| “ | I dreamt for so long. |
„ |
| ~ Malenia lamenting her past before facing the Tarnished |
| “ | I am Malenia, Blade of Miquella | „ |
| ~ Malenia's infamous death quote |
| “ | Wait... |
„ |
| ~ Malenia transforming into the Goddess of Rot |
| “ | Let your flesh be consumed, by the Scarlet Rot. | „ |
| ~ Malenia, Goddess of Rot's death quote |
| “ | Your strength, extraordinary... |
„ |
| ~ Malenia after being defeated by the Tarnished |
| “ | Miquella awaits thee, O promised consort. | „ |
| ~ Malenia's whisper to Radahn before unleashing the Scarlet Rot |
Malenia, Blade of Miquella, also known as Malenia, Goddess of Rot, is a major antagonist in the video game Elden Ring.
Fanon Wiki Ideas So Far[]
- Retsu Unohana VS Malenia (Abandoned)
- Sephiroth vs. Malenia
Possible Opponents[]
- Akame (Akame ga Kill!)
- Akuma (Street Fighter)
- Battle Beast (Invincible)
- Carnage (Marvel Comics)
- Conquest (Invincible)
- Darth Vader (Star Wars)
- Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)
- Esdeath (Akame ga Kill!)
- Flashy Flash (One-Punch Man)
- Gen (Street Fighter)
- Genji (Overwatch)
- Guts (Berserk)
- Ike (Fire Emblem)
- Jeanne (Bayonetta)
- Jetstream Sam (Metal Gear)
- Kars (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
- Kenshi (Mortal Kombat)
- Lingering Will (Kingdom Hearts)
- Lord Boros (One-Punch Man)
- Lucina (Fire Emblem)
- Lucy (Elfen Lied)
- Makima (Chainsaw Man)
- Mistral (Metal Gear)
- Mothra (Godzilla)
- Poseidon (Record of Ragnarok)
- Rias Gremory (Highschool DxD)
- Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
- Ryuko Matoi (Kill la Kill)
- Saber (Fate/Stay)
- Sans (Undertale)
- Satoru Gojo (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Satsuki Kiryuin (Kill la Kill)
- She-Ra (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe)
- Spinel (Steven Universe)
- Stain (My Hero Academia)
- Tanjiro Kamado (Demon Slayer)
- Tomura Shigaraki (My Hero Academia)
- Toph Beifong (Avatar/The Legend of Korra)
- Undyne (Undertale)
- Vegeta (Dragon Ball)
- Vergil (Devil May Cry)
- Warden (Minecraft)
- Wither (Minecraft)
- Wolf (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)
- Wonder Woman (DC Comics)
- Yujiro Hanma (Grappler Baki)
History[]
Decades before the game's events, peace and order existed throughout the Lands Between. It was ruled by a goddess named Queen Marika, the Eternal, and her royal consort, Godfrey, a Chieftain of the Badlands, who became the first Elden Lord in history. Sometime later, disaster struck. Godfrey was robbed of grace and banished from the Lands Between, causing disarray amongst the people. In an attempt to restore the Golden Order, Radagon, a champion of the Erdtree, left Carian Manor and his family to take Godfrey's place as Elden Lord, becoming Marika's second consort. Following their union, Marika gave birth to twins named Miquella and Malenia.
However, Radagon and Marika were genetically incompatible. He was a mere mortal, while she was an all-powerful goddess. Their union caused the twins to have horrific afflictions. Miquella was cursed with eternal youth, while Malenia was cursed with the Scarlet Rot. Growing up, the Scarlet Rot would constantly eat away at Malenia's mind and body, causing her to lose her right arm, legs, and even her eyes. At her lowest, she met a blind swordsman who managed to seal away an outer god of Rot. Under his tutelage, she became the most powerful woman in the Lands Between to wield a blade. Her twin brother, Miquella, yearned to cure Malenia of her infection and began studying all the Golden Order's known incantations. Even with his extensive research, he could not find a cure for the Scarlet Rot. Miquella felt betrayed and renounced his allegiance to the Golden Order by creating the Gold Unalloyed Needle, which temporarily halted the Scarlet Rot that meddled with his sister.
He convinced Malenia to renounce her faith in the Golden Order, and together, they left the capital city of Leyndell and took refuge far in the freezing north. There, Miquella created a new home for them to shelter all those who also felt rejected by the Golden Order. It was called the Haligtree, a massive, fungal tree grown from Miquella's own blood. Malenia and Miquella weren't just Demigods; they were also Empyreans, powerful beings with the potential to reach full godhood. The twins became inseparably close, vowing to keep each other safe, with Malenia crowning herself Miquella's guardian.
On one fateful day, The Lands Between would change forever. Marika shattered the Elden Ring and was bound within the Erdtree for high treason. A single shard of the Elden Ring was bestowed upon all of Marika's offspring, including Malenia and Miquella. Corrupted by their newfound strength, all of Marika's children waged a great war known as the Shattering, which resulted in countless deaths as the Demigods quarreled for the vacant title of Elden Lord. However, Miquella desired more; he wanted to become a god and create a new order filled with compassion.
Miquella requested that Malenia help him ascend to godhood, as he believed he'd be able to cure her of the Scarlet Rot. He also asked that she travel to the Caelid Wilds to bring their admired half-brother, Starscourge Radahn, to the Haligtree so that Miquella could make him his Lord consort. Malenia and her army of Cleanrot Knights marched southward, leading an undefeated campaign.
When they reached the region of Limgrave, Malenia was taunted by Godrick, a fellow Demigod who was also a distant descendant of Godfrey. Malenia challenged him to a fight, which Godrick happily obliged. Malenia ended up humiliating him in combat to the point he got on his knees and started licking her boots, begging her for mercy. Malenia ended up sparing him out of pity.
Malenia and her army soon reached Caelid by the time the Shattering was almost over. Only two Demigods remained, Malenia and Radahn. The two engaged in a long and fierce battle, dealing equal amounts of damage to each other. However, they would be no victor. Running out of options, Malenia plunged her blade into Radahn's back, impaling herself in the process; as the Starscourge looked at her in confusion, she whispered in his ear, "Miquella awaits thee, O promised consort." before unleashing the Scarlet Rot, which permanently desecrated everyone and everything in the region.
This biohazardous attack infected Radahn, causing him to lose his sanity and rendering Malenia comatose. She was carried back to Haligtree by one of her last surviving knights named Finlay. Upon regaining consciousness, Malenia discovered that Miquella had disappeared. While she was on her expedition to claim Radahn, their other half-brother, Mohg, broke into the Haligtree and kidnapped Miquella while he was in a deep slumber. Malenia's last remaining knights searched the land, but they could not discern the youthful Empyrean's location.
Malenia was heartbroken, but she remained hopeful. She now protects the Haligtree, sitting closely at its base, patiently waiting for her brother to one day return.
Death Battle Info[]
Background[]
- Name: Malenia the Severed, Blade of Miquella, Goddess of Rot, The Scarlet Valkyrie
- Species: Empyrean
- Age: Unknown, looks to be in her 20s-30s
- Height: 258 cm (8'4")
- Weight: ~240 kg (531 lbs.)
- She is Malenia, the blade of Miquella
Powers and Abilities[]
Base Form[]
- Superhuman Strength: As an Empyrean, Malenia is immensely powerful. She humiliated Godrick, the Grafted in combat and had him begging her to spare his life. She can also manhandle the Tarnished with one hand. Ranni, the Witch, stated that she was the mightiest of the Demigods, alongside her halfbrother, Starscourge Radahn. She fought the latter to a standstill and had to use the Scarlet Aeonia incantation to survive the battle. Radahn is the same person who famously held hundreds of stars in place using his gravity magic. Every time Malenia uses the Scarlet Aeonia, she grows stronger. This incantation has only been used twice in canon; the first was against Radahn, and the second was against the Tarnished. It's stated that if Malenia blooms a third time, she'll become a true goddess.
- Superhuman Speed: Malenia's just as fast as she is strong; she's far superior to the dragons Lansseax and Fortisaxx, who can react to and catch lightning from the sky. She's somewhat faster than Radahn, who can fly into the mesosphere and descend as a meteorite in seconds; the speed of reentry is around 63,000 km/h (17,500 mph).
- Superhuman Durability: Malenia's defense is equal to her offense, as she can take hits from opponents who can tank her attacks. She was able to tank hits from Prime Radahn and late-game Tarnished, the latter of whom fought and killed several demigods.
- Superhuman Endurance: Malenia's stamina is phenomenal. She has endured the Scarlet Rot since her birth, a deadly disease that slowly decays the mind and body of affected targets, causing pain that's so great that they can't move and struggle to speak, such as Millicent. Despite this horrific affliction, Malenia is able to fight with no issue. She was able to stalemate Radahn in a long battle and can continue fighting even after being stabbed several times in her midsection. After she was knocked out by the Tarnished, she simply got back up and continued fighting as the Goddess of Rot.
- Enhanced Senses: Due to her lifelong battle against the Scarlet Rot, Malenia has no eyes, but despite her blindness, she can fight perfectly. It's likely that she possesses an enhanced level of awareness of the evironment around her as she can effectively fight and track the location of the Tarnished while they're using the Crepus' Vial, a talisman that eliminates all sound generated from their movements.
- Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Malenia is a highly skilled fighter who possesses expertise in grappling and close-quarters combat, such as coordinated strikes and kicks. She fought on par with Prime Radahn, a brilliant general praised for his wits on the battlefield. She humbled Godrick in combat, who has killed and claimed the limbs of over a dozen Tarnished. She also fought hard against the Tarnished protagonist, who had long surpassed powerful and skillful demigods like Morgott the Omen King, Mohg, Lord of Blood, Rykard, Lord of Blasphemy and even Radahn himself.
- Master Swordsmanship: Malenia's forte. She has repeatedly been hailed as the greatest swordswoman in the history of the Lands Between. She was taught how to use a blade by a blind swordsman and become undefeated in battle ever since. She wields a long and powerful Katana where she can control its length and use it figuratively and literally as an extension of her body.
- Air Manipulation and Danmaku: With her Waterfowl Dance technique, Malenia can swing her katana with such speed and force that it creates powerful gusts of wind around her, slicing apart anything within her vicinity.
- Supernatural Willpower: Malenia has endured her infection with the Scarlet Rot since birth. The Scarlet Rot reduced Radahn's mind to that of a mindless beast, yet Malenia retained her sanity until her fight with the Tarnished when she started to show mild signs of madness and delusion. Hence, the reason she attacks them.
- Cyborgization: Long before the events of the game, Malenia lost her right arm and legs to the Scarlet Rot. She wears numerous prosthetics made from Unalloyed Gold to compensate for her physical disabilities.
- Acrobatics and Pseudo-Flight: Malenia is incredibly agile. She can leap great distances and perform complex movements and maneuvers best seen when she does the Waterfowl Dance. Her movement is so graceful that one can easily mistake it for gliding.
- Self-Healing: Malenia possesses a shard of the Elden Ring that allows her to regain a portion of her health with every successful hit. She still passively heals herself even if her attacks are blocked or parried.
- Blood Manipulation: Malenia's katana can cause severe hemorrhaging in opponents with only a few strikes.
- Resistance to Poisons: Malenia is naturally resistant to poisons
- Resistance to Sleep Manipulation: Malenia is naturally resistant to sleep-inducing attacks and techniques
- Resistance to Blood Manipulation: Malenia can resist blood-based attacks and techniques, but to a limited extent
- Resistance to Ice Manipulation: Malenia can resist ice attacks, but to a limited extent
- Limited Resistance to Disease, Madness, Corruption, and Biological Manipulation: Malenia has been able to resist the effects of the Scarlet Rot for her entire life
- Immunity to Madness Manipulation: Malenia is completely immune to the maddening effects of the Frenzied Flame
- Immunity to Death Manipulation: Malenia is completely immune to the Death Blight, which can instantly kill and corrode opponents
Goddess of Rot[]
- Possesses all previous abilities from Base Form, but to a greater extent
- Flight: Malenia sprouts two large wings from her back, which she can use to fly freely through the air. This new ability also enhances her agility to a monumental scale.
- Disease Manipulation: All of Malenia's physical attacks now inflict Scarlet Rot, a terrible disease that slowly decays the minds and bodies of targets. It also has several additional effects.
- Corruption: When Malenia unleashed the Scarlet Rot for the first time, it infected and corrupted everyone across the Caelid Wilds.
- Madness Manipulation: The Scarlet Rot can infect and decay the minds of others, reducing their mental states to mindless beasts; this is best demonstrated by Radahn.
- Biological Manipulation: When Malenia unleashed the Scarlet Rot for the first time, it warped the Caelid Wilds into a twisted and hellish landscape.
- Durability Negation: All of Malenia's physical attacks ignore durability on a cellular level, as they inflict Scarlet Rot on her opponents even if they successfully block or parry her blows.
- Aura: Malenia is constantly shrouded in an aura of Scarlet Rot. This may be a game mechanic, but it does not affect the Tarnished if they physically interact with her.
- Avatar Creation: Malenia can summon five avatars of herself to attack her opponents. However, these avatars don't inflict Scarlet Rot, nor do their attacks heal Malenia.
- Resurrection: Malenia can revive herself after death within an unspecified timeframe. Unlike other bosses, instead of leaving behind a corpse, a large Scarlet Aeonia takes its place. One of her descendants, Millicent, also leaves behind a small Scarlet Aeonia if she's killed. Her adoptive father, Gowry, stated that given time, she'd be reborn from it. The official description of the Scarlet Aeonia backs this up by saying that Malenia will be reborn as a true goddess in the future. Her voice can still be heard moments after dying, implying that a part of her will continue to live on until her eventual resurrection.
Weapons and Arsenal[]
- Malenia's Armor: Malenia wears a lightweight armor that provides natural protection against Holy, Poison, Disease, Madness, and Death-based attacks.
- Hand of Malenia: Malenia's signature katana. It is built into Malenia's prosthetic arm and made of an alloy resistant to rot. Its strikes can cause blood loss in opponents. Many see this sword as a symbol of Malenia's fierce determination and many victories.
- Gold Unalloyed Needle: This is a ritualistic implement crafted by Miquella to Malenia. It was designed to ward off the meddling of outer gods. If Malenia stabs this needle into her flesh, it will halt the effects of the Scarlet Rot within her body, but for an unknown amount of time.
Feats[]
- Stated to be the mightiest Demigoddess
- Fought General Radahn to a standstill
- Rotted the entire region of Caelid
- Stomped Godrick, the Grafted
- Resisted the effects of the Scarlet Rot for her entire life
- Can fight the Tarnished with no issues despite being blind
- Was undefeated until her fight against the Tarnished
- Has killed players over 329,000,000 times in the game's first year
Flaws and Weaknesses[]
- She is completely blind, though this doesn't hinder her in combat
- She is extremely protective of Miquella and will respond violently to anyone who trespasses into the Haligtree
- Her mind and body are slowly being decayed by the Scarlet Rot and needs the Gold Unalloyed Needle to stave it off
- Her Scarlet Rot attacks can be staved off with fire
- She had to resort to unleashing the Scarlet Rot in order to survive her battle against Radahn
- She is highly susceptible to ice and blood-based attacks