The Lands Between is home to many curious inhabitants, some of whom players will meet early on. Several characters fated to cross paths with the Tarnished will play a significant role in Elden Ring‘s general setting without having their true nature or purpose disclosed until much later. Fia, who fully embraces her role as a Deathbed Companion, is one of the few NPCs whose questline indicates that there is more to her than meets the eye.

Few in the Lands Between derive their strength from empathy, but Fia’s nurturing personality extrapolates beyond the confines of motherly instinct, despite her somewhat unusual behavior. While the initial encounter with the mysterious Deathbed Companion does not seem to bear any significance at first, with time players will find that Fia holds the key to one of Elden Ring‘s endings. Beyond unlocking an additional conclusion to the game, Fia’s involvement with other NPCs, and the ample rewards lying in wait at the end of her journey, are plenty of incentive to pursue her questline.

Updated by Lauren Younkin on March 9, 2025: Elden Ring provides a vast world populated by characters of all kinds with interesting experiences to offer the player. One such character is Fia, whose role in the narrative generates plenty of mystery that continues even after the end of her story. This article has been updated to include further information on Fia’s character, as well as to comply with CBR’s current standards of formatting.

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Fia, the Deathbed Companion Is One of Elden Ring’s Most Mysterious NPCs

Her Wish to Revive Godwyn May Lead Players to a Different Ending

Fia’s cryptic words and actions upon the player’s initial meeting with her are undoubtedly confusing at first, but she reveals more and more information about herself as the player continues to interact with her. With each visit, Fia offers a hug to the player that is later revealed to be part of her role as a Deathbed Companion. As a Deathbed Companion, Fia absorbs the life force of champions so that she can grant new life to a specific exalted noble, something that happens to the player when she embraces them.

Fia describes this as a “sacred act” in the place that she is from, meaning that she did not originally hail from the Lands Between. However, she was driven from this home when she became touched by grace. It is revealed from Lionel’s Amor that he became a father figure of some sort to Fia when she arrived in the Lands Between, though his body can be found as a weathered husk alongside his armor. This insinuates that Fia drained Lionel of his life force for her purpose as a Deathbed Companion, though whether this was voluntary on his part or not is unknown.

While her true motivation for performing these acts is unclear to begin with, Fia later declares herself to be faithful to Godwyn, who is the exalted noble she is stealing the life force for. Godwyn is inextricably linked to the lore of Elden Ring, as it was his death on the Night of Black Knives that led to the shattering of the Elden Ring and brought about the current world order. Fia is wholly opposed to the persecution of Those Who Live in Death at the hands of the Golden Order, and it is her hope that by restoring Godwyn, Destined Death will be restored to the Lands Between so that they may have the option to truly pass on.

A Motherly Embrace That Whisks the Vigor Away

Fia Bestows Baldachin’s Blessing on the Player

After gaining access to Roundtable Hold and exploring the premises, players will find Fia resting on a bed inside a small chamber located on the upper floor. After disclosing her identity, she will ask to hold the player and, if obliged, grant them Baldachin’s Blessing, which imposes a minor Vigor debuff that disappears as soon as the item is consumed. To continue with her elusive questline, players should return often and allow her to embrace them until a new dialogue option appears.

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Since Fia is not likely to open up about the next step of the process until players progress further into the story, they should focus on obtaining two Great Runes and reaching Altus Plateau next. Eventually, an option to “talk in secret” will appear. As the Deathbed Companion holds them in another foreboding embrace, she will implore the player to return a Weathered Dagger to its rightful owner. Though no other hints are given, tracking down the dagger’s bearer isn’t as difficult as it seems.

Players should present the Weathered Dagger to D, Hunter of the Dead. If the player has encountered him before, he should be resting at the Table of Lost Grace in Roundtable Hold. If not, travel northeast of the Summonwater Village Outskirts Site of Grace in west Limgrave to complete his questline. After all is said and done, D will become a merchant dealing in incantations and eventually make his way to the Hold. When ready to proceed with Fia’s request, give him the dagger and reload the area.

In the interim, Fia will have relocated to a previously locked room past Smithing Master Hewg. The player will find her standing next to D’s lifeless body, and though her musings carry cryptic connotations, she will disappear after all dialogue has been exhausted. D’s Twinned Armor can be used later on, but for now players should leave and pursue the remainder of the steps in Fia’s questline.

An Overlapping Journey to the Lands Beneath

Many Other NPC Questlines Converge With Fia’s

When looking for clues on Fia’s whereabouts, it is important to know that her story overlaps with several other NPCs’ fates. Progressing with Ranni the Witch’s questline will ensure a safe passage to subterranean points of interest, where the players will encounter Fia next. The Carian Inverted Statue from Ranni’s campaign is particularly important, as it will lead the players to the Cursemark of Death, which Fia will request at a later point.

Once the players have the Carian Inverted Statue in their possession, they should take it to Carian Study Hall and place it on the pedestal. Doing so will invert the study’s surroundings and allow them to access the Divine Tower of Liurnia, where they will encounter several adversaries before finally reaching the top and acquiring the Cursemark of Death. Afterward, they should descend the crater in the southeastern reaches of Limgrave, which will appear after General Radahn’s defeat.

Upon arrival in the broader area of Nokron, heading northeast of Ancestral Woods will take the player past some jellyfish before the Aqueduct-Facing Cliffs Site of Grace comes into view. Proceeding deeper into Siofra Aqueduct will eventually have players reach the Great Waterfall Basin Site of Grace and a nearby NPC, who happens to be D’s twin brother. The disheartened brother can be given D’s Twinned Armor, and should the player decide to part with it, Fia’s fate will undergo a slight change.

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Before players can continue their search for Fia, they have to face off against Valiant Gargoyle, a duo boss that drops Gargoyle’s Greatsword and Gargoyle’s Twinblade. Once it has been felled, they should interact with the coffin in the area and descend further into Deeproot Depths. If the player has previously explored Subterranean-Shunning Grounds as part of the Dung Eater’s questline and defeated Mohg, the Omen, inspecting the illusory walls in the vicinity of the Frenzied Flame Proscription Site of Grace will also take them to the Depths.

A Twist to Fia’s Final Resting Place

Players Receive the Mending Rune of the Death-Prince for an Alternate Ending

Navigating the entwined tree roots upward will lead players to a Site of Grace called Across the Roots. A short distance away lies an open area that will spawn three waves of adversaries whose advances need to be withstood in order to speak with Fia. After felling all of her champions, Fia will be open to conversation. Asking to be held will grant a Radiant Baldachin’s Blessing, following which she will request the Cursemark of Death. It may take several hug prompts on the players’ behalf for Fia to voice her final thoughts, but once she does, reloading the area will make room for the final step in her questline.

Upon interacting with the Deathbed Companion’s resting body, opting to enter the Deathbed Dream will take players to an unknown location where they will fight the fierce Lichdragon Fortissax. Once defeated, the boss will leave behind 90,000 Runes and Remembrance of the Lichdragon, which can be exchanged for Fortissax’s Lightning Spear and Death Lightning incantations. Returning to the Deeproot Depths will reveal Fia’s breathless shell and the Mending Rune of the Death-Prince, a crucial item to unlocking the “Age of Duskborn” ending.

If the player has chosen to give the looted Twinned Armor to D’s brother, they should reload the area to witness his unrelenting Order zealotry as he gloats over Fia’s corpse. A pool of blood surrounding her final resting place reveals the twin brother’s thirst for revenge, and his fate lies in the hands of the player. Regardless of whether they choose to send him to the next realm, the Twinned Armor Set and Inseparable Greatsword can be obtained by reloading the area one last time, along with Fia’s outfit.

Systems

Released

February 25, 2022

ESRB

M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence

Developer(s)

From Software

Publisher(s)

Bandai Namco Entertainment, From Software