Elden Ring - Suffering a wretched fate
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- Опубліковано 17 вер 2022
- The ill-fated Albinaurics are cursed, existing outside the grace of the Erdtree, made only to serve despite their broken bodies.
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The animation skeleton for the old Albinaurics seems like it may be based off of the Oedon Chapel Dweller from Bloodborne, but they don't seem to actually share any animations. No point letting a good rig go to waste, even if you don't need the animations from it.
Hey I know it doesnt relate to ablinaurics at all but the statue in the church of vows is a nox. Thought this was interesting
@@ginkgkobiloba1071 That does sound interesting.
Frugal, judicious reuse of assets and knowing exactly wear to allocate their limited resources is basically how they’ve managed to stay in the games business for 30 years and work their way up to AAA developer.
Trying to decipher lore gets so difficult for instances like this. We know time passes but we don’t have any measurement of the length of time. Were second gen albinaurics made due to some event or was there a gradual shift over time to what I assume to be easier to produce models?
@@ZullietheWitch Just feeling like pointing out, in the Chinese and Japanese version of the words, the name of the Albinaurics（白金之子/白金の子） still literally means "Children of Silver"! Perhaps they went with a more vague name for the EN translation.
Albinaurics suffer harsh fates in Elden Ring, which makes the fact Miquella and Loretta (Loretta guiding them to the Halligtree path) giving them a place to live so much more heartwarming to me
I really hope we get a chance to help them in DLC
something interesting to note is that the teleporter to Mohgwyn Palace is very close to the Haligtree path, so it seems like the Albinaurics we find there got lost along the way and mistook it for the teleporter to the Haligtree :(
@@avillahanya and THEN got corrupted by our local pedo.
@@avillahanya couldn't have been that disastrous of a mistake considering how much those red f*ckers seem to enjoy their new bloody home
@@avillahanya That's a possibility, although we do see Albinaurics near the Rose Church
I had never noticed their legs were literally vanishing into nothingness until I looked closer at the hanging Albinauric corpses in the Black Knife boss room in Sage’s Cave. It was bewildering at first, because I hadn’t imagined their legs’ fate to be so… dramatic
Perhaps the Black Knives experimented on the albinaurics to use their dissapearing curse for their invisibility cloaks. Maybe the cloaks are even made of their skin for more connection between destined death and skin
You can see a living albinaurics legs fading away if you sneak up on em, or see the caged ones.
Oddly enough the albinauric archers legs aren't fading away, maybe because they drag on the floor less since they ride wolves.
@@user-hn4zn9nx3c the archer's legs aren't fading yet because they are not old like the wizened ones, but that fate will come eventually.
@@ShotaroAsakura ah damn, rip
Behold, no legs
It should be noted that Rennala herself shares similarities with the first generation Albinaurics. She doesn't seem to be able to walk anymore when you get to her, and her second phase is meant to be a younger illusion in her prime. Also, if it wasn't apparent enough, her "children" are all literally new versions of her as well. It's like The Egg is copying her traits over and over again in to the new lifeforms it creates.
I think illusion also overhyped her melee prowess 🤪🤪🤪 in her second phase she's very flashy with her staff twirls.
I think the implication is Rennala has been cradling that egg in the magical shell for so long her legs atrophied. But it is interesting the reborn scholars can only crawl. Like it is a common weakness for those whom are born of silver
Having Rennala be revealed to be an albinauric in some future DLC, as she's still pretty much alive, would be very wacky given the implications of an albinauric giving birth as well as the demi-god step-children being only "half-real-human"
@@_12k70 didn't think of that. Would mean that Radahn, Rykard and Ranni were all part albinauric
@@braderaku Radann eventually lost his feet and ability to walk (presumably due to rot, true, but even before he was very attached to his mount). Ranni and Rykard abandoned their true bodies before we ever meet them, so maybe they would eventually be affected by that deterioration if they stayed with them
Who knows, maybe they really are
Their name seems a bit odd to me, as Albinaurics seems to be stemmed from two words, Albino and Auric, which could then be interpreted as White-Gold, which is essentially silver. Maybe the 'silver' alchemy that can create false life has differing branches, one of which white gold creates the homunculus and the 'silver tear' creates the mimics. Finally it could also allude to their false state of being, as white-gold is 75% gold and 25% nickel/zinc, and thus they are not wholly living, which leads to the curses and flaws.
Edit: Also Gold is very important in Elden Ring, not so much the material but the concept, such as the Golden-Order and the Golden-Lineage, along with many references to 'strength of gold'. It seems to make gold as the 'proper' existence within the Golden Order and the lands between. Which would then make 'White-Gold' an improper mimicry of life, once again referring to their origins.
Finally Silver was a very common chemical in chemistry for quite some time, the original vaccines of Louis Pasteur were silver based solutions, which is likely the connection between alchemy, homonculus, and silver.
Very astute and esoteric observations
The Chinese and Japanese names actually translate to "Children of Silver"
I’ve looked into it and the silver tears are likely mercury or “quicksilver” as alchemists called it as breathing in the dust they create poisons you and they shift between states.
Maybe that helps your theory in some way or at least gives you more to look into.
I love this, thank you for your insight!
@@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor which kinda goes with why the golden Order banned their creation I think. they're children of a lesser deity or something...
There’s a theme of deteriorating legs and feet in this game. The albinaurics and their issues, Radahn’s feet are missing, Rennala’s students are all crawling, the Fire Giant’s bum leg which leads to him also crawling, the Dragonkin Soldiers have to crawl, I’m sure there are more examples. What does it all mean?
I mean... Miyazaki sure does put a lot of barefoot ladies in his game.
Maybe there's an evil Miyazaki hanging around the FromSoftware studio, and he really hates feet
Wyrms, created from Champions who partook in too much Dragon Communion, are also forced to walk the earth on their bellies rather than fly like their former prey.
Wraith Callers and Revenants also crawl, though idk if it's because their legs are faulty. There's also Malenia and Niall's prosthetic legs.
Maybe a theme of devolution and falling from grace.
In the gardens before fighting Loretta at the Carian Manor, around where the wolves are, there’s a single Miquella’s Lily in a corner. Which felt odd, even given them being rare, to only find one. I’d like to believe it was placed there purposefully, as a way for the Albinaurics intending to leave for the Haligtree to communicate where they had gone to any that might still serve the Carians.
I got the impression that the different lilies (Miquella's and St. Trina's) were indicators of where the person in question had been, like a place they travelled to or, perhaps more esoterically, a place they had some kind of influence/dominion over. Like they grew there naturally as a result of the presence/influence of those characters. Possibly the same with the locations of St. Trina's arrows found rarely throughout the world.
There's speculation that Miquella and St. Trina could actually be the same person, since Trina is androgynous and Miquella is depicted as a very young boy with long hair, which could also make him mistaken for a girl. My theory is that the presence of Miquella's Lilies indicates he was there at one point (which is how Loretta learned about him and the Haligtree) and if he and St. Trina are actually the same person, it could also mean any location in which St. Trina's Lilies are found, Miquella was there too.
I've not done a deep dive on pinpointing the exact locations of the lilies, nor the potential implications of their presence in those locations, but it feels like there's some very deliberate hints being dropped by FromSoft in regards to them and their correlation to Miquella/St. Trina that might be worth investigating.
@@Armameteus I agree. Your theory is plausible. I had a similar idea regarding Radagon’s and Marika’s Sore/Scarseals, that whoever was in possession of them or wherever they are found had sworn a significant oath to either Marika or Radagon or found themselves in a heavy debt to them.
@@Armameteus I also just remembered, the Demihuman queens manifest a Haligtree crest when using sorceries and the one found near the Hermit is surrounded by Glintstone sorcerers garbed in academy robes. The staff they use is even supposedly a gift. Maybe Miquella visited the Carians to talk about sending diplomatic missions to foster peace with the demihumans, thus the crest they use. Miquella’s knights also use Glintstone Pebble, so perhaps the Haligtree and the Carians had some significant collaborations. So maybe the lone Lilly does signify Miquella’s influence having taken root amongst the Carians.
@@elijahcafazzo-joyette8226 in 1.00, Haligtree knights were Carian’s. They were sent to protect Miquella by his father, Radagon.
@@MK-xj5by A lot of what was canon in 1.0 doesn't necessarily mean it remains canon in the current version of the game. Much of 1.0 was ostensibly like late-beta content before the first patch and a lot of stuff got rewritten or discarded after that patch, rendering a lot of information from that point in the game non-canon.
That said, it's heavily implied that many (if not all) of the Haligtree knights were at one point Carian knights that renounced their fealty to the Carians and took up arms for Miquella instead, likely following Loretta's example. The Miquellan Knight's Sword item description states: _"Sword forged by servants of Miquella of the Haligtree, with a design modeled after those carried by Carian knights. Instead of glintstone however, amber from the Haligtree is embedded in the blade."_ So there's some amount of overlap between the Carians and Miquella's knights as they essentially reinvented themselves to better serve the Haligtree.
Miquella: Ok Albinaurics, come to the land of my Haligtree! You’ll be happy here!
Albinaurics: Ah sweet! How do we get there?
Miquella: Oh, well find the lift of Rold, the medallions, and then go through a blizzard and you’ll be good.
Albinaurics: Ok, and how do we do all of that?
Miquella: Oh, well you *walk* of course. 🏃♂️
Albinaurics: 👁 👄 👁
Miquella was too based for this game
Mohg: we do a little trolling
@@SIGNOR-G exact reason Mohg abducted him.
@@eetfuk3571 Mogh wanted the based shota for himself but he didnt accounted for John Elden Ring from Elden ring who ruined his nefarious plans.
Find the albinauric woman
The albinaurics in that one building in Volcano Manor scared the shit out of me on the first playthrough. I didn't even realise they were hoods, I though they were some sort of weird growth or mutation
It's some kind of torture sack, you can get one as a helmet.
I also thought that until just now.
It wasn't the appearance that shook me, it was having the one in front of the inquisition chamber grace point latch on and one-shot me on my 10th escape attempt.
It wasn't the appearance that shook me, it was having the one in front of the inquisition chamber grace point latch on and one-shot me on my 10th escape attempt.
They really reminded me of the research hall patients in bloodborne
This makes so much sense! I was so confused while first playing Elden Ring whenever I was reading about Albinaurics thinking "are those the frog guys, or the old guys?" Thank you Zullie for explaining this 🙏
Yeah, they are frog guys, old guys and on top of that are furry girls. Yup. Makes much more sense now
@@VasiliyOgniov The three genders: guy (frog), guy (old), and girl (furry).
@@VasiliyOgniov Well, about as much sense as any part of the lands between. This is the same island where sapient jars of man meat waltz about and children ghosts turn into jellyfish.
...really? okay....
Raya Lucaria and Nokron/Nokstella are a lot more entwined with one another than at first seems.
How Ranni employed the Black Knives which were scions of the Eternal City
Or how her "Dark Moon" is likely the same "lost moon" of Nokstella
How Liurnia has an elevator going straight down to the Uhl ruins, and even has some on the surface
The mentioned-in-video Silver/Larval tears
The presence of the Fingerslayer blade
The existence of Astel right below the Moonlight Shrine
How Waygates are primarily used within the Liurnia region, and also the underground regions, the one in Ranni's Tower leading directly to Ainsel no less
It's fascinating how Nokstella is both an "ancient destroyed city" and yet seems to actively be living by pushing it's traditions through Liurnia. It seems to be a running theme; Godwyn pushes Death through the roots, Nokstella pushes it's influence through Liurnia, and the Primordial Crucible below Leyndell pushes it's power up in the form of Omen babies. "As above, so below"
Also, the Fingerslayer Blade and the Sacred Relic Sword appear to be the same make; ribcage-looking crossguard with an undulating helix blade. So the Nox *probably* killed a god at some point.
@@hedgeyes6411 likely placidusax's god and the elden beast escaped, that is why the tears use lightning cause the elden lord they were trying to mimic was a dragon
@@colorpg152 To further back that up, it should be noted that the Dragonkin Soldiers exist in Nokron and Nokstella too and are called pale imitations of actual ancient dragons. So, it seems that at some point the Eternal Cities attempted to obtain the power of the ancient Dragons for some reason. So, your theory may not be that far off.
As below, so above.
There also seem to be a strong connection between the Albinarics and the Black Knifes as seen in Ordina and in Sage's Cave, it makes me wonder if the assassins were also "created" or if their deeds are somehow responsible for the cursed state of their cousins.
The amount of things you've found within the entire souls series is actually amazing 👏
I wonder... something I've always pondered is Melina's odd throwaway line during Boc's quest: "Does being born of a mother... Mean one behaves in such a manner?" This, despite her many earlier mentions of her "mother," implies Melina wasn't actually BORN, per say. Given her naming scheme and the missing third from the Miquella/Malenia duo, there's plenty of speculation (and some circumstantial evidence) that the children of Radagon and Marika might be three, with Melina being the missing third.
Major spoilers onward: Given what we know from Goldmask's questline that Radagon and Marika are... somewhat the same person, or at least two halves of the same whole- it leads me to wonder if the Radagon and Marika children are not in fact real children- but instead have been "created" in some form. This mirrors the albinaurics, too- all three of the Miquella/Malenia/Melina combo can be seen to be "cursed" or "imperfect"- which corresponds to the curse of the albinaurics. It also connects with the albinaurics worshipping the Halingtree as a holy land- perhaps the third combo of demigods is also outside the grace of the Erdtree.
Yes, I'm glad someone else mentioned this! Radagon/Marika being the same entity clearly cannot have children through non-artificial means, and as seen from the Albinaurics' various curses and maladies throughout their generations, the same types of unnatural defects have arisen in Malenia and Miquella as well. Note that Godwyn, Radahn, Rykard, etc are all relatively 'normal' compared to the offspring of Radagon+Marika. This all definitely fits in with the theme of homunculi/ancient alchemy present throughout the game.
@@Squiggums799 I think it might be Marika in particular who causes the issue:
Radagon + Rennala - children are fine for the most part.
Marika + Godfrey - children are fucked up
Marika + Radagon - children are fucked up
We don’t get to see how Godfrey would fare with a different spouse, but the fact that Marika has been the mother of two generations of malformed children (Morgott and Mohg, Malenia/Miquella/Melina, Godwyn got lucky but I guess being horribly murdered was the tradeoff), and it probably wasn’t the husband’s genes that did it because Radagon’s first kids were just fine, paints an interesting picture.
Wait... Melina's mother is Marika. Yeah. I mean, she asks us to take her to the Erd tree (where Marika is) and after we get there, Melina says she was told her fate by her mother. And we know Marika's plan was to overthrow the Greater Will, which Melina directly helps us do.
I think Melina is just Marika. Either a "projection" of some kind or...and it gets kinda tripy.
Or Melina is Marika's intent of some sort, cause non of her\Radagon children are real, per say. They are fractions\aspects of Marika' psyche. Cause this Elden Ring, this Lands Between and Land of Shadow, this whole game world is just Marika' fractured mind ( shattered, one might say ) and we are supposed to "reassemble" it so this "God" would find itself and become a True God ( what Jung called " Self " iirc ), guided by that unemotional Melina girl, who always know what to do and can walk freely only near Erdtree. Or bring about the Frenzied Flame of Chaos which is like an actual Insanity and Madness, where conscious mind is just no longer handles this "shattering"
I also think Marika as a character we see in game represents Spirit ( you never see her "in flesh" if you will ). Radagon is most likely Body ( we fight him, the Body, not Marika the Spirit and Elden Beast uses him as a literall weapon ), Rennala seems to be Mind ( Intellect, cause I mean she's the head of Hogwarts ) and Godfry is kinda blind Faith ( aggressively subdues everything that may harm said "faith" just to be restrained in to this noble "king" afterwards, something Romans did with religion ). And once Marika decides to "seek the depth of" things she believed in ( things that seems to work no more ) she casts this blind Faith " across the fog out of here " and eventually decides to find her true Self through self-psycho analysis ( Alchemy ).
Maybe she become so lost in her own mind and thoughts and trauma ( the Shadow one must embrace ), that she lost any control and all those aspects manifest themselves as actual characters, who constantly fight each other over dominance, as if every thought in your head is trying to be the loudest mf in there.
They also seem to be in contradicting pairs, one is against the order and one is all for it.
Rykard is all about "f*ck this world, my rage will devour it" while Radahn ( their towers are opposing each other ) is "f*ck this world, my rage will BRING GOLDEN ORDER TO ITS GLORY!"
( yet both experienced true love toward someone, but I guess Body+Mind duuh )
Or like Ranni is this lifeless cold doll with no emotions, but pure intellect ( controll ), who tries her best to fight fate, while Malenia is like an epitomy of unrestrained life ( ?libido? ) with zero control over it, who yet tries her best to fight fate ( her blossom ) so she could serve "Marika Jr." or at least die on her own terms ( Melicent )
And Godrick is all about himself gathering the most power so his ancestor would be proud ( "Me me me, I so f*cking important!" ), but Morgot is there to use all his power to protect what not one of ancestors is is there to protect.
And it seems that only the Union of Body and Mind have quality results ( superb offspring )
And it seems there're differences even between siblings.
Rykard is a body seeking meaning in power. Radahn is a power in body seeking meaning. And Ranni is a pure mind ( no body ) seeking power to obtain freedom ( no meaning or "fate" )
Malenia is pure vigor ( life ) who lacks will to do what it takes ( become the Goddes of Rot ) while Miquella is pure will to do exactly what it takes and a bit more, yet have no vigor to even move ( that's why he needs Radahn, the most "power" in body )
Godrick is feeble so he wants power to finally become one of " The You All Guys " purely for himself cause no one loved him (?). Morgot is powerfull so he wants to protect the Golden Order knowing he will never be a part of it though he was loved it seems, at least by dad. And Mogh wants to create his new "The You All Guys" club with newly obtained powers from his newly obtained mom, because it seems that he was not loved ( there's a Mogh's body double in sewers, but not Morgot's, which led me to believe Morgot was able to walk freely from sewers, while Mogh was watched over )
I still struggle to see who we play as. A line of conscious faith that leads to enlightenment? Is it the fading thread of Order in this fractured mind that we follow?
Whether expanding on the lore, explaining game mechanics, exploring places, or just showcasing game design... Zullie, your channel is one of the very BEST channels on YT! As one of the many who love learning the nuances of FromSoft's lore, you're a Godsend. We can't thank you enough for everything you do 😊
Agreed. She shows her work, explains what assumptions and inferences she’s made from them - in case other people want to dig further or draw different inferences - and points to likely inspirations so other people can dig into those as well. And she does it without ever talking.
As much as I enjoy Vaati’s work, it’s hard to deny that his voice is definitely part of why he’s so popular, and he definitely makes a lot more assumptions (though he’s admittedly gotten better about supporting them over the years).
@@koholos Not only his voice, but the face that you can just listen to the videos and still get all the information. To be honest I would really love to be able to *listen* to Zullie's videos instead of having to watch them and read all the text. I appreciate all the work that goes into gathering the information and creating the videos, but sometimes I'd really just like to be able to hear the information instead of reading it. Even if the voice wasn't as soothing as Vaati's, I think that'd actually be a big help.
Us discovering the albinaurics in Liurnia: “How dare the All-Knowing purge these innocent people merely for half a medallion!”
Us discovering the Albinaruic super tanky snipers in the snowfields: “You know, the All-Knowing might’ve been on to something.”
They don’t call him All-Knowing for nothing
The bloated ankle biters in rykard manor made me absolutely hate these abominations
@@unterhau1102 the ones in Castle sol scream and make enemies spawn. that's when I knew that Gideon was on to something good when he genocided an entire village of these cunts.
Lol
One theory i read is that all albinaurics have a tendency for their blood to clot easily (hence the item albinauric blood clot). First generation albinaurics have blood that has a tendency to clot in their legs (like a deep vein thrombosis as an irl comparison) and when the blood clots in their legs, it makes them unable to stand. Second generation albinaurics are capable of more acrobatics (cartwheels) to prevent the blood from stagnating and clotting in their legs
that wouldn't explain their legs literally fading away though
Deeper vein thrombosis
@@Deoix9877 Most enemies, NPCs and the player characters fade away in silver dust when killed too
@@Deoix9877 are the fading legs really intentional tho? seems so nonsensical to me tbh. why would you as a writer decide that the impairment of ones legs literally entails them fading out of existence? so are the albinaurics just gonna fade out entirely after a while? then why are they even hunted? or is it just their legs fading out and the rest of their body stays perfectly fine? I really can't wrap my head around this whole thing
@@santasangre996 The implication is that they grow weak and fade away literally as their way of dying of old age. That makes it unideal if you want them to, you know, all be killed. Because if they die of old age, that means they have time to do stuff and exist.
Albus meaning "white", and "Aurum" gold, the name "Albinauric" itself might be a reference to being "Children of Silver".
The Chinese and Japanese names translate to Children of Silver
Ive just thought of something. There's this recurring theme of twinned souls in elden ring, where two different people share the same fate and many archetypal characteristics, in some cases even literally being the same person. Are Renalla and Phillia twinned in this way? That could also explain the connection between Renalla's short-lived crawling children and the fate of the albinaurics
It would also explain Phillia being big, given how big Renalla is.
You're seriously onto something, they even idle in a blalantly similar pose but I didn't notice that at all til your comment.
One holds onto an amber egg while the other clutches their abdomen, unable to bear children (which is the plot of Latenna's quest with the birthing droplet). There really is a shared but twisted theme of birth and fertility between the two.
Even if they aren't actually related in any way, there's _definitely_ meant to be thematic parallels between the two of them from a narrative perspective. Both revolve around themes of birth, but flawed birth that results in deformed or short-lived beings. If the Albinaurics were indeed created by the Academy, then that only further strengthens the narrative correlation.
y'know, Rennala *is* awfully pale...
@@Armameteus They weren’t. The Albinaurics were created by the Nox long before the academy was ever a thing. What links them though is both of them venerate or at least draw power from the stars and not the Greater Will.
In the boss room of the Sage's Cave in the Altus Plateau (the where you fight the invisible Black Knife Assassin) there are a bunch of dead albinaurics hanging from the cave roof and give a really good look at how their legs are "fading." Those models don't just have translucent legs, but a gradient becoming gradually more transparent, with the feet seemingly entirely gone. It's an interesting concept even though I don't entirely understand what it's supposed to mean.
In asian tradition ghosts don't have legs, just some mist or fire instead. This sign of their ethereal nature, that they don't belong to the eathly world. So does the albinaurics: all normal life form in the Lands between born from Crucible and Erdtree, but them don't.
Silver is the only material that doesn't hurt the Albinaurics (as per Silver Mail Armor) so the Volcano Manor ones are in constant agony with burlap sacks over their bodies. Tough break.
"Blue silver is a metal born from the same mother as the archers themselves, and provides protection from magic and frost."
makes me wonder if beign forced to wear cloth is why they're deformed? Like a rash that won't go away.
@@marhawkman303 That would be extra cruel but then again that whole part of the manor seems crazy evil
@@Kuroganekisaki Rykard and the Volcano Manor are heavily inspired by Lucifer and Hell, so it makes sense that place would be so evil and cruel.
I'd assumed the "2nd generation" Albinaurics were inherently born from the 1st, but I suppose they could be created as well. This gives some credence to the notion that Latena's quest could change the fate of future Albinaurics through true birth.
I would really want to see what the Japanese says. The word generation sounds like it might have been translated weird. If I had to guess the implication is that the first generation is the first 'race' or 'breed' of albinaurics possibly created by the Carrian family using whatever strange moon-water magic we see Renella's fight.
The second race might have been modified by the academy to serve as slaves, which is why in the chaos they've taken over mage town leading up to the academy using anti-magic shields.
There is also possibly a third and most recent race -- the nightfolk who used to bleed silver. What their backstory is is hard to say, perhaps they the creation of human to albinauric sex. They could also have been derived from the Nox in some way too, either as a creation or through blood.
@@MMMM-vq1yr I like your idea that the Albinaurics of mage town were rebelling slaves. I don't know what you referring to by the nightfolk though. Which enemy are they?
@@maximusthedude8305 The "Nightfolk" are just one of the race presets you can choose at character creation - They visually look kind of like the silver tear mimics in the eternal cities that take human shape. Aside from that one small lore blurb in the character creator ("The features of those known as Nightfolk. Few in number, they were said to bleed silver long ago."), I don't think they're referred to anywhere else.
I don't think it would be too ludicrous of a conjecture to say that they might just be the people of the eternal cities, i.e. effectively the same as "the Nox".
@@MMMM-vq1yr The albinaurics weren’t created by Caria. They were created by the Nox.
@@BackwardsPancake It would make more sense to me if the nightfolk were descendants of the nox or perhaps another creation of the nox.
I wouldn't be surprised if Phillia was a potential rebirth NPC for restatting at some point in development. It's what I thought was going to happen originally.
Maybe in a rare moment of leniency they decided to not put the restat NPC in one of the final areas of the entire game!
@@jackkendall6420 fair, especially given the nonlinear gameplay. Technically you can get there before Fire Giant. Strictly speaking you could get there only having to fight like 6 maybe 7 bosses. If you rushed there which no one would know to do first playthrough. Where it's at now is good. It could also have been a situation where Rennala could have been a rebirth place and then after her boss fight you would have to go to the snowfield for a replacement. There is no support for any of this though at least left in game. I just know my first playthrough that's what I was expecting from completing the questline.
Artificial or not
Legs or no legs
Latenna is still best girl
Hell yeah my dude
she can't run away from me, that's why she is the best (and only) girl
The silver tears were easily the most interesting bit of lore and mystery for me. The most alien and disturbing thing for me is the soldiers sent down into the city with the holes in their heads; are there silver tears up in their heads controlling them?
Dude is this legit that Zullie got a give away? Did you message her yourself?
No one ever talks about the Albinauric Frogs near the Albinauric lady town just to the east in the mountain side. They have yellow gold eyes and can use the rings if Miquela. I thought it was interesting that the frogs are the ones that are seen being either red or yellow.
Poor froggos just want to live. So they serve anyone who promises to protect them.
Those are the pilgrimming Albinaurics, specifically the ones that didn't get tricked into joining Mohg's cult.
If my legs didn't work I would just do a handstand like Lanky Kong and go "hoop-la!", and then "hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup, hup!"
He has no style,
he has no grace,
Th-th-th-this Kong has a funny face!
He can handstand
when he needs to,
And stretch his arms out,
just for you!
Inflate himself
just like a balloon,
This crazy Kong
just digs this tune!
0:54 - The bloated heads of the tortured versions also reminds me of how the Oracles have totally bloated heads that have a muffled moaning from inside the wraps, and the Man-Serpent sorcerer also has a massively bloated head.
That along with the disappearing legs and extremely pale complexion are some interesting designs that *_Bloodborne_* used as well with the St. Adeline & the Clocktower Patients, Celestial Minions, and also the Snail Women. I'm quite curious where those ideas came from, especially as the Living Failures have extra fingers the way that the Ancient Dragons & Dragonkin Soldiers do.
1:30 - The fact that these ones also have little Omen Horns sprouting from them is really interesting, given that they normally have totally artificial blood.
2:15 - This makes a lot more sense with the Albinauric Archer in an older version of their armor that's dead in the Temple Quarter surrounded by the Second Generation ones hiding around her in the ground. It also makes sense why the Icerind Hatchet is located nearby to reinforce that early connection to the areas in the far north.
That's also why the mumbling that the Albinaurics speak to the stars in Caria Manor and the Albinauric Village, given that the Eternal City still worships the sky.
Could the stuff with the Formless Mother have involved Mohg infusing them with his blood? If so that could potentially explain the Omen horns.
@@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor They are infused with his blood, just like the Sanguine Nobles. Their horns aren't quite omen horns though, since they lack the ability to summon wraiths, and they are a different color.
@@watchfulwanderer6443 Thanks. I couldn't really see the horns properly and didn't realize they were there before reading the comment.
My head-canon for second gen albinaurics is that they tried to fix the leg problem by splicing in a creature with strong legs: Frogs.
I love when you go into lore and speculation of lore with your videos. Another great vid. Thanks Zullie
I've been wanting to cover the albinaurics in full on my channel but it keeps getting pushed further down my list, but this is so good, it's concise and presents all possibilities. Great work
I subscribed. looking for your contents.
I can't wait for it, I enjoy your videos a lot!
Thanks for this. I'm hoping they publish a lore book one day, because so much of this game isn't explained but clearly there is a lot going on conceptually.
They never will, you should write it yourself.
The time I noticed their legs were literally fading, was when I looked up in the invisible Black Knife Assassin's room, at the Sage's Cave. There's a bunch of dead 1st gen albinauric hanging from the ceiling; it was really messed up. I'm guessing they were servants of the sage that gives the cave its name, or maybe even the result of the sage's attempts to resurrect his family, but why were they hanged or why is there one of the assassin's hiding in the same room, I have no clue.
Going to check this out later
You can also go to the Albinauric Village and look at the hanging corpses. Their legs are faded.
I presume the Albinaurics there were hanged by the assassin
Latenna's questline felt very unfinished. I was so confused on why we couldn't wake the sleeping albinauric near the haligtree.
A lot of questlines end the same way. Hopefully the DLC will flesh things out a bit more.
The whole game felt very unfinished. I wish they had broken the game up into two $40 releases or three $30 releases. The early game is amazing and then it just coasts.
@@Barnaclebeard Facts, there's some areas where we could've had more interaction with npcs and shit like skyrim
@@MK-vi2cm because Miyazaki cannot into plot. That's the best he can come up with. If you want to have an actually good and engaging plot with NPCs feeling like real people with distinct characters and questlines actually being meaningful, you need to keep Miyazaki out of influencing the plot.
The red albinaurics even have little horns like the omens, i never noticed that before
Do you think second gen albis are frog-like because they were like "how do we fix this problem of weak legs... well frogs have strong legs let's mix that in"
That's an interesting thought, I hadn't really considered if the changes to the second generation were intentional or just a byproduct of however they were creating them.
@@ZullietheWitch I don't know if it's true or just a reach, but I think it's interesting to consider. Also maybe the fact that silver can oxidise faster due to water means that the legs (which seem to be darkening at first glance with the first gen) are first to go since the Albinaurics are based from the silver of the Eternal City. So an amphibian addition could've been added for that reason too, but I'm just speculating now. We see way more second gen Albis in water than first gen.
I heard from someone before that the albinaurics' Japanese name refers to platinum, but I can't confirm.
I've always thought them deeply related to those cities, there's so much talk of "silver tears" in item descriptions relating to both those civilisations and dialogue concerning albinuriacs
FIND THE ALBINAURIC WOMAN
She hides in a cave to the west of the Laskyar Ruins
This is awesome. I'm always learning from these videos and that knowledge enriches the gaming experience so much. Thank you!!!
I feel like the Albinaurics have enough lore for their own game.
Yeah, I payed attention to them during the entire game, I was hungry to know more about their lore and why they were like that. I felt sympathy for them right at the beggining, when I see what happened to their village. It was so horrible that even the lake around it is with poison.
I never felt like they were pure evil or something like that, and finding those torture devices in Volcano made me feel even more sorry for them.
The Twilight Princess music is so satisfying. Great vid as usual.
Great work Zunk, amazing as usual
I really came to love your insights. Fantastic work.
Fucking excellent OST choice. Twilight princess superiority
The one thing I enjoy about Zullie’s videos is that they make you begin to think, not outlandishly you can already see the vision Zullie came up with and it’s completely grounded and almost becomes canon. A big part of that comes with the dedication these videos take to make, power to yah let’s see what else that mind can piece together.
I love when you make a lore video with the twilight realm theme. The mystery of the song really makes the video more immersive .
I just love watching your videos Zullie, thanks for everything :3
ah man. the BEST lore videos. so easy going and fun. keep it up x
I freaking love your content Zullie, thanks
always great music choices in your vids. thanks for dropping the track id in the description
I seriously love your channel. Very informative and very entertaining
Even after the name change, they still seem to relate with silver.
Albinauric has two roots, "albin" coming from the latin "albus" , meaning white-and latin "auric" which symbols a pertaining to gold.
I'm unsure if silver has a history being referred to as "white gold" but it in Elden Ring this seems like a deliberate decision
Edit: Your bring the the birthing droplet to the tower of Phillia lmao
Everytime I watch you the zelda soundtracks hypnotises me to keep watching more vids
Your videos are put together so elegantly
A bit tangential but I suspect Turtle Pope Miriel may be an Albinauric as well. Sorcerers have a fondness for turtles (Green Turtle Talisman description, their appearance in Rise puzzles), sorcerers make Albinaurics, Miriel is albino, and he tells you his legs "aren't what they used to be", hence being immobile.
love your vids thank you.
Another great video! When I first played through I told all of my friends that I had theorized the Albinaurics, the Silver Tears/Mimic Tears had some kind of connection. I didn't pick up on Rennala's children having similarities though, that was definitely unexpected.
hey Zullie I just want to say i love you for using songs from Twilight Princess, that’s one of my favorite games and i’ve got some strong nostalgia for it, so thank you very much.
The Albinaurics, or pale golden one, are like the Golden Order, but instead of the sun/gold, they are symbolized by the moon/silver, because Raya Lucaria prefers the moon.
i learned soo much about the world of eldin ring from you, thank you !
Truly the worst fate befell these people...
...to be used by countless people in rune farms.
I’ve mentioned this on a previous video but the Larval Tears are actually supposed to be Kindred of Rot (or at least were originally at some point in development). The posture of Rennala’s children even looks like the legless Kindred.
Remembering the potential connections between Rise of the Eldrazi and the numerous Innistrad sets of Magic: the Gathering and Bloodborne, it's neat to see that From may have drawn inspiration from other sets as well, with Miyazaki himself being known to have some interest in the game.
Great video as always
I love your videos! They always have crazy connections that are often overlooked. It's nice to see the videos regarding them, I appreciate your content 😊😊🙌🏻
dude amazing content as always
Zullie: "The Albinaurics are likely inspired by the homunculus myth, the belief that alchemy could be used to create false humans."
Children conceived with in vitro fertilization: Allow us to introduce ourselves.
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Always throws me off to hear that absolute banger from twilight princess in these
I wonder if the ghost trees of consecrated snowfield and mountaintops of the giants are related in any way to the Albinaurics, they fade into nothing close to the bottom of their trunks. Honestly, I have no idea at all what's going on with those trees, or the ghostly banners of Altus Plateau outside of Leyndell.
Right? It bugs me that there's no explanation at all for those things. The stone trees in DS1 had a mystical "beginnings of the world" origin, but the ones below the surface in Elden Ring are never mentioned and neither are the phantom trees above ground.
Glad the game doesn't outright say Loretta is an Albinauric, but putting the idea in our head by mentioning the 'rumor' that she is.
Maybe she is or maybe she isn't but we can't know if she can walk or not because we always find her on a horse.
I think the fact that we find her shield with an albinauric woman that’s just as big as she is basically hard confirms it.
Always look forward to a new video of yours =D
I love so much that you use twilight princess music in your videos. Such an undercredited game
I'm glad I found this video because I feel like I'm actually getting some information on what the hell an Albinauric is than from any other source I've looked at talking about them. It was all very confusing for me and this helped clear some things up, so kudos.
1:22 a fine lad
Perfect music for this video
awesome video as always
2:22 Zullie cosplaying as the Albinauric women with the same pose as them is so cute!
The hooded, feral Albinaurics also appear to be specifically the result of torture, rather than a natural occurrence. Per the description of the hoods.
Said torture may have been just for the hell of it, or another active genocide effort given an association with the Omenkillers.
also those weird outfits might BE the torture given the way Albinaurics work.
@@marhawkman303 Just altered my comment about this, but the hoods explicitly are, per their description. Good catch.
Poor Albinaurics :-(
The fact that all the Albinauric or Albinauric-adjacent enemies have at least one variant that reflects their surroundings makes me think that something about the way they’re made means they have some form of adaptation factor.
And the silver tears being able to shapeshift might just be the same ability cranked up to maximum overdrive
Since Albinaurics are basically descendants of artificial shapeshifters, what if the old Albinauric aren't the males of the species but are actually older versions of the female Albinaurics, and the female are like the main form of the first generation? like, we never encounter young male albinaurics, what if they just created a generation, all taking the shape of a woman with a strong connection with wolves (maybe as an artifact of the silver tears being an attempt at forging a lord, so they all imitate Marika and her shadow), and then they slowly mutated into old men?
That's probably from software being too lazy to make a male young albinauric or a female old albinauric
@@jonsinatra3194 the thing is that's not hard to do, just remove the beard to the old ones and give them an old female voice, or give leggings to the female one and a male young voice. Done. There's no lore about young male Albinaurics, no armor, no acknowledgment of male Albinaurics. So either the male ones are weaker and get old quicker, or Female Albinaurics decay into old men
@@MitridatedCarbon or they are genderless and they just look female on their youth and male on their old age
@@MitridatedCarbon i think in one case you literally can see lady albinauric die of old age, so that proves that they die as women, not turn into men.
The other thing is Zullie's interpretation seems to be that all albinaurics are created. There are no descendants, only new "generations" like a new generation of irl tech, using new fabrication methods. I suppose this is supported by Latenna and Phila's questline. Your theory could still be valid in that case, but it also raises the possibility that they are only old men and young women because that's what their creators wanted them to be. Old men are stereotypically wise and gifted in magic, so they could make fitting assistants to the sorcerers who created them. Raya Lucaria and Volcano Manor are both magically inclined. Young women are stereotypically good archers in From games (Pharis from DS1, Dolores from Elden Ring). They make good guards. It also could just be because sorcerers are a bunch of shut-in nerds, it wouldn't surprise me at all if they made them that way just to have a pretty face around. They certainly weren't getting any action from lady-sorcerers, they hated Sellen and Rennala. I guess Latenna is the only one left in Liurnia since the women somehow all got wolf companions and rode off to the Haligtree while she stayed to look for the birthing droplet.
One of the main themes of ER is that everyone is suffering from a wretched fate. Everything slowly and painfully dies, or worse in this universe and no one is an exception to that rule. It’s a much bleaker world than any other universe in the souls series for many reasons, and that is just one of them.
Rune farmers: I kinda feel bad... Not really but still...
Albanaurics: WTF...
I like how that one albinauric leading that group had bonus runes buff applied
THANK YOU SO MUCH ZULLIE. For the longest time I just thought that Young Albinaurics look like frogs and Old Albinaurics were the old guys that are crawling everywhere.
This Song is very cool, fits perfectly 👌
Oh wow!! Thanks Zullie for this!!!
I am convinced Latenna's quest was going to lead to another mending rune for an Albinauric ending. Fia gestates a mending rune for Those Who Live in Death within her, so does the Dung Eater for the Omen. Latenna says something about the big lady being their hopes and dreams, and offers up an "energy" that heads for her womb. Seems like it would have been consistent with how other groups get a mending rune for their specific faction.
Well done, very inquisitive.
Another godlike video.
youre my favorite part of the day when you upload. as someone struggling with constant PTSD i am so grateful for this style of content. i like to hyper focus and sometimes its on bad stuff. so im always happy to inject zullie right into my brain lolol
Second generation Albinaurics go 🤸♂️
Bless the Miquella and Malenia for providing them a home.
He actually manipulated them, i dont believe miquella as savior
You referenced MTG.... I love this channel more and more 😊. So damn interesting!
This channel is like what the internet is made for, being exposed to cool content I didn't even know I liked until I found it.
Love the Twilight Princess soundtrack as a background.
Great video :)
Cool video! I never made that connection between Rennala's students being unable to walk and Albinaurics losing their legs.
The crawling versions, also found in Castle Sol, remind me of the enemies in Bloodborne’s Research Hall.
Seeing that thumbnail without context just made me burst into laughter