Unraveling the Disturbing Curse of Stormveil Castle in Elden Ring - Lore Theory and Speculation 

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"stormveil castle itself has a cancer" yeah its gostoc

While most of Elden Ring's music is pretty somber and dark, I always felt curious about how Stormveil's music feels like it's a prelude to something very bad about to happen. Like we are really not supposed to be here. It has this foreboding element to it that Godrick isn't the main threat of the castle, and we ought to not hang around too long, less the real danger unfolds.

In vers 1.00 the Exile guard helms and armor directly speak about the curse and the need to keep one's face and body covered, lest exposure lead to infection.

these sore-like marks on the sides of Stormveil have been living rent free in my head for 2 years now.

I think the fact that you can find the Godskin Prayerbook and the Godslayer’s Seal in Stormveil Castle further reinforces this theory. Perhaps grafting Demigods is a different/more difficult process than grafting Tarnished, and the book and seal were there for Godrick to study how the Godskins graft the skin of Gods/Demigods to their own? That would open up a whole new can of worms as to how he’d even get his many, many hands on such a thing. Did he know a Godskin personally? Were the Prayerbook & Seal some of the treasures he took when fleeing the Capital? (in which case what were Godskin-related relics even doing there?) If the book was studied by Godrick, why doesn’t he use any Black Flame when we fight him? Was he unable to master it? I’d be very surprised if it wasn’t his, because there’s no one else in Stormveil Castle who would have any use for it. Another thing tying them together, is the fact that Godskins and Dragons seem to have something to do with one another, particularly in Farum Azula with the mummified Dragon Head in the Godskin Duo Boss Room, and the Divine Towers with the Cursemark of Death in Liurnia, and the Dragon Imagery of the Divine Towers, particularly the one in Caelid. Less relevant, but still notable, is the Godskin Noble in Volcano Manor in the Temple of Eiglay. Godrick grafts a Dragon to his arm, calling it “O Kindred” implying some kind of relation? Maybe he knows something we don’t about the Godskins, Dragons, and/or the Golden Lineage…

I think the Pustule itself is what caused the curse. It's not wholly unreasonable, we've had other items in other From games being massively important lore objects that the players just equip as trinkets. The Pustule was the piece of Godwyn's corpse, whether already a bubbling Pustule or not, and became what we find it as after it was thrown into the depths of the castle when Godrick realised he couldn't/shouldn't graft with it.

I had a similar theory to this. Mine was that Godrick got his Great Rune from grafting a peice of Godwyn to his body which spread the deathblight throughout the castle.

5:55 I never noticed that Torrent leaves footprints on the ground..

I love the idea of a stolen relic being the cause. Honestly this makes me imagine a narrative of Godrick trying to use a piece of Godwyn for grafting, to boost his royal claim, but for one reason or another it fails-- maybe every piece of Godwyn's flesh carries the deathroot affliction. Godrick, impulsive and angry, tosses the relic down into the depths where it starts growing into the face of Godwyn and starts infecting the castle. There's scraps of fabric around the scene which suggest there were attempts to cover it up, to no avail.

It is a cool parallel, that Godrick can only graft other limbs to him, while Godwyn's corpse (a part of it) can graft with the castle itself. Apart form the story implications, really shows how far Godrick is from what he aspires to be. Godwyn seemed to have commanded respect, which is why you see he still has influence, while Godrick's influence does not extend his strength. Even his other castles have fallen. Also there could be something to say about how Godwyn's hollow corpse spawned a cult, yet he has no agency in it because he's dead. The image of a saint being used for ulterior motives after their death, for good or ill.

I knew about the thorns all over the castle, but I always just assumed the holes were from some old battle, like how you can see craters all over the ground in front of Leyndell. When you really think about it though they show up in some impossible places, like on the sides of a sheer cliff bordering the ocean

Very well thought out. I always wondered why that creepy-ass face was down there in the depths of the castle. Your theory makes a lot of sense that Godrick probably smuggled out a piece of Godwyn from Leyndell when he was exiled.

So, I've always felt that Stormveil once belonged to Godwyn, which is why Godrick chose it as his base of operations. With that in mind, the site of the relic is probably where he was slain (the area kinda matches with the art of his death as well), and it's likely that his flesh and blood seeped out until his body was retrieved. As far as the "wounds" in the castle itself, I think it has to do with both Godwyn's death within the castle, and the Godrick's grafting. A lot of killing (and therefore death) goes into grafting, so that much condensed death must have an affect on the relic.

The gashes and holes within the western wall are somehow caused by the storm winds imo. This is also why the exile soldiers cover their body with a red cloth. I wrote a theory on this last year. Basically it's that the storm winds are cursed by the spirits of the tarnished that have been grafted within the castle. Nepheli mentions how "the winds run foul with his(Godricks's) deeds" or "he's tainted the very winds". And Roderika mentions the suffering of the spirits that have been grafted.

This all makes so much sense… I feel like perhaps, the head and its effects reflect a more “benign” version of the curse? It seems like grafted limbs often end up being weaker than their un-grafted counterparts, as instead of working as part of a harmonious whole, they become part of a mismatched menagerie of parts that don’t all seem to fit well together. In this case, the body below Stormveil might be able to mimic the effects of Godwynn’s corpse, but without the same potency. Instead of the tendrils commonly associated with Godwynn’s corpse, thorny vines overtake the landscape while an aching void takes the place of the characteristic mounds of deathroot. I’m not sure, but it’s definitely got me thinking.

Just… so insanely imaginative. It’s like he sticks with the flash card combos no matter what… “what if a CASTLE had like… CANCER? Give me that!” It’s the only game that has effectively disturbing and just… gross… architecture.

Someone claimed the holes came from Radahn’s gravity magic spells when the castle was besieged, with another claiming the castle is rotting due to the curse of Godwyn. It’s noticeable that many of the holes are partially or completely covered in thorny roots, which maybe lends more credence to the rotting theory 🤷‍♀️

Here are my general thoughts on this... from its appearance alone, the misshapen corpse is implied to have undergone the same ritualistic killing as Godwyn, as for it being deathroot or not, it most definitely is. The tentacles eminating from the corpse itself still have the characteristics of deathrooy, what with the thorns and portruding insect wings, not to mention Rogier becoming afflicted with deathroot after having performed his research there. A little sidenote: in Japanese culture and mythology, something that is deeply symbolic of death is stagnant water. Without the replacement of water through some kind of stream, bodies of water tend to build to large colonies of bacteria which later becomes largely toxic. Stagnant waters are also the favourite breeding ground for pestilent flies who live most of their larval lives underwater until sprouting wings and leaving their murky nursery. It could lead one to assume that the insect wings aren't merely a visual metaphor, but those are *actual* flies being born out of stagnation. Deathroot is sprouted from a living body without a soul, a body living in death, so to speak. But does that mean that deathroot necessitates a "living" host? That could very well be the case. Whether the identity of the whithered corpse being a relic of Godwyn... this would actually make a lot of sense. Godrick is desperate to live up to his heritage. It's absolutely something he would do, and if it *is* a relic of him, it could explain not just the lack of eyes in the sockets, but also its size difference with the "real deal" as well as why the deathroot we see around Stormveil seems.. white and withered. The corpse is no longer alive. Disconnected from its source, it withered and died, as any bodypart would, undoing the birthing cycle of pestinent flies and cutting off circulation to the thorns spread throughout the castle. I have no real conclusion to it all, I'm just using deductive reasoning here.

My first video recorded on PC instead of PS5. Two things I realized: 1. So many more possibilities 2. I need a better computer 😂 Game stuttered and crashed constantly but I hope the pain was worth it! What do you guys think?

I always thought it was battle damage but now that you point out the fleshy substance this is quite a disturbing revelation

Yes, this was my hypothesis as well. Godrick wanted a piece of Godwyn's corpse to graft. I think grafting can also explain the differences we see in the thorns. He probably started by grafting it to nearby trees. One issue is that we actually have no confirmation that Godwyn was considered part of the golden lineage. But this being by far the best explanation for Stormveil Castle could itself be considered evidence to support that assumption. Another interesting thing about the castle is that it has two layers of architecture. The original matches Godfrey era keeps like Roundtable Hold while the newer layer is much more ornate and gold instead of stone. This 2nd layer was probably added by Godrick, judging by his sensibilities, and it is also damaged by the mottling and thorns (src: 8:47). So the cancer did occur after he occupied the castle. Some of the non-cancer damage is likely to be from Malenia's siege after Godrick insulted her (src: Kenneth Haight's dialogue).

I dig the catch about relics traditionally being preserved body parts. Of course the sacred relic sword and finger slayer blade also seem to be nods in the direction. One thing I want to point out is that the thorns we see seem to be closest linked to the thorns that block your way in the erd tree, the ones Melina burns down. The capes the Nial and O Neil wear appear to have an wreath of thorns depicted on them. Also, the effigy for summoning allies is an icon of the round table with a crucified guy on top of it. You can tell it's not Marika because the person on it is missing a foot and is wearing the hood that usually has thorns on it. So thorns, the round table and crucifixions are symbols of the golden order. At the very least they are signs of tarnished who are aligned with the golden order. Finally, many demigods supposedly died on the night of the black knives. So maybe the body at the bottom of Stormveil is just a different demigod who was killed in a similar manner as Godwyn.

The fact that it’s lacking the deathroot growths, the hair, the faces and eyes, flies, etc makes me believe the devs went out of their way to establish that, while very similar, something different is happening here. I’ve been thinking a lot about Godwyn and why this is the appearance he takes. I’m willing to believe there’s something else at play here. We just don’t have the pieces to figure that out yet. I do like your theory though about how the body got there. Mine was that there is another outer god trying to find a way into the land’s between and spread it’s influence. Seeing as that lower area is used to dump bodies, this outer god found another perfect host to manifest itself in. This outer god would represent stagnation

But remember Godrick made all those Grafted Scions. That face in the basement could be the failed experiment of the scions with Godwyn body part.

it could also be that that spot under stormveil is where godrick was killed. we know he was carried to the roots of the erdree from somehwere else, so it may not be too much of a stretch that the attack was carried out there in stormveil. maybe that would explain why the thorny vines look so odd compared to deathblight, either witht the removal of the corpse the vines grew weaker, less normal deathblight-ish, or the vines in stormveil are an early form of deathblight not fully changed by godwyns control over them yet

my theory on why godwyn seemingly follows godrick to stormveil was always because godrick is his decendant. godrick is a demigod because he is part of the golden lineage, which means he must be related to a child of godfrey and marika, but theres only three characters that fit that, and mohg and morgott both dont really seem like theyd be counted as part of the lineage, especially not mohg. Godwyn even has the god__ name structure that all the members of the godlen lineage have. therefore godricks greatrune was passed down from godwyn so his presence being strong there would make sense.

Considering that godrick’s soldiers are nowhere to be seen but droves of spurned knights and soldiers from a faraway land are, and given the amount of thorns on both them and the holes in the wall, I always assumed that Godrick was a hostage in his own castle but was too mad to ever notice

Hopefully this theory doesn't have too many holes in it... Badum - tiss!

I've heard of plot holes BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS!

Beautifully, BEAUTIFULLY edited

How the hell does this not have more likes

First time seeing your content and it’s Fantastic! Very good commentary style and editing, I’m looking forward to your coverage of the DLC’s lore

The “we “ in his last words have to mean the thing under the castle

Brother this went hard

I really liked seeing such a close look at the game like this. I spent almost a year off of any gaming related sites, videos, etc, so I could discover Elden Ring myself. I have written a single document in excess of 250k words…and never did anything with the information at all. Something is definitely going right with the way you did things. Very interesting video, and I imagine you spent ages doing exactly what I did, but then actually did something with it. Subscribed.

My favorite theory around all of this is that, in the attempt to rely on such an inmense and mostly unknown power, placing Godwyn's corpse at the roots of the Erdtree caused it to "bug" out and repeatedly try to resucitate him to no avail...that is except for the spread of deathroot all throughout the Lands Between

So I don't know how often this is talked about, but this all may be taken from nature. When you graft trees into each other you are likely to get what is called a rootstock, which grows thorns (how you can identify it). The rootstock needs to be well managed and often cut off early if you want to have any good fruit otherwise it will take over the tree until it's a tasteless abomination instead of what you grafted it to produce. In fact, it can suffocate the tree completely until it's nothing but rootstock. Part of the other reason I believe this is the case is the golden scions are also a part of tree grafting since they are named after branches that could grow on rootstock, and if done right, produce its own fruit. Basically, it's a castle of mismanaged affairs. Godrick is trying to capitalize on the suffocation of his castle and ignore the, ahem, root problem. This also goes with the root beast mentioned earlier since it is "root"stock that is the source of suffocation. It makes sense it if personafied in a twisting wild natural beast that crushes you in a tiny space, as if trying to suffocate you as well as the castle. On a different topic, the concept continues to follow outside of stormveil. In honest, from that aspect, a lot of "root" troubles come from things I deal in my garden. You typically find death root in water in game, for instance, flooding with mariners, and I don't think that's a coincidence since root rot is the number one plant killer. Much like Godwyn's state, it's a slow half death where the plant is fighting to live but even if you get to it you may not get to it in time and it just rots itself out from over watering or being in a pot that's too big for it so the soil never dries. If you leave it there, the remains of the plant stays there, a blackened version of when it was fully alive. I'm gonna stop before I get to potting, jar people, and jar burials weeeee. But yes. Point being, it shocks me how few videos look at the gardening aspect to trees to use as a lens for lore. Miyazaki did his research, not just in ancient cultures and religions, but in nature itself as well. Tldr: IRL tree grafting explains a lot of things in Elden Ring, and so does gardening in general

How do you not have at least 50k subs? The quality is amazing!

Another amazing video, thank you :) So much little detail I've missed and haven't seen much discourse on!

just what i needed to start my weekend off right! great work as always mate

this has been probably the best theory about stormveil that i have come across thus far. i really like how well thought out this video was to the smallest detail. thank you very much for the experience

First video of yours I've stumbled onto. I love the presentation and narration. Beautifully put together, I look forward to more.

Without ever thinking about it too much or ever delving into lore discussions about it I’d always just thought this was the site of Godwin’s assassination, this video makes way more sense. I love the idea that it’s the result of a relic, especially when tied in with the idea of grafting.

I was too busy dying in this game and didn't noticed everything! 😅

Damn this channel is underrated as hell! Amazing content, brilliant narration. You'll go places dude!

What a Great video. Thank you so much for making this. I just subscribed. But there are some things I want to add. The thing you might notice if you examine carefully is that, one; the "thorns" sprouting from/under deformed Godwyn's clam-like mouth isn't the same thorns you find all over the Stormveil Castle. It actually resembles a tentacle of Octopus or a Squid. The claws coming out from the Sucker makes it seem like thorns. Interesting thing is, that the other corpse placed at the base of the Erdtree, doesn't have this feature. Two; the white thorns can be found from Mountaintops of the Giants. Impaling the corpses of fallen, now frozen Giant's corpses. And also Godwyn's corpse under Stormveil Castle has no eyes. The description of Thorn Sorcery (both Briars of Sin and Briars of Punishment Incantation) states; "An aberrant sorcery discovered by exiled criminals. Theirs are the sorceries most reviled by the academy. The guilty, their eyes gouged by thorns, lived in eternal darkness. There, they discovered the blood star." So the thorns and briars have a theme of punishment towards the guilty in the Lands Between. That's why people crucified near Stormveil have thorns wrapped around their neck. And the Blood Star these Sinners found have some kind of relation to Eyes being gouged out. Just like how Shabriri discovered the Flame of Frenzy. So I think Godwyn under Stormveil not having eyes has some connection to infectuous thorns. Also, I think someone said that in the alpha, Banished Knights Armor description said that their armor having Thorn engraving is to keep the "Curse" at bay. And I think the reason for Godrick not being influenced by the thorn-infection unlike the others is because even though Grace left them(Miyazaki's interviews), due to Destined Death being removed by Queen Marika, all Demigods are immortal. There is already pre-determined, Destined Death for Godrick. So therefore other forms of death cannot reach him and other Demigods. I think this holds true for Outer Gods too. Just like Madness can't be inflicted when dealing with Demigods, Blood Star(presumably Outer God) cannot influence Godrick. But, Scarlet Rot can be inflicted on Demigods unlike any forces of Outer Gods. But Scarlet Rot represents decay. Which is part of cycle of life. And I think the reason is that there already is precedent. Outer God of Rot somehow influenced Malenia since her birth. And during that process the God of Rot may have found a way to influence the Demigods. But this might just be another stupid theory of mine. In that case, LOL

imagine that Godwyn was assassinated in the place where the weird face is under Stormveil, his flesh and blood thrown upon the ground and left behind, while his body was moved to where it is currently, both growing into their current forms. Ane based on the location, the left-behind blood and flesh sprouted thorns only, as unliving, mineral-like growth, the main body, upon being infused with the erdtree, sprouted deathroot, an attempt at life, thus explaining the flies

Good job on the camera angles and editing, obviously a lot went into it the video that the viewer will likely not notice!

Good links between Godrik's plundering of treasures and the mysterious second face. Also, some of the castle damage even looks like scratches made by the dragon's red lightning, AT the end of the day it's just another annoyingly good detail that the devs never intended to answer and make us write novels about haha!

I don’t know why I never thought about the “relic” the way you did! Great theory.

The essence of death is reclaiming all throughout the lands between. Thanks to the night of the black knives.

I really like this theory! There may be some holes in it as more people dig into it, but its well thought out. Nice job!

Another great video! Never thought much of the holes beyond thinking it was war or meteorite damage. After you progress enough in the story, the corpse in the Stormveil basement also has the bloodstain of Rogier succumbing to deathblight, but why did it kill him and not us? I feel this ties it more securely to Godwyn, but the question still remains. What is it? Why did Godwyn mutate into this fishy behemoth after death? The hollowness of basement face almost feels like a molting or shedding of a smaller form compared to what Godwyn looks like now. Thanks for picking interesting ER topics!

I actually got chills at the end. Great theory!

Bro grafted a piece of a rotten god onto him and went crazy

If I'm being perfectly candid, I think stormveil was designed long before the darkroot depths and the finer details of Godwyns story were ironed out. Ill bet he was originally supposed to be under the castle, but by the time he was moved to Leyndell it would have added a month to alter the castles design. Obviously we can reconcile this with lore, but the whole place seems like an earlier version of game.

Honsestly, I never did pay too much attention to the holes in the walls. I did always find the thorns kinda weird, but just never really payed them much mind. Honestly this video just showed me how much I sorta just don't pay much attention to really any of fromsofts like visual, map design story telling... Who knows, maybe starting fromsoft games as a hyperactive, dumb kid just conditioned me to focus on enemy ganks and what not too much. I mean I did only find out why the forgotten workshop erks me so like only yesterday. I think thats the name of the other hunters dream you find in bloodborne. Great video too, I really need to pay more attention to my surrounding minus just enemies.

In the E3 2019 trailer for Elden Ring before the release I remember there being a severed arm as Godricks other grafted arms come into view. What if that arm belong to Godwyn, when Godrick attempted to graft it, it failed and he disposed of it in the basement. Alternatively, it succeeded and the curse corrupted Godrick into a more sickly corpse we fight. Which in turn spread in the surrounding areas of the castle

You are extremely underrated. I subbed - excited to check out your other content and hopefully some new stuff when Shadow of the Erdtree drops

I used to think both Godwyn bodies were still connected and functioning, but now I think that what we see in Stormveil might be just a husk of Godwyn's former main body. Maybe he started his transformation in the castle and at some point something caused him to move to the Darkroot Depths, which is why the roots seen in Stormveil are at a different development stage than the ones in the depths.

I love this theory. Not only good research and eyes for detail, regarding to the holes in stormveil - but also the best short summary of Godwynns Lore ✨Awesome video

You deserve so many more subscribers. This is top tier lore content

Bro! great observations. I always assumed those holes in the castle were from battle damage, but you changed my mind. Mind blown.

Great theory and while watching the video I too came to the same conclusion before you actually mentioning it, that it's not either grafting or something siniter, but both. Would love to hear more!

Godrick stealing a part of Godwyn for grafting is a really good theory

Great video man! Keep up the great work

In the 2019 trailer of the game there is a scene of Godrick holding a large arm while seemingly kneeling down, I always had a vibe that the arm he was holding was special somehow in that scene. It could have originally been Godwyn's arm but was changed later with development, because Godwyn's corpse has both arms even in its huge distorted model. Or maybe the corpse grew the arm back when it grew to that massive size lol

Ol' Zayf coming through with the detailed analysis

If you look closely the thorny branches in the walls look exactly like the thorns on the doors into the Erdtree.

MAAAAAAN! I always thought those holes were siege damage....Wild. It's pretty obvious now when you see where the debris from the holes is laying,

It's pretty evident that stormvale was created early in development, so maybe what we're looking at is the first idea of what deathblight would look like. I wish they stuck with this design, I love how the stone seems to turn into flesh. Like maybe there are full-blown creatures out there that were once buildings. But nah, we got flies instead

What is amazing is that you have almost as many likes as you have subscribers. Now that is awesome Zayf.

This is some top quality editing! I noticed a lot of the same things you pointed out especially the thorns. My current impression of the state of Stormveil is actually more mundane. I hope you read through it: We know from the Great Kenneth Haight that Godrick had come into conflict with Radahn, Godrick hiding in the castle from Radahn being specifically mentioned. Radahn likely floated around the castle battering it his various gravity spells. For some reason though, he stops and leaves. Personally, I think the opening cutscene shot of Morgott attacking Radahn took place here and is the reason he stopped. This is where the supposed curse of grafting comes in. Rather than a literal magic curse it is likely that the "curse" term is being used to describe Godrick's obsession with grafting. Because of the obsession with grafting normal castle business cannot be completed. Everyone is either catching people to cut their limbs off or are having their limbs cut off or running defense for the castle. Sometime after this the battle of Aeonia takes place and Caelid gets nuked. This causes some dragons to flee west. These dragons are brought into conflict with Stormveil castle. Their claws rake the walls and towers while their fire scorches and melts the stone discoloring it. One set of claw marks actually looks big enough to match the Mother of Dragons herself. If that's the case Godrick's forces may have injured her in a way that left her limping back to Dragon Barrow where she would remain, crippled. Thanks to no one trying to fix the holes because they only focus on Grafting (the "Grafting Curse") native thorn vines are growing out of the dirt and up the walls.

Oooh! Stormveil! Didn’t expect that! Can’t wait for you to break it down. 🥰

Just want to say this is a really interesting idea and pointed out things I never thought of, well done. it's always inspiring to see ER fans come up with new ideas like this.

This is a really well made video! I love this idea of a malign curse taking over a castle- and I definitely won’t steal it for my world building. Alsoooooo- what music did you use for the first few minutes of the video? I really like the atmosphere of it!

You got my hopes really high for a mind bending theory about Stormveil being a diseased castle and you did not disappoint. Kudos (:

This theory just nails it. Actually I've never even seen the body part in the Stormveil Depths. Learning something new every day.

1:53 I was entirely prepared for that halberd knight to run out and knock that tarnished off the ledge and I almost feel cheated.

I’m on my 6th play-through and I’ve always seen the holes in storm veil but just the other day I took a good look at them from the starting point of the game and thought to myself what the actual hell are those things lol solid video I look forward to more from you man

Though it seems a tad silly, I think Godrick took Godwyn's leg. This would explain why Godwyn's body in the Deeproot Depths has a mermaid-like tail instead of two legs

My running theory on why storm veil castle has such a bad infestation of death root is because of all the bodies Godrick has been harvesting. Death root seems to need death it can rise from and the castle is essentially a mass grave at this point. Also the lowest part of a castle was where they threw all of their waste. It makes sense that Godrick would dump any body parts he doesn't use down there.

Maybe Godrick was trying to graft a piece of Godwyn with that tree spirit and things got out of hand

When I went to Iceland the guide took us to this church on a cliff in the middle of nowhere where he was almost killed by a huge crow as a kid and was heavily traumatized. It was them that I suddenly understood the vibe ER was aiming for

At the game’s launch, you have no idea just how freaked out I was when I accidentally fell and saw this abomination at the bottom.

Considering that there are other soulless demigods (kept inside the wandering mausoleums); it's also possible that the other giant face thing could be a different, nameless, soulless demigod. And that's just what happens with their bodies one their souls are removed.

Wow great quality video. We need more like this. Thanks

Again, amazing theory. I was also wondering how the long distance between the deep roots and Stromveil connects Godwin and your theory just makes sense…

At first I thought the holes looked like old melted damage, like from big lasers or something. But the pustules and rot makes more sense. Actually, some of the holes look a lot like fingerprints, don't they? The 'rot' on the stones looks like moss and algae to me. The head in the pit juts from the bedrock from the north-west ocean, and happens to look very much like a medieval drawing of a sea monster

Something that kind of throws off the idea that it isn't part of Deathroot is that it also appears in Farum Azula, being capable of sprouting anywhere

Maybe something more “sinister” is a wink at the relic being Godwyn’s left hand.

You are such a talented video maker ! Keep it going!!

Great video, looking forward to more content! Would you tell me the music you used for that video? It all sounds so familiar but I can't put m finger on it..

>thing just about everyone noticed a few weeks into its release "So I've played this area a ton of times and never noticed this. Wow, such lore! Much mystery! Very cancer!" Sheesh.

Great video. One thing I was hoping you'd address: the deathroot found throughout Farum Azula! It even has eyes despite not being connected to the ground.

My theory is that the face under stormveil isnt actually a godwyn, but other demigod. Godwyn was the first demigod to be perished, not the only one

I love this theory, definitely opens up possibilities for further lore

Great video, I began a new playthrough after a long break and was wondering about this while going through Stormveil. I somehow completely forgot about the corpse in the basement....

Yeah, Godrick is definitely talking to Godwyn with that last line of dialogue.