Elden Ring's Malenia & Radahn Recreate Trailer Battle In-Game Using Mod
Pulling from the fantasy title's trailers and lore, an Elden Ring mod allows Starscourge Radahn and Malenia, Blade of Miquella to fight in-game. The world of FromSoftware's newest role-playing game has a detailed backstory, which was created as a collaboration with novelist George R.R. Martin. An Elden Ring trailer at TGA 2021 showed off some of this lore before release, including the epic altercation between Radahn and Malenia.
The lore of Elden Ring is centered around Queen Marika, a deity who rules The Lands Between and served as the vessel for the immensely powerful Elden Ring. A cataclysmic event known as The Shattering left the Elden Ring in shambles, triggering intense conflict between Marika's demigod children as they all laid claim to The Lands Between. Two of these demigods, General Radahn and Malenia, came to blows in an epic battle which destroyed the region of Caelid. Both characters serve as options bosses in the game, and despite one Elden Ring player defeating Malenia in two hits they typically pose a massive challenge to even the most skilled players.
Bringing a piece of Elden Ring lore to life, YouTuber Garden of Eyes has used a mod to make Malenia and Radahn face off in combat. The two warriors are diametrically opposed, with the human-sized Malenia emphasizing speed and spreading scarlet rot while the gargantuan Radahn wields overwhelming strength and gravity magic. The in-game fights actually manage to reflect the lore of Elden Ring, with both bosses being evenly matched but Radahn eventually falling to Malenia's powerful scarlet rot curse. However, Malenia's second form easily wipes the floor with poor Radahn.
The Elden Ring matchup organized by Garden of Eyes follows in-game lore, but the YouTuber also has a history of setting up more unusual fights. Last year the content creator matched up Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne final bosses, demonstrating which FromSoftware title is more difficult. The mod pits Slave Knight Gael, from the Dark Souls 3 DLC The Ringed City, against the Orphan of Kos from Bloodborne's Old Hunters expansion. This particular matchup was also very close, with Bloodborne's eldritch monstrosity winning in the first round while Dark Souls 3's wandering warrior claimed victory in the following two fights.
The battle between Malenia and Radahn has been teased since Elden Ring's first trailer, and fans can now witness the epic clash play out in-game. The duel even seems to match canon, with the Blade of Miquella gaining victory over the Starscourge by using the destructive scarlet rot. Unfortunately, this battle will not help players overcome either of these unrelenting optional bosses in battle.
Elden Ring is available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC.
Source: Garden of Eyes/YouTube