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Out of all the theories I've seen on Melina's backstory, I'm suprised I haven't seen one saying that she's an offshoot of Marika like how millicent is an offshoot of Malenia. (Not saying it doesn't exist just saying I haven't seen it)
Like there are quite a few parallels,
Melina and millicent (and millicents sisters) wear similar outfits
We know that to become a God one has to shed parts of themselves (re. Miquela) and those parts can become living beings of their own (re. Malenia)
Melina has intimate knowledge of Marika (even words she said to Radagon in private re. The Melina dialog in the queen's bedchambers)
Melina is the only NPC that knows Marika's unique spell she made for the shaman village
Melina herself follows Marika's path in abandoning the Erdtree and the Greater Will (Marika shattering the ring and Melina burning the tree)
Heck there's probably even more but I can't think of anything else rn
Marika’s offspring: first generation
I'm doing some elden ring theorizing with @dan-from-onami and I always found Melina really interesting because she just leaves you when you get to Lyndell to see her mother- but we never really see who her mother is.
Once we get to Marika, Melina has already sacrificed herself to burn down the tree, but I'm wondering if she only sacrificed her body- or maybe just a version of her body/soul to be used as kindling. Dan pointed out that Marika is impaled with a spike when we first see her, and Radagon doesn't really have that type of weapon so it likely wasn't him.
But I'm wondering, if Melina truly is Marika and Radagon's child and if she is referring to Marika when she says she is going to see her mother in Lyndell, could she secretly be Messmer? Their features are similar to me mostly due to the closed eye, and each child of Radagon and Marika are cursed horribly in some way (Malenia with Rot, Miquella with eternal youth), maybe Messmer also has a curse and can turn into Melina similar to how Marika can turn into Radagon.
Dan said that he did find it weird how all significant others of Marika/Radagon have 3 children, but Marika/Radagon themselves only had 2.
But now I find it funny that if Melina is Messmer the impaler: Hun did you just want to visit mummy to make sure she was still impaled, or did you want to just have some Sunday tea catching up? LMFAO