I gotta speed run my 3rd play through.

I posted my struggle in here before 😔

what build so I do? I don't want to do any magic, bleed, or anything op

was thinking like a strength build, but not sure what to split it with

maybe try one with the claw weapons idk

No chance

Hear me out

Maybe radagon was the final boss for the golden side of Elden Ring and Marika will be final boss of shadowlands

Still would love to fighr Godwyn

Definitely Marika's sexy ass as the final boss

Does this not look JUST like St. Trina's Lily?

Yeah? Miquella is St. Trina

I know dude! It's just crazy how well the visuals tie together, were we previously aware that Miquella seems to have died by drowning?

was Miquella one of the kids she threw in the sewer

i really need to brush up on Elden Ring lore

reddit.com/r/Eldenring/comments/1cxa9cj/marika_made_the_erdtree_from_a_mountain_of

So messmer is probably the son of Marika and whoever she then betrayed, and not necessarily Marika and radagon's, so he might as well be her firstborn, forgotten by people just like another firstborn from another miyazaki series.
And the trailer confirms his role - the tyrant of the realm of shadow, tasked with keeping things clear in her absence and to let nothing leak out of it.
Now the question of why miquella wants to save these people arises. I wonder if its truly just benevolence or something else. Same question could be asked in base game, like why did he favor the unwanted (omens, albinaurics, etc) specifically. Could be a Griffith - Falconia situation

Little did we know Marika was griffith all along

Ay I already beat the game im not a noob

Beast mode

Was all this story in the game? I don't recall anything and I'm near the end. How did I miss this stuff??

It’s so difficult to understand bra lol, I still don’t understand some stuff

It's a lot more vast compared to the other From games. This s*** is like the Illiad or something.

A lot of my speculations in that post are based on the Shadow of the Erdtree trailer, aside from the last part on miquella. But if you're afraid you might have missed parts of the story then you probably did lol. Assuming you dont know, from is known to tell their stories through npc dialogues, item descriptions and enviromental storytelling in addition to the more traditional cutscenes. If you knew all that already, then you should watch some videos that recap the known info and piece together what we know or get back to reading some item descriptions if thats your thing!!
I'm sure it'll make the DLC more cathartic, since we're going to learn about how Marika became a goddess and how the Erdtree and Golden order were born

Going in blind

I’m sure the trailer is hard tho

I mean it’s mostly cutscenes that won’t be in the game lol

I have so many questions, only one month to go

Yeah I paid no attention to item descriptions and the NPC dialogue felt too vague so I'd just filter through it not meaning much. I'll definitely check out the stuff now though