#eldenring #vaatividya #fromsoftware #darksouls [REUPLOAD] Just a re-upload with the video at a higher bitrate. My post got axed on Tiktok, so I'll re-upload it there to. lol
This is awesome. And your presentation can fit pretty much any theory on the motivations behind the battle. From Malenia’s perspective, “let my people go” could refer to the Stars/Moon and Miquella’s plans involving them… or it could refer to Miquella himself, if Malenia believes Radahn abducted him (if Mohg was clever enough to frame Radahn for it, that is). And if it was for Miquella, to secure his future Age or to literally rescue him, she most certainly would’ve brought fire, pestilence, plague and more to Caelid. For Radahn, “my people” most definitely refers to his own serfs and soldiers, or even the people of Sellia. And when he says he “will never let your people go” to Malenia, he’s hardened his heart to her, and whatever it is she wants he will refuse to give. And if he knew what Miquella and her were possibly planning, a future so different from the Golden Order that he held so dear, he definitely would’ve fought her to the bitter end. I also just noticed how well their two Runes fit together side by side like that… as if it was always Fated that they would fight…
God I love all the interpretations you can draw from the song. I'd like to imply that "Thus saith the lord," spoken by Melania refers to Lord Miquella, who tells his twin to send her scourge & sword. I was thinking of making some sort of dichotomy of the line 'Scourge and Sword' to refer to "Starscourge" and "Blade of Miquella" but it was scrapped.🤣
I think she probably did believe radahn was atleast guarding Miquellas location, if u look where mohgs palace is below, it’s pretty much right below the lake of rot in caelid
Aw I interpreted it, radahn wanted to kill malenia because she had grown greedy for the great runes, in the end he technically stopped her. However, while malenia was away fighting radahn, mohg abducted miquella and brought him back to mohgwyn palace. I also think that malenia had been asleep ever since fighting radahn, so she may not have even known of miquella's disappearance until you fight her. Also the reason their greatrunes fit together is because you can actually fight all the great runes together to create the elden ring. The only ones not seen in game as a part of it are the rune of death and marika's great rune (the cross)
@@samthepigman4069people tend to "villanize" Malenia too much. She wasn't a conqueror, she had already a lot of skill and power. She didn't wanted more power. Everything she did, she did it for her brother, Miquella. They both are the ones who suffered the most (aside from Mogh and Morgott of course), and they were also really good friends with Godwyn whom Ranni killed. Miquella probably intended to bring Godwyn's soul back via an eclipse, but he needed the stars in movement for that. Which is why he sent Malenia to kill Radahn. There's no grudge or hate there. It was necessity. In fact I'm sure that had Ranni not killed Godwyn in the first place the world would be in much better state. Radahn being as honourable as he is would've probably somehow helped Miquella fend off Malenia's rot which had been destroying her since birth
i honestly love how radahn is singing both parts… it shows how both of them were essentially the “bad guy” in different stories (radahn halting the stars and stagnating fate, malenia potentially inadvertently rotting caelid) and the great runes at the end are an amazing touch
Before people start arguing again about who won the fight (it was a draw), please let me remind you that both of them canonically get murdered by a naked fuck with a stick. In the end, the real winner is you, Tarnished. Oh, and great video by the way.
Whaaaaaat. And Elden Ring and Prince of Egypt fan mix? No fucking way. My childhood and my present. Interesting how you reinturpreted the song to be a shift of perspective in one person, with the backing representing Melania.
Thanks! I wanted to represent Melania as a relentless force driven by one goal, whereas Radahn who's the one getting invaded ultimately decides if Malenia won't let his people go; he won't let her's (The Redmane knights fight to this day to contain the rot.) It was very tricky trying to compromise with the song since the singer's are both men and the position of power is different as Malenia is calling down the plague, but she won't be lamenting about the land being her home like Radahn.
I NEED HIGHER RESOLUTION!!!! I WANT THIS TO BE STAMPED IN MY OWN EYES, NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN AGAIN!!!!!! I NEED TO SEE THIS IN BETTER VIDEO QUALITY, TO NEVER BE FORGOTTEN AGAIN!!!!!!!! Can I get this tattooed on me? THE WORLD NEEDS TO SEE THIS WORK!!!!!!!!
Just imagine being the soldiers of Radahn, not only are you going against a demi-god but she has never been defeated yet despite missing 3 limbs and not using the powers of her rot. After she and her elite warriors massacre your forces, you witness the Mighty general Radahn himself unable to bring her down, and when he might get a shot at her, she nukes the whole region with her power...
She is very much just as terrifying in game, if not more. People seem to forget that out of all three powerful empyreans, it’s she who’s hailed as the undefeated warrior, and it is she in whose name there are multiple deadly cults dedicated to.
@@aura3n I would kinda disagree. Other than her boss fight, we as the player do not see much from her with our own eyes. We mostly hear about her past actions through in game lore, which I will not deny frames her as a rather terrifying character. However, being able to see the events of the war in this fan film really helps to shake you to your core as you see her slowly approaching Radahn and brutally slaughtering his forces along the way. Personally, I think 1:03 and 1:20 really give off a scary "she's coming" vibe.
thats basically Europe in the middle ages. Last week u were having a nice dinner with fam, nxt week you are currently invading them/stabbing/assassinating/r@ping/beheading. Its wild.
I really wish there was a remodel mod for cinematics like this that would use "prime" models of bosses. Like fir instance a version of Starscourge Radahn that looks more like his trailer self without the spears impaled in him...
Havign the part ascribed to Malenia punctuated with "Thus saith the Lord" chanted without the breaks of the more humanizing parts that now are Radahn's, gives a much more sinister implication, depending on what we catually find out about Miquella, soon.
Never would I have thought of these two great works together, but it works out very well, with Malenia going down to Caelid to have them let her brother go. Your sense for editing is amazing; very nicely done!
Im hoping for more details about why this fight happened in the DLC. Since i feel Malenia gets too much shit and Radahn seems too good of a demigod to not have some dirt behind him Edit: This is me after the DLC...I may have been wrong. But i still have the same headcanon that Radahn was more passionate about war than his promise with Miquella. But being a man of his word (likely) I assume it was none of the reasons he stopped the stars. Another being to stop Ranni's plans and because stopping the stars is a glorious thing to do. But he WANTED to fight more. I imagine Miquella was like "Wtf you promised!" And made a sort of Plan B. Being what happens in the DLC, then sent Malenia to go kill him but it was a stalemate. But that's just a personal Headcanon I wanted to share. Basically, I think Radahn stopped the stars partially to postpone his marriage and fight. Thus, Malenia went and gave him a hell of a fight.
theres been a pretty solid theory ive seen that malenia tried to kill radahn so that the stars (and more importantly, the moon) could align for miquella's eclipse
@@thedoctorofcringe05 yeah the only thing odd about it to me is that malenia (not to get into the whole malenia vs radahn thing) clearly believes she won the fight, which would mean she achieved whatever goal she had in the battle of aeonia. But if her goal was to resume the movement of the stars, she definately failed. Thats the only thing keeping me from believing the eclipse theory atm. For all we know she might actually just be in denial though, elden ring characters seem more "real" in that way than in the older games
@ethanwashington6789 I think Malenia. And this is out of the blue. I don't really have evidence but it's a headcanon. Uses Pride as a sort of coping. Being a demigod with "The Severed" as her title probably made her feel horrible. I know I would. So maybe she is aware. And repeats she "Has never known defeat" I'm very much not the best person to understand many mental issues. And this is still a head canon to me anyhow
@@thedoctorofcringe05 well its pretty much directly stated that millicient is the discarded pride of malenia (ephael prayer room dialogue i think?), so if shes in denial its probably not a matter of pride but rather just intense shame. Like, imagine carving a war path through multiple lands for your little brother's plans, nuking an entire region, discarding your pride and other aspects of your personality (based on millicient having sisters), then not achieving your brothers goal anyways. Only to find that when you return, he's been kidnapped and is very likely dead. I think that would put almost anyone in denial lol
This is so absurdly good. After the DLC lore revelations, it's even better. I love how it's such a perfect stalemate between two opposite forces that continues on long after the two have finished their fight. Who could have guessed it would all be finished by a Tarnished of no renown.
Its so very goofy to see Radahn with his vicious ogre-like appearance "sing" these disney-like lyrics (is it an actual disney song?) about love and home, even if the lore states that there was this more tender, compassionate side to him.
@@simplythecat4068 That contrast is written down to his character. Since the very beginning on the first trailer, they portrayed Radahn as an intimidating and brutish leader (which he partly is) but in reality, he had compassion for his horse, a few pets and even was one of the most intellectual demigods, given he was a Carian.
This isn't even underrated. This is criminally, overly, EXTREMELY underrated. WTF. If all content on RU-vid was as good as this the world would be a better place, jeez. This is amazing. Gave me chills. What the f are you doing, RU-vid algorithm, make this famous ffs. My guy you are amazing, I would love to see more elden ring movies like this if possible. Like the battle for Leyndell or the rebellion in Raya Lucaria, when the Cuckoo Knights tried to take the Caria Manor, stuff like that. This is beautiful Sr. My respects, a like, and a new sub
I know you chose to subtitle it “sister” instead of brother.. but honestly, it would make sense for it to be brother as well. It’s pretty much agreed on that Malenia attacked Radahn under Miquellas orders. Miquella is known to compel affection. I could only imagine how his “bro chad dude guy” brother felt about him when he was young.. he probably loved him fiercely and wanted to protect him at all costs… which makes this interpretation hit even harder. That is why she is called “the blade of Miquella.” When he chooses violence, he sends his sword, his sister. It’s his decision to kill Radahn, not Malenia’s. I like to think that Miquella tried to reason with Radahn at first. Explaining to him his plans to rewrite the world. Radahn obviously, from in game text, we know he was fighting for the golden order when he fought Malenia, that’s why he was holding back the stars - doing this would stop any and all destinies from ever happening. The best thing about this story, is that no one is really “the bad guy.” They are all acting on what they believe to be the right choice…
What a great way to interpret it. I also at one point interpreted the term 'brother' to refer to Miquella, with Radahn arguing to the Unalloyed Lord in spirit whilst he is presently fighting Malenia who is sending her scourge on behalf of her brother (Thus saith the Lord"). There's so many avenues that you could take this, I love discussing about it! If there were present models of Miqeulla, I would have definitley wanted to have shots of him somewhere to have Radahn refer to him. Then we'd have the whole cast.
Another avenue depends on whether the invasion of Caelid happened prior or after the kidnapping of Miquella by Mohg. If it was prior, then it would be under the Miquella's orders as discussed. But if it was after; then it would have been a deadly misunderstanding from Malenia who wanted to rescue her brother.
In the iconic cutscene where Radahn is standing there with his arms crossed, I think it's clear he just defeated Malenia (first phase at least). She has to pop her prosthetic back in due to the beating he gave her. Yet he laid down his weapons after having done that. Why would he disarm himself? Because as far as he knew, he had won. There's no dialogue... but I think Radahn was speaking to Malenia, asking for surrender. He didn't want to kill her. He never did. He might have even offered Game of Thrones-esque terms. Offering to raise her and Miquella to positions of power in his new regime. They could rule with him. As long as they acknowledged he was Lord. Poor, prideful, kind-hearted Radahn. Little did he suspect Malenia had a nuke in her pocket.
And then like a few months/years later some random dude wearing a loincloth and a jar on his head kills them both effortlessly and becomes the Elden Lord
This is, in a word, BREATHTAKING. I can't imagine how difficult this must have been to make, because the level of detail is stunning. You've made a true masterpiece here. Bravo, bravo, bravo!!!!
this interpretation of Malenia as the aggressor is very interesting because now that I think about it, who was Radahn even at war with?? Do we hear about anyone he fought in the Shattering beside Malenia?
Considering how the story with Mikella turned out... The song now fits PERFECTLY, considering that Radan now does not have to sing the song to Malenia, but to “brother” Mikella.
One constructive criticism: you should use another, more upwards standing idle animation for the cleanrot knights in the beginning as they likely were not rotted at this point. But stellar job nonetheless👍
Since the release of the DLC, we now know why Malenia was fighting Radahn, and what she whispered. This really is such a perfect song, especially with “I wish that god (Miquella) had chose another” amazing work
DLC SPOILERS AHEAD well this is kinda wierd now, knowing that the war only happened because of Radahn wanting a sendoff before becoming the lord of compassion. But hey at least the lyrics somehow fit even better now lol, like malenia is mocking him and radahn himself is accepting the destruction he asked for with the repeated "thus said the lord" throughout the song
Spoiler alert if you haven't completed the DLC ⚠️ In the end it was all a plan of Miquella. Malenia was just her puppet sent to destroy Radahn's mind and then wait for the tarnished to finish him off once and for all. Finally Radahn's soul was infused into a new body, that of Mogh. There are various theories going around but I think it is more logical to think that Radahn only liked battles being a war general and would never have accepted to stand alongside Miquella, who among other things sent Malenia to exterminate his people. Furthermore, when we meet Radahn for the second time it is very clear that he was in the same mental state as when we faced him in Caelid, in fact he was still mad and the only words he emitted were grunts. The only reason he had become Miquella's consort was because of the influence of Miquella himself who had also become a god on top of that. I always imagined Miquella as a Manipulator but I never imagined that he would go so far, that is, he resurrected a dead man just to use him as a puppet and having so much rizz that he steals the tarnished's heart makes him very scary
@@Pablo_the_raccoon how the fuck do you lose when you apply a passive binding spell to something? He was not actively holding the stars. Is there someone actively keeping that gate spell for raya lucaria? We should be past this already.
The strongest demigod vs the most skilled. While Radahn ultimately won the duel, Melania had to use her scarlet rot since her mission to save her brother was more important than her honor
The stuff that came out about the Shadow of the Erdtree hints towards Malenia already knowing where Miquella is: at the land of shadow, separated from his body. Part of Miquella's plan was to have an eclipse happen, but that's not possible with Radahn holding the stars in stagnation
