Melina's Purpose 

Melina: "l can play the role of gf." Ranni: "Come, my husband."

Tarnished: "Hah! See that, Varre? I've got a maiden now!" Varre: "Really? Where is she?" Tarnished: "She's not here right now. She only shows up occasionally after I rest at these lights that apparently only I can see to tell me I'm doing a good job or whatever." Varre: "..."

If Melina is the gloam eyed queen, then I think the tattoo covering her eye represents Maliketh’s hand in which Destined Death was sealed. Upon defeating him, and restoring the Death Rune to the Elden Ring (making Death indiscriminate), the Gloam Eye of Melina is opened…

Its pretty chilling to hear Melina, this being who has pretty consistantly been around to help and guide us be very plain in telling us "If you become lord of Chaos, _I will kill you_ ". Like, she knows exactly what shes talking about right there. *_She's here to kill Chaos._*

Melina: the erdtree burns, my purpose is fulfilled, goodbye you who walks alongside the flame Me shortly after: hello there 3 fingers Melina form the grave: am I a joke to you?

The voice direction given to Melina's actress clearly shows her intentions are not ill-intended and she truly believes what she is doing is for the greater good. That "Thank you" she gives when burning herself is the most heart-warming line in all of Elden Ring.

Melina's purpose was to sell me a car. She offered me an Accord...... but instead, she gave me a horse. Truth be told, I would've preferred the car.

When Melina said "as surely as night follows day" I got big dusk vibes from her

I still think the Gloam Eyed Queen is a character we haven’t met yet. I think Melina’s purpose is to free Marika from the Erdtree, which is why she’s willing to commit a cardinal sin. She has no love for the golden order, only her mother, and wants to see Marika, the Ring, and The Lands Between, all repaired.

Melina seems to be a "solaire is the lost son of gwyn" character currently. We don't have a lot of answers so we force this character to fill the gaps.

Was actually pretty sad when she died... Then I finished the chaos ending AFTER burning the tree, not realizing she was against it... sooo I guess no one is coming to kill me. accidental win?

Here's my take: 1- Melina was the last attempt of Radagon to repair the ring, he tried but he couldn't mend the Elden Ring, he needed a tarnished to do so. 2- Tarnished, before being exiled and fallen from grace (literally) depended on maidens for guidance of the Greater Will, once marika banished Godfrey and the Tarnished, she set out to eliminate all maidens. 3- A flock of tarnished started returning to the lands between to fulfill the prophecy of "a tarnished becoming elden lord" this is literally said by the finger reader at the entrance of Leyndell. 4- The tarnished returning posed a serious problem for any of them to become elden lords as for what we know THE only maiden searching the land is Hyetta, we see a couple more but both were killed, and Therolina becomes one of Seluvis puppets. without maidens NO tranished would never reach Leyndell as they can't even channel runes into power, let alone interpret the will of the Greater Will. 5- Seeing this Radagon/Marika creates Melina to be the last Maiden. 6- we know that prior to our tarnished arrival there were 2 suitable candidates for Elden Lord: Vyke and Bernahl. 7- Vyke couldn't become a Lord because he pledged to the Frenzied flame, which would've prompted Melina to ditch him. 8- Melina in one of her first dialogues tells you she doesn't remember much, other than she was burned, if you read Bernahl's armor set you'll notice it says he could've become "Lord" but his maiden burned away... that's very strange, as Bernahl is later connected to Rykard being eaten by the snake, and to the night of the Black Knights (by the items he drops in Farum Azula) 9- My thoughts is that Bernahl managed along with Melina to go into Leyndell and tried to set the tree ablaze, as it's shown in one of the sides of the Erd Tree which is clearly mated and possibly burnt. The Finger reader at the foot of Rold's Lift tells you that burning the tree is a cardinal sin, however unless that sin was attempted before, it would seem that just the idea of it was unthinkable for anyone living in The Lands Between 10- after that attempt Melina was called back inside the Erd Tree, and later sent to you, but without her memories of the previous "coup" attempts.

Melina takes the phrase “I’ll be with you in spirit” to a whole other level.

I got the distinct impression from the first couple conversations you have with Melina after defeating Morgott, that Melina becoming the kindling maiden was her own decision, that she redirected her purpose from it's original. Very possibly an act of defiance against her original based on her angry tone. I have a hard time believing she cares for the greater will given she doesn't care a if you pledge yourself to Ranni, meaning that possibly the Elden ring does not get restored at all (that is unclear). It is also important to note, that Melina was not born of a mother, despite being heavily implied (not counting datamining confirming this) she is the daughter of Marika. She tells us this herself, when discussing Boc wanting his mother and to be called beautiful. This means she was likely created in some other manner, and her being a piece of the rune of death is quite poetic.

she could of dropped a mixtape and it would be so fire the urdtree would burn

Elden Chads: Lord Godfrey the first elden Chad Hoarah Loux, Chad Chad Margott the last of all Chads Margit the fell Chad General Chadahn Godwyn the Chad Iron Chad Alexander Maliketh the black Chad(nothing racist) Radagon of the golden Chads Varre Chad Morgott last of all Chads: “None may claim the title of Elden Chad with Maidens”

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So why if we save her with the needle then choose like the destined death ending or gold mask ending is she not happy

Where does it say the Erdtree feeds on struggle? I read Marika sending away Godfrey and the Tarnished as her plan to overthrow the Elden Beast by making the Tarnished die and die again so they could become stronger. "Grow strong in the face of Death."

I wonder if Melina's appearance is so similar to Ranni's because they're both dead in the flesh, but not in the soul. We know that Ranni dies in the flesh, but sacrifices Godwyn's soul so she can survive. If Melina is the soul of the Gloam Eyed Queen, whose body has been destroyed, this means that another demigod lost his soul. But who?

The way I see it Melina and Ranni are both part of the Gloam eyed Queen. Ranni is dusk and Melina is dawn which is why they share that ghostly face overlay as both parts of the “gloam” which can mean both dusk and dawn depending on context. Also the mark on Melina’s eye is a crows foot which obviously is a sign of death tying her to destined death and Ranni.

I think that Melina's relation to the gloam eyed queen could be like Millicent is to Malenia. Heavily implied to be born of the shattering (blooming) of Malenia. Similarly, Melina might be born of the Gloam eyed queen's defeat (at the foot of the Erdtree). She regains her complete self in FF ending. So when Ranni gives you the bell and talks about Torrent's previous owner, she must be referring to the gloam eyed queen (the steed is spectral as are the spirit ashes, both post death) Kinda like V and Vergil I guess. It might be that Marika was the only person who knew of Melina's existence and was part of her plan to return Godfrey and grant him audience.

"the one who walks alongside flame, shall one day meet the road of destined death" I feel this is atleast connects Melina to the gloam eyed queen in some capacity. Originally, the gloam eyed queen held control over destined death, in the form of the black fire used by the godskins in combat. Until, maliketh beat her and took it for himself and used it as a weapon out in the open which frightened all the demigods. Eventually, ranni steals a piece of it in the night of black knives and when maliketh gets it back, he seals it away in the amulet until our fight with him in game. This would makes sense about the tattoo over Melina's eye being a beasts claw cause it symbolizes maliketh, being a shadowbound beast, whom beat her. As such, her powers are sealed away until the rune is freed into the world and her eye opens, being able to use the power of destined death once agian.

I was wondering why the use of Dark Souls OSTs, but then you mentioned about Melina's "kindling" sacrifice. Such a subtle detail.

What I find odd is that Melina seems to be following you at the end of the Lord of Chaos ending. I've been thinking that if you take the flame, burn the tree but then use the needle she should come back and say "Oh, I see what you did there. Smart.".

When Melina says "Death Indiscriminate", she means that gods and demigods must die too. And i think Marika was on the same page. She sacrificed her son and tried to kill herself (she was the Elden Ring she tried to shatter). The Numen assassins were her people and Ranni simply took advantage of the situation, by working with Marika at first and then setting in motion her own plans. Marika sent Godfrey and his soldiers away to grow strong in the face of actual death and come back stronger, to help her That was her plan B, if she failed. Which is the reason the tarnished have returned. She stole the rune of Death and gave it to her to shadow to guard it. She wanted to use it for her own purposes, not thoseof the Greater Will. At some point she became obsessed with the idea that living forever was the root of all evil. It made people corrupt and weak. She even told her children that either they will be strong or they will become a sacrifice. The Greater Will tried to take advantage of this "Plan B", in order to take out all the demigods that rejected it. But it doesn't want Marika dead, which is why you find the entrance to the Erdtree closed. Even the Two Fingers are surprised by that, which is why they try to communicate with it to find out why, after you kill the Omen King. They are not in the know. Melina tries to fulfill her mother's plan. She is not afraid of death, because for her, immortality is the real cause of everything that went wrong. She literally tries to help you kill her mother and the Elden Beast, just like Marika tried to do and failed. That is her purpose, "given to her in the Erdtree": to complete Marika's plan and deliver Indiscriminate Death Edit" By the way, her name, "Melina", also describes the color of her eyes: "honey".

Melina being the gloam eyed queen makes sense she has a twilight colored eye.but her being the dusk eyed queen is also sensible. She has a dusk eye after the Lord of chaos. And the whole as surely as night follows day line confirms it

if miquella's needle eliminates/suppresses the influence of the outer gods and melina is the gloam/dusk-eyed queen i.e. an outer god, then even if she did wanted to speak with us once again, maybe she can't because of miquella's needle.

The Elden Beast hand has 3 fingers very separated from the other 2 in that cutscene, dont know if it was on purpose or not but still, HMMMMMM

I'm confused. I thought the rune of Death was removed so that the age of the Golden Order would begin. Isn't that why Marika is called the Eternal because she got rid of death from the lands between? Why is AgtJake asserting that the rune of death was removed after the Shattering?

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Super crazy theory dump ahead!!!!! So basically every offspring of Marika or Radagon comes in 3 and usually the names start or sound the same (ex. Ranni, Radhan, Rykard) but if you think about it. The ones who break this rule are the offspring of Marika and Radagon Mikela and Malenia. If you try a third name that rimes. Melina fits perfectly. Further more. Malenia has the red mane of her father and Mikela has the golden hair of his mother and when you see the transition from Marika to Radagon in the final fight between the golden hair and the red mane it looks pink!!!! My guess. Melina is a secret daughter of the gods. Who they sent to destroy the golden order. The reason why Rani was able to steal death from Maliketh which if you think about you would need an insider to do something like that. The connection between Ranni and Melina is no that obvious but we all know is there. Her purpose is to restore the balance by shattering it.

Melina's big line is "the one who walks alongside flame will one day meet the road of destined death." And her title that we know is the kindling maiden. So I certainly believe she was purposed to burn the erdtree, but I'm also curious as to what meeting destined means, and when she first became associated with the rune of death.

I didn't know you could summon Melina for the Morgott fight! That's so cool. Love your videos my dude and still so upset that some jerk copyrighted your video that you worked so hard on! I really hope youtube approved your appeal. Keep doing you my dude!

I dislike that people think that saving her is whats best for her. The lady has lived far far far longer than you and has experienced many things before meeting you. Is it so far fetched to accept that she chose this fate out of her own free will? She even says that this fate of hers was her own choosing ...she wanted it to happen. Why should one take that away from her >

She gives us the (Honda) Accord

You know how Marika’s and Radagon’s kids either have red or white/blond hair? Melina has pink hair. Pink is just red and white mixed together. Melina says her mother gave her purpose IN the Erdtree. Is Melina a child Radagon and Marika somehow created while Marika was imprisoned? Regardless, hair color is really significant in this game and never seems to be just a random aesthetic choice. FromSoft is amazing at visual storytelling and so much is conveyed through character appearances. Melina’s mother being Marika and Melina having pink hair rather than red or blond is significant. It’s saying something. I haven’t heard anyone mention this yet, and I truly think it’s very significant. Maybe I haven’t watched enough lore videos though and it’s already been discussed. If Melina’s pink hair is significant, then her hair color change when she becomes the Gloam Eye’d Queen must also be extremely significant and might give a clue as to what the hell is going on with her.

I believe Melina is the Snow Witch. Her face is near identical to Ranni, one eye closed, and they even sound nearly identical. We know Ranni's new doll body was based on the looks of her Witch teacher. They even have the same eye color (revealed in the frenzied flame ending).

Melina makes many references to her “mother” and makes clear that her mother is in the ErdTree. But she also makes many references to “Marika,” and seems to refer to her as discrete entity who is not her mother. This to me seems like a deliberate choice, which suggests that Marika is not her mother. But if that’s right, who is her mother then? The elden ring itself? Some other essence within the erdtree?

Wait... you can summon Melina?!

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Typically the phrase "Driven to the brink" means that they're on the edge of something, whether its madness or otherwise.

Everyone thinks she's the gloam eyed queen because she has a weird eye, even though Ranni has a closed eye and a burned body.... The real question is who Torrent's former master is, and Miquella or Marika seems to be the best bet, either could be the 'girl' with the three wolves in Farum Azula if it were a sort of prophecy. Melina is likely a child of Marika born to burn the erdtree when she was imprisoned, and considering Millicent is somehow a daughter of Malenia, I think it's a safe bet. As for her eye, same as Ranni, i think its just because her spirit is split from her body, i think Melina is a daughter in the sense that shes a clone of Marika, an empty vessel she made from her essence to be kept secret from Radagon for this one purpose, the child was killed by Maliketh's hand in body, while perhaps Marika was killed in soul out of a desire to end Godwyn's shameful half-death. I think Gloam Eyed Queen is just a Numen the two fingers wanted to replace with a puppet, and Marika didn't like her strings when she noticed them.

Actually, Marika plucked the rune of death out of the elden ring and gave it to maliketh BEFORE shatering the elden ring, years before. Ranni stole a fragment of death from maliketh, and used to kill Marika’s firstborn and ONLY healthy child. She was furious with maliketh incompetence and cursed him. Maliketh sealed death within his body so no one would ever steal it from him again, and spent the rest of his life trying to take back all the death he let escape, by “eating” death that we players give him and returning the stolen fragments back to the rune of death trapped inside his body. He does this to try to fix his mistake and please marika again, as we all know empyrean shadows are very loyal to their empyrean and would do anything for them “rip blaidd”. We can see him, as beast clergyman, lamenting and calling for marika, asking when this curse would end, hoping to be forgiven. And he always refer to the death loose at the world as his “sin” blaming himself for been robbed or deceived by ranni, and saying it was his duty to fix it. AFTER waging hundreds of war in the name of the Greater Will, having her children cursed and killed because of this never ending conflict of imposing the Greater Will desire upon other people and other gods, marika was tired of all the “bullshit” and shattered the elden ring (the elden beast/Greater Will agent wrote the elden ring). After she shattered it, she was “killed” by the elden beast as punishiment and her body imprisoned inside the tree (form me it seens she is not dead just kinda absorved? Like all other souls that the erdtree absorves). Radagon tried to fix it but he was punished as well. Now who is melina? I dont know, I think she was Bernahl maid (beast champion set) who threw herself into the fire. She tells us she died burned and is bodyless. And her dagger, the Blade of Calling, belonged to the “kindling maiden”, and “someone set on a journey to fulfill her duty”. Now who is melina mother? Why the first time she burned herself didnt count? She said she was born inside the great three só what does that mean? Who is the gloam eyed queen? I think we will only discover this things in the dlc

Here's the one and only real truth... "Melina is the true Elden Lord." you are welcome

I think Melina, Marika and the gloam eyed queen are all the same person. Mainly because we never see Marika alive, we only see her other half, Radagon. Melina is also bodyless like Ranni. I think there is something to be said about the fact that Melina is bodyless and Marika appears to be soulless (or at least her soul is not in her body when we see her before and after the Radagon/Elden Beast fight). Also Marika seems to share goals with the godskins, mainly the death of the gods (evidenced by master Hewg making a god slaying weapon for the tarnished on Marika's orders). Marika and Melina also share the goal of getting the tarnished on the throne/ killing the elden beast which is the vassel of the golden order in the lands between. It's likely not correct but idk I just find this theory fun.

It feels as though Melina looks like Ranni because that is indeed Ranni's body, infused with another spirit (melina) or a fragment of the spirit of the rune of death. EDIT: At the time of writing this comment, I wasn't aware that Ranni's body can be found in the game, but it would've been a fun theory ! XD

It's really disappointing that you do all this work to remove the frenzied flame and then it doesn't effect anything outside of no longer being locked into an ending

Probably because she is Renna in disguise, and Ranni borrowed her name at the start to confuse the PC and since she wasn't using it at that moment. So many names and so few characters LOL

So she wants death back. That's easy then I'm doing the duskborn ending. Spoilers below Basically you do Fia's questline and eventually you receive an item you can use at the ending to mend the Elden Ring wherein it returns the natural cycle of life and death back to the lands between.

THEORY: Marika is broken becuse the Elden Ring is broken because Marika is the vessel and embodiment of the Elden Ring. So Melina is a part of Marika, the part that is the rune of death, long severed from her being.

i dont think melina is the gloam eyed queen... why....if she wants to restore the world...and served the greater will...why in love of god that she wants to burned the ertree..we all know that the ertree is the one that collects the souls to feed it to the greater will...and if she is the gloem eyed queen...why is she did not use it...instead she used the golden order magic or power instead the black flame .if she is the gloam i queen why her followers want to kill us the player tarnished if we are a companion of their queen? i think queen marika banished the tarnished so that they are free from the influence of the greater will...remember queen marika is the one who give the grace to the tarnished and after that she take it away..so that the tarnished can go stronger in the face of death..after the shattering and her imprisonment ..queen marika call again the tarnished so that they brandish the elden ring but after we arrived we are maidenless so (for my theory) she give melina her daughter a purpose..to guide the chosen tarnished to be the one who will be elden lord and brandished the elden ring that had been shattered ...and i think melina is a empyrion(for ny theory) why? cuz only a demi god or empyrion can give a deep threat to us tarnished, meaning she is not a simple maiden like hyetta and in my theory she a chosen by the flames of ruin..why cuz she can use the flame to burn the ertree..no one can use it except the giants...for those who think that melina is ranni or twin or whatever. Remember ranni that we see is not actually ranni..thats ranni`s shell or vessel..its just a doll that look`s like the winter witch her mentor right and that name is renna....and if melina is dead like she said that she is burn and bodiless...how a soul can kill us the tarnished if she is already dead right .....and why melina can go freely in the capital city of lyndell..cuz like she said she is born on the foot of the ertree.....anyway this is my final theory. Remember that queen marika always have 3 children in each husband.. well i include radagon cuz ragadon is marika right...1 entity but 2 personality ...in godfrey she got 3 godwyn the golden and the 2 omen morgott and mohg..in radagon there are 2 childen that`s rhadan,rykard and ranni...in marika and radagon there`s the twins miquela and melenia and i include melina...one more thing..the reason why melina fight like the blacknife assassins cuz they are numen women and her mother is a numen maybe they train melina...i think melina and ranni are friends

If DC/Marvel has taught me anything if you don't actually see someone die they aren't dead lol the camera pulls away as she said's goodbye I didn't see nobody XD Well, a least I hope she didn't die I guy can dream.

One thing that confuses me is how the player ends up in farum azula. Whether you burn Melina or not you just randomly wake up there without explanation. If Melina has some kind of connection to the rune of death then it could maybe explain why she would send you to it, but I don't know why she would do that after you take in the flame of frenzy. The other explanation is that Melina had nothing to do with it but then who could be responsible? It's kind of infuriating how ambiguous it is.

theory dump ranni and melina is different person..ranni doll body take after his mentor/teacher look..ranni real body probably dont even look like the doll..ranni mentor hold rune of death got defeat by maliket..she probably gloom eye queen..and teach ranni how to kill her body and all that..so melina is the gloom eye queen or her daughter

Give that doggo one more tummy rub from me =D

why does vare know we are maidenless? my guess is that he killed her in the tower of anticipation to 'push' us towards his beloved blood god.. just like a sneaky thing he would do

that you can spare melina, remove the flame of frenzy and she doesn't come back, is really really lame.

I have a theory on Melina and Ranni being twins. When Radagon and Rennala had Ranni, what if the Marika side of Radagon also got pregnant with Melina. Ranni got the R name because she is Radagons child, but Melina got the M name because she is Melinas child. Twins are also knowen to be very close to each other, some people say twins are connected spiritually. Rannis other side could be her twin connection to Melina.

Now i see, you deny your maidenss purpose

She'll show up again for boc on his quest line

Melina was once alive and already fulfilled her purpose as a kindling maiden, but died and is subjugated to repeating the process as a phantom guiding new tarnished that venture into the land between. This may be why we find her blade of calling in Leyndell.

Step 1: obtain maiden step 2: journey with maiden and chat and have fun step 3: burn maiden and cry step 4: seek new comfort maiden

the night of black knives happened before the shattering, though. maliketh already had the rune of death before marika shattered the elden ring

she gave me her speach at the door to the flame of frenzy i burnt her at the forge of the giants i opend the door and became lord of chaos

The Greater Will uses the Erdtree to feed on the souls of the dead (lore of the various catacombs). When Marika found out (Ofnir alludes to this) she removed death from the Elden Ring (the manifestation of the laws of nature designed by the Greater Will). This messes things up. Melina wants to restore order by restoring death and to free her mother Marika from The Greater Will. Melina only wants to burn the Erdtree after you reach it the first time and sees Radagon sealed it. It was not her original plan. She has no qualms about burring it though, because destroying it is a major blow against The Greater Will.

Unrelated but I really hope if we fight Miquella he references himself as a the ‘Shield of Malenia’ and continues ‘and I have never seen true battle’ or something like his sister lol

Now I ain't sayin' she a gold dagger But she ain't hanging with no broke fingers.

Cmon bro don't just kneel there give her a hug goodbye. It's just a little fire

tbh i didn't see the elden beasts hands on melina's eyelid at all. looks like a roosters paw to me :P

Godwyn was killed before the shattering. Ranni stole a fragment of the Rune of Death and the night of the black knives happened shortly after where Godwyn was killed, which was the catalyst of the Shattering, whether Ranni ordered the Night of the Black Knives or not is up to debate, but her fragment was certainly the one used to kill Godwyn. Godwyn’s death caused Marika to cause the shattering, then Radagon desperately tried to fix it. Marika was against the Erdtree and the Greater Will, that’s kinda why you literally kill the Elden Beast, which is a messenger of the Greater Will of some sort that is the very incarnation of Order.

But Melina tells us at the Elden throne that she has rejected her purpose upon discovering it. 🤷‍♂️

5:39 I've always tought her brand was a crow talon, and linked her to the Deathbirds and the Gloam Eyed Queen. Also, why no one ever mention that there is ANOTHER ERDTREE in the land of the dead?

I think Melina is a confessor fighting for the will of the two fingers that’s why she tries to kill you if you choose flame of frenzy

Yeah she offered herself , she offered herself so hard that she set her ass on fire just to progress my quest. She is literally a Lord orbiter. I guess that is why I always go with the fecal feaster's or rannis ending

YOU CAN SUMMON MELINA WHEN FIGHTING MOHG????

Wheres the proof that the Gloam Eyed Queen is the protector of the rune of death? This is my problem with these theories about Melina. Theres no evidence to support it. Especially when people say Ranni and Melina are the same. We know Ranni's entire story theres no room for Melina in her lore

this whole time i thought Melina is Malenia

She shows herself for boc

in the cavern of the wise at altus there are the killers of the birds of death, and the one on melina is the mark of the claw of the birds of death. melina presumably is the twilight-eyed queen

Soo, I made Millicent quest, kill Malenia, got the Miquella's needle but forgot to used it soo I fucked up my ending

Melina says, “The one who walks alongside the flame shall one day meet the road of destined death.” I think this means she plans to become the next Gloam-eyed Queen. Something that Melina herself didn’t think possible when first following the path Marika set for her. She says “My purpose was given to me by my mother, but now I act of my own volition… this world is in dire need of repair, and death indiscriminate.” Meaning not only is burning the Erdtree what Marika wants, but it is also what the first Gloam-eyed Queen did in order to become an Empyrean and discovered the Rune of Death by doing so. Once we separate the rune from Maliketh, and Melina has burned away her flesh she finds the rune and claims destined death as the New Gloam-eyed Queen. The dead eye is something I haven’t fully come to understand, this is either because she is still a part of Marika and Radagon, and that part has since died, or it is a sign that Melina has ascended to the level of an Empyrean. Perhaps the first Gloam-eyed Queen had one dead eye and one gloamy one too.

melina is that tree. tree gone, she gone

What if Ranni is actually Renna and Melina is actually Ranni?

Well of course the Erdtree feeds form struggle it literally grow from the corpses of the catacombs, they say they go back to the Erdtree as they die so naturally The Greater Will/Fingers/Golden Order wants people to not die naturally but to become nourishment for the tree instead. Maybe Marika didn't want that anymore that's why she did everything and maybe she IS Melina too or at least created her.

This game, this lore man its like a gift from the Gods to play this game. Timeless legend, game of the year forever. I am 250 hours in lvl 410 and I keep replaying over and over, I just cant get enough of its mysterious universe. I cant wait for the DLC!! I hope they take it to a cosmic horror level, outer beast, like those black shades in the game that I only seen 3 of them so far, they hide in shadows scary looking, or like the elden beast. I also love your videos brother they are amazing!

Thats really tragic. She helps the character from the very beginning, giving them all the tools they need and places to visit. Goes against the kingdom she was once part of... just to kill herself to give you a chance to end it all and make things right. If there was ever a meaningful death in this game, thats it

I think it is likely she killed our maiden. She does this to use us to get her to the ears tree. Her ability to help us grow stronger is a great offer that we would not accept if we had a maiden. She also has more of an ability to get to the starting area where our maiden was waiting with her ghost powers than other characters.

More tummy rubs for Joy on my behalf.♥️

Idk why people think she's the gloam eyed queen. It's much more convincing that she's a daughter of Marika and Radagon, especially since it would make the third set of children be a triplet, all of whom are cursed unlike the other six. Miquella has eternal childhood, Malenia the scarlet rot, and Melina a burned, bodiless existence. She even says her mother lives inside the erdtree ffs.

I gotta be honest, I know her eye brand people have also said crows foot which looks about right too and makes sense, but in the beginning I legit thought it was a dragons claw. Also after all the bitterness in the lands between of losing people and then Melina in her selfless last moments, that burned my heart to a crisp and I finally had it. That's why I said screw whatever order, screw this world entirely, I'm marrying my new moon wife and dipping out to the night sky for our honeymoon lol bye

Are we sure Melina didn't kill our intended Finger Maiden when we enter the Lands Between? You know, the very first corpse we find in the starting area. If she did, that would give her the perfect excuse to approach us and offer to serve as a Maiden for us.

Melina: "This world needs a Destined Death so the only way to do it is me getting cooked in the biggest pot in LandsBetween" Tarnished: "Bullshit" *puts on AirPods with MainTheme ost and does The Reverse Chaos ending*

Does someone know what tf is that red thing piercing marika body?

it does.. kinda feels like a sort of Dark souls game when you add the firelink shrine theme on it hey? i wander why.. well i been putting lots of Castlevania songs in the background since i been roleplaying Trevor Belmont and Simon Belmont in it since i started playing Elden ring

Has anyone let her burn them do frenzied flame ending? Does she still show up

There's an item description that talks about a "Kindling Maiden" I mean... That has to be her right? Created specifically to burn the Erdtree.

You know what would send me absolutely insane with joy? DLC which varies what you do in it, depending on how you completed the game.

I think you shouldve mentioned that she is also the Kindling Maiden wich is stated in the description of the blade of calling wich is the weapon melina used against morgott and its stated that this weapon belonged to the Kindling Maiden alongside a Citation: "The one who walks alongside Flame shall one day meet the road of destined Death." This Citation is written in the description of blade of calling and this where also Melinas last words. So she is the Kindling Maiden and my theory is that she is Marikas daughter cause Melina tells us that her Mother gave her a purpose IN THE ERDTREE and this was prob. Part of Marikas perfect Plan to test the greater Will and so Marika wanted to see if another person could become Elden Lord.

Can u do a video on the elden beast