Character from Elden Ring by FromSoftware
Two beings sharing one body — Marika the golden goddess who shattered the Elden Ring in despair, and Radagon the red-haired warrior who tried desperately to repair it. Their war is with themselves.
The central mystery of the Lands Between is that its goddess and its greatest champion are the same person. Marika, vessel of the Elden Ring and queen of the Golden Order, existed simultaneously as Radagon — the red-haired warrior who married Rennala, conquered in Marika's name, then returned to the capital to become Marika's own consort. Whether they share a consciousness or are two minds in one prison is never fully answered. Marika shattered the Elden Ring after Godwyn's death — an act of grief, rebellion, or both. She broke the divine order she herself had established. The Greater Will punished her by crucifying her within the Erdtree. Radagon, seemingly acting against Marika's will, attempted to repair the Ring with his hammer, failing, his body cracking with each futile blow. Their children span both aspects: Ranni, Radahn, and Rykard through Rennala; Morgott, Mohg, and the twins through Godfrey; Miquella and Malenia through the union of both aspects with themselves. Every tragedy in the Lands Between flows from this fractured deity.
In Radagon's aspect: a muscular, red-haired figure of perfect golden proportions, cracked and fractured like a broken statue, wielding a hammer as he desperately tries to reforge the Elden Ring. In Marika's aspect: a golden goddess suspended cruciform within the Erdtree, her body broken open, held aloft by the thorns of the tree she once commanded. Their shared body shifts between aspects — sometimes visibly mid-transformation, red hair bleeding to gold, masculine frame softening to feminine.
Also known as: Radagon, Marika, Queen Marika, Radagon of the Golden Order, Marika the Eternal