Miquella’s centrality in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has to do with George RR Martin
The story of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree and the centrality of the figure of Miquella are seen as an homage to Martin by FromSoftware and a way to “close the loop” on the game.
Miquella is undoubtedly a central element in the story of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree , going even beyond her role seen in the main game, and director Hidetaka Miyazaki connects this element to George RR Martin and his collaboration in the creation of the famous title.
Based on what Miyazaki reported in a recent interview published by The Verge, it seems that giving ample space to Malenia’s brother was also born from the “desire to honor George RR Martin’s contribution to the game”, suggesting that this character, in particular, has a lot to do with the elements composed by the writer.
In fact, the contribution of Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire, the series of novels on which Game of Thrones was based, has never been clarified very precisely, but some traces of his style can be gleaned from the complex and strange lore of Elden Ring.
Miquella’s centrality in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree has to do with George RR Martin
Is Miquella a character created directly by Martin?
“He gave us all this amazing mythology to work with,” Miyazaki explained to The Verge of Martin’s contribution to the development.
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The fact of taking Miquella back as a central element in the story of Shadow of the Erdtree, for the director, was like ” closing the circle ” of the story of Elden Ring and of what the writer did.
We never had an explicit explanation of what Martin actually did in his collaboration with FromSoftware, but this discussion focused on Miquella suggests that perhaps this character was one of the writer’s main contributions to the Elden Ring lore.
Miyazaki also answered the question about any other collaborations with other authors for games in the future.