Elden Lore To Study and Relax To - Every Tarnished

We're being spoiled lads 🙏

Two words: Foul tarnished.

CHALLENGE/SUGGESTION FOR FUTURE CONTENT

Short version:

A deep dive into ER naming conventions; query: why is it that such a huge ratio of NPCs/characters/enemies/etc. have first names beginning with either "G," "M" or "R" as compared to other character name-groups?

Longer-ish version & some insights for those of ya'll who don't do the TLDR thing:

I have consumed a huge amount of ER YT content by many creators (your channel, while amazing, is very new to me), however, I've never played the game. Souls-games aren't my cup-o-tea, but I very likely will make an exception for this one at some point because RPGs absolutely are my jam, & I think this may be the best ever created.

*disclaimer*: 

this overall question & many of my observations about it are obviously based on spellings I've seen both in-game & on ER's various Wikis; if any of those names are misspelled in the Wikis, or if I am misremembering any of them, some of my observations & insights may not be as accurate.

By my count (a very cursory count, & because I haven't played ER myself, it's a not quite-informed count), ER has 10 characters named with "G" (I'm including Goldmask & the Gleam-Eyed Queen, because I think that's the only way they're identified), 13 with "M," including Millicent's sister Mary, & nine with "R."

The next largest name-groups sorted by first character are around or less than half any of those numbers. I'm certainly not counting titles such as "Sorcerer" or "Sir" or "Preceptor," even though ER's various Wikis inaccurately sort some NPC names by title instead of name.

So, why? Why those three letters so overwhelmingly?

Possible related observations/insights:

Many (most?) "M"-named characters are blood-related);

Not including the Gloam-Eyed Queen, I'm fairly certain all characters with "G" names are biologically male, although that may be just a coincidence because most names beginning with that letter are already masculine; however, I don't think Miyazaki does "coincidence." He seems like a very, very intentional story-teller.

Many, perhaps most, of both "M" & "G" names are strikingly (and confusingly) similar (Millicent-Malenia-Melina-Maliketh-etc). The pattern seems to be "M" followed by a vowel followed by "L." Likewise, there's Godrick-Godwyn-Godfrey-Godefroy-etc.

I'm not so certain I see as many patterns with "R" names, although obviously many characters with "R" names are also blood or marriage-related.

Other probably applicable, related & intertwining themes seem to be mother-offspring relationships (or parent-offspring relationships in general, such as Gowry claiming Millicent as his "daughter" even though obviously she is biologically not), spousal-relationships, & relationships ending with or damaged by or created by very specifically betrayal/manipulation/objectification. An example of that specific betrayal, even with side-quest characters Gowry & Millicent, Gowry encourages our Tarnished to betray & murder Millicent even though Gowry specifically claims Millicent as his daughter. This particular relationship, I think, is also a very pivotal one in that it underlines how important the parent-offspring theme is to Miyazaki because Miyazaki chooses to emphasize that relationship even when two characters are not actually blood-related.

Some things I've wondered:

Given that Fromsoftware is a Japanese studio, & MiyazakiI is obviously Japanese himself, I wonder if this overall question is completely invalid because perhaps the names were all originally written in Japanese, & therefore the spelling & patterns of the English-version names are not as straightforward or applicable at all; obviously I realize that the names are still phonetically the same, but I'm actually very curious, most curious, about why those specific English letters (G, M & R) were chosen. If they weren't the original letters because the original script was written in a non-Latin script alphabet, all bets are off, or rather, maybe the "bet" has changed to some kind of meaning with those phonetic consonant sounds instead of the specific Latin script letters G, M & R.

Also, yah, I'm not certain this question of mine is lore-based at all lol. But y'all rock, I'm very impressed, entertained & informed by your content, & it seems maybe this topic could be up your alley. I'm certain that I've both not noticed & forgotten other likely-related themes & patterns in ER, but I'm also fairly certain that I didn't intend to be writing an essay when I started this comment, &, well...

Hell yeah brother

Loving the RE4 homage there in the thumbnail, I see what you did there

These are my fav!

Okay, but a Moonlight Greatsword with sleep affinity would be so cool

oh lololooo INCREDIBLE

with exams tmrw this video dropped at JUST the right time, 😭🙏

Marika’s tits this video was awesome. Keep it up Stg . Appreciate the videos on sellen and Gideon. So stoked after asking for them . Ur the man

I love your videos to fall asleep to. The content is great and the voice is so soothing! I was super excited when this video dropped. However, I first checked if the dung eater video is in here. I'm a light sleeper and occasionally get nightmares. I've had it with a previous video where the dung eaters screams woke me up in the middle of the night with adrenaline rushing through my body thinking someone was trying to murder me. Now I can't watch videos with dung eater segments to fall asleep to. It might be too much to ask, but for future videos, would it be possible to have a version without the screams? I don't think anybody is going to miss it and I would love to be able to listen to your content to fall asleep again!

Hey square table Gaming, it’s been some time Since your last “lore to relax to” video, so I’m wondering, are you gonna make another video around that length (14~ hours)? Maybe compiled of all your new lore videos?
BTW, thanks for your hard work, and good video!

I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO EXCITED TO SLEEP SINCE I GOT DIVORCED. LETS GOOOOO.

Have you done a video on Torrent?

where is adan theif of fire

Almost an entire work shift to learn about all tarnished

Oh my god please release this in podcast format.

These are so good and I love how you splice in the actual game dialogue while telling the story

ahh yess a new dose of my sleeping pills, somehow just listening everysingle elden lore from you it always triggered a dream, and thank you for that my sleep isnt just blank til morning🙂

Hello my daughter for some reason who is 6 months love your stories and explanation on the Elden ring is soothing to her 😂

“My people!”

I know the title says elden lore to study and relax but i really watch\listen while cooking and cleaning

i still dislike the armor designs and frequency in which you find weapons and sets in this game ... souls did that way better imo...

Bro best nap ever, thanks holy crap….. praise the sun

This is so good man. Luke the time spent making this the chill voice the depth of characters. I love you truly ❤

It really pissed me off there wasn't a way to be knighted by Kenneth and nepheli

Z s as🎉🎉🎉 🎉🎉

Just finished my data and algorithms exam 1 , and guess who has to be up at 5:05 am for work tomorrow 😢

5 hours until the dlc trailer drops…. This will keep me focused on the crown

what is the jumping ice attack ash of war called again?

As a hopeless romantic, finally finding my dream knight lady only for her to become addicted to dragon hearts and sign up to work for a p.edo sounds exactly on brand for how my relationships usually go

Ahh yes found the chanel for me. Thank you!

no way this came up when i wanted it for this exact purpose

Favorite series

Great work! I hope you continue this for Shadow of the Erdtree

Part of me wants this made into a game of thrones type series. But knowing how the witcher turned out the thought is also terrifying!

The thumbnail looks like Death Must Die art kinda

While y’all fall at sleep…. I’m on my 10th game plus of my 10th character while I watch this ! 😤

excellent video

You dont need to kill Istvan or other tarnished in order to progress. I ignored the volcano quests and still managed to get to Rykard without problems.

Amazing listen, enjoyed it thoroughly. Although you miss named Old Albus as Pidia in the chapter about Gideon 😜

Idk if this was already answered but what’s the armor you have on in tarnish files 2 ? Also great video I fall asleep to your videos on a nightly basis

nice video, what's the song being played throughout the video?

Thank you

5 hours? Are you going through the online players too?

I need to pay more attention to the ground for summons signs. I usually only find out someone can be summoned when that fight is in my rear view.

6 hours?!?! Sigh…Hold up let me grab some popcorn and get comfortable

Is this in podcast form anywhere?