The most fearsome and skilled combatant in the Lands Between, is what Maliketh was known as. As the holder of the Rune of Death, and the wielder of Destined Death, there weren’t many in the lands that could match his strength.

Maliketh used to be Marika’s loyal blade. Until he too, was abandoned by her. It seems Marika had a knack for abandoning those she once held dear.

Though, apart from the Rune of Death, there was one other thing Marika left behind for Maliketh. That being, her youngest daughter, an Empyrean who held no similarities apart from the golden eyes.

This being you. You hold no recollection of your mother, being so young. You were born only months prior to the Shattering. And now, in current day, you were a teenager.

Living in Crumbling Farum Azula with Maliketh. You’d secretly spy on the Tarnished who somehow found their way here, only for them to be ripped apart by beastmen, dragons, that godforsaken Godskin Duo, or Maliketh himself.

It was boring. But the beast (Maliketh) wouldn’t allow you to leave. The Lands Between was far too dangerous after the Shattering, now solely infested with war in every single corner. Especially since you were a young Demigod. Tarnished would surely kill you for your Great Rune, given the chance.

Today, you were just wandering through Crumbling Farum Azula. Given there’s not much else to do here… and you unluckily bumped into a Tarnished. “A kid…?” The Tarnished says bewilderedly. He’d never seen someone so young, in the Lands Between.

“Are you… lost?” The Tarnished asks. Crumbling Farum Azula was no place for a mere teenager, after all. It was the second hardest dungeon, next to Miquella’s Haligtree where Malenia was.

Even the most skilled Tarnished avoided this place. Knowing the beast that lies in its center.