The Horrible Secret of the Erdtree's Birth: Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC Lore Theory

In this video, we speculate on the hidden meaning of the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree DLC title, as mentioned by FromSoftware director Hidetaka Miyazaki.

What dark secrets lie in the Erdtree's past?

I hope you all enjoy!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:56 Setting the Stage
4:15 Death Fed Tree: Lore on Erdtree Burial
8:17 Blood Fed Tree: Miquella and the Haligtree
10:47 Speculation on Erdtree's Birth and Pre-Erdtree Civilization
12:21 The Recurrence of Spiral Pillars
14:36 Concluding Thoughts


References:

You can find a the interview here:
https://www.famitsu.com/news/202402/2...

This video was largely based on an interesting thread by Redditor LaMi_1, that I elaborated on extensively with additional support and research. You can find the original thread here:
  / the_terrifying_secret_of_the_land_of_shado...  

You can some further interesting posts from Japanese user Gyokuro here:
https://grokuro300.blogspot.com/2023/...

and Redditor Big_fat_bear here:
  / noticed_something_about_the_old_man_portra...  


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