Elden Ring - The tragedy of the Twin Moon

Messmer seems to be a thoroughly suppressed figure of infamy in the Lands Between, only hinted at in the vaguest terms. Surprisingly though, he seems to have inspired deep loyalties in some, particularly in the heart of Rellana, the Twin Moon Knight.

Song used - Korok Forest (Night) - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild OST

[ZullietheWitch]

Given Rennala's ability to reshape people's appearances, the line saying she "gifted" Rellana with black hair sounds like it could mean she rebirthed her, but I asked Lokey_DS about how the line reads in Japanese and it seems fairly certain that she did literally just give some of her own hair to her sister. A queen or princess granting a lock of their hair to a knight as a favor is an idea I've seen before, so it makes sense here.

I got a lot of questions about Rellana's face, but sadly this is all there is to show.

[alfalldoot]

I think the biggest reveal Rellana brings is that all Carians seemingly have a critical weakness for moody red heads

[aswifte]

She gave up everything, even a cutscene

[dardardarner]

She really saw Messmer and went "I can fix him"

[adamr.]

2:35 thats her! The lord of the frenzied moon!

[ARedHat]

If I had a nickel for everytime a character in a Fromsoft game gave up everything in search of love that was not mutual... I'd have a lot of nickels

[talongreenlee]

The shot with the moon head was a really cool visual

[Epsonea_]

It seems not even Rellana’s huge twin moons were enough to get Messmer’s attention :(

[commaJim]

What's under Rellana's helmet is more terrifying than any face

[yanohexonen]

doctor: hair transplant was a success
rellana: wheres my sister
doctor: who do you think gave you the hair

[fallentitan]

I find it so cool that Messmer was actually a charismatic and kind leader to his own soldier and followers while going to wage a horrible and brutal crusade. Meanwhile Miquella has to forcibly mind control his followers to get along and was gonna do the same to all the Lands Between to create an everlasting peace. That’s pretty amazing bait and switch and story telling right there.

[KogasaTatara]

Let's not forget that she has a personal knight known as Moonrithyll as well.

[ThetrueDino]

What’s really strange to me about rellana, is that despite all her lore significance, she still doesn’t get a cutscene.

[Daniel-bcyq]

We even fight a Carian Knight named Moonrithyll. Clearly some fan service to the Pontiff fans

[greasycheese]

A core part of the DLC for me was seeing something cool and wondering when the Zullie vid about it was gonna come out. Great to see another question answered.

[Frytranslationvanoss]

"She knew she was unable to grant him relief"

WELL HAS SHE TRIED????

[Gakusangi]

The Carian's can't resist the redheads.

[flaviens]

I think it's important to note that her light greatswords are not "night and flame" but "moon and fire", which mean as opposed to the night and flame sword who use the fire of the giant and night magic, Rellana use Mesmer fire magic and moon magic.

[Notsogoodguitarguy]

Chainmail to protect the face is very important.

[Trellheim]

The lock of hair on the helmet, and falling in love with the box art baddie are especially Ciaran-ish