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The guidance of grace is one of the most vital yet enigmatic forces within the Lands Between, and its inner machinations are quite unexplored despite being a central component of Elden Ring's lore. In this episode of Fear the Old Lore, we'll compare the English and Japanese text to gain a better understanding of the history of guidance of grace, its relationship to death and destiny, and how the "grace of old" may have been altered into something new.

This video is going to directly challenge some of the most commonly held beliefs about the lore of Elden Ring, so strap yourself in. It's going to be a long one.

Link to an image of my list of reasons to doubt the Rune of Death was removed from the Elden Ring when Godfrey became Elden Lord:
https://i.imgur.com/eNChzOO.jpeg



Link to my Japanese to English Retranslations of Bloodborne and assorted Dark Souls text:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...



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0:00 Intro Montage
0:28 Overview "The Grace of Old"
2:00 Guided to "Duty"
3:17 Duty or Curse?
6:47 Shining a Light on "Duty"
9:19 The Final Piece
9:36 Divested of Fate?
10:33 The Immortality of Gods and the Tarnished
11:22 Challenging when Destined Death was removed
12:02 List Disclaimer
12:37 #1 When was the Golden Order created?
13:06 1.A
13:34 1.B
13:41 1.B.i
13:48 1.B.ii
13:59 1.C
14:10 1.C.i.i apparently because I somehow missed this typo
14:15 1.C.ii
14:24 1.D
14:44 1.D.i
14:52 #2 Golden Order Incantations Use INT, not FAI
15:03 2.A
15:18 #3 People died.
15:29 3.A
15:44 #4 Why all the graveyards if DD was gone?
16:15 #5 Why was there Erdtree Burial if people shouldn't die?
16:40 #6 The Erdtree used to be mortal.
17:23 #7 The Erdtree was not always "perfect" and "eternal."
17:33 7.A
17:48 7.B
18:17 #8 The Erdtree was made immutable.
18:36 #9 The Erdtree used to be red. Was that "redness" Destined Death?
18:44 9.A
18:59 9.A.i
19:17 9.B
19:28 9.B.i
19:50 9.B.ii
19:56 9.B.ii.a
20:05 #10 If Fate is tied to Grace, then did divesting grace divest it of fate?
20:20 #11 The Elden Ring didn't control fate as strongly under Godfrey
20:29 11.A
20:48 11.B
21:03 #12 Flora in the Lands Between might reflect the state of the Erdtree
21:11 12.A
21:23 12.B
21:47 Miquella & Malenia may symbolize the tenets of the Golden Order
21:57 13.A
22:13 #14 Minor Erdtrees & their Guardians Ancient or Not?
22:44 When was the Erdtree burn? When did the Minor ones get got?
22:50 15.A
23:11 15.A.i
23:25 #16 Maliketh's Black Blade has the Ancient Erdtree Sigil
23:42 #17 When were the Blackflame Monks converted?
24:07 List Recap
24:31 END OF LIST Divesting the Erdtree of its Red & Gold
25:23 Translation Issues: Gilded Greatshield
25:58 Ordovis's Greatsword Primordial "Gold," or the "Original Erdtree?"
27:32 First Grace, or "the Grace of Old"
28:14 The Controversial Nature of the Erdtree
29:51 When was grace altered?
31:22 Altering grace via the Golden Order
32:26 How and When was Destined Death removed from the Ring?
32:58 Guiding Fate via the Moon
33:41 The Laws of Causality and Regression
35:15 The Immutability of Regression
36:07 Karma, Repeated
37:04 Death Bound, and Grace made Eternal
38:34 Death and Shadow
39:00 The Impasse
39:53 The Grace of Old?
40:12 Thank