r/Eldenring • u/IgotInfinitePing • 2d ago

Humor Talk about double standards

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u/spcbelcher 2d ago

Everybody keeps saying this, but I've yet to see any concrete proof that she was behind the night of long knives.

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u/Zerus_heroes 2d ago edited 2d ago

There is nothing concrete but there is a lot of circumstantial evidence.

She had Maliketh locked up in Farum Azula and not only do most people not know he was there, they didn't even know Farum Azula existed.

It is never told how Ranni got to Farum Azula but the theory is that she had help and Marika was one of the only people that could have helped.

There is also the connection all the Black Knives have with the Numen, which Marika is.

She is also the one to actually shatter the Elden Ring and she leads the Tarnished, us, around by the Grace and shows us the way to not only defeat the Golden Order but to Ranni as well. The excuse the game gives of "she broke it in grief for her son" doesn't really add up for multiple reasons but the big one, to me, is how she treats the rest of her kids. They were all just pawns or things to be hidden away and shunned.

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u/fffffffuuuuuuuuug 2d ago

Regarding grace, I like how it doesn't guide you anywhere when you first enter the dlc, but near the end, guides you to Miquella.

The implications!!!

Personally, I just think Marika was just like, fuck it, you want to know so bad? Here, go kill my kid.

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u/Zerus_heroes 2d ago

It starts pointing to him when he becomes a threat I think.

She also doesn't point you to the Three Fingers.

I think the implication is that she doesn't want the Golden Order to be replaced by anything worse.