#but godwyn came from godfrey

[malefilus]

Marika having even the slightest of knowledge that the Night of Black Knives was going to take place makes everything that follows even more messed up.

For the sake of this post let's say that she knew. She knew that someone was setting up to steal the Rune of Death. She also knew that it was either Rykard or Ranni. But instead of upping security, instead of moving it, instead of doing anything to maybe stop this from occurring she sat by and let it happen. Played ignorant to the machinations because she, too, was fed up with everything. This would work into her own distaste for everything happening without her having to lift a finger.

The Rune gets stolen, and Marika is throughout the lore and game as we know presented as an incredibly smart woman. There's no way she wouldn't know that the rune wouldn't be used against one of her own. After all that would make the biggest impact on the way things were going. It would have the best chance of altering things.

That would mean she willfully allowed for something to be taken that would inevitably be used against one of her own children and allowed it. She accepted that that would have to take place for her own desires to come to fruition as well.

So does that make it worse...her actions afterward? Does it make it more understandable or does it make more unforgivable?

#i also kind of believe that Godwyn was her favorite child that she had #because we can see that her marriage to Radagon wasn't really a good one #all lore dialogue we get of her she's mildly dunking on radagon #while her marriage to godfrey seemed a little less antagonistic #so her love for miquella and malenia is pretty much not present at all #and since i do believe melina is their other child #it seems she put a lot on melina to become what she needs her to be for once agian #her own machinations and plans #but godwyn came from godfrey #and he came out flawlessly #no matter which kid had died that night i think she would have still reacted the way she did #because it was most definitely an action she'd been wanting to do for a long time #and now had a very solid reason #elden ring #marika the eternal

[val-of-the-north]

More observations for the trailer I am going insane!!!

I can't claim the original observation of this candle tree detail is mine, but it's from a Japanese Twitter user, here's a screenshot of the post and a link to it as well [x]

The rest of this observation IS mine though, so let's get to it:

With all the talk of cardinal sin, Messmer having a few parallels to Lucifer as pointed out by some friends of mine [x] I have to wonder if he is the cause of a speculated first burning of the Erdtree.

If this is the first time you have heard about this concept, I'll give a short summary. You know how Leyndell is covered in ash by the time we reach it in-game, and how that goes unexplained? We know for a fact that must be the Erdtree's ashes because after we claim the Rune of Death and the Erdtree burns even more, the capital is entombed in it.

We are also told that the Age of Plenty, an age in which the Erdtree gave physical blessings from its sacred sap, swiftly came to a close and the tree had to be changed to simply an object of faith...

So the theory claims that the reason why the Age of Plenty ended so swiftly was due to the Erdtree being set on fire. In theory spaces, the go-to culprit for this speculated action has often been the Gloam-Eyed Queen, with her connections to fire (Blackflame specifically) and Destined Death, but now there's the possibility that this was all Messmer's doing after all. Promotional material and dialogue seems to really denote his affinity for scorching and setting things ablaze.

This probably also means he is the inventor of that scary flame construct that according to Miyazaki as per this interview [x] was an old war machine, no doubt used during this "unsung battle".

Another important part of Messmer's design is the two snakes, which point us back to the Age of Plenty! Godfrey likely ruled during and directly after that time, and the arenas were likely built because of him. It had to be during Godfrey's rule because by the time Radagon became Elden Lord the practices of the colosseums had died down, as told to us by the Ritual Sword and Shield Talismans:

One of the more interesting aspects of the gladiatorial battles that once took place is the snake symbolism on the gladiators' armor.

So the snake was a symbol of a generic "traitor to the Erdtree", and it predated Rykard's blasphemy by an entire age at least... so what if it wasn't generic at all and it represented Messmer himself? He might have been the perpetrator of a betrayal so foul that Marika removed all traces of his existence from her empire's history, but kept the symbol of the snake as a spiteful reminder of him and all other subsequent traitors. After all, she does seem to have power over which one of her children gets remembered or not, and if not her, then the collective of the Golden Order:

Do note that we don't know when she said this. It could have been while she was still at the height of her rule or right before the Shattering. What we do know for a fact is that the soulless demigods inside the Walking Mausoleums have no known history to speak of, which is quite unlike Godwyn, one of the more accomplished members of the family. So yeah, being forgotten by history might be something the Golden Order does to those they deem unfit, so Messmer could be a likely candidate for such treatment... except instead of doing nothing noteworthy he did TOO much lol.

Now I gotta wonder if Marika hated him more or less than her Omen babies. One could argue that locking them down in a sewer close to where she lives was done more as an obligation than any true resentment. She could have sent them to the Shadow Lands if she really wanted them gone and unaccessible, as that place seems filled with Crucible-related things...

I am not saying she was a good mother to them because she didn't kick them to the Shadow Lands, but perhaps she DID have some small affection for them that she really couldn't follow through with.

Of course, maybe she just couldn't banish them anymore after banishing Messmer for whatever reason (maybe she cut-off a connection to that realm?). However, the most likely possibility is that he WAS known like the many soulless demigods and that Mohg and Morgott predate him. It's just that while those two were born undesirable through no fault of their own and were thus only hidden away, he BECAME undesirable which was worse in Marika's eyes so he gets the extra banishment and the removal of all of his history... there are so many possibilities...

#elden ring #messmer the impaler #shadow of the erdtree #elden ring dlc #hi I am really excited if you couldn't tell #I'll try not to think about it too much for now since otherwise I'm gonna blow up because the info will never be ENOUGH #still I'm gonna speculate if some new cool revelation comes up #val-post

[katyspersonal]

What are your expectations/theories for Messmer?

I have a few! I even considered making a predictions bingo on him specifically to check when DLC comes out! XD But overall the predictions resulted from me and @val-of-the-north bouncing the ideas around 🤔 I'll need to link a few of other posts here too to help clarifying some relevant topics!

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1) I think he is one of the children between Marika and Godfrey, or maybe even her first-born!

At first I was also thinking that him having red hair was a damning evidence that he had to be born from selfcest, like Malenia and Miquella! But Val brought this to my attention that in ER manga, which is apparently on a stronger level of directing than BB comics from my knowledge, Rykard is a blond!

So Val suggested that genes can work a funny way since Marika and Radagon are still the same person, and if Rykard got Marika's golden hair gene even from Radagon's body, the reverse is possible and someone in Golden Lineage could have red hair even from Marika! I also agree because Miquella is venturing into the Shadows Land presumably to discover Marika's secrets:

(Famitsu interview with Miyazaki, taken from this ( x ) post) But Messmer to me feels like he would be fully aware of every Marika's dark secret there is! I joke that he is very Lucifer-coded, but actually Satan-coded is a better comparison. He is the holder of "Hell", where the 'graceless' beings and those rejected by Golden Order reside, like that ancient Misbegotten(ish) creature! If he was the third sibling of this kind, why would he know more than Malenia and Miquella? (I mean, surprise me!) But if he had been there from the very start, carrying her (God's) punishment, then sure!

My other clue towards that is that he shares the "spartan" aesthetic in his clothes with Godfrey and his Duelists ( x ) (and actually Goldmask too)! This whole thing with leg wraps and waistwrap!

2) He is the first to historically partake in Dragon Communion, and the inspiration of Drake Knights

There are dragonic features about himself, the design of his armour and his snakes! Initially I thought of Dragonic Sentinels too, but their whole deal is to combat Granssax, who I concluded attacked after Farum Azula war and Placidusax' lord was fled. More than that, their deal is 'electric' line of dragons specifically, whereas Drake Knights and others who that partake in Dragon Communion are not picky! They eat dragon hearts to take their power, and that includes 'fire' line of dragons, like Greyoll and her spawn!

I speculate that he was the first person historically, with the bright idea of eating dragon heart to take its power, and this is where his fire powers came from. Fire is associated with heresy, but in his case it was both: assuming powers of dragons was heresy itself (so, before Godwyn made dragons 'friends'), but fire powers came from it! As a Demigod, he also did not meet the same miserable fate as Magma Wyrms! He had the privilege to really take something useful by being not mere mortal.

3) The snakes, therefore, are part of his body!

There are two of them, and I assume they're growing from the base of his spine and function like his tails! If Placidusax is anything to go by, this is part of him developing multiple heads but in the way that would not mess with his body too much. Funny enough, I had two dreams of Gwyndolin as a baby, and in both Gwyndolin as a child only had two snakes that did work as tails, so maybe I am biased!

4) Rotten Duelists also take inspiration from him

I am resharing the image by Val from a post I've already linked, but whereas they elaborate sign of Godfrey and hatred for the Giants in their design, the snakes around their arms and on their helmets are supposed to refer to Messmer!

I imagine Godfrey and Messmer being that super cool OG battle duo. Duelists feature two kinds of 'heresy' in their design - the snakes and the symbols of the Giants, and I assume they were proudly wearing these before being driven from the Coliseum! Back then symbolism of "taking power from the enemy" was something honourable, and so was what Messmer did - becoming 'sinful' to be the more powerful weapon of Marika was courageous and virtuous of him. So, snakes were also fine to proudly depict in the clothes! Until it was not:

5) He is banished for (attempted) burning of the Erdtree

This theory is coined in by @val-of-the-north! In this ( x ) post it is explained better, but in short, there are evidences that the big golden Erdtree we see is an illusion, most interesting one is ashes being all over Leyendell even before defeating Maliketh. So that's why it no longer is giving its blessed sap and is "only an object of faith" now, though its lower part is still physical of course. I agree with this idea!

I think he had to do something bad because of the huge sealed eye possibility! Ranni and Melina also have an eye sealed, and both are Demigods that had their 'privilege' within the Golden Order removed in one way or another. Messmer, on the other way, wows to burn whoever is devoid of grace, so I doubt that he would willingly divest himself of it! Whereas he's been heretical for dragonic powers and the 'Satan' to her system to take care of the 'sinners' from the beginning, but he got excommunicated from the family and likely erased from its records! Bonus points if Godwyn being the first in the Golden Lineage is just what they tell people now!

6) GEOOOOOORGGGEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

I've always had a feeling that whereas everyone is anticipating him to become the first true Soulsborne sexyman, something just has to put a dent in it. Just something to sour the character. I can't explain it, it is like sixth sense...? But I think I finally know what it is. During answering this ask, I payed attention how even with other things put in consideration, he still appears to be loyal to his mother and the purpose she intended to him. He speaks defensive against her letting the "unworthy" to become a Lord. Like... this is not necessarily something weird, it could just be strong loyalty even against his self-interest like what we see in Maliketh or Morgott, but there is just strange sixth sense about perhaps some Freudian shit going on in his head that I can't shake, and not anti-climatic one after what they did with Mohg.

7) Motivation for attempted burning of the Erdtree were themes of ambition and perfection

I will link a couple of posts (with pictures) in which I explained how Erdtree is itself a Crucible and how I theorise existence of Omens resulted in denying and loathing the thing ( x ) ( x ). They're not too long tbh, and in both I forgot to bring up the fact that Ancestral Followers worship Minor Erdtrees :') But the main point is, everything sacred will eventually rot and die, however, giving the way to a new thing to sprout from it, and that was something Marika was unwilling to accept. Erdtree and Golden Order, were supposed to be Eternal, like herself.

Marika made everything that reminded of the other side of life, like Misbegotten and Omens, illegal, and ensured immortality in the best way she could, but Messmer took it even further. He attempted to remove the 'life' aspect of the Elden Ring, to separate the sacred power granted to his mother and relatives from the earth. So, from from inevitable death, from ever rotting, from 'cycle'... from everything "imperfect", so it could be just the one perfect, pure, 100% spiritual thing in their hands. + I think what he did happened after Gloam-Eyed Queen fiasco, so that was another point in realising the instability and imperfection. + to draw from the previous point, he might have been really pissed at Greater Will itself on behalf of his mother.

Except, what he did was not something even Marika would agree to. Greater Will specifically sought this "imperfect" world FOR its "imperfections", to gain form and purpose through births and deaths and feelings and struggles from the amorphous empty cosmic state. It was suffering from its superiority, there was nothing to love or hate or want. It gives me the same vibe as how in BB, the Great Ones are willing to trade their perfection for simple joy of loving a child; they don't need to give birth since they're immortal and their genes are not in need of surviving, but there is just... nothing in this immortality. This is something Messmer would not understand. Sellen is another example of this mindset, aspiring for the things the "perfect" beings were willing to escape. It is always the case of 'greener grass' lol

But yes, absolutely no one appreciated the attempt to separate the Elden Ring from being rooted into mortal "flawed" things. I think he still thinks he is right, and that whatever little dialogue he will have should contain quite the vitriol.

8) In the second stage of his battle, he will become far more dragonic.

I expect at least something happening with the snakes akin to becoming his wings. Maybe he will even turn into a dragon, a two-headed one! + also if there is no particularly gruesome (lethal) visceral attack by his snakes I will rebel lol

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Soooo yeah... This isn't much, but my imagination is weak when I have limited information x) I have also seen an idea that the thing that pierces Marika's body might be his doing since he is titled the Impaler, but for now I think this is not the case! Her hammer is full of similar sharp shards of Elden Ring, so I think this is just another shard, or, perhaps, something Elden Beast threw at her. Red coloration comes from being bloodied! Marika was a mortal once, after all!

#elden ring #elden ring dlc #messmer the impaler #elden ring theory #screenshots #elden ring reference #ask replies

[velvet-apricots]

Marika Rebels

Marika kneeled before the Emissary of the Greater will, head bowed as she sat within the Erdtree. Her dusty face was streaked from tears shed. So many tears for her eldest child. 

For her boy that now rotted at the roots of the Erdtree.

Her back was marred with cracks from her shattering of the Elden Ring, a fit of rage against the being that destroyed her.

All she had left was Godwyn. Miquella and Malenia left her, Mohg and Morgott were lost to the sewers both.

And now Godwyn was gone.

The Greater Will demanded repentance. It demanded control.

It demanded order, for it was order itself.

It remained still, but its interest was waning. For life was chaos.

And there was no greater proof of its chaos then war.

Marika lifted her head, her grief fueled rage renewed. She would tear it all down. All for her sons to Godfrey, the only man who she loved. Godwyn, and the twins who’s memories she clung to.

Even her beautiful treacherous twins who left her. Because they were cursed by the Gods the Greater Will deemed the enemy.

She would bring a war unlike any other. For her remaining children were like her. Burning with flames of ambition.

 “I am the Queen Eternal. I shall not be thy dog. I shall not heel.”

The Beast reeled back at the defiance, brandishing a spear. Marika bared her teeth, resisting as Radagon tugged upon her body, demanding he be the one in control.

She was god upon the earth. She had power. She would not be silenced, tormented, and maimed into compliance. She would chase the Greater Will and its need for order out of the lands between. Banish the thing that shattered her to pieces.

“Hear me, Demigods. My children beloved…”

The spear came down and ripped through her chest, her body further cracking away. She spilled no blood, for the beast would never draw it.

She was stone, and stone did not bleed.

“Make of thyselves that which ye desire. Be it a Lord. Be it a God.”

Her children, her blood, all heard her words. 

Even Godwyn’s soulless husk heard, his milky eyes gazing skyward as death infected the golden roots which tried to claim him.

“But should ye fail to become aught at all, ye will be forsaken. Amounting only to sacrifices-”

Her voice caught in her throat, her own hands clasped tightly around it, squeezing as Radagon finally silenced her.

The beast loomed overhead, and she knew she would not be leaving this tree.

But she still had faith. She was the golden order. She was the god that walked upon the earth. Oh she may be strung up and tormented for an eternity, but this was her land.

It was her grace. And this was her tree. They may seal it off, prevent everyone from entering.

But nothing prevented her from reaching out.

And she had planned this. From the moment the last Giant fell and her first husband lost his grace.

She had planned to break free of her curse. If not that day, then one day.

This day. When she had nothing left.

So come ye tarnished. 

Come and return home.

Come and slay the beast that binds me.

Come and free me.

Come my one true Lord. 

Come return to mine side.

#pn's fanfiction #Queen Marika #elden ring #godwyn the golden #elden beast #greater will #burn it all down #hopefully this is part of a longer fic about the night of the black knives and the aftermath

[maranull]

Could we perhaps get some content of Marika trying her best to be a good mom? Especially for her “step”children. Results may vary, but effort is always high!

My favourite war-criminal mom, of course!

In (headcanon) order of birth:

with Morgott and Mohg:

For one, she didn't murder them, as was the Golden Order custom.

When she got word that they had escaped the sewers, she blocked any and all attempts of pursuit the Golden Order pushed for.

She was aware of Morgott being the Night Commander, and not only allowed it, but made sure to spread the word that the Night Calvary was working under her blessing.

with Godwyn:

She fawned over him the most of all her kids, as he was born not too long after she had to banish the Omen twins.

She insisted on tutoring him herself, and she was fully involved in most things he did as a kid. To the point that Godfrey was forced to actually dabble into politics for a few years (instead of just caring for the armies).

She allowed for Godfrey to train him in battle, but she took the mantle when it came to strategy and diplomacy.

During the war with the Dragons, she gave him command, but she still used her Mimic's Veil to be close and make sure he was safe.

She blessed his relationship with Fortissax in secret and assisted him in pushing the new alliance with the Dragons to become acceptable in the realm.

with Ranni:

Along with Godwyn, Ranni was her other favourite (because yes, Marika did have favourites among her kids)

Since Ranni was blessed with both Rennala's magical talent and Marika's physical strength, Marika took it upon herself to train her to control it.

Ranni wasn't particularly into it, but Marika kept dragging her into the lessons because she thought it was the only thing she could offer than Rennala couldn't.

As Ranni and her distaste of her Empyrean fate grew, she and Marika found common ground there, with Marika actually backtracking and rethinking a lot of her previous actions.

After the Rennala/Marika divorce (Rada-who?) she had a really hard time reconnecting with Ranni, and just began sending her letters about topics she thought she would like.

A lot of the tablets in Marika's chambers are actually information on topics Ranni was interested in and Marika dove deep in them to understand and connect to her better.

with Rykard:

Rykard never showed much interest towards his parents and while Rennala accepted that his love was a quiet one, Marika never let the poor kid breathe in peace.

Because if my son isn't talking to me, he hates me.

Anyway, she dragged him to any sort of activity she could think of.

At first the boy was really trying to enjoy himself so she wouldn't be sad, but after his 10th time falling in the sea during their sailing lessons, he gave up.

Marika didn't and kept trying to drag him into more and more activities, only slowing down after the divorce.

with Radahn:

He was the easiest to get along with.

More than any of her other kids, he was the physical type that she was, and they spent years sparring and fighting.

During his years studding gravity magic, she send him lots and lots of writings and resources from her own library of studies.

She pushed him to use dual greatswords and focus more on strength and devastation rather than elegance in the battlefield.

Speaking of which, she also taught him most of what he knew about battle tactics, the rest he learned by reading past battle reports of Godfrey's wars.

with Miquella and Malenia:

She had the twins alone, after all the other kids were old and pursuing their own goals, so she focused herself on them immediately.

She kept them in her lap the most, panicking for Malenia curse and being anxious about what Miq might have (she didn't know yet)

She moved heaven and earth in order to find a cure for Malenia, to no avail.

When she found out about Miq's curse, she babied him to the point he had to yell (which he never does) at her to stop. She almost cried then.

She became visibly distant to them after than, from fear they'll hate her.

Still, she was the one that gave Miq the first seed he needed in order to begin his Haligtree project.

She also "hired" the people who made the lift of Roid to construct the Secret Medallion to hide the path to the Haligtree (she then... "dispatched" them but we're not mentioning that).

with Melina:

Melina was supposed to be a secret tool to help bring the end of the Greater Will.

Anyway, two seconds after her birth, Marika threw that plan out of the window and began trying to find alternatives.

Marika kept lil Meli inside her chambers for most of her life, with only Godwyn, Miquella and Malenia being allowed in.

Wanting to minimize the needed isolation, Marika allowed Meli to borrow the Mimic's Veil whenever she wanted.

After Meli reached adulthood and was allowed to leave the capital, she traveled so much that even Marika began loosing track of her. She would rush to whatever area she heard rumours about a girl riding an otherworldly horse. She never managed to find her on her own.

The times Meli decided to visit her mother, a lot of their time was spent planning expeditions and travels that Meli almost always ended up going alone.

A couple times, Marika managed to escape her duties for a few weeks, and then they traveled together around the Lands, each sharing their own knowledge and understanding of the land.

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This was harder than I thought :P I realise that some of them lean more to generic headcanons of her relationship with the kids. Still, I'm keeping them in.

Thank you for the ask!!

EDIT: I forgot Blaidd and Iji but I'm too tired rn, sorry. Might rb this with them later.

#elden ring #queen marika the eternal #morgott the omen king #godwyn the golden #ranni the witch #rykard #general radahn #miquella the unalloyed #malenia blade of miquella #melina #headcanons #oh boi that's a lot of characters jeez #i think the most tagged characters in any of my posts #welp #asks

[toweringclam]

Who is Godefroy? FINAL

So a while back, I started a series where I tried to puzzle out who Godefroy the Grafted actually was. I got a bit lost in the weeds and burned out before I could come up with a coherent theory, but it turns out the answer was stupidly simple and sitting right in front of me the whole time. And the story of Godefroy is a key to understanding all of Marika's offspring.

Godwyn, Godefroy, and Godrick are brothers

If there's one thing that's incredibly important for understanding Elden Ring lore, it's patterns. The same motifs will repeat again and again, and if something doesn't seem to fit the established pattern, it's probably worth a second thought.

One thing that seems to be accepted without question is that Marika's children with Godfrey were Godwyn, Morgott, and Mohg. But the problem should jump out at you immediately: every other group of divine siblings have names that start with the same letter. The pattern becomes even more apparent now that we have Messmer, presumably Miquella and Malenia's brother. This adds some new rules. Assuming this is replicated across all her offspring, the pattern is:

Three siblings

All start with the same letter

Twins and a spare

That brings me to:

Rykard and Radahn are twins

While they're never called twins, looking at their portraits side by side, it becomes pretty obvious.

Their different sizes could easily be explained by something like twin to twin transfusion syndrome, a concept very familiar to fans of the Locked Tomb series. We have the overgrown twin and the withered twin, plus their sister Ranni. We now have a pattern.

Melina is Mohg and Morgott's sister

This just leaves Melina, the potential Gloam-Eyed Queen. The strangest of Marika's children. May seem odd since she looks so young compared to them, but remember, she's a spirit. Her body was burned long ago, so there's no reason for her to age. That puts her in the second batch of demigod children, likely around when the Erdtree was burned for the first time.

The Grafted Twins' were born first

In fact, the age thing is a major clue to the timing of the Grafted Twins' birth. They are old and wizened in a way that none of Marika's other children are. If they are Marika's offspring, that must mean they were born before she gained control of the Elden Ring. The first child she bore under the new order was Godwyn the Golden, perfect in every way. More than anything else, this represented a shift in power.

The Golden Lineage is Godfrey's own

In all the Golden Lineage items, there isn't a single mention of Marika. Go back and look. Godfrey is mentioned, but not Marika. Rather than saying that this means she wasn't involved, i think it represents the shifting power from Elden Lord to God (or whatever Marika's position was before). There's barely any mention of Placidusax's god, so the title must not have been that important back then.

The M's are Marika's own

Following Marika's ascension, she started to wonder if she even needed Godfrey anymore. So she started to experiment. She sent her other self Radagon to Caria and used the power of the Crucible to create children on her own. The result was the warped Omen Twins and Melina, the Gloam-Eyed Queen.

Godfrey, Chad that he is, loved these divine bastards as his own, as seen when he gently cradles Morgott. This compassion was even extended to the children of Radagon, as Radahn shows great admiration for him. But Marika wanted her Empyrean offspring, so he had to go. She called back her other half and had another batch of kids, two (three?) of which came out as Empyreans.

I'm getting tired and rambling, so in conclusion:

Godefroy is Marika's first-born. Godwyn was just the first-born of the Golden Order.

#radagon of the golden order #mohg lord of blood #mohg the omen #morgott the omen king #Godefroy the Grafted #godrick the grafted #elden ring #shadow of the erdtree #elden ring lore #godwyn the golden

[marawhydontyoudraw]

What was life like for the Omen Twins Morgott and Mohg during their youth? Did they ever experience what palace life was like, or had they spent most of their childhood in the Shunning-Grounds?

Oh, in fact I have hcs about this one!

Their early years were indeed spent in Shunning-Grounds, though they were never allowed to roam around freely; instead, the twins spent most of their time in cells, bound by the magical shackles. Sometimes Godfrey visited them, taking them away from cells to the underground church, where they could meet each other and learn things about the upper world from their father. They basically only lived when Godfrey visited them, just waiting for him the rest of the time... untill he just stopped coming.

Somewhere above the ground, Marika planned her rebellion against the Greater Will and banished Godfrey as a part of the plan; although he managed to do two things for his sons before leaving: firstly, he convinced Marika that the twins could also be useful to the plan and thus needed training, secondly, he ordered his two crucible leiutenants, Ordovis and Siluria, to look after his children. When Siluria got Godwyn as her ward, Ordovis got the twins, and oh, did it immediately get complicated.

The twins, of course, knew nothing of that, they only knew that some rude man in crucible armor came for them one day, told them that they would never see their father again and took them to a strange, unfamiliar and very bright place. However, they soon learned that they also had an older brother who genuinely loved them and with whom they stayed, even though they were forbidden to leave they chambers (and they stepfather forced them study calculus). And so they lives with Godwyn and his family until the Night of the Black Knives, when... things happened.

Also random hcs related to this:

the twins used mimicry during their time with Godwyn's family; they also look almost identical with the veil (Mohg is taller).

for this reason, no one outside the family knows exactly how many brothers does Godwyn have; Radahn thought it's just one dude, when Ranni and Rykard believed there're buch of very similar guys.

Ordovis is an awful parent substitute and should be banned from raising children for eternity.

the empyrean twins were acquainted with the omen twins (though Radagon prohibited it) and they were on very good terms with each other.

Godwyn's own children (Godrick and Godefroy) also knew the omen twins and their relationships were awful (Morgott is a terrible uncle, Godrick is a terrible nephew, and so on).

#a fantasy game about a magic tree

[whatdoyoumeanitsnotcanon]

I have a somewhat elaborate request for Elden Ring, if you'd like: How about Morgott's (platonic) relationship with a GN!Reader who is another Demigod? One that, just like him, refused to take part in the infighting between their siblings, and, instead, remained loyal to the Golden Order, just like the Omen King, taking up the duty of defending the capital alongside him? For additional drama/fluff, if you are into that, said Demigod doesn't care he's an Omen at all (if they ever figure out Margit and Morgott are the same), because, while they might initially be surprised, they, similar to Godfrey, never really got into the 'purity' thing the Golden Order had, so they just see Morgott as a person, not some kind of abomination. Sorry if that is a bit outside your usual requests, but Morgott really, really deserves a member of his family that actually shows him some appreciation, or at least thinks positively of him, horns and all, while he's still alive, not just Godfrey lamenting his death when he can't hear it anymore.

Ｍｙ　Ｂｒｏｔｈｅｒ＇ｓ　Ｋｅｅｐｅｒ

You remember the day he was born, all wrinkly, tiny, hairy, and cute just the same.

You remember Godwyn's joy when he found out he was a big brother. He jumped around excitedly and listed all the things he wanted to do with his siblings.

You remember the two of you crowding around the squirming bundles, cooing unintelligibly and promising that you'd protect them always.

You cared not that they had horns.

You cared not for the hushed whispers or the looks of derision. They were family and you would love them regardless.

You remember waking the next day, hoping to see them again. But you never did. No one did.

You looked to Godwyn and saw his mouth drawn in restrained anger. You turned to Godfrey and never knew the man's broad shoulders could slump so low, and when your gaze fell upon Marika, queen eternal, there was nothing of the warmth she showered down upon you two, only the cold, distant visage of a monarch.

And in the span of a day, your world had changed forever.

You were forbidden from talking to them. That didn't deter you. You tried your damnedest alongside Godwyn. Over time, his duties as a Prince began to take up most of his time and so you dedicated yourself in his stead to reaching out.

You wrote and you wrote and you wrote, hoping one day your lost brothers would see, hoping that they would understand that they weren't unloved.

Your luck only changed when, in seemingly quick succession, Godfrey left, Marika remarried, and Godwyn was killed. The anger of a thousand years fell on to the Queen eternal but still, her cold visage remained, and your efforts doubled.

When she committed the ultimate sin and plunged the realm into war, you watched in horror. Your shoulders slumped the same as Godfrey's did and you never felt so... aged and tired. You questioned why, you wondered how she abandon you all to fight to the death, and your thoughts turned to your brothers, lost. Gone.

You failed to protect them.

You remember staring at the empty throne before you heard a deep voice pulling you from your thoughts.

"...Who are you?"

Turning, you took in the towering figure, regal, bent, wrinkly, hairy, and cute just the same. He eyed distrustfully. You remember the shock of white hair and his adorably gnarled horns. You remember his little tail and thought he and his brother were the most precious things in existence.

Your eyes blurred and you cried over your broken family.

-------

"I meant to tell you a lot," you said softly as you handed him, Morgott, a bundle of letters and journals, "we tried so hard, Godwyn and I, to find you. Not all of us are heartless, brother..."

You both let the words hang in the air.

It was some time before Morgott saw or spoke to you again. He'd taken the bundle and left just as silently as he came. You couldn't fault him for it. This was a lot to take in, even for a demigod.

You were staring up at the Erdtree, the symbol of everything that's right and wrong with your family when Morgott stood next to you.

An awkward silence ensued before he spoke and he sounded nervous. "I... will need help setting things right," his single golden eye looked down at you. The distrust in his stare wasn't as prominent as before. "...There is much to discuss and I... have many questions. Will thy sword be raised to protect our home?"

You looked from the Erdtree to him and let the tension and unease linger in the air. You cared not for the war and you cared not for power. Your only wish, your only desire, was to see your family made whole once again. If it were someone else, your nod would have been imperceptible, but you realized early on that Morgott was incredibly astute. It reminded you so much of Godfrey.

He grunted his approval and you saw the hesitant beginnings of a smile form on Morgott's lips.

You could only thank the Greater Will for this second chance.

#morgott the omen king #queen marika the eternal #godwyn the golden #godfrey the first elden lord #elden ring #elden crack.

[bloodrosebriars]

@deathblightprince:

It was another typical day in the Roundtable Hold... or so he thought.

He was just walking back from the library, having returned some books to their shelves before plucking a few more to read. Fia had gone off to do something on her own, presumably to wander and find someone to chat with.

He entered the main room, to enter the corridor back to Fia's quarters until he came across a new face. A face that look so eerily like his fathers. It actually made him freeze in his tracks, as he almost mistook the man for Godfrey himself.

Godwyn himself was in disguise as well, but he did not look the same as he did when he was the Golden Prince. His skin was a more sickly pale with purple tints. His viens a deep navy blue or even black. His hair was somewhat visible through his hood, revealing long pale gold locks. He dawned a mask to cover his nose and mouth, but his eyes remained revealed and remained the most striking thing about him. His eyes were a dark grey, nearly black, but they were clouded as if he was blind. He clearly wasn't blind as he could see the man in the room with him, but it served as a haunting look.

"You look like a new face." He commented with a sense of curiosity, clearly having a lot of time to practice his modern english. This man was taller than him, and he was bulky too! He wore beautifully tailored clothes as well compared to Godwyn's shabby-looking sewn up black cloak and mask. "Is it your first time here?"

Given the fact that neither of the two brothers look at all like they did the last time they’d seen one another, they really might as well be strangers.

The voice strikes an eerie chord within the Omen’s breast, but more because it had spooked him than due to any odd remembrances. A ghost of the past, a ghost of the present — really, when he turns to look, this sickly-seeming man could be a spectre a hundred centuries old by looks alone. Ah, but who is Mohg to judge a man’s appearance? His shock wears off quickly, and a smile curls the edges of his veil-obscured lips.

“Indeed, it is,” the Omen-in-disguise admits, a solemn nod accompanying the words. He turns to face the ‘stranger’ with a wide arc drawn by one foot across the floor, his robes dancing around his ankles, almost like a curtsey in the way it accompanies a small bow. His hand covers his heart. His expression is like that of a man lost in bittersweet mourning. “I am new to these realms, and the strange beings that inhabit them. Hopelessly lost it would seem…” Sigh. “Art thou one of this hold’s noble Tarnished, then? Ah, what beautiful eyes thou hast…”

His own eye, of course, remains completely hidden behind black silk, lest his ties to Marika become immediately known. He smiles politely.

#[ic] #deathblightprince #oh boy #himbo brothers dont recognise each other: the thread

[monstrousvoice]

Anon returns.

First of, i made the omen baby hypothetical au into an actual au, his name is Percival, but the Night's Calvary call him Crumb. May have made him look a bit like bby Mohg just to really make Morgott have Thoughts. Also have determined Crumb's mother more or less mother hens Morgott via Margit and he's doomed. This au has spiraled out of control and i am attempting to fistfight writers block to make fic as we speak. I'm talking i have planned out this child's life until he becomes a Knight or equivalent rank at like 21. I'm consumed.

Second, your point about the omen twins being shackled when they were young children is.. obvious in hindsight? But i suppose i didn't think about it, and now i'm even sadder. Because at some point there came a day where their mother either took them somewhere, or made Godfrey take them down there, and just. Left them. I wonder how Godwyn would have reacted to the little siblings of his just.. disappearing one day. Do you think he searched for them, partially convincing himself they were simply hiding for some reason. Playing a game and were going to pop up any moment to cling to his legs and giggle, asking after his dragon friends. I also wonder how Godfrey felt about it, because he had to know it happened. I don't see him taking the disappearance of his sons lying down if Marika DIDN'T tell him. Like, tearing the palace and then the city apart looking for them is something i could see him doing if he thought they just went missing. So she'd have to tell him and even if it was a case of "the Greater Will says to", i can't see that passing easy.

There's also the possibility that she sent Godfrey and the Tarnished on the long march at the same time she shackled them away, negating both 'problems', as it were. Which adds another layer of the twins then thinking both parents didn't want them.

I'm emotional now and it's about 36% your fault, so i had to share.

Oooooooo I'm interested to see where you go with this little AU!! I just had my own bout of terrible writers block, so I truly wish you the best. Kiss the block and make friends with it, tell it you are ready to start writing again and it no longer needs to protect you from burn out :3

And good LORDY I have some things I want to share on the topic of Godfrey and the twins, as well as Godwyn, but thats falling into fic spoiler territoryyyyyyy! I can't share these thoughts with you cause that will ruin the big reveal towards the end of Court of the Immortals!

Also, something to remember, Godfrey was the first official Tarnished. There were none before him. When he was exiled from the Lands Between back to the BadLands, he went alone...Serosh as his ever present companion who is so ingrained into himself, they are practically one and the same.

It must have been a lonely and quiet journey back.

#Elden Ring #Morgott #Mohg #Godfrey #Godwyn #Morgott the Omen King #Mohg Lord of Blood #Godfrey the First Elden Lord #Godwyn the Golden #I WANT TO SAY SO MUCH MORE BUT I CANT #CAUSE MY FIC STORYLINE #DARN YOU ANON FOR TEMPTING ME LIKE THIS #Bee buzzing and crow cawing

[eldenlordofdragons]

Peepaw's Not Nice

"Oh, blast it, what is it now, girl?"

Mildly annoyed with the sound her shoes make, Gideon snaps his head up to meet Perona's inquisitive gaze. Mostly he's fine with her, given she can't always help the things her clothes do. That and, well, she's 'special', as he'd kindly put it, so what's irritating to some is a comfort to her. Flicking her wrists, fiddling with her clothes, being engrossed with prisms and firelight, it's all the more clue as to her maltreatment back in her home country.

Not that he asked, because... To be quite frank he didn't quite care where she came from or what she did then. He never was good with children, so compounded with this knowledge he was far from someone she'd call a father figure of any kind.

But Fyra is kind to her and embraces her as her daughter, which alone will have him at least act like he likes Perona in her presence. At least Perona's done more than pray and hide in her quarters. In fact she bears a fragment of Miquella's consciousness, enough proof to being the champion of a demigod.

Her gaze falls, something too frequent unless she is speaking to Fyra, Castella, Alberich, Godfrey, or even Godwyn. No matter.

Reaching, she slowly presents an open book to him, soon pointing to a word. "... What is this word, peepaw?"

His eye twitches, unseen by his helm. Taking the book from her he scans it, soon finding her word: 'discombobulated'.

"Hm... It's discombobulated," He replies, curt, handing it back.

Her head tilts, looking at it again. "Dis... cambabalated?"

"No. Discombobulated." He straightens a bit more. "Slowly with me. Dis."

"Dis."

"Com."

"Com."

"Bob."

"Ul."

"Ul."

"Ated."

"Ated."

"Discombobulated."

"Discombabalatabated."

"No..." Resisting the need to rub his temples - he understands the importance of being patient after all - he sighs through his nostrils. Her drooping slightly hints her picking up on his annoyance. "Practice it a few more times on your own. If you still need help, surely Fyra or Alberich-" he's too aware of the venom dripping in his voice when he mentions the thorned sorcerer-"will be happy to lend you assistance."

Then his head drops, subconsciously dismissing her as Ensha takes a moment to approach and pat her on the head. He doesn't understand what makes her worth such coddling, but he's acknowledged since days gone by that his nature is expected of mere old men like him.

But, she is still young... And he can tolerate her, so long as she remains constant in whatever journey Miquella's been taking her on. If she can burn down the Lord of Blood himself, she can do just about anything.

"Will that be all, Perona?" He asks. When there's no reply he casts his eyes up to firmly ask again, only for her to be absent from the study. "... Hrm. Ensha, perhaps you can tutor the girl in your spare time."

Unexpectedly perking up, Ensha flashes him a thumbs up, soon rushing out of the study.

"After all, I'd like to- HEY!!!"

#perona and gideon #my drabble #bothering the old man #this is just how i write gideon tbh-

[anomalocariscanadensis]

further thoughts on the stagnation thing in Elden Ring. going to be ignoring minor flaws in causality here so i can figure out where they poke holes into the structure. and maybe causality is just fucked up - after all it's one of the Golden Order's fundamentals and the Order is broken to its core.

They were conceived at the great Academy of Raya Lucaria, to the north of this castle. In the past, they obeyed laws which contravened the Golden Order, or so I'm told. Fascinating, isn't it? That the Golden Order was pliable enough to absorb practices that contradicted itself in the past. With the Order broken, twisted, and in need of repair, such adaptability is more important now than ever.

Cowl of a nomadic warrior. The blue color of its fabric symbolizes brisk waters, as fluid and flowing as the sword in the hand of its wearer. Just as still waters turn foul, stagnation leads to decay. Warriors must remain ever-drifting.

the rise to power of the Erdtree's Order depended heavily on incorporating outside forces/cultures. Marika herself was one of the Numen, who may have been the inhabitants of the Eternal Cities; Destined Death was sealed by the beast Maliketh; the badlands' warrior chieftain Hoarah Loux became the Elden Lord Godfrey to lend his strength to the Erdtree's conquests; the trolls who betrayed the Fire Giants were brought into the Order's fold (though their position within the Golden Order seems not to have been ideal, especially as time went on); Godwyn befriended Fortissax after the War of the Ancient Dragons, and the resulting dragon-cult gave the strength of lightning to Leyndell's defenders; and most famously, the marriage of Radagon to Rennala of Caria gave the Order Liurnia where force had failed. the Order was flexible enough to allow for all of this.

however, as time went on and the Erdtree came to rule the known world, all the powers in the Lands Between were either assimilated, subjugated, or driven to the fringes. there was no room for anything new to be added to the Golden Order from the outside, nor any threat to spur the Order to action. So the Order turned inwards. Fundamentalism arose, seeking to derive truths from study of the Golden Order's foundations. Any influences not deriving from the Erdtree were deemed heresy and rooted out by merciless inquisitors. Godfrey was Tarnished and banished, and in his place Marika married Radagon, and they became one. And the Golden Order's stagnation was made clear in the children of their singular union - Miquella was as unchanging as the Order, remaining a child forever, while in his sister Malenia the stagnation led to rot. (Miquella was a Fundamentalist until fundamentalism proved incapable of healing Malenia, at which point he began the faith of unalloyed gold - in other words, the Golden Order purged of all foreign influence. this was unsuccessful.)

(from here on this is pure speculation. the previous stuff also contains speculation but the rest contains nothing else)

Marika recognized this stagnation, and realized that the Golden Order could only be kept flowing and active if it were flexible once again. So she defied the Greater Will and shattered the Elden Ring, and Radagon attempted to repair it. And the secret in the closet, the key to it all that nobody knew: Marika is Radagon, Radagon is Marika. The Shattering wasn't simply a destruction of the Elden Ring, it was an attempt to reforge it. But the Greater Will is not so easily defied, and before the Ring could be reforged according to Marika's plan, the Elden Beast crucified Marika.

But she had planned for this, too. A curse laid upon a blacksmith, to forge a weapon capable of killing a god; an exiled army, strengthened and kept from stagnating by centuries of ceaseless deathless combat; and a daughter, burned and bodiless, yet still present to offer a guidance beyond that of the Fingers. How did she plan all this? How does it fit into time and causality? I have no fucking clue. Nor am I even sure if any of the endings correspond to the success of her plan. (Duskborn, I'd guess, if any; would explain her involvement in the Night of the Black Knives. did she regret the sealing of Destined Death? how much of this did she really plan?)

#elden ring

[on-stained-glass-wings]

☕ + the twins' thoughts on "best mom" Marika?

(Since I already answered this for Malenia here, I'll have Miquella take this one.)

TW: Discussion of child abuse; discussion of child neglect.

" I know how terribly Malenia hates mother," Miquella said softly, kicking his legs against the twisted, blooming branch of the Haligtree where he sat. " I envy her that unapologetic anger, that unrepentant rage...I always have. Malenia has always been so much better at anger than I."

Below him were the bustling sounds of the kingdom's market district: a cacophony of yelling vendors, laughing children, slamming crates, boisterous haggling, and the bleats and caws of livestock. The scent of piping hot street food wafted in the air. Miquella could see his younger twin 'patrolling' the streets below, hand in hand with the Cleanrot Knight nearest and dearest to her heart; and despite the heaviness of the topic at hand, Miquella couldn't help but snicker at Finlay's loud, obnoxious laugh. He could hear it even all the way up there!

" Mother did an excellent job at wringing the anger out of me." Miquella admitted after a moment of contemplation. " Malenia and I always knew what she had done to Morgott and Mohg just hours after they were born; it was an open palace 'secret' that they had been given to an Omen 'midwife' in the sewers with their umbilical cords still wet. Malenia and I were destined to be Empyrean--Mother had told us that from the moment we could think--yet Malenia was so sick and in so much pain. Father--poor Father!--tried his best to help her, but Mother? She washed her hands of Malenia's illness as she did of any problem she could not fix and told her to grow stronger through her tribulations. Is it any wonder that my sister's pain turned to hate and that she wielded her anger as the only weapon she truly possessed? Mother hated strong emotions of any kind, and she did not know how to handle Malenia's unceasing anger aside from threats...threats of being tossed in the sewers like her other 'cursed' children if she didn't start behaving. When it came to me, Mother..."

Miquella bit his lip and ducked his head in shame. His hands picked restlessly at the folds of his skirt.

" I was Mother's 'favorite' early on. She praised how quiet I was. How steady. How good. How obedient. How calm. Her smile was sweet and her words were syrupy, and her hugs were always stiff and uncomfortable, but they were...they were something, I suppose. Rewards for being a good child. I was able to use this position of favoritism to talk her down off the proverbial ledge, so to speak, when it came to some of Malenia's antics. I was the one who suggested channeling Malenia's pain and rage into battle, and Mother...it was the one time I ever saw her look truly excited. She suddenly saw Malenia as a champion that could replace long-departed Lord Godfrey, and she sent for Ser Issachar the very next day. I thought maybe she would start loving Malenia once she proved herself useful--as terrible as it sounds!--but I quickly learned that loving a person's feats is far different than loving the person themself. Our Mother adored Malenia's strength and glory, but she resented everything else."

The picking fingers soon migrated to the skin of his wrists, and swollen, red welts began to bloom as Miquella sank deeper and deeper into the brack waters of memory.

"...yet just because I struggle to express anger, and hatred, and range...and just because I pity our Mother and her golden shackles, and the gilded cage in which she locked herself...that does not mean I do not hate her. I hate her for her crimes, her dogma, the genocide and the enslavement of races and beings she considered 'lesser' and unworthy of the Erdtree's light. I hate her warmongering. I hate the stagnation in which she has blanketed the land due to her own fear of irrelevance and death. I hate what she did to Father. I hate what she did to Lady Rennala. I hate what she did to Godwyn."

Miquella's trimmed fingernails dug into the raw skin of his wrist, yet when he spoke next, his voice as unnervingly cool and level.

"...but I despise her for what she did to Malenia. In the face of the unfathomable and almost incomprehensible suffering Mother has inflected on my people and on the Lands Between as a whole, my mind immediately shifts from anger to planning and action, for I would be unable to function if I let myself experience the magnitude of my anger at such barbarism and cruelty. Yet for Malenia...for my dear younger sister, who is so loving in spite of her pain and rage, who holds me so tightly with her rotted body, who Mother thought fit only for endless battle...it makes me wish I could hate the way Malenia does: loudly; boldly; and without blunting or tempering. Yet my rage is a cold, black flame, and I will use it to scorch every trace of Queen Marika from these lands. I will bring upon her the fate that she has always tried so desperately to avoid...irrelevance."

Small pricks of blood bloomed beneath his fingernails.

" And so long as I live, she will never hurt Malenia again."

#golden abundance and scarlet decay (headcanons) #answered entreaties (asks) #stxrscrge #the god speaks (miquella answers) #about the abundance god (miquella) #golden queen of stagnation (marika)

[thefirsteldenlord]

[thalassaschel] "This Morgott... He's your son?" Asked the blue-clad warrior, arms crossed over her chest.

She'd heard bits and pieces... Very little was known about the Grace-Given Lord. Folk knew him only as the Veiled Monarch.

An enigma, even for old Gideon.

The question made him pause as he took a swig of his drink. He didn't expect a question like that coming from her so soon. He looked at her, somewhat suprised by her question.

"Yes, Morgott is my son." He answers truthfully. If she knew Godfrey was the First Elden Lord, then the conclusion she came too wasn't so wild. That kind of stuff is told in the history books, right?

"He is mine second born son, the first is Godwyn, and the last is Mohg. Godwyn was king of Leyendell until his assassination. As he did not produce heirs capable of taking the throne, t'was given to Morgott instead." Thank Gods he took it holy shi-

#verse: [returned] #thalassaschel

[sir-virtem]

so is 3 at morning and I can't sleep yet

so I guess I will just cacogramize about obvious stuff that probably had being talked a hundred time the past year here about Elden Ring that I probably miss because I didn't pay atteinto to the tag.

I think if we acknowledge the dead demigods (the walking mausoleum plus godwyn), some things can be pictured better or spice up fancanons and fanfics, like I have seen people said that Renna is the snow witch, that Renna is the GEQ, that Melina is Renna, but on Liurnia there are 3 walking mausoleum, (of which 2 don't even have their own army btw, strange), one can easily say that on one of those wandering sarcophagus is where rest Renna, let me justify it.

We all know that when the black knives assasins striked they killed the dead demigods, and their servant behead themself to serve them on dead, in some death bird based ritual stuff, now we need to concider something, if those are dead demigods and their walking tombs have their own escorting armies, then they are connected to the land on which they are?

We know that exist 3 regal lineages of demigods, Golden lineage (those who descend from Godfrey), Carian lineage (those who descend from Renalla) and Order lineage (those who descend of both Marika and Radagon, idl why they would had more children), the easiest thing to point in this case is that the three turtle chapels in liurnia are of carian lineage, after all Ranni, Rykard and Radahn became demigods when Radagon married Marika and logically any other sibling they had would had became a demigod too.

But, east Liurnia is and strategic point for Leyndell, because is where a road that connected Altus Plateu and Limgrave used to lied, of course now is cut near the Frenzy Village by a cliff, but this road is an important please to move people and resources without have to deal with Raya Lucaria's bullshit, I can see that town had being originally a leyndell settlament or outpost, perhaps even the cause of the liurnia's war, so I can see the Golden lineage sending a demigod to live and manage the place, maybe even the two dead demigods in the uhl ruins are a marry couple between a Carian and Golden Lineage demigods to strenghs their political hold over the lands, I see it's likely at least.

Of course a reason why the 2 walking mausoleum don't have their own army may be caused for a lack of hold on land too, because if they are two golden lineage demigods in carian soil and nobody felt a closeness to them or maybe is by the liurnia civil war and raya lucaria taking over the frenzy village (there are some cuckoo knights) and stopping any servant to perform the ritual. Anyway there is a turtle mastaba with their own army in Liurnia and concidering what I said before is surely Carian at least, so that one may belong to Renna.

Let's continue speculating with the others.

I think with sureness that at least 2 Walking Mausoleum are of the Golden Lineage, the one in weeping peninsula and the one in deeproot (I call them Godewere and Godward <3), the one in Crying Island is simple, it should had being the demigod in charge of Morne Castle before Godrick flied from Leyndell and took control over Limgrave, doesn't need to much thought.

The one in deeproot if we concider that Marika as a numen who took control over Leyndell then she should had know about the city under it, or may even came from there, I think that is likely Godfrey attacked the place and conquer it, even if we speculate that the eternal ciry already had collapsed by that time he would had to do it for safety, and so someone of the Golden lineage would had being appoint to mannage it, doesn't sound like a big thing until you remember that is literally were the erdtree roots start, not a glamourous to live but very important and honorable.

This leave us 2 dead demigods.

The one near Castle Sol is a hard one, in one hand we can go by the same logicls that deeproot, Castle Sol apparent to have the same arquitecture that Morne and Stormveil, so they may be of the same period, and those would had being godfrey who would build it or conquer it during the war agaisnt the giants; However the mountain tops are forbidden to access so I see unlikely that a memeber of the golden lineage to be send to hold the fort for them if they would lock and forbidden go there anyway, what I see living there is a Order Lineage demigod who would had be aligned with M&M and hold the Castle for them until the black knives night, similar perspectibe I think about the demigod on the concentrate snowfield, loyal to M&M

And that would be, honestly IDK if they would had being demigods who died during the BKN, because from Marika lines any demigod who died should had being forgotten but I can see their loyals creating them mausoleum anyway too, but that is another point, and would change to much what I say already...

#3 am posts #elden ring #text #walking mausoleum

[lanseax]

Vella of the Night Stars (she/her) Lvl 146 Nightfolk Confessor - 31 (immortal)

(Top Left) Once a Confessor for the Church of Dragon Communion, Vella was exiled from the Lands Between by Marika when she offered that Placidusax was the first Elden Lord and while still alive he would remain Lord even should Marika marry another after Godfrey's exile.

(Top Right) After dying in exile Vella woke in the church of anticipation only to be confronted by a horror she would later learn was a Grafted Scion, a spawn of Godrick's creation. She would be heavily scarred and killed by the creature only to be awoken by a soft nose and a warm feeling in her chest.

(Bottom) Months following the guidance of grace and Melina's advice led Vella to become a Tarnish of high renown. With the defeat of Godrick and the obtainment of a Great Rune Vella's scars from the Scion hardened into gold, her previous Nightfolk silver blood now turned to a bright gold as well.

Upon returning to the Lands Between, Vella learned of what happened after her exile and was set on a path by Melina's advice to mend the Elden Ring. On her quest, she fell in love with a Deathbed Companion known as Fia. Determined to help the woman preserve her kind, Those Who Live in Death, she mended the Death Prince Rune. When Fia betrayed Vella and killed D, Vella fell into despair until finding Fia at the base of Death Prince's throne. Still led by her heart Vella promised to help raise the new child Godwyn to be the Prince of Death.

"... and I will bear a child. Who will inherit your warmth, too." Fia released her hold on Vella to finally lay with Godwyn. Vella stood a faithful watch for two nights as Fia passed in peaceful slumber to produce the Mending Rune of the Death Prince.

Vella continued on to the path of mending the Elden Ring and met Princess Ranni. While Vella did swear to serve Ranni she closed her heart off, determined to mourn Fia and raise young Godwyn into adulthood. But as she continued to serve Ranni she fell for the woman and the ideals of the Lunar Princess. She became Ranni's blade and shield, she became a Confessor for the Princess and whatever faith comes about Ranni's ascension. She would be Ranni's eternal consort but on condition that she may still raise the young child to come about Fia's slumber.

Upon replacing the Elden Ring with the faith of the stars and the moon, Vella left Ranni for one night to return to Fia's side and found a young golden-haired child wrapped in the robes of the Deathbed Companion, tightly swaddled as a mother would to comfort her child.

With a union between Ranni and Vella planned, Vella faced the manifestation of the Elden Ring and the Beast who then came after. Hard fought but alive, Vella summons her fiance to the stone platform within the Elden Tree and together they bring about the Age of Stars.

It is said that Ranni and Vella are the last two immortals in existence, a gift from their adopted son Godwyn the Second and the new Prince of Death.

#Tarnished oc #original character #Tarnished #elden ring #elden ring oc #elden ring spoilers #i took liberty with the fia plot line #like i know the child is the mending rune #but i wanted a real kiddo #so here we are #creation!oc #oc: vella #vella x fia #vella x ranni #not noted in this background story: #vella still loves and respects the dragons and did not kill placidusax #(yes i have the trophy no she didn't kill him shhhh) #and is friends with lansseax #she is to lansseax as fortissax was to godwyn ya know? #friends and companions