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Role | Empyrean |
Miquella is a background character in Elden Ring. It is speculated Miquella will play a part in the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion.
My brother will keep his promise. He possesses the wisdom, the allure, of a god - he is the most fearsome Empyrean of all." - Malenia
Miquella's lore
Miquella, the brother of Malenia, is one of the Empyreans. Cursed to be forever young, he created the Haligtree to allow himself to grow to be an adult and to purge the rot from Malenia. This is after the realization that the Golden Order was unable to cure Malenia from the rot.
"One of the incantations of the Golden Order fundamentalists. A gift of gratitude to the young Miquella from his father, Radagon..... And yet the young Miquella abandoned fundamentalism, for it could do nothing to treat Malenia's accursed rot. This was the beginning of the unalloyed gold." - Radagon's Rings of Light
Before he could grow the Haligtree to its full potential, Miquella was stolen away by Mohg, Lord of Blood, in his cocoon form. Mohg wished to have Miquella elevated to godhood with himself as Miquella's consort. However, regardless of how much blood Mohg tried to share with Miquella, Miquella does not respond to Mohg. From a lore perspective, Sir Gideon Ofnir has confirmed that Miquella is alive because one needs to be alive to slumber. Gideon's aforesaid comment about Miquella slumbering is consistent with cut content suggesting that Miquella is in the world of his dream, and this may explain why Mohg received no response from the physical body that he has abducted from the Haligtree.
"Wishing to raise Miquella to full godhood, Mohg wished to become his consort, taking the role of monarch. But no matter how much of his bloody bedchamber he tried to share, he received no response from the young Empyrean". - Remembrance of Mohg, Lord of Blood
"Miquella is mine and mine alone" - Mohg
"If he continues his slumber within the cocoon, all will be well..." - Sir Gideon Ofnir
Miquella's true ability appears to be the ability to compel affection from others.
"The Empyrean Miquella is loved by many people. Indeed, he has learned very well how to compel such affection" - Bewitching Branch
Expansion Speculations
It is speculated that Miquella may be the character riding the horse in the single image released for Shadow of the Erdtree.
- The character has exactly the same hairstyle as Miquella as shown in the opening cinematics - a crownlike braid encircling the top part of his head, a vertical braid flowing pass the side of his ear, and one thicker braid at the back of his head accompanied by two more braids on the left and the right.
- The crownlike braid is also reminiscent of the crown of unalloyed gold on the Haligtree Helm.
- The fields around the character is filled with what appears to be harvestable wheat - a clear sign of abundance, which is a sight unseen in the war-torn Lands Between. This may be seen as Miquella's ability to bring forth growth and abundance.
- The ghostly tombs on the wheat fields may be those of the sacred spirits of the Haligtree soldiers who sacrificed themselves in a flash to guide Miquella's return. See Haligtree Soldier Ashes.
- The horse is strikingly similar to Torrent. The Spectral Steed Whistle used to summon Torrent looks similar to other unalloyed gold items.
- The bleeding Erdtree is being strangled by another tree which appears to have grown out of Godwyn's roots. The sky above the two trees is shown to be sunless. Is this the eclipse that Miquella was working on? "Ohh great sun! Frigid sun of sol! Surrender yourself to the eclipse! Grant life to the soulless bones!" - A ghost at Castle Sol chapel
Notes & Trivia
- Miquella's Needle can be used to purge the influences of an outer god.
- Miquella's Haligtree area is seen by the Albinaurics, an oppressed race of artificial beings, as the chosen land.
- Cut content shows that Miquella is St. Trina of the Cradlesong, saint of slumber. "Finally, I have found it..... St. Trina's, no, Lord Miquella's cadaver... Such that I may aid you, O Lord... So please, I hope you welcome your humble servant Rhico... Into your dream, the world of your heart...... Indeed, I beg you grant my wish, that when you transcend from empyrean to god, allow me a place by your side....." - Rhico, cut NPC
- Cut content shows that Miquella's Great Rune is the Rune of Abundance. "Twinblade that contains the power of the Rune of Abundance. The holy power within the blade can call upon part of Miquella's own strength" - Abundance Twinblade
- Miquella's Rune of Abundance seems to be the opposite of Malenia's Rune of Rot.
- A cut quest shows that Miquella, under the guise of St. Trina, used to sing a lullaby to soothe the Frenzied Flame afflictions of the Red Eyed Merchants, helping them to retain their personhood and prevent them from becoming "one".
- The current state of Miquella's physical body that Mohg stole can be seen in the cocoon. The physical body looks thin with misshapen skin. This, however, may not be reflective of Miquella's true state as he is said to be slumbering within the world of his dream, and a ghost from the Consecrated Snowfield said that Mohg stole the precious "flesh" (and not soul) of Miquella.
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What if it turns out that you (the tarnished) are the reincarnation of Miquella. It would be very embarrassing for Malenia see as she killed us over 300 million times
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Honestly have 0 idea what in the world this DLC is going to come to I just can’t imagine us fighting Miquella.
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i know i sound like a conspiracy nut for this but i highly doubt miquella's a straight good guy in the dlc, most likely he'll be in a enemy of my enemy type deal with you or he'll be griffith jr at the end. i know people hope he will be truly good so it doesn't shatter their perception of him as their hard-done-by-flawless-diamond-baby-boy-too-pure but the fact the game itself hints at him either being a manipulator through words or some empyrean **** along with the nascent butterflies that appear in places you'd least expect or think to look for them leads me to think he might've had spies in the world like gideon did, keeping tabs on things he couldn't that had no one to report to once he was kidnapped on top of him being a part of some plan to eclipse the erdtree (admittedly don't blame him), probably unnaturally bring godwyn back to life and start a new reign with either of them at the helm of it all
Idea: Abundance Twinblade with Holy Damage that scales from both Faith and Intelligence, like the Golden Order Seal. Ash of War similar to Spinning Weapon except it shows a symbol of his Great Rune. Like those little holographic toy fans.
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Please don't do the 'the good character that everyone seems to like is actually the evil bad guy' shtick... it's actually getting old. I really hope Miquella ends up being a genuine good. Would be refreshing.
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This is why I like strength builds... cos I wanna bash some of y'all with me mallet.
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Just a quick reminder that Gwyndolin will remain the best femboy anyways (I don't have foot fetish and jokes about it make me sick)
I wonder if we will have to fight Malenia again in the dlc, but this time with Miquella. Something like the Lothric and Lorian boss fight at ds3
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What if in the dlc there's a fight were we'll have to kill malenia again, but this time with Miquella? Something like the Lothric and Lorian boss fight at ds3
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Don't tell me someone wrote that speculation after watching Vaati's video.
Lol
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miqeulla's cocoon in Mohg's room is resting inside of a gaint pelvis
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I dunno if anyone is interested in this, but Miquella in his cocoon is a reference to Salvador Dali's "Geopoliticus Child Watching the Birth of the New Man." Look it up, it's cool stuff.
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Miquellas soul is still in the haligtree, starts crying gold leaves while you are looking at the face during the phase 2 transition cutscene for malenia, before she says "Wait..."
the DLC entrance will be there. Miyazaki you diabolical mother-
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CHOWDAH! THAT EMPYREAN BOY PUSSY IS MAKING ME QUESTION MY LOYALTY TO THE GOLDEN ORDER!
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i think miquella is the final boss of the dlc.. he started it all.
hes the one thats prolly riding the horse in the poster.
it would only be natural for it to all end after killing miquella.
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i will make his bussy Bleed! (elden ring hemorrhage reference)
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SoE is gonna be us entering Miquella’s dream, help him out. Then we fight the misshapen body in Mogh’s palace as final boss.
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Brace yourselves. It's coming. He was already barefoot in the promotional image, so you know it's gonna be good. It's the Lothric to surpass all Gwyndolins. The mother of all Berserk recerences. An expansion set in a dreamlike landscape. The ultimate Michael Zaki experience. If someone asked me to come up with something more typical, more pure, I couldn't have. It's the essence of FromSoftware. And you just know there'll be a catacomb with a Revenant trio fight (can't damage with Heal). And that will be the high point of Miyazaki's career as a games director.
pretty sure you will enter the DLC after killing Mohg and touching Miquella's hand here
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I hope in the DLC we get to see their shadow-bound beast(s) as well. I would love it if, because they are twins and the strange circumstance of their birth, they got one shadow beast for the both of them and it inflicted rot and sleep. That would be deadly.
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The Jpn version of st Trina sword saying people fear him. I'm praying he's a boss.
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How old is he? Because I see someone simping for him on discord
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New DLC just announced, Miquella was Torrent's former master, calling it now
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probably another gwyndolin / lothric femboy boss., elden ring version in the new dlc.
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If Malenia is the "hand of Miquella", why'd she let Mohg steal him? Was she busy landscaping Caelid at the time?
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So this guy is powerful enough to get rid of the frenzied flame and the scarlet rot?
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I believe that there is a correlation between the Bewitching Branch and Sword of St. Trina, which further explains the possible link between Miquella and our beloved Saint. The AoW on the sword is a mist with petals activating the sleeping effect, while the branch launches a similar mist with a different color that also activates a spell, deaggroing and temporarily befriending the enemy you use it on. In other words, “A COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT!”
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When did Gideon make that slumber comment? i couldn't find any video nor did I heard that in the game
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Assuming the cut content still holds, and the state of Miquella's body implies his physical body is dead, then he's probably something like Ranni, in the sense that his spirit probably lies elsewhere. The Consecrated Snowfield NPC implies that his soul and body are separate too. It's possible that Miquella's soul remains in the Haligtree itself. One can see the outline of large long-haired individual in the roots in Malenia's boss arena. It would give an alternate explanation why he's completely unresponsive to Mohg -- Mohg is giving offerings to a soulless corpse. Which would be in character, as the game itself tells you the Lord of Blood isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. It would also explain why Malenia doesn't acknowledge the missing cocoon -- her brother is still there with her, even if his body isn't.
Now if the cut content was the result of a last-minute change in lore, and he's slumbering in the cocoon like Gideon said, then he's in for a rude awakening when he wakes up as a desiccated cadaver. Either way, a major DLC bait.
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Whelp, if there is one think we’ve learned here today, it’s that ol’ Mohg is a real scuzz bag.
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I'm also with the group that wants to believe Miquella is St. Trina simply because a weapon description states that St. Trina appeared as that of either a young girl, while some say he was a boy. The torch of St. Trina has a visage with a single eye. Gloam means "Twilight". Twilight is a combination of two opposites (day and night), while Castle Sol has sigils of the Eclipse everywhere, also a combination of opposites (sun and moon). I feel like there's enough bread crumbs to assume that somehow these figures are related.
The only truly 'weird' part is where they describe the Gloam-Eyed Queen as having lost to Maliketh as well as the motivation for why Miquella would want to kill their mother and father. I'm under the impression that Miquella may have not been the most loved or the most kind, but found out how to make people love him (bewitching branch). I also believe he created the first albinaurics. To me, Miquella's Needle having the Caduceus shape basically explains his experimental MO the most: he enjoys the combination of opposites to obtain a unique end-product. This is how he created the albinaurics by combining the soul (gold) with that of silver tears (of the moon-worshipping Nokstella).
There's also a weird timeline issue that we don't know when the Gloam-Eyed Queen and Maliketh fought, but it would have had to have been after Radagon left Rennala, as that was when Radagon became the second Queen Consort and helped make Miquella and Melania. That seems to be the only real hole in the association, understanding just how much time has passed since Radagon and Marika created their Empyrean children would probably help shed some light on this but until then I await with baited breath.
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I personally felt like the reason Malenia started her crusade is to get Miquella back, if you notice, the location of Mohg's dynasty, is right below where Malenia and Radhan fought, and in the end she failed to finish her quest in the very last step as her current state cant allow her to continue fighting Radhan (If her flower blossom one more time, she would became the God of Rot, which is something she and Miquella tried to stop)
What if Miquella is St. Trina in the same way Marika is Radagon? More often than not Miquella is regarded as being a man. However, according to Fevor's cookbooks, St. Trina is clearly a woman. Seeing how Marika transforms into Radagon right before his fight makes me believe that my theory isn't that big of a stretch.
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Miquella being the Gloam Eyed Queen is an awesome concept, and now that I think about it, fits way better than it being Melina. Miquella, spiteful that the Golden Order could do nothing to help Malenia's rot, turned against them, forming the godskin apostles in an attempt to overthrow the Order, and save his sister. I really hope DLC elaborates on Miquella, because he's such a cool enigmatic character.
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Wonder what’s goin on with his goofy wings he’s clearly growing in the intro cutscene
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While shaky, if the updated translation of the Godskin's theme is correct, then Miquella is very explicitly Saint Trina and the Gloam-eyed Queen.
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Mysterious how Miquella is the only mentioned shardbearer who still has his Great Rune by the end of the game (that we know nothing about) as well as him having no associated Divine Tower... unless the Haligtree is his tower though that would be weirder still since it isn't near the Erdtree like the others. Hopefully DLC will answer these questions.
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I'm pretty sure Miquella is actually the Gloam-Eyed Queen. The Godskins are weak to sleep, and even though the lyrics of thier boss music is not officially Latin, there have been rough translations done that suggest Miquella is actually an incarnation of the Gloam-Eyed Queen.
If you look at St. Trina's torch, there is a single eye near the forehead of Miquella, and the purple hue given off by the torch and the sword is of a similar color to the jewels worn by the Godskins. We know that the Queen was defeated by Maliketh, but I don't think we know if that was before Miquella was born, or after. Not to mention, Miquella was an empyrean, but we never hear about his shadow, or Malenia's for that matter, but Vargram the Raging Wolf, one who aspired to be a shadow, is seen wielding a Godslayer's Greatsword (indicating the one in the tower is not the only one I suppsose?).
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'Miquella's true ability' reads the last line in regards to an items description. I find that funny after stating "..he created the Haligtree.." in one of the very first lines. I think it's just another ability, if not personality trait, from being a god?
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I would have expected more lore about this whole genderchanging (Dynasty with Mohg...you know) and parthenogenesis (Whos your daddy...Miquella) things so they look like a gimmick.
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My dear twin, accept this gift.
A gift of abundance, my last drop of dew.
Let all things flourish,
whether graceful, or malign.
— Miquella the Unalloyed
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I am Miquella, blade of Malenia... And I have only known naptime.
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It seems he will be a DLC boss but he seems to be trying to do a good thing? So i see no sense in fighting him
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Ah, dear little Miquella. Where have you gone? are you hiding from me? Come out, come out, don't be afraid!
AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!!!! MMMIIIIQQQQQUUUUUUEEEEEELLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Mohg, the Consumed King of Blood
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Inb4 he turns out to be a dlc boss, and he emerges from his cocoon likely not in the best mood, before absolutely ruining your ass, while making the Orphan Of Kos seem like a joke.
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Ok, if Malenia is saying that this dude is the "fiercest empyrean of all" that's really freaking scary. I imagine his intelligence and faith surpass all of those in the lands between.
Just like a lot of characters in the lore have 2 identities. I think we can expect to see 2 identities with him as well.
I imagine phase 1 of his boss fight ( that's if we do fight him) being st. Trina. Then when phase 2 starts he reverts back to his true self. Miquella, the only off spring of Marika to recieve her luscious golden locks.
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What if Ranni is miquellas spirit.
Since his spirit is missing.
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Watch as the devs drop us a DLC about the God the ancient dragons worshipped and another about Grace itself and that's it, that's the whole game lol
Just as we expected a DLC about the Deep and the Sable Church of Londor in DSIII and what we got was "REMEMBER THE PIGMY?" and "Simp Simulator: Ariandel edition"?
I would love to pay for a Miquella DLC, I'm clearly on board for that, but you know.
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I know the two fingers told me to kill all the demigods but this guy is too awesome to kill.
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It's complete speculation, but I suspect Miquella and Malenia are the same person like Marika and Radagon. Biggest clue I can find is the hair color. Malenia has red hair like Radagon and Miqeulla from what can be seen in opening, is blonde like Marika. I don't have many evidence to support this, but it's a cool theory if you think about it.
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The question is, who’s the companion of his and her sister, as all empyreans have companions, also, why Malenia is her second phase is as if she wants to prevent you from getting closer to the big human like body in the tree which have a big hole that almost fit the cocon in mohg’s palace
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This is what it looks like when someone falls victim to Mohgin' time. As we can see, Miquella is locked in a cocoon, and will remain that way for Mohgillion years
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He would be a great DLC boss and content especially since there is cut content about him.
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Miquella is the Egg-man and Mohg... the Whalrus? possible Beatles reference :)
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Mohg's a yandere for this man. sorry to sick this concept upon you.
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I am once again entering this comment section to remind Miquella fans that his soldiers are literal suicide bombers.
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I do love how in the one paragraph yall write that Mohg is trying to “share his blood” but in the rememberance is says he is trying to share his bloody bedchamber. Yall make it sound like Mohg is trying to do a blood transplant, when really he is just r*ping Miquella
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There are a couple of hints in the game that Miquella won't accept Albinaurics, perhaps because they're artifical beings and thus foreign to the Lands Between. Take the Ivory Sickle description: "Sickle fashioned form ivory. Weapon carried by aged Albunaurics. These weapons are evidence of their dedication to the Haligtree, despite never having entered its presence." You also only see Albinaurics in the Consecrated Snowfield, not in the Haligtree itself (besides maybe Loretta, but it's debatable if she is one).
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> creates safe haven for elden ring oppressed minorities
> protects player from outer god's influences
> creates his own erdtree to cure his sister from covid-19
> helps people with insomnia with special st trina sleep stuff
miquella best boy
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Going along with some of the overarching themes seen in game, I've come to think that malania and miquella are the siblings of Melina. Without getting too spoiler heavy, Marika had three sets of kids at different times, and malania / miquella are missing part of their triad. rykard and radahn play second fiddle to the chosen ranni... Godwin reads to me like baldur the beautiful from Norse mythology, and his brothers were both born omen... Miquella and malania are both cursed, so it would make sense that Melina was the chosen of her triad, and wanted out just as much as Marika or ranni. I have some more in mind with this theory, but it has less to do with miquella directly, so I'll save that for now.
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I wonder if Miquella actually ends up with traits of an omen considering Mohg was giving him blood. The fact his body appears to have grown from what we see in the cocoon means Mohg may have succeeded, but at what cost?
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Okay, I did some more thinking on the narrative of the game and at this point I'm 100% sure that if there's a DLC, it'll be about Miquella, Godwyn and Marika's relationship with the two. Because currently the game's plot is a total mess. No one has even come close to figuring out Marika's intentions when shattering the Elden Ring and I feel that's because the writers didn't either. Which is odd considering that finding the answer to this question was the main premise of the story trailer. I just hope they can somehow salvage the main game's story because it just does't make a lot of sense and is pretty unsatisfying right now.
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Miquella's "affection" ability makes me wonder whether he is truly a pure-hearted adorable little boy or a deceptive omnipotent schemer.
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People talking like he's gonna be the final boss of the expansion when it's actually going to be a past/dream version of Godwyn.
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If I had to take a guess, I'd say Miquella's/St. Trina's "appearance was as sudden as their disappearance" (Sword of St. Trina) because the royal family realized he, too, was cursed like Malenia. While Malenia's curse, her affliction with Scarlet Rot, would be apparent from birth, Miquella's agelessness would only show after some time had passed. I also get the impression that, of the two, Miquella was loved more by his parents, Radagon in particular. Radagon's Rings of Light were gifted to him by his father, and later Miquella returned the favor with the Triple Rings of Light incantation. There's no mention of any such instances with Malenia. On the contrary, she inherited Radagon's red hair, and as the description of the Giant's Red Braid tells us: "Every giant is red of hair, and Radagon was said to have despised his own red locks." This, combined with the fact that Marika refers to him as "leal hound of the Golden Order" (Melina dialogue) leads me to believe that he probably didn't like his cursed, red-haired daughter very much. Perhaps that's why she went out in search of a mentor (Prosthesis-Wearer Heirloom) - to replace her father figure.
There's so much tragedy hidden here. Of a father who despised his daughter due to the way she was born, of a golden boy who turned out to be just as impure as the black sheep of the family, and of two siblings who, in spite of society's and their family's perception, loved each other and sought to create a refuge for others who had been mistreated by the Golden Order. It explains why Miquella's and Malenia's statues in the Haligtree don't depict them in a triumphant pose. Instead, Malenia is holding Miquella, because they only ever had each other, and because it represents the solace they want to extend to all other "cursed" creatures.
If there's an expansion it should, well, expand on this story.
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It seems the demi-gods are based on pagan deities. Perverted degenerates who inbreed(Greek gods are what im familiar with) so it makes sens Mohg was trying to "romance" his sibling.
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Miquella's boss fight: 1st phase he bombards you with Rings of Light like a roided up Rennala/Gideon. 2nd phase he still does this but also, "Come, dear sister."
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I swear if this little ****er was alive he would request me to end the dragons heritage or something
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Is it weird that I picture him having the same voice as lothric and gwyndolin
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Bet he's gonna be int/faith with sleep status and if he still has the rune of abundance, he'll have life steal too.
It's kind of cool how Malenia inherits features of Radagon, and Miquella of Marika. It's a reversal of the roles.
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Wait, if the tarnished kills malenia, then even if miquella succeeds in growing up he wont be able to meet malenia anyways..
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I'm guessing he looks about 10 - 13? Because aint no way he was lugging golden epitaph around if he was any younger.
Miquella I'm hoping is going to be like Slave Knight Gael. One of the best EndBosses ever made by From.
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