Like the deities and heroes from mythologies the world over, the Demigod children of Queen Marika in **Elden Ring ** are both heroes and monsters, and the Empyrean Miquella may fall prey more to this more than players think. While the demigods can be shining paragons of excellence and ambition, they're also deeply flawed and capable of astonishing cruelty. Among these brutal god-heroes, Miquella comes across as the most virtuous with his three-fold goal of curing his sister Malenia's Scarlet Rot affliction, creating a home for the outcasts of the Lands Between, and liberating the planet from the influence of alien gods. A close investigation of the game lore, however, reveals a dark side to this golden-haired, perpetually youthful Demigod, who uses mind-altering magic to rally legions of fanatically devoted followers and tampers with the realm of dreams in order to realize his ambiti

The distinction in Elden Ring between Intelligence and Faith magics dates all the way back to FromSoftware's Soulslike sub-genre progenitor, the 2009 dark fantasy RPG Demon's Souls . In this prototype title, destructive effects such as Soul Arrow and Fireball were exclusive to the Intelligence-boosted Magic Spells of sorcerers (inspired by wizards from D &D _ ), while fortifying spells such as Heal or Antidote were unique to the Faith-boosted Miracles of saints (inspired by clerics from _D &D _ ). The only damage-dealing Miracle in _Demon's Souls was the shockwave-generating God's Wrath spell. The games of the Dark Souls trilogy retained the same general division of magical arts, but gave Miracle-using characters access to lightning spells. Finally, Elden Ring and its origins of Incantations __ gave Faith-based spellcasters access to lightning, fire, poison, and other forms of elemental damage in addition to traditional "cleric spells" for healing injuries and warding off harmful status effects. This makes the "damage only" focus of Intelligence magic in FromSoftware games all the more glar

Are the acts of devotion described above borne from a genuine love of Miquella, or did this innocent-looking Demigod cultivate mind-altering magic in order to assemble a cult of loyal zealots that he could use to enact his ambition? Nothing in the lore of Elden Ring suggests that Miquella was cruel or callous towards the people who loved him, but his public displays of benevolence could have pragmatic (rather than moral) motivations behind t

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During their playthrough of Elden Ring , players will come across many NPC and enemies who demonstrate a fanatical devotion to Miquella, an Empyrean with the potential to become a god like Marika. Malenia's Cleanrot Knights, who wield spears and scythes imbued with Miquella's Golden Order Magic, fight fiercely for the Empyrean's cause despite knowing proximity to Malenia will cause their flesh to rot away. After Miquella's kidnapping by Mohg, the foot soldiers who guard the Elden Ring 's parasitic, slowly-rotting Haligtree settlement turn their bodies into magical bombs in the hopes that the " ...the flash of our deaths [will] guide Miquella's retur

The mist being dead souls explains a lot about this Elden Ring mystery . One of the biggest things it helps clarify is what the Lands Between is. Both in the Age of the Duskborn ending and in the prologue of the game, the narrator repeats the line " In our home. Across the Fog. The Lands Between ." This fog is literal, as the distant ocean is obscured in mist all around the Lands Between. Should the mist be souls, it would explain that the Lands Between is some sort of Edenic promised land related to the afterlife. The souls of the Tarnished who were banished were forced to leave, and now that they are no longer touched by Grace, their souls cannot make it back to Elden Ring 's mysterious and coveted Erdtree . They instead seem to only come close to it, obscuring the world of gods and the afterlife from the liv