History Characters / EldenRingMarika

[[caption-width-right:350:God-Queen of the Lands Between]]

* DubPersonalityChange: A subtle one that can nonetheless can wildly change one's interpretation of Radagon's character: in English, the description of the Golden Order Greatsword almost outright states that the sword is a reforged Dark Moon Greatsword, Rennala's wedding gift to him, to be more in line with his new role as Elden Lord, painting him as callous and apathetic to his past relationship with Rennala at best. However, in Japanese, the wording is ambiguous as to whether the sword is the same one he was given by Rennala or merely ''resembles'' the Dark Moon Greatsword; in this case, it can instead be interpreted that he had a new sword made to resemble his past wedding gift as a [[TragicKeepsake reminder of the love he was forced to abandon]].

* ReducedToDust: Her body dissolves into golden dust in the Age of Stars ending. If the player becomes Lord of the Frenzied Flame, she also crumbles away into nothingness.

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* TopGod: Marika was the primary deity worshiped in the Lands Between, with only the abstract Greater Will above her, which her followers do not consider a god. [[spoiler:Her commanding Hewg to forge a god-slaying weapon implies that at least part of her motivation was to kill the one being identified as a god that was above her, the Elden Beast.]] In fact, her powerful consorts and children being mere "demigods" seems to be InsistentTerminology on her part; according to Brother Corhyn, the Golden Order is founded on the belief that there is only one true god: Marika herself.

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* BrokenAngel: [[spoiler:Once, Marika was the majestic goddess-queen of the Lands Between with power and knowledge beyond measure. That was long ago, before she shattered the Elden Ring, the source of her divinity, and was punished by the Greater Will for her defiance. By the time she's seen in-game, she's an immobile, completely unresponsive crumbling stone statue crucified on a giant Rune Arc. Whatever beauty, dignity, power, or even personality she originally had were stripped from her long ago, leaving nothing but a hollowed-out container for the remains of the Elden Ring. The only indication that she's still "alive" in any sense is that the Elden Ring is visible within the giant hole in her torso. After the final battle with the Elden Beast, there's barely enough of Marika's body left to be recognizable.]]

* AlwaysSecondBest: For all of Radagon's accomplishments, he pales in comparison to his predecessor Godfrey. While the most Radagon did was merge Raya Lucaria as part of the Golden Order (and messed it up by returning to Marika to be the next Elden Lord), Godfrey's been the one who had a major part in shaping Marika's empire, having waged more wars and subjugated more people. It's also worth noting that Godfrey's rule was described as "just and fair", while there's nothing that describes Radagon's tenure as Elden Lord. It's telling that Radahn, ''his own son'', looks up to Godfrey more than his old man.

* DubPersonalityChange: A subtle one that can nonetheless can wildly change one's interpretation of Radagon's character: in English, the description of the Golden Order Greatsword almost outright states that the sword is a reforged Dark Moon Greatsword, Rennala's wedding gift to him, to be more in line with his new role as Elden Lord, painting him as callous and apathetic to his past relationship with Rennala at best. However, in Japanese, the sword is stated to merely ''resemble'' the Dark Moon Greatsword, and that the sword itself was created specifically for his ascent to Elden Lord; in this case, it can instead be interpreted that he had the sword resemble his past wedding gift as a [[TragicKeepsake reminder of the love he was forced to abandon]].

** It's not clear if Radagon was originally a separate entity that physically merged with Markia at one point or if he was always a part of her that could transform their shared body into his when necessary. Radagon was stated to be Queen Marika's second husband, having left his first wife Rennala to become the second Elden Lord. His boss cutscene, however, shows Queen Marika's fractured body transforming ''into'' Radagon, implying they were a singular entity all along. A FreezeFrameBonus in the opening cutscene foreshadows this fact as well, as it shows Marika briefly turning into Radagon as she hammers the Elden Ring. Melina recounting Marika's words about Radagon not yet being her and being her other half doesn't clear things up, and further confusing things is the fact Radagon and Marika, even when combined, can apparently disagree on things. Radagon is shown trying to repair the Elden Ring Marika shattered, showing they weren't in agreement on the act. One thing we know for sure though is that Radagon absolutely was not a god like Marika and didn't have her power, as Rykard's Great Rune states that his children only became demigods after Marika adopted them and Melina recalls Marika telling Radagon "thou art yet to become me, yet to become a god" right before the Shattering. By the end of the Shattering he apparently has become one (going by Corhyn's dialogue and the Sacred Relic Sword description), albeit presumably of a lesser degree than Marika ever was given that he's stuck with a mere fragment of the Elden Ring rather than being the vessel of the whole thing.

* LogicalWeakness: Being the champion of the Golden Order, and thus the Erdtree, fire is the only attribute he has zero resistance in, especially the black flames of the Godskin Cultists incantations.

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* AmbiguousSituation:

** Radagon was stated to be Queen Marika's second husband, having left his first wife Rennala to become the second Elden Lord. His boss cutscene, however, shows Queen Marika's fractured body transforming ''into'' Radagon, implying they were a singular entity all along. A FreezeFrameBonus in the opening cutscene foreshadows this fact as well, as it shows Marika briefly turning into Radagon as she hammers the Elden Ring. Melina recounting Marika's words about Radagon not yet being her and being her other half doesn't clear things up, and further confusing things is the fact Radagon and Marika, even when combined, can apparently disagree on things. Radagon is shown trying to repair the Elden Ring Marika shattered, showing they weren't in agreement on the act. One thing we know for sure though is that Radagon absolutely was not a god like Marika and didn't have her power, as Rykard's Great Rune states that his children only became demigods after Marika adopted them and Melina recalls Marika telling Radagon "thou art yet to become me, yet to become a god" right before the Shattering. By the end of the Shattering he apparently has become one (going by Corhyn's dialogue and the Sacred Relic Sword description), albeit presumably of a lesser degree than Marika ever was given that he's stuck with a mere fragment of the Elden Ring rather than being the vessel of the whole thing.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Though Radagon's body being fused with his god-half Marika and infused with the Elden Ring (the same one the Elden Beast pops out of when he dies) would logically make him more powerful than he ever was before, the fact the Elden Ring itself has been Shattered long ago means [[BroughtDownTOBadass he still isn't as powerful as he would have been if the Ring was intact]]; his body is literally breaking apart as a visual reminder of this. In addition, the fact he is not using any known incantation he is supposed to be a master of (Golden Order and possibly also Erdtree incantations) suggests Radagon might not be all there, if he is even alive at all.

[[Characters/EldenRingMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/EldenRingTheTarnished The Tarnished]] | '''Marika''') | [[Characters/EldenRingRoundtableHold Roundtable Hold]] | [[Characters/EldenRingSecondaryCharacters Secondary Characters]] | [[Characters/EldenRingOuterGods Outer Gods]] | [[Characters/EldenRingDemigods Demigods]] ([[Characters/EldenRingGodfrey Godfrey]] | [[Characters/EldenRingMorgott Morgott]] | [[Characters/EldenRingMohg Mohg]] | [[Characters/EldenRingRadahn Radahn]] | [[Characters/EldenRingRanniTheWitch Ranni the Witch]] | [[Characters/EldenRingMalenia Malenia]]) | [[Characters/EldenRingEnemiesAndBosses Enemies and Bosses]] ([[Characters/EldenRingLiurniaOfTheLakes Liurnia of the Lakes]] | [[Characters/EldenRingRecurringEnemiesAndBosses Recurring Enemies and Bosses]]) -]]]]]

** A spell that has him stab the ground with a holy spear, creating a lingering circular area that deal damage if you step in it.