What is the Scadutree?? - Elden Ring SOTE DLC Lore

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I’m on shrooms watching this and I have to keep reminding myself that none of this is real

Always the small channels dropping lore bangers

I really like the observation that Miquellas planned new age without agency has him making the same mistakes as Marika when she naively created a world she thought would be utopian, a World without death.

Absolutely stunning depth of analysis. Stratified history is EVERYWHERE in Elden Ring, and it always seems to tell a story, too. Great job in translating that story into something understandable.

Bruv this is by FAR the best lore theory I've seen. This is exceptional stuff.

I thought it was pretty clear that the clan that lost everything in the fire was the Bloodfiends (whatever they were before they were Bloodfiends, anyway) and the outter god they communed with was the formless mother.

the play between light and dark in this dlc is fantastic. i think marika taking the golden threads (grace/light/gold) out of the godskin serpent (perhaps a constructed vessel for the serpent god eiglay) is echoed well in messmer’s referral to the abyssal serpent as “shorn of light”

great video! 11:48 I interpret "normalized" a bit differently. I see it as normalization in a mathematical or statistical sense, rather than a social one. Normalized as in the transformation of something into a normal or regular form. That is, a "normalized" current of the Crucible would refer to harnessing the raw and uneven power of the Crucible of all life into something understandable, useful, and castable.

Ignoring the absurd amount of still wet from blood corpses of hornsent at the time of her interaction with the gate... is a .. choice

I have watched years of lore videos surrounding all of Miyazaki’s games and this is by far the most interesting and convincing explanation I’ve heard. Truly a joy to listen to.

i have head cannon that marika is a somewhat akin to a jar. a true saint, almost like a self fulfilling prophecy for the hornsent. killing shamans to create a saint (the seduction), to steal their godhood and ascend herself (the betrayal).

The parallels between what happens at the gate of divinity and Berserk’s eclipse is striking. The big sacrifice required to ascend, even the fact that this is used to communicate with outer gods echoes a cut chapter of Berserk when griffith ascends. We kbow miyazaki loves some good old Berserk

The snake skin in the shaman village could be a clue that the serpent gloam eyed queen survived, but only because , as Rykard says, “ a serpent never dies” but by the time she could recover, Marika had usurped the god position. Therefor, the now demoted serpent, retreats deep into the mountains, where it is later discovered, by Rykard himself. The serpent , eager for revenge, devours Rykard for a shard of the grace it was robbed of. The hornsent people have the incantation of the skulls above their head, (forgot its name atm) much like Rykard has although an evolved blasphemous version. Holy shit.

My vague theory is that Marika has seduced outer gods and used her children in which to seal them as a way of conjoining that opposing force with her golden order. messmer has the snake god, Melina has the gloam-eyed queen, Melina the rot god and so on. The Scadutree being the actual shadow of the erdtree also sets up an interesting parallel with empyreans apparently being given a shadow or half-brother that I haven't heard anyone talking about

Something to point out about the great fires and charred tower mentioned, I believe it is the furnace visage that mentions the fire giants haunt the hornsent

Yet another lore banger coming from the soulsborne philospher! You put a ton of work into this and it shows. The storytelling is top tier and your perspective is really enlightening and refreshing. I'm excited for more to come!

I'm pretty sure the Talisman was about the Bloodfiend tribe and their descent into worshipping the Formless Mother. Messmer burned their villages, and during a moment where they would venerate and grieve for their dead, they instead saw Mother of Truth

Another Lore Banger from the man Prof! Keep up the amazing content!!

Brilliantly and thoughtfully written analysis. Well done and keep those videos coming!