While FromSoftware’s Elden Ring offers many different areas to explore, weapons to fight from, and enemies to lose to, it also poses many different questions and gaps in the story. These gaps then prompt the players to come up with speculations that might explain what is going on in the storyline.
One such speculation has been put forward by this user on Reddit, who claims that Miquella might have been involved in the killing of his twin sister Malenia. The death of his sister would set him free from the jail of Haligtree that the user alleges he has trapped himself in.
Why Miquella Allegedly Planned The Killing Of His Sister In Elden Ring
Fans have been formulating theories ever since the announcement of the coming Shadow of the Erdtree DLC revolving around how Miquella might be the mastermind of every single event of the game. And the theory stated by the user mentioned before does not branch off far.
This particular prediction states how he was successfully able to transfer his soul into the Haligtree as he attempted to overcome his curse of eternal youth. This process led him to leave a lifeless body behind, which was later stolen by Mohg, who eventually performed blood rituals and formed a cocoon for its preservation.
However, the twist in the story comes from the probability of how Miquella might be stuck fighting against an outer god as soon as he transferred his soul into the Haligtree, which was rotting due to Malenia’s Scarlet Rot. To fix this and overcome this particular obstacle, he guided our tarnished character toward Malenia so we could kill her and finally free Malenia from his fight.
What gives this credit theory is how we are likely to see the return of Miquella as teased by the recent gameplay trailer for the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. The trailer itself combined with the official website for the game revealed information that indicated the imminent revival of the empyrean demigod.
How The Recent Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree DLC Gameplay Trailer Teases The Return Of Miquella
The gameplay trailer for the coming DLC discloses how the player would need to touch Miquella’s weathered arm hanging outside his cocoon in the Mohgwyn palace to travel to a place called the Land of Shadow. He will also be supposedly acting as our guide as we venture through this new land.
The Land of Shadow is also speculated to be set in the past, as teased by the official video description stating how this is the land where Queen Marika fet set foot and rose to godhood. Another indication that hints towards the new region being set in the past is how we will get to see a younger avatar of Miquella instead of the grown and dulled one as observed lying in the cocoon.
Hidetaka Miyazaki, the director of the game has teased how the upcoming Land of Shadow will be as big as Limgrave found on the map of the main game. However, he has also revealed how it will be denser and richer in level design than before, allowing the player to have a unique experience once again.
Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is available to pre-order on Steam.
