The Real Face of Lord Rykard: Elden Ring Lore
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This story rides the fine line between heroism and villainy, the complexities of human nature & how you never really know what anyone is feeling deep down.
The tragic tale of Lord Rykard, once a beloved leader who turned in to an infamous enemy of the Erdtree. From his noble beginning to his dark transformation under the Volcano Manor, witness his descent into blasphemy, the rebellion against the gods, and the love story with Tanith that offered a glimpse of his remaining humanity.
Explore Rykard's complex legacy & lore in the world of Elden Ring.
What do you think of Rykard's story & all that happened?
(There is a lot to look at when it comes to Rykard, with all his lore & speculation, this is just my thoughts on his story & what may have happened)
Thanks all & I hope you enjoyed!
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Join the serpent king as famileee. Togethaaa we will devouehh the very gohs
**hands you a glass of water**
Come again?
There should have been a serpent king ending
Family!
NNTOOGETHAAAA
Lol you forgot the "mmmmmm" s that sound like earthquakes
Low key he’s the best most strongest most handsome most cool most blasphemous guy he just got a lil too silly and that’s okay
His wife wrote this
What about the people he murdered?!
Snakes will be snakes after all.
@@heyyoadrian it’s me, I’m his boy-wife
Torture is just a lil silly? You goddamn weirdo
Tanith matched Rykard's nastea
now that u mention a foreign land and a dancer... im certain the foreign land was the shadow realm, cause they have a dancer in cerulean coast, plus it would make sense that rykaard adopted some things from messmer since it appears he was there
Messmer had a fire snake possessing him and Rykard ended up possessing a magma / fiery snake.
There also was many ships on the coast in that area. Meaning they could’ve come from other lands
There are also winged snake statues all over Volcano Manor
The dancer of Ranah has very similar character creation face values as Tanith
Messmer's spells should have been magma sorceries..
i find it interesting how rykard and radahn are very similar in how they were raised and how they were revered, but where radahn had to be killed because he fought valiantly against something he couldn't control, rykard had to be killed because he chose to go down the wrong path. theyre both great characters but the thing that separates them in the eyes of the people is the nature of how they fell from grace
Idk. I think it's because he became justiciar that he ended up like that. Learning about the dark side of things will do that. Especially when you find out that the Golden Order that you tried so hard to protect is the one most corrupted.
Imagine being the clean up guy then finding out that the people you've been cleaning up were the ones you were trying to protect and the ones you're cleaning up for were the criminals you were trying to punish.
That would break you and you either embrace it or make it right. Either way, with vox populous, you will be perceived as evil. Either for joining hands with the system or going against it.
You're left with being a monster and I think he fully embraced that. Similar to Mohg embracing his circumstances.
Radahn and Rykard were just parallels to Morgott and Mogh. Much like how Ranni and Godwyn are tied to one another.
Even when people know what the "grace" is😂
It's interesting that Renalla and all her children were really not that bad comparatively. The influence of the Golden Order though changed them. Ranni hated the way the Greater Will controlled them. She was the only one not manipulated by Marika. Though she had to unalived herself.
Hard press to say any path is the wrong path....in the dlc you kind realize the greater will forsake them and the frenzy flame is supposed to consume it all because the fingers are damaged and no longer connected to the greater will. The wizard guy in the cathedral makes it clear there's no saving anything.
@jaymca730 although interestingly in her defiance of the golden order, ranni basically ruined society as they had known it up to the point. She lowkey was the worst offender of them for basically starting the shattering (at least before the dlc which kind of solidifies miquella as the most manipulative, he's kind of like ranni in a lot of ways)
Volcano manor questline should have had its own ending.
💯
Right? It's long, complex, involves several NPCs, why can't we have a cool ending. We didn't need fucking Dung Eater.
This is an insanely high quality video for your subscriber count - you’re going to get big. I guarantee it.
Rykard feeding himself and later feeding powerful warriors to the serpent reminds me of the jarring rituals done by the hornsent and the grafting rituals by godrick....
"... he decided to engage in a sickening birthing ritual..."
Rykard played with his snake in the basement all day long, joined by a cougar. That's what happened.
There has to be a connection with Messmer
Dude I really don’t know if there is beyond them sharing snakes, I’ve been digging through item descriptions and I haven’t found anything mentioning Rykard at all
@@lostcarcosa7642There’s 2 Abductor Virgins next to Fort of Reprimand. And Rykard is known to have gifted the virgins to both his siblings. So that could be a connection with him and Messmer. I’m not sure to what extent tho since I haven’t found any lore surrounding it.
@@rookie8271 There is the Dancer Bossfight too, she had Fire Sorcery like Messmer and had the same face slides like Tanith besides the hairstyle.
I think Messmer is more in Golden Order side... He is on war in the lands of shadow for the sake of his mother, and Rykard is against all of this Golden stuff.... There are simply, 2 different types of snakes😅
There is a snake that shet it skin at bonny village(or was it a dead snake), but dont know what it means
This was so good! Loved it!
You’ve directed an extraordinarily beautiful and captivating story. Very satisfying and enjoyable!
Interesting video on Elden Ring! Your review of the gameplay and storyline was insightful. I'm intrigued to explore this game further after watching your breakdown!
Goated ass video dude, keep it up, the presentation is kickass!
Great video brother. Can you share with me the melody at the beginning of the video in the first 30 seconds
Yo your video is so high quality!
What if Rykard didn’t like how Mesmer was treated……, so in his own way, that’s how he decided to slide for his brother
Considering how Marika-Radgon’s children have been used for concealing outer gods(Rot, St Trina, GEQ), I think for Mesmer, it was the ancient Serpent god. And when rykard discovered what it can do and what it can be, he found the offspring of it(based on its size before consuming rykard)
I really don't think that mt. Gelmir was a volcano before Rykard got there, I think when they rediscovered the ancient magic there is became an active volcano. It was certainly a nice town / castle before they got there
Nobody at the blasphemous mannor thought they are heroes.
They all live in villainy.
Lady tanith however did AMAZINGLY with raya. She knows she is not a good person and what they are doing, she knows that rayas existance is a very affront to the gods.
But she loved her as best she could
Love the quote from "Random ass soldier"
Radagon returned to Marika because they were the same person from the beginning. To ascend from shaman to empyrian she was merged with Radagon (literally since shamans can mold together). To ascend into godhood she divested (separated) herself from Radagon and embraced the old order that she despised and destroyed by marriage with Hoarah Loux / Godfrey, becoming a god and taming the bestiality of the old order that used to revolt her, until Marika broke and could no longer embrace the old order and as such called back the old part of her while sending Godfrey off. And by doing such she broke the golden order, as it cannot exist without it's predecessor.
Definitely some speculation here pushed as fact but more or less correct
Not proven but it's a cool theory
Wait… it actually makes sense
great video!
:-)
There are some banging tracks in this video. Can you drop a track list?
Yeah man! Loved the soundtracks as well.
Man i wish we all had buddies who will slap us in the face when we all start going down the wrong path, rykard was LOVED enough to be stopped by his loved ones.
the thing that confuses me is there are abductor virgins in the shadow of the erdtree realm does that mean rykard had access to the shadow lands this whole fing time thing about that
The crusade started sometime after Marika banished Godfrey, but before the shattering.
So there is a large amount of time in which Rykard could've contributed to the crusade by supplying these iron virgins.
The crusaders under Messmer were at some point after this shut off from the lands between.
So no, Rykard most likely did not have access to the land of shadows, but he did most likely supply iron virgins for the crusade.
Please correct me if you find anything that contradicts this.
@@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290 na i acctualy found a snipit from somthing that says he traveled to a land and found lady tannith there so lady tannith may be from the realm of shadow and thats when he traveled there and found lady tannith that might also explain rykkards intrest in the snakes when he came back if the theroy of the gloam eyed queen being a large snake from the realm of shadow being true the remnants of the followers of her could be something rykard also found in the realm of shadow the implications are crayyyyyzyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290 there is lore about him traveling to a far off land and finding lady tannith before the shattering but after Godwins death what if he fled to the shdow lands to cover his part in that plot and this is where he discovered more info about the gloam eyed queen and when he met tanith I WISH they added interactions in the base game for some of this stuff
@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290 the wording is also similar to where Godfrey went after he was stripped of grace so both him and Godfrey probably went to the shdow lands after the major events in each of their lives that would explain why all of mezmers solders have Godfrey esk attacks and roars and why abductor virgins are there
@@aaronmorgan8047there is some weird snake skin shedding you can find in the open world of the dlc I forget where though
I was reaaallly hoping we would to fight him restored in dlc
i think gelmir was once messmers. the recusants still follow messmers original goal, to wipe out those devoid of grace (tarnished)
Damn what was the beat at the beginning that was hype I liked it
It would’ve been sick if the main dlc boss was a young prime rykard instead of rahdan
I think his prime is his current form with the devouring serpent
Wish there was a mending rune for his quest I'd pick his ending
I feel he was alrdy in volcanoe manor when he was a judiciary of the golden order
Wasnt he already immortal? If not by being a demi god but by marika taking away destined death?
Guess he wanted to pull a Wukong and gain layers of immortality 🤷🏽♂️
Yes all the demi gods were basically double immortal
Before destined death was taken away they could probably only be killed by eachother or divine weapons type ish
But after destined death was taken it was very different until the night of black knives took place
@@andrew-rn9ui It's clear from the walking mausoleums that there were once many demigods. Godrick is a distant descendant of Godfrey, meaning that there were once families of demigods. I believe demigods were far easier to kill than you think, and the ones left standing at the beginning of the game are the only ones left from an outright civil war.
Yes but Marika also ordered the demigods to be something otherwise they will be used as sacrifice.
It could be the reason why Rykard and Mogh tried their best to be as much of a menace as they can be so that they can justify their existence and not be forced as a sacrifice like what Ranni did to Godwyn.
@@wanderingbufoon yeah okay but how does that say hes not already immortal? Then his search would be to become a god or become strong enough to rival one not just already be something he is
What is the ending music from?
Take a journey to Mr Gelmir. thats like their backyard.
Excellent video and awesome editing / music!
Rykard marketing campaign
: we will fight oppression as famileeeeehhh
Whats the track in the beginning?
and videos like these are the reason end up staying up till 5 AM.....
If Rykard considered Miquella his younger half-brother I wonder what sorts of influence that relationship had on the storyline and events as they unfolded? could Rykards fixation on "devouring the very gods themselves" have anything to do with Miquella's desire to become a god in place of Marika?
If you think of Elden Ring as a Game Of Thrones type story, then it's easy to realize that the demigods are split into different factions. Ranni and Rykard worked together during the night of the black knives, but quickly ended their alliance after Rykard was devoured by the blasphemous serpent. I believe Rykard then just started his own faction and aimed for devouring all Gods. I have a theory that everything is influenced by the shards each demigod holds, making them more inclined to aim for Godhood or Elden Lord then they ordinarily would. I don't think Rykard cared about Miquella specifically other than to eat him, but he may have originally allied with Ranni to counteract Miquella's influence.
@@dadeviRykard just wanted his broken family all back together. :(
In his stomach.
Random Ass Soldier
I want to read a novel about elden ring, and written by GRRM
Nice 😮
Hopefully he gets a dlc
Miyazaki says no more DLC for Elden Ring.
Wish there was a "blasphemous" ending where you do tak up rykards cause/overthrowing the golden order.
At least a non rani version.
Every other ending you become lord maybe modifying/subverting the order but still marika's pawn no?
Well you are a mortal even if grace keeps reviving you so like Gideon Ofnir thought maybe you can't destroy a god like Marika without a divine or semidivine being helping you. In the basegame you either repair the elden ring, let Ranni kill Marika and take the ring or become the avatar of the frenzied flame an outer god and kills Marika along with alot of other people.
Specifically goldmasks repair rune of perfect order seems to limit the abilities of Marika and potentially also her elden lord consort to missuse their divine controll of the world. So choose goldmask if you want to be elden lord without Ranni or risking Marika controlling you.
But yeah it is explained why hitching your wagon behind any of the other demigods is impossible. Moghs plan flatout will not work so you will wait for eternity playing pvp. Rykard don't want you for you only your power to add to his serpent abomination "family" so let him eat you and stop playing that character to let it stay dead in his stomach. Miqulla wants to controll you so let him steal your heart and similarilly stop playing that character.
I agree that it kinda sucks that no demigod other than Ranni can be the new god in any ending since it could have an intressting story to it.
@@simonwahlen7150 we can kill marika easily , we already killed the elden beast who is confirmed stronger than marika
What if Rykard found out Messmers fate and the powerful snakes that curses him with flame power and decided to seek this power of snakes himself in order to become the new ruler of the lands between?
Two different snakes
@@dlwf11111 yeah and?
Never said the snakes were the same and its clear that the snakes grant similar powers so that's why I thought of my little theory lol
@@JesseNightingale I’m not sure these two snakes do grant similar powers at all, one is the snake of the abyss that resides inside a guy and one is the god of a volcano that wants others to reside in it, lol
@@dlwf11111 both snakes grant the people related to them flame based powers not saying they're the same flame but each boss related to snakes have a fire themed abilitys lol
@@JesseNightingale is it stated that messers flame if given by the snake anywhere?
Also rykards snake is all about lava.
Radagon divested himself of Renala just as Miquella divests themselves of parts of themself and their past all to achieve godhood, which radagon did in his synthesis with Marika. I don’t think radagon was always Marika.
Radagon was definitely something akin to what saint Trina was to miquella.
Radagon was definitely something akin to what saint Trina was to miquella.
I’m pretty sure marikka created radagon and he never existed before her
@@Toadnuts_ the dlc pretty much spells it out for us, these god types can split themselves in two or cast off parts of themselves, radagon is perhaps the faith marika cast off or something like that.
Rykard and Mesmer would’ve taken over the world
General Radahn and Captain Rykard, Messmer's fan club.
Felt bad for rykard, honestly, he could've did somethjng better for good, but then again this is elden ring.
Didn't rykard have Red hair?
FAMILEEEEEE
Rykard claim to fame will always be due to the blasphemous blade.
Rykard and messur is kinda the same bc the both just wanted love one by a curse and the other wanted to become a Snake god
I don’t feel sympathy for this guy. The tonic of forgiveness is just so she will forget his secrets. You walk through the castle and you see the bodies that’s who he is, 😢😢😢
how are ppl not connecting the dots here! even way before the DLC there are hits EVERYWHERE, all stories are of that of Marika's.
Great video on one of my favorites!
Wait. Yall are saying Rykard is a hero but i still cant convince people that Godwyn is actually a bad guy.
Because his girlfriend told us he was loved by everyone. Despite there being NO evidence of that. Just what his girlfriend told us one time.
SMH
These peoples morals are all over the place 😂😂
can you get Rykards armor?
No hes a giant snake :/
@@neilohalloran7156 and snakes are famous for not caring about their armour. They often discard it without a second thought. I have a gecko and when he's done with his he eats it
@@Ludzigmmm yummy gecko armor
Probably too much wishful thinking on my part but I’m hoping they make another DLC continuing Rykard, The God Serpent, and Tanith’s story. I kinda thought there was gonna be a connection with Mesmer since his motif is also fire and serpents. But something with the serpent and rykard taking over Tanith after she finishes eating him would be interesting the quest ends too abruptly with the Patches item
Miyazaki says no more DLC for Elden Ring.
That story is done, there’s nothing more to say
Nobody in Elden Ring is heroic. Rykard certainly was one half of why Gelmir is the wasteland it is along with eating thousands if not tens or maybe hundreds of thousands of people. The Golden Order being horrible doesn't mean Rykard is good. There's no right side of history in the Shattering.
He and ranni are the only survivors of marikas lineage. I am surprised marika used him very much like messmer.
They are not descended from Marika, only Radagon. In as much there is a seperation, of course.
@@Nothrazimmarika is radagon doofus, ranni wouldn’t be an empyrean if this wasn’t the case.
Toghggettha!!!
Rykard was just as bad lmao
Stop rubber banding your script. If you contradict your previous assertion for dramatic effect, do it only upon a revelation of significance.
Not that he was fully gone! But was still some not. But he was fully gone. But less some not gone. But he was full gone. But a tiny vestige was there.
The rubber banding here sucks.
Uhhhh.... Rykard was never beloved. He was a terror. He served as a grand inquisitor, stealing away anyone who might harbor any secret, and torturing them for information. He was a sick, depraved sadist from day one.
You shouldn't embellish shit like that. Shame on you.
Naaah, the goldens fucked up his family, father and specially their mother, while claiming themselfs gods, the dude just rolled with it until he was capable of declare war to that system and it's people, also didnt give a F about his great rune when he joined the serpent, similar to Ranni, who he helped, hell he was ready to fight Maliketh if necesary. He knew that his path is not for everyone, his rememberance says it clear, he gave his all for the cause, buuut i think he also got mad at some point.
Rykard is a Messmer fanboi just like Radahn is a Godfrey fanboi