The Real Patches | Elden Ring Lore 

Install Raid for Free ✅ IOS/ANDROID/PC: clcr.me/R_Hawkshaw and get a special starter pack with an Epic champion ⚡ Kellan the Shrike ⚡Available only for new players What message do you think Patches is meant to give players?

Even through your interpretation, Patches really first "changed" in DS3 where he shows honest care and concern for Greirat and the Ashen One.

It honestly feels like a shame that you don't talk about his time as Lapp at all. How taking his experiences with the world away from him, we see for the polite and helpful person he used to be. He risks his life in Dreg Heap for absolutely no reason to get us the Titanite Slab. How he saw us as a true friend when asking us about the purging monument. How even with his last kick in the DLC, he helps us. Cause that fall is the only way to move forward in that area. I realise this was meant to be an Elden Ring centric video but as one talking about Patches as a whole, I don't believe it does him completely justice without talking about Lapp.

Patches seems to genuinely want to protect the weak while despising the strong, in dark souls three he steals a suit of armor then rescues a fellow thief who bit off more than they can chew. In elden ring they ask you to help rya, stuff like that. He will do whatever it takes to survive but refuses to do so at the cost of those he sees as weak it seems.

I find it quite ironic that, when he isnt trying to kill us, and actually finds friends and a place to call home, we are there to destroy both. Both in ds3 and er

Hawkshaw: Patches is like an onion. Torrent: Because he makes people cry? Hawkshaw: Yes. No! Layers. Onions have layers. Patches have layers.

When suffering from amnesia he swore no matter what that he was truly my friend, patches got a pass from me 👍

I always have and always will summon Patches whenever I get to Halflight, Spear of the Church in DkS3. Me and him are homies and he's my spirit animal.

To care is to take a painful risk. To remain uncommitted is to risk a lifetime of loneliness. Patches: Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

Patches is like an onion. He makes ya cry.

I had a friend who believed Patches embodies the lure and punishment of Greed. He's always enticing the player and other characters to give into their greed, and that he sees merely considering it (looking over a ledge) as giving in to that vice. It seems like his entire life purpose was to seek out and punish the greedy; to the point where in Dark Souls 3 he goes Hollow because there is no one left for him to fool. At the same time, Patches never attacks or harms anyone unprovoked, like when you steal his stuff right in front of him. Even taking off after being summoned for Radahn. At most, he will put you in a situation where something else might (the Cathedral Giants in DS3, worst of all). But that's not exclusive to Patches himself. There are a lot of items in the Soulsborne games that tease you to collect them only to fall to your death or get ambushed by an enemy or eaten by a Mimic. We've all been there. If anything, Patches gives you a fighting chance when things go wrong. Even allowing you to survive falls, that should kill the player, without a scratch. And when the player calls him out for his rotten tricks, he will apologize and try to make amends (though he might be "sorry" because he got caught, but who's to say?) Whatever his motives, Patches is a complicated character.

I feel like it would have been even more tragic if tanith was just as in love with patches or something, but was too far in with volcano manor that she couldn’t show it.

I love how Patches having Onion armor is pretty much how Shrek explain how Ogres have layers

I liked patches from when I first saw him in ds1, I liked his strange nature, and technically he helps you when he kicks you in the tomb of the giants to get the lantern

About time! Patches deserves some love

You forgot Patches the Spider - the first true Patches to believe in something, even if it's a cosmic horror he tries feeding you to

15:05 That's why he's Patches the Untethered in this game.

patches is the big brother we all need, he teaches us to be self reliant and not to trust others, I will always remember the light fading from his eyes as he looked at me and said "what a shit show" true true true.

Finally the most important lore

Maybe Patches is us, the player, if we had to go through every Souls game in real life. You DON'T want to live through every Souls game in real life. And he made it through advanced stages of each game too... He's capable, and caring, but has seen some shit.

Thank you for acknowledging Patches characterization; personally I found it such a fascinating turn for the character I was hoping youd illuminate it.

Patches was around even before ds and er... he first was a pilot in armored core ... and yes you guest it he sneaks behind you to shoot your mech in the back😂

Spot on, beautiful video. As as side note, I also think that the relationship between Patches and Tanith mirrors how Gideon feels towards Marika, given the complex house of mirrors that Elden Ring's cast of characters often is!

I think I Patches reprisents a theme throughout Elden Ring, which is the destructive and creative capabilities of love. We see how love has destroyed the demigods and characters throughout the story---Morgott's love for the Erdtree, Renalla's love for Radagon, Melania for Miquella, Blaith and Idji for Ranni, Fortisax for Godwyn---love undoes all the figures in one way or another, despite some of their good, if misguided, intentions.

MA BOY Hawkshaw is talking about MA BOY Patches!

There are only two certainties in this world: Death and Patches.

"Good day! You look reasonably sane. What are you doing in the catacombs? ... 𝔸𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕒 𝕔𝕝𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕔 𝕠𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘?"

So the lesson is, dont fall for women who will devour you after your death.

Greirat is one of my favourite NPCs and I always used his gear for PVP. Forgot about Patches softness (I guess) towards him.

Hawkshaw you do my favorite soulsborne analysis. No other channel I’ve found really looks at the subtext the way you all do. Keep up the good work, I’m here for it like many others!

I got a sudden wave of nostalgia hearing the Age of Mythology OST. Great choice in music, sir. I haven’t heard it in over a decade :)

I've been waiting for this video. I've always believed Patches was the Avatar of some sort of unnamed trickster god that continues to have influence as the world resets and changes over and over again

Has anyone ever tried to see what happens if you ignore all items(greed), and never pick up a single "shiny" on the ground before speaking to Patches? I always found it weird, in DS3, that the very first item past the Judex outside his arena was a broken sword? Why is that there? I though maybe it's a test of greed, or at least its supposed to make you think?

Patches has been one of my favorite Fromsoft characters since Demon’s Souls on ps3 & he was awesome in the Ringed City dlc!! Excellent character!

Always loved Patches as a character and I was so indescribably happy to see him in Elden Ring. They gave him depth without betraying his character, and kept him as cynical and funny as ever. Anyone else notice that Patches does nothing but help you in this game? He gives you tips on how to find Rya (which leads to Boggart and boiled crab) He sells really useful items early game in the form of the Gold Fowl Feet and their cookbook, as well as Margit's shackle. He even offers to help with Radahn, though he does humorously leave very quickly. And even when he kicks you into a pit, it actually grants you access to an area that's kind of annoying to get to otherwise. Patches is a straight up bro in Elden Ring, and I hope he's in the DLC.

HE LOVE OUR BOY PATCHES IN THIS HOUSE Thank you for this video. Imma link this comic I liked a lot that emphasizes that Patches is the Definitive FromSoft Character.

Personally, love his help in the Radahn fight. Patches was the smartest NpC there honestly. PC: “Ay yo Patches you mind helping me with a fight real quick? I’m calling in like, ten other people so we’re just gonna gank this loser.” Patches: “Hm? Well if there’s eleven other folks there. Yeah I think I like those odds! I have some free time to spare.” *Gets summoned in and sees Radahn, who is currently bringing one cleaver down on Blayid while his other sweeps through a whole group. The sword clash with Blayid then ends with the poor wolf man nearly getting crushed and cleaved in two, escaping solely due to rolling out of the way. The frenzied beast then moves his sights onto the player, making several large sweeping slashes as they howl, cleaving through the very earth as the wolf man staggers and picks up his sword…. There’s also a large pot person in the background trying to literally pull themself together amidst the cries of the dying and wounded.* Patches: “Ah…. Well, I came just like promised. Didn’t say I’d stay though now did I?” *Very quickly shuffles through his bag, even faster when the rotted general looks in his direction and starts moving at him. By the time patches manages to peace out however their attention is already swapped back to a rather rotund fighter, greatsword hardly even slowing as it launches the black armored man skywards, their only saving grace being the ludicrous amount of steel and padding between him and that blow.*

The character development of all time!

my head cannon is that patches truly sees us as a freind in dark souls 1 3 and elden ring. Especially in elden ring.

I really like the conclusions of this essay, thank you. I interpreted his relationship to Tanith a bit differently, less romantic love perhaps and more... I guess a form of devotion we don't see in him anywhere else that places her on a pedestal, like both as a god and as someone to be pitied. There's probably a word for it. The castanets he gave were a symbol of the person she was before she lost herself in Rykard, he was trying to provide her a way back to her old self. It could well be romantic love but my interpretations of the line readings always felt a bit more platonic and from-afar, maybe? He saw in her rebellion something ideal, and in a way maybe he doesn't understand her devotion to Rykard the way he understood her devotion to the cause. It's funny, I remember initially dreading the guy when I ran into him in DS1 but he's always a joy to find now :)

Whether it's Spider Patches or Simp Patches, Patches is Patches.

In my first playthrough, I was completely ready and willing to leave Tanith to her psycho-feast *until she rejected the fucking castanets* 🤬

I realized this patches was different the moment i envountered him. His tactics were completely different. He doesnt persuade us with promisses of riches. He leaves a chest out in the open. He doesnt kick us down a cliff, he jumps down a hole to fight us. He has always avoided to fight and rather trick and backstab. This is the complete opposite of what patches does.

A Patches Video!!!! 6:50 gave me LITERAL CHILLS. my favourite dialogue of all time.

I liked this video :D It shows that in futur games where he will appear he'll continue to be the bastard we are fond of but will show more of his inner feelings about he world. He's a fascinating character! And he respect people with different reasons. Tanith was a dancer, not a job with a lot of dignity in her situation, but she stayed proud and found love with Ryckard. The only way he describe Solaire is saying that he's a strong idiot but never tried to trick him because Solaire is genuine in his quest. Greirat is the first he felt a deep affection for, Greirat is the kind to steal the rich for his community and to give everything he has to the people he loves, and when he learn about Loretta's death and that there's no one left in the undead settlement the ashen one become the last person to give him a purpose. He saved Patches before and didn't ask for something in return because it's how Greirat is. If Greirat has been one of those greedy ones Patches hate, he wouldn't have thought about repaying him. But Greirat is selfless to the point of putting himself in danger as it's his purpose. Then, Patches couldn't walk away with such a debt to pay. Even in Lothric castle when he doesn't have the armor anymore if we tell him Greirat left, he will go but will be unable to save him a second time, this time with his face uncovered. Even Siegward has a similar treatment than Solaire, because even if Patches stole his armour and threw his down a well, we see that he kept his gimmicks when Patches lost his memory as Lapp. Siegward and Patches most likely exchanged a siegbraw, Siegward said his catchphrase and then went to sleep giving Patched the time to strip him of his armor. And then at the end of the world, Lapp kept his siegbraw and remember Siegward catchphrase and help the ashen one to get a titanite slab. For the player, we tend to take and hoard everything we can grab. Weapons, armors, trinkets, we take every shiny things even if we will never use them and we first help people (even if we like them) through their quests because we know we will get good stuff at the end, that's how the game works. We are the most greedy character Patches met, always falling to his tricks because we know we will get a shiny, which explain why he doesn't like us, and yet at the end, we help him as Lapp, he has a debt toward us but after such a long journey since the begining, there's a mutual understanding, and we are the only one left to put an end to the story. We started everything with a kick on our butt and we end it the same way before he help us get rid of the last obstacle (who can be considered clerics if they serve Filianore and the gods) before the last boss of the story. For his backstory, he kinda remind me of the french theatre writer Moliere who had faith in doctors and clerics until they failed to save his mother's life. Then in the majority of his pieces, he describe them as charlatans, greedy and arrogant, profiting of people's psychological vulnerability. So it makes me suppose that Patches was raised by his mother, or a maternal figure he loved, but who fell ill and couldn't be saved by the very clerics who can use healing miracles and prayers to the gods. The very people whe were close to the gods deceived him, and he started hating their pretention, maybe even feeling guilty of been powerless back then. Yet he still seems to be a man of faith, a very twisted and unique faith, since he mentions some gods several times and say at the end of DS3 that he will stick the ashen one in his prayers.

I think Patches is aCautionary tale of “surviving instead of living”.

I don't think Patches was in love with Tanith, but that is funny to think about. I think he was just down to be a member of Volcano Manor and the place going to sh*t was getting to him.

Can't believe you hit us with the raids shadow legends man

I don’t think patches thought Tanith would just fall for him if she got the gift. He wanted her to snap out of it, and become the woman he enjoyed watching. It’s why, even though he says “he’ll rest easy”, it’s literal. He doesn’t die. He could’ve came back and done it himself. He didn’t want tanith to know it was from him necessarily. He knew who she was faithful too, and he was fine with it, and just wanted to continue watching and basking in the presence of the proud Tanith.

It'd be funny of Patches had some 4th wall breaking dialogue, where he acknowledges that he has kicked you off of cliffs in multiple different games.

Patches is the Hoid of the dark souls universe

ill never forgive him for that loonytoons ass c4 trap in the shadow tower

As a neat little thing: Patches went through a major change once before. Back then, he was known as "Patch the Good Luck", a very capable but cowardly LYNX, a NEXT pilot in "Armored Core For Answer".

Hell yeah! Time to get the popcorn out..

I love patches because he realy shows that fromsoft games are like Venetian plays with recurring characters and themes. (Comedia del-arte)

Wow, this video really hit me in the feels! Good job

i do really like his tanith storyline. giving tanith an opportunity to connect with her sort of pre corrupted self and to leave the manor. it doesn't come from patches to her directly, maybe a little onion knighting there too. but he goes far out of his way to save her [or rather let her save herself] in his own way and she chooses to remain entrenched.

For that matter, his mild mannered version in Dark Souls was the first change.

Patches' fashion game is also its best in Elden Ring

Never related with patches more than now, you always make such thought provoking and emotional content, love it

People say Patches isn't in Dark Souls 2, or that Pate is patches, but I like to think Pate and Creighton represent the warring sides within him.

Maybe in the next game his name will be “Patches the Unreciprocated.”

Thank you so much for this video. Glad more loremeisters are covering him. Love the Ghostcharm and Fungo ones as well but this is a lovely addition.

Just got finished watching some of the older vids you made and its incredible some of the theorys that you have brought up and explained. Like the Havel against the gods video I never knew like 80% of what you explained and Ive been hooked on souls games and lore for years. Keep up the amazing work and can't wait to see more.

Patches reps greatshield builds, he's alright in my book

Pate and Lapp were my friends, enough that I at least feel warmly towards Patches.

Great vid, loved the random age of mythology music @8:20!

patches definitely does change a lot in ds 3... "every age seems tainted by the greed of men, rubbish to one such as i, devoid of all worldly wants". this basically means "ive been alive for thousands of years and everyones always greedy, but i never was". he says this after kicking you down into a place where you need to go, so he is actually helping you, and wishes you well on your journey by saying "a fine dark soul to you", which means "i hope you kill gael and take the dark soul pigment". this also shows that patches knows of our mission, which leads me to believe that he is some kind of wise ancient entity and hes only disguised as a fool

In Bloodborne the old woman you can send to Oedon Church is (or was meant to be) the mother of Patches.

I thought about him a lot. I think on one hand he is the pinnacle of the way fromsoft manages your expectations just to break them and confuse you to the point of paranoia where you are killing solaire because you think he will bertray you too. He plays nice but you think you see i thought but if you look closely he never pushes you into a lethal fall and you doubt again. In Demon's Souls its kind of a shortcut, he talks about letting you starve to death but the door is unlocked. In Dark Souls he pushes you down to rhea who would be hard to find and needs protection from her guards and what is some kind of safe place in the tomb of the giants compared to the rest of it. In Dark Souls 3 he doesn't kick you fist but safely lowers you down to where you have already been (ok, the giants attack), but then hepls Greirat and even pushes you down a ledge that is neccessary for progressing and hard to find if you don't progress his questline. Always he's fraternizing with you afterwarts and offers you trade to form a honest relationship thats based on mistrust but is nice. I just thought "what's the deal with him". But now i think he just hates phony and hipocritical people. He thinks people are greedy from nature and will use every higher goal of a group for personal benefint. He teaches you two lessons by kicking you: Not to trust somebody especially those who are talking nice and not to be greedy. He stays outside any society because he has seen all the greed and hipocracy that they are practicing, As the Whay of White is the pinnacle of pretending good and doing, he as the pinnacle of pretending bad and doing good hates them. He is some kind of a soulslike Robin Hood or something, Independent outside society, tough, determined, moral, selfless, honest, caring but lonely and less charismatic.

Sadly, I spared Patches only to realize my husband's wolves didn't get the memo. Though my husband sheathed his sword and walked away to look at something, the wolves launched themselves at Patches and I had to give the bell to the crones. I guilt tripped him for a week over that. He also accidentally shot Boggart in the face after I gave him the 1000 runes for the necklace. I still go "Oh look! Another Magma Wyrm - hope we get good at killing these ALONE."

Without Patches game's DLC can't be accessed indeed.

I heard patches is getting a raid shadow legends crossover

I like to imagine that Elden Ring is a true sequel to Dark Souls, with the Age of the Deep Sea coming and going, to be replaced by the age of Lands Between being one island of many. With Patches just... getting by somehow. He's still undead, and maybe the Undead Curse lingers on in small ways throughout the new world that's been created, making death a non issue. He just continues to get by somehow, and with possibly thousands of years to contemplate who he is and what he really believes.

Definitely one of the characters in games.

Certified Patches Classic

Imagine if Patches beat the Spear of the Church himself and made contact with Filianore...

To me Patches is a standard trickster spirit that aims to bring down those on high, and can feel compassion about those below. He is never a robin hood type figure because tricking is too much of who he is, and what he hates the most are those who uses order to hurt everyone when he is someone who is "free". In Tanith I don't think he is in love but he does love her as he remembers her when she was poor, and loves the fact nothing stopped her and thats why she is where she now is. She is a woman he can support, because even now where she could be comfortable she still fights the greater power.

Patches changed in dark souls 3. He became hollow and after being saved by the player truly became our companion , not enemy. He also found a dear friend in greirat, he showed signs of worry

Long live patches🙌🏽

8:30 well he helped u in Dark souls 3 ringed city against the church as a summon and actually fought along side u against the church.

The moment I consider quitting my job to become a creator, I remember raid shadow legends, and continue working my real job

damn, tricked by your smooth transition into your sponsor again

Song selection is always on point

I wonder what DS2 patches would have been like, definetly the kind of guy th throw you into the gutter with or without the ladders

Gotta check the Patches' Notes to find out what's changed.

Age of Mythology Soundtrack works shockingly well with a from software game

Fantastic video! Patches is a golden character, he never fails to make me smile. 😊

Wonderful video. May I ask who the artist for the thumbnail is? I really like that style.

How ironic patches, he doesn’t like deceit yet uses it all the time, technically. He does push us down to some kind of “treasure”

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Hey man, been loving your videos. Would you care to ever do a series on dark souls 2? I would love to hear your thoughts on the old iron king, venn and alken, aldias involvement in the lost bastille, heides tower of flame and vendrick. Hope youre good and maybe follow up on this!

He's my favorite character in the franchise and I always keep an eye out for him when a new game comes out.

Honestly the best patches video I’ve seen 🥳🔥

Am I patches

Raid sponsoring a Patches video seems very fitting.

Says a lot that I just sat through a raid sponsorship without skipping forward. You get full viewing time good sir

Killer soundtrack on this

Thank you for this. I knew something felt off about him in elden ring. Missed his questline the first time through but that's how Miyazaki does things. Still haven't done new game on my first character.

the fuckim "WHOOPS" really made slap my knees haha.