Miquella is one of Elden Ring's most fascinating characters, which makes it somewhat sad that he's a character many players may never know about since he's largely only involved in optional content. Miquella is an Empyrean, a demigod born with the potential to become a full god, like his mother Marika. As those who did discover Miquella in Elden Ring know, Miquella's story is one of horrifying tragedy. The full tragedy, however, is only clear once players are able to see what truly became of Miquella, hidden within his mysterious egg.
As those who have fully explored Elden Ring's The Land Between already know, Miquella is supposed to be found within the optional area of the Haligtree. Miquella's intent is to have grown within the Haligtree until they become a god, after which he'd be able to heal his sister Malenia of the Scarlet Rot. Instead, however, Miquella's egg within the Haligtree is stolen by Mohg, Lord of Blood, in an effort to create a corrupted blood god. Players later find Mohg and Miquella within his corrupted egg.
Miquella's Haligtree egg, however, is still whole except for a large crack running along its side. Through this crack, Miquella's arm reaches out, revealing that the once eternally-young demigod has gone through a horrifying transformation. It's only through clipping into the egg with a hacked camera that players can see what Miquella's full body appears to look like, as revealed in a new video. And yes, there is absolutely a full body within the egg.
As with the wrinkled, gray arm that reaches out of the egg, Miquella's entire body has taken on the appearance of a grossly thin, wrinkled, emaciated ghoul. There are cracks and holes in their skin as if it's stretched too far or has been torn. On their torso, there's the semblance of half-circle shapes which could imply bite marks, though they could be wounds of any number of causes.
Exactly what Mohg did to Miquella while he had the demigod under his purview isn't entirely clear. The implication is that Mohg corrupted Miquella with his own corrupted blood as a way to turn him into some kind of conduit for an Outer God named the Formless Mother. However, Miquella is said to have never responded to Mohg's efforts in the slightest.
Whether it's actually Miquella in the Haligtree egg or whether it's an unliving husk isn't clear. The state of Miquella is never established in Elden Ring. Perhaps FromSoftware is working on a DLC that further explores the character, but otherwise, this misshapen body hidden within the egg is all players will ever know of Marika's most beautiful child.
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