#godrick hc

[art-from-within]

My latest godrick headcanon is that he is REALLY good at needle work. Yes yes I have seen his boss animation, he does NOT need needles to graft I know, but like, Godrick that embroiders....you know you get it too

Another head canon is that he is very well versed in anatomy...aside for the obvious reasons (I mean come on, the visual reference memory he must have built up over the years of grafting! no way he wasn't half as curious with all those limbs and arms hanging down his Godfrey goon shrine). Maybe he gets the anatomical names wrong here and there, but like, his visual library is SUPER stacked

[couldtransitionsaveher]

GODRICK THE GRAFTED from ELDEN RING

JUSTIFICATION:

"had she just transitioned instead of forcing herself to live up to the ultra-violent hypermasculinity of her shitty great-grandfather the whole grafting thing wouldn't have happened in the first place. whatever beef she had w/ Malenia was definitely partially fueled by gender envy -- wouldn't have said some dumb bullshit and gotten her ass beat if she just took the damn E. she could be living it up rn, minding her business as a neurotic old lady making weird sculptures in her scary castle, but instead she's first up on my list of minor deities that i need to grind into a fine powder. transition literally would have saved her." - Anonymous

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[tarnussy]

Stormveil Castle, Godrick's Throne Room

[plainandgeneric]

Hello there, I think your Godrick x Banished Knight AU is such a cool and enticing idea! I'd love to know more, like what shenanigans ensue and do they have a somewhat happy end - or at least, some happy moments? Just any kind of little headcanons :3

Aw thank you for your kind words!

They do engage in a lot of shenanigans! More below the cut.

This AU is pretty slice-of-life-esque. It covers their escape from the capital and then the almost year-long journey from the Altus Plateau to Limgrave. Even though the game map is already huge, I believe it's nowhere near the actual size of the Lands Between. So it took them a while to get out of the capital, and even longer to get far away from it.

Meanwhile, Godrick has to forgo all the comforts of living as a highborn in Leyndell and get used to roughing it in the wild haha (I do hc him as a picky eater lol). The Knight on the other hand is a little bit roguish. He's used to being hired by the militia and for other manual work, but he doesn't really know how to engage with courtly etiquette and the nobility.

Some HCs for my OC: Despite not being a knight anymore, he does retain certain knightly qualities such as loyalty (for his current employer). His name, past, and reason for banishment are something he no longer remembers, yet he carries a heavy sense of guilt for the things he imagines he had done.

As for a happy ending, I'm not too sure yet. Since Godrick really yearns to go back to Leyndell but that's highly unlikely. Maybe they do find happiness in Limgrave.

But there's definitely a lot of sweet moments between the two. Godrick can be a temperamental bastard sometimes, and the Knight humours him to his best ability. Their dynamic changes from employer & hired mercenary to lord & loyal knight. They eventually became quite reliant and attached to each other.

I do have a comic planned for a "knighting ceremony" where Godrick restores the title to the Knight. Tho I'm very slow at making comics so idk when it'll actually be made haha. Thank you for reading this very long post!!

[fellomen]

since fromsoft are cowards and wont give us more info on them, here are a couple hcs i have about godrick and godefroy

they're twins. godrick is the older of the two and got the stronger anchor rune

at the start of the shattering, they were allied with other distant descendents and the shardbearers, and had solid claims to lordship before morgott took over. they agreed with his rule for a little while, but they eventually grew bitter and resentful, like many others, and got chased from the capital as a result

morgott would have tolerated their prescence in leyndell longterm had they renounced their claims and pledged fealty. talk about golden lineage privilege

the previous ruler of stormveil was akin to a vassal lord, and was easily ousted from his position when the two arrived. godrick became lord of stormveil soon after, building their forces with army men that fled the capital, banished knights, and exhile soldiers

godefroy began grafting first, but godrick was far more experimental. he really enjoyed pushing the bounderies, such as melding limbs together and replacing most of his original flesh. man got freaky with it REAL fast

they kept each other in check when it came to grafting and maintenence. no using your own men for their limbs! if you want to put something somewhere you cant reach, let me know and i'll do it for you! you aren't keeping those new sutures clean and they're going gangrenous, idiot!! this goes out the window when godefroy is captured, obviously

had a HUGE arguement over fighting in the first battle of leyndell. godefroy insisted they were strong enough but godrick wasn't so convinced. godefroy went, got layed out by kristoff, and was divested of his rune before being thrown in his evergaol

godrick felt guilty initially but you know he'd be all 'i TOLD you so' if they met again. godefroy would be defensive like 'well if you'd BEEN THERE maybe i wouldn't have been CAPTURED' then they'd have an old man multi-arm slap fight

kenneth haight HATES their asses. godrick moreso because of his indiscriminate hunts for grafting materials and the 'dishonorable' confrontation with malenia

speaking of malenia, during her scrap with godrick she broke his nose and gave him a busted eye that never healed right. he let her and finlay through after the fight with radahn, though, so he either learned his lesson or was honourable enough not to go for round two when she was comatose

when divested of their great runes, they can still graft, but they're a lot more limited in what they can do. they can't add a shit ton of hearts and lungs to sustain giant bodies and limbs anymore so they'd have to downgrade. i feel like the limitation would force them to get creative

they'd likely be seen as freakish by golden order standards no matter what they did, so i could see godefroy going for giant bat/misbegotten wings to freak people out so they'd leave him alone. immediately regrets it when godrick calls him an old bat

godrick would probably keep the arm thing going. he'd get parts close enough to replicate his original lanky body, plus two extra pairs of arms. he still yearns for something dragon-like, so he keeps an eye out

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Ah, I don't think that's supposed to be there. I'm not the best at this computer thing so I'll let Matt deal with it.

That aside, I think we should introduce ourselves. I'll start while he's checking this "issue" out.

Hello. My name's Colin Sloan. Financial advisor. Used to do things more face-to-face, but I figured this program makes things more efficient. Glad to be of service.

Ah no, that is not. No need to worry, it shouldn't cause any harm. Let's simply leave it for the time being.

Hello, I am Matthew Godrick. And I do... ah... I do the more technical stuff. I.. I... wait-

...

Sorry I appear to be experiencing some technical difficulties.

Huh. Did something happen? Do you need anything, kid? You look a little shocked.

I... ah, I'm fine. Just some technical difficulties.

Oh, okay. You can always just take a break. I'll deal with this.

Yes that'd likely be the best course of action. Thank you.

No problem. I'll be checking on the clients now.

...

Get me out of here, assholes!

-David, if you are feeling unsatisfied with our service, you could easily just message us. No need for profanity, please.-

Fuck you!

-SHUT THE HELL UP LARSON-

No, you shut the fuck up! You're both monsters on all fucking levels! Get me out of here!

-Oh, oh no. You're getting it all wrong. We're not... monsters. But I can be one, if it weren't for formalities--

-I'll show you a monster YOU LITTLE SHI--

WHAT THE FUCK

-Godrick, the claws aren't necessary.-

-Well, our 'client' better watch his fucking mouth then.-

I'M NOT SHUTTING THE HELL UP! Why the fuck are you doing this?

-Doing what? Business? Listen here, client. We do what we do to help poor souls like you...

because we could. Nothing else. Got that?-

Ha! That's bullshit! I know you two have a fucking agenda! Got an axe to grind with someone?

-...-

-I think you should watch your mouth, Larson. Do yourself a favour and shut it.-

I'm not shutting up until you get me the fuck out of here.

-Why the hell should we let YOU out of here?-

Because... because I don't deserve this! I need to go home, people miss me out there! You probably wouldn't get it.

-Oh, but you do. David, you got what you bargained for. As for... the people, well... they already know what's happened to you. It was all over the news. They wouldn't question a thing. I made sure they get the details correctly.-

-...-

Huh? What's going on with him-

-Oh. Uh. You know what? David, you're dismissed. Please. Leave your complaints somewhere else, and we can talk about this later. I believe my coworker here is going through a 'bug' again.-

...whatever. Fuck you.

-Thank you for the feedback. We will get back to you in a moment.-

...

//Hello! OOC Admins here. Enjoy the chaos. I (Rhi) am rlly proud of this masterpiece.

[Hi as well! This blogs being run by myself @doliminuz and @rhithefella ! With Matt being played yours truly (Doli) and Colin by Rhi, and I think we're just passing David back and forth like a basket ball.

It's a Cabin Tales blog using our AU/HC versions of the collector plus Mr Got Snatched himself as their unwilling guest star!]

//And here's some OOC deets abt each of our characters + some important things to know.

Colin Sloan (Played by Rhi)

- Somewhere between 26-34 (doesn't remember)

- He/Any

- Lived during the early 1900s so he's got a lot catching up to do with technology.

- Ancestor of Rhi's version of Kevin from 2.4/Roulette.

Matthew Godrick (Played by Doli)

- 28 years and married (or was before You Know)

- He/him

- Can't really remember anything from pre-death, aside from his death itself, and is VERY short tempered with his victims. Will drop that professionalism completely.

- Cousins in law with Doli's version of Koby from Cry Wolf/1.8

David Larson

- 25 years old

- He/Him

- His dad is a scumbag so he moved away as soon as he could. Originally stayed with a friend named Lance until the events of his story (1.5/Sell Your Soul).

-Brother of Sam from 1.6/Storm Warning, Romeo from The Night We Met, one of the waitresses from 2.1/Graveyard Diner, and Samuel from 2.4/Roulette.

Miscellaneous

- Please do not ask anything inappropriate ofc.

- Again, these are just HCs so don't take any of these as canon.

[hrodvitnon]

On Godzilla's voice, cuz I've seen a few people weigh in on it:

I do like the Kratos idea. Fits very well and I hadn't actually heard that as his headcanon voice before. I've actually heard and had this exact conversation a lot with people lol, so here's some other ones I've heard as well as my own personal HC for this.

Surprisingly, I've heard Iron Bull more for Goji than I have Kong. Granted, in the same breath I've also heard Ramon Tikaram (voice of Godrick in Elden Ring, Ramattra in Overwatch, someone from FF16 who's name I can't remember and doesn't show up on IMDB, and most importantly Dorian Pavus from DA:I) as Ichi's voice. I actually really vibe with Ichi sounding like Dorian just because I think it's funny, but yeah I can also see why you'd have him sounding much more menacing having written Abraxas. Also the implication of Goji being Bull and Ichi being Dorian is equally funny to me.

A long time ago someone made the connection between Mothra and Aerith from FF7 and that has lived in my head rent free for so long that I can never unhear it. Had a brief period when I thought of Goji sounding like Cloud, eventually abandoned that for my actual HC in the next paragraph.

The voice I personally hear him with is Daisuke Tsuji's Jin Sakai from Ghost of Tsushima. Someone (I think it was Dougherty, can't remember exactly tho) once described Legendary Goji's personality as 'The Last Samurai' archetype, and I guess that really stuck with me when I played Tsushima. Jin's just general- everything- in that game reminds me of Goji a lot. He's protecting his domain from those that seek to conquer it or do it harm, calm and stoic with rare bursts of emotion, can occasionally be snarky or humorous with people he trusts, etc. Idk he just really does it for me lol.

(just now checking his imdb and realizing he also voiced Scorpion in the newest mortal kombat and a fortnite character lmfao)

Y'know, I've only ever heard the Japanese dub for Ghost of Tsushima (I keep forgetting there's an English dub), but I'd say Jin's Japanese VA might be good for Goji as well. I wanna say Gareth Edwards was the one who made the samurai comparison? It feels appropriate considering Goji was characterized as old and tired in 2014.

...Aaaaaand now I'm picturing a gijinka Ichi trying to grow out some facial hair appropriate of his Kingly Status and ends up with Dorian's silly hipster 'stache and nobody takes him seriously because of it. (Ni gets mutton chops and San a goatee; they only have a full beard if they're in one body.)

"TAKE ME SERIOUSLY, DAMMIT!"

"Uh-oh! Look out, guys, Hipster McObscure from the 2010s is mad about the mainstream! He's gonna wear a scarf ironically because it's warm outside!"

"I'M TRYING TO GO FOR CAREY ELWES CIRCA ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS! I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAVE A CURLY MUSTACHE!!"

[rhithefella-sillytimes]

Fave character in each ct ep,, drop em

1.1 - Mittens the Cat (KITTY!!!!)

1.2 - Sherrif Brock Goodman (He's cool and I like the implied link with 2.6)

1.3 - Cassidy (THE GIRLY... ;-;)

1.4 - Ethan (idk I rlly vibed with him)

1.5 - Collector (THE SILLY!!! THE GUY EVER!!!)

1.6 - Samantha (Tbh HCs and Larson lore are doing the heavy lifting for this one, but I still like her from what little we know abt her. Surprisingly fun to project my issues on/hj)

1.7 - Star (...silly fish. that is all. She is my baby my daughter and she did nothing wrong ever)

1.8 - Marc (Marc. Funny dragom.)

1.9 - Brandon (Well, would this count as both 1.9 and 2.5? Anyways I feel bad for him because of his backstory.)

1.10 - Idk Death I guess he's the only one there/hj

Bonus : UTCT - Wong (I support women's rights and wrongs, go feminism yeah it rocks/ref)

Bonus : TNWM - Julie (She has a knife and I think that's cool)

2.1 - Pierce (TAT)

2.2 - Arthur or Merchant (both of them are very cool characters but for opposite reasons)

2.3 - Cliff (He's so sassy LMAO)

2.4 - Kevin (OK WHERE DO I START WITH THIS? For one I relate to him so much in so many ways. And I feel so bad for him bc of that. Anyways I'll stop there before I go insane, that's my BOY MY BLORBO ;-;)

2.5 - Brandon (see 1.9)

2.6 - Matthew Godrick (Knowing what happened to him just makes me feel bad. I want to give him a hug... Maybe he gets the closest to revenge, if a certain theory is considered.)

2.7 - Adam (He's cool ig)

[awellboiledicicle]

me: why do i have this au, i don’t even like godrick the grafted. Fiona loves this disgusting, pathetic, miserable cretin. it’s not even something i’m interested in the lore.

also me: “so here’s how they could streamline the Scion’s and why they’d do it and why they can use holy damage and--” [trips and 500 hcs about their home life fall from my coat, i don’t move to pick them up] “--and Fiona adores her fucked up sons. Adores them. And loves her fucked up incompetent husband. and he loves her in his fucked up way, needs her to love him because he’s deeply insecure about his actual abilities and envies others in his family for their ‘legitimacy’ and feels like the world is against him due to his failures as a military leader, but he knows she loves him and with her beside him they can probably move mountains hand in unlovable hand--”

also also me: “u need to Stop”

[orange-coloredsky-archive]

some of these eldenringtubers are a lil too swift with their "haha isnt it funny and cowardly that godrick the grafted, a MAN, ran from combat by dressing like a WOMAN. isnt that funny? isnt that hilarious? none of the other MANLY demigods did this. its funny" points when talking about godrick & his story. even completely barring my own hcs and shit its like. still pretty fucked up.

[roodllle]

almost a year later and i have more thoughts for this post!!

I hc that the order of the Carian siblings is Radahn, Rykard, and lastly Ranni so

Radahn has been so excited to attend his father's school and Radagon is hyped because he thinks Radahn will follow his footsteps into football even though his son became obsessed with My Little Pony when he was in elementary school and played all those online horse games and now has bought Red Dead Redemption 2 JUST for the horses.

And so Radahn joins the equestrian team for the Golden Lions and Radagon just has to deal

Ranni straight up refuses to attend that high school and Rennala is secretly excited that her daughter wants to attend the private school she went to, the Stargazers.

On the flip side, Godwyn totally is the All Star for the Golden Lions, but instead of Morgott/Mohg being sent to that school... Marika sent them to a boarding school out of the area.

As for Godrick he's a freshman who keeps saying he's going to replace Godwyn when he graduates, but.... no one takes him seriously

I keep trying to think of Tanith x Rykard Modern AUs that still fit them, which I guess is that we keep him as a serial killer 😐, but all I can think of is college sports teams and Rykard hates his schools Golden Lions and joins the Amber Serpents and wears their mascot costume or smthn

Oh and Tanith is a cheer leader

[art-from-within]

Thinking about the fact that aside from the obvious (having your limbs torn off is not a nice feeling), Grafting a foreign body part onto yourself may also very well be EXTREMELY painful, and that Godrick probably suffers alot but still does it anyway because going through magic surgery without painkillers feels better than his reoccurring episodes of crippling self loathing.

[papabirdurskeks]

I have so many ideas and headcanons and yet my motivation betrays me once again to actually draw them out x’) 

Added I am also too afraid to even just make a text post about them without sounding redundant in my speaking as well c’: 

[whatdoyoumeanitsnotcanon]

It's the riding anon! But with fluffy HCs this time. NPCs finding out you've been pinning for them as much as they have for you!

Rogier was afraid of ruining your already good friendship, but is elated to find out you feel the same. He gives you the SOFTEST kiss on the forehead.

Diallos is shocked! Really!? Him!? Any explanation why makes him go red, but he is able to shake off his nerves to give you a very warm hug.

Patches is at a loss of words, for a small moment anyways. He had been so forward with his pet names lately, but this discovery has him calling you by your name in such a soft voice.

Morgott is overall very happy, but feels undeserving of your affection. It quickly subsides once you start making more moves on him, he loves the attention.

A few days after finding out Big Boggart let's you see his face for the first time! He has you sit on his lap so he can properly share his affection.

Varre laughs and warns you of the consequences of being in his sights. Things heat up immediately, he'll pull you into dark corners as often as he can.

That's it for now UuU

well, well, well, if it isn't Pandora's Box opening. time to add on to this, anon!

Godrick - Tries to be smug about it (because he's the Lord of all that is Golden, mind you) but you see through it and realize he's genuinely surprised that you return his affection. Shyly brushes his fingertips against your cheek in response.

Godwyn - You've never seen his face light up so much. He can't help but hold you close and rub his nose against yours. He releases a sigh he didn't know he was holding in.

Radahn - Like a kid in a candy shop. Be prepared for him to bear hug you and twirl you around. He's so boyish in his excitement and it's so damn cute.

Mohg - Stunned silence. You actually hug him because he's so stunned. He snaps out of it and hugs you back.

Malenia - Has the most radiant smile ever. She, too, will kiss your forehead.

Radagon - He smiles, content that his affection has been returned. Then you smack his ass and say that it belongs to you now. Radagon one-ups you by saying there's more than that to claim, should you be willing. Well, hello, sir—

Godfrey - He'll laugh boisterously and clap your shoulder. Serosh roars in approval.

Gideon - Smug bastard already knew. Nonchalantly plans your first outing together. Bastard.

D. (Darian) - Hums in approval and expresses his happiness. Then clears his throat because no one should be privy to his more affectionate side but you and you alone.

D. (Devin) - Is actually excited. Tries to say something sweet but it comes out awkward and all he can do is look down and blush. You assure him that you understand. In return, he presses a quick, shy kiss on your cheeks.

Goldmask (for the lulz) - Points. At a pretty flower. Ooh.

Ranni - Makes a sarcastic quip about it's about time you noticed, but it doesn't have the heat it should have and you both know she's trying to save face and not glomp you.

Blaidd - "Heh. I'm glad. Now that that's settled, how about we finish our quest, yeah?"

Vyke - Wasn't expecting you to return his affections so he awkwardly walks away. You're chilling by the campfire and he sits rather closely beside you. Your knees touch and you knew then that it was you and him against the world.

Yura - Thinks you're crazy to reciprocate the affections of an 'old man' but is actually really happy that you do.

Bernahl - Smirks and says that he won't go easy on you just because you're finally his. You smirk in response and say that you can't wait.

[quietelden]

Some Godrick practice feat some Dorian quotes because why not (they share a VA), Bonus Morgott and his fruit basket after he arrives on Stormveil’s bridge.

(Don’t pay attention to how the first drawing looks so different, I drew it last night and this morning forgot what brush I used lmao) I greatly appreciate Godrick’s asymmetrical features, and also his very gappy teeth (especially as a person with a front tooth gap, who has been pestered by dentists). I personally HC that he talks with his hands a lot,  have fun getting distracted by all of them while he tries to talk to you.

[bekaroth-reads]

Passing godrick random things (since he has so many damn arms) as he is working just to confuse the hell out of him

[Okay, at first I was just going to do HCs for this, but I liked the idea so much I ended up doing an actual fic for it.]

Just when you thought there was nothing else about the lord of Limgrave that could surprise you, that’s when you noticed something about those hands of his. Turns out that even though he could use any of his limbs at any point that he desired, he couldn’t really use all of them at once; not well at any rate. It did make sense. Sometimes it was difficult to manage two arms as it was. Even then everyone with just two has done things like accidentally dropped something from one hand when they meant to do so with the object in the other. When he did use more than two, it was like that, but multiplied by about ten. There was just too many mental gymnastics to be done to use all of those limbs at once, and with the constitution of his mind seemingly wearing thin as it was, he needed to not overwork himself with such things. And, so, he usually used his two main arms, perhaps one of the other, larger ones toward the front, and the others that lined them almost acted like fingers if sorts; able to move on their own, but usually moving along with the flexing and contracting of other muscles.

Theses hands were still functional, no matter their current use, and seemed be controlled subconsciously. Because of this, you found that they did something somewhat similar to what infant hands do; if you pressed something to the palm of the hand, even lightly, his fingers would instinctually wrap around it. So, it became a sort of game that you would play with him especially in the most inopportune times. You would hand things to his dormant hands and see how long it took him to notice. One time he unknowingly held a book open for you for almost an entire chapter. Another time you managed to give him almost everything from his writing desk, and he only noticed when a quill tickled the second to last free hand. The fact that he almost spilled ink on himself got you in some pretty hot water there for awhile. But, the really funny part about the whole situation is that he would deny up and down that he didn’t know what he was doing. The time with the book, he claimed that he was just doing you a favor. And the time with the writing desk was because it needed to be sorted anyway and he was just holding things until he made his choice on the rearrangements (everything was put back exactly how it was before.)

This time you weren’t doing anything quite so ornery. It was one of your favorite versions of the game to play. You simply had a bag of marbles that you had found, and you would periodically give one to a hand. It was all going well; you had gotten the top row of hands and just had one more to get: the one on that trunk-like leg of his. Unfortunately for you, the gig was up when you sat down on the floor. Godrick looked over from where he was reading a report from his guards. “For what purpose art thou on the floor?” You could tell from his tone that he was already suspicious and you needed to distract him before he took stock of his hands. You nestled your head against his leg and hummed ever so sweetly, “I simply wished to sit down, my lord.” He looked down to you, still not buying your excuse. “Pray tell, why art thee inclined to rest in such a lowly place, and not a chair proper?” By this point you knew he had to have known about what you were doing, but you decided to play dumb regardless. “Well, I can rest and still be close to my lord here.” You wrapped your arms around his leg as you replied for good measure. “Is it I thou wish not to abandon,” Godrick looked down at you with an equally falsely sweet smile, “or rather thy playthings?” With that the sound of the marbles dropping onto the floor and rolling every which direction echoed through the room. “Clean thy mess! T’would be unfortunate were someone to slip due to thy antics.” He snapped as he went back to work. “And let me and my hands be for once!”

It didn’t take as long as you thought it would to find them all and put them back into their bag. And Godrick must have not been too upset with you, as you periodically felt him watching you as you looked around for the little, glass balls. Once you had made sure everything was picked up you walked back over to him. You could tell he was side-eyeing you to make sure you weren’t about to pull something again, yet after a few minutes of peace he relaxed a bit. That’s when you got a brilliant idea. Godrick growled as he stabbed his quill into its holder. “The distinct memory of telling thee to not bother-“ he looked over to see the thing that you had put into one of his hands this time was in fact your own. He looked at it for a moment, before shaking his head. “Thou’rt a needy thing.” He sighed before he turned back to his work. You giggled and rested your head on his back. A hand close to your head suddenly gave your ear a good tug, and you gave an indignant yelp. Godrick gave a deviant chuckle, “Apologies, dearest. As thou knowest, these hands have a mind of their own at times.” You were more than certain that wasn’t the case this time, and the grin on his face solidified that fact.