Why did Radahn go insane?

The two fought to a stalemate in the Battle of Aeonia, which ended when Malenia unleashed her Scarlet Rot. The Scarlet Rot ravaged Caelid, and consumed Radahn from the inside, eating away at his psyche.
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How did Radahn lose his mind?

Radahn was infected with the Scarlet Rot by Malenia in their battle, which has since driven him to insanity. Now the once great battler of the stars and his long, complex history have been reduced to nothing, as Radahn only worries about where his next meal will come from and which Tarnished will challenge him next.
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Did Radahn go mad?

However, his resulting affliction with the Scarlet Rot caused him to be driven to insanity, crippling him and reducing him to a state of feral rage.
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What did killing Radahn do?

After defeating Radahn with a veritable army of summons, a lot of new paths open up for players to take - most notably, perhaps, the path to Nokron. Players can also progress several questlines, gain entry to Leyndell, and increase their power by using Radahn's Remembrance or by activating Radahn's Great Rune.
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How did Radahn survive the rot?

General Radahn was infected with the Scarlet Rot from the blast. At this point though, the Rune of Death had been stolen, and Radahn could not die.
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Why is Caelid full of Scarlet Rot?

After The Shattering event, Malenia would go to war with her half-brother, Radahn. However, unable to defeat her brother, she would entirely give in to the rot she kept at bay inside her. Their battle would eventually come to a standstill with no clear victor in Caelid; Caelid would fill the area with scarlet rot.
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Was Malenia blind when she fought Radahn?

So basically Malenia is blind, crippled - missing at least an arm (possibly parts of her legs, thought not sure), just generally plagued by rot. While Radahn's rune gives him resistance to rot. He has no handicaps either, since even in the state we find him in he is still holding up the stars.
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Why is Radahn's horse so small?

He is a lord of gravity and therefore has altered his weight to use the (albeit poor) horse.
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Why did Ranni want Radahn killed?

From what I can tell from Ranni's quest, she needed Radahn to die so the stars would move again, Nokron would open, the Fingerslayer blade could be attained, and her Two Fingers slaughtered. This, it seems, allows her to finally leave the Lands Between and commune with the Full Moon or something.
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What was Radahn holding back?

Starscourge Radahn, the mightiest of the demi-gods that holds back the stars.
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How does Radahn not crush his horse?

It turns out that Radahn learned Gravity Magic in Elden Ring for the sole purpose of never being separated from his horse, thus alleviating his weight off the shoulders of the horse.
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Is Malenia stronger than Radahn?

The lore is Radahn is recognized as the most powerful demigod. After the "standstill" Radahn continued to rage on, and Finlay drug Melania's beaten, half dead body back to the Haligtree. Radahn won the duel even though Melenia used scarlet rot cheese.
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Are Radahn and Malenia siblings?

Malenia and her half-brother Radahn would eventually be the last two demigods left standing in the conflict. Their forces clashed in the Caelid Wilds, and the two fought a bitter duel for supremacy. In the midst of the combat with Radahn, the Scarlet Rot was unleashed by Malenia, resulting in her first bloom.
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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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Can Radahn still drown?

While Radahn may be a skilled swordsman and a master of gravity magic, it seems the hapless demigod never learned how to swim. While he typically avoids taking a dive, his meteor move can apparently cause him to do a cannonball right into the water off Caelid.
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Who is the true hero of Elden Ring?

We have to look beyond the player character for the “hero” of Elden Ring, then. The shoulders that title falls upon belong to none other than Ranni the Witch, the mysterious blue-skinned being with several cohorts residing in a big fancy tower near Caria Manor.
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Are the two fingers corrupted?

In the past, they were masters of oration whose wisdom would attract champions to Roundtable Hold, but presently they are thought to be be corrupted and senile, broken along with the Erdtree long ago. They are tended to by Finger Readers, who interpret their words.
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Does Rani love the tarnished?

Answer to this is yes, she just bad at showing her feelings. At the last site of grace you are able to speak with her mini form she hints at her growing affection for the tarnished. After you defeat the shadow, she asks you to tell Blaidd and Iji she loves them.
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Which god was killed in Elden Ring?

While Godwyn was believed to be the first dead among the demigods, he and Ranni both died at the same time. As a result, each was branded with one half of the Cursemark of Death. Ranni's flesh perished while Godwyn perished in soul alone.
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Why is Radahn called Starscourge?

Radahn conquered the stars, saving Sellia in the process, using his vast gravitational powers to 'shatter' the stars and arrest their cycles, earning him the moniker of "Starscourge." During this time, he engraved the gravity crest upon his blades.
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Does Radahn love his horse?

It can be assumed that this means that somehow, Radahn's love for his horse was able to break through even the worst of his insanity.
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Does Radahn's horse have a name?

General Radahn's chosen mount is called... Leonard. Yes, this fearless, noble, warrior-worthy steed from the Lands Between has a pretty unremarkable name despite its very remarkable circumstances.
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Why is Melina missing an arm?

Because of the Rot, she ended up losing her right arm, her right knee, and her left leg. As a result, she is required prosthetic limbs. Despite the affliction that wracked her body, Malenia, at some point, encountered a blind swordsman, who then became her mentor.
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Is Miquella a girl?

Miquella of the Haligtree is a demigod, an Empyrean, and the elder twin brother of Malenia, Blade of Miquella. He and his sister are the children of the union of Queen Marika the Eternal and King Consort Radagon.
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Why was Malenia born cursed?

Both Malenia and her twin brother Miquella were cursed at birth, the former with Scarlet Rot and the latter with eternal youth. These curses appear to be the doings of Outer Gods who perhaps desired to hold influence over the Lands Between and targeted the twins because they are Empyreans.
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