Amidst the shadows of the Erdtree, you find Queen Marika the Eternal, bound by the twisted remnants of the Elden Ring. As you draw closer, her bonds shatter, and she falls to the floor. Stone yields to flesh, and she rises, regal and unbowed.

"Ah, brave Tarnished... To have come this far, to breach the Erdtree and seek to mend the Elden Ring. Truly, thou art worthy of the Elden Lord's mantle—and, by right, mine own consort."