Marika - A Jar Saint Theory: Elden Ring
In Elden Ring Marika, the Queen of the Greater Will, is a remarkable and sad person. Over the game, players discover the complexity of her motivations; the recent publication of the "Shadow of the Erdtree" DLC has unearthed fresh information about her past, so generating hypotheses exploring the depths of her character. Focusing on Marika's possible status as a Jar Saint, this theory gives her narrative a terrible layer of complexity and paints a picture of a survivor weighed by guilt and the possible fallout from her activities.
Elden Ring: Marika's Shaman Roots
Offering views into Marika's early life, the DLC transports players to the Land of Shadow. It comes to light that Marika was a shaman living in Shaman Village, now unreachable because of Messmer the Impaler. The Hornsent tribe lived in the village and sought to create Jar Saints—being created by mixing the flesh of several people within a jar. Their conviction in the Crucible—the blending of all life— drove the practice. Only Alexander, the Iron Fist, shows indications of sentience as a jar, thus this practice seems to have had limited success. One important exception, though, suggests a link to the practice: the flesh of a shaman combines nicely with the flesh of others.
Was Marika The Only Successful Jar Saint? Elden Ring
According to the thesis, Marika might have been the only successful Jar Saint produced by the Hornsent. When one considers Marika's elevation to godhood—which seemed helped by the Hornsent—this theory takes hold. This begs the problem of why they would help her. According to the theory, the Hornsent were ready to assist Marika since they considered her as a successful realization of their Jar Saint creation. But this idea also begs issues regarding Miquella, another character who became a god without being a Jar Saint. The truth of the theory is still debatable, and the exact form of a successful Jar Saint is yet unknown.
Elden Ring: Marika's Tragedy and the After Effects of Being a Jar Saint
Should Marika be a Jar Saint, her already complicated character would suffer still another degree of tragedy. Seeing the atrocities done to her people in the Hornsent's efforts to produce Jar Saints could have seriously traumatized her. This helps to give her character a terrible depth and explains her great hate of the Hornsent and her possible survivor's guilt. The theory also suggests that her being a Jar Saint might have cursed her children. This would help to explain the cursed status of many demigods, including the Omens, resulting from her mixed flesh and the possible vengeance from the Outer Gods for her acts.
Elden Ring: Investigating Marika's Character's Complicacy
Though this theory is interesting, not enough data exists to either support or refute its accuracy right now. Still, this theory's ability to help us better grasp Marika's motives and how her decisions affect the Lands Between makes it worthwhile to give thought. Marika's character is evidence of the subtleties of authority, ambition, and the price of becoming god. Deeper into the legends of Elden Ring, we will keep solving the riddles around her past and her part in forming the planet we know.
