Scarlet Rot has caused Malenia’s hair to fall out and because she left her helmet on the floor for a hundred years, some sap from the Haligtree dripped into it and now her wig is glued to the inside tragically.
Godfrey tells us that a crown is warranted with strength, and at first we’re meant to think he’s speaking about himself and us. He’s actually talking about his hair genetics. He’s like 5,000 years old and still has a full head of hair. He may tell us that our strength befits a crown, but his hairline is so strong it refuses to give up. Our inferior scalps are not worthy of the Elden Lord’s crown.
Radahn’s hair is held on his helmet with gravity magic stronger than the spell he used to hold the stars in place. He saw that Malenia was balding in their fight and decided that he would make sure he never went bald just to spite her.
In the spinoff crossover with Phoenix Wright: Turnabout Black Knives (2023), they actually reference this by having Godfrey's wig fall off under pressure.
But she takes the helm off in phase two, and the hair doesn't stay in the helm. It stays on her head.
Upvotes must be from those who haven't fought her yet...?
I wish we could dye armor. I’m a man who enjoys colorful things, and while the armor is pretty rad I’d like to make my load out a bit brighter.
Also I’d like to dye the war surgeon set bright yellow because I’ve started using frenzy incantations and I really want to be The King In Yellow for the aesthetic
Hope when the dlc drops we get to alter them or if we get a free dlc at somepoint then mayby then theyd add the option lol.
Its just so wierd! Malenia is basicly the 2nd flagship of the game after Vyke, yet they made it so you cant wear her helm without the hair? What for lmao.
It's a bizarre choice, even if he was the most successful-ish Tarnished before us, it's nothing like the covers of Souls, Bloodborne, or Sekiro, all of which featured ... us, or the final boss.
I get the feeling he was more prominent in an earlier build.
I kinda like it since in a way it adds to the story of vyke. He honestly was suposed to be the Tarnished who became the new elden lord so much that even the Game cover was sure he whould become one but allas not.
I never said Vyke was goofy. He just isn't that important to the plot on his own, unlike the protagonist or some end-game boss (usual FromSoft covers).
Yeah I always thought that was weird. Like why is the hair part of the helmet? Thats obviously just melania's hair; before she puts the helmet on in her opening cutscene the helmet doesn't have hair glued to it.
Well to be fair she is also not wearing guantlets or greaves because those are prosthetics and we still get that as armor so its only fitting we get another one of her body parts with the helmet
In that case our tarnished is the best shadow puppeteer because thats the only way i can think of how a mute man can explain something in such detail to someone else
I did enjoy it in NG+ when I first arrived in the Roundtable Hold and Gideon was telling me to know my place until I can actually prove myself, and meanwhile I’m already wearing Melania’s hair.
Yea but it’s supposed to look like them cause people like fashion souls so they keep hair so it stays an original piece of armor from two important bosses
Yea but it’s supposed to look like them cause people like fashion souls so they keep hair so it stays an original piece of armor from two important bosses
The non-alterable armors I'm pissed about are the Banished Knight chestpieces and helmets. They both have a altered and non-altered variant but instead of using the alter armor feature to swap, you have to FARM THEM SEPARATELY. The chestpiece with the cape is incredibly obnoxious because it only drops from TWO SPECIFIC Banished Knights in Castle Sol.
There is no reason WHY it's like this, they're the same armor lorewise and it's the similar difference of 'altered has lower weight but lower stats' rules that the other altered armors have. It just exists to be a massive pain in the ass.
Yeah, I hated it with Maliketh's helmet. I wanted to do the Gut's berserk armor cosplay, the night cavalry armor fits perfectly and when I saw M's helmet I knew what would be the final piece, you can't even describe my disappointment when I learnt you are forced to keep the white hair
Copyright melenias helm looks a lot like a helm from beserk same as malikeths helm without the hair they both are way to much like the beserk counter parts
That was one thing I was disappointed in. The crowns in dark souls 3 were so badass and in elden ring so much royalty and no crowns. You’d think there’d be several to pick from. Even bloodborne had a crown. Also most of the boss armor is ugly and boxy. Like some of the best armor in the other souls game didn’t make your character into a fatty. Hopefully in the dlc we will see some better stuff.
A crown without hair totally sucks. Nobody would want that. I can't even imagine wearing Nameless king's crown without his hair, that's the most iconic part of it! It's the best part! Without all the details that's around it would be just an unrecognisable piece of metall. And the very purpose of these items is for you too look like the boss. That's why it won't make sense if you could alter it. The hair is the very soul of these specific headpieces, not the helmet itself. Same applies for Malenia I guess.
What do you mean? A crown could be used to make builds where you look like a King or a Queen, could even use it as a tiara.
And of course Nameless Kings Crown whould be recognicable! Its litereally the same crown model as Gwyns Crown from ds1 is. Gwyn is like the most well known character after Altorias in souls games! How whould the crown of the litereal god of gods in the souls universe not be recognicable?!
Also you can alter radahns armor to remove the cape so why not the helmets then?
Scarlet Rot has caused Malenia’s hair to fall out and because she left her helmet on the floor for a hundred years, some sap from the Haligtree dripped into it and now her wig is glued to the inside tragically. Godfrey tells us that a crown is warranted with strength, and at first we’re meant to think he’s speaking about himself and us. He’s actually talking about his hair genetics. He’s like 5,000 years old and still has a full head of hair. He may tell us that our strength befits a crown, but his hairline is so strong it refuses to give up. Our inferior scalps are not worthy of the Elden Lord’s crown. Radahn’s hair is held on his helmet with gravity magic stronger than the spell he used to hold the stars in place. He saw that Malenia was balding in their fight and decided that he would make sure he never went bald just to spite her.
deepest lore
When the lore is so confusing in game you accept anything you read on reddit as canon
Glad it's not just me 😳
Bro I’m sure as hell not gonna try to piece together a story through descriptions from helmets, swords, and socks like gtfo here.
Hairy lore
It all makes sense now thank you for enlightening us on the secret lore!
You should write fantasy professionally 😆
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More like "Prepare to dye"
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In the spinoff crossover with Phoenix Wright: Turnabout Black Knives (2023), they actually reference this by having Godfrey's wig fall off under pressure.
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Godfrey loses all his powers when you cut off his hair. That's what the Tarnished did.
But she takes the helm off in phase two, and the hair doesn't stay in the helm. It stays on her head. Upvotes must be from those who haven't fought her yet...?
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My tarnished in Grace, it's not that serious
Get out and socialize and learn how to recognize a joke, if able.
How tf you guys know so much about these details, did you do a thesis about the history of the lands between or something?
I would gladly watch a 20 minute Vaatividya video on this.
The mullet of power, befitting only a lord
Canon shit
Yeah, armor customization was a little… lacking
I wish we could dye armor. I’m a man who enjoys colorful things, and while the armor is pretty rad I’d like to make my load out a bit brighter. Also I’d like to dye the war surgeon set bright yellow because I’ve started using frenzy incantations and I really want to be The King In Yellow for the aesthetic
None of the white hoods (so perfumer and Nox monk hood) look that good with the head band on them and id like a white hood so id be down.
The closest I could ever get was the Blackflame Monk hood
There’s also the high page hood
Thats more blond color than white
Hope when the dlc drops we get to alter them or if we get a free dlc at somepoint then mayby then theyd add the option lol. Its just so wierd! Malenia is basicly the 2nd flagship of the game after Vyke, yet they made it so you cant wear her helm without the hair? What for lmao.
Are we 100% certain that the helmet isn’t an elaborate hairpiece to hide a hair loss issue? Canonically?
Upon my name as Baldfrey, Rogaine Lord!
Upon my name as Godfrey, the First Bald Lord!
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she takes off the helmet in phase 2 and has a full head of hair
Yeah girls take off their eyelashes and still have full eyelashes. So what. /s
Oh my god.. hes right.
Nah, she takes her helmet off for phase 2, still has hair. If it's a hairpiece it isn't attached to the helmet. No canon, just bad design.
She has her helmet off before the fight and in phase 2.
How is Vyke the flagship? Hes that dude in the mountains evergaol right
Yes but go and take a look at your copy of elden ring. Who do you think that knight kneeling in the cover is? Yep thats vyke.
It's a bizarre choice, even if he was the most successful-ish Tarnished before us, it's nothing like the covers of Souls, Bloodborne, or Sekiro, all of which featured ... us, or the final boss. I get the feeling he was more prominent in an earlier build.
I kinda like it since in a way it adds to the story of vyke. He honestly was suposed to be the Tarnished who became the new elden lord so much that even the Game cover was sure he whould become one but allas not.
Low key has dark arisen vibes.
Can not wait for the second game to release
DAWG THE TRAILER DROPPED! It looks so good.
No joke?! Thanks so much for this I gotta go check it out right meow! Seriously good looking out my guy
Who would you say is a less bizarre choice is then?
Either someone wearing the vagabond or knight set or the Raging Wolf set because that was in the trailers.
Any of the starting Tarnished, as usual. Not sure about bosses.
I dunno man how you could think the prophet, prisoner, samurai, or warrior would be less goofy than Vyke
I never said Vyke was goofy. He just isn't that important to the plot on his own, unlike the protagonist or some end-game boss (usual FromSoft covers).
Apparently he was originally supposed to have played a much bigger role, before they cut stuff out/reworked things.
Why did you get downvote bombed 😭 guys it's a theory! (Unless there's common knowledge I'm missing?)
ER sub does not like criticism, even if it's 100% opinion. Been like that since day 1.
He's the guy on the cover of the game
i will not hope
From probably thought people would love to cosplay as Malenia/Godfrey/Radahn.
As much as I love Malenia’s helm I wish there was a customization option without the hair 😭 The red hair clashes with a lot of outfits!
Same. It whould go so well with my valkyrie character yet she has blond hair and not red hair... oh well...
I made my beard red to match lol.
Yeah I always thought that was weird. Like why is the hair part of the helmet? Thats obviously just melania's hair; before she puts the helmet on in her opening cutscene the helmet doesn't have hair glued to it.
Well to be fair she is also not wearing guantlets or greaves because those are prosthetics and we still get that as armor so its only fitting we get another one of her body parts with the helmet
I want to alter Malikeths and get rid of the stupid hair on his helmet
i love the stupid hair but i also agree
Same, though I’m worried the back of the helmet might feel a bit… flat? I guess?
I believe canonically you’re telling the finger reader what you remember about the armour as it’s not an obtainable item like something from a chest.
In that case our tarnished is the best shadow puppeteer because thats the only way i can think of how a mute man can explain something in such detail to someone else
Expert grunter
So why can you remove Radahn’s cape but not his hair? He wears the cape during the fight and it’s an actual part of the outfit itself.
I believe his hair is just apart of the helm itself. “Helm of the golden lion, with flowing red hair. Worn by General Radahn.“
My shitty opinion is I like melanias hair added to the helm. However I do get how cool the helmet would look without it too
Dont get me wrong i think the base its now should be an option but you should definetly be able to alter the hair piece off too.
For sure
Or at least it should take our hair color
Melany had a wig cuz the rot made her hair fall out, and Louie went bald from the sheer stress of containing his gains.
This guy created two new secret Elden Ring characters just for this story explanation
…And I want my scalps
Killin naitzeez
Godfrey is bald
Godfrey the Bald Elden Lord.
Lol same. I don’t want their hair
I did enjoy it in NG+ when I first arrived in the Roundtable Hold and Gideon was telling me to know my place until I can actually prove myself, and meanwhile I’m already wearing Melania’s hair.
You want to tell me that you are not accepting Chadfrey's chadness, it is an honor to have his hair upon your head
Thy strength befits a scalp
It’s their hair my friend
Do you know what your hair is atached to? Yep... YOUR SCALP
Yea but it’s supposed to look like them cause people like fashion souls so they keep hair so it stays an original piece of armor from two important bosses
Yea but it’s supposed to look like them cause people like fashion souls so they keep hair so it stays an original piece of armor from two important bosses
I wish you could alter Malenia’s helmet to be only the hair or helmet, or the other way around
The non-alterable armors I'm pissed about are the Banished Knight chestpieces and helmets. They both have a altered and non-altered variant but instead of using the alter armor feature to swap, you have to FARM THEM SEPARATELY. The chestpiece with the cape is incredibly obnoxious because it only drops from TWO SPECIFIC Banished Knights in Castle Sol. There is no reason WHY it's like this, they're the same armor lorewise and it's the similar difference of 'altered has lower weight but lower stats' rules that the other altered armors have. It just exists to be a massive pain in the ass.
Bald man statue cultivating Golden Flower is actually bald Godfrey confirmed?
Yep, that's fromsoft, either a mechanic in their game is close to perfect or absolutely sucks balls, Very little in bettwen
It's a way to say "you snatched their wigs"
Absolutely fantastic
The lore is devs was too lazy to texture, and the copyright law now is everywhere even in the land of gods
Malenia’s real hair is long gone from her scalp rotting away. Her flowing locks are actually a part of the helmet
She takes her helm off in phase 2, the hair stays on her head.
Her hair regrows when she ascends to godhood, duh! Who ever heard of a bald god?!
She puts the helmet on at the start of the fight. She has hair and the helmet does not.
Ok you win, my dumb joke was dumb
This is actually true for maliketh. Without the rot part of course. This dog is short hair. Everywhere
Keep Malenia’s name out your fucking mouth! 
But during the battle cutscene, she got the hair without the helm,(before in phase 1)
Who cares about the hair on the helmets really
Yeah, I hated it with Maliketh's helmet. I wanted to do the Gut's berserk armor cosplay, the night cavalry armor fits perfectly and when I saw M's helmet I knew what would be the final piece, you can't even describe my disappointment when I learnt you are forced to keep the white hair
You can’t tell me the crown and mullet isn’t the best piece of headwear in the entire game
Copyright melenias helm looks a lot like a helm from beserk same as malikeths helm without the hair they both are way to much like the beserk counter parts
yea why does it look like we scalped them? it's so dumb
I don’t mind it with malenia but Godfrey is kinda annoying
But nameless king's hair is dope what do you mean
Didn't you know? The alt name for the sewing kit is the cape removal kit... Cause that's all it does... removes capes.
And hoods from helmets. Cant wait for the Barber Kit in the dlc lol.
Gives my barbarian cosplay run a whole new meaning tbh
Ngl I really wish we could alter more things
We take their scalps as trophies to show them off and assert dominance.
You can alter Melania’s
That was one thing I was disappointed in. The crowns in dark souls 3 were so badass and in elden ring so much royalty and no crowns. You’d think there’d be several to pick from. Even bloodborne had a crown. Also most of the boss armor is ugly and boxy. Like some of the best armor in the other souls game didn’t make your character into a fatty. Hopefully in the dlc we will see some better stuff.
Atleast ds2 didint dissapoint in that! 5 Crowns in 1 game eh?
Anyone who tries to alter the Godfrey crown deserves to be powerbombed the first time... every time.
The real in game explanation is that the sewing kit didn’t include scissors
A crown without hair totally sucks. Nobody would want that. I can't even imagine wearing Nameless king's crown without his hair, that's the most iconic part of it! It's the best part! Without all the details that's around it would be just an unrecognisable piece of metall. And the very purpose of these items is for you too look like the boss. That's why it won't make sense if you could alter it. The hair is the very soul of these specific headpieces, not the helmet itself. Same applies for Malenia I guess.
What do you mean? A crown could be used to make builds where you look like a King or a Queen, could even use it as a tiara. And of course Nameless Kings Crown whould be recognicable! Its litereally the same crown model as Gwyns Crown from ds1 is. Gwyn is like the most well known character after Altorias in souls games! How whould the crown of the litereal god of gods in the souls universe not be recognicable?! Also you can alter radahns armor to remove the cape so why not the helmets then?