funkmastanicky3885: I’m 30 and I’m more excited for this DLC than I ever was for Christmas growing up
Johanna_Check_My_Bio: Who's ready for 18 inches of Messmer
vitodany1844: fuckin ell that was fast it was like 2 hours ago
mateuspontual1940: I'm almost certain that this "affair" cited in the beginning was a relationship between Marika and the Snake commune.
From this affair came Messner, the first born son of Marika, witch she left behind as she walked towards the lands between, as the "golden arose". Leaving the "shadow that was born" behind.

The pile of corpses that make that "portal" is very similar to the aesthetic we find at volcano manor and the remains of Rykard that Tanis consume. And all of this should explain the symbols and lore behind Messmer...
Darkheart00: Michael Zaki just be dropping GOD-tier visuals every goddamn time
natethebass-man2869: Ok, here's my ball-to-the-wall theory.

Marika obtained power through a variety fo shady means, one of them being a union with the Gloam-Eyed-Queen, a one-time leader of the Land of Shadow. ("an affair from which gold arose".) From this, Marika had 2 children, maybe twins. Melina and Messmer. Melina learned various magic and who-knows-what from the GEQ, while Messmer was ruthlessly devoted to Marika. Then when Marika inevitably betrayed the GEQ, Messmer sided with her and helped burn the Land of Shadow, a fire that left Melina "burned and bodiless". Marika then did her usual fare, and abandoned Messmer in the Land of Shadow. Then, Marika began her conquest and ascension in the Lands Between, using Maliketh to mop up the remnants of the GEQ, all except one.

Melina helps the Tarnished while wrestling with allegiances, and eventually decides her own fate, one in which she can convince the Tarnished to eventually supplant Marika entirely, allowing Melina to orchestrate a final poetic victory against Marika by those she set aside: the resurrected Tarnished, and her long-burned daughter.
SeaShellSage: What if the scene where Marika is “crafting a rune” is when she veils the shadow world. To me it looks like a gateway or doorway, from the land of shadow to the world that we are in. Maybe her crafting a rune would make her a goddess?
adriansebastian6818: Bro this whole trailer was PEAK
halaflora: Seems to me that pile of bodies surrounding Marika IS the Erdtree. The gap is the same shape as the one in the final Erdtree we see in the game.
nakiuzuaya: Notice how in the beginning when marika pulls those strings out of that womb or whatever it is, and when she holds it up, the elden beast music plays. That's gotta be connected. Maybe what she pulls is the elden beast, which then uses to create the erdtree
Shadekiten: This trailer makes it look like a movie. I would definitely watch a movie if it was shadow of the erdtree.
Martin-lm8xp: That crouching woman seems to be slowly burning (her cape is on on fire). Maybe it's Melina during her first burning? Or Gloam-Eyed Queen who was later reborn as Melina.
kurvaanyad12: The part where Marika uses the corpses as a stair is very similar to Griffiths vision in besrerk of him using his friends corpses to reaxh his own kingdom.

May 22 2024

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