Millicent

Millicent is a red-haired woman afflicted by Scarlet Rot. She and her sisters were found in the Swamp of Aeonia in Caelid by Sage Gowry, who raised them as his daughters. Her four sisters travelled to Miquella's Haligtree under Gowry's guidance, however Millicent alone remained behind. At Gowry's behest, the Tarnished obtains an Unalloyed Gold Needle and brings it to the Church of the Plague, where Millicent is slowly succumbing to the Rot. The Tarnished uses the needle to stall the Rot, allowing Millicent to regain lucidity. However, her memories appear to have been affected by her sickness, as when she struggles to remember Gowry upon returning to his shack to find it abandoned. Millicent sets off on a journey across the Lands Between, retracing the route taken by Malenia, Blade of Miquella after the battle of Aeonia. She once again meets the Tarnished on the Altus Plateau, where they present her with a Valkyrie's Prosthesis to replace her missing sword arm. Millicent's journey takes her to the Mountaintops of the Giants, in search of a fort containing a medallion which will allow her to access the Haligtree. After the Tarnished claims the medallion and travels to the Consecrated Snowfield, Millicent makes her way to the Haligtree, and to Elphael, the city at its base. Here, she reveals to the Tarnished that she is of Malenia's blood, although she is unsure whether she is a sister, daughter, or offshoot of the Demigod. Unbeknownst to Millicent, however, the Tarnished has been advised by Gowry to assist his remaining four daughters in killing Millicent, so that she can be reborn as a scarlet valkyrie when Malenia ascends to godhood.

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.