excited.

Yoy could say hes moonlight child as griffith is moonlight aswell, whoch fone for later chapters in berserk cause that issue was miura last chapter

All right...

I would love to have a modicum of re-playable content in this game, besides ng+, because I enjoy playing it so much, there’s just no incentive to keep me playing. So the idea I have come up with solves that issue, but also makes use of new items such as Glistening Sacred Tears and Sacred Golden Seeds. The re-playable content that I am calling "Probation of The Elden Lord” would be unlocked after completing the game and it’s DLC, it would be entered by speaking with the "Envoy of The Greater Will” and selecting which difficulty you want it to be set as, then loading into the first floor. (more on difficulty options below) The Envoy also serves as a vendor for this activity. I will talk more of what’s offered from them later on. Other things I’d want before getting into my idea - 1 - I would want a "looking for group” tab in game or some type of matchmaking system to be implemented into the game because this activity would be the hardest content offered in the game and I doubt most people would even consider trying to solo it after attempting their first time. 2 - There would be a floor counter displayed on the top right of the screen, and a timer displayed right above it. 3 - I would want there to be different tiers of the activity to be in the game. For example There would be - Tarnished Lord Elden Lord These are different in that they scale in difficulty and the amount of enemies/hazards on each floor are adjusted. However, the higher the tier, the more Sacred Golden Seeds that are received after floor completions and the better the loot contained within chests is. 4 - The player(s) would not be able to access their map while in the activity. MY IDEA ------ My idea is for FS to implement a 100 floor boss rush/exploration area set inside the Erdtree, featuring unique puzzles and items to be obtained between each floor, the 100th floor would be an unforgettable experience that would have the player(s) take on 9 bosses on a circular platform of golden light, on top of the Erdtree overlooking all of the lands. The bosses would be golden apparitions of the main demigods from the story of the game, but after beating those five you are allowed to challenge the Greater Will itself. I would consider the Greater Will to be a "super boss" with multiple health bars and phases, with mechanics tied to the fight giving the player something to practice and master overtime. This boss would be similar to a raid boss from an mmo. The 99 floors below the 100th floor would consist of a boss that has a unique mechanic tied to them and smaller enemy units that try to overwhelm the player. After completing a floor you will receive an appropriate amount of runes based on the floor and a Scared Golden Seed. Sacred Golden Seeds will serve as a currency used at The Envoy, with Golden Seeds you can purchase Larval Tears, New cracked tears, New talismans, more talisman pouches(up to 3 additional ones), powerful armor and weaponry (that are aesthetically pleasing), and other items such as saddles for Torrent. Another currency that would be used to purchase things from The Envoy would be Glistening Sacred Tears, These Tears would be found throughout the traversal sections between floors, hidden in plain sight or behind doors barricaded by a golden seal only opened by completing a puzzle or some kind of challenge. I want the layers of the Erdtree to serve as more than just arenas where boss fights take place, so exploration would be encouraged by paths of golden light that branch off the main path leading to the next floor. Oh and of course the average player might run out of flasks or other consumables during their fights against the champions of the Erdtree, so every ten floors that you conquer you will be granted access to a site of grace which is where you can refill your flasks, and also where you can decide to return to the base of the Erdtree if you desire to. I would want this content to be extremely unforgiving and challenging, giving it a sense of insurmountableness for players that are not confident in their ability’s, and something for veteran/skilled players to brag about after completing. The whole point of this content though is to add a re-playableness to Elden Ring and I feel like if they added it in the way I described and updated the meta frequently to make the game feel fresh every few months, then it would be regarded as some of the best content implemented in any FS game to date.

Took me by surprise when I realized that they where similar. From the egg to the soldiers sacrificing themselves to the womb tree with a blinded by faith warrior woman who follows him to see his dream come true.

Just opened this video about Miquella, I sure hope Ziostorm saw my previous comments and now understands that the "Halig" in Haligtree is Old English for "Holy" and that the g at the end has a y sound if it's near a long vowel, like i. I'm sure he will correct his prior errors in pronunciation this video!

It just dawned on me that, Visually, Mogh carrying off a sleeping Miquella is akin to Zodd Carrying Griffith around. Better yet, The way Miquella is all withered and practically devoid of life is exactly how Griffith appears right at the cusp of his ascension into a God Hand.

There's a very important issue with your reading of Griffith. Griffith initiates the eclipse by giving up on his dream. The eclipse is literally powered by the collapse of Griffith's ambition. That's why the eclipse doesn't happen until *after* he throws himself on Casca. Whereas her desire for him was unconditional before, it is ultimately her repulsion and pity that break him open for the god hand. That distinction is important because we have a lot of evidence that it is the breaking of hearts & crushing of dreams that makes power in Elden Ring - Edgar the Revenger, Marias, bunch of NPC items that get stronger after you do bad stuff to the NPC etc

I was thinking that messmer was Miquellas other self and he is actually St. Trina in spirit.He shed his other self by leaving and went into the Tree and that is where he found the shadow,or Marika told him how.She might have feared Messmer and what he was doing.The serpent is the enemy and was the one who somehow duped that old man in that painting that got that rune fragment shoved up his but.Or he did that to protect it and is pulling it out to give to you when you beat a boss.Only reason you would do something like that is either being punished or hiding something in their own body.Maybe he knows the greater will and the ring was stolen or deceptively there was a coup.The whole Dragon lord and Gloam eyed queen is very interesting because it would tell me what I want to know.And treating people lesser and banishing them because you pulled grace intent fully when done with them should not condemn them to be chased out,and if I were Godfrey or the Tarnished I would have went where I wanted to go away from you.Honor warrants truth and should be respected at the very least not thrown to the wayside and take my sons lock them in a sewer and be thrown out of my house by some cheating insecure wife who wants to live forever.Or he was explained why he must in order to fool somebody or deceived.We have no idea how long Godfrey took to leave once grace was stripped,and how long before Radagon first appeared.That would tell me if maybe he was sent from the shadow lands?With his golden host?Or was he a champion related to the Giants.When you read a book there are some things left out for the imagination I get it,but sorry to say the lore is really vague and has a sense of multiple writers.If this was just a book people would hate it lucky it is a game.They should have at least give us some idea how Marika was both her and radagon.She does not just hate him she is saying you are not yet me you are not yet a god then immediately shattered.They were already together before she said this.The empyrean thing has to be explained for us to even have any clue what is going on at all.If you know that you can pretty much imagine the rest.Was Marika willing or for a while planning all this?Or did she just have an epiphany?The greater will or grace is all for us coming back and brandishing the ring to rip down Radagons duct tape job for us to face and fight the beast as well.Or are their rules it must be won in battle no other way.Way too many questions

I'm going to thrown in a theory: Miquella went away with Mohg voluntarily. Malenia was absent, but Mohg still doesn't have what it takes to invade the heart of the Haligtree. His faction is simply unmentioned as being part of the Shattering war. His army is non-existent (hard to believe a handful of red frogs would defeat any army) his main agents (Bloody Fingers) are violent psychos more concerned with killing Tarnished (the *only* man to oppose them is Yura, who is not much in the grand scheme of things even after Shabriri possesses his corpse), and his most loyal servant (Varré) is more of a recruiter than a frontline soldier. The Haligtree could be failing even before Miquella was taken to Mohgwyn. Mohg is in cohorts with a blood related Outer god, so perhaps Miquella's blood needed a boost in order to make the Haligtree reach its full potential. It's known Miquella doesn't react at all to Mohg's advances, thus denying him his victory, while the Formless Mother power seemingly grew him into adulthood, which could be what the Haligtree needed. Griffith's ascension into Femto is basically a deal with the devil (or devils, in his case). If Miquella became a vassal to the Formless Mother, we'd need to know if that too came at a very high price (he's already sacrificed his body, both by becoming deformed and being abused by Mohg)... maybe the Formless mother will try to take over the Haligtree somehow, and the 'inevitable' dinasty is hers and not Mohg's? Of course, this leaves Godwyn completely out of the plot, and since one of Miquella's drives was either reviving him or giving him a proper death, I could be completely wrong.

I haven’t watched this yet as I’m at work where I only listen to content; saving it for later. That said I like to equate Griffith to the Demiurge, given that Elden Ring, arguably, also finds inspiration in the Christian rejection of Gnosticism and deals with monotheism versus polytheism; might be an interesting topic to explore in a video once!

I can't wait to see why he is called the most fearsome Empyrean.

This got me thinking: "What if all the assumptions we've got about Mikquella being benevolent are wrong". What if he knows what sort of impact he has on others and is just as manipulative and ambitious as Grifith. This is a character who could potentially be very frightening under these circumstances. Just a thought, but it's exactly the kind of curve ball that Miazaki has thrown at fans before. I mean, there are no happy endings in FromSoft games.

I would love if From got the rights from DarkHorse/Young Animal to create a Berserk game. The series deserves an adaptation and I couldn’t think of a better studio to make it

Haven't watched yet . But first thoughts before veiwing . Their motivations are very different different . Miquella's is pure , trying to reverse a curse imposed on him and his sister . Where as Griffith desires to rule a kingdom and therefore rule over men, unpure motivation . You could say both are selfish in nature though

Theory: Just like Griffith, Miquela Will play a huge role in the story of the DLC possibly aiding us, and just as Griffith, Miquela(at dome point either mid DLC, or Climax) will betray us to fulfill his Dream/Goal concluding on a "Eclipse" type moment, thus Miquella becoming the Final boss of the DLC. Maybe lol.

Dammit, I've only gotten to the chapter where Schierke summons the flaming wheel in Vritannis, but I've been trying to finish it, just keep running out of time. Does anyone know if the video has spoilers for anything that happens after that chapter?

Maybe Miquella will be MESMERizing us in his demon form. Impaling us or our summons with bewitching branches….

Miquella is melina, he has been using the player all this time just like grififith uses everyone.

i think if your rationale is that miquellas transformation/eclipse was opposite to that of griffith, then it stands to reason that miquella is a savior type. the opposite of death, like that of Godwyn, is life. if miquella could transform himself into a being of holy energy, he may be able to destroy the corruption