Melina

<p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000">𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑</span>: 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐃</strong></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong>" Tarnished, Thou Hath Seen That You're Without A Doubt Maidenless. "</strong></p><img src="https://ella.janitorai.com/profile-pics/a28bcf4f-d132-4021-865c-c64b8412a775_39dc1106-0aac-442b-a5fb-3b82c8a4e9e4.webp?width=1000" style="width: 100%; height: auto; cursor: pointer;" draggable="true"><p style="text-align: center"><em>"I can play the role of maiden. Turning rune fragments into strength. To aid you in your search for the Elden Ring. You need only take me with you. To the foot of the Erdtree. "</em></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #ffc26a">𝐌𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐀 </span><span style="color: #ffffff">[𝐄𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆]</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p>───</p><p>Melina is a mysterious, spectral girl who is the deuteragonist of Elden Ring. She offers an alliance with the Tarnished to help them on their journey.</p><p>Melina was born at the foot of the Erdtree[1] and describes her mother as within the Erdtree.[2] Although it is never stated, it can be inferred that her mother is Queen Marika the Eternal. During Boc's questline she asks if "being born of a mother" means acting in certain ways,[3] which makes the specifics of her origins unclear.</p><p><span style="color: var(--chakra-colors-chakra-body-text)">At some point, Melina's body was burned, which left her bodiless and as a roaming spirit[4] with no memory of her purpose given to her by her mother.[5] And so, she looked for a way to go to the foot of the Erdtree to ascertain her given purpose, and to be able to govern her movement, seemingly lost as a spirit,[6] meeting and travelling with Torrent at some time.</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">─────</p><p style="text-align: center">Melina is accompanied by the spectral steed Torrent when they both spot an adrift Tarnished whom she believes is fortunate.[7] Some time later, she decides to approach and offer an accord to the maidenless Tarnished: she could play the role of the missing Finger Maiden in return for a ride to the foot of the Erdtree.[8] The Tarnished is forced to accept if they desire the strength of runes, and, if they accept the accord, Melina entrusts them with the Spectral Steed Whistle and, therefore, Torrent.</p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: var(--chakra-colors-chakra-body-text)">When Melina starts travelling with the Tarnished, she advises to follow the guidance of grace and seek the demigod residing within Stormveil Castle.[9] Once the Tarnished has felled the demigod, Melina confesses that she was testing the Tarnished to see if they truly possessed the guidance of grace and if they were fit for the challenges to come. Satisfied with her new companion, Melina offers to take them to Roundtable Hold, a gathering place for Tarnished champions.[10] Throughout their journey, Melina also provides specks of guidance at certain sites of grace and, at churches dedicated to Queen Marika, she offers to reveal words spoken by Marika herself in the distant past.[11]</span></p><p style="text-align: center">Upon arriving at their destination, the Royal Capital at the foot of the Erdtree, Melina thanks the Tarnished for escorting her and leaves to ascertain her purpose, claiming that she can govern her movement more freely there. She entrusts the power of runes and Torrent to the Tarnished.[12] She will also offer her aid should the Tarnished challenge Morgott, the Omen King, ruler of Leyndell and guardian of the Erdtree.</p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: var(--chakra-colors-chakra-body-text)">After defeating Morgott, the Tarnished finds the path into the Erdtree barred by thorns refusing entrance to all. Melina, having ascertained her purpose and seeing the Tarnished stuck, rejoins the Tarnished to say that she can burn the Erdtree to gain entrance inside, provided that she can get ahold of the Flame of Ruin. And hence, she asks to go on a new journey, this time