"Maidenless" has quickly become the Elden Ring community's most devastating insult

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Elden Ring players really taking the whole "Maidenless" thing to heart.

Near the very beginning of Elden Ring, an NPC slyly remarks that the player character is without a maiden to guide them through the Lands Between, and are, well, "Maidenless." As you can see by the popularity of the Twitter post just below, Elden Ring players are really taking the whole 'Maidenless' thing and running with it, slapping it on the face of the game's online identity.

Maidenless? #ELDENRING pic.twitter.com/u2XvpDumehFebruary 27, 2022

You could say the Maidenless memes are just the latest micro-obsession of the Elden Ring community. Late last year, the player base became slightly fixated with Melina offering the player character an "accord." In Elden Ring, this translates to Melina providing the player with Torrent, a spectral steed they can summon whenever they wish, but some definitely hoped Melina meant a Honda Accord instead.

L + maidenless + tarnished + no runes pic.twitter.com/hO3xJcQO9gFebruary 23, 2022

Now though, we're just venturing into Elden Ring's post-launch period, and you can be sure the memes will be non-stop flowing over the next few weeks. Especially given the creativity of FromSoftware fans in general, here's hoping we see a fair few more fixations like this bubble to the surface of the player base.

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