You’ve seen the lilies. Maybe you’ve used the torch. For years, the community obsessed over the identity of the "Saint of Sleep," trying to piece together if she was a separate entity or just another mask for the most terrifyingly "kind" demigod in the Lands Between.
Then Shadow of the Erdtree dropped. It didn't just give us answers; it gave us a tragic, purple-hued tragedy rotting at the bottom of a hole.
The Identity Crisis: Who is St. Trina Elden Ring?
Let’s get the big one out of the way. St. Trina is Miquella. But also, she isn't. Not anymore.
Back in the base game, we had enough breadcrumbs to bake a loaf. You’ve got the Trina’s Lily and the Miquella’s Lily—literally the same flower asset in different colors. Then there’s Fevor’s Cookbook [3], which describes a man captivated by Trina but teaches you how to make Bewitching Branches. You know, the item used to charm enemies with Miquella’s power?
It was a classic Clark Kent and Superman situation, except with more hallucinogenic nectar. But the DLC added a layer of body horror that nobody really expected.
Miquella didn't just "act" as St. Trina. She was a literal part of his being—his "other self" in the same vein that Radagon is Marika. To ascend to godhood, Miquella decided he needed to be "pure." He started lopping off parts of himself like a man discarding heavy luggage to make a flight. He threw away his flesh. He threw away his eye.
And then, he threw away his love.
That "love" manifested as St. Trina. He literally dumped her into the Stone Coffin Fissure. Imagine being the personification of a god's capacity to care, and that god decides you're a "burden" and tosses you into a dark pit filled with putrescence.
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It’s brutal.
The Garden of Deep Purple
If you want to find her, you’ve gotta work for it. You have to navigate the Cerulean Coast, find the massive crack in the earth, and survive the Stone Coffin Fissure. It's a long way down. At the bottom, past the Putrescent Knight, you find her.
She doesn't look like the "young girl" or "slender boy" described in the base game items. She’s a mutant. She’s a massive, wilting flower with the torso of a woman growing out of it, slumped over in a permanent, drug-induced coma. Honestly, it’s one of the most haunting visuals in the whole game.
What Most People Miss About the Questline
Most players find her, talk to Thiollier, and then get stuck. They see the prompt to "Imbibe Nectar" and they do it. Then they die.
"Okay, I guess I shouldn't do that," they think.
Wrong. You have to die. A lot.
St. Trina doesn't speak to the living. Her nectar is a literal poison that kills you, but through that death, you enter her dream. You have to drink that purple juice four times. Each time, the screen goes black, you die, and you lose your runes if you aren't careful.
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By the fourth time, you finally hear her voice. It’s a faint, ethereal whisper. And she doesn't tell you to save Miquella.
She tells you to kill him.
"Godhood would be Miquella's prison. A cage of divinity would forbid his wishes from ever coming true."
This is the nuance people miss. Trina isn't acting out of spite or revenge. She’s acting out of the very thing she represents: Love. She knows that the path Miquella is on—becoming a god without a heart—is a fate worse than death. She’s begging you for a mercy kill.
The Thiollier Complication
Thiollier is Trina’s most devoted follower, and man, is he a mess. He’s obsessed with her. When you tell him that you heard her voice and he didn't, he loses his mind. He calls you a liar. He even invades your world to try and kill you because he can't handle the "gatekeeping" of his saint.
But eventually, he accepts it. If you follow this through, you can summon Thiollier for the final boss fight against Promised Consort Radahn. It’s one of the few questlines that actually impacts the endgame experience directly.
The Mechanical Reality: Sleep vs. Eternal Sleep
In the base game, St. Trina was all about "Sleep." You hit a troll with a torch, it naps, you riposte. Simple.
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In the DLC, everything associated with her is "Eternal Sleep." This is a significant lore jump. Deep-purple items, like the Velvet Sword of St. Trina or Thiollier’s Hidden Needle, don't just make enemies drowsy. It’s a deeper, more permanent state.
It reflects her status. She isn't just a saint of rest anymore; she’s a saint of the "final" rest. She has become synonymous with a peaceful death, which is exactly what she wants for her other half.
Why St. Trina Still Matters (Even After You Beat the Game)
Once you finish the DLC and take down Miquella, you should go back to that cave. Most people forget.
If you return to the Garden of Deep Purple after the final boss is dead, you’ll find St. Trina has withered away. She’s gone. But in her place, you can pick up St. Trina’s Blossom. It’s a headpiece that slightly boosts your max FP. It’s a small reward for such a massive lore journey, but the item description is the real prize. It confirms that she has finally found her own "quietude."
Actionable Steps for Lore Hunters
If you're jumping back into the Lands Between to see this for yourself, here is how you handle the St. Trina Elden Ring experience without messing it up:
- Don't Rush the Fissure: You can't actually get to her until Miquella’s Great Rune breaks (which happens when you get close to Shadow Keep). If you go too early, a golden seal blocks the path.
- Talk to Moore and Thiollier Early: Get the Black Syrup from Moore at the Main Gate Cross and give it to Thiollier. This triggers his move to the south.
- Spend Your Runes: Before you "Imbibe Nectar," spend your runes. You will die. Over and over. Don't be that guy who loses 500k runes because he wanted to hear a flower talk.
- Exhaust the Dialogue: Make sure you hear her say "Kill Miquella" multiple times. If you don't hear the full cycle of dialogue, Thiollier’s summon sign might not appear for the final fight.
- Check the Corpse: After the final credits, return to her garden and then to the final boss arena. Thiollier’s gear and Trina’s blossom are waiting.
St. Trina isn't just a side character. She’s the moral compass of the DLC. While Miquella is out there trying to build a "kinder" world through brainwashing and tyranny, his discarded heart is sitting in a basement, crying for it all to end.
If you want the full context of why you're even fighting that final boss, you have to talk to the flower.