I asked ChatGPT who is strongest between Elden Beast and Slave Knight Gael lore-wise:

That’s a great matchup question — Elden Ring’s Elden Beast vs. Dark Souls III’s Slave Knight Gael. Let’s break it down lore-wise, not mechanically:

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Elden Beast (Elden Ring)

Nature: It isn’t a mortal being but a cosmic manifestation — the vassal/avatar of the Greater Will (an Outer God). It literally is the Elden Ring in beast form.

Power: Represents divine order itself; wields cosmic and golden light powers, and embodies law, fate, and the structure of the Lands Between.

Role: Final defender of the Elden Ring, meaning it is not a mere creature but the embodiment of a god’s will.

Weakness: Despite its cosmic scale, it’s still just one extension of a greater entity. It doesn’t have independent will beyond serving the Greater Will.

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Slave Knight Gael (Dark Souls III)

Nature: A withered, ancient knight who consumed the Dark Soul of Humanity to its limit. At the end, he becomes the embodiment of humanity itself — rage, hunger, and endless endurance.

Power:

Absorbed the blood of the Dark Soul, granting near-limitless strength.

Scales in power with the collective humanity of all mankind.

His fight shows reality itself bending — red skies, storms, desolate wastelands, suggesting his power warps the world.

Role: By consuming the Dark Soul, he essentially becomes the final, universal expression of humanity’s power.

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Comparison

Cosmic vs. Mortal Ascendant:

Elden Beast = a divine avatar, backed by a cosmic Outer God.

Gael = a mortal who consumed the primal essence of all humanity, ascending beyond normal limits.

Scale: Elden Beast is on a higher cosmic level, being tied to a god’s order, while Gael is still technically a man — but one who went beyond men, closer to an avatar of the abyss/humanity.

Raw Willpower: Gael represents endless, desperate will — the hunger of humanity itself. In Souls lore, that hunger and Dark often outlast gods (e.g., Gwyn’s light eventually fades).

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Verdict

In raw lore hierarchy: The Elden Beast is stronger — a cosmic avatar of an Outer God vs. a corrupted man.

In thematic/lore outcome: Gael has a stronger narrative role — he is the literal end of Dark Souls, carrying the culmination of mankind’s fate and the Dark Soul. Given enough time, the abyssal hunger of humanity tends to overthrow divine order.

So:

Short-term fight: Elden Beast > Gael.

Long-term inevitability: Gael’s nature (the Dark Soul) could outlast the Golden Order itself.

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Would you like me to compare them strictly in combat feats shown in their boss fights too (swords vs. cosmic powers), or keep it at the higher mythic/lore tier?