Miquella the Kind

Editor's Note: This entry contains minor spoilers for Elden Ring; read at your own caution.

About

Miquella The Kind is a character in the action-adventure fantasy game Elden Ring, developed by FromSoftware and released in February 2022. In the game, Miqueela is mostly a background character mentioned across multiple side stories, especially in Malenia's questline. The character became a central point in the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, which was released in late June 2024. Online, Miquella has been featured in numerous memes related to Elden Ring's lore, as well as fan art and other content.

Origin

Miquella the Kind^[1] is quoted in Elden Ring as, “The most fearsome Empyrean of all” with the wisdom and allure of a god. He is a demigod, son of Radagon and Marika, brother of Malenia Blade of Miquella. The character briefly appears during Mohg, Lord of Blood's boss fight in which the game lore^[2] details that the demigod was kidnapped by Mohg to make him lord so he could start a new empire with the power of an empyrean.

On February 21st, 2024, FromSoftware announced a DLC expansion for Elden Ring, titled Shadow of the Erdtree, which will focus on Miquella's journey across the Land of Shadow. The trailer^[3] (seen below) amassed over 10 million views and 472,000 likes in five months.

Spread

Following the announcement that the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC expansion would focus on the demigod Miquella, the character's online presence began increasing on social media. For example, on May 21st, 2024, X^[4] user @IvyJinna posted a fan art inspired by Miquella The Kind (seen below, left), which amassed roughly 2,700 likes and 500 reposts in a month.

On May 31st, X^[5] user @Ediptus1 also posted a fan art inspired by the character (seen below, right), garnering over 2,300 likes and 360 reposts in a month.

Miquella's relationship with his sister Malenia has also been the subject of memes and parodies, like the video posted by YouTube^[6] user @lineichen1418 on August 3rd, 2022. The video features an animated version of the comic titled "Malenia and Miquella fighting the summer," which was created by Noru0217 and amassed more than 64,000 views and 2,400 likes in two years.

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