The God Queen‘s Obsession: Why Marika Risked Everything to Remove Destined Death
Marika the Eternal‘s decision to extract the Rune of Death from the Elden Ring and gift its dangerous power to her protector Maliketh was no simple matter. It shook the very foundations of life and the afterlife in the Lands Between on a fundamental level. But to understand why this goddess queen would enact such an earth-shattering alteration to reality itself, we must delve deeper into her ambitions, motivations, and the enormous unintended consequences unleashed.
A God‘s Unquenchable Ambition
After being chosen by the Greater Will as vessel of the Elden Ring and founding god of the Golden Order, Marika enjoyed the rewards of nigh-endless power and influence. Nations and beings bowed and prayed to statues bearing her visage across the realm. But in time, her ambitions grew beyond just ruling as the preeminent demigod of the age. Comfortably wielding the primal forces of the cosmos itself in her hands, Marika desired complete, godlike transcendence above all creation and constraints. For her, mercy, morality, love, and even life and death were starting to become mere playthings impeding her vision of total apotheosis.
A World Reforged In Her Image
Thus, Marika set her sights on the Rune of Death itself as the singular obstacle still limiting her godhood status. While she enjoyed a form of immortality as a goddess, even her soul was still vulnerable to Destined Death and the unknown possibilities beyond. This would not stand. Marika sought to break this last barrier and forge true eternity for herself. More than that, she wanted to recraft reality and all life in the Lands Between into a static, unchanging order existing solely to shelter souls forever bound to her Golden Order and the Erdtree rebirth cycle, with herself reigning supreme for all days undying as their one constant creator and savior.
So, through an incredible force of magical prowess and will, Marika parted the Rune of Death from the Elden Ring, assimilating its resonance and a portion of its power within herself while entrusting the rest in her devoted shadow Maliketh. In a single cataclysmic stroke, she redefined life, death, and even the natural erosion of time itself to better serve her grand vision. With Destined Death left anchored only in Maliketh‘s black blades, she freed untold numbers from their fear of mortality. In Marika‘s eyes, this would let her rule eternal as the pinnacle transcendent god of a people reborn endless through her beloved Erdtree.
Cracks Emerge in Marika‘s Grand Design
However, the cracks in Marika‘s flawless order and supposed godhood began emerging swiftly following her brazen reshaping of cosmic fundamentals guiding reality since the dawn of time. While she may have freed untold commonfolk from the looming spectre of death, her new order verged on an almost appalling, unjust twistedness from other perspectives…
For what right had she to toy with forces governing existence itself that even the Greater Will dared not alter?
Plucking out concepts woven into the very fabric of life like threads had left gaping holes for chaos and anguish to seep into the world. Many would come to see her bid for godly vision as an act of heinous overambition. The Queen‘s golden paradise had sown seeds for its own decay.
The consequences of Marika‘s fateful deed spiraled far beyond her ability to control…
