Godrick, the Grafted - Elden Ring Boss Lore Explained
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- čas přidán 23. 03. 2022
- Godrick, the Grafted is the first shardbearer and "demigod" that most players will face in Elden Ring. But the many-armed monster is wont to leave players wondering, so this video explains the lore and history of Godrick, who he is and how he came to be in possession of so many limbs.
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He grafts a feeble dragon head onto his arm, which he claims to be an ancient dragon. If you use red dragon lightning in the 2nd phase he takes more damage bc it's a feeble dragon
The guy that plays godrick needs a raise, those lines where he was yelling were delivered SO well lol
I wouldn’t call losing to Malenia humiliating, I lost to her about 50 times.
I think it should be noted that because of Godrick's grafting method, the land behind Stormveil became known as Limgrave as in "Limb's grave" where discarded bodyparts are thrown out, "unfit to graft" according to Godrick.
“This items lets players use FP to mimic nearby object, so he could have used it to Mimic nearby women.” Had me bawling😂😂
The grafting makes way more sense once you know Godrick got wrecked by Melania. Not only did he get carved up, but he might have become fixated on her prosthetics. He turned to grafting to both repair himself and try to find better parts.
a cool detail with godrick is if he kills you during second phase he says "didst thou witness, Godfrey?"
The irony is that Godrick wields perhaps the strongest of the Great Runes, the one that increases all your stats by 5. The rune even is unique in that it symbolizes the "center" of the Elden Ring. The cornerstone of the rest of the Great Runes.
He was born into a destiny that he would never be able to achieve. Unlike some of the other shardbearers whose glory is behind them, Godrick yearned for glory he never had and never could have gotten. He hesitated even to take the power of the dragon (only doing so in the heat of battle after already being injured), but once he gets that power he calls upon his ancestors to BEAR WITNESS, feeling in that moment that he had finally lived up to them. Unfortunately, he was in battle with the next Elden Lord, and so, again, he never had a chance of achieving that destiny he felt was his. Call him weak, call him craven, call him a monster, but he only did what he could to live up to the standards that were set for him.
melania... i thought it was malenia
"He insulted Malenia, lost to her in battle..."
“ he hid from radahn “
I remember seeing the Godrick scene in the Elden Ring trailers and thinking he was gonna be like the final boss. Now 50 hours into the game, he seems so easy in hindsight.
I think the concept of Godrick being "weak" is more about driving home just how much of a world of fantasy the Lands Between are. Beyond being a spectacular boss, the principle of grafting is so terrifying powerful, similar to the ants in HunterXHunter for example, something that has a whiff of "the ultimate power" you know, being able to endlessly expand and absorb other lifeforms. His theme is incredible as well.
I think out of all the Demigods, he has possibly the greatest potential to BE the strongest. He could graft a Dragons head, albeit a weak one, instantly.
Hoping for lore on Margit and the other Omens.
Something I think is interesting is that, arguably, you could claim that during the Shattering Godrick was one of, if not THE most brave and cunning, or at the very least there's a case to be made that cowardice and cunning aren't so diffrent until after the fact, and that arrogance can be a bravery all on its own.
I feel bd for Godrick , seems like he was born lesser/weak compared to his kin cause hes not a direct descendant of the golden lineage, so most of his siblings would surpass him just from birthright alone. He probably feels like he was born as the runt of the family which kinda sucks just simply due to birth right , its no wonder why hes so cowardly: hes probably been scared all his life due to the fact that he probably cant defend himself should one of his own "kin" attack him. The cirumstances of his birth were unfair and its probably why he turned into such a depraved anus.
Great that you mentioned Godefroy. My interpretation was that Godrick is so pathetic that he couldn't come up with his own technique so he took it from an ancestor. Godefroy was sent to jail and shunned from the rest of the lineage. Scratched out from history, so we never hear about him. Shunned from either taking part in some prior rebellion or because he was grafting. Maybe he was part of whatever Rykard did before leaving to Volcano Manor?
I feel bad for godrick, at the end of the day it was the pressure of having to live up to his name that drove him pretty much to madness