Miranda Flowers
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Miranda, maiden of the Flower Crucible is said to have been the very first of this breed. — Miranda's Prayer[Note 1]
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Miranda flowers are a species in ELDEN RING (2022). Miranda are poisonous,[4] man-eating flowers with the ability to summon a downpour of holy light.[1][5] There are six strains of miranda flowers distributed throughout the Lands Between and the Realm of Shadow. Full-grown miranda blossoms are typically surrounded by little miranda sprouts. They produce a powdery pollen known for its bedeviling fragrance.
Background
The carnivorous miranda flowers were an Aspect of the Crucible in an age long past.[3] Their origin was uncovered deep within the forgotten Rauh ruins by Crucible Knight Devonia during her search for the true source of the Crucible.[6] The miranda flowers have since evolved adaptations to flourish in a variety of hostile environments.
Since antiquity, the miranda flowers have been cultivated by the cloistered perfumers of Leyndell.[7][2] Their potent, unspent pollen,[1] extracted with great care, has long been a key ingredient in the creation of powerful healing aromatics.[8] The sanctity of the miranda flowers was among the Erdtree's most fiercly guarded secrets.
Later, after the onset of the Shattering,[7] the respected art of perfuming was turned to martial ends.[8][9] As the knowledge of the powder spread,[2] so too were the miranda flowers scattered across the Lands Between.
Characteristics
Miranda flowers are typically pink.
Variants
- Pink miranda blossom
- Crystal miranda blossom
- Frenzied miranda blossom
- Putrid miranda blossom
- Pink miranda sprout
Notable members
- Miranda the Blighted Bloom: An afflicted flower guarded by an Omenkiller deep within the Perfumer's Grotto on the Altus Plateau. Her blight spread to the other flowers throughout the cave.
Enemy variants
Locations
Miranda flowers are found in various forms throughout the entire Lands Between.
- Abyssal Woods

- Ainsel River
- Altus Plateau
- Ancient Ruins of Rauh
- Caelid
- Abandoned Cave – Putrid miranda flowers are guarded by Rot Disciples
- Swamp of Aeonia
- Gravesite Plain
- Liurnia of the Lakes
- Miquella's Haligtree
- Mt. Gelmir
- Scadu Altus
- Siofra River
- Limgrave
- Weeping Peninsula
Notes
- Miranda are particularly troubled by Fire damage.[4]
- Miranda flowers do not grow in the Consecrated Snowfield or on the Mountaintops of the Giants.
- The blighted miranda flowers are pink with yellowing petals.
- Miranda flowers drop Miranda Powder and Poisonbloom. Glintstone mirandas only drop Cracked Crystals.
- Rather than summoning a downpour of light, the crystal miranda blossoms casts the Star Shower glintstone sorcery.
- The miranda blossom in Tombsward Cave drops a Viridian Amber Medallion.
- Crucible Knight Devonia is the only known user of Aspects of the Crucible: Bloom.
- The rain of light cast by Melina during the Morgott boss fight closely resembles Miranda's Prayer, but with a golden hue.
Trivia
- The forename Miranda comes from the Latin word mirandus, which means "worthy of admiration". It also derives from the Latin verb miror, which means "to admire" or "to wonder at".
- William Shakespeare invented the name for a character in his play The Tempest in 1611. In the play, Miranda is the daughter of the magician Prospero. They were sent to die at sea on a "rotten carcass" of a boat but survived and found exile on a small enchanted island.
- The miranda flowers are visually similar to real-life roses and sundews.
- Miranda's Prayer, an item cut from the final version of the game, described Miranda as a maiden who became the first miranda flower during an age of the Crucible.[10][Note 1]
- Malenia, St. Trina, and the Erdtree guardians are other characters who transform into flowers.
- The Miranda Blossom in Tombsward Cave was called "Miranda the Blighted Bloom" in an earlier version of ELDEN RING (2022).
Gallery
- The poisonbloom of a miranda flower
See also
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Miranda's Prayer was cut from the final version of ELDEN RING (2022) and may not be canon.