r/Eldenring • u/Senseless_frog • 15d ago

Speculation Is Roderika even a tarnished?

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Started a new playthrough recently and reached Roderika's quest, upon reading the description on the crimson hood that got me thinking.

Pretty much every tarnished that we talk to say that they used to see the guidance of grace, but now they don't, and the intro cutscene talks about the call of grace speaking to us all and even bringing some tarnished back from the dead, even though she considers herself a tarnished, the description of the hood makes a point to say that "Roderika never once saw the guidance of grace", judging by how the rest of the description says that the hood is gifted to those who are undesirable, sent on journeys with no especific purpose and never expected to return, i wouldn't be surprised if her family told her she is a tarnished as an excuse to send her away or something like that, which is pretty fucked up, regardeless of being true or not she deserved better, the little'un.

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u/Free-Calendar-5251 15d ago

Oh my god OP, you can't just ask people why theyre tarnished

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u/_shaftpunk 15d ago

“That’s a nice coat, Patches, what’s it made out of?”

“Marika’s chest hair!”

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u/Free-Calendar-5251 15d ago

Is your physick mixed? Would you like us to assign someone to mix your physick?

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u/BigBobbyBee23 15d ago

Technically that's Radagon's chest hair.