@TheRealAvrock

2 years ago

Great video! Just a couple extra things: 1. In the Ranni ending, she doesn't put Marika's head back on her shoulders, she is just holding it up. She lets Marika die and fade away, and replaces her as a God. 2. Before the Golden Order, was just the plain ol' Order. This was after the Elden Ring came to the Lands Between but before Marika became a god. When she ascended, she removed the Rune of Death from the Elden Ring, creating the Golden Order. She then betrayed her Shadow, Malekith, by binding the Rune of Death to him; both getting rid of death and freeing herself from the possible betrayal of her Shadow. As shown in the Ranni quest, the Shadows are loyal first to the Greater Will, then to their Emperyons. Even if they don't want to, they are forced to attack their Emperyons if they go against the Greater Will. Getting rid of Malekith allowed Marika to later shatter the Elden Ring, though it's not exactly known why. It's possible this was to get a greater understanding of the Greater Order itself. I believe that Marika and Radagon were always the same person. I'm of the opinion that Marika came first, before she (or the Greater Will) created Radagon through the Rune of the Unborn. This Rune was later gifted to Rennala BEFORE the Elden Ring was shattered, the only way Radagon could have it was if he was already Marika. As for why Radagon was created in the first place, my theory is that this was done so Marika would better conform to the Golden Order. As shown in the Law of Regression/Causality incantations, the two known fundamentals of the Golden Order are Regression and Causality. Regression being the pull of meaning: all things returning to their roots, and Causality being the connecting between actions: cause and effect. I believe Marika represents Causality and Radagon represents Regression. My theory is that Marika shattered the Elden Ring in order to view it's connections, the changes caused by its destruction, and Radagon attempted to repair it to better understand Regression, returning it whole. This would also explain why Marika "wants us to keep struggling, for eternity", the more actions we do, the better she can understand Causality. 3. There was a time before the Erdtree and the Greater Will. This involved the Crucible of primordial life, referenced in the Misbegotten, Crucible Knights, and other creaters/items. From what I understand, it was basically a random evolution simulator, just throwing things together and hoping it worked. When the Greater Will came, it overtook the Crucible and gave things an order.

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