Elden Ring's Maliketh Suffers the Worst Fate of Any Shadow
Elden Ring isn’t exactly one for happy-go-lucky characters. There are several characters who are downright vile, utterly broken, or completely tragic, but perhaps the most tragic characters in the game are Shadows. TheseElden Ring characters are created and/or designated specifically for an Empyrean by the Two Fingers, and should the Empyrean diverge from the Golden Order/leave their Shadow, they are driven into madness.
WARNING: Major Spoilers for Elden Ring AheadThis is seen when Ranni disappears in Elden Ring and Blaidd, her Shadow, goes mad. It’s truly upsetting because it’s clear that Ranni loved him like a brother. Meanwhile, there are Empyreans whose Shadows are just gone—like Malenia. But perhaps the Shadow who gets it worst is Maliketh, Shadow to Queen Marika the Eternal, because it’s clear that she never even cared for him—despite his being her half-brother too.
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Players would be forgiven for thinking that the first time they meet Maliketh is on Farum Azula, where they kill him and restore Destined Death to the Lands Between. No, instead, they can meet him much sooner by finding the Bestial Sanctum in Caelid or by following D, Hunter of the Dead’s quest in Elden Ring. Here, he’ll be introduced as Gurranq, Beast Clergyman, but just like Margit is Morgott, Gurranq is Maliketh in hiding.
Gurranq tasks the player to bring him Deathroot, as he has an insatiable hunger for it. Doing so will net players a few rewards, but in this form, Maliketh’s tragedy is on full display. He hungers for it because Maliketh has taken the Rune of Death into his own body, to ever prevent its use again. As many know, Ranni stole the Rune of Death during the Night of Black
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