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Location | Church of Vows |
Role | Merchant |
Voiced by | Matthew Marsh |
Miriel, Pastor of Vows is an NPC in Elden Ring. Miriel, Pastor of Vows is the Church of Vow's steward, a huge silver turtle wearing a mitre. He first interacts with you when arriving at the Church of Vows. Miriel, Pastor of Vows welcomes you and offers to share their knowledge of Sorceries and Incantations, as well as lore on certain characters.
I Welcome you, to the Church of Vows. I am Miriel, steward of this sacred chamber. My apologies, for the unseemly state of affairs.
Miriel, Pastor of Vows Location in Elden Ring
Miriel, Pastor of Vows can be found at the Church of Vows, a neglected house of worship on the East Isle of Liurnia of the Lakes [Map Link]
- This NPC does not move.
"I would serve as your guide, only my legs aren't what they used to be..." - You can study Sorceries and Incantations with Miriel, Pastor of Vows as well as expand your knowledge regarding Elden Ring's Lore.
- You can give Sorcery Scrolls and Incantation Prayerbooks to Miriel.
- He has extremely high defense, but does not retaliate if attacked. He drops his bell bearing and 10 Turtle Neck Meat upon death.
Elden Ring Miriel, Pastor of Vows Shop
Dialogue in Elden Ring: Miriel, Pastor of Vows
- "You're Tarnished, aren't you? I Welcome you, to the Church of Vows. I am Miriel, steward of this sacred chamber. My apologies, for the unseemly state of affairs. Do you know the origin of this place?"
- "Who can blame you? The Shattering has caused us - all of us - to lose sight of something very dear. It is here, at the Church of Vows, that the great houses of the Erdtree and the Moon were joined. And so, our church holds in view the monuments of both houses. The Erdtree of the Capital, and the Academy of Raya Lucaria."
Visit
- "Oh, was there something you needed? You are free to show yourself around. I would serve as your guide, only my legs aren't what they used to be... If you find anything of use, you are free to take it with you. Unless perhaps you are in search of instruction? In which case, I will share all that I know".
When given a Prayerbook
- "Oh, what have we here? Very well, let us both learn together. Heresy is not native to the world; it is but a contrivance. All things can be conjoined."
§On Lord Radagon:
- "You wish to know more of Lord Radagon? Lord Radagon was a great champion, possessed of flowing red locks. He came to these lands at the head of a great golden host, when he met Lady Rennala in battle. He soon repented his territorial aggressions though, and became husband to the Carian Queen. However, when Godfrey, first Elden Lord, was hounded from the Lands Between, Radagon left Rennala to return to the Erdtree Capital, becoming Queen Marika's second husband and King Consort, taking the title...of second Elden Lord. The mystery endures, to this day... As to why Lord Radagon would cast Lady Rennala aside... and moreover...why a mere champion would be chosen for the seat of Elden Lord".
- "You know, it's said that Lord Radagon harboured a secret... A famed sculptor of the Erdtree Capital was once summoned to render Lord Radagon's likeness in giant stature. When he glimpsed the skeleton in Radagon's closet. And as such, it's said the great statue harbours his secret too".
On Lady Rennala:
- "You wish to know more of Lady Rennala? She is Queen, head of the Carian royal family, and governor of the Academy of Raya Lucaria. The great and beautiful Full Moon Witch. Sadly, her heart was broken when Lord Radagon left her. And then, when the academy rebelled against the royals, she was locked away in the grand library."
- "In the end, Lady Rennala was left alone, cradling the amber egg Lord Radagon bequeathed her. Now she devotes herself to it through forbidden rite; the grim art of reincarnation. You would do well to remember... Severing a vow, strongest of bonds, has consequences ever more dire".
§On Celestial Dew:
- "Do you possess any celestial dew? Then I would like to share my knowledge with you. Concerning the miracle of this Church of Vows.
Radagon once cleansed himself with celestial dew, repented his territorial aggressions, and swore his love to Rennala. The Order of the Erdtree and the fate of the moon were conjoined, and all the wounds of war forgiven.
This miracle blesses the church to this day. And so, you need only follow Radagon's example, to restore any bond, however strained or severed, to its rightful state of harmony."
About the miracle
- "To experience the miracle, kneel in the basin at the back, and cleanse yourself with celestial dew. Absolution will be yours. Any bond, no matter how strained, or even severed, will be put to rights."
Talk
- My faith does not waver. The miracle rooted in these grounds will, once again, mend the world. And this time, its bounty will not be squandered. If you would be Elden Lord, Tarnished, I hope that you, too, will share my faith."
Small Talk
- "Is there something else?"
When attacked
- Mngh! Stop it, please. My skin is akin to stone.
- I cannot be wounded. I cannot die. But nor will I cause any harm unto you. Cease your futile efforts.
- Well, aren't we determined...
Speaking to him after attacking
- Are you quite finished? Take this opportunity to learn to master your emotions. Worry not, I take no offence. But others are not always so forgiving. Some take to anger, others sorrow... Bonds are fragile things, wont to break under strain. And once they're broken, everything is lost, with naught to gain.
Upon death
- Aaa...aaargh!
Elden Ring Miriel, Pastor of Vows Notes & Trivia
- Miriel is a great candidate for dumping all your scrolls and prayerbooks onto, as he never changes locations and teaches both sorceries and incantations.
- No additional dialogue is unlocked by giving Miriel all scrolls and prayerbooks, even after purchasing all sorceries and incantations from them.
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Anyone else walk by this guy the first time thinking he was a statue or something?
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Chillin with my boy teaching me spells that can kill a god (pest threads go brr lol). What a legend.
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You can kill him but If you do your armor gets replaced by godskin noble armor forever plus you are overloaded and rotted forever, if you kill him again in ng+ all the bosses in the game spawn in and can follow you through graces, and if you somehow beat the game your save file gets deleted. Trust me I have a video showing but you can only watch it on a Nokia TV for desktop
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pastor of vows pulling your cows
twisting your mouse and smashing your grouse
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A tiny little demi human that helps you with clothing
PATHETIC
A giant turtle
YES YES YES YES
YYEESSSS
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hol' up, how do people know he drops turtle neck meat? Who did this, dog pope?
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There is a relatively good chance that Miriel was/is a Mimic Tear. Silver coloration, silver mist at death, connection to the night folk through the Celestial Dew Ritual. Him being a large, sentient version of the mundane tortoises also lends some credence to this.
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I saw some guy in the comments below say that Radagon was beaten by Rennala and then married to save himself when that definitely isn't true. A sword monument says that during the first Liurnian war Radagon's glory "burned bright like his hair" and you only get glory when you win fights so that means Radagon was clapping Raya Lucarian forces already. Second Rennala might be a strong champion but Radagon is a literal God who can deflect spells with his hand, he isn't losing. Third even if Radagon did lose they wouldn't need to make a peace alliance in fear because the Golden Order could have just sicked Godfrey on the academy. If anything Radagon beat Rennala in a fight, fell in love with her, repented his aggressions, and then married her. That is assuming they fought at all because Miriel just says that they met in the battlefield and not actually fought each other in it.
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How to be an annoying troll 101
"haha I killed Miriel and I don't feel bad about it lol, Mom please love me"
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So, am I missing something, or is there just no way to answer his initial question?
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Wish you could tell him Radagon is Marika like with Goldmask
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I'd say I wish the mitre was a wearable item but then that'd encourage people to kill him.
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great target practice dummy, weapons testing etc.
always kill it at the end of the game for bell
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Works as a punching bag to compare damage since he's really beefy, sits still, and never gets mad at you. Quick rest at the nearby Grace and he's back to full health.
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I like how it is never explained why he is the only turtle that's sapient. My guess is that he subjected himself to rebirth by Rennala, and now is spending the rest of his life repenting. It would also explain all his knowledge on her and Radagon..
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Radagon invaded Liurnia, presumably got his ass kicked by Renalla and almost instantly proposed and married her. Would be quite the funny tale if he didn’t seemingly only do it to get on her good side and bail at the first chance he got.
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I walked into a church and a dog told me that taking a bath would make people stop hating me, worked like a charm
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For the Trivia &. Notes part, you could add that it's probably a reference to the character of Bishop Myriel in Victor Hugo's book Les Misérables: an old and benevolent Bishop of Dignes who shows Jean Valjean charity in the beginning.
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"My faith does not waver. The miracle rooted in these grounds will, once again, mend the world. And this time, its bounty will not be squandered. If you would be Elden Lord, Tarnished, I hope that you, too, will share my faith."
As you command your highness
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Best magic teacher in the game. 1) Teaching both sorceries and incantation 2) accept key item from both. 3) dont have to look around for him or handover his bell to roundtable
The dialogue on this page is missing some. If you Absolve and then ask Miriel once more "about the Miracle" he will remark on your cleansing and recommend you take care never to break a bond again.
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Step 1. Get the Celebrant's Skull from the Windmill Village.
Step 2. Keep it at base upgrades, but add the Prelate's Charge AoW to it.
Step 3. Use Prelate's Charge on Miriel.
Step 4. ???
Step 5. Profit.
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Oh very well heresy all things
Oh very well heresy all things
Oh very well heresy all things
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I find it strange that he asks if you know the purpose of the church and there's a prompt to tell him you don't know, but seemingly no way to have a different answer. This is the only dialogue in the game like that as far as I know.
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"Oh, what—Very well—Heresy is—All things" is the new "Bearer, seek, seek, lest."
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Someone go far beyond to kill this boulder of a turtle just to hear what could be the moan of its death, only to find that it's just "aaaaa....aaargh", and that's about it. may the guy satisfied his fetish.
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I saw a video where someone attacked him and it caused a bell-bearing hunter to spawn in. Is that real? Idk if it was a mod
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Doesn't matter how many Hefty Beast Bones I collect, this dog will always refuse to allow me to give him a big bone.
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You would have to be the most heartless,monstrous scum of the earth to even so much as think about harming the ever benevolent Turtle Pope, if Miriel were ever to die, i would burn the entirety of the Lands Between to ashes.
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I wonder whether Miriel is one of the beasts granted intelligence described in the beast incantations.
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Best character in the game without question, and unlike corhyn he never changes locations so its best to give Miriel all of your scrolls and prayerbooks, would protect this beautiful turtle pope with my life.
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The only time I'm thankful a character doesn't have a questline
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Tfw one of these people HAD to kill pope dog to see what he says upon death is truly saddening
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please correct me if I am wrong, but is not Miriel a tortoise, not a turtle, he is land dwelling and lacks flippers, is there a reason as to why he's a turtle that's fine but biologically he's a tortoise.
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why does he only sell 1 incantation? Corhyn just disappeared from all 6 locations he could be in and now i cant stufy incantations
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"Drops "Miriel's Bell Bearing" and 120 Runes if killed"
What monster you have to be to check that?
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"Miriel, Pastor of Vows is the Church of Vow's steward, a huge DOG wearing a mitre"
Please never edit this out, I beg of you.
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Literally my grandpa before he died said similar things. Does make me wonder though... is reincarnation possible from the real world to elden ring?
As a mod of /r/atheism on Reddit, I killed this turtle and don't feel bad about it. The world is a better place now.
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Turtles live in the sea. This is clearly a dog (or a tortoise, but definitely not a turtle)
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I wish he would say different things depending on the book you give him.
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I read it described as a dog wearing a mitre last night now it says turtle and we all know he is a big dog and a very good boy. Change it back
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"imagine simping for ds3 fire keeper lol"
This post was made by big dog gang
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I'd really like to have his mitre looted somewhere in the game
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Miriel, Pastor of Vows is an NPC in Elden Ring. Miriel, Pastor of Vows is the Church of Vow's steward, a huge dog wearing a mitre. They first interact with you when arriving at the Church of Vows.
Perfection.
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Finally a religious guy in souls games where they're actually just being chill and wholesome instead of wanting to burn the world or something
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"Oh, what have we here? Very well, let us both learn together. Heresy is not native to the world; it is but a contrivance. All things can be conjoined."
The full thing, each time.
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If you hit Turtle Pope before speaking to him the first time, he’ll have an unlisted dialogue here about understanding that his sight at first might have feared you
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the first part about Lord Radagon," He came to the lands on the head of a great golden host"
Did he ride the elden beast? That would be insane.
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I'm glad my favorite teacher and pastor so update with the gossips
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While trying to do lord of chaos as my first ending, decided I should kill off a few NPCs instead of letting them burn but I'm keeping turtle pope alive
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i had this guy say something like "We're family now" just randomly when i was just near him not even talking to him so you might want to add this
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I think this page missing some stuff. My Miriel has 16 incantations and 8 sorceries, but this page lists only 15 sorceries and incantations total, and I haven’t even given him the ancient dragon prayerbook. He can also sell: Darkness; Assassin’s Approach; Radagon’s Rings of Light; Law of Regression; Lightning Spear; Honed Bolt; Electrify Armament; Giantsflame Take Thee; Flame, Fall Upon Them; Black Flame; and Black Flame Blade
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DS2: Bear Seek Seek Lest
DS3: Prithee I don't heheh.
ER: Oh, very well, heresy isn't all things.
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Petititon to ask Miriel's Voice Actor to make a YouTube Channel as Miriel himself explaining Elden rings lore in his soothing voice is currently OPEN!!
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