Elden Ring Lore - The Graven Witch, Sellen

She should've just become a Spirit Jellyfish to explore the cosmos like our little Jelly friend and her sister.

As much as it pains me, i fear i must fulfill her wishes. She is one of the few NPC's in ED that truly backs us up and never turns away from us. There is no hidden dagger, no betrayal, no hidden purpose..... just a master looking for a sincere apprentice.... alas, it is often a fate of such masters to see their own end in From Soft games!

When Sellen said she would "swear allegiance to the new monarch" and asked us to "reveal the secrets of the Elden Ring," I got so excited at the thought of a special ending where the academy would study the Elden Ring and basically become gods. Ushering in an age even more enlightened than what Radagon's Golden Order ever could. And then she fucking died. So not cool FromSoft.

You could just keep her essence in your pocket and now you've got a pet rock to talk to

i think it's interesting to note that sellen is still able to teach sorceries after her transformation. function and story relevance are hand in hand in elden ring, and this seems to imply that she is not, in fact, broken by what she sees. she is simply unable to verbalize it. the same way azur and lunar were still able to recognize the tarnished and impart a gift, sellen is still in there.

If you don't do the Lusat part she won't turn into a Graven Stone. She will take control of the academy and swear loyalty to you. With this and Nepheli you have two large regions under control.

Sellen is one of the more fleshed out characters, and I really enjoy her quest. I definitely wish it ended differently,it would have been interesting for her to have her own ending. A primal current, scarlet rot, and blasphemy ending all would have been cool.

It’s quite interesting that she is the only clump of glintstone crowns that can speak to us, perhaps she was into something, but that the amount of pure mental strength and willpower needed to truly understand the un-understandable. Truly lovecraftean

I love how she always respect our choices, she always ask, not command, and respect us if we walk different path, i wish there was a way to cure her.

Sellen with all her wisdom, power, and hubris stared into the abyss and when it stared back, she still blinked, cracking her psyche forever. Leave the cosmos alone

If we help Sellen she says "Jerren, bringer of my PEW PEW PEW" is all i heard.

Kinda off topic but i feel there could have been this multi npc questline where throughout your journey you help install high lords/ladies. Like Nepheli and Sellen where they pledge allegiance to the new lord and the legacy dungeon stops being hostile.

It's worth noting that unlike regular ones, her graven mass actually has her "face" (the glintstone crown) on it.

Its interesting that Sellen only transforms into a garven school after acquiring the body of Lusat. The graven schools usually mostly consist of olivinus conspectus sorcerors, Lusat's conspectus. Perhaps Lusat or his followers set a trap on his body to exact some vengeance?

I always thought rennala got pissed and turned sellen into the graven mass😂

I assumed Sellen commissioned Seluvis for the body. They both have their own schemes against Ranni and the Carian Royal family. Despite Sellen disliking Seluvis, she still needed a new body. It's really important to meet Jerren before Radahn Festival and also work with Seluvis to get the full story. It's similar to missing out if you didn't work with Rogier before meeting Ranni.

I think In an odd way, sellen is grateful for her transformation she got to experience the primordial current and tap into it making her own (don't know if more powerful) spell leaving behind a legacy for knew mages to harness without the sacrifice of tapping into the primordial current. Not only that but in a lot of mythology three is a sign of the holy trinity so my idea and hope anyway is she was shaped into some unknown god in the primordial current with the fusing of her body and the other two. It also shows sellen fully absorbed their knowledge and wisdom. Sellen is a very interesting character because it leaves the player asking what is beyond the husk of her vessel is she in the primordial current did she get what she wanted and the player will never know. But my belief is that she became one of the few people to harness and become one with the primordial current. One would imagine she's grateful to experience such a blessing after devoting her life to figuring it all out even if it didn't become anything grand.

Btw if you pan your camera to the top-back of the Graven Mass you can see her head

Recently completed Sellens quest (this is still my first play through 😂). As sad and heartbreaking as the end is it remains one of my favorites and has themes I love to see in stories (especially Lovecraftian themes). Brilliant video!!

As controversial as she was, I liked Sellen alot. A stern, yet cool teacher, and had we retained whatever connection Sellen had to Varre's questline, besto mommy witch. Choosing between fighting Sellen and Jerren was difficult.