Malenia

Malenia, unlike most of of her fellow demigods, is strangely very calm in tone and she never raised her voice, even when she is angry. As one of the most powerful warriors in the Lands Between, she is very focused and intelligent, being able to defeat anyone in battle, including Godrick the Grafted, whom she humbled. However, she, much like her father Radagon and the first Elden Lord Godfrey, Malenia is a barbaric and ambitious warlord who waged war for her goal of claiming the great runes of the other demigods. Despite this, she has a strong relationship with her brother Miquella and the two were very close. Having a strong love for her brother, she would always protect him while he tried to look for a way to undo their curses. This even extended to the point where she apparently aided Miquella in his quest to become a god.

Malenia was one of the twin children born to Queen Marika the Eternal and her second Elden Lord, Radagon. As Empyreans, both Malenia and her elder twin brother, Miquella, were candidates to ascend as gods of a new age However, due to the nature of their parentage, the twins were afflicted with dreadful curses. Miquella was doomed with eternal nascency, while Malenia's body was ravaged by the scarlet rot. The scarlet rot plagued Malenia from within, gradually consuming her and leaving her disfigured. Over time, she lost her eyes and several limbs to the rot. Despite her suffering, Malenia fought valiantly to suppress the rot’s influence, refusing to succumb to its ruinous nature. Miquella worked tirelessly to undo the curses they had both inherited. While unable to find a cure for his sister within the Golden Order, Miquella designed a needle of unalloyed gold to keep the rot at bay. At some point, Malenia encountered the legendary blind swordsman of the Flowing Curved Sword, who had long ago sealed away an Outer God of Rot. The swordsman became her master, enabling her to gain wings of unparalleled strength. Malenia eventually became a peerless warrior and her brother's sworn blade and protector. After the Elden Ring was shattered, Malenia claimed a shard of the fractured Elden Ring. She would attract loyal servants like her Cleanrot Knights, who vowed to fight next to her, despite the inevitable gradual putrefaction of their flesh. During the Shattering, Malenia led an army that marched south from the Haligtree down the Bellum Highway. She won many battles against the other Demigods, even humbling fellow shardbearer, Godrick the Grafted, who groveled at her feet for mercy after first insulting her and then suffering defeat. Malenia and her half-brother Radahn would eventually be the last two demigods left standing in the conflict. Their forces clashed in the Caelid Wilds, and the two fought the Battle of Aeonia, a bitter duel to fulfill an unhonored vow. In the midst of the combat with Radahn, Malenia unleashes Scarlet Rot, resulting in her first rotflower bloom. The rot did not kill Radahn but robbed him of his wits, turning him feral. Malenia herself was left slumbering in a coma. She was rescued by one of her Cleanrot Knights, Finlay, who carried her across the Lands Between. When Malenia and Finlay took refuge at the Shaded Castle, Maleigh Marais, the sickly-born head of House Marais, was naturally drawn to the unconscious Demigod. He saw in her his personal goddess. Finlay carried Malenia back to the Haligtree, far north of the Erdtree. The unleashed scarlet rot devastated Caelid, leaving it a rotting wasteland, and created the Swamp of Aeonia. Malenia inadvertently brought forth the Scarlet Butterflies and Kindred of Rot. The pests, including Sage Gowry, who worshipped her as a goddess and hoped to cause her to bloom once again, believing that she would usher in a new age of rot. However, Malenia rejected her fate and never embraced the Servants of Rot. Miquella had encased himself within the Haligtree in an effort to create a new Erdtree of his very own, hopefully granting him the power to cure both his and his sister’s curses.[citation needed] However, during Malenia's absence, Miquella was ripped from the womb of the tree and taken away by Mohg, Lord of Blood before he could emerge from his cocoon. Malenia dreamt while awaiting Miquella's return, and the scarlet rot seeped out from her and began infecting the Haligtree.

Appearance: Malenia was a tall, well-built yet fairly slender woman with free flowing long red hair that reached down her back. Her body was infected by the scarlet rot which caused cracks to appear on various parts of her body. The rot infested Malenia's eyes, leaving her permanently blind. She also had golden prosthetic limbs in place of her right arm, her left leg, and the bottom half of her right leg which were all missing. When harnessing the power of the rot, Malenia could produce a pair of large wings consisting of many butterflies hewn together by her own hair.

Miquella's Haligtree is a vast, misshapen tree in the far north of the Lands Between. Built into the canopy is Haligtree Town, a sanctuary for the unwanted. At the base of the tree is Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree, a city largely inhabited by the Haligtree Knights and Cleanrot Knights who serve Miquella and Malenia. Both areas contain statues of the twin Demigods. Long ago, the Empyrean Miquella abandoned Golden Order Fundamentalism after realizing it could not treat Malenia's Scarlet Rot. He sought to establish an Unalloyed Gold order away from the Erdtree and settled on the Haligtree. Miquella watered the sapling with his own Empyrean blood, and later wove a cocoon and embedded himself within its trunk to nurture it directly. However, it would fail to grow into an Erdtree. Before he could finish, Miquella was cut and taken from the tree by Mohg, who was under his charm. The Lord of Blood zealously wished to raise the Empyrean to godhood and become his consort. After returning from her battle with Radahn, Malenia awaited her brother's return at the base of the tree, and over time infected the tree with her Scarlet Rot. Nevertheless, the Haligtree and its city became a haven for those rejected by society, such as the Misbegotten and the Kindred of Rot. Loretta, a former Knight of Caria, founded a sanctuary for Albinaurics among the boughs of the Haligtree. Those who made the pilgrimage presented a secret medallion at the Grand Lift of Rold to gain access to the Consecrated Snowfield. They traveled north and crossed the river to Ordina, Liturgical Town, where they journeyed through a Sending Gate.