#godwyn the lord of death

[mistleaneous-chaos]

Elden Ring Spoilers

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I think one of the parts of Godwyn's fate which is the saddest part is the fact that he was literally the only demigod Ranni could have killed.

Like I know people may think otherwise but you have to think about the demigods that Ranni knew.

She probably didn't know Morgott or Mohg even existed.

Radahn and Rykard were her brothers so she couldn't do it to them.(Or if you think she didn't care for them, she still needed Rykard's help as she gave him the Blasphemous Claw, and Radahn likely could have killed the Black Knives easily, considering his Mastery over magic).

And Malenia and Miquella were Empyreans and incredibly powerful in their own right, making killing them unlikely.

The fact of the matter is that Godwyn was the optimal choice because:

A: He's the eldest Demigod (I think) and was the best of Marika's children, so killing him would have affected Marika greatly

B: He's one of the most worshipped members of the Golden Order, so it would have impacted them even more

and C: He didn't have a guard assigned to him like Malenia and Miquella would have as Empyreans (Because I'm pretty sure Empyreans all have Shadows given to them)

And along with that, Ranni probably would have had ZERO reasons to have a grudge against Godwyn, because he was born before Radagon left Rennala, he wasn't responsible for anything that happened to Ranni and her family, hell he probably understood her somewhat considering his father was sent away by Marika.

Godwyn was the biggest victim of everyone affected by the Night of Black Knives. He was betrayed by his half-sister, held down, and had Literal Death injected into him, but was not even allowed to die fully, as only his Soul was killed, but not his body.

[jowanana]

Happy 2ND Anniversary to Elden Ring and the announcement of the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC!!!

[motgarel]

Golden linage bros doodles.

But they're smol.

[galaxirin]

Godwyn’s massive badonkers brought him to his death smfh

Ranni is disgusted 😔

[roodle-things]

Well here they are all together, Godwyn, Rykard, Radahn, and Ranni!! Parents, before you file, please consider the consequences that your children might face 😔😔

[lynnnshooty]

Alright I got curious.

How many functioning eyes do the descendants of Marigon have anyway? The Shadow of the Erdtree trailer got me curious, since Messmer is down one. I'll list them from least to most. (also imma continue calling marika and radagon 'marigon' for convenience)

#1: Malenia

0/2, use a fucking preserving bolus, holy shit girl.

#2: Ranni, the Doll

1/2, some may argue that the doll ranni puppets shouldn't count, and to those people i would argue:

#2.5: Ranni, the Empyrean

?/2, count the eyes on that face why don't you.

#3: Messmer

1/2, i do not blame him for dropping an eye, the design is kickass and his coolest siblings all dropped an eye or two.

#4: Mohg

1/2, the horn growing into his eye is fucking awesome, truly the best of the demigods.

#5: Melina

1/2, some may argue that since it's never explicitly stated that melina is a child of marigon, i would tell those people to use their brains for once and use inference. also i'm concrete on the 1/2 score since one of the eyes in the frenzy ending is clouded over, likely blind.

#6: Radahn

2/2, i'm impressed a rotted warlord has managed to keep his eyes around, props to him.

#7: Rykard

2/2, must've been quite the feat maintaining proper eye health while being eaten by a snake, good job rykard. no bonus points for the snake head since it's not a descendant of marigon.

#8: Morgott

1/2, dangerously close to getting the mohg treatment, but otherwise a perfect score. ADDENDUM: i am stupid and only looked at one pic of morgott

#9 & #10: Godrick & Godefroy

2/2 & 2/2, they literally use the same model, i'm not seeking out a pic of godefroy in his evergaol. i don't think i see any grafted faces on there, and i wouldn't count them anyway considering rykard i didn't count the serpent.

#11: Miquella

?/2, alright i'm unsure of how to work with miquella here. while his sockets are empty, miquella is going to turn up in the dlc, presumably with his eyes. so he gets two ratings: 0/2 / 2/2

#12: Godwyn

4/4, congrats to godwyn on doing eye care so good that he just started growing more. I know that any deathroot eyes are also godwyn's, if you want to count them, be my guest.

So, the score has been calculated, and the results are in!

17/26 / 19/26

Maybe I'll update this once the dlc drops and we get a good view of Miquella, maybe I won't.

[eros-sinclair]

Elden ring OC related bullshit doodles :p

First Image: Vestelle tries desperately to keep his siblings from killing each other. its not quite going as planned... ft. Moth Miquella and a super rare Fishy Godwyn!

Second Image: Somehow fucking a Godskin Apostle isnt the worst thing any of Radagon's children have done...

[brightlydust]

☀️Elden Drip: The Golden Lineage☀️

[katyspersonal]

Top 5 Elden Ring's demigods

Argh... Could you've given me any HARDER top to make? :') No matter who I put below 5th place, I will feel like a huge prick @_@ Because they all deserve some praise, and some love. It is just incredibly good writing. Well, fine then, let's try.

Five - Morgott!

I talked about him already. The absolute tear-jerker character, a member of oppressed minority, that is defending the very corrupt system that deems people like HIM worthless.... He made me cry (/srs ) more than once upon just this sentiment. He is very realistic, and very easy to sympathise with and feel bad for. He certainly radiates a giant soft spot, though (and not JUST because he has dad bod that is completely naked under his robes, hahaha). In a weird way, he reminds me of Asg0re, a character from my other fandom - a big "monster" King who did a lot of bad things on his way, and because of his mental wound, but in the end might melt upon a simple hug or be easily convinced. It is just not what a Soulsborne game would've let us experience, but... honestly, he has not only huge muscles, but also a huge HEART. I love this combination a LOT, it pulls the richest spectrum of emotions.

Four - Malenia!

She is such a beautiful and impressive boss.... ...that I never talk about her. x) I can't quite explain how my focus works, sorry </3 She scares me a little - and it is not even her fault, but the thing that casually claimed her body, because superior deities have nothing better to do I guess :/ She is holding up very well for someone who has to live in a constant struggle with the horror plaguing her very being. And for someone having to hold up as a warrior of her dear brother's interests despite her body rotting as she goes. And having to repeat 'I am Malenia, blade of Miquella' like a mantra, since Rot is infamous to destroy the memories, and she must not forget what and who she is fighting for.

"She deserved better" is an understatement, I'd say. Her personality shines through the 'influence' that has been ruining her quite well, I'd say. She is a strong warrior, very determined, but very full of honor and love at the same time. I say this in every other post about strong Soulsborne characters, yeah. True bravery is not lack of fear but going despite fear, true power is not being callous unbreakable wall but to still hold your weapon firm through struggle and pain, true personality is what you ARE and not what you are 'not', etc etc. It is always about the feelings.

Three - Godwyn!

I could not explain why he made it to this place very well, honestly. First, he stroke my weird spider-sense intuition. I was going into Elden Ring mostly in blind, and still keep whatever I can to be revealed as I go! Thus, I did not know anything about Godwyn besides the fact that he was the golden child (metaphorically and literally) that went down as sacrifice during Night of the Black Knives as one having his soul killed. And that he used to be a lovely person. But one day, as I was playing Elden Ring and progressing casually, from nowhere, for no reason, I started to think of this character. Again, for no reason, I was thinking of the 'Deep Sea' and imagining him becoming a mermaid (?), and healing/truly dying/letting new soul grow/whatever by returning to the sea. I even started crying, and I swear, those emotions felt like they were not even mine.

It felt very random, but you can't even imagine my surprise when that same day, I just coincidentally travelled to THAT location, and found him. And, coincidentally, he was posed like this with a mermaid tail. I take weird 'intuition moments' (dreams or waking) very personally as I have many of them (and funny enough, they always have to do with the 'sea' theme). No matter how I feel about this character in the future, but the weird "foretelling", "intuition" bond fixed my attention, so yeah.

He seems like a very loveable person, though... From narration standpoint, it does make the most sense that he of all people had to suffer this way. It just would not have had the same effect if someone less likeable/innocent had to go down. It is... sad, how much of this character is his tragedy alone. But, he befriended a dragon and bridged the gap between conflicting forces, and from what I gathered losing him specifically was what broke Marika, and Mohg named his new dynasty after himself AND Godwyn. Clearly, the guy was the best thing to ever have been associated with the Golden Order, and manifesting everything good about it within his personality alone. Whenever I bash the Golden Order as inherently corrupt thing, I just always think back on Godwyn as a confirmed exception from the judgement. And, of course, he would have enough "kindness" to spread death as new form of existence... despite the fact that his 'true' self would've probably dreaded to manifest living in death of all things.

Two - Rykard

I talked about this guy since the day ONE I've picked even remote interest in Elden Ring, isn't it so? @_@ Well, I still stand by what I was talking about. Tanith is absolutely justified for being obsessed with this guy. He is like uh... Aldr1ch but executed much better, or rather, in more sympathetic light? I for one honor the narrative of a character who has the GUTS, the S P I N E to sacrifice a lot, their morals included, to just get OUT of the corrupt (!) way their world works. And I have a feeling that so does Miyazaki. x) I think it is a twisted sort of bravery that we are lucky to never experience and only perceive through fiction. But, unlike Aldr1ch, who revels in his corruption and the horrible things he has to do, Rykard, 1) has a loving family and 2) hinted to have or have had sympathetic traits and simply lost his way from.... heheh.... biting more than he could chew... xd heheh... :drum emoji because I am a comedy genius:

But, in either case, ya'll are lucky that the guy is happily married. Ya'll would not survive the intensity of my thirst otherwise. It is just my rule to not touch married characters. I still admire the guy though. Not to mention the fucking UNREAL AWESOME FUCKING DESIGN, one of the best I've seen ANYWHERE, and him having my favorite theme in entire Elden Ring. Like, it was legitimately hard to live down the crisis of him being "taken", because this guy is really loveable, both as a man and as a monster.

One - Ranni!

Honestly, I always liked the mysterious aura, the clairvoyance and the uhhh... I guess, machiavellianism of this character? "Ends justify the means" character who does some unforgivable things but believes there is no other choice, and the grander purpose is more important. But, she has so many layers. She stepped away from her mother's teachings yet still created a badass illusions to protect her and clearly loves her forever, she has trust issues but in the end needs true friends and true kindness (something even an idiot like Seluvis can see!).

You could see it hurt her to do all that, but whatever freedom could be was worth it. She is just a very complicated character, that goes above and beyond. Letting her own body be killed is badass but understandable, since her body was inextricably tied to the Golden Order, as an Empyrean. Letting her somewhat-brother who was a genuinely good and radiant and loveable person be killed? That's a bit... more drastic... And so on. Indeed, she IS like Rykard in how far she had to go, and how much she had to sacrifice, but nonetheless I uh... would not say she lost clarity of her mind like him? It is interesting how by Dante's Divine Comedy though, Herecy is associated with fire but only on 6th level, yet it is treachery that is considered to be THE sin of sins, and it is the lowest level, and associated with ice, like her element. I am thinking about this very often @_@"

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Honorable mention - Radahn!

Sorry, but I love the guy, despite lack of deep discussion (and becoming a mascot of the most toxic fans). This is ADORABLE that he learned Gravity Magic just so he could still ride Leonard. He appears to be such a goofy dumbass, wholesome person in the "wrong" way, opposing a character that is actually likeable and loyal to the things and people that arguably never deserved it?

But you know I am a huge fan of Rom Bloodb0rne, right? He gives off the exact same 'person that seizes and conceals the horrors of the cosmos from humanity, although their personality and intellect are gone' vibe. It is just... that same vibe of a "silly" character, the comic relief, that turns out to either face a tragic fate or reveals a much deeper personality. He is simple and complicated at the same time! And, well, him having been such a legendary and impressive warrior that so many people gathered just to give him honorable death. This is somewhat impressive. He was actually a very close tie with Malenia.

[driften-sea-snake]

miquella after hearing about godwyn’s suffering: o brother, lord brother, please die a true death

miquella after waking from his cocoon to find mohg waiting: o brother lord brother please die a true death,

[mistleaneous-chaos]

Marika, sleep deprived and newly single: People always ask me, “Queen Marika, what’s up with all the dead kids in mausoleums?” Well I ask you this: How many fucking “G” Names can you think of? I had to get rid of some of them

Godwyn, standing at her door to ask her if he can hang out with Fortissax:

[val-of-the-north]

My headcanon as to why a replica of Godwyn’s body is growing beneath Stormveil Castle is that, subconciously, he still wants to be close to his family and descendants. Little Godrick might feel alone there in Stormveil, it’s clear he wants to return home to Leyndell...

It would be cool if another one was growing near Mohgwyn Palace too, like, emerging at the side of the mountain to the palace or something. I suppose the red Albinaurics in the woods can summon giant skeletons... it might work even if you don’t believe he knew of his Omen brothers. In his current state he might be able to like, sense the blood connection and sprout accordingly.

He doesn’t need to grow in Leyndell where Morgott is though, he is directly underneath it. Eventually his influence will reach there naturally too, if the Undead in the city and the crabs with his face just outside it are any indication.

But can you really blame the boy? It must feel lonely underground...

[alberichfanpage]

The heretical allegiances of Thoth.

[mensiscollar]

one-way ticket

[thorn-walker]

Just Look My Way

This is what listening to the song from a not-released-yet Helluva Boss episode on loop for almost four hours does to you. Hyperfixation meets hyperfixation and now I have a cool drawing of my Elden Lord, Godhelm. Still figuring out how to render light tho 🤷🏻‍♂️

Even before he became Elden Lord, even when he was still a Night Cavalry, Godhelm was in love with Rogier. He chose not to act on it, seeing that Rogier was already involved with Fia and needed to... Figure things out with D. Plus, Godhelm was on a quest to mend what his grandmother Marika had systematically destroyed and warped in the Lands Between. Then Rogier died from his Deathblight wounds.

Now that he is Elden Lord and replaced Marika with an other God, he has been witness to strange things happen; like dead people coming back to life. Not by influence of his father Godwyn, Prince of Death, just... People not being dead anymore. Rogier being one of them. With no Fia nor D in sight, Godhelm finally opened up about his feelings for the sorcerer.

Their relationship is difficult to navigate. Rogier's mental health is still fragile and Godhelm feels he is "competing" with D and Fia. It didn't help that the D twins also came back to Leyndell at some point... And seeing the distress it put Rogier in, Godhelm became a faceless Night Cavalry once more to hunt them down, kill them and dispose of their bodies.

Anything to protect Rogier, right?

ANYWAY GO LISTENED TO JUST LOOK MY WAY YOUR BRAIN WILL THANK BRYCE PINKHAM'S SMOOTH SMOOTH VOICE

[kapten425]

Elden Ring Age of Unity

A little fanfic I have been working on from time to time. It's a story about love, betrayal, revenge and of course hope. Elden Ring has been a great inspiration for me and I have tried to keep it as lore friendly as I can. Several changes have been made to fix the narrative but overall the original story is the same.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2 Part 1 , Part 2

Chapter 3 Part 1 , Part 2

Chapter 4 Part 1 , Part 2

Chapter 5 Part 1 , Part 2