Queen Marika the Eternal
Queen Marika the Eternal is the god of the Lands Between, the vessel of the Elden Ring and the queen at the heart of the Golden Order. Her statues stand in churches across the world, and her words echo at the old churches that carry her name.
She is also the one who shattered the Elden Ring, the act that set everything in the game in motion. Why she did it is one of the central mysteries of Elden Ring.
Questline
- Listen to her echoes, shared by Melina at the numbered Churches of Marika and a few other graces.
- Learn her story through the bosses and characters around her: Godfrey, Radagon, Godwyn, Malenia, Miquella, Morgott and Mohg.
Fate & endings
Marika’s fate is revealed at the very end of the game, inside the Erdtree.
Lore
Marika’s first consort was Godfrey, the first Elden Lord, whom she later exiled. Her second was Radagon. The Golden Order, the Erdtree and the Great Runes all come from her rule.
In Shadow of the Erdtree you meet her son Messmer the Impaler, whom she sent to burn the Land of Shadow and then abandoned there.