What was Melina's purpose?

Melina was born at the foot of the Erdtree and searches for her purpose, as assigned by her mother. Melina's goal was to burn it but not destroy the world, explaining why the Lord of Frenzied Flame's ending is considered the worst.
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What was Melina's goal?

After defeating Morgott, trying and failing to enter the Erdtree and resting at the Elden Throne Site of Grace, Melina appears. She offers a new accord: to bring her "to the flame of ruin, far above the clouds, upon snowy mountaintops of the giants", so she can set the Erdtree aflame, and help you become Elden Lord.
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What are Melina's intentions?

[Warning - major spoilers for Elden Ring follow.]

However, Melina later admits she cannot be a maiden and that her wish to be brought to the Erdtree is to find out the purpose her mother, Elden Ring's god Queen Marika, has given her.
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Why is Melina helping us?

Personality. Melina wants a new Elden Lord to rule over the Lands Between and chooses to support the Player Character, believing them to be the most suited. She even states she will defy the Golden Order to crown them.
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What ending does Melina want?

Elden Ring Melina ending

This is the standard Elden Ring ending, the one that Melina has been leading you to throughout the game. Once you've defeated the Elden Beast, walk over and touch Fractured Marika, choosing the option to mend the ring. The Tarnished will become Elden Lord and sit upon the throne.
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Melina's Purpose

Does Melina hate you if you save her?

What you might not know is there's a way to stop Melina from doing that, but it comes at a price. You will need to take her place as the sacrifice to light the Erdtree, and even though you'll be saving her life in the process, Melina will hate you forever.
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Why does Melina have one eye?

Ergo, Melina's eye could be somehow tied to the Dark Moon, and that could suggest Ranni's eye is tied to the Golden Order. This would be the inverse of their beliefs, explaining why they keep this eye closed.
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Why is Melina's hair pink?

Now, Melina has pink hair. This seems to suggest that either she's the forbidden offspring between one of the demigods and one of the red-haired people, or, more symbolically, that she's destined to bring them together somehow and end the war.
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How did Melina lose her body?

At some point, Melina's body was burned, which left her bodiless and as a roaming spirit with no memory of her purpose given to her by her mother.
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Is Ranni good or evil?

Praising her character design as "gorgeously magical", she nevertheless stated that as a character, Ranni had a clear evil streak as the catalyst for the Shattering. Calling Ranni's choices "drastic", she noted that players' opinions may differ on whether they were justified.
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Are Melina and Ranni connected?

Elden Ring Theory: Melina Is Ranni's Forgotten Sister

Aside from their direct relation to Marika, Ranni and Melina share another - more specific - quality. They are spirits. While Ranni willingly cast aside her flesh and opted to possess a doll's body, it's unclear whether Melina ever had a physical body.
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Are Melina and Ranni sisters?

It may never be officially confirmed, but it appears that Ranni and Melina are either directly related as sisters or somehow two halves of the same being.
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Does Rani love the Tarnished?

In the Age of the Stars ending, Ranni refers to the Tarnished as her "lord" and her "dear consort", showing that she has not just acknowledged them as being Elden Lord, but also fully acknowledged their own spouse by her side.
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What is Melina's other eye?

Ranni's right eye is closed, while Melina's left eye is closed. And in the Lord of Chaos ending, Melina has both eyes open—her right eye is blind, and her left eye is dark purple. Neither of these match the eye color she has elsewhere, and neither that or her new look matches Ranni's eye.
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Why does Melina want to be sacrificed?

This purpose was given to her by her mother long ago- to aid the Tarnished who would become Elden Lord by burning the Erdtree with herself as kindling. Being a demigod and possibly an empyrean, it's possible her presence and assistance is the reason we are able to succeed while so many Tarnished before have failed.
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How does Melina betray you?

She will beg players not to seek out the Frenzied Flame, and she'll leave their side if they do. Beating the game and choosing this ending will see Melina, eyes open, vowing to bring destined death to the newly-christened Lord of Frenzied Flame.
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What does Malenia say when she dies?

Upon her defeat, she will remark that the Tarnished's strength is extraordinary and the mark of a true lord. With her dying words, Malenia apologized to her missing brother Miquella that she has met her match.
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Is Melina a Finger Maiden?

Melina is not technically a Finger Maiden, but will act as such for the Tarnished to aid them on their journey.
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What happens if you refuse Melina?

You have to accept Melina's accord in Elden Ring if you want to level up and get your horse. While suspicion is wise in a FromSoftware game, you really have to say yes here. Because without her, you'll be cut off from some crucial tools.
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Does saving Melina change anything?

Indeed, if Melina is spared, she vows to hunt the Tarnished down for betraying her and embracing the Three Fingers. Thus, saving Melina to save her is a net negative, especially because players will destroy the entire world with the Frenzied Flame simply to spare one life.
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Who is Melina's father?

For some reason she had to kill Godwyn in spirit only, for her to kill her body only. And that's probably because her father is Radagon and mother is Rennala.
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Is it possible to save Melina?

Melina runs away. Then I used the curse of the frenzied flame to burn the erd tree. Melina is spared from sacrificing herself to this end, I found an alternate way of burning the tree without burning her life away. I complete Millicent's quest line, acquiring the curse ridding needle.
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Does Melina care about the Tarnished?

This leaves Melina, who despite never stating she is an Empyrean, closely fulfills the duty of one. She establishes a relationship with a Tarnished, helps them along their path, and even explicitly states that her goal is to save the Lands Between from chaos.
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Does Melina have a body?

Though it isn't the actual physical thing because we can find that on top of a tower, it is like a spirit / spectral version of it, this is why she can appear out of nowhere. Though they are two completely seperate person now. They just have a shared past. Ranni is the soul, Melina is the body.
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Are Melina and Ranni the same person in Elden Ring?

They are different characters with different names, but in this game nothing is as it seems, multiple times characters have tricked us or pretended to be something they are not.
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