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Giancarlo Diago Cevallos
An author & journalist
Haligtree I
Mohg, fallen lord of blood, pursuing his delusional dynasty.
The Roundtable Hold burns, with the Finger Reader dead and the Two Fingers still.
Though grace guides me, the Fingers no longer wag their orders. Perhaps they never knew truth, after all.
Though grace guides me, the Fingers no longer wag their orders. Perhaps they never knew truth, after all.
Now, to track down Millicent. Though she will die in my coming Age of Frenzy, I cured her, helped her, brought her back form Rot. I want to see her complete her quest.
Millicent mentioned seeking Miquella's Haligtree at the northern edges of the Lands Between. This Castle Sol may lead me to it.
I still have one half of the Haligtree Secret Medallion. Latenna the albinauric archer once said the last piece is here. Time to find the other.
Millicent mentioned seeking Miquella's Haligtree at the northern edges of the Lands Between. This Castle Sol may lead me to it.
I still have one half of the Haligtree Secret Medallion. Latenna the albinauric archer once said the last piece is here. Time to find the other.
The Castle's defenders are chained beasts, weary soldiers and spirits. No match for an aspiring Lady of Frenzy.
Yet more spirits. This castle reeks of magic, but what ritual did these nobles do?
Commander Niall, leader of spirits and servant of a long-dead master.
The former noble of Castle Sol, it seems. He laments failing to resurrect Miquella's comrade, never reaching the Haligtree.
I have both halfs of the Medallion, I see the Haligtree and I suspect where this Medallion must be used.
The Grand Lift of Rold. Now, I instead ride the lift down, to the secret path.
These catacombs are filled with Vulgar Militiamen and Land Octopi. Uck.
Following the lights through the snowstorm.
The Consecrated Snowfield. Peaceful, though only a path for those seeking refuge and safety under Miquella.
At the Yelough Anix ruins, trolls afflicted by Frenzy. What drove them to such despair? No matter, my future followers. All will be one, eventually.
Latenna, who I have carried as spirit ashes, wished to emerge. She gave her sister what she called a birthing droplet, to let life in. To grant albinaurics hope.
Albinaurics, like mother's Godskin Apostles, are artificial beings unable to reproduce. Perhaps Latenna wishes to solve that.
At the end of our journey, she asked I lay her to rest beside her wolf Lobo. Until then, she will fight for me.
But, if I burn the world in Frenzy, burial will not matter...
Albinaurics, like mother's Godskin Apostles, are artificial beings unable to reproduce. Perhaps Latenna wishes to solve that.
At the end of our journey, she asked I lay her to rest beside her wolf Lobo. Until then, she will fight for me.
But, if I burn the world in Frenzy, burial will not matter...
Almost there.
Ordina, liturgical town. Seemingly abandoned.
The Haligtree's gate is shut, but it may be reopened by lighting three torches. But where?
Entering the Evergaol is my only hope.
Entering the Evergaol is my only hope.
I spot the torches, but the area is patrolled by Black Knife assassins. Brutal, but manageable compared to Maliketh.
And albinauric archers. Perhaps the archers and assassins, all women, chose to be jailed here. To protect the path to the Haligtree, rumored to be a refuge.
The torches are lit, the path has opened. Miquella the eternally youthful. Looks far better in stone than the emaciated corpse I found with Mohg.
Haligtree II
I am ready.
Miquella's divine Haligtree. A refuge for the abandoned it persecuted, with oracles who blow trumpets to herald the coming of a new age.
Now the tree festers with Scarlet Rot. Millicent and Malenia must be here, the latter having retreated to her brother's home after the battle of Caelid.
Now the tree festers with Scarlet Rot. Millicent and Malenia must be here, the latter having retreated to her brother's home after the battle of Caelid.
Rest beside a statue of Miquella embraced by Malenia. The elder demigod lacks her right arm, like Millicent.
The braces that support the Haligtree, a fledgling compared to the Erdtree. Supposedly, Miquella watered this plant with his own immortal blood.
One of Malenia's cleanrot knights. Even while she recovers and withers, only death could force them to abandon their duty.
Millicent, found at last. She suspects that she is related to Malenia, some family or offshoot. She wants to give Malenia back her 'dignity,' which she abandoned to meet Radahn's measure.
Hm... Sometimes, we sacrifice what we must for our goals.
Hm... Sometimes, we sacrifice what we must for our goals.
I asked Gowry for advice. He confirmed that Millicent is Malenia's daughter, that Millicent was the greatest bud among her sisters. Yet, it seems Millicent has yet to bloom.
Gowry asked that, should I must, I should aid Millicent's sisters. To help her change and flower into her potential.
Gowry asked that, should I must, I should aid Millicent's sisters. To help her change and flower into her potential.
Three Crystalians, guarding a rotting crystal sword.
The Haligtree's hollow interior. The empty cavity is a sign of disease and rot.
A bloomed scarlet flower, like a miniature of the giant Caelid bloom. Perhaps a power of Scarlet Rot. Did Malenia cause this, or one of Millicent's sisters?
Two summon signs. One to help Millicent, the other to aid her sisters against her.
Millicent could bloom and flower, to become glorious like I will be as Lady of Frenzy.
But...
Millicent could bloom and flower, to become glorious like I will be as Lady of Frenzy.
But...
I will never betray Millicent. Between my Frenzy and Millicent's swift sword, they perished quickly. Shrieking as Frenzy overtook them and Millicent cut them down.
We won, but her Scarlet Rot has returned. Millicent knows she would have blossomed into a Goddess of Rot, like Malenia. So she withdrew the golden needle I gave her. Death over forsaken pride.
"If I am to flower into something other than myself, I would rather rot into nothingness as I am."
"If I am to flower into something other than myself, I would rather rot into nothingness as I am."
Gowry lamented her failed transformation. I lament I failed to save her.
Millicent wanted to return Malenia's dignity to her in battle.
I will do it for her. Now, the Unalloyed Golden Needle is mine again. It wards away the meddling of outer gods. It could cure Frenzied Flame...
But not yet. It needs more.
I will do it for her. Now, the Unalloyed Golden Needle is mine again. It wards away the meddling of outer gods. It could cure Frenzied Flame...
But not yet. It needs more.
Malenia. Demigoddess born of Marika and Radagon, cursed from birth with Scarlet Rot.
A valkryie and legendary swordswoman.
Haligtree III
Blade of Miquella. By her own admission, she has never known defeat.
I will need more armor and help. But who to call...?
Malenia is swift, but so are me and Latenna.
My colossal sword against he lithe curved one.
Malenia is defeated.
Or, so Radahn also fought. Her destiny is to be Goddess of Rot, which she always rejected. She forsook her pride to best Radahn.
Now, she does so again for me.
Flame, as I learned in Caelid, is the best weapon against rot.
"Your strength, extraordinary...
The mark... of a true Lord...
O, dear Miquella...
O, dearest Miquella, my brother...
I'm sorry. I finally met my match..."
The mark... of a true Lord...
O, dear Miquella...
O, dearest Miquella, my brother...
I'm sorry. I finally met my match..."
The battle won, I obtained Miquella's Needle. He lovingly crafted it to protect his sister from Scarlet Rot. Now, with it complete, I may purge my Frenzy Flame. Yet, it must be used in the storm beyond time...
Back in Farum Azula. But the needle still does not work. What am I missing?
I overlooked this shattered outcropping before. It is close to the storm, at least.
Still, where could it lead?
Still, where could it lead?
When in Farum Azula, do as the mummified Beastmen would, I suppose.
...
The ruins are reforming and the storm grows. Seems like trouble, so I am on the right track.
Time to rise.
The storm beyond time at the heart of Farum Azula.
Placidusax, Elden Lord of a primordial age. Now wounded and abandoned by his god.
The furious dragon fled into mist. A coward.
He reappeared!
With the dragon lord defeated, my time has come. Miquella's Needle shines, it will work.
Who was I, before wanting to be Lord of Frenzy? An angry soul, true, furious at Marika and myself. But also capable of befriending others. Seeing the beauty and births in the world.
I do not want to lose who I am, like Malenia. My own power will have to be enough.
Thank you, Millicent.
Who was I, before wanting to be Lord of Frenzy? An angry soul, true, furious at Marika and myself. But also capable of befriending others. Seeing the beauty and births in the world.
I do not want to lose who I am, like Malenia. My own power will have to be enough.
Thank you, Millicent.
My eyes are gloam-colored again.
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