Elden Ring Lore | Queen Marika and the Erdtree

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Queen Marika is the singular most important character in the entire game and despite that she remains an enigma. So too is the Erdtree central to the story, and yet it's nature still alludes us, so join me this week as we try to unpack these subjects. Editor: Creators Studio - https://creatorsstudio.co.uk/ Intro: 0:00 Red Gold and Prehistory: 3:37 Pre Erdtree Timeline: 14:26 What is the Erdtree?: 23:49 Queen Marika the Eternal: 44:14 The Age of Plenty: 1:00:45 The Immortal Rebis: 1:07:52 Marika the Numen: 1:21:51 Marika the Martyr: 1:33:12 This is an extremely expansive video that not only looks at Marika and the Erdtree but also covers the following subjects: The Crucible, The Misbegotten, The Age of Plenty, The Golden Order, Destined Death, The Night of the Black Knives, Godwyn, Those who Live in Death, Empyrean, The Greattree, Leyndell, The Age of Dragons, The Golden Lineage, The War of the Giants and More! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REFERENCES Last Protagonist' Seminal Crucible/Greattree Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNe8EtddkS8 Quelaag Re Erdtree and Farum Azula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jmjMMyvlL4&t=667s Eredin Re Environmental Observations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhr52DYafxQ&list=PLQAecmJi6hkJpPI44S-CjaLra3HamaEdK&index=1&t=675s Sekiro Dubi Re Erdtree Observations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PF0TxZMwCE&t=7s Ashen Hollow on Marika: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2vGwTzv89k Ziostorm Re Mushroom Imagery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l60vwqf9Gk&t=466s Post on Marika by u/Haahhh: https://www.reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/uzo0y6/the_symbolism_of_marika_what_the_elden_ring_does/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CREDITS Marika Voice Actor - Joyh97: https://www.fiverr.com/joyh97?source=gig_page&gigs=slug%3Ado-british-voice-over-narration%2Cpckg_id%3A1 Commission Thumbnail art by the incredible Shimhaq: https://twitter.com/shimhaq Big Thanks to Last Protagonist for his fantastic videos and translations provided: https://www.youtube.com/c/LastProtago... Thumbnail layout by BrightSparkIV: https://www.twitch.tv/brightsparkiv Please subscribe for more future Elden Ring Lore content! Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SmoughTown Images used from Fextralife Wiki: https://eldenring.wiki.fextralife.com... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Soundtrack is Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Sekiro and Elden Ring I do not own the rights to Elden Ring, all rights to FromSoftware #eldenring #marika #erdtree