Mistheart101: Oh that's fucking unsettling what the hell
PierceArner: It's extra
LawfulBased: " Giantdad... so you were at our side all along. Our guiding legend. "
jdm9564: I KNEW IT, I F****
BASCILLICUS: extremely unsettling. i love that they bother to do this sort of thing when almost no one would ever actually notice this while actually playing the game.
JoseViktor4099: Lorewise, these things are made to be sort of like a wicked version of what should resemble the fire giants. They even have mask resembling them over their body. So, regardless of when Messmer destruction happened, before of after the fire giant extintion ,these things were explicity made to have sort of a sadistic irony for the Hornsent of seeing the wickerman resembling a way worse version of something they feared, knowing they also had their kind burnt inside them.
VictorIV0310: The furnace golems might’ve also been designed to be Marika and Messmer’s “jars” for the Hornsent: A massive, animated entity powered by living beings stuffed inside it to keep it active.
swag_jay-_-2743: Insane detail
Sethar1234: Oh that's terrifying, that makes these things SO much worse
nachalnik5738: The less you know, the better you sleep. And it seems I'm definitely not going to fall sleep this night...
puncherofbread: The Furnace Golems looking like The Fell God/Fire Giants as a way to prevoke the Hornsent is just further proof that the real message of Elden Ring is "Everyone hates gingers"
ROGINDIana23: That’s... disturbing
matiasluukkanen7718: I wonder if Marika, when she defeated the Fell God, somehow bound its slumbering essence into these wickermen idols. Similarly how Fell God is sleeping within last Fire Giant until awoken with a sacrifice.

It would make sense that Fire God would be difficult to extinguish fully, but could be forced to simmer. Reflecting the state of Giant's Forge.

Perhaps Marika discovered that like the Forge, Fell God could not be extinguished.
BaldorfBreakdowns: Looks like he just wants to get some sleep.
Hurtdeer: well i knew they were alive, but i didnt know they were that
icetide9411: I feel like these visages and the weird star thing that the Dungeater wears on his chest have to be connected somehow. Sun imagery with a face that's related to omens is just too hyper-specific.
MrGrim: truly disturbing
mischalecterTV: The item titled furnace visage, which is a crafting item, states:

"A smaller imitation of the furnace column's visage. A stone mask surrounded by curled horns, depicting the fell god of fire that haunts the sagas of the hornsent."
leonardo9259: "Mr Zaki i think the fire golem things need work, they only have four attacks"
"Omg do you know what i dreamt about?"
thehunter8417: They look half asleep. Perhaps some unforseen/cut tie to Trina?
diegosolis9681: Wait, if we take the horns surrounding the head into consideration...
What if they are using the horsent as the conscious of the golems? Like, trapping them there and controlling them, forcing them to burn their kind and hear them scream in agony as they are thrown into the fire above the head of the golem?

That sounds like something they would do to punish them after what they did to Marika's people...
TheodoricFriede: I love how every comment is "ohhh so spooky!" and like...

This is just PRIME example of From's sense of humor. Make a big fire monstrosity, put a somber face on it, but when you get a critical hit the face goes "OOOOOOOOO!!!!"
All that's missing is a bell chime and some Goofy yells.

Aug 08 2024

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