#yes i have not played elden ring
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autumnal-rains · 2 years ago
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Tell the Two Fingers, That Ranni the Witch cometh, to rend thy flesh
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almondpiglet · 5 months ago
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just fooling around at the speed of sound... found a cool brush to play with...
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gomzdrawfr · 4 months ago
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wanted to draw Jelly and Ghost cuz I miss them
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bonus with the rest of the bois + Raven and Price:
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val-of-the-north · 7 months ago
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My friend @katyspersonal made an interesting observation about the flowers that were once found on the path to Midra's Mense. Here's her post on the matter for reference [x].
The flower connection seems way too meaningful to be accidental, especially since the two people in charge of the Mense are not Hornsent at all...
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Now, we can't know for sure whether Midra, Nanaya, or both were Shamans or at least related, but the connection IS there, which I doubt was placed randomly.
But yeah, speaking of Hornsent, they were indeed punished for associating with Midra. As my friend pointed out in an earlier post [x], this dialogue wouldn't fit if it was simply due to the Flame of Frenzy business going on there, especially since the ghost that welcomes us is very well aware of the madness.
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It's also worth pointing out that the Madding Hand's face resembles that of the other Hornsent who use player models, meaning his fellows are probably other Hornsent too.
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Whoever this group of Hornsent was, it's clear they did not care about his lack of horns and simply served Midra, possibly due to him being wise and knowledgeable...
Either that, or there are ways for people without horns to get privileges and benefits even in Hornsent society. Maybe it is still due to his vast array of knowledge, but it wouldn't be too outlandish to think Midra found ways to be productive to the Hornsent and was thus rewarded for his efforts. Until they grew suspicious of him, of course. But his Hornsent attendants seem rather loyal to him despite that.
Which leads me to a different point regarding Marika herself...
The two Hornsent NPCs that we can actually interact with both mention some sort of betrayal from Marika.
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To be betrayed means that there was some semblance of trust between them and her that she broke, which would seem odd at first glance, but we must take into consideration what she did to attain godhood. She had to have reached the Gates of Divinity (as shown in the cinematic trailer), which are found in the holiest, most guarded part of Belurat's tower: Enir-Ilim.
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And this must have happened BEFORE the Crusade and Messmer, as evidenced by a few things:
1) The Hornsent mention the Erdtree a bunch, which we know was established after a few different conflicts. At the very least, the war against the Giants must have happened before the Crusade, as the Age of the Erdtree began then.
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Marika was also already considered a god at the time, she had a consort in Godfrey, and the Crucible was yet to be seen as heretical due to their employment of Crucible Knights. There's also the very likely possibility that Radagon was spawned from that conflict as a curse of the Giants inflicted upon Marika, which would work to explain where the red hair came from.
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It might also tell us WHEN Messmer was born in that case, and speaking of...
2) Messmer's condition, or rather, all the things Marika had done for his sake, seem to have happened AFTER the establishment of the Erdtree, as they feature heavy gold and tree motifs. To have control of Grace so great that she could create the rune she most likely gave to Messmer strongly hints at her having already become a god.
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The Blessing of Marika also fits the criteria of a thing she had to have made after her ascension to godhood because of its heavy arboreal theme and the fact that two Tree Sentinels (who defend her home village) are holding onto them as well, further hinting at the existence of the Erdtree by this point in time.
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Both of these items relate to Messmer and both of their descriptions already identify Marika as a Queen. I wonder if this means Marika returned to her home one last time after she became a god as opposed to when she started her journey toward divinity. Her last acknowledgment of her past before leaving it behind forever.
3) Messmer was also friends with Gaius, who studied with Radahn, and they were both like older brothers to him.
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This means the Crusade and Messmer's banishment could not have happened earlier than many years AFTER the Liurnian wars, as evidenced by the presence of the Carian kids. This point is also strengthened by Rellana being close to Messmer and having to prove her loyalty to the Erdtree in ritual combat.
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This means that Marika reaching the Gates of Divinity and the Crusade happened at two different points in time, which seems to align with how the Hornsent word things. She betrayed them, then set them ablaze.
What's left to wonder is HOW it happened. I think it was either:
A) She waged a first war against them with the aid of Hoarax Loux (not Godfrey yet, as there was no reason to conduct himself as a lord), his clan, and the Crucible Knights to consolidate her godhood. Maliketh could have also been involved. The Hornsent, then, simply see being supplanted as a betrayal regardless of whether they knew about Marika or not, or...
B) She found a sneakier way to get there through careful planning and climbing the social ladder of Hornsent society, maybe with contact and guidance from the Two Fingers. If the latter is true, I assume she still had Maliketh's support and Hoarax Loux on speed dial for whenever the chance to claim divinity arrived, as she would still need a consort for that and we know he was her first husband.
Both ideas are compelling to me and make sense in their own right. Still, the thought that she could have actually infiltrated their society and made them trust her just to usurp and double-cross them feels very fascinating, especially since the Hornsent specifically mention Marika betraying them. It makes me wonder what Tower society is really like to non-horned people since some Hornsent can even become very loyal to those with an explicit lack of horns.
Marika's betrayal could also explain why the Inquisition would later turn on Midra despite him seemingly having enjoyed some levity or respect in the past. Perhaps they believed he'd pull a similar stunt to Marika's (or maybe they acted that way because he was directly related to her? idk honestly)... though their preventive actions inadvertently caused even more problems by having the resulting despair attract the Three Fingers to what would become the Abyssal Woods.
Of course, it's unclear if the Mense's downfall happened before, after, or concurrently with Marika's path to divinity, but I think it's worth considering as an option at least!
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asleepinawell · 8 months ago
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a2zillustration · 4 months ago
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The desire to draw these two again but without the motivation to make something more than one of these little charts (oops)
Thank you Valc0 for making the sheet!
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colourofthekites · 6 months ago
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Now that I have officially beaten the DLC, allow me to share my favourite cosplay pictures
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glorfindel-of-imladris · 6 months ago
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Speaking of stupid things Discord reveals to people, I was reminded of this:
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but anyway when friend pointed that out ERESTOR BEAT MARGIT AKXBJSAK
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so yeah you can say that was 4 hours well spent 💅
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eye-of-yelough · 7 months ago
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somehow reached the messmer fight (yeah he’s cool, whatever) and it’s so funny cos like. i literally can’t even kill the guard outside.
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the-broken-pen · 6 days ago
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Actual quotes from session zero of my dnd campaign:
Player: "I don't want weapons, no spells, can my only thing just be 'throw hands'?"
DM: *sigh* "You just want--"
Player: "To throw hands, yes."
DM: "Alright. You're a monk now I guess"
Player 2: "FUCk. we all have loving families. god dammit." *looks at me* "Well. most of us"
Me: "yeah--"
Player 2: "Your fake mom just died by suicide"
Me: "Okay, I get it--"
Player 2: "and then you became a gladiator about it? girl--"
Me: "ok listen it was apparent suicide that means it totally could have been murder--"
Player 2: "hey dm what's the funniest dnd response I could do rn"
DM, regretting this: "Probably 'roll for insight'."
Player 2: "Hey I roll for insight."
Me: "This is why I keep taping cows to your door. I hope you know that."
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rosenfey · 21 days ago
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me jumping through oc lore hoops so I can justify gw2!faerene wielding a magical greatsword even though she has always been exclusively a ranged spellcaster in all her verses... simply because the greatsword necro gameplay is stupid stupid fun
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bressynonym · 4 months ago
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we shouldn't be here... ft. @maidenlessgomz
wandering out into the lands between... a little tooooo far...
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captorations · 1 year ago
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highly recommend playing single player games badly on purpose. like, not bad mechanically, just choosing an objectively subpar strategy. not least since if something actually pisses you off enough you can then drop the training weights and obliterate it
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lemonbeemon · 2 months ago
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Not to be sappy on main, but I will forever be a hater to people who say video games can't be a productive use of your time.
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bardnuts · 5 months ago
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who wants to see a WIZARD FIGHT
his name is buffkin.
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kurosmind · 2 years ago
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HERE SHE COMES
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THE PUMPKIN WOMAN
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