u/SamsaraKarma

> I wish to anoint you a proper inductee. > "A knight to serve Luminary Mohg, the Lord of Blood, and establish a new dynasty."

> Luminary Mohg has strength, vision, and of course, love.

> So, what do you say, my lambkin?

 

> Ahh, it is trying, but we must be patient. One day, you will be elevated, deservedly, basking in love.

> Right, my lambkin?

> Ha ha ha...

 

> Please, answer me...Luminary...Mohg.

> ...

> A-ahh...

> Bless the Mohgwyn Dynasty, with love!

 

In this area you'll find:

• A group of Albinaurics lined up to watch the Rose Church, ready to jump in and beat you if you get close while fighting the Sanguine Noble.
• A chest with the Icerind Hatchet, not far from a dead Albinauric in a ring of flowers, with a Rimed Crystal Bud.
• A bundle of St. Trina's Lillies, with a Blood Rose slightly obscured behind.
• A bundle of Miquella's Lilies, with a Blood Rose slightly obscured behind.
• A large congregation of octopi.
• A large congregation of Miranda that have adapted to the environment.

Light	Shadow	Class
Sword of Light	Sword of Darkness	Direct Counterparts
Blade of Calling	Black Knife	Direct Ash Counterparts
Sword of St. Trina	Velvet Sword of St. Trina	Direct Counterparts
Golden Order Greatsword	Dark Moon Greatsword	Direct Counterparts
Iris of Grace	Iris of Occultation	Direct Counterparts
Sacred Relic Sword	Fingerslayer Blade	Visual Counterparts
Oracular Bubbles (Envoy)	Oracular Bubbles (Claymen)	Visual Counterparts
Herba	Dewkissed Herba	Visual Counterparts
Staff of the Avatar	Rotten Staff	Visual Counterparts
Coded Sword	Sword of Night	(Or Semi) Formless Sword
Cipher Pata	Claws of Night	(Or Semi) Formless Fist/Claw
Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone	Somber Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone	Dragon Scales
Order	Chaos	Fundamental Forces
Gold/White Light/Red	Silver/Black/White as absence/Blue	Fundamental Forces
Sun	Moon	Fundamental Forces
Life	Death	Fundamental Forces
Empyrean	Shadow	Vassals of Order
Erdtree	Scadutree	Constructs of Order
???	Swordhands of Night	Finger Servants
Alabaster Lord	Onyx Lord	Voidspawn
???	Astel	Voidspawn
Onyx Lord's Greatsword	Alabaster Lord's Sword	Meteoric Ore Weapons

What I've found so far:

• Any visage of Godwyn, besides the main body.
• Bodies buried at the roots in Catacombs.
• Growths from Scarlet Rot.
• Large Scarlet Buds in Rauh.
• The Dragon in Godrick's arena.
• Portions of the Divine Gate and surrounding terrain.

I often point to a bunch of context clues for why Farum Azula was always in the sky, but I stumbled upon a post where someone was confused about a particular weapon's stats, and realized it's plainly indicated with a single description, with zero need for inference.

Dragon Halberd/Dragonscale Blade

> Alas, the Dragonkin Soldiers never attained immortality, and perished as decrepit, pale imitations of their skyborn kin.

As in, using only the base game's items/dialogue/interviews/etc., a believable theory could be constructed for something that is revealed or happens in the DLC.

I'll take the easiest (and already existed pre-DLC) ones off the table as examples:

1. Based on the text of the Bewitching Branch, and Malenia/Miquella's followers patiently waiting for his return, Mohg has probably been charmed.
2. Based on the description of St. Trina being of ambiguous gender, it being normal for young childrens' genders to be mistaken, the sharing of lilies between Miquella and St. Trina, and Fevor's (follower of St. Trina) Cookbook[3] providing the recipe for Bewitching Branches, Miquella and St. Trina are probably the same person in some capacity.

And I'll add one.

Based on:

• The "Three Sisters".
• The references to a plurality of Carian princesses, despite Rennala being the first queen and only having one daughter.
• The implication that Sellen is Carian, due to her painting, and her fate being tied to the stars.
• The placement of Aurelia, Aureliette, and a Primal Glintstone Blade with a lock of black hair attached, not far from the painting related to Rennala's Moon ("Yes, surely this is the moon that young Rennala gazed upon." - Greathood), particularly in the mountaintops, where Rennala would've discovered it in her youth.
• The separation of Aurelia and Aureliette.

It's likely that the Three Sisters refers to the siblings; Rennala, Sellen and a long lost or dead Carian Princess.

Starting up a new run, I went through the normal talks with Melina and Ranni.

You'd expect of all the particle effects to use for spirits vanishing, Ranni's would be blue, and golden is appropriate for Morgott and his manifestations, but Melina's should be golden too, yet they're blue.

It's clearly established throughout the DLC that Miquella's charm does not compel action, but rather inhibits it.

For example, Hornsent remains skeptical and conditionally loyal to Miquella. His tendency to carry out vengeance against us is suppressed, but not the resentment.

Likewise, Thiollier remains devoted to St. Trina, and doesn't present any strong feelings towards Miquella. His focus is mimicking her velvet. However he is prevented finding and possibly rescuing her.

So, then, why is Mohg feeding blood to the cocoon if not compelled to?

Simply, because it is a plausible means of achieving the goal, as long as Miquella hides critical information from him.

The Divine Gate is, after all, a stockpile of the dead that produces gods.

In short, Mohg is creating a new Divine Gate to allow Miquella to ascend.

But it is not possible because if all that was needed is the amassing of blood/bodies, every Graven Mass, Living Jar, Eternal City, Tutelary Deity, Minor Erdtree, the Abyssal Serpent, and Rykard would be an upstart gate.

There's something specific to the gate that only Miquella knows, and by withholding that, and perhaps suppressing Mohg's ability to realize it, Mohg is indefinitely waiting to be killed, just as Radahn is.

We got a first person dungeon crawler SMT that included various walls that you need to repeatedly bump into to reveal they're illusory.