thecuza9716: When Miyazaki said "the size of Limgrave", he was only talking about the poison swamp, because that's the only part he cares about.
ddangho914: "Will you walk with us?"
"I need your clothes, your boots, and your weapon."
Florence-xu9zn: I do think Miquella’s Runes will be our new Golden Seed….
38Jim: We’ve been eating so good boys
GD-nu4iz: I've never been this hyped for a game before, let alone DLC. I've blacked out my calendar that weekend to play through the whole DLC, slightly under-leveled. ER is my favorite game of all time and these tidbits they've been feeding us are just off the hook. From sits several notches above all others.
cwill14: There may be some double meanings at play here along with the alchemical allegory of the game in general. Messmer and his flame/purge seems to reflect the concept of refining the alchemical "Gold" by burning away what is called the dross in smelting, the impure elements that rise to the top. That's exactly what we see in the DLC trailer. The burnt remains all rise into the Shadow Tree. Marika and Messmer are sealing away the impurities in the Gold, which are Omen and Crucible touched peoples and elements. Messmer will make the Erdtree grow properly in this alchemical process by burning away the dross so the pure Gold can be left. Immense sacrifices seem to be required for this as well, so in a way, Messmer's task is to create "fertilizer" in maybe multiple ways, so that Marika can ascend with the new Erdtree.

The Forge of the Giants could literally be called a Crucible, a smelting forge where metals are made molten and this would be a physical representation of the alchemical process of refining Gold from Red-Gold to Pure Gold. I believe Miquella's Unalloyed Gold is different in that the Gold of Marika was given unto her somehow fused with a cosmic or Elden Beast element that in a way enslaved her to its designs. In ultimate power, she found ultimate bondage. The Unalloyed Gold is such because it lacks this binding cosmic element that tied Marika to the Elden Beast parasite-God. That's why his Needle will purge the influence of Outer Gods or from another perspective, other elements within the Gold.

The Gloam Eyed Queen is likely a twin sister of Marika or another aspect of herself she betrayed and sealed away as well. The kneeling figure seen during Messmer's purge is most likely Melina or perhaps the G.E.Q. herself. I still wonder if maybe the G.E.Q. is not just another name Marika went by because she does end up referring to her children as potential sacrifices and she does end up wanting to kill the Elden Beast and herself/her entire order later on.
mustafatahir2581: Maybe Miquella leaving behind his "blinding strength" could mean him leaving behind Malenia. I mean, she did call herself Blade of Miquella, and was blind on top of it.
bloom62169: there is still hope for the mushroom theory
Not3xactly: If this is going to be half the size of elden ring, it's going to be bigger than 90% of modern games. Hopefully the DLC is considered for game of the year.
Mohg_Lord_of_Blood_666: I have a theory that some of the Miquella's followers will scriptedly die as you progress, and if there will be a Miquella boss fight, the surviving followers will turn on you before or in his boss fight
HammerspaceCreature: That theory about Miquella abandoning his strength and us using it to power up is really nice, but I also think they could still just be the new graces. The one grace we see in that loading screen is so tiny it could just be an oversight from an earlier stage of development when they were still using graces.
puneetbeniwal6918: This is gonna be DLC of the century
Mohg_Lord_of_Blood_666: IM COMING MIQUELLA!!!
JUST HOLD ON FOR ONE MORE MONTH!!!
StinjaProductions: I do think Miquella’s Runes will be our new Golden Seed…

May 25 2024

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