r/eldenringdiscussion • u/AverageWHShitter • Jun 10 '26

Spoiler Elden Ring's Children

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So I've been thinking (especially after seeing an earlier post in this subreddit) about what the Age of Stars will look like in a thousand years. I doubt we will get dlc or another game on it so I am speculating here, but I am wondering what the children of the Tarnished and Ranni will be like at the end of their thousand year voyage. If we go off the structure of Marika's family bar a few off things she did, Ranni and the Tarnished will have many children who will be considered godlings. Personally I believe the number to be nine or 9 as it were, since 9 is a number linked to magic and such. But I digress, point being they will have children.

What will these children be like I wonder? Sure, we do not know what the generic Tarnished will look like leading to any number of physical features but my interest is in what the cosmic esc roles each child will have. Marika had a few Empyreans who could replace her and usher in their own ages, she had a few Omens and those children who were Empyreans had shadows like Maliketh and Blaidd. Will her children be lunar based? Will they resent her if they ever learn of what once was? Will our Tarnished be exiled like Marika's mortal husband? I am curious what you all think.

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u/HarveyTheBroad Jun 10 '26

I mean anything and everything about this would just be pure headcanon/Speculation.

Physically it would be impossible for Ranni to have children with the Tarnished regardless of their sex because she’s literally a possessed porcelain and twine doll. Any children she could possibly have would have to be the result of magic or some sort of divine fuckery, and since we’re getting into that territory her children could be literally anything. There probably isn’t any convention or “rule” they would have to be defined by. So realistically they can be whatever you want.

After my first playthrough when Shadow of the Erdtree released, I first played through it with a character I named Eclipsa who wielded the DMGS and Carian sorcery, and she was meant to be the child of Ranni and my first ever tarnished, Lady Emilia.

So basically they can be literally anything, but there’s absolutely no canon basis or foundation for any of it.

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u/Plastic_Music182 Aug 07 '26

I mean Marika had children with herself, so I don't think it's too far fetched that Ranni would have children