Elden Ring Lore - The Omen Twins of Gold & Blood

[@jamesnorman9160]

There was a comment on a SmoughTown video for Mohg that viewed the twins as showing different reactions to growing up in an abusive situation: Morgott was desperate to be loved so he stayed loyal to the Erdtree and tried to reject his Omen heritage (it looks like he has cut off some of the horns on his face area), while Mohg wanted to burn it all down and revelled in his Omen heritage, to the extent that his horns have outgrown to the extent that he is partially blinded. But I always found Morgott's story one of the saddest tales in all of Elden Ring: the only demigod who stayed loyal to the thing that hated him right to the end, and all for nought, even though he was granted Grace and the title Lord of Leyndell: even his Great Rune is proof of his heritage in the Golden Lineage. No matter what he does, the Erdtree will remain sealed to all. And harshest of all, his Omen curse is finally lifted right before he dies.

[@Telecaster324]

I felt like him being excepted before he dies was kinda poetic, for he is one of the few who found some form of piece in his end.

[@lakay683]

his curse lifted right before he dies... implying it could've been lifted all along, had grace been kinder to him...

[@scarlletnull2811]

I believe Morgott was accepted by the erd tree and the golden order. In the cutscene with Godfrey, when Morgott passes his ashes are golden not the grey we usually see.

[@CrimsonUltrafox]

The Mohg stuff hits different after the DLC.

[@592Johno]

Real

[@nothisispatrick6528]

I like to think that despite them having almost polar opposite ideologies they both agree both agree that the frenzied flame is too dangerous to be communed with. Which is the reason they both protect the entrance I think it adds a lot to their relationship and really shows how dangerous the frenzied flame is when protecting it is the only thing that gets the brothers to work together.

[@theenderdestruction2362]

I also like to imagine that no matter how curropted or fanatical, either one gets they love each other whilst they'll disagree with one another they do love the other, so i would have loved to see moghs reaction to findind out his own twin died by your hands and i can imagine him instantly going into phase two as soon as you meet

[@kingjaymoney5616]

The frenzied flame basically makes the Elden ring universe dark souls right? I seen a video saying something of the sort

[@theenderdestruction2362]

@kingjaymoney5616 That's comeplelty wrong, though the frenzied flame wishes to destroy EVERYTHING, and even then, the games aren't connected like at all. The first flame made life and death and all that from its birth, that sounds like the greater will more than the flame of frenzy, which causes madness and takes life and doesnt do what the first flame does, each game isnt connected to the other there all seprate universes and the source for this is the game creater himself saying their not connected

[@kingjaymoney5616]

@@theenderdestruction2362 ok thanks I played all the souls games except dark souls trilogy so I’m not too sure in the lore of that game

[@theenderdestruction2362]

@@kingjaymoney5616 dark souls basically revols around the first flame and the ending of a dying world cause the gods fucked up (not surpsingly sense this series caused it basically) so basically giant dragons made of stone ruled and the world was nothing more then grey bland landscape that never change, then the first flame popped up out of bunfuck nowhere, caused life and death, destruction and creation, change and stagnation, light and shadow, from then came the four lords, nito the first undead, the witches of chaos, gwyn lord of sunlight and sceeth the scalesless, the only stone dragon without scales and betrayed his kin for their scales so he can be truly immortal, the only thing that could harm the stone dragons were lightning, the first flame was split into four peices for the four lords, but ohh right, there was one last oh so easily forgoten, the fugitive pygmy the orginal human who had the dark soul basically the most powerful thing in existince of dark souls, it unlike the flame never died and the more it spreads the more it grows in strength, only man had this power. Sadly gwyn in his fear of his age dying like it was supposed to forced a curse upon man that alongside the dying fire their souls leak from them as well, and undeath is the natrual state of man and he made mankind fear and revile the natrual state of mankind and fear their immortality, whilst their soul leaks out cause od the ring surrounding the first flame slowly they go mad and turn into hollows, mindless undead sadly, basically in dark souls someone must link the fire less the age of dark which is painted as bad when it isnt comes and the world is constanlty dying cause of the cycle not continuing so yeah basically blame gwyn fear and hatred of man for the state of the dark souls world

[@thud93factory51]

Also if you notice the Albinaurics and Sanguine nobles who recieved Mogh's Blood alos grew Omen horns.

[@Bigboy_smooth]

Morgott is my favorite character in Elden Ring because he still serves the order that despises him,even holding leyendell together after the shattering. While he brother went off to start his own empire he stayed loyal that I can identify with

[@say5070]

Thats funny to me because Im the exact opposite. I hate that Morgott simps for the Golden Order. Its like watching a friend stay in an emotionally abusive relationship. Mohg might be a real villain, but at least he stands up for himself.

[@Writh811]

@@say5070 I'm with you. Let's also not forget that Morgott, the OMEN, became king and all other Omen are still treated the same. He did nothing to make anyone's life better he just violently simps for an order that hates him. He's pretty much pro-government in 1942 Germany while being Jewish. Since he calls himself King the state of the whole kingdom should be on his head but I"ll cut him a break and just judge him by the state of Altus and Leyndell: He's doing a terrible job. No one is fixing anything or cleaning up anything and it appears to me that the majority of the civilian population in Leyndell is gone. Meanwhile, all villages in Altus aside from Domminula have been destroyed. Domminula Village is just outside the outer wall of Leyndell and is off the rails and he hasn't sent anyone to reign that in. He sent a bunch of folks up Mt. Gelmir and that went terribly, as a matter of fact I think the Godskin Apostle is meant to give the impression the Domminula is under Gelmir control. Bringing this up makes me wonder when civil services stopped in the Lands Between. The road that leads from Leyndell to Liurnia and beyond, I call the Lord's Highway. This highway has engravings of prior Elden Orders on it so it is older that the Shattering War but then there is a chunk of sky ruins laying on the highway in Liurnia between Raya Lucaria and the Lift of Dectus. One would assume an order would be sent to clear the road. How long has that ash been there in Leyndell and why hasn't anyone cleared it? Why haven't they chiseled away Gransax's corpse, where they slowly harvesting him for smithing stones lol?

[@screech5212]

“Held Leyndell together” 🤡 Leyndell is garbage lmao, all the houses and sealed with corpse wax and all the dilapidated areas are piled up somewhere. Worst mayor ever 😂

[@AudioPayload]

Morgott will always be an true hero & king of Leyndell even with their divine Omen blood still kept incredible faith & duty to the Golden Order & Erdtree protecting the city during "The Shattering" from the traitorous Demigods earning respect from the people & warriors alike during the war such an amazing Lord truly befits an crown indeed . I also believe Godfrey was proud of his son protecting the city and had only upmost admiration for him since the guidance of grace leads to your Tarnish before the fight from Morgott's passing. I just wanna hug Morgott and tell him their beautiful after his fight. :( As my message say in his boss arena. Visions of grace… But still no love…

[@dumbanddarby]

I wonder in the land of shadows if we can grow crucible/omen horns of our own. Similar to the dragon transformation from dark souls 1 and 3. It's highly unlikely, but the concept is cool.

[@Jewel.Mariii]

That would be so sick!!

[@baka_monogatari3389]

Our own omen horns? Dung Eater will be jealous.

[@kamantariq2513]

Mabye omen armor. Like omen skin and horns fashined into armor like drake knight set and omen cleaver

[@TheAnaz41745]

I think Vaati or others that were able to play the DLC did tease the existence of a different player model that showed as an invading phantom

[@CausalityUsurper]

​​@@TheAnaz41745was a dragon communion form

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

as a sidenote; curiously after defeating Morgott, little golden plants start growing all over his arena - plants that weren't there before the fight.

[@theenderdestruction2362]

I like to imagine the greater will was watching over morgot, and did love him, the greater will desires order and seemly peace, morgot basically was the order it craved and he did bring somewhat a semblance of peace so i imagine the greater will truly loved morgot, but sadly thanks to the shattering, the crucible blessings and peobably a million other things, the greater will could never give morgot grace until his death, thats when it could give him grace and so when he died it greedily accepted him into itslef a sorta final screw you to the outer gods i guess

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

@@theenderdestruction2362 that actually makes really good sense, because once morgott dies his omen curse is lifted as well, as we can see from the transformation of his corpse from omen to human.

[@theenderdestruction2362]

@ZugzugZugzugson yep, thats my basis on the idea that if nothing else, the greater will did love morgott and possibly at one point even mogh perhaps some part of the crumbible had effected it or something who knows

[@ZugzugZugzugson]

@@theenderdestruction2362 do note that Mohg does not leave a corpse when he dies, like Morgott does. i have a feeling we haven't seen the last of the Mohgwyn dynasty.

[@theenderdestruction2362]

@@ZugzugZugzugson more then likely

[@ramim681]

really glad to finally see an omen twin lore video, not talked about enough in lore circles.

[@ryssue]

As many have said before, I think the Greater Will doesn‘t dictate the "type" of Order it wants, but it all depends on the current user of the ELden Ring. That's why Placidusax and Marika's Eras are different. In that way, the Golden Order rejecting the Omens was fully on Marika's own desire and hatred towards the Hornsent. That's why Morgott getting recognized by the "Golden Order" at the end is satisfying, as finally all those years of unbreakable loyalty and sacrifice could transcend his mother´s influence on the Golden Order and reach the outer god perhaps? or even more surprisingly, it being Marika's finally accepting him somehow.

[@shaunflinn1002]

I get the feeling that Marika knew the omen werent bad people. She just had to wipe them out and shun them for her "perfect" order to work. Maybe, she created the exception to noble born omen to keep them alive at least. And morgots charachter definitely has absent Dad issues. I feel like he took the path he did because he just wanted to be recognized by them. Maybe thats why hes almost radicalized in his beliefs. Great video! Cant wait for DLC

[@Thelastdragon215]

They were granted great runes because they were still her children and she somewhat cared about them

[@square-table-gaming]

I don't believe that's possible. The demi gods weren't granted great runes until after the shattering. Morogtt and Mohg would have been adults by then

[@egocentricblack3278]

​@@square-table-gaming you can be referred to as your mother's children even if you're an adult. Its not a age specific term

[@square-table-gaming]

@@egocentricblack3278 you're right! I misread the original comment. Though I don't believe she cared about them at all. I have a sneaking suspicion her disdain for the Omen is tied to her past in the Land of Shadow

[@rashadsanders6716]

@@square-table-gamingit’s crazy how your videos perfectly summed up the dlc lore 😭

[@square-table-gaming]

@@rashadsanders6716 thank you thank you, we've gotten very lucky on multiple counts

[@joemac3738]

I just watched a video about some of what the creator thought was mistranslations of the crucible with the word primordial being misused and misrepresenting what was meant. And it mentions a spot where the colors red and gold are used as descriptions of the crucible Era and the beginning. Which stood out very much in your title of the omen twins. Souls that are "touched by the crucible" and they happen to be red and gold... interesting!! EDIT: the video is from the last protagonist. If anyone is interested in what im saying. And red and gold do come up quite a bit in the erd and crucible eras

[@korye6324]

Morgott is one of my favorite Fromsoft characters… Though unloved, everything he did was out of love. I think Godfrey was the only person who ever loved him…maybe his brother?

[@EmpressSectonia]

Godfrey fought for his son's lives and won. But the price was that he would never see them grow up, raise them, love them. It's heartbreaking, really. Marika really is a real winner.

[@AndrewWilkins70120]

I know this video is older now and that we all know a lot of the lore now, I just want to say two things: 1. The term "Outer God" doesn't mean a higher god outside of the lands between, but more they are outside the ruling power. It has to do with the original Japanese text, and the religious beliefs around gods as seen in Japanese culture. 2. You can see the cocoon on the his back with Miquella in his arms. Takes awhile to notice it, but you can see the sash on his shoulder with it.

[@StarlitMoss]

Honestly with what we know now I beleive the trauma Marika endured made it very hard for her to see horns, and by extension her kids sadly. It doesn't justify her actions, nothing does, but it puts a lot in perspective. I can understand being upset by a certain person or item. The whole game is about cycles and breaking harmful ones, these two are such an important study for that, as well as Ranni's quest for autonomy.

[@Destruxtionstyle]

I get the feeling that Godfrey isn’t the biological father of the Omen Twins. Godwyn was his child but seemingly born without affliction. Maybe the affair or seduction mentioned in the DLC trailer was hinting towards Marika having another baby daddy in the Shadow Land. Would make a lil sense seeing all the crucible imagery in the Shadow Land Love these videos btw

[@rakshithanand8262]

Kinda undercut by the Great Rune saying explicitly that the Omen king was *born of* the Golden lineage. Not part of or adopted into, born of. That means Godfrey must be at least a blood relative. If Hoarah Loux has a secret twin who was banished to the Shadow Realm, maybe.

[@BoyLikeUSucks]

​@@rakshithanand8262 lore theories rot has gotten to these people's head

[@Destruxtionstyle]

@@rakshithanand8262 I won’t dispute that, it’s still odd that Godwyn and Godrick are also apart of his lineage with no afflictions. Like what exactly caused the Omen to be the way they are? Miquella and Malenia were born deformed because of the single parent thing I assume. And also almost everything we learn about the Golden order seems to be faux or not as it seems, idk it’s just a theory.

[@rakshithanand8262]

@@Destruxtionstyle For what this is worth, I think you are making a mistake considering Morgott and Mohg ‘afflicted’. The DLC clearly shows that the Crucible touched had a whole civilisation in the time before the Erdtree, and horns were seen as a blessing and not a curse. Consider that Omens don’t lose anything unlike true curses- they don’t rot or stop aging, they can still speak if taught, hell, Morgott, despite being ‘graceless’ can clearly still use Erdtree magic and has the distinct golden eyes of a child of Marika. All omen get are being bigger, stronger, faster, and horns that don’t inhibit movement or have any other detrimental effects. Also, Godfrey led the Crucible Knights. If anyone’s kids would be blessed by the Crucible, it’s his.

[@Destruxtionstyle]

@@rakshithanand8262 it’s for sure a blessing, I only call them afflictions due to how everyone and everything in TLB refers to them as cursed or treat them like dung, even Morgott himself. I really just find the circumstances of the Omens birth a lil curious and I’m hoping the Land of Shadow can give more insight on Godfrey and Marika’s relationship

[@crowsjourney4352]

Don’t think I’ve ever clicked onto a video so quickly, thanks for the great content.

[@square-table-gaming]

Of course! Thanks for watching

[@collinnicolazzo2065]

@@square-table-gaming here is a crazy concept what is the land of Reeds is ashina from sekiro

[@square-table-gaming]

@@collinnicolazzo2065 we actually made a video on this, it should be in the playlist! Long story short, I don't personally think it is, but there's enough evidence that you could make the argument.

[@collinnicolazzo2065]

@@square-table-gaming oh I never realized that you made a video on that topic I'm going to look for it right away

[@AegisKHAOS]

I am SO looking forward to the DLC. One area in particular is the holes filled in the lore, such as with the omens if the hints from the trailers and artwork seem to hint.

[@ElimGarakSpoonHead]

I heard Mogh is Worf’s dad. Blew my mind 🤯

[@Kn1ghtborne]

Technically theyre hornsent which makes the omens fate extremely sad. They never knew what they were.

[@draw2death421]

Not really. The hornsent is the group of people who soo aspects of the crucible and vestiges of the erd tree as blessings. Mohg and Morgott were blessed or cursed by the crucible. They werent hornsent however.

[@Winterfang]

Here's my belief with Morgot. He answers to the greater will directly, not the Golden Order. Hence why upon his dead we see the greater will lifting his curse. As when you talk to his corpse he doesn't have horns anymore.

[@square-table-gaming]

Morogtt?

[@dadevi]

He comunes with the Formless Mother. That's a different outer god entirely.

[@Winterfang]

@@dadevi woops I mean morgot

[@Winterfang]

@@square-table-gaming yes lol, had a typo

[@kaihamza4710]

I’ve been watching you since day one and I just love how the quality of your videos kept increasing. I always watch these when falling asleep and it kinda cures my anxiety because of your soothing voice❤

[@square-table-gaming]

Thank you!!! I sometimes feel like I've really stagnated in the quality of my content and this comment means a lot.

[@kaihamza4710]

@@square-table-gaming your efforts are really noticeable I like the use of cutscenes and hiding the hud makes it really cinematic idk how to describe it but compared to two years ago your videos now have a unique character that other Elden ring content creators don’t have

[@frankiefromky]

Bit off topic, but as far as I know the voice actor for Messmer hasn't been reveled yet... but I swear he sounds like Pip Torrens (voice of Vare'). He was great in the AMC series 'Preacher' where he played the head of the Assassins for the Church. Since Elden Ring's release, Pip is now my favorite voice actor by a mile!

[@Mario-SunshineGalaxy64]

Morgott is literally the Uncle Ruckus of the Golden Order.

[@trevor7514]

I think thats Mesmers hand in the cocoon we have to touch to enter the DLC. I'm predicting a major plot twist there

[@Mike-xp8zc]

I thought the same thing. 2 main reasons being it's long and slender, similar to messmar, in the trailer at the end we see "miquella" he has normal length arms. The 2nd reason , someone in the trailer says touch the wicked arm. Miquella was never said to be wicked he was loved by everyone

[@breadwatcher3908]

@@Mike-xp8zcit says withered not wicked

[@Dictator-China]

It’s a shame that Mohg is clearly stronger then morgot because his god at least acknowledges him

[@CyrodiilCome]

Mogh hides and waits for the other demigods to kill eachother so he can rise from the ashes. Morgott stacks bodies throughout the whole war. Beating the strongest of the demigods Radahn.

[@uhtredofbebbanburg5493]

​@@CyrodiilComeBadass

[@draw2death421]

​@@CyrodiilCome when he was young yes since we can see from his size its not his prime version with the great rune but still Morgott is impressive. Id say Mohg and him canonicly whould be about equal in strenght.

[@Zono090]

Actually morgot and mohg were acknowledged by the formless mother for theire accursed blood mohg accepted his power and fell in love with his accursed blood while morgot didnt want its power . O and the formless mother acknowledges everyone woth accursed blood if ther are strong enough to wield it :spoiler you can found something like a tribe of some giant creatures wich can use the bloodflame incantations and something nearly resembling nihil

[@Dictator-China]

@@Zono090 two things we can see in morgots second phase that he resorted to using some of the formless mother’s power because of his two bloodflame attacks but far from what mohg was granted because of his loyalty and the bloodfiends aren’t really cursed but they were destroyed by messmers crusade and the formless mother gave them power in exchange for loyalty

[@zigrin7837]

You can now understand why omens where despised by Marika.. probably made here remember the hornsents

[@dadevi]

I think all the great runes were claimed after the shattering Marika was simply unable to stop the claimants, whoever they were from gaining them.

[@gLobbZ]

I know Godfrey is Morgott and Mohg's father, but for some reason until now, there was a disconnect seeing Godfrey hold Morgott when remembering that hes holding his son.

[@mansgotplans]

Odd thing I noticed, one of the big boy’s bent axes can be found in the round table hold

[@collinnicolazzo2065]

Sweet got the notification 3min after posting

[@memoryofsalem4474]

A few things: 1 no, the mogh we fight in the shunning grounds isnt an illusion made by mogh, its Morgott's work, evidence being the fact that it disappears into golden dust when defeated, just like Margit. 2: Mogh needs Miqueloa because he himslef isnt an empyrean, he cant become the god his dynasty needs so he aims to do what we do as tarnished during the normal ending, to become the consort of the current god and thus elden lord

[@alsimmonshellspawn6021]

Can you do a video on the blind swords man and where he comes from

[@square-table-gaming]

We did! Check out our playlist!

[@christophermurray9581]

i have seen this image so many times and gotta ask, whos pelvic bone is the cocoon resting on?

[@square-table-gaming]

If I were to guess I'd say a giant

[@MrBoBoBo]

It’s foolish to claim that Miquella couldn’t build another cocoon in sleep, especially considering Miquella’s relation to sleep. We have no idea

[@square-table-gaming]

We know he divested himself of his flesh. If he could that'd mean his flesh and soul were both left alive unlike Rannis whose flesh perished and Godwyn whose soul was destroyed

[@LoredFOMO]

While I don't think we will learn this in the DLC, I am so curious if pregnant women in this society - especially nobles - hide their pregnancies from the public for fear of persecution or judgement due to birthing and omen. Maybe when the show comes out we will learn more societal tendencies

[@tuckddd9]

Great vid as always, idk about the whole thing with Mohg stealing Miquella in the opening cutscene not to be taken literally tho… people are constantly using the image of Morgott and mini Radahn as proof Radahn wasn’t always so big, it would be pretty ridiculous if we were meant to decipher which images were actual depictions and which were metaphorical

[@square-table-gaming]

You can also look at the portraits in Volcano Manor to confirm Radahn wasn't always huge. His frame and face are much smaller.

[@falionna3587]

Think for Morgott, it's not that the erdtree rejects him as a omen, but rather the thorns prevent anyone from becoming a elden lord. Another thing to note, Morgott didn't die as a omen, the last thing to happen is something drained the omen away, leaving him human, grace given indeed.

[@davisiotta489]

Do you know the saddest part? he was probably the preferred candidate of the greater will to become the new elden lord after Godwyn's death, who created the thorns and the seal was Radagon who didn't want to lose the position of elden lord, Radagon clearly has hatred for everything that it goes against the golden order and this especially includes Morgott before he dies he is devoid of the "curse" he was born under and I think this could be the work of the greater will, the greater will simply doesn't care about the definition of the new order but that there simply is order, the greater will was probably involved with the crucible civilization that Marika destroyed and simply let Marika replace that order and antagonize the crucible, it's not the greater will that has hatred for the omens IT'S MARIKA!

[@p.j.02]

Cant wait for the dlc it's going to be great just sad that thats it for Eldenring but the best things end at their peak

[@kizaruthegreat]

I swear if they become a duoboss in the dlc i'm gonna riot fromsoft

[@void.sawyer]

Why would that happen?

[@rxnyr]

Make a lore video about finger but hole

[@square-table-gaming]

Check the playlist haha

[@p.j.02]

Oh no

[@draw2death421]

Poor Mohg. He was born opressed and hated, and when he finaly gained some power he was brain washed and used as a tool by miquella...

[@allthe1]

I'd like to know why it seems taken for granted that Marika hated her omen sons. Where is the evidence for that? I can't find a direct reference to her stance with her sons and that would be very valuable to have a critical view of her actions. It would be as likely for her to have protected them from the cruel society she ruled over as nothing could have been done to prevent them from being excised or killed, she probably feared even her own will wasn't sufficient to set new as attitudes, on top of the political significance letting them go in the world meant to her order. I like the idea that her sons would have been the first in the shunning grounds because, before their very own Goddess, no one would have thought to protect their omen children from the scorn and violence which was warranted by society against them.

[@krissnoe500]

What if the price for sparring the omen was Godfrey in exhile

[@reddevilsunited_2060]

Godfrey and Morgott 😢

[@Greaseball01]

You mean like... Fire & Blood? 😏

[@VoltMagnum]

so are omen similar to leper in the real world?

[@square-table-gaming]

Not necessarily. They aren't diseases, just hated due to their connection to the crucible

[@klaasvaak5564]

Is their any lore on the bubble blowers in leyndel?

[@square-table-gaming]

We have an old video on them however there's some speculation about their possible connection to albinaurics that I now believe is off-base. Still worth a watch!

[@zedchillman2685]

Who are these two dudes🤔 never heard of them before

[@square-table-gaming]

😂

[@snoopythagoat3071]

I have a question regarding the lore for STG or anyone who can answer. Why is Ranni an Empyrean but her brothers Rykard and Radahn are Demi Gods? I thought Empyreans were pretty much Gods or soon to be Gods and were kinda their own “Race” for lack of a better term.

[@square-table-gaming]

It's implied that only women are empyreans aside from Miquella because he was born a twin. He also seems to have some kind of male/female duality

[@snoopythagoat3071]

@@square-table-gaming So besides Gender what separates an Empyrean from a Demigod? Or is that the difference? Also what does that make Radagon? Thank you for your fast reply btw

[@square-table-gaming]

@@snoopythagoat3071 no prob. Demi-Gods of the children of Marika (also Radagon since they are 1 but different convos). Empyreans are those who can house the Elden Ring within their bodies. They don't necessarily have to be Demi-Gods because as far as we know Marika did not become a God until she held the Elden Ring and the Gloam Eyed Queen was likely not a Demi-God.

[@snoopythagoat3071]

@@square-table-gaming So in a sense an Empyrean is a vessel for the Elden Ring. Okay that makes more sense. And what of Melania. Who is said to be an Empyrean but becomes a Goddess of Rot independent of possessing the Elden ring? Sorry for all the follow up questions

[@square-table-gaming]

@@snoopythagoat3071 no worries happy to answer. Malenia WAS an empyrean, however she wasn't a suitable vessel due to the influence of the outer god of rot. She also devoted herself to Miquella as his blade. I think it's fair to assume Rannis fingers chose her as the new vessel due to the curses affecting Malenia and Miquella.

[@mattearrusso2984]

Marika hides the truth Formless mother being called Mother of Truth And the bloody scene in the trailer. The mother of truth is far more important that we possibly realize. Perhaps the mother of truth is what the Gloam Eyed-Queen became. Perhaps she's a wounded God and her blood flame is the missing aspect to the black flame to make it whole.