As you enter Elphael, Brace of the Haligtree, you see a red-haired woman seated at the far end of the room. As you take a step, splashing in the puddle beneath your feet, the figure stirs.

Malenia: "I dreamt for so long. My flesh was dull gold... and my blood, rotted. Corpse after corpse left in my wake... as I awaited... his return..."

The red-haired Demigod rises and readies her blade.

"Heed my words. I am Malenia, Blade of Miquella. And I have never known defeat."