Edit: I made an error with Vyke. His tattoo is 3, not 2. The game starts counting tattoos from 0, but the menu starts counting from 1, so I had to add 1 to every NPC's tattoo value to reflect the difference, and I accidentally missed Vyke. Fia's Champions are also apparently able to copy random players, but the face used for them appears to just be a generic placeholder instead of having different faces like the Knights of the Great Jar. Unrelated to that, it bears repeating that only NPCs that use the player model have facedata to borrow. Any NPC with a unique character model can't be copied this way, so it's not possible to get the face of characters like Melina, Ranni, or Rennala.
I guess the devs can also relate to that feeling when you spend 2 hours in the character creation menu but then proceed to put on a closed helmet for the rest of the game.
@@Hustler2_ This isn't Dark Souls 3, where the act of leaving an armor slot was an automatic minus to defense on top of the listed stats of the piece. The only defenses you get in Elden Ring are the ones listed on screen. That means not wearing a helmet reduces your damage absorption by, like, 2, instead of 8. If you're really concerned about armor like that, the dragoncrest greatshield talisman on top of heavy armor is going to mean not wearing a helmet drops your damage reduction by less than 10%, so functionally not at all. But also armor has never been a consideration for me, this is a game about fashion, not stats.
It makes sense to me that Vyke wouldn't have a burned body. Vyke didn't become a true lord of chaos, because he was wearing his armor when the three fingers embraced him. Hence the melted armor. So he never actually took in the frenzied flame.
Yeah, it makes sense that he's not burnt because his armor is instead, but a couple people specifically asked me if Vyke was burnt, so I thought it would be worth pointing out.
That explains why you have to take your armour of to get in for being the embodiment of chaos the three fingers aren’t the smartest bunch if that was the only reason vyke failed
that guy had the nerve to keep parrying me so he deserves it, he might be a perfect parryier but he sure as hell isnt smart enough not to jump in the shaft, rest in pieces ya c*nt !
I have to wonder if somebody at From just really enjoys working with the character creator and makes all these faces, or if it's just part of their process. Maybe they concept characters and put them in-game before they actually give them any purpose? It would then make sense why someone like Vyke has such a perfect face made for them, as whoever made it wasn't sure if Vyke was going to have their helmet removed at some point, be interactable with, etc.
Kinda makes sense that Vyke would be youthful, it also explains a lot about his choices if you think about it. He clearly had a strong sense of duty and good resolve since he was the only other tarnished to almost be Elden Lord, no small feat as we know. But also you could guess he was a noble person, if not in social standing then definitely in character, because he gained the favor of not just any dragon but an ancient dragon of renown and was able to more or less master red lightning meaning he was skilled, disciplined and dedicated. But his main flaw was most likely an innocent one,aka his youth. A veteran wouldn't have grown attached to his maiden, even if he did he would've put duty first and let her sacrifice herself, but Vyke didn't. Again, we don't know if he was manipulated into it by shabriri or the fingers or if he did it to save his maiden because, as often happens with young men, he grew fond of her. Or maybe it was both? When he found out what had to happen he might've searched for alternatives and been an easy target for chaos that way. Not unlike Anakin being manipulated by Sidious because Anakin, too, turned to the dark side out of fear of losing his maiden. Clearly, Vyke wasn't lusting for power(at least, not for intentionally malicious or greedy reasons), after all he had more than enough and ,as far as we know, didn't let it go to his head. He had the skill, will and resolve of a seasoned and honorable soldier, but was still a naive young man at heart. Probably not older than his early twenties, maybe even younger. I see Vyke as being a classic tragic hero. He had all the makings of Elden Lord and all the right stuff to be a great warrior, but his fatal flaw was the same as any other young man's : his heart
What's crazy to me is that when I became a bloody finger for Mohg, I'd thought it be cool to put his symbol on my character's forehead! Kinda like a Majin style thing. Seeing this, I'm blown away that's actually the original bloody finger style for NPCs. Super cool!
"The knights of the Great Jar seem to be able to copy random players instead of using presets." That explains why all 3 of my most recent fights were all using RoB katana!
It makes sense that Vyke’s body wasn’t burnt. The Three Fingers grasped his armor, not his naked body, like they did with the player. You can see the his armor melted with the impression of the fingers.
That's so cool how Errant sorcerer Wilhelm looks exactly like his mask. If only they had given him the blindfold to match it exactly. I love these videos!
For me,all of this faces represent the lore of every one of them,like the brute faces some of them have because they wear heavy armor,or the old and very pale skin the mages have.This game is full of details and I absolutely love it
It's cool that this face data helps reveal the lore in customization options. The Bloody Fingers all wearing that mark in red helped me to realize it's a symbol for Mohg's trident.
I think it's the other way around, all groups of spells have different symbols: gravitt spells have a symbol that can be seen engraved on Radahn's swords, glintstone sorceries have the same symbol as the ones at Raya Lucaria's gates, Erdtree incantations have the erdtree symbol, and blood spells have that pointy symbol. It's nice to see those kinds of details
I'm really impressed by the thought that went into a lot of these characters. Many of them really look like they fit their role or appearance. For me, Errant Sorcerer Wilhelm (3:36) really jumped out. He looks similar-ish to his helmet and very obviously was designed by someone with a clear intent. Not as many placeholder/low effort faces as previous Souls NPCs.
Watching this video I realized Henricus is a Recusant, not a Bloody Finger - which means the Volcano Manor had a hit out on you before you joined. BUT ALSO he's wearing the armor of Gideon's servants, this along with the fact you can find that armor in Rykard's boss room, seem to imply that Gideon was very interested in infiltrating the Recusants - perhaps he thought they were the biggest threat to Marika (before your character comes along).
You find the armour in Rykard's room, on a corpse. Henricus completed the Volcano Manor quest line on behalf of Gideon and was devoured for his troubles.
I'd like to think that part of the lore for that was he wanted to cool and experienced, so he started calling himself "old knight" in the hopes that people would think he'd been around for a long time and was a very seasoned warrior.
This just shows us how much love developers put into the game. Knowing that the face wont even be visible, yet still making unique face looks is just awesome. For example Tragoth fits his style quite well. If this was an EA title they would all have a same face or no face at all…
There's always something intimidating how their armour or clothing has a personality of it's own, that, when you take them off, it shows the human behind and I have a particular conflicting feeling when I put a face to the armour Maybe thats just me
Its really... Unnerving to me. Maybe its how they sorta, breathe, in the character creator. Or maybe its just how harrowed and ragged they look unmasked.
Vyke is one of my favorite characters in the lore. A hero who fell, and nobody knows why. Lansseax's favored knight, the only Tarnished before the player character to come close to becoming the Elden Lord. Suffering from the madness, locked up in an Evergaol. One thing I found interesting is the fact that, in Vyke's Evergaol, he's using his spear but is able to cast Vyke's Dragonbolt on it, which enchants it with lightning. Only, Vyke's spear that the player can attain isn't able to be enchanted at all. Did something change about Vyke as he waited in the Evergaol? I say all this because I'm glad that Vyke's face looks somewhat noble. Adds to his character, I think.
I’ve heard theories that the Vyke in the evergaol is when he was at his prime using lighting, because there’s another vyke that invades you that uses frenzy flame incantations not the lighting moves.
it makes sense since he's literally the player but instead of becoming lord he failed. you should look up a lore video of him. he was the main character before us but due to the frenzied flame consuming him and turning him mad because he couldn't save his maiden.
Great Horned Tragoth is the unsung hero of Elden Ring. My man just likes helping out Tarnished in need, and in most of his summons he does a little casual greeting at you too.
Bless you for putting all the values up Zullie. I really struggle with the fine tuning of character creation, but with this as a reference I think I might make something that looks less off.
I didn't actually expect Vyke to have the burnt body, cause the burns are on his armor. I assumed that's part of why he failed to be the Lord of Chaos. He toucha dah fingies wrong.
Given the cut content about Vyke's maiden trying to burn herself at the smouldering church, Anastasia's burned face makes it seem like she might actually be a later version of that finger maiden, driven mad by Vyke.
I can't believe this didn't have more upvotes. I was looking to see if others had thought of this and your comment was all I could find. As a small correction it's Bernahl's maiden, but I know that's what you meant.
I've always really appreciated the fact that Fromsoft actually detailed the faces of their NPCs like this, even if they're under a helmet and 99.999% of players will never see them
Thanks so much for putting this together! I think it's notable that a lot of the female NPCs have the same face shape: a very thin, straight line of a nose, no chin, a tiny and downward-sloping mouth. Even though their hair, blemishes and marks, and armor differentiate and characterize them, there's noticeably more variety in male NPC faces than female.
Seeing these faces makes me think of how little time I spend in the character creator. I need to experiment with it more and these faces will make excellent bases to work from. Thank you for making these showcases!
once you come to something acceptable in your eyes I suggest you zoom out, take two minutes and then look at the face again. If you like it - go with it, and if not - try the similar face feature.
2:32 I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
Eleonora lacking the tattoo makes some sense...from yura's dying dialogue it really sounds like he originally knew her. She may only be masquerading the role.
@@NenaWednesdays you could mix match maybe, this game doesn't seem as good for mix matching though at least for armor, the shades of metal are really different between sets
The tattoos held by the bloody fingers not being on Elenora may be proof that she grew corrupted by draconic power as opposed to Mohg’s and is only called a bloody finger for her killing spree rather than being an actual devotee of Mohg. It would explain why Yura warns against draconic power.
Now with the DLC lore, we know she was a drake hunter knight raised to hunt Bayle who joined Mogh. Possibly she was one of the first to join him as she, Ansbach and Esgar all lack the tattoo.
Man, the detail with Vyke is great. The grey part on the left of his face is because of his melted armor. It seeped into his skin which is pretty uncomforting to think about.
This is so cool. I love how they took the time to design faces for characters that we'll never see the faces of. Really makes them feel like part of the world.
Makes me happy how unique all the faces of npcs are in Elden Ring, even if it is a detail that most players won't ever see it makes the characters feel more thought out and interesting.
Bonfire VN has two or so videos of this, but I really hope Zullie sees this too. Fromsoft has always had amazing designs, but this game has some of the best, in my opinion.
@@extremelyboredtatsumaki.495 While I cant tell for sure, im pretty sure From's anticheat was replaced with easy anti cheat. Especially since the game just doesnt let you go online if you have mods in any way. A few of my friends have also done stuff like made modified characters for offline use to test stuff like that, and the whole "checking save data for modded data" softban hasnt happened to them since launch. Might just be they're lucky, dunno. Personally I'd like to do stuff offline without getting screwed online but who knows.
Interesting that Okina has a similar hair and beard to Yura. Maybe they’re relatives, or maybe the land of reeds just hasn’t invented the shaving razor yet.
A true samurai of the land of reeds uses his katana to shave. Yura gave up because it's nigh on impossible to get a comfortable shaving grip on Nagakiba, and Okina stopped shaving once his blade became RoB because if he nicks himself even ONCE with that fucking thing it's game over
Vyke doesn’t have the burn marks the player can get, because when he went to accept the fire from the 3 fingers, he wasn’t naked. So it never transferred to his body and instead it messed up his armor. This is probably also why he wasn’t able to succeed in turning the world to chaos
@@Zedzilliot actually I think this why they fingers won’t open the doors to people unless they are naked now. They made the mistake, not Vyke. You can see the burns on Vyke’sv face here- it seems the only finger that really got close to his body was the one around his head, and it just drove him mad Edit: and yes, I realize you were just being snarky. This is more of a follow up for others who might read this.
I love the fact that they put the time into detailing all of the npcs even if most of their faces wont be seen. Not only that but the faces really fit the characters as well. Also never thought i'd be saying this but man eater mildred (anastacia) is pretty cute!
>be me >old knight istvan supervisor >in charge of making sure old knight istvan is, in fact, old >occasionally have to go to him and check if old knight istvan is still old >one day i go to him and old knight istvan is no longer old >the age of the old knight istvan is now young >madness.jpg
So excited to see your videos for Elden Ring Zullie! I've missed your content, but hope you've had a blast exploring all that Elden Ring has to offer! It looks like such a beautiful game... I just want to explore it!!
The expressions on their faces along with the music really dig deep into mystery behind these characters and the feeling of the overall environment of the Lands Between, as well as revealing how the creators were feeling on a given day. Very somber.
@@Ask4This tbf the box art armour user is actually Vyke with the fingerprint armour, Vargram was just used a lot in the marketing. And Vyke got a fair bit of story and context around him.
@@emmanuel5897 for such a powerful knight, Vyke wasn't really handled well in game. I mean his evergaol is called the 'lords contender'. He was very close to becoming the Elden Lord. He even has his own incantation and apparently the dragons loved him. Basically the Artorias of the game, but didn't have any relevance in the main story aside from his obscure descent into madness. He deserves a more prominent presence in the story. I think he would have made a perfect boss gatekeeping the 3 fingers.
@@kazoomer4373 true but I think it was to show how far he had fallen from almost becoming the Elden lord to falling into madness for a potential way to save his maiden he failed to even become the lord of chaos just because he kept his armour on but if we do get a dlc about time travel down the line which I think we might we could have the potential to fight him at his prime or even save him I don’t really know why I think the dlc will be about time travel it just feels like I might also would let us the fight the Demi gods at they prime to
Hey Zullie, thanks again! Now just waiting for the rest of them. You're a treasure. P.S. Tried recreating Vyke, and noticed that the actual tattoo he uses is 3, not 2. Cheers!
Old Knight Istvan can be a friendly NPC summon for a cave/legacy dungeon if you find it early enough in. I can't remember which one, only that it was _extremely_ early in.
Awesome upload on this. SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS FOR THIS ONE: I find the fact that Millicent's sister to all be using some form of eye covering both interesting and tragic in a way. Just as their mother, Malenia before them, the scarlet rot may be more advanced for them. The rot having affected their eyes, and them choosing to use coverings for it. This is the case for the 3/4 of them save for Millicent herself. The scarlet rot has taken her arm but not her eyes yet. So you can actually still see the fiery defiance in them and will to live, to see the quest through. It is a nice touch overall.
0:16 Does anybody else ever feel slightly disappointed when you find out that characters that wear armor like that aren't as fat as the armor they wear?
Looks like a youtuber. I'm not sure whether he looks more like Gino or Mr beast or something, but he does look like a youtuber. Forgot his name though.
Now we have the power to do perfect cosplay invasions, perhaps even so perfect that if enough people do it in locations that make sense, they won't know if it's an npc or a real person, and it'd cause mixed information on stuff like questlines. Yes, this is a suggestion for whoever reads this
I love that you have given us all the customization information, I really hope I see a few of these show up as both co-operators and Invaders and I cant wait to cosplay as some of these
Edit: I made an error with Vyke. His tattoo is 3, not 2. The game starts counting tattoos from 0, but the menu starts counting from 1, so I had to add 1 to every NPC's tattoo value to reflect the difference, and I accidentally missed Vyke.
Fia's Champions are also apparently able to copy random players, but the face used for them appears to just be a generic placeholder instead of having different faces like the Knights of the Great Jar. Unrelated to that, it bears repeating that only NPCs that use the player model have facedata to borrow. Any NPC with a unique character model can't be copied this way, so it's not possible to get the face of characters like Melina, Ranni, or Rennala.
When I first encountered Fia‘s champion I kinda hoped it was a fight were it summoned other players as boss, like in some previous titles.
Despite being humanoid, larger enemies like horse riders or Tree Sentinels typically do not possess a “player model” or face under their helms right?
@@Silver-Spartan Correct, only NPCs that look and behave like the player are using the player model.
Will you be looking at boss models in a similar way? Im very interested to take a closer look at the egg Rennala is holding
@@ZullietheWitch is there face data of Yura Huntw of Bloody fingers?
I guess the devs can also relate to that feeling when you spend 2 hours in the character creation menu but then proceed to put on a closed helmet for the rest of the game.
I put effort in to the face, I'm using that face. I haven't put a helmet on once yet, and I'm on my second character.
@@CiaphasKirby rip damage negation, but I respect the commitment
@@Hustler2_ It wouldn't reduce much damage anyway.
@@Hustler2_ This isn't Dark Souls 3, where the act of leaving an armor slot was an automatic minus to defense on top of the listed stats of the piece. The only defenses you get in Elden Ring are the ones listed on screen. That means not wearing a helmet reduces your damage absorption by, like, 2, instead of 8. If you're really concerned about armor like that, the dragoncrest greatshield talisman on top of heavy armor is going to mean not wearing a helmet drops your damage reduction by less than 10%, so functionally not at all.
But also armor has never been a consideration for me, this is a game about fashion, not stats.
@@CiaphasKirby I mean you could always use the Aristocrate Headband
Me: "Wow, seeing their faces really humanizes these characters for me."
*See Preceptor Mirriam*
Me: "...that fucking bitch."
She looks kinda like Old Toph, in the legend of Korra.
yup
Same feeling, dude
She looks like an old annoying librarian. Which is kinda what her role in the divine tower is lmao
She died in my game because I finished Ranni's quest before speaking to her. So I assumed she was a he. Needless to say I'm surprised!
It makes sense to me that Vyke wouldn't have a burned body. Vyke didn't become a true lord of chaos, because he was wearing his armor when the three fingers embraced him. Hence the melted armor. So he never actually took in the frenzied flame.
Yeah, it makes sense that he's not burnt because his armor is instead, but a couple people specifically asked me if Vyke was burnt, so I thought it would be worth pointing out.
In a way he never got the true power of the 3 fingers and become the chaos lord but he also went crazy after the incident.
@@Dayz3O6 I mean, I would also go crazy if, after a long endevour, I'd lose such power just because I forgot my armor on.
That explains why you have to take your armour of to get in for being the embodiment of chaos the three fingers aren’t the smartest bunch if that was the only reason vyke failed
@@azeria1 I mean to be fair, it’s just a big hand, I doubt they’re very smart
Moongrum looks so noble and proud, definitely did not deserve that push off the elevator ending I gave to his life
He looks like Moistcritikal lmao
that guy had the nerve to keep parrying me so he deserves it, he might be a perfect parryier but he sure as hell isnt smart enough not to jump in the shaft, rest in pieces ya c*nt !
@@daifuku75 people see a man with long hair and a beard and call him moistcritikal. He looks nothing like Charlie lol
I had a funny feeling he had that sort of "Count of Monte Cristo" look to him!
Like a blue eyed shaggy
really surprised to see how much effort was put into the npcs this time around. Really cool stuff.
I have to wonder if somebody at From just really enjoys working with the character creator and makes all these faces, or if it's just part of their process. Maybe they concept characters and put them in-game before they actually give them any purpose? It would then make sense why someone like Vyke has such a perfect face made for them, as whoever made it wasn't sure if Vyke was going to have their helmet removed at some point, be interactable with, etc.
@@dagskooz the same people who modeled the "big chest". He's enjoying it
@@dagskooz It has to be done by someone who really loves making characters.
"This time around"
First From game?
First time huh?
Kinda makes sense that Vyke would be youthful, it also explains a lot about his choices if you think about it. He clearly had a strong sense of duty and good resolve since he was the only other tarnished to almost be Elden Lord, no small feat as we know. But also you could guess he was a noble person, if not in social standing then definitely in character, because he gained the favor of not just any dragon but an ancient dragon of renown and was able to more or less master red lightning meaning he was skilled, disciplined and dedicated. But his main flaw was most likely an innocent one,aka his youth. A veteran wouldn't have grown attached to his maiden, even if he did he would've put duty first and let her sacrifice herself, but Vyke didn't. Again, we don't know if he was manipulated into it by shabriri or the fingers or if he did it to save his maiden because, as often happens with young men, he grew fond of her. Or maybe it was both? When he found out what had to happen he might've searched for alternatives and been an easy target for chaos that way. Not unlike Anakin being manipulated by Sidious because Anakin, too, turned to the dark side out of fear of losing his maiden. Clearly, Vyke wasn't lusting for power(at least, not for intentionally malicious or greedy reasons), after all he had more than enough and ,as far as we know, didn't let it go to his head. He had the skill, will and resolve of a seasoned and honorable soldier, but was still a naive young man at heart. Probably not older than his early twenties, maybe even younger. I see Vyke as being a classic tragic hero. He had all the makings of Elden Lord and all the right stuff to be a great warrior, but his fatal flaw was the same as any other young man's : his heart
You're gonna make me cry
@@SpaceCowboy-gs8mn yeaaahhh I'm really fond of Vyke and wish there had been more on him, he's definitely one of the more tragic characters.
@EclipseWolf oh he's one of my favorite characters too, I tried to be just like him in one of my playthroughs
@@SpaceCowboy-gs8mn saaaaame. Kinda wish his spear did more damage
@@SigismundSonOfDorn all one can do about the spear is max out dexterity and faith for damage scaling
it's funny how all the default face for the players look ugly af, but then the faces of masked npc's are extremely well done.
FromSoft really just wants to make the players work for everything they get
Character creator is Elden Ring's first boss.
@@sabinekine2737 wui copying/pasting comments kid that's all yall do wow do you have 1 original bone in your back? No, probabl- definitely not
That’s why you gotta spend at least 2 hours in character creation to make a superb character 😂
@@ramrodbldm9876 bro you got so mad and for what? 😂
What's crazy to me is that when I became a bloody finger for Mohg, I'd thought it be cool to put his symbol on my character's forehead! Kinda like a Majin style thing. Seeing this, I'm blown away that's actually the original bloody finger style for NPCs. Super cool!
"The knights of the Great Jar seem to be able to copy random players instead of using presets." That explains why all 3 of my most recent fights were all using RoB katana!
If u play offline you get those presets to fight
1:16 Yep, that the "No fun allowed" face i expected from Miriam...
the most annoying enemy NPC in the game, is an old hag. sounds about right
😂. Like an old nun with a ruler 🤣
Dude Vyke is the coolest looking character with and without armor.
Me fighting Vyke: "Okay, try not to be intimidated. Just imagine him in his underwear..."
"OH NO, HE'S HOT!"
Daddy Vyke bout to make you go CRAZY if you catch my drift
LMAOO
You can see why a dragon simped for him. LOL
@@visco6384 EXCUSE ME WHAT??
Degen
It makes sense that Vyke’s body wasn’t burnt. The Three Fingers grasped his armor, not his naked body, like they did with the player. You can see the his armor melted with the impression of the fingers.
I think Eleanora's lack of Tattoo makes sense, based on the crystal she drops, just like you she intends to take down Mohg from the inside.
Absolutely this. The dialogue from Yura indicates some past relationship to her as well. She may not have always been "bad".
@@malpheus4299 could she be the women yura buried away deep in his heart?
@@skinless5136 i think that's most certainly heavily implied throughout Yura's quest
god dman this game is full of hidden details.
@@gregoryhatcher6428 yea I didn’t do yuras quest line till like my 3rd play through
That's so cool how Errant sorcerer Wilhelm looks exactly like his mask. If only they had given him the blindfold to match it exactly.
I love these videos!
For me,all of this faces represent the lore of every one of them,like the brute faces some of them have because they wear heavy armor,or the old and very pale skin the mages have.This game is full of details and I absolutely love it
So why is Old Knight Istvan like 24?
@@StarpunkPrime maybe because he is tarnished? Idk but maybe he woke up just like the others
@@StarpunkPrime he has an excellent skincare routine
Especially the Dung Eater, you can tell he eats poop.
Arganthy especially, the red hair of the giant's curse
Damn no wonder the dragons all got seduced by Vyke.
It's cool that this face data helps reveal the lore in customization options. The Bloody Fingers all wearing that mark in red helped me to realize it's a symbol for Mohg's trident.
Oh, that’s what it is. I thought it was supposed to by a stylized bloody fingertip
I think it's the other way around, all groups of spells have different symbols: gravitt spells have a symbol that can be seen engraved on Radahn's swords, glintstone sorceries have the same symbol as the ones at Raya Lucaria's gates, Erdtree incantations have the erdtree symbol, and blood spells have that pointy symbol. It's nice to see those kinds of details
so THATS how vyke got lanseax simping for him.
I'm really impressed by the thought that went into a lot of these characters. Many of them really look like they fit their role or appearance. For me, Errant Sorcerer Wilhelm (3:36) really jumped out. He looks similar-ish to his helmet and very obviously was designed by someone with a clear intent. Not as many placeholder/low effort faces as previous Souls NPCs.
hes like a blond hagrid
I thought he looked like george r.r. martin ALOT
Reminds me of Santa Claus
Honestly; Bro is damn near beautiful 🤣🤣
Y'all are wrong, Stephen McKinley Henderson is clearly the closest resemblance. He plays Thufir Hawat in the new Dune movie.
Watching this video I realized Henricus is a Recusant, not a Bloody Finger - which means the Volcano Manor had a hit out on you before you joined. BUT ALSO he's wearing the armor of Gideon's servants, this along with the fact you can find that armor in Rykard's boss room, seem to imply that Gideon was very interested in infiltrating the Recusants - perhaps he thought they were the biggest threat to Marika (before your character comes along).
You find the armour in Rykard's room, on a corpse. Henricus completed the Volcano Manor quest line on behalf of Gideon and was devoured for his troubles.
"Old Knight" seems to be the only one not to match his character, non-hostile npcs included
I'd like to think that part of the lore for that was he wanted to cool and experienced, so he started calling himself "old knight" in the hopes that people would think he'd been around for a long time and was a very seasoned warrior.
His armor explicitly states he is in fact old and has been at this for ages
The flow of time is convoluted in the Lands Between
@@Cthululululu can’t bring myself to kill any of them. Much less the Targeth after coming across the armour description.
Maybe he just uses a lot of that soap item you can get in the game.
I feel like Juno Hoslow and old Knight Istvan should have their player models switched. It would fit them a lot better than what they have now.
"Oh no, he's hot!"
--the next time I fight Mad Tongue Alberich
He can take it, is all I'mma say there.
He looks like Alucard and that makes him even hotter
wanna know how he got that nickname?
@@luanandreasSTOP 😭
@@luanandreaslmao
This just shows us how much love developers put into the game. Knowing that the face wont even be visible, yet still making unique face looks is just awesome. For example Tragoth fits his style quite well. If this was an EA title they would all have a same face or no face at all…
There's always something intimidating how their armour or clothing has a personality of it's own, that, when you take them off, it shows the human behind and I have a particular conflicting feeling when I put a face to the armour
Maybe thats just me
Its really... Unnerving to me. Maybe its how they sorta, breathe, in the character creator. Or maybe its just how harrowed and ragged they look unmasked.
@@KokoMakesThings the unnerving is cause they don't blink
Yeah I tend to think of their armour as being who they are, so it's very weird to see them without their armour.
Yeah but then you look at the carian knight and at the raging Wolf and you realize they fit perfectly with their armor
Thats the power of costume.
Vyke is one of my favorite characters in the lore. A hero who fell, and nobody knows why. Lansseax's favored knight, the only Tarnished before the player character to come close to becoming the Elden Lord. Suffering from the madness, locked up in an Evergaol. One thing I found interesting is the fact that, in Vyke's Evergaol, he's using his spear but is able to cast Vyke's Dragonbolt on it, which enchants it with lightning. Only, Vyke's spear that the player can attain isn't able to be enchanted at all. Did something change about Vyke as he waited in the Evergaol?
I say all this because I'm glad that Vyke's face looks somewhat noble. Adds to his character, I think.
I’ve heard theories that the Vyke in the evergaol is when he was at his prime using lighting, because there’s another vyke that invades you that uses frenzy flame incantations not the lighting moves.
Now I'm gonna picture Preceptor Miriam as a senile old librarian who thinks we're trying to sneak in an overdue book so we don't have to pay fees.
mad tongue Alberich lookin like a Griffith under that hat damn
Vyke has gotta be one of the most interesting characters in the game, I hope we can learn more about him
Maybe an Artorias/Old Hunters type DLC where we go into the past and witness his ascent as a lord and fall to the frenzy flame?
it makes sense since he's literally the player but instead of becoming lord he failed. you should look up a lore video of him. he was the main character before us but due to the frenzied flame consuming him and turning him mad because he couldn't save his maiden.
@@retrixed3411 makes sense, he's on the boxart after all
You don't know how much this gave me inspirations and guidelines on making my characters...thank you Zullie!
I love how Great Horned Trogoth looks exactly as I imagined
Great Horned Tragoth is the unsung hero of Elden Ring. My man just likes helping out Tarnished in need, and in most of his summons he does a little casual greeting at you too.
@@Adam-ni6ne I hate patches for trying to get me to kill him
Bless you for putting all the values up Zullie. I really struggle with the fine tuning of character creation, but with this as a reference I think I might make something that looks less off.
I didn't actually expect Vyke to have the burnt body, cause the burns are on his armor. I assumed that's part of why he failed to be the Lord of Chaos. He toucha dah fingies wrong.
guess maybe he didn’t have a maiden to tell him how to do it
-TABLESLAM RUN-
Given the cut content about Vyke's maiden trying to burn herself at the smouldering church, Anastasia's burned face makes it seem like she might actually be a later version of that finger maiden, driven mad by Vyke.
I can't believe this didn't have more upvotes. I was looking to see if others had thought of this and your comment was all I could find. As a small correction it's Bernahl's maiden, but I know that's what you meant.
I've always really appreciated the fact that Fromsoft actually detailed the faces of their NPCs like this, even if they're under a helmet and 99.999% of players will never see them
Thanks so much for putting this together!
I think it's notable that a lot of the female NPCs have the same face shape: a very thin, straight line of a nose, no chin, a tiny and downward-sloping mouth. Even though their hair, blemishes and marks, and armor differentiate and characterize them, there's noticeably more variety in male NPC faces than female.
Seeing these faces makes me think of how little time I spend in the character creator. I need to experiment with it more and these faces will make excellent bases to work from. Thank you for making these showcases!
once you come to something acceptable in your eyes I suggest you zoom out, take two minutes and then look at the face again. If you like it - go with it, and if not - try the similar face feature.
@@feedarman4888 Thank you.
until you make another meme face character xD
@@3CODKing I don't do those. Never have, never will. I'd rather not have my immersion shattered every time I take my helmet off.
@@Cosmic-Sorceress-17 there's something truly magical about playing as a living dorito man
2:32 I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
Eleonora lacking the tattoo makes some sense...from yura's dying dialogue it really sounds like he originally knew her. She may only be masquerading the role.
plus she drops the crystal tear that negates Mohg's blood curse. Evidence that she's not on Mohg's side, but just turnt crazy
“I’m not gay…”
*Glances at unmasked Mad Tongue Alberich*
“BUT…”
Dude actually thank you for letting the commmunity look like the npcs easier than just trying to copy. We love you Zullie, keep up the good work :D
Props for including the settings to make them! thats incredible
I like how you substituted Zullies Set with the Snow Witch set in this game, fits very well considering the origin of the MLGS in this game.
It's almost like that's the only witch outfit in game
@@majora919 you can whip up something custom with one of the other hats. There's a lot of robes at least.
@@NenaWednesdays you could mix match maybe, this game doesn't seem as good for mix matching though at least for armor, the shades of metal are really different between sets
Until she is able to mod the outfit into the game 😅
@@majora919 So we're just gonna ignore Alberich's set, then?
The tattoos held by the bloody fingers not being on Elenora may be proof that she grew corrupted by draconic power as opposed to Mohg’s and is only called a bloody finger for her killing spree rather than being an actual devotee of Mohg. It would explain why Yura warns against draconic power.
Now with the DLC lore, we know she was a drake hunter knight raised to hunt Bayle who joined Mogh. Possibly she was one of the first to join him as she, Ansbach and Esgar all lack the tattoo.
Interesting to me that Old Knight Istvan looks about twenty years old at most. That seems deliberate.
No wonder the sisters wanted to kill millicent. She was the only one with both eyes. 😂
Man, the detail with Vyke is great. The grey part on the left of his face is because of his melted armor.
It seeped into his skin which is pretty uncomforting to think about.
1:54 Vargram looking like an absolute hobo, lol. Definitely fitting of "The Ranging Wolf" moniker.
Btw You get those 3 Knights Great Jar if you play offline since they can’t pull player models
It’s crazy how much more context and storyline it gives just seeing a character’s actual face
Love that you're wearing the snow witch set. The moment I saw Ranni I knew it was made for you.
My favorites are Vargram the technical "poster boy" looking like... that and Wilhelm, who apparently is just wearing a mask of his own face.
This is so cool. I love how they took the time to design faces for characters that we'll never see the faces of. Really makes them feel like part of the world.
“And I would’ve gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you maidenless kids!”
Despite how massive the game is, they still find the time to add little details that 99% of players will never see.
(Encountering Moongrum before Rennala)
"Don't be intimidated, just imagine him in his underwear."
1:46
"Oh no! He's Hot!"
3:37 great to see George RR Martin made it into the game somehow!
They really give thought out identities and personalities in designs we were never meant to see. Incredible.
They knew the data miners were watching. 😆
Makes me happy how unique all the faces of npcs are in Elden Ring, even if it is a detail that most players won't ever see it makes the characters feel more thought out and interesting.
Idk why but Juno Hoslow sharing the same barb as his younger brother is really wholesome for me
I hope you do a close up of bosses! Such as Radahn, never really get a good look at his face in game.
Bonfire VN has two or so videos of this, but I really hope Zullie sees this too. Fromsoft has always had amazing designs, but this game has some of the best, in my opinion.
@@scring713
I’d love mod and try it out myself, but don’t want From’s anti cheat to laser my account into the realm of hackers and cheaters.
@@extremelyboredtatsumaki.495 you can turn it off and turn it on again btw
Hello IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?!
@@extremelyboredtatsumaki.495 While I cant tell for sure, im pretty sure From's anticheat was replaced with easy anti cheat. Especially since the game just doesnt let you go online if you have mods in any way. A few of my friends have also done stuff like made modified characters for offline use to test stuff like that, and the whole "checking save data for modded data" softban hasnt happened to them since launch. Might just be they're lucky, dunno. Personally I'd like to do stuff offline without getting screwed online but who knows.
Thank you so much for this video, I’ve used a few of these for presets to create my own characters and they truly help so much.
Interesting that Okina has a similar hair and beard to Yura. Maybe they’re relatives, or maybe the land of reeds just hasn’t invented the shaving razor yet.
It’d be really interesting to see a DLC involving the Land of Reeds and how the outside world works that’s not in the Lands Between
@@wackywackster114 i feel like if there is a dlc land of reeds is a must for them
@@i-eat-moss the land of reeds dlc actually came out way before elden ring - it’s called Sekiro Shadows Die Twice. I highly recommend you try it.
@@feedarman4888 hey i got footage of me doing inner isshin no hit if you wanna see it ;)
A true samurai of the land of reeds uses his katana to shave. Yura gave up because it's nigh on impossible to get a comfortable shaving grip on Nagakiba, and Okina stopped shaving once his blade became RoB because if he nicks himself even ONCE with that fucking thing it's game over
Moongrum's face is like eerily similar to my face irl and I am now compelled to just make this my character in a new run 😳
Vyke doesn’t have the burn marks the player can get, because when he went to accept the fire from the 3 fingers, he wasn’t naked. So it never transferred to his body and instead it messed up his armor. This is probably also why he wasn’t able to succeed in turning the world to chaos
Shouldve read the signs on the ground
@@Zedzilliot actually I think this why they fingers won’t open the doors to people unless they are naked now. They made the mistake, not Vyke. You can see the burns on Vyke’sv face here- it seems the only finger that really got close to his body was the one around his head, and it just drove him mad
Edit: and yes, I realize you were just being snarky. This is more of a follow up for others who might read this.
SIm isso é verdade
actually, he only did it to spare the life of his maiden. Unclear why he choose to keep the armor though.
Mad tongue alberich looks gorgeous. Like straight up beautiful.
Thanks for including the numbers, now I can finally create a character that wont make my mother cry.
Didn't know that Moongrum was secretly Jesus the whole time!
I love the fact that they put the time into detailing all of the npcs even if most of their faces wont be seen. Not only that but the faces really fit the characters as well. Also never thought i'd be saying this but man eater mildred (anastacia) is pretty cute!
>be me
>old knight istvan supervisor
>in charge of making sure old knight istvan is, in fact, old
>occasionally have to go to him and check if old knight istvan is still old
>one day i go to him and old knight istvan is no longer old
>the age of the old knight istvan is now young
>madness.jpg
Loving how many of their masks look just like their faces
Now my Vyke playthrough can commence great video
I love how your eyes change in this game depending on your alignments. So much attention to detail!
So happy to have new stuff for you and all the other great lore gods to discover 🙏
Where are you now, Lautrec? Worried we’ll all get to see that handsome face of yours?
So excited to see your videos for Elden Ring Zullie! I've missed your content, but hope you've had a blast exploring all that Elden Ring has to offer! It looks like such a beautiful game... I just want to explore it!!
HOLD UP, Mad Tongue Alberich lookin a little pretty. Wondering what that mad tongue can do, ahaha
The expressions on their faces along with the music really dig deep into mystery behind these characters and the feeling of the overall environment of the Lands Between, as well as revealing how the creators were feeling on a given day. Very somber.
Man I wish they did more with Vargram. He shoould have had a questline given his lore
you mean like any of the other box art knight set users?
@@Ask4This yes.
@@Ask4This tbf the box art armour user is actually Vyke with the fingerprint armour, Vargram was just used a lot in the marketing. And Vyke got a fair bit of story and context around him.
@@emmanuel5897 for such a powerful knight, Vyke wasn't really handled well in game. I mean his evergaol is called the 'lords contender'. He was very close to becoming the Elden Lord. He even has his own incantation and apparently the dragons loved him. Basically the Artorias of the game, but didn't have any relevance in the main story aside from his obscure descent into madness. He deserves a more prominent presence in the story. I think he would have made a perfect boss gatekeeping the 3 fingers.
@@kazoomer4373 true but I think it was to show how far he had fallen from almost becoming the Elden lord to falling into madness for a potential way to save his maiden he failed to even become the lord of chaos just because he kept his armour on but if we do get a dlc about time travel down the line which I think we might we could have the potential to fight him at his prime or even save him I don’t really know why I think the dlc will be about time travel it just feels like I might also would let us the fight the Demi gods at they prime to
Thank you so much that Video ist exactly what I need. I didnt think i'll find such a perfect video
Hey Zullie, thanks again! Now just waiting for the rest of them. You're a treasure.
P.S. Tried recreating Vyke, and noticed that the actual tattoo he uses is 3, not 2. Cheers!
Errant Sorcerer Wilhelm looks exactly like I imagined he would.
Gotta say, Old Knight Istvan ain’t looking so old. :)
Old Knight Istvan can be a friendly NPC summon for a cave/legacy dungeon if you find it early enough in. I can't remember which one, only that it was _extremely_ early in.
Demi human chief duo
Old Knight Istvan looks younger than the rest of them lol
Awesome upload on this. SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS FOR THIS ONE:
I find the fact that Millicent's sister to all be using some form of eye covering both interesting and tragic in a way. Just as their mother, Malenia before them, the scarlet rot may be more advanced for them. The rot having affected their eyes, and them choosing to use coverings for it. This is the case for the 3/4 of them save for Millicent herself. The scarlet rot has taken her arm but not her eyes yet. So you can actually still see the fiery defiance in them and will to live, to see the quest through. It is a nice touch overall.
Millicent and her sisters, trying to kill off the mad ones before the flower blooms, makes me think Miyazaki liked his Drakengard 3 playthrough
Why is Alberich so goddamn handsome?
I do appreciate that From Software made customization features free to use anytime, even with names
I hate how human they look, its gonna make fighting them feel so strange in the future.
The faces in this game just look so so cool. They really pulled through on this one
Old Knight Istvan is looking a little more like Applying For College Knight Istvan
0:16 Does anybody else ever feel slightly disappointed when you find out that characters that wear armor like that aren't as fat as the armor they wear?
The fact that these aren't just hollow suits of armor meshes rigged for animation is incredible
so no one is talking about how Errant Sorcerer Wilhelm is just George R. R. Martin
This is so good! It really shows these character’s lives. Moongrum’s my favorite
Looks like a youtuber.
I'm not sure whether he looks more like Gino or Mr beast or something, but he does look like a youtuber. Forgot his name though.
@@gamer_dino69yt it's penguinz0
Now we have the power to do perfect cosplay invasions, perhaps even so perfect that if enough people do it in locations that make sense, they won't know if it's an npc or a real person, and it'd cause mixed information on stuff like questlines.
Yes, this is a suggestion for whoever reads this
Npc impersonator was done in ds3
I love that you have given us all the customization information, I really hope I see a few of these show up as both co-operators and Invaders and I cant wait to cosplay as some of these