Left eye is constantly closed, right eye is prosthetic made with a seal of golden grace.
FEATURES:
Messmer has two long, red snakes that protrude from inside of his body. Located at his chest and hip, these snakes seem to have a mind of their own/ move of their own accord but dwell from within him. They each have a set of black bat-like wings on their lithe bodies.
DRESS:
Typical Eldin Ring Godly robes. Snake scale armour, long thigh-high boots, cape and helmet.
Messmer was the son of Marika the Eternal and the second Elden Lord Radagon. Upon facing him in the boss fight, we know Messmer as someone to be afraid of, a symbol of fear, exactly what his mother wanted him to be. However, he is a demigod you come to respect and pity if you look into his past and the events that unfold, leaving him abandoned in the Shadow Keep. Looking into Messmer's younger years, though there isn't much information on such, we know, for a fact, that he had friends and people who would fight for him as well as having relations with other demigods.
The remembrance of the Wild Boar Rider item description reads:
“Both were as elder brothers to the lion, and both were cursed from birth. In spite of, or perhaps because of this very reason, Gaius was both Messmer's friend and the leader of his men.”
The Lion referenced in this context is Starscourge Radahn who wore a red lion mane on his helmet and whose men were called The Redmanes. Radahn was an apprentice of the Alabaster Lord, learning gravitational magic from them along with Commander Gaius who rode the Wild Boar into battle.
Two item descriptions prove these ideas. Gaius’s Helm description reads:
“Gaius was the most senior disciple of the same Alabaster Lord who taught Radahn and Gaea gravitational technique.”
Blades of Stone sorcery description reads:
“Gaius and Radahn were good rivals in their youth, and this sorcery is a product of their friendly competition.”
Much like Messmer Gaius bore a curse, his was that he was an Albinauric who are cursed to lose their legs, (as they get old their legs start to fade, this is why, in his boss fight you do not see Gaius’ legs.)
Remembrance of the Wild Boar Rider suggests that Radahn saw Messmer and Gaius as elder brothers and suggests that Messmer was indeed loved and respected by others around him.
I think it's important to take a deeper look at someone Messmer loved dearly, as she would shape the man he was, into the man we know now. Messmer's life took a tragic turn when his mother, Queen Marika, ordered him to go to war. They called it a Crusade, a holy war against those Queen Marika deemed impure.
Crusade Insignia talisman item description reads:
“The warriors who fought in the crusade set aside both honour and mercy to wantonly impale and scorch those deemed impure.”
This crusade was terribly important to Marika, as she bestowed grace to those who participated in it. We learn this from Marika’s Rune item.
Description reads:
“Golden remnants of the grace personally bestowed by Queen Marika to the heroes who joined the crusade for her.”
This Crusade was of great personal importance to Queen Marika, targeting the people of the tower, also known as The Hornsent. Hailing from Bonny Village, a town filled with not only Hornsent but Jars and NPCs wielding giant knives, who wore an item called Caterpillar Mask.
Caterpillar Mask item description reads:
“Grotesque mask constructed from countless solidified caterpillars. A ritual implement of the greater potentates of Bonny Village. Used to ward off thoughts of impurity, doubt, temptation, and other wickednesses one is vulnerable to while absorbed in divine ritual.”
Caterpillar is a term used to describe the Hornsent, what they do, why they keep the jars in their village and why their denizens use such huge knives.
Bonny Butchering Knife item description says:
“Weapon of the greater potentates of Bonny Village. An outsize butcher's cleaver used to dismember human bodies in the making of the great jars stored in the gaols.”
This is all related and connected to Queen Marika and why she tasked her son, Messmer to undertake the Crusades as we learn of a small Shaman Village situated on a clifftop, which turns out to be the birthplace of Queen Marika. Unlike any other village or location in the base game or DLC, the village is beautiful! Covered in pretty flowers and meadows, with soothing music playing and a Minor Erdree (a much smaller version of the Erdtree) growing in the centre, with particles of golden grace floating around the air around the tree. In the flowerbed, an incantation called “Minor Erdtree” can be found beneath the Minor Erdtree, this incantation, unlike most of the other in the game that are used offensively, heals people around it, however, the village is devoid of life except for a few birds, not even a single humanoid being lingers here, we go further inside the village and find an another item called “Golden Braid.”
Minor Erdtree incantation description reads:
“Secret incantation of Queen Marika. Only the kindness of gold, without Order. Creates a small, illusory Erdtree that continuously restores the HP of nearby allies. Marika bathed the village of her home in gold, knowing full well that there was no one to heal.”
Golden Braid item description reads:
“A braid of golden hair, cut loose. Queen Marika's offering to the Grandmother. Boosts holy damage negation by the utmost. What was her prayer? Her wish, her confession? There is no one left to answer, and Marika never returned home again.”
Seeing as no one is left alive, we have to ask ourselves, how do we know the people of this village were shamans? How do we know they were the ones the Hornsent slaughtered and put in jars? Well, in Bonny Village, there is a run-down shack with a ghost nearby, talking to the ghost reveals to us all we need:
“... For pity's sake, your place is in the jar. Nigh-sainthood itself awaits you within. For shamans like you, this is your lot. Life were you accorded for this alone.”
The Tooth Whip item sheds more light into this, the description reads:
“As the wounds ripen they grow inflamed and ooze pus. The flesh of shamans was said to meld harmoniously with others.”
It appeared that some shamans ended up working with the Hornsent, and helped them in this sadistic ritual, be it by brainwashing them with the idea of sainthood or desperation.
Greatjar item description reads:
“A greatjar which fits comfortably over the head when upturned. Attire of the shamans who perform their worship at gaols. Increases the power of thrown pots of all sizes. They offer their prayers to the innards of the greatjars, such that they might be reborn one day into sainthood. This is the cycle of death and rebirth, taken into the hands of mortal men.”
While another ghost dialoge says:
“... Oh please. Not the jar... Anything but that! I promise. I won't ever do it again! I swear—a living saint I'll surely be! Please...you must forgive me. Forgive me, please.”
The ritual was horrendous, painful and grotesque but they did this in hopes of aspiring to something better, evolving into something holy or divine.
Fine Crucible Feather Talisman reads:
“Hornsent view the Crucible as sacred for the refinement wrought through its evolutionary gifts. Most prominently, their tangled horns.”
The shamans tried to mimic the effects of The Crucible, wanting to have an aspect of it, such as horns and wings, as at the times these deeds were done, having such aspects on your body was a showing of status.
Stalwart Horn Charm +2 item description says:
“Horns are sublime artifacts to hornsent, and their presence confirms the belief that they are a chosen people. Only the repeated sprouting of fresh horns can create a tangled horn, which is viewed as an irrefutable symbol of primacy.”
However, this all changed when Marika rose to godhood, advancing the Lands Between and its people with order. And as the civilization advanced, such aspects were deemed impure…
The Crucible Scale Talisman item description says:
“A vestige of the crucible of primordial life. Born partially of devolution, it was considered a signifier of the divine in ancient times, but is now increasingly disdained as an impurity as civilization has advanced.”
Because of the horrific way her people were being treated, chopped up and stuffed into jars with the hope of creating saints, Marika wanted revenge. This is where her son, Messmer comes into play.
Surging Frenzied Flame item description reads:
“Spirits are eternal, and yet frenzied flame melts them away regardless. No wonder the Hornsent forbid the flame's use.”
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History & Lore (part 1)
Looking into Messmer's younger years, though there isn't much information on such, we know, for a fact, that he had friends and people who would fight for him as well as having relations with other demigods.
The remembrance of the Wild Boar Rider item description reads:
The Lion referenced in this context is Starscourge Radahn who wore a red lion mane on his helmet and whose men were called The Redmanes. Radahn was an apprentice of the Alabaster Lord, learning gravitational magic from them along with Commander Gaius who rode the Wild Boar into battle.
Two item descriptions prove these ideas. Gaius’s Helm description reads:
Much like Messmer Gaius bore a curse, his was that he was an Albinauric who are cursed to lose their legs, (as they get old their legs start to fade, this is why, in his boss fight you do not see Gaius’ legs.)
Remembrance of the Wild Boar Rider suggests that Radahn saw Messmer and Gaius as elder brothers and suggests that Messmer was indeed loved and respected by others around him.
I think it's important to take a deeper look at someone Messmer loved dearly, as she would shape the man he was, into the man we know now. Messmer's life took a tragic turn when his mother, Queen Marika, ordered him to go to war. They called it a Crusade, a holy war against those Queen Marika deemed impure.
Crusade Insignia talisman item description reads:
This crusade was terribly important to Marika, as she bestowed grace to those who participated in it. We learn this from Marika’s Rune item.
Description reads:
This Crusade was of great personal importance to Queen Marika, targeting the people of the tower, also known as The Hornsent. Hailing from Bonny Village, a town filled with not only Hornsent but Jars and NPCs wielding giant knives, who wore an item called Caterpillar Mask.
Caterpillar Mask item description reads:
Caterpillar is a term used to describe the Hornsent, what they do, why they keep the jars in their village and why their denizens use such huge knives.
Bonny Butchering Knife item description says:
This is all related and connected to Queen Marika and why she tasked her son, Messmer to undertake the Crusades as we learn of a small Shaman Village situated on a clifftop, which turns out to be the birthplace of Queen Marika. Unlike any other village or location in the base game or DLC, the village is beautiful! Covered in pretty flowers and meadows, with soothing music playing and a Minor Erdree (a much smaller version of the Erdtree) growing in the centre, with particles of golden grace floating around the air around the tree. In the flowerbed, an incantation called “Minor Erdtree” can be found beneath the Minor Erdtree, this incantation, unlike most of the other in the game that are used offensively, heals people around it, however, the village is devoid of life except for a few birds, not even a single humanoid being lingers here, we go further inside the village and find an another item called “Golden Braid.”
Minor Erdtree incantation description reads:
Creates a small, illusory Erdtree that continuously restores the HP of nearby allies.
Marika bathed the village of her home in gold, knowing full well that there was no one to heal.”
Golden Braid item description reads:
Boosts holy damage negation by the utmost.
What was her prayer? Her wish, her confession? There is no one left to answer, and Marika never returned home again.”
Seeing as no one is left alive, we have to ask ourselves, how do we know the people of this village were shamans? How do we know they were the ones the Hornsent slaughtered and put in jars? Well, in Bonny Village, there is a run-down shack with a ghost nearby, talking to the ghost reveals to us all we need:
For pity's sake, your place is in the jar.
Nigh-sainthood itself awaits you within.
For shamans like you, this is your lot.
Life were you accorded for this alone.”
The Tooth Whip item sheds more light into this, the description reads:
It appeared that some shamans ended up working with the Hornsent, and helped them in this sadistic ritual, be it by brainwashing them with the idea of sainthood or desperation.
Greatjar item description reads:
Increases the power of thrown pots of all sizes.
They offer their prayers to the innards of the greatjars, such that they might be reborn one day into sainthood. This is the cycle of death and rebirth, taken into the hands of mortal men.”
While another ghost dialoge says:
Oh please. Not the jar... Anything but that!
I promise. I won't ever do it again!
I swear—a living saint I'll surely be!
Please...you must forgive me. Forgive me, please.”
The ritual was horrendous, painful and grotesque but they did this in hopes of aspiring to something better, evolving into something holy or divine.
Fine Crucible Feather Talisman reads:
The shamans tried to mimic the effects of The Crucible, wanting to have an aspect of it, such as horns and wings, as at the times these deeds were done, having such aspects on your body was a showing of status.
Stalwart Horn Charm +2 item description says:
Only the repeated sprouting of fresh horns can create a tangled horn, which is viewed as an irrefutable symbol of primacy.”
However, this all changed when Marika rose to godhood, advancing the Lands Between and its people with order. And as the civilization advanced, such aspects were deemed impure…
The Crucible Scale Talisman item description says:
Because of the horrific way her people were being treated, chopped up and stuffed into jars with the hope of creating saints, Marika wanted revenge. This is where her son, Messmer comes into play.
Surging Frenzied Flame item description reads: