abydosianchulac2: HE HAS RETURNED TO THE FAITHFUL
yengereng9962: Likely lore ahead, therefore; praise the video. Offer thumbs.
theiberianbadger0123: The vow has been honored, and our lord archeologist’s soul has returned.
ddangho914: Most Elden Ring lore videos - Reading the in-game text for 30 minutes
TA's videos - A history class that I stay wide awake the whole duration and look forward for more
tkri: I want everyone at TA to know that whenever I saw fascinating reliefs and stonework in the dlc, I would leave a message with the “nod in thought” gesture that said “Tarnished, archer required ahead.” Was the closest I could get to saying “we need TA to explain this” lol
duckling3615: We are so back. We have never been more back. Return of the century.
CarrotFortuna-h7c: TA going all in on the idea that the surface of the Lands Between was turned back to magma at one point with that ending question.

Magma can cool and solidify before rock and sediment completely submerge. But for rocks to float on lava, it needs to have been made from dense metals or other materials. Like say a meteorite carrying these metals impacting the lands between. (Meteorite weapons. The forges themselves in the DLC also support this theory). This would explain the Coffin Fissure. One of the strangest connections to me before this video was that the far off chambers of the Coffin Fissure were similar to the chambers beyond the play area in Rykard's boss room.

I doubt the crew running TA haven't noticed this, but I'll leave this here in case they haven't yet. There is only one instance of the Spiral Columns in the Lands Between. It is at Volcano manor. While more ornate than those in Enir-Elim it is nonetheless far too similar in design to simply write off as a coincidence.

Thanks for the videos! Your channel reawakened my love for the lore of these games!
dndhydrate: Thanks for making your first DLC vid about a detail not many people are talking about. The stone coffins are def the most fascinating aspect of the DLC alongside Rauh
metalfoxhound: We waited for so long. Our flesh dull gold and our blood rotted. Welcome back TA!
JamesrevanER: MY LORD HATH RETURNED
Devedrus: TA, you changed how I played the game. I noticed how much slower I went through the DLC than the base game. How I looked not just for enemies and secret doors, but for interesting architecture and art. Going up and down structures and thinking about why the structures were there. The way your team approaches the game got me to enjoy it so much more, thanks for that :)
PierceArner: Another important part of establishing these carefully crafted Babylonian parallels is that there's a long-standing use of this in modern Japanese mythology to build a LOT
tobisagoschu: Blew my mind once more, 10/10. On the one hand your thorough exploration, on the other hand...if FromSoft's Team actually built the world with this much intentional architecture, they are on another level
Edit: could it be that Charo is the Twinbird? The south-western coast area of the Land of Shadow is red and blue just as the twinbird kite shield; or maybe the red color of Charos Hidden Grave is a hint towards the Helphens Grace?
alexgeorgescu2122: The fact that these kind of videos can even be made for a GAME is mind boggling to me. Simply can't express the depth and care the devs put into this game, what a masterpiece.
tomvandongen8075: Genuinely said, "no way" out loud to myself like 3 times watching this. Astonishing stuff. When you mentioned the lands between the two rivers, it felt like a seismic shift in my understanding of the world of Elden Ring
angelcm156: Wait that last part, takes me back to the Divine Towers and their molten lava sides, could it be?
lillonerboi504: I ain’t gonna lie chief. I’ve been in shambles without your channel
lkwritesthings: Me playing the DLC: damn idk what’s going on but I bet TA is gonna go crazy.

I was not disappointed, the reveal of where the jar design came from was CRAZY
SnipeshotMclovin: Da King has returned
maebae5350: "The Uncanny Valley" is literally how I'd best describe the DLC. It's all so familiar, yet so foreign at the same time.
Part of what contributes to this is how loot is scattered. In the main game the type of upgrade materials you find is cohesive with the area; low level stones in low level areas, high in high. In the DLC you'll find three smithing stone 2s on a corpse and just just up a tower from it with no enemy is an ancient dragon smithing stone. I don't know why but even just that aspect still gives me the most unsettling feeling. What is familiar- an established, reliable rule- no longer makes sense.
FreestateofOkondor: This is hands down one of your best videos. I was a bit disengaged on the lore debate of SotE so far since nobody seemed to want to make the big connections but you got me interested in the lore again. And just like another commenter I also believe Charo is the twinbird (because of red and blue) and his death is a sign of the ghostflame itself dying and losing its color. Remember ghostflame used to be purple (i.e. a mix of red and blue) and now it's a very pale grayish blue.
TheProphet49: Stone coffins might float on the sea of magma erupting from an enormous impact crater, same thing that sent slag all over the giant's towers.
allthe1: The quality of your channel is overwhelming. It's brain candy. Keep up the fabulous work!

Btw I've recently watched a BBC vid about a recent reinterpreting of the triangles pointing out of the Imago Mundi, and it's a fascinating watch. Cheers!
tinchoman2: TA you are the only loretuber that actually uses real human history as a guide to unravel ER more criptic mysteries. Your videos scratch the itch of learning history and learning lore at the same time, and for that i am extremely grateful. Another mind blowing video.
sylviancreedmarsh9171: The harp sends chills through my heart
HovJigga: Ayyy welcome back. I've really been looking forward to you covering all the new stuff we got in the DLC. Can't wait to watch through this one
Lorand0O: The wait is always worth it with TA's videos.
senseweaver01: Yes! I've been waiting for this!
101Bettis: Holy shit! THAT'S why the rot god was attracted to the LBTW! All of the corpses, meant to be burnt in rite, stagnated at the lake of rot and.. well, rotted!! Yooooooooooooooooo, Markia's hubris again comes back to haunt, and sully her machinations, by attracting a rot god that shows up, notices Malenia, and selects her as it's surrogate.

Seriously though, you just broke Elden Ring lore SO wide open with this video. Magnificent work bro!!!
rampagesnowite5380: To TA and his team that put these videos together. I just want to say thank you for being so passionate about this game that I love. The time and dedication it takes to research the real life parallels and inspirations for such a complex and enigmatic story, at this point leave me feeling that all of your opinions and conjecture are indispensable to the lore hunting community. Every one of your videos is of the highest quality content, and I'm looking forward to the next installment.
jordanlutz8307: The obvious answer to what can stone ships float on is Lava, but the only other thing I can think of is maybe Mercury.
GexTendies: I'm starting to think that the Dynast aka Elden John may not actually be a person who once lived in the lands between but is instead of depiction of a divine entity. Much like how we depict god as an old man in white robes and a big grey beard, I think Elden John might actually be a religious interpretation of The Greater Will. He is embracing A stone tablet that represents the rules of its age, before tossing it down at his feet and embracing a new tablet, now depicting the rules for the age of a Great Tree.
lethal0304: I've waiting for this for so long!
ELDEN ARCHAEOLOGIST OH ELDEN ARCHAEOLOGIST
psevdhome: I thought that the tower and the Shadowrealm must be in the Sea in the centre of the map. I even saw parallels with the normal map. The mountains with drakes are to the West of Farum Azula the Crumbling. And the enmity of Bayle and Placidusax would make sense, one dragon in a shrine the other inside a volcano, staring eternally at eachother.

Charo's place with the red grass might be the remains of Caelid before the disaster. Caelid is themed red even before the Scarlet Rot blasted it. The Redmayne knights take their name and colours from Red-Headed Radahn. It's not surprising they would choose a land that reflected their tastes.

Limgrave leads naturally to the Gravesiteplain, both being places of burial. Lim grave could be translated as edge, border or limit of graves, so it's where the Gravesite Plain ends.

The Ruins of Rao somewhat but not perfectly connect to the ancient dynasty ruins at the palace of Uhl. And the lake of Rot beneath the Earth could also come from Rao because the saint of the bud is stationed there, spreading the Rot.
twinarmageddons2438: I had no idea the stone coffin ships depicted Elden John on them. This video was wild.
Segaman55: Great to have you back TA! Glad to see your journeys in the lands between have been fruitful. I think I get what you're hinting at with the end of the video, I admit before this video I didn't think about the connection between the stone coffins and the lava flows on the divine towers that you guys talked about way back. It's awesome to see so many of this channel's theories get confirmed by what's in shadow of the erdtree, and this is just the first episode!
ALaz502: Man, when this dude takes some time to cook, he cooks up a Michelin 5 star meal. New Elden John lore confirmed.

Aug 20 2024

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