SPOILERS if you want to know about Marika’s cruel fate: . . . . We can learn a few things from piecing together the descriptions of the golden braid, minor erdtree and the spirit's dialogue in Bonny Village, namely that the shaman village was Marika's home. It was there where her people were slaughtered by the hornsent to become jar "saints" and she would begin her path of vengeance and ascent to godhood. As Leda remarks of the hornset "They were never saints. They just happened to be on the losing side of a war". After putting the hornsent to the sword with the power of the base serpent within Messmer and an army of tarnished, Marika would reach the top of Enir-llim and the gate of divinty. It was here she sought to create a perfect world where nobody would truly die again and would erase any signs of the existence of the crucible and its people who wronged her. Marika would return to her village and sprout a minor erdtree to show them just how far she had come, but nobody remained... During her reign as god and vessel of the Elden Ring, Marika would birth many demigod children, however in a cruel twist of fate, her and Godfrey would birth the omen twins. Her own flesh and blood bore the traits of the very people who committed atrocities against her family and loved ones. After everything Marika did, even after ascending to godhood she still could not deny the reality of the crucible of life and so they were exiled to the depths below the royal capital. As undeniable as the crucible of life, is the fact that it must end. Marika likely plucked the rune of death from the Elden Ring so nobody she loved may die again but tragedy would strike again for Marika. Her golden child, perfection incarnate, Godwyn would suffer the first death of a demigod and so Marika would learn she could not escape the nature of the world, not even in godhood. Perhaps this led to the shattering of the Elden Ring, an act of vengeance on false promises or perhaps she realized Metyr's fingers were in fact broken from the start, either way it adds a lot to the character of Marika and the overall story of the game.
@zekaizerguy11813 ай бұрын
All I hear is Gloam Eyed Queen this, Godwyn that... THIS is what I've been hoping for. Lore on the eternal queen herself. Probably the most memorable moment of my playthrough, especially since I stumbled upon this location by accident.
@dziosdzynes76633 ай бұрын
Elden Beast theme reference 👌
@francl.11273 ай бұрын
Such a nice and sad area
@TheEldenVox3 ай бұрын
It really is!
@suuujuuus3 ай бұрын
Marika is gone. I am what remains...
@severalcakes326719 күн бұрын
Did she have a mother who braided her hair? Did she lie among the wildflowers and watch the bright white birds soar overhead? Did she look to the northern mountains, and shiver at the tales of fiery giants living there? Who did she pray to? What did she dream? What would she give for one more of those golden days?
@xmst53 ай бұрын
You have no enemies
@somone7553 ай бұрын
Marika beg to differ
@GameBooAdvancePlus3 ай бұрын
The lietmotif of the elden beast is in this and so bizzare
@LSB444463 ай бұрын
A great part if an otherwise pretty poor DLC in terms of story and other aspects
@Dominick773 ай бұрын
poor story? wdym
@SheikChannel53 ай бұрын
Retcons galore. Go see the final boss.
@VictorIV03103 ай бұрын
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@VictorIV03103 ай бұрын
@@SheikChannel5 ?
@dziosdzynes76633 ай бұрын
@@SheikChannel5 retcon? We just didn't know the entire story.