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Elden Ring: Queen Marika Might Actually Be An Eternal City Mimic

2025-09-24T17:26:38Z

FaustinoSpauldin: Created page with " Queen Marika, the ruler of The Lands Between in **Elden Ring ** , has ties to people and places that may point to her actually being a Mimic from the Eternal Cities. This Elden Ring theory has evolved in the months since the game launched. It may sound outlandish at first but makes a lot of sense when considering the game’s penchant for hidden plots and alternate identities. The theory also has significant in-game evidence to back it up. [Wa..."

Queen Marika, the ruler of The Lands Between in **Elden Ring ** , has ties to people and places that may point to her actually being a Mimic from the Eternal Cities. This Elden Ring theory has evolved in the months since the game launched. It may sound outlandish at first but makes a lot of sense when considering the game’s penchant for hidden plots and alternate identities. The theory also has significant in-game evidence to back it up. [Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Elden Ring .] Marika is one of the most mysterious characters in Elden Ring . Most of her story happens in the past, but the game’s significant events occur because of her actions. It shows how powerful and influential Marika is in this world. The potential of her being a Mimic from the Eternal City is an essential point on the timeline of everything that happened before Elden Ring . It also means that there may be a different way to interpret the game’s main story. Related: Elden Ring Theory: Ranni & Melina Are Secretly Connected Queen Marika’s backstory must be examined to understand her potential motivations in this theory, which is explored thoroughly by Reddit user Mati9S . These can vary depending on the interpretation. Another crucial point of discussion is the history of the Eternal City and its inhabitants, the Nox. They are likely the reason Mimics exist, but their connection to Marika goes deeper. Ranni and the player Tarnished’s role in the plot must also be explored to evaluate the effect of Marika’s possible true nature. Queen Marika The Eternal’s Backstory Connects Her To The Nox Marika is an Empyrean, a vessel chosen by the Two Fingers to serve an outer god known as the Greater Will. As ruler of the land, she formed the Golden Order under the Greater Will that dictates many of the world’s inhabitants' actions, like why Trolls pull coffins across the Lands Between . For all the mystery and intrigue surrounding Marika, a few items reveal her backstory. The Numen’s Rune item description explains that Marika belongs to the race of Numen. This also ties her to the Black Knife Assassins, as their armor description reveals them also to be Numen. It’s possible to select Numen as the player’s race in the character creation menu, where it is stated that they are a race of long-lived individuals that descend from another world. Despite her status as an Empyrean and vessel of the Greater Will, there are hints suggesting she was plotting to betray the outer god. At Elden Ring 's Roundtable Hold , the player can hear the blacksmith Hewg whispering a prayer to Marika. He can also be heard muttering about Marika’s command that he smith a weapon that can kill a god. The Greater Will may have learned of this plot and locked Marika inside the Erdtree as punishment. The god’s knowledge of her betrayal is supported by the fact that the Two Fingers have selected three other Empyreans to be Marika’s successor - Miquella, Malenia, and Ranni. Marika's imprisonment could be why her Grace is guiding the Tarnished, to put the player in contact with Hewg so they can use the god-killing weapon in her stead. On the surface, Marika’s title, The Eternal, can mean that, since she is a vassal of the Greater Will in Elden Ring 's Lands Between , she is to live eternally. It may also be a reference to the long lives of the Numen. However, it could also indicate that she is of the Eternal City. If this is indeed the meaning behind the moniker, Marika would likely have to hide this fact because of the feud between the Greater Will and the Nox. [https://www.Eldenringfans.com/ Elden Ring collectibles] Ring’s Eternal Cities Want To Usher In The Age Of Stars The Nox are the inhabitants of the twin Eternal Cities, Nokron and Nokstella. There was a third, unnamed Eternal City that was destroyed by Astel, Naturalborn of the Void, as mentioned in a boss' remembrance, discussed by Reddit user Canor_jax . The armor set of the Nox reveals that they long ago angered the Greater Will and were banished underground. There they live under a false night sky in eternal anticipation of their Lord of Night and the Age of Stars, Elden Ring 's most popular ending . Related: [https://www.Eldenringfans.com/ https://www.Eldenringfans.com] Best Elden Ring Cosplays Rogier, one of the game's NPCs, has dialogue that hints at links between the Nox and the Numen. He says that the Black Knife Assassins are scions of the Eternal City. This implies that the Nox and Numen may actually be the same race. One likely scenario is that when the Greater Will arrived in the Lands Between and demanded the residents worship it as their god, the Nox refused to convert and were punished. Numen, translated from Latin, can mean "favor of the gods." The Numen may be those of the Nox who accepted The Greater Will as their god. Nox, translated from Latin, means "night." The Nox, wanting revenge on The Greater Will, sought to forge their Lord of Night with the use of Mimic Silver Tears. These are fluid beings that make up Elden Ring 's most overpowered Spirit Ashes , and can take on a multitude of forms. They are often seen as silver blobs but also appear as Nightfolk, one of the selectable races in the character creation menu. The Mimic Tear Ashes and Silver Tear Husk item descriptions explain the Nox’s attempts to create a lord. It isn’t clear whether or not they succeeded, but if they had, the Nox wanted this lord to bring about the Age of Stars and overthrow the Greater Will. Ranni May Be In League With Marika Against The Greater Will One central character that ties into this plot is Ranni the Witch. She is aligned with the Nox’s goals and is hinted to be working with them in some capacity, as she has a teleporter in Renna’s Rise that links to Nokstella. Like the Nox, Ranni seeks to finish her Elden Ring quest by ushering in the Age of Stars, which is the achievement awarded for choosing her ending. She is also an Empyrean and child of Radagon/Marika. During her quest line, Ranni reveals that she was behind the Night of the Black Knives. It’s possible that Marika conspired with Ranni by telling her where Destined Death can be found since Marika is the one who removed it from the Elden Ring and hid it. However, the death of Godwyn the Golden poses a potential challenge to this theory. On the Night of the Black Knives, Ranni’s physical form died while Godwyn’s soul form perished. Godwyn was supposedly Marika’s favorite child, and, from some perspectives, his death is one of the reasons she tried to destroy the Elden Ring, which led to a Elden Ring 's brutal war known as The Shattering . In other words, it’s unclear why Marika would help or recruit Ranni if it would mean the death of her favorite child. One possible explanation is that Ranni accepted Marika’s help with the intention of betraying her, but there is no solid evidence. The intersections of Marika’s plans with those of the Nox and Ranni provide enough circumstantial evidence to suggest that Marika may be the lord the Nox tried to forge with the Silver Tears. If she truly is a Mimic, this also explains her ability to transform into Radagon. The plots these individuals set forth have been in play long before the events of **Elden Ring ** . When the player Tarnished arrives in The Lands Between, they will have a crucial role in the outcome of these plans. Assuming the player chooses Ranni’s Age of Stars ending, it's possible Marika and the Nox will be proven victorious. Next: Elden Ring Bosses You Should Feel Bad For Killing Source: Mati9S/Reddit , Canor_jax/Reddit

Elden Ring: 10 Memes That Perfectly Sum Up The Game

2025-09-22T17:23:28Z

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2022 saw the release of Elden Ring , a game built for the kind of gamers with immense willpower, patience, and character. Known for being incredibly challenging, with minimal direction, the game also offered a vast open-world fantasy experience. From one beautiful landscape to another, players fought tooth and nail to reach their objectives, fending off magnificent dragons and wicked fell omens throughout the journey. The game quickly became an internet phenomenon with many streamers and content creators taking a stab at the difficult bosses. And as with any popular game, Elden Ring comes with a ton of great memes. The NPC Squad One of the seemingly most helpful options in Elden Ring is the ability to summon NPCs to the player's aid. Generally, these NPCs can take a small amount of heat off of the player, allowing them some time to deal damage for free. But often times the team effort is futile, and the player ends up leading the NPCs to a quick grave. RELATED: 10 Great RPGs To Play On Steam Deck These meme uses the common format of a Monsters Inc. scene __ to hilariously depict their epic approach to go fight the boss "Radahn." Or, it would be epic if not for them already having been wiped by the boss nine times before. Collecting Runes There's almost nothing more frustrating than dying in a game and losing hours of progress. Elden Ring players have spent tons of time killing respawning mobs to grind their runes, sometimes only to fall off a cliff or end up in a bad situation to lose them all. Getting them back is the challenge. RELATED: 10 Similarities Between Elden Ring & Skyrim Sometimes they're in a difficult place to gather them from, and starting a boss fight traps the player in the encounter. Accidentally stumbling into one leaves the player with only two options if they want their runes back, to either defeat the boss or scream "Let me out" at the door like Eric Andre. The Message System The player-left messages around Elden Ring quickly became one of the most meme-filled aspects of the game, as gamers were leaving all kinds of fruitful info around the game. It provided a way to create a community feeling in the single-player experience, but the messages have been some of the funniest things people have done in Elden Ring . As with any internet community, there are trolls, and Elden Ring players quickly realized they could block players from certain aspects of the game by leaving messages to prevent clicking on them. The meme clearly shows how the rest of the community felt about those pranksters. Turtle. Dog. Remembering to take breaks from Elden Ring , or any game for that matter, is very important. But the joke in this user's meme is a long-running bit among the Dark Souls franchise community where any four-legged creature is called a dog. Players in Elden Ring quickly noticed the turtles in the game, and surrounded them with messages with the word "Dog." The meme spread and took a life of its own, with countless jokes being made calling animals in the game dogs. Fall Damage Fall damage quickly became a source of memes in Elden Ring , as the amount taken seemed highly inconsistent. This meme graph was a player's best way of summarizing the damage they were taking from falling. RELATED: What RPG Game Should You Play Based On Your Zodiac Sign? In most games, falling from a height would cause some damage, but in [https://www.eldenringfans.com/ Elden Ring tips] Ring , it almost always seemed to be either no damage or instant death. The results offered major frustration for some players, as they likely lost their runes to falling to areas they couldn't reach again. Sorcerer Rogier's Burden Sorcerer Rogier is a helpful ally in the fight against Margit, but are the players a helpful ally to him? Personifying an NPC can be hilarious, and thinking about the struggle everyone is putting Rogier through makes it easy to sympathize with the poor guy. A Breaking Bad meme is always funny, as it's so easy to dramatize a situation by imagining Walter White's voice in it. Hopefully Sorcerer Rogier can find himself some more mutual partnerships in the future. And funnily enough, Margit isn't even one of the hardest bosses in Elden Ring . Ubisoft's Elden Ring Ubisoft, the company known for developing games such as the Assassin's Creed franchise, have recently been known for their excessive user interface. Elden Ring , on the other hand, has a very minimalist setup, made for more immersion and realism. Adding a Ubisoft-like UI to Elden Ring truly displays how different the game is from others when realizing how bare it is with the absence of a mini-map and text directions/objectives. For the tooltips a game might normally provide, users have looked online for helpful Elden Ring game mechanics instead. Thought Vs. Reality Elden Ring has an outstanding visual appearance, and many of the players who had already conquered the Dark Souls franchise likely made the Elden Ring gameplay look easy on streams and videos. But when the average player downloaded the game, it was a bit of a different story. Many of these players ended up spending hours on early game bosses, or even prepping to kill them, and likely never made serious progress through the game, often resembling the girl in the second half of the meme. A Time Suck The months of February and March likely saw a global drought in individual productivity, as millions of gamers saw minutes turn to hours and then to days playing the game, forsaking all sorts of responsibilities. While one would hope that these players still fulfilled their daily tasks and jobs on time, it's very likely that Elden Ring took a priority for some, depicted comedically in the meme. The amount of time players spent on Elden Ring likely led to players finding the multitude of hidden details that the game has to offer. Limgrave vs Caelid Some players spent over thirty hours of gameplay just exploring Limgrave and collecting runes while familiarizing themselves with the game and its mechanics. Some found it to be challenging. Those who managed to work their way through to the later zones knew better. Caelid became a source of a number of memes, as its Mordor-like style certified it as a zone no one would want to walk into. If Limgrave is the game's version of The Sound of Music or a field of cute lambs, then the idea of a far more frightening zone is terrifying. NEXT: 10 Best Video Games To Play This Month

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2025-09-22T17:23:21Z

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