

These curses appear to be the doings of Outer Gods who perhaps desired to hold influence over the Lands Between and targeted the twins because they are Empyreans. Both Malenia and her twin brother Miquella were cursed at birth, the former with Scarlet Rot and the latter with eternal youth. To understand how this path to godhood works, one first has to learn of Malenia's affliction and her treatment of it. Malenia's Curse And Her Response In Elden Ring This deity is Elden Ring's God of Scarlet Rot, who has both cursed Malenia with the Scarlet Rot and gifted her its power and an alternative method to becoming a goddess. But one other Outer God sidesteps this trodden path to godhood and has instead made its own prophecy with Malenia. Indeed, other Outer Gods do this throughout the game most notably, the Formless Mother who guides Mogh, the Omen, compels him to make Miquella a god by obtaining the Elden Ring. Related: Every Elden Ring Ending Ranked Worst To Best Thus, other Outer Gods may try to manipulate the happenings of the Lands Between by trying to pick their own demigods to ascend to godhood. However, this accession to godhood appears to be ordained by the Outer Gods of the Elden Ring universe, and the final fight of the game makes it semi-clear that the most popular one in the Lands Between, the Greater Will, is currently calling the shots regarding power and the Elden Ring. Only a demigod whose consort is Elden Lord can become a god or goddess because doing so allows said demigod to become a vassal of the Elden Ring. This may sound strange to those familiar with how the cycle of power functions in Elden Ring.

But for those Tarnished who managed to evade Malenia's sword and felled the Blade of Miquella, they may have very well assisted her in becoming a full-fledged goddess. The Scarlet Rot-infected Empyrean is by far the most difficult opponent in the Lands Between with her Waterfowl Dance being nearly impossible to avoid. Of all of Elden Ring's demigods, Malenia is the one that feels as if she has already ascended to godhood.
