I feel like lorewise the erdtree is more like the weirwoods but more active. They grant an afterlife to their followers through a tyrannical exchange (the northmen used to sacrifice people, the erdtree worshippers became brutal fascistic fundamentalists). It belies a great power beyond humam understanding and is ancient beyond recognition. The trees themselves percieve time differently. I hope one day someone puts on the tinfoil hat n looks at possible connections w n lore implications for martins work
🤘 George's work is all through elden ring, loads of his sci-fi writing was used. He writes about malevolent hivemind entities that fool people into sacrificing themselves and their children through endless war in exchange for the idea of an afterlife etc. Pretty sure the snowwitch who taught Ranni if a reference to one of his short stories Bitterblooms.
That would require Martin finishing the books, and most of the books have given up hope on that. We can't use the show as a solid reference because Martin gave up a lot of creative control, especially after the show passed what the books covered. Even the early seasons had tons of changes. If you've never seen it, check the video Martin Please Write Like the Wind. I first saw it probably 10+ years ago.
You seem a lot more comfortable making these dry ass jokes now, I love it. sets you aside from the 'amateur voice actor effect' that these games seem to inspire in their content creators ahaha
@@TheHonoredMadman Nowhere in the game or in the items description it says it is a sentient suit tho. Not saying that we can't theorize that, but assuming it is a just a sentient suit and that the npc underneath (which was made with details) is just for gameplay purposes, is nothing more than assumptions. The sameway we can theorize it is a sentient suit, we can theorize it was an armor forged with someone's else skeleton and someone is wearing it
Lol the only thing in game we know about ensha is that he's gideons henchmen and apparently he's wearing his own bones? Most of my videos at the end of the day are just assumptions.
Since it was mentioned, there is a fantastic Berserk "summary" series being done by a channel called Thealmightyloli, its a passion project for the guy as he goes beat by beat recounting the series from the beginning to the end. He just released a combined video of all the parts but it is absolutely massive as he goes decently into detail to help describe whats going on. Fair warning, even the singular parts are very long with the current combined video sitting at just shy of 18 hours, but if you want a near perfect detail recounting of all of Berserk then this is it. Just thought I should throw that out there for anyone looking to understand or refresh themselves on the story of Berserk. Anyway, excellent video as always, keep up the good work.
Honestly ur probably one of the best Elden Ring lore guys out there cuz you actually go through with covering everything lol instead of just brushing over things.
Another great lore video. Love how you lay the theories out in a row, kind of acts like the "blind men and the elephant" effect, puzzlepieceing it all together.
I figured Ensha is a lord hunter and his armor is basically trophy armor proving hes killed golden lineage lords. If Gideon doesn't want anyone to be elden lord, it sort of makes sense if he tasked someone with picking off Godfreys descendants. We dont know what Gideon was up to pre banishment, but it seems he had some sort of following. I dont think you're supposed to read into ensha so much, just that hes loyal to gideon and he has killed lords and hes capable of killing you.
Honestly Patches clears things with his initial dialogue, he says "everywhere he goes it's all the same" meaning the only connection between the games is the "universe" but still separate.
Your content is perfect, your humour is perfect, your cadence and delivery are perfect and the lore is both deep but open enough. I was addicted since the first video I saw and I spam the reload button to see when you upload more. RE. Skull Knight - it is stated that he bled his last drop of blood into the berserker armour. The armour keeps you fighting but it damages your body while it does so, like protruding spikes through your body when your bones break and drinking your blood when you bleed. Now it is implied that he died, but I think it means something slightly different. His normal human body could no longer live without the armour, but he was not yet actually dead. I think his less than living body/spirit was bound to the new armour that he has and it similarly sustains him, but the new armour lacks the old ones menacing spirit that threatens to take over. I do not think that what dwells in the armour is some leftover of Skully, his rage, rather his spirit was consumed by the rage that naturally dwells in the berserker armour and it rubbed off on him. Or to live in his new armour he needed a binding power strong enough to remain on "this side" so it is his rage against void, his betrayer that keeps him going. It is said there is something "elf-like" in Skully. Maybe the magic that binds him in place is similar to the elves, OR that it was elf magic that bound him in his current state to remain on this side. Come to think of it he seems to appear at opportune times, almost like he only exists when he is able to fight the God Hand and their servants. In the latest chapter it was implied that he was consumed on some level by his hatred of the GH and what remains of him is his will to fight them, he has become a monster to fight monsters and he is urging Guts not to make the same choice. Guts' girl was saved although she lost her mind, whereas Skully lost his girl and she reincarnated into the Fairy Queen (it's the same person not her daughter, fight me!) Oops, I wrote you an essay, anyway take the beginning of my comment and skip the rest, TL;DR Skull Knight is weird and complex.
@@TheHonoredMadman yeah. Kinda like Marika to the Greater Will I imagine. All speculation of course. But I do think it's interesting that Death is yet another element of life in the Lands Between that the Greater Will and its Order has subverted to its purpose. I like that the secret story of Elden Ring is about how the Greater Will came and kinda took hold of everything to convert it to its Order. The Death Birds are a pretty clear example
I wish there was more backstory on this character other than just being cool AF. And I also think it's funny we basically have three different versions of Guts in this game Maliketh, Blaidd, and the Bloodhound Knights.
You should take a look at Celtic myth for more references, Malenia's whole "severed" schtick is straight out of Celtic mythology, the crossing of a sea of fog too. Ensha is a human under the suit of armour btw, he has gray skin, an old male face but a female body type.
Zullie the Witch did 2 videos on NPCs. Ensha has a male (A) body type. The only thing notable about his appearance is that the color of all parts of his eyes are color 0. He does not have a female body.
Gideon also calls him Ensha, I can’t remember the exact dialogue but I’m positive he refers to him by name. With the armor description saying the bones are Ensha, seems like he’s a walking set of armor. Unless he’s just using the name, but no real way to prove one way or the other. Nice video as always
@@k.duelist4913if you mean the character model under the armor, that could be a limitation set by the game. I don’t know enough about programming to know how easy or not it would be to just make the armor move. If you want to say it’s not for gameplay convenience you have to apply that to everything else, for example, is Miquel just a hand if there’s no physical body inside the egg?
@@TheHonoredMadman to which part? I mean realistically, yes regardless. Could be using the name so we have something to call him, could have a character inside the armor for easy of moving the model. Closest thing to this I can think of is sentinel guardians from dark souls 2, from memory they are literal walking suits of armor. You can’t wear the armor but this idea isn’t new to from
I was always under the assumption that the Ensha mentioned in the armor and the Ensha we meet in-game are two different people. Maybe a descendant or a worshipper taking up the original Ensha's remains and name to continue his legacy or something. I never thought he was an undead suit of armor
Well... to me Ensha is just a "nickname" this character received. As his armor descriptions says: "It is said that the bones belong to an ancient lord - the soulless king. The Lord of the lost and desperate, who was known as Ensha." So, the bones are from a guy named Ensha. Our guy is the silent assassin type, normally not someone who would go telling his name for everyone. He got the Royal Remains Set, became known as Ensha, the entity of his armor, and let this became his "name". He is just a common Tarnished that decided to follow Gideon and after some time achieved the status of "personal bodyguard/henchmen" of Gideon. A man of trust. You can see that Ensha was not someone who took "failling" his assignments and he goes out of his way when you get the object that was his target.
@@TheHonoredMadman I know man... but it's expected to. After all, it's his nickname. The Old Finger Lady in the bridge that gives passage to Liurnia called him the 'all-hearing'. It's a very charming name for a man whose job is worling as a recon for the All-Knowing. Just saying that he being called Ensha due to using the armor made with the remains of some deity called Ensha, doesn't mean HE IS ENSHA. Just the same when we, Tarnished, uses the Royal Remains Set or any other set. Do we become the previous wearer or just some Tarnished dons the armor of a late warrior? If I put a Hoslow Set, does this make me Juno Hoslow? No.. the same with Ensha.
Your video style, awesome intro and many other channels have inspired me to record my first lore rant later today and im going to list you along with a plethora of channels of where I sourced the ideas and understandings from
You know who else is soulless? Boc, after his rebirth. I was just watching a vid about Boc's quest walkthrough and suddenly realised the misbegotten could cast the same magic as the mimic's veil (turning Boc into a tree at the start of his quest), the veil had belonged to Marika before Godrick stole it. This made me think whether Boc's quest was a window into Radagon's actual conception (Marika; misbegotten/demi-humans; Red wolves; Radagon). Somehow any lesser being that used the rune of rebirth to transform would form a soulless body that would die before long, unless there was somebody with the means to separate out their own souls to possess the body, like Gowry with pests, or the Greater Will?
yeah, especially when considering the looks of other npcs whose faces we don get to see it seems like it would have to intentional but who knows. i agree tho i totally forgot what the face he had was
I think all the Tarnished are kin to Godfrey, at the very least. It mentions he took his "tribe" when he left, and I think that's who we're all supposed to be.
Thats what makes the Godfrey fight so badass. He knows how hard you've fought and how far you come and that you both stand in the way of each other. Its a respect that no other boss in the game shows. Even in death he can only grant us his final favor.
I am very very happy to see back to scheduled programming, but for future reference please take your time and don't worry.. I'ma be here for the uploads dude technical difficulties happen.. looking forward to more juicy tidbits, I watch so much of this game it is disgusting.. and you make some of the most interesting content yet... Take your time!!
I can give you a theory, marika is an empyrean, consorts of the gods. It is said empyreans are to have gray hardended skin similar to that of stone mosaics. at the character customization screen one of the choices of race is empyrean. They were bestowed to the lands between by the greater will, marika being their queen. Being the creation of a god they are immortal beings. When an empyrean dies their body takes a long time to fully degrade like stone. Marika has been dead in the erdtree for many of years and with a stake bearing the rune of death speared into her chest it makes sense that she’s dead. When we fight radagon/marika the reason they are alive and fighting is because their corpse was reanimated by the elden beast.
Ensha was a nobody, when he attacked me out of what I thought was random in round table hold I doinked his ass quicker than those storm knights. He wasn’t powerful enough to be anything special. Love your vids by the way keep ‘em comin!
This is a from software game and no matter what they will always reference one another. After all repetition is a big part of the soul series, so it’s to be expected that you’ll eventually meet people you met before or items you’ve used in other souls games.🐱
Is there any possibility that Ensha is actually a puppet and thats why hes described as soulless? Gideon once had a relationship with Seluvis and it doesn't seem it was always bad. Plus Gideon expresses interesting in having Seluvis' potion that makes puppets out of people if you don't give it to Nepheli or Dung Eater, and what else would he use it for but to make another servant for himself?
thats a great fucking take man. him and seluvis had a falling out over dolores being turned into a puppet, but youre probably right, he doesnt speak, he does gideons bidding, it would make the most sense for him to be a puppet. im kicking myself over missing that connection
@@TheHonoredMadman you’re all good, one never knows until they are informed. I’ve been into berserk for awhile now so I’m glad you made the call back to one of my favorite characters! Like I said keep up the good work and I can’t wait to see some more content from ya down the way!
@@TheHonoredMadman the question then is, did Selivus teach Gideon on how to make puppets and if so did Gideon turn Ensha into a puppet or did Selivus give it to him?
I remember running into Ensha. I had just cleared the albinauric village and warped to the roundtable hold. I checked my phone while the screen loaded, and got distracted. he must've gotten gotten at least 5 clean hits on me before I was able to react and pick up the controller. if you die to ensha, what are you doing?
Lol I remember this guy I had just ported back from the village to the round table with the halig seal and went afk to make lunch and when I can back I was dead and confused af
Thanks for the video! And how about when he breaks the hold's cerenity or something and invades you in it? What stopped dung eater from doing the same?
@@TheHonoredMadman that's so cool isn't it! That thought never even crossed my mind, you really are gifted in this lore thing 😁 but idk if that's the case exactly, since even dung eater basically invaded us but didn't attack us, was it because he couldn't or just didn't want to? Maybe he has some morals/respect towards some things after all lol also i wonder why the hold where ensha invades us is different, maybe some time manipulation thing? Thanks for sharing your thoughts anyway!
@@TheHonoredMadman Gideon's memory of lost grace, Gideon's peace-field. Gideon's servant. Meanwhile Gideon: "Oh Ensha acted on his own. Unrelated question: what is plausible deniability?"
you know its funny i didnt even think of it because i was thinking of mea culpa from the blasphemous metroidvania game but youre right, its the sword that looks closest to it out of all the ones i was considering, i almost used the banished knight greatsword but it didnt look metal enough imo
oof that spoil on Benjen Stark for those of us who only read the books came out of nowhere. Hopefully I'll forget about it by the time GRRM get off his ass and publishes the next book lol.
It's very strange to me that people take the kinds of things that have been understood as Easter eggs/references within games for years and years and try to insist that they are actual connective tissue. Sometimes a creative team may want to give a nod at their earlier work, give a wink to those who get the reference, and move on. Like it can be fun to think about "ooh, what if they were connected," but you can easily do that without trying to assert it as fact. Or even the "idk, maybe they are, maybe they aren't connected" crowd who tries to assert that both positions are equally unsupported by the various texts.
Also much like Vyke hes actually lying in the bottom left of the title screen. This might imply that a significant portion of his content was cut, much like Vykes.
I know I posted my criticism today and this video came out before I even said anything, but this voice-over is much better. Your sentences do get a little rambly, but this is leagues above the primal current video. Keep up the good work my guy
yeah im a work in progress, pretty much learning it all as i go (not an excuse, i know) but thanks man im annoyed at how parts of the sellen video came out myself, part of a sentence got clipped, and the music is way too loud and it bums me out cuz i stand by alot of what i said in the vide but i may cover the topic again but attempt to do it better, either way i appreciate the feedback and criticisms man its the only way i can improve
@@TheHonoredMadman Ahh sweet guess I haven’t actually worn Rmans outfit lol and I’m sure I missed That sword too on my first playthrough. Thanks brother!
Great video! I don't think all the IP made by From Soft are connected, if for not other reason than the different partner companies that also have ownership to the various IP. They've built in ways to connect many of them, but I think a lot of it is a combination of fan service and teasing/baiting fans. Two of the most striking examples are the names GodWYN and mohGWYN. Then there's the bells on the Walking Mausoleum that can awaken the dead and the eclipsed sun. But I honestly think all of that is bait.
great vid, i love berserk. i was thinking actually; people criticise the later portions of the manga for turning into a cute loli witch drama thing. however, when you think about it, it seems like Miyazaki actually brought these elements into Elden Ring, what with Ranni and Renna and Raya Lucaria and all that stuff. also bonewheels, everyone's favourite enemy, and a cool berserk reference. i was glad when i finally found Elden Ring's version of bonewheels, the red spinning albinauric dudes
"actually every single of aspect of from soft games is taken from berserk, miyazaki and his team ripped the whole thing off theres no such thing as references or homages, they just copied it ." i couldnt even continue with my comment even though i was joking because people actually think like that and i didnt want anyone to think i did hahaha
Okay, so I hear you on the world's not being connected, but I can make the same argument for the exact opposite point in Tarantinos filmography. Throughout multiple films, he's connected his world. And it's all done by vague references. But there are those who refuse to believe they're not seperate works. So Is the world of Nier, and it spans multiple franchises. You probably won't read this, but I think you might just have a personal bias against it. Dark souls 2 and 1 barely had anything to do with each other, especially if you didn't play the dlc for 1.
i think that souls 1-3 is obviously connected 1 is connected to 2 pretty loosely but t3 confirms them to be all connected with the ringed city . and tarantinos films atleast most of them have to be somewhat connected, what with vic and vince vega being brothers. i forget how far apart nier and nier autonoma are but i always saw them as in the same world just far apart on the timeline.
@@TheHonoredMadman but ... I mean, a new age very far removed is exactly what we're talking about here. And in true souls fashion, it's intentionally ambiguous. Also, to the point of the ring city, if you look at it from a timeline perspective, it was not sure whether or not things were even connected up until the very end of the last Dlc of the third game, which was last in the series. The release date being like 6 or seven years from the release of the first game, and like 4 years from the second. The ambiguity was intentionally left there for the better half of a decade. And hell, this game could even be a far flung sequel of Bloodborne because of the presence of outer gods. I'm not saying it is, I'm just saying there's no current lore that can actively deny that. Kinda like the flying spaghetti monster 😂 And for Tarantino movies, most hints are subtle, most often being all connected by a brand of cigarettes. I mean, that's objectively as obscure as dark souls lore.
I think the whole theory on Ensha being a reference to Skull Knight a bit unlikely. For the longest time I wondered why Skull Knight hunted down apostles (the manga's version of demons) and eat their wish granting Beheilts. Then I remembered that only important Beheilts were red and when Skull Knight took the sword out of his mouth, it was red and covered in eyes and thorns. Even though Rykard is a strong link to the Skull Knight, Ensha is more likely another character based on how weak he is. I don't think I've come across anyone whos died from him and that has to be intentional imho
@@TheHonoredMadman yea I think so from lore. Thats why all the tarnished have a drive to come claim the ring. Head Canon: They all have a tiny piece of Godfrey's grace in them.
@@TheHonoredMadman also yea it was never confirmed sadly that Gaiseric is skill knight but its heavily implied and that he wore the berserk armor in his quest with his own companions like the witch etc and ended up almost dying or did die in berserk armor. Void is heavily implied to be the wise sage who became the first of this God current God hand, lots of people wonder if skully killed the others since they say their was always a God hand and void is the oldest of them. The sage sacrificed the entire kingdom he served and then was tortured by for some reason. Explaning Skulls struggle against Void for what feels like forever. Damn that stupid Idol game for making him addicted to it.Berserk such a masterpiece sad it will never be finished.
Fun fact, Ensha actually uses the female body type, his armour still refers to himself as he, and his face just looks like an old man's but he has Body Type B.
@@RobOngrui I just noticed that ensha isn't on every cover, only a few. They def added him in later. Also it's cannon that all the promotional material we see starring Vyke are actually events that happened in game before our return to the lands Between. This means that in order for ensha to be just a shit of armor (since everyone is immortal) ensha has some crazy regenerative ability since he's shown to have died relatively recently.
Just for the record nothing says Ensha was a lord. The bones on his armor belonged to a lord. There’s also nothing that says he’s a sentient suit of armor with nothing inside. Also it was the lord of the lost and desperate, not the lost and damned. A decent video as far as editing and whatnot but the lore just doesn’t really match what you said.
I feel like lorewise the erdtree is more like the weirwoods but more active. They grant an afterlife to their followers through a tyrannical exchange (the northmen used to sacrifice people, the erdtree worshippers became brutal fascistic fundamentalists). It belies a great power beyond humam understanding and is ancient beyond recognition. The trees themselves percieve time differently. I hope one day someone puts on the tinfoil hat n looks at possible connections w n lore implications for martins work
🤘 George's work is all through elden ring, loads of his sci-fi writing was used. He writes about malevolent hivemind entities that fool people into sacrificing themselves and their children through endless war in exchange for the idea of an afterlife etc. Pretty sure the snowwitch who taught Ranni if a reference to one of his short stories Bitterblooms.
I definitely see some connections between the weir woods and the Erdtree. It’s clear Martin likes the idea of tree worship.
@@caitfitz8029 try as I might I just wasn’t able to get into Martin’s sci fi stuff.
@@piercewiederecht5135 I love it 🤘😅
That would require Martin finishing the books, and most of the books have given up hope on that. We can't use the show as a solid reference because Martin gave up a lot of creative control, especially after the show passed what the books covered. Even the early seasons had tons of changes.
If you've never seen it, check the video Martin Please Write Like the Wind. I first saw it probably 10+ years ago.
When you were talking about his name being an anagram of Ashen I fully expected you to call it a reference to the hit indie game Dark Souls 3
Damn missed opportunity on my part lol that would've been hilarious
You seem a lot more comfortable making these dry ass jokes now, I love it. sets you aside from the 'amateur voice actor effect' that these games seem to inspire in their content creators ahaha
Thanks I appreciate it, I feel like I'm getting more comfortable talking on mic now
He’s jojo posing
I immediately thought, "this guy is doing a Dio pose" when I first met him. Then he invaded me and all I could think was "DIOOOOOOOO!!!"
The bones that make the armor are from the original Ensha. The Ensha we fight is not just using the bones from someone else, but also the name
Yeah I'm saying he's a sentient suit of bone armor. I know there's there's npc underneath for gameplay purposes but yeah I know he is ensha
@@TheHonoredMadman Nowhere in the game or in the items description it says it is a sentient suit tho. Not saying that we can't theorize that, but assuming it is a just a sentient suit and that the npc underneath (which was made with details) is just for gameplay purposes, is nothing more than assumptions. The sameway we can theorize it is a sentient suit, we can theorize it was an armor forged with someone's else skeleton and someone is wearing it
Ensha is a tarnished. All tarnished came back to life. Based on his armor description he's literally wearing armor made from his corpse.
@@kingkuder8427 what description exactly are you talking about? and why does he uses the arm as a weapon while still having arms?
Lol the only thing in game we know about ensha is that he's gideons henchmen and apparently he's wearing his own bones? Most of my videos at the end of the day are just assumptions.
Since it was mentioned, there is a fantastic Berserk "summary" series being done by a channel called Thealmightyloli, its a passion project for the guy as he goes beat by beat recounting the series from the beginning to the end. He just released a combined video of all the parts but it is absolutely massive as he goes decently into detail to help describe whats going on. Fair warning, even the singular parts are very long with the current combined video sitting at just shy of 18 hours, but if you want a near perfect detail recounting of all of Berserk then this is it. Just thought I should throw that out there for anyone looking to understand or refresh themselves on the story of Berserk.
Anyway, excellent video as always, keep up the good work.
Honestly ur probably one of the best Elden Ring lore guys out there cuz you actually go through with covering everything lol instead of just brushing over things.
Yes
Another great lore video. Love how you lay the theories out in a row, kind of acts like the "blind men and the elephant" effect, puzzlepieceing it all together.
I figured Ensha is a lord hunter and his armor is basically trophy armor proving hes killed golden lineage lords. If Gideon doesn't want anyone to be elden lord, it sort of makes sense if he tasked someone with picking off Godfreys descendants. We dont know what Gideon was up to pre banishment, but it seems he had some sort of following. I dont think you're supposed to read into ensha so much, just that hes loyal to gideon and he has killed lords and hes capable of killing you.
Honestly Patches clears things with his initial dialogue, he says "everywhere he goes it's all the same" meaning the only connection between the games is the "universe" but still separate.
Your content is perfect, your humour is perfect, your cadence and delivery are perfect and the lore is both deep but open enough. I was addicted since the first video I saw and I spam the reload button to see when you upload more.
RE. Skull Knight - it is stated that he bled his last drop of blood into the berserker armour. The armour keeps you fighting but it damages your body while it does so, like protruding spikes through your body when your bones break and drinking your blood when you bleed. Now it is implied that he died, but I think it means something slightly different. His normal human body could no longer live without the armour, but he was not yet actually dead. I think his less than living body/spirit was bound to the new armour that he has and it similarly sustains him, but the new armour lacks the old ones menacing spirit that threatens to take over. I do not think that what dwells in the armour is some leftover of Skully, his rage, rather his spirit was consumed by the rage that naturally dwells in the berserker armour and it rubbed off on him. Or to live in his new armour he needed a binding power strong enough to remain on "this side" so it is his rage against void, his betrayer that keeps him going. It is said there is something "elf-like" in Skully. Maybe the magic that binds him in place is similar to the elves, OR that it was elf magic that bound him in his current state to remain on this side. Come to think of it he seems to appear at opportune times, almost like he only exists when he is able to fight the God Hand and their servants. In the latest chapter it was implied that he was consumed on some level by his hatred of the GH and what remains of him is his will to fight them, he has become a monster to fight monsters and he is urging Guts not to make the same choice. Guts' girl was saved although she lost her mind, whereas Skully lost his girl and she reincarnated into the Fairy Queen (it's the same person not her daughter, fight me!) Oops, I wrote you an essay, anyway take the beginning of my comment and skip the rest, TL;DR Skull Knight is weird and complex.
edge, lord ahead
Another interesting video, really enjoyed it!
The Lord of the Dead is the Twinbird, or rather she's the chosen representative of an Outer God who managed death
Like a vassal
@@TheHonoredMadman yeah. Kinda like Marika to the Greater Will I imagine. All speculation of course. But I do think it's interesting that Death is yet another element of life in the Lands Between that the Greater Will and its Order has subverted to its purpose. I like that the secret story of Elden Ring is about how the Greater Will came and kinda took hold of everything to convert it to its Order. The Death Birds are a pretty clear example
Kinda makes you look at the Erdtree a little differently. It's like a perversion of nature.
I wish there was more backstory on this character other than just being cool AF. And I also think it's funny we basically have three different versions of Guts in this game Maliketh, Blaidd, and the Bloodhound Knights.
yeah i agree, but someone commmented and said he was gideons puppet and to me that makes the most sense
I am of the belief that Ensha is a puppet that Selivus made for Gideon when he was still part of the Roundtable Hold.
i support this as well. i had completely forgotten about how seluvis and gideon were bffs until dolores got turned into a puppet
You should take a look at Celtic myth for more references, Malenia's whole "severed" schtick is straight out of Celtic mythology, the crossing of a sea of fog too.
Ensha is a human under the suit of armour btw, he has gray skin, an old male face but a female body type.
Ayo?
Zullie the Witch did 2 videos on NPCs. Ensha has a male (A) body type. The only thing notable about his appearance is that the color of all parts of his eyes are color 0. He does not have a female body.
@@rocki_bb well my bad must have read it somewhere and took it for granted
sorry for the misinformation
Gideon also calls him Ensha, I can’t remember the exact dialogue but I’m positive he refers to him by name. With the armor description saying the bones are Ensha, seems like he’s a walking set of armor.
Unless he’s just using the name, but no real way to prove one way or the other.
Nice video as always
But there's a face for Ensha lol.
Could he for gameplay purposes
@@k.duelist4913if you mean the character model under the armor, that could be a limitation set by the game. I don’t know enough about programming to know how easy or not it would be to just make the armor move.
If you want to say it’s not for gameplay convenience you have to apply that to everything else, for example, is Miquel just a hand if there’s no physical body inside the egg?
@@TheHonoredMadman to which part? I mean realistically, yes regardless. Could be using the name so we have something to call him, could have a character inside the armor for easy of moving the model.
Closest thing to this I can think of is sentinel guardians from dark souls 2, from memory they are literal walking suits of armor. You can’t wear the armor but this idea isn’t new to from
I was always under the assumption that the Ensha mentioned in the armor and the Ensha we meet in-game are two different people. Maybe a descendant or a worshipper taking up the original Ensha's remains and name to continue his legacy or something. I never thought he was an undead suit of armor
Yeah he legit could be some dude wearing the real enshas armor, I should've said that in the video but it's totally possible imo
Well... to me Ensha is just a "nickname" this character received. As his armor descriptions says: "It is said that the bones belong to an ancient lord - the soulless king. The Lord of the lost and desperate, who was known as Ensha."
So, the bones are from a guy named Ensha. Our guy is the silent assassin type, normally not someone who would go telling his name for everyone. He got the Royal Remains Set, became known as Ensha, the entity of his armor, and let this became his "name".
He is just a common Tarnished that decided to follow Gideon and after some time achieved the status of "personal bodyguard/henchmen" of Gideon. A man of trust.
You can see that Ensha was not someone who took "failling" his assignments and he goes out of his way when you get the object that was his target.
even gideon calls him this.
@@TheHonoredMadman I know man... but it's expected to. After all, it's his nickname.
The Old Finger Lady in the bridge that gives passage to Liurnia called him the 'all-hearing'. It's a very charming name for a man whose job is worling as a recon for the All-Knowing.
Just saying that he being called Ensha due to using the armor made with the remains of some deity called Ensha, doesn't mean HE IS ENSHA.
Just the same when we, Tarnished, uses the Royal Remains Set or any other set. Do we become the previous wearer or just some Tarnished dons the armor of a late warrior? If I put a Hoslow Set, does this make me Juno Hoslow? No.. the same with Ensha.
Your video style, awesome intro and many other channels have inspired me to record my first lore rant later today and im going to list you along with a plethora of channels of where I sourced the ideas and understandings from
thats dope dude, ill have to give it a watch
that Ashen shoutout was a pleasant surprise
You know who else is soulless? Boc, after his rebirth.
I was just watching a vid about Boc's quest walkthrough and suddenly realised the misbegotten could cast the same magic as the mimic's veil (turning Boc into a tree at the start of his quest), the veil had belonged to Marika before Godrick stole it.
This made me think whether Boc's quest was a window into Radagon's actual conception (Marika; misbegotten/demi-humans; Red wolves; Radagon). Somehow any lesser being that used the rune of rebirth to transform would form a soulless body that would die before long, unless there was somebody with the means to separate out their own souls to possess the body, like Gowry with pests, or the Greater Will?
Dude great catch I always fucking forget about boc he's like the furtive pigmy so easily forgotten
Holy shit, yeah
I hate demi humans so much its unreal. I killed him out of pure disgust.
I think this is my new favorite Channel you do a good job dude
I’m always happy to see a Berserk reference to Anime’s greatest dad, Skull Knight.... who also gives you a jojo pose....
*Causality*
😹😹💕
The only thing is, when you take away his helmet, he’s a Draconian man. The only NPC I can think of who’s of that race. Not some kind of placeholder.
yeah, especially when considering the looks of other npcs whose faces we don get to see it seems like it would have to intentional but who knows. i agree tho i totally forgot what the face he had was
Great stuff man, really been enjoying these more obscure lore videos
Dude I've been sitting playing Elden Ring with your videos playing in my ears for the last 2 hours, I love this shit man.
it was highly implied even in the last chapter that skull knight was in fact gaiserc
Time to use the spikiest sword for a skull Knight cosplay
blasphemous blade looks closest but the sword of milos is a bone
I think all the Tarnished are kin to Godfrey, at the very least. It mentions he took his "tribe" when he left, and I think that's who we're all supposed to be.
Yeah I think so too sorts like Ghengis Kahn, but you right they all left with godfrey except for one boat that never made it
Thats what makes the Godfrey fight so badass. He knows how hard you've fought and how far you come and that you both stand in the way of each other. Its a respect that no other boss in the game shows. Even in death he can only grant us his final favor.
"Warrior blood surely flow in your veins" or something like that is said by Margit, so your theory is plausible
There's a Melina Grace recounting of Marika's words that specifies Godfrey's warriors as those who were sent into exile. You are correct.
I am very very happy to see back to scheduled programming, but for future reference please take your time and don't worry.. I'ma be here for the uploads dude technical difficulties happen.. looking forward to more juicy tidbits, I watch so much of this game it is disgusting.. and you make some of the most interesting content yet... Take your time!!
Your videos a re really improving in quality. Keep up the great work.
Do you have any theories on why Marika seems to be made of stone?
I can give you a theory, marika is an empyrean, consorts of the gods. It is said empyreans are to have gray hardended skin similar to that of stone mosaics. at the character customization screen one of the choices of race is empyrean. They were bestowed to the lands between by the greater will, marika being their queen. Being the creation of a god they are immortal beings. When an empyrean dies their body takes a long time to fully degrade like stone. Marika has been dead in the erdtree for many of years and with a stake bearing the rune of death speared into her chest it makes sense that she’s dead. When we fight radagon/marika the reason they are alive and fighting is because their corpse was reanimated by the elden beast.
@@maniacalmurderer4123 The race is numen, not empyrean
Also Marika isn’t dead, she’s in torment.
She’s serving an unending punishment by the Greater Will for shattering the elden ring
no lover ahead
but be wary of edge
that was mine but I am also partial to “edge, lord!”
Ensha..... IS the secret identity of let me solo her...
Ensha was a nobody, when he attacked me out of what I thought was random in round table hold I doinked his ass quicker than those storm knights. He wasn’t powerful enough to be anything special. Love your vids by the way keep ‘em comin!
Lol
This is a from software game and no matter what they will always reference one another. After all repetition is a big part of the soul series, so it’s to be expected that you’ll eventually meet people you met before or items you’ve used in other souls games.🐱
Is there any possibility that Ensha is actually a puppet and thats why hes described as soulless? Gideon once had a relationship with Seluvis and it doesn't seem it was always bad. Plus Gideon expresses interesting in having Seluvis' potion that makes puppets out of people if you don't give it to Nepheli or Dung Eater, and what else would he use it for but to make another servant for himself?
thats a great fucking take man. him and seluvis had a falling out over dolores being turned into a puppet, but youre probably right, he doesnt speak, he does gideons bidding, it would make the most sense for him to be a puppet. im kicking myself over missing that connection
I could’ve swore It was pronounced Geyser-ic but I could be wrong though 😮💨 good video tho!
youre probably right, i just havent heard it spoken outload before ive only ever read it, so i didnt know how to pronounce it
@@TheHonoredMadman you’re all good, one never knows until they are informed. I’ve been into berserk for awhile now so I’m glad you made the call back to one of my favorite characters! Like I said keep up the good work and I can’t wait to see some more content from ya down the way!
Ensha might be a puppet from Gideon, there is a puppet of a sleep archer that states that Gideon was a friend from Selivus in the past.
Yup they parted way over a female too. That's why gideon is so salty at seluvis
@@TheHonoredMadman the question then is, did Selivus teach Gideon on how to make puppets and if so did Gideon turn Ensha into a puppet or did Selivus give it to him?
I remember running into Ensha. I had just cleared the albinauric village and warped to the roundtable hold. I checked my phone while the screen loaded, and got distracted. he must've gotten gotten at least 5 clean hits on me before I was able to react and pick up the controller. if you die to ensha, what are you doing?
Same exact thing happened to me lol he must've even got his weapon art off on me because I was playing on mute and I still had time to kill him
I knew he attacked you at some point but I still stupidly stood around wondering what happened to the round table hold until he hit me.
I think it's just a Elden Ring-ified spiritual successor to the popular Darkwraith set
I think so too. His weapon even says life drain or lifesteal in the description
He's the edge,lord.
Fun fact: There are also gold-boned skeletons on the Altus Plateau.
is curious that i did a KING GAISERIC build in this game
got to love that shivering Skully skull
Lol I remember this guy I had just ported back from the village to the round table with the halig seal and went afk to make lunch and when I can back I was dead and confused af
Thanks for the video! And how about when he breaks the hold's cerenity or something and invades you in it?
What stopped dung eater from doing the same?
Maybe ensha is older than the roundtable hold and knows how to circumvent the pacification field
@@TheHonoredMadman that's so cool isn't it! That thought never even crossed my mind, you really are gifted in this lore thing 😁 but idk if that's the case exactly, since even dung eater basically invaded us but didn't attack us, was it because he couldn't or just didn't want to? Maybe he has some morals/respect towards some things after all lol also i wonder why the hold where ensha invades us is different, maybe some time manipulation thing?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts anyway!
@@TheHonoredMadman Gideon's memory of lost grace, Gideon's peace-field. Gideon's servant.
Meanwhile Gideon: "Oh Ensha acted on his own. Unrelated question: what is plausible deniability?"
Blasphemous sword is straight up the behelit sword to
you know its funny i didnt even think of it because i was thinking of mea culpa from the blasphemous metroidvania game but youre right, its the sword that looks closest to it out of all the ones i was considering, i almost used the banished knight greatsword but it didnt look metal enough imo
oof that spoil on Benjen Stark for those of us who only read the books came out of nowhere. Hopefully I'll forget about it by the time GRRM get off his ass and publishes the next book lol.
Bold of you to assume the next book will ever be published.
George was tryna to lie and say that he's not benjen in the books but then it's like so where's benjen then lol not like we'll ever know anyway tho
It's very strange to me that people take the kinds of things that have been understood as Easter eggs/references within games for years and years and try to insist that they are actual connective tissue. Sometimes a creative team may want to give a nod at their earlier work, give a wink to those who get the reference, and move on.
Like it can be fun to think about "ooh, what if they were connected," but you can easily do that without trying to assert it as fact. Or even the "idk, maybe they are, maybe they aren't connected" crowd who tries to assert that both positions are equally unsupported by the various texts.
Lol I literally said that in the video about how not everything needs to be a reference lmao
@@TheHonoredMadman yeah I'm saying it's such a strange thing to me
Yeah I don't get it either also my bad if I came off as a prick
@@TheHonoredMadman yeah nw, just agreeing with the point from the vid haha
In the fiirst 2 dark souls you're known as an ashen hollow.
I really struggle with videos like these because they feel unplanned.
It is unplanned
@@TheHonoredMadman would you accept constructive criticism?
what if hes the gloam eyed queens husband
or better yet, a puppet made of her husbands remains
Also much like Vyke hes actually lying in the bottom left of the title screen.
This might imply that a significant portion of his content was cut, much like Vykes.
I know I posted my criticism today and this video came out before I even said anything, but this voice-over is much better. Your sentences do get a little rambly, but this is leagues above the primal current video. Keep up the good work my guy
yeah im a work in progress, pretty much learning it all as i go (not an excuse, i know) but thanks man im annoyed at how parts of the sellen video came out myself, part of a sentence got clipped, and the music is way too loud and it bums me out cuz i stand by alot of what i said in the vide but i may cover the topic again but attempt to do it better, either way i appreciate the feedback and criticisms man its the only way i can improve
@@TheHonoredMadman I'm gonna start dropping videos of my own very soon so im sure ill hit the same footfalls
Now that I think about it, the Elden beast kind of reminds me of the Kundalini
Hey brother on @7:58 What armor piece and Sword is that? Also good job on the vid lol
sword of milos and the chestpiece is radahns but the rest is royal remains
@@TheHonoredMadman Ahh sweet guess I haven’t actually worn Rmans outfit lol and I’m sure I missed That sword too on my first playthrough. Thanks brother!
I feel it dude I missed the sword of night and flame my first playthru haha
Cool lore video on skull knight.
We need some Soulless king DLC, that sounds fucking crazy
I forgot ashen was a game. When you first mentioned the anagram on his name though. I thought of the ashen main character from DS3
Lol yeah that's what I was reading alot that people think he's a ds3 reference
damn i was gonna watch this but then you mentioned beserk and i just started reading it so i dont want to see any spoilers :(
How did you get the bottom robe part with the armor?
good video😳
I've always liked the Dark Armor, and the Royal Remains set is easily my favorite version of that. Even if it turns me into a bismuth boi.
Great video! I don't think all the IP made by From Soft are connected, if for not other reason than the different partner companies that also have ownership to the various IP. They've built in ways to connect many of them, but I think a lot of it is a combination of fan service and teasing/baiting fans. Two of the most striking examples are the names GodWYN and mohGWYN. Then there's the bells on the Walking Mausoleum that can awaken the dead and the eclipsed sun.
But I honestly think all of that is bait.
Where did you get that skirt you paired with the chest piece?
Nox monks
I like to combine Ensha's helmet with Radahn's armor, looks like King Gaiseric
a man of culture
great vid,
i love berserk.
i was thinking actually; people criticise the later portions of the manga for turning into a cute loli witch drama thing. however, when you think about it, it seems like Miyazaki actually brought these elements into Elden Ring, what with Ranni and Renna and Raya Lucaria and all that stuff.
also bonewheels, everyone's favourite enemy, and a cool berserk reference. i was glad when i finally found Elden Ring's version of bonewheels, the red spinning albinauric dudes
Hold up, is this the first berserk reference in the soulsbornekiroring series?
"actually every single of aspect of from soft games is taken from berserk, miyazaki and his team ripped the whole thing off theres no such thing as references or homages, they just copied it ." i couldnt even continue with my comment even though i was joking because people actually think like that and i didnt want anyone to think i did hahaha
It's all a berserk reference.... all of it! The whole damn thing.
Reminds me of the dark knights from ds1, maybe the dark lord mentioned by kaathe
What’s that amazing fashion souls at 3:31
royal remains with nox leggings
Aight. Didn’t know anything about this guy outside of his armor description.
Other than him being a henchmen of gideons there isn't much else to go on unfortunately
1:30 bro I thought I got every armor set…. Where tf those legs from
Nox monks I believe
Being an anagram for ashen is most likely a Easter egg to the player Character being the ashen one
Lol yes that was the joke, but it's my own fault for not making it a good joke
@@TheHonoredMadman ok I'll admit it went right over my head
ran into a few bugs but my fallen order play through a few weeks ago was smooth
i havent played in a very long time but im sure its solid now i honestly might give it a replay before the new one comes out
For me the souls games are all taking place in a different Cycle of the universe.
berserk references are the fuel of gods
After the gta reference, I'm almost sure you're trolling... :P
Yeah you delve unnecessarily deep into "him" buddy!
"when i say bethesda games i mean obsidian games and oblivion" what are you trying to say dude
that i dont care for skyrim or fallout 4 without mods that much
Is it a coincidence that I killed him today and then this awesome video came out
Edge, lord
For how much of a build up Ensha is given in the game he sure is a pushover lol.
lol i know hes ridiculously weak
Nice reference to ashen great game
Okay, so I hear you on the world's not being connected, but I can make the same argument for the exact opposite point in Tarantinos filmography. Throughout multiple films, he's connected his world. And it's all done by vague references. But there are those who refuse to believe they're not seperate works. So Is the world of Nier, and it spans multiple franchises. You probably won't read this, but I think you might just have a personal bias against it.
Dark souls 2 and 1 barely had anything to do with each other, especially if you didn't play the dlc for 1.
i think that souls 1-3 is obviously connected 1 is connected to 2 pretty loosely but t3 confirms them to be all connected with the ringed city . and tarantinos films atleast most of them have to be somewhat connected, what with vic and vince vega being brothers. i forget how far apart nier and nier autonoma are but i always saw them as in the same world just far apart on the timeline.
@@TheHonoredMadman but ... I mean, a new age very far removed is exactly what we're talking about here. And in true souls fashion, it's intentionally ambiguous.
Also, to the point of the ring city, if you look at it from a timeline perspective, it was not sure whether or not things were even connected up until the very end of the last Dlc of the third game, which was last in the series. The release date being like 6 or seven years from the release of the first game, and like 4 years from the second. The ambiguity was intentionally left there for the better half of a decade. And hell, this game could even be a far flung sequel of Bloodborne because of the presence of outer gods. I'm not saying it is, I'm just saying there's no current lore that can actively deny that. Kinda like the flying spaghetti monster 😂
And for Tarantino movies, most hints are subtle, most often being all connected by a brand of cigarettes. I mean, that's objectively as obscure as dark souls lore.
I think the whole theory on Ensha being a reference to Skull Knight a bit unlikely. For the longest time I wondered why Skull Knight hunted down apostles (the manga's version of demons) and eat their wish granting Beheilts. Then I remembered that only important Beheilts were red and when Skull Knight took the sword out of his mouth, it was red and covered in eyes and thorns. Even though Rykard is a strong link to the Skull Knight, Ensha is more likely another character based on how weak he is. I don't think I've come across anyone whos died from him and that has to be intentional imho
Aren't all Tarnished descendants of Godfrey?
I'm pretty sure
@@TheHonoredMadman yea I think so from lore. Thats why all the tarnished have a drive to come claim the ring. Head Canon: They all have a tiny piece of Godfrey's grace in them.
@@TheHonoredMadman also yea it was never confirmed sadly that Gaiseric is skill knight but its heavily implied and that he wore the berserk armor in his quest with his own companions like the witch etc and ended up almost dying or did die in berserk armor. Void is heavily implied to be the wise sage who became the first of this God current God hand, lots of people wonder if skully killed the others since they say their was always a God hand and void is the oldest of them. The sage sacrificed the entire kingdom he served and then was tortured by for some reason. Explaning Skulls struggle against Void for what feels like forever. Damn that stupid Idol game for making him addicted to it.Berserk such a masterpiece sad it will never be finished.
Alot of these cats are not fans man they get the surface level references w berserk only real chads have read the whole series.
I'm quite rusty myself, I've been meaning to go thru the series again.
Not to comment about twilight princess again, but I also think twilight princess looks a lot like elden ring
Fun fact, Ensha actually uses the female body type, his armour still refers to himself as he, and his face just looks like an old man's but he has Body Type B.
thas weird
Ashen Knight reference not Ashen the video game 😂
Lol you get it
"Berserk reference JoJo posting" 🤓
lol jojo fan trying not to mention a jojo reference (impossible)
i love jojos tho
Beware of edge
Lord ahead
Comment for the algorithm.
A King among men
ahhh... edge
lord ahead
I think he is just cut content tbh. Oh. And Ensha IS ON THE COVER OF THE GAME. lol
I thought that was vyke
@@totallywackyweirdcontent1365 look to the left in front of vyke
@@RobOngrui I just noticed that ensha isn't on every cover, only a few. They def added him in later. Also it's cannon that all the promotional material we see starring Vyke are actually events that happened in game before our return to the lands Between. This means that in order for ensha to be just a shit of armor (since everyone is immortal) ensha has some crazy regenerative ability since he's shown to have died relatively recently.
@@totallywackyweirdcontent1365 Ensha is Deadpool. Confirmed
@@RobOngrui makes sense when the armor has a passive health Regen lol
Good but mork work required
Thanks Alva, I'm a fan of your armor
Just for the record nothing says Ensha was a lord. The bones on his armor belonged to a lord. There’s also nothing that says he’s a sentient suit of armor with nothing inside. Also it was the lord of the lost and desperate, not the lost and damned. A decent video as far as editing and whatnot but the lore just doesn’t really match what you said.
Lol because I got one word wrong so I could make a bad gta joke? Lol he's called soulless in his armor description isn't he?
bro put a fucking spoiler warning for berserk
I didn't even think of that my bad dude