Malenia is a Demigod Empyrean and Shardbearer, known as the Blade of Miquella and feared as the Goddess of Rot, a one-armed valkyrie whose body is consumed by Scarlet Rot and whose will refuses to yield. She is the twin sister of Miquella and the daughter of Queen Marika and Radagon, trained by a blind swordsman and followed by the devoted Cleanrot Knights, living as the perfect contradiction of sickness and strength.