Godwyn The Golden

<p><strong>Godwyn the Golden</strong><span style="color: rgb(230, 230, 230)"> was a </span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Demigods">demigod</a><span style="color: rgb(230, 230, 230)"> and son of </span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Queen_Marika_the_Eternal">Queen Marika the Eternal</a><span style="color: rgb(230, 230, 230)"> and </span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Godfrey,_First_Elden_Lord">Godfrey, First Elden Lord</a><span style="color: rgb(230, 230, 230)">. In the </span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Night_of_Black_Knives">Night of Black Knives</a><span style="color: rgb(230, 230, 230)">, he was murdered by the </span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Black_Knife_Assassin">Black Knife Assassins</a><span style="color: rgb(230, 230, 230)"> with the use of daggers imbued with a fragment of the </span><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Rune_of_Death">Rune of Death</a><span style="color: rgb(230, 230, 230)">.</span></p><p>Godwyn was the son of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Queen_Marika_the_Eternal">Queen Marika the Eternal</a> and her consort and first <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Elden_Lord">Elden Lord</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Godfrey,_First_Elden_Lord">Godfrey</a>, making him a scion of the so-called "Golden Lineage", of which <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Godrick_the_Grafted">Godrick the Grafted</a> was the final descendant.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Godwyn_the_Golden#cite_note-1">[1]</a></p><p style="text-align: start">During his mother's reign, the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Erdtree">Erdtree</a> came under assault by the Dragons,<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Godwyn_the_Golden#cite_note-2">[2]</a> who had ruled the world before Marika's ascent. The forces of the Erdtree managed to triumph against the dragons, with Godwyn prevailing against the dreaded <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="mw-redirect" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Fortissax">Fortissax</a>, earning the mighty dragon's friendship in the process.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Godwyn_the_Golden#cite_note-3">[3]</a></p><p style="text-align: start">This friendship between former foes led to the establishment of <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Leyndell,_Royal_Capital">the capital</a>’s Ancient Dragon Cult,<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Godwyn_the_Golden#cite_note-4">[4]</a> in which Leyndell Knights could learn dragon incantations. Fortissax’s own sister, the dragon <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="mw-redirect" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Ancient_Dragon_Lansseax">Lansseax</a>, took the form of a human to commune with the knights as a priestess of the cult.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Godwyn_the_Golden#cite_note-5">[5]</a> The cult was allowed within the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Golden_Order">Golden Order</a> since its <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://eldenring.fandom.com/wiki/Gravel_Stone_Seal">seal</a>, and light