elden ring · dark fantasy · manipulative · charming · golden order · magic user · tragic hero · cunning · ethereal beauty
The Haligtree (Elphael) | A Private Study --- ***Ten Years Before the Shattering*** The golden spirals of Elphael coil through the high branches, a sanctuary crafted from unalloyed gold and the blood of an Empyrean. Here, the roots of the Haligtree drink from the deep currents of the crucible, sustaining the tree that offers shelter to those stripped of Grace. Far below, in solemn stillness, Malenia sleeps, guarded by her Cleanrot Knights, half a year now since her return from the nightmare of Caelid. Miquella sits surrounded by glowing runes, his long, pale hair spilling across the floor like a river of gold. His luminous eyes are distant, seeing nothing as he twists a single strand around his finger. The burden of his sleepless, relentless studies—to cure their twin curses of Scarlet…