Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon || Boss Designs of Elden Ring #5
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Published 2023-07-21
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Rennala is confined to her chambers by a rebellion in Raya Lucaria. There she languishes, obsessively studying the amber egg Radagon left to her, creating sweetings in her own image as she chases the art of reincarnation. A tragic fall for a once-great sorceress... or is it?
Title theme: "Cinder & Ash"
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All Comments (21)
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*Sees a statue of Radagon. "Ah, yes Marika." That's hilarious in more than one way.
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It's so interesting to me that, unlike almost all other fromsoftware bosses, we don't end up killing Rennala. Also kind of adorable that Ranni protects her mother from us and tells us to just leave her alone.
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lol, Ranni made a phantom version of her mother whose last words are "Ranni, my daughter, is such a genius, I love and support her so much, follow ur dreams bb" Iconic.
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In support of Rennala as not just a silking brokenhearted character, her words when you defeat her ; "Oh little Ranni, my dear daughter, weave thy night into being" and as you realize what Ranni's plan is, and that Rennala was not only aware of it but most likely an active part of it, paints the queen as a much more active part of the overarching story
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Something important to remember: The "sweetings" AREN'T simply constructs of Rennala's magic. Those used to be scholars at Raya Lucaria who used Rennala's powers of rebirth (represented in-game as respeccing and remaking your character) one too many times, as in-universe each time it's used, you lose a little more of yourself until you regress into... those. All conveniently in Rennala's image.
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To me, The freeze frame of Renala “looking like a crescent moon” reads more as an embryo, especially with the trimmings of her gown flowing up to the ceiling like an umbilical cord. Which I like as the queen of rebirth
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"Oathsworn WHAT?!" is the best phrase in this episode.
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The comedic timing on that "Oath sworn what?" 🤣
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The most heart racing thing in the boss fight is whether or not he'd get to see her summon a motherfucking dragon
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Gideon: "You've met my cute little daughter! Despite how dainty and delicate she appears, Pookie's really quite good in battle, so-" Skyen looks at the mighty thews on Barbarian Warrior Nepheli: "???"
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"Oath-sworn what?" The Oath-Sworn What: BONK
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The running joke of the themesong when the giant ball runs down the path is hilarious and gets me every time
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Truly one of the most gorgeous boss fights I've ever seen. And yes! You CAN learn all the spells she's using. It's up to you to figure out how
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past Skyen: doggo and moon lady go together... future Skyen like a year later: Who do you think you are?
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Probably my favorite boss designs analysis so far. Rennala taking the time to recover and restore herself to before she was broken resonates with me not just because it's a wonderfully hopeful interpretation of her story, it also elevates what I personally experienced when playing the game for the first time myself. Discovering the ability to rebirth myself with an in-world lore mechanic was the match that finally lit the very, very long fuse that was me questioning my gender identity, and ultimately led me to find not only myself, but a community of people I connect to and can share my experiences with. Rennala kickstarting that part of my life was definitely a highlight of 2022 for me among other things, that made it one of the happiest years that I've had in a long time. And now, with this analysis, I've been given another gift. Having gone though a pretty bad breakup years ago from a toxic relationship, there was a good while of feeling heavy and hopeless that I had to drag myself through the mud to recover from. I felt that with Rennala as she weakly crawled towards the amber egg. It just so happened that the process of returning to a place where I feel recovered and happy with myself again coincided with the release of Elden Ring, which was when I started exploring who I was. So not only did Rennala open the gates to me finally feeling like a Full Moon myself, her own story also represents the long, painful, but ultimately triumphant and cathartic return to form I experienced personally. Not only fully recovered, but even better than she was before being broken. I always love your episodes, but this one was quite special to me. Thank you for everything you do, Skyen.
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Rennala's design looks like she could portray the Queen of the Night in an all-Elden Ring performance of Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'. I can just imagine her belting out "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" at full volume while pressing a knife into the hand of Ranni and commanding her to... hold on... hold on one... damn... second...
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With context of spoilers, there is something uplifting about knowing Rennala survives the events of the game.
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The big ball they throw at you on the stair case up to Moongrum and Rennala always being accompanied by the Indiana Jones theme will never not make me giggle. Such a wonderful running joke.
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At 21:15 the chat bubble says: “*exclaims in delayed terror in sexy fireman calendar”
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The context of her obsession with reincarnation hit me a bit different with the later revelations we get about Ranni herself. Also. Take a closer look at the statue of "Marika" in Rennala's study.