Elden Ring Lore of Marika and her Nemesis, the GloamEyed Queen. In part two of our “Gods and Lords” series, we build off of our analysis into what defines an Empyrean and a God in order to delve deep into the secret history and reign of the GloamEyed Queen, and her eventual defeat at the hands of Marika and Maliketh.

References:
Kosmos GloamEyed Queen Video:    • Unveiling The Gloam Eyed Queen | Elde...  
‪@Kosmos_er‬

Music and audio samples:
Profaned Vanguard (acoustic) Alex Roe
Forgotten Lands Alex Roe
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Gameplay footage/music credit:
Elden Ring, Bandai Namco and FromSoftware.

Video attributions:
Besitun Video : Ali Aghajanzadeh (YouTube).    • Bisotun World Heritage  سنگ نبشته ۱۲...  
The Story of Yin Yang Video prateek rangineni (YouTube)    • The Story of Yin Yang  
Darius the Great The King of Kings; Father Of History (Youtube).    • Darius the Great  The King of Kings  

Photo Attributions
Cyrus relief: Wright, John Henry, 18521908 Photograph: Pentocelo 
False King Smerdis: https://archive.org/stream/historyofd...
Chaos: Wenceslaus Hollar  Artwork from University of Toronto Wenceslaus Hollar Digital Collection Scanned by University of Toronto Highresolution version
Gaumata under Darius I's boot engraved at Behistun Inscription in Kermanshah. Patrick C, known as dynamomosquito on Flickr
The struggle between Gobryas and the false Smerdis", 19th century print. Abbott, Jacob, 18031879  History of Darius the Great [1], published 1900
Darius lineage: Ekvcpa  This file was derived from: ACHAEMENES TREE.png
Illustration of the Assyrian Sargon legend (1913)


Contents of the Video

01:54 Intro
07:00 Chapter One: Death of the Demigods
18:34 Chapter Two: Marika’s Hubris
29:33 Chapter Three: Marika’s Nemesis
40:00 Conclusion