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Technically Leyndell is not Morgotts house but his moms, which he inherited after escaping the sewers she threw him into, but he also runs the place like the navy runs a ship, so everything is in perfect working order. Nobody has any clue who he is and I appreciate his commitment to the bit. 8/10 really cool scenery but could definitely use some dusting and giant dragon corpse removal.
The Moghwyn Dynasty is every health inspectors worst nightmare. General unsanitary setting and blood swamps, Albinaurics captured and forced to assimilate against their will, along with several war medics, and also Mohg has the body of his shriveled up half-brother in his freezer. But overall the ancient civilization that lived here before Mohg had pretty okay taste, especially since they built their city under an underground starry sky. 10/10 but only because the health inspector died and Mohg forged the health report.
Godrick snuck in after his failings at the Shattering and just straight up claimed the place as his own, so Stormveil technically isn't even his house. Also his presence alone is so rank that thorns have started festering outside of the castle. 8/10 to the Stormlords cause they've got sick sense of style, but 2/10 to Godrick because he is a literal home invader.
Radahn does not give two shits about architecture, he clearly made Redmane based off of every other fort in the Lands Between and chose function over fashion, which is fair I guess, but also kinda boring. At least he strung up the all of the swords in Redmane and gave it some flaire. 4/10 because Redmane is so basic, plus minus 1 point for the tetanus hazard.
Raya Lucaria had an architecture course as an elective and Rykard committed himself to his GPA and developed his own aesthetic. He graduated top of his class and Rennala baked a cake for him. Best day of his life. Then he went up to Mt. Gelmir and was like, "I should totally make this place my house," and then he did because nobody had the balls to stop him. 10/10 for his commitment to the blasphemy aesthetic. And props to Tannith for doing a great job keeping the foyer the cleanest place in the Lands Between, but also 1/10 for the backyard being a general crime against humanity.
Ranni follows the rule of, "if it aint broke dont fix it," which is exactly why she broke everything else in the world and then returned to her childhood home after the Shattering. Caria could definitely use some bedrooms though because where the heck does everyone sleep?? Or do anything else for that matter???? Caria: Bathroom? Never heard of it. 6/10 because the sparkly magic bits in the air are super cool but Caria Manor definitely should've been a legacy dungeon.
Miquella attended both Leyndell and Raya Lucaria architecture classes, excelling over everyone and beating Rykards score in the final exam by exactly one point, and yet has no idea why Rykard is so pissed at him. Then after disowning his dad he had the great idea to try and build a treehouse but grew his own tree first because he's an over achiever and has gifted kid syndrome. 10/10 because the aesthetic is elegant and immaculate, and everyone who has depression is trying to get there for free therapy.
Malenia went to architecture school with Miquella because she had nothing better to do and slept through every class. The most she did there was break up Miquella and Rykards final exam squabble and also couldn't care less about architecture because she's fuckin blind. Rates the Haligtree architecture 10/10 because even though she's blind, she's sure that Miquellas sense of style is very pretty. But also rates it a 2/10 because Miquella keeps stubbing his toes and tripping on the carved stone flooring even though he insists everything is fine.
The Land of Shadow is less of Messmers house and more of his eternal timeout corner. He temper-tantrumed too hard one day and Marika put him there then completely forgot he ever existed. -10/10 because the parental abandonment is so real
So, this spell we see in the Shadow of the Erdtree trailer:
It appears to be a mass version of the same effect as the Bewitching Branch item, it even has the same particle effects.
The Bewitching Branch, of course, is an item associated with Miquella that turns enemies into allies. It appears that the spell in the trailer is doing the same thing. This spell is likely a version of a power that Miquella has.
Now let's compare this dialog from the beginning of the trailer:
"He wields love to shrive clean the hearts of men. There is nothing more terrifying."
To the description for the Bewitching Branch:
The Empyrean Miquella is loved by many people. Indeed, he has learned very well how to compel such affection.
We already know that Miquella was good at "compelling" love from others, but now we're being told that this power is terrifying and dangerous. We hear of many people who love Miquella in the base game, the most important examples being Malenia and Mohg. We must wonder, then, was this love genuine or compelled?
What if Miquella is the one who compelled Mohg to capture him? What if Miquella being torn from the Haligtree and bled dry by Mohg was actually part of his plan to reach the Land of Shadow? The YouTube description for the trailer says:
It was to this land (the Land of Shadow) that Miquella departed. Divesting himself of his flesh, his strength, his lineage. Of all things Golden
What if Mohg's fucked up ritual was a necessary step in Miquella's "divestment"?
What if instead of the tragic victim we all thought he was, Miquella was actually pulling the strings all along?
This isn't really my full Messmer theory *and I don't really know what his lore going to be about when DLC comes out* but I'm making this joke anyway because I can.
“It was to this land that Miquella departed. Divesting himself of his flesh, his strength, his lineage. Of all things Golden.”
makes me think that when Miquella cocooned himself, he didn’t intend to break his curse of eternal youth, but intended to shed his empyrean flesh in order to act independently like Ranni did… how he did that by cocooning himself I have no idea but. what if when he was stolen by Mohg, he was basically already gone. like, the reason why Mohg “received no response from the young empyrean” was because he was essentially worshipping dead flesh with no one inside………… hello
if you became elden consort in an ending then the dlc is actually an epic journey to meet your new stepson. can the lego sets you brought to make miquella like you survive messmer the impaler?
I'm cooking up an idea of why Mohg is Like That about Miquella that doesn't paint Miquella as either a helpless damsel or a Machiavellian jerk.
We know Miquella can 'compel affection,' but that could range anywhere from outright mind control to just...making people like him. Which is frankly an understandable survival mechanism for a guy stuck in a kid's body. He has one means of keeping himself safe that doesn't hinge on Malenia being right next to him 100% of the time, and I can't blame him for using it.
So I think it goes down like this:
At some point pre-treesleeping, Miquella meets Mohg. Who would be an enormous horned blood mage at this point based on the cursed blood pots being a 'childhood memory' of his. Miquella sees this guy and uses his Please Be Nice To Me power because A) basic precaution to not die and B) a powerful Omen like Mohg would be a really good ally to have for the brave new world Miquella's cooking up.
Problem: It's Mohg. Mohg grew up in Sewer Jail and has had maybe one positive relationship in his entire life based on Morgott's use of cursed blood magic in his own bossfight and Mohg's projection in the Shunning Grounds. Mohg's context for a healthy relationship that doesn't involved his self-loathing fanatic brother or deranged Outer Gods is, to put it gently, lacking.
So instead of thinking "This Miquella fellow sure is nice," Mohg thinks "This must be what love feels like."
Fast forward to Miquella fusing with a tree, and Mohg has had time to grow obsessed and also make a blood cult. Now "I should help out that nice Miquella dude" has warped into "I'm going to help my beloved Miquella by undoing his curse, ascending him to godhood, and marrying him." The whole 'this is literally incest' issue may seem less concerning to someone whose mom committed selfcest to create her second batch of kids. And who, you know. Sewer jail. Outer God. Blood cult.
Anyway the point is, Miquella can have agency in the narrative without being cartoonishly-even-by-Elden-Ring-standards evil.