The Elden Ring Plot: Biographies of the Demigods

The Demigods are mostly children of Queen Marika with two husbands, Godfrey and Radadon. However, instead of solidarity and love, these individuals appear to be out  to destroy each other.

Although the Demigods were the ones who started the Shattering, not everyone wanted to be the Elden Lord. Almost half of the participants have their own plans in various ways. Read on to learn about each one.

Godrick the Grafted

This is most likely your first meeting with a Demigod. He is also the weakest of the Demigods in the Elden Ring plot - Godrick the Grafted. In fact, Godrick is not Queen Marika's son, but rather a distant relative of the Royal Family.

Godrick is highly proud of his ancestors, referring to himself as a lord of Golden blood, a reference to Erdtree nobles. Another point to consider is that Godrick the Grafted is named for the fact that he has a variety of strange body parts.

Godrick the Grafted 

Due to not being of a genuine lineage, Godrick's strength was much inferior to the rest of the Demigods. Moreover, he was weak and extremely cowardly. There are many stories documenting this Demigod's weakness in the Elden Ring plot, of which two are the most famous. One is that Godrick once had to disguise himself as a woman to run away from General Radahn. The second, even more humiliating story, is that Godrick tried to flirt with Malenia, leading to a life-or-death battle with the swordswoman. As a result, Malenia knocked Godrick to the ground, but at the last moment, the Demigod begged to live, completely devoid of dignity. When playing the game, you can see that Godrick is also an unpopular tyrant, because after he died, a subordinate stepped on his body and cursed.

In addition, even Godrick's soldiers were deserters running down from the capital Leyndell. That's why in the Elden Ring plot, Godrick was madly hungry for power. He killed the Tarnished and used their corpses to graft into his body. Godrick also tested dragons on corpses, for dragons were the rulers of The Lands Between long ago.

The Grafted Scion you meet at first, is Godrick's experiment in putting corpses together. In the basement of Stormveil castle, we can see piles of limbs and corpses hanging from the ceiling, which are the remains of the slain Tarnished. Godrick adored Godfrey, but unfortunately never quite like this first Elden Lord.

General Radahn

Demigod is the most admired by gamers and is also the strongest of the Demigods. In the Elden Ring plot, General Radahn is called the undefeated god of war. From a young age, he had a strong admiration for Godfrey and always sought to imitate the god. Radahn's armor has the shape of a lion to imitate Godfrey's.

Radahn is a person who is good at both combat and magic. He has the ability to manipulate gravity, strong enough to trap a star as his own. Over time, Radahn's body became more and more massive and there was no mount that would fit him. However, Radahn did not want to abandon his beloved warhorse, so he used magic to reduce his own weight so that he could continue to fight with his companion.

General Radahn

When the great war of the Shattering took place, General Radahn was the most enthusiastic Demigod. His clash with Malenia the Severed is also the most famous battle in the Elden Ring plot. According to the story, Radahn and Malenia fought a lot but were inconclusive.

In fact, in the last fight, Radahn nearly defeated Malenia. But in the end, Malenia stabbed herself in order to spread the blood contaminated with Scarlet Rot to Radahn's body. The poison then spread throughout the Caelid, turning it into blood-red swamps, filled with deadly Scarlet Rot.

This poison could not kill Radahn yet, but it slowly eroded his mind, turning the general into a monster that lost all reason. He roamed the deserts of Cealid, killed anyone he came across regardless of friend or foe, then devoured their carcasses like a repulsive wild beast.

Radahn's subordinates could not bear to see their general like that, so they organized the Rahdan Festival, in order to free him and help Radahn die like a true warrior. Radahn's coolness is undisputed, perhaps this is the most righteous and heroic Demigod in the entire Elden Ring plot.

Praetor Rykard

As General Radahn's closest brother, Rykard did not enjoy any of the integrity of his brother. This Demigod was only associated with a bad reputation. In the Elden Ring plot, Rykard reigns in the northwestern volcanic land. This demigod is famous for recruiting the Tarnished under his command in order to fight the rule of Erdtree.

The Tarnished were those who had been abandoned by the golden light of Erdtree, lost their position in The Lands Between, and despised. Therefore, many people came to Rikard. This act of Rikard was considered blasphemous by Erdtree's followers and the Golden Order. Because of that, there were many wars to overthrow Rykard. As we move along Gelmir we can see piles of corpses, which are the consequences of these conquest battles.

 Praetor Rykard

Rykard and his partner, Tanith, live in a mansion on the crater. Tanith is also tasked with recruiting Tarnished to join Rykard's house. By assigning them to assassinate the Tarnished rebels to make the resistance more epic. But in fact all that flashy cover, just to cover up the fact that Rykard is a coward and weak.

On the Night of the Black Knives in the Elden Ring plot, when Godwyn the Golden is killed, in addition to Lunar Princess Ranni being the main mastermind, Rykard also plays a part. When it all worked out, Ranni gave his brother something called a Blasphemous Claw. This thing has a small fragment of the Rune of Death inlaid on it, to help Rykard stand up to Maliliketh if one day Rykard really wants to challenge absolute death.

But Rykard did not dare to do anything, he was afraid of Malikth, afraid of the one who possessed the power to kill the Demigods. Therefore, Rykard must find a way to strengthen himself. Rykard made a contract with a giant python, merging with it to form a monster. The strength of the python grows in proportion to what it eats, so Rykard devised a revolt against Erdtree, to lure the Tarnished into food for him.

In the room where the snake slept, piles of corpses could be seen that had been eaten by it, even Rykard's sword was built from the bones of the ill-fated. The Tarnished like the main character, after completing the assassination mission, will be led by Princess Tanith to meet His Highness Rykard, in fact, sending them to death as food for Rykard only.

In his python form, Rykard tried to incubate his own eggs to create his own descendants, but unfortunately, the results were only disgusting half-human and half-snake creatures. Rya is also one of his children. In fact, Rykard is a coward and somewhat pitiful. He originally didn't have enough power to compete with the rest of the Demigods.

Rykard and his wife Tanith have very deep feelings. They met when Tanith was a dancer, she later became Rykard's wife. Tanith loves and is loyal to Rykard unconditionally. She was the only human left when Rykard transformed into his python form. In the Elden Ring plot, the couple said that the python is an immortal creature, so it is not excluded that Rykard will respawn in the coming DLCs.

Morgott, the Omen King and Mohg, Lord of Blood

The reason these two Demigods are grouped in the same category is that they are twins, like Malenia and Miquella. Morgott and Mohg are the children of Queen Marika and Godfrey, but unlike the rest of the Demigods, these two are Omen - children who bring bad luck in the Elden Ring plot.

Omen are creatures that resemble humans but have horns that grow on the outside of their bodies. They are considered to bring bad luck and are shunned by everyone. The Omen will have all their horns removed from their bodies at birth, but if they are members of the Royal Family like Morgott and Mohg, they will not suffer the pain of the flesh but will be locked up below the Leyndell for life.

 Morgott, the Omen King

When playing the game, you must have also gone down the sewer below Leyndell. It used to be the place where Morgott and Mohg were kept, as well as a remnant of Mohg that existed. But despite such an outcast, Morgott still has a boundless love for his father and mother. He got himself out of the sewers, proved himself, and became the guardian of the Erdtree.

As The Shattering raged, Morgott didn't fight for the Great Rune shards or plot his own like his siblings. Instead, he stayed near the Erdtree throne, becoming the guardian of its core. Morgott became a terror to those who wanted to be Elden Lord and was said to have slain thousands of the Tarnished upon their arrival in The Lands Between. The boss Margit the Fell Omen you meet at first is Morgott teleporting to destroy the Tarnished who dare to cross Stormveil, the shortest route to the capital.

But sadly, Morgott's love for Erdtree was not reciprocated while Marika was in custody, and his father Godfrey did not return until much later. Morgott is a loyal loner demigod. He hated the rest of the Demigods and called them despicable traitors.

Mohg is Morgott's twin brother and resembles his brother. This Demigod is also locked underground in the capital Leyndell. Mohg also later escaped and obtained a piece of the Great Rune when the Elden Ring crumbled. But Mohg's ambition is not only to become Elden Lord, but he also wants to become God himself like Queen Marika.

Mohg managed to get in touch with a Guardian God, the Formless Mother. However, Mohg himself is not Empyreans to qualify to become God. But he can still become the mate of an Empyreans, thereby borrowing power from the Formless Mother. Mohg wants to build his own empire. In fact one existed and was named Mohgwyn with a secret underground base.

Mohg, Lord of Blood

The Mohg's empire also attracted a decent number of followers. They worshiped blood and sacrificed rituals. It is also the source of Mogh's power as the Formless Mother's powers allow him to absorb or transfer his blood to another being. For most of the Elden Ring plot, we will see very little Mohg's presence, because he is having to do more important work, which is to find an Empyreans.

While Malenia was fighting Radahn, Mohg snuck away to kidnap Miquella and bring him back to his secret base. The reason he did this was because the two of them were Empyreans. Mohg's goal is to find a way to raise Miquella to an adult form, thereby through this Empyreans to receive the power of the Formless Mother when she was Miquella's mate. Mohg turned himself into blood, injected it directly into Miquella's body, raised him in a cocoon in the hope that one day, Miquella would awaken.

Yet despite Mogh's efforts, Miquella showed no sign of regaining consciousness and lay there as if dead. Many people believe that Mogh killed Miquella before, but in fact, Miquella has always been asleep in the core of the Halitree tree, so this Demigod may just be waiting until he wakes up.

Mogh is later killed by the protagonist with his unfinished dream of the Mohgwyn empire that will never come true.

Malenia the Severed and Miquella

In the Elden Ring plot, the twins Malenia and Miquella were born to Mirika and Radagon - two halves of a man and a woman in the same entity. Due to being born from a single god, Malenia and Miquella are both Empyreans, and were chosen as successors to Queen Marika.

Unfortunately, these twins have been subjected to deadly curses since birth. Malenia poisoned the Scarlet Rot, which caused her body to rot from the inside, causing Malenia to lose an arm and a leg. Meanwhile, Miquella suffers from a more strange curse, remaining forever in the form of a child.

Malenia the Severed

Both Marika and the Golden Order used all sorts of magic and potions to cure the twins, but it didn't work. Miquella later decided to leave to find a way to free her sister. He took an Erdtree seed and went north, planted it, and created a Halitree. Miquella made herself the core of Halitree, day and night thinking of ways to free Malenia.

In fact, Malenia's Scarlet Rot curse was created for her by an unnamed Master God. Although it caused Malenia's body to rot, it also gave her new strength. With each severe Scarlet Rot poison, Malenia will bloom and after 3 times like that, Malenia herself will receive the complete power from the Lord God to become the perfect God. Unfortunately, in the Elden Ring plot, she has only bloomed twice.

Because Miquella is very weak and unable to defend himself, Malenia always follows her brother closely and calls herself Miquella's sword. In the Elden Ring plot, Malenia is known as a swordswoman who has never known defeat. During the great war of the Shattering, Malenia led her knights to engage General Radahn's troops, which was recorded as a draw.

In fact, Malenia lost to Radahn but in the last moment, she stabbed herself so that the blood containing Scarlet Rot spilled out to poison Radahn. Malenia herself fainted shortly after, but her knights opened the way and brought her master back to Halitree safely. Malenia's army of Cleanrot Knights alone is invincible as they have not lost a single time since The Shattering took place.

When Malenia returned, Miquella was taken away by Mohg. She was desperately lying inside the Halitree tree waiting for her brother to return one day. In the plot of Elden Ring, we do not see Miquella's face, only know this demigod through narration and recording. But Malenia once said that her brother, the Empyrean, was the most powerful and powerful, surpassing all other Demigods.

Miquella's strength does not come from mere matter, but he possesses the ability to make creatures submit to him. The Cleanrot Knights followed the twins with undying loyalty, no matter how long they stayed with Malenia, the more they became infected with Scarlet Rot. Miquella has the ability to make anyone he comes in contact with feel sympathetic towards him. If you notice, on the hats of the Halitree knights there is a golden ring made from special branches. That's why they are so loyal.

To cure her sister's Scarlet Rot curse, Miquella created something like a sewing needle. It has the effect of removing all curses and powers from the Lord Gods. That way Malenia will no longer have to endure Scarlet Rot. Unfortunately, everything was not finished, Miquella was taken away by Mohg, and this sewing needle was also lost. The needle is later used by the protagonist to remove the blessing from the Lord of Frenzied Flame (Three Fingers) from his body.

Malenia also has other descendants, all of whom are female, and suffer from the Scarlet Rot curse. Among them can be mentioned Millicent whom players meet in the process of exploring the world. In the Elden Ring plot, it is not clear whether these descendants are sisters, daughters or other clones of Malenia, but they all have a strong will to return to Halitree. The purpose is to help his main being.