Sorceress Sellen

Removing your teacher from the Graven Mass

Art by: hachiji800

So at the end of her story Sellen turns into a ball of stone heads... why am I not surprised that a beloved Soulsborne character doesn't get a happy ending?

In the Academy of Raya Lucaria, few are those who haven't heard of the infamous Graven Witch. Known for following in the footsteps of the Primeval Sorcerers Azur and Lusat, she too aimed to study the Primeval Current and elevate glintstone sorcery to brand new heights. However, much like it had happened to many who had attempted to do so, a grim fate befell her, converting Sellen into a Graven Mass. That would have been the end of her story if not for her most cherished apprentice.

YOU

Like many Tarnished who go to the Lands Between, your goal was simple: become the new Elden Lord. You've always been a smart fellow, smarter than your peers since a young age, so it came as no surprise that you'd one day pick up a glintstone staff and start using spells as part of your arsenal. And thankfully for you, the Lands Between was the perfect place to augment your repertoire.

You met Sellen in a cellar in the Waypoint Ruins. She teased you a lot, and she sometimes treated you like you were a child, but you couldn't deny that she was someone important to you. She taught you a lot regarding glintstone sorcery, and in return, you've helped her with whatever she asked of you, ranging from finding two lost primeval sorcerers to killing Starscourge Radahn.

It all culminated in you freeing her from her imprisonment and aiding her in taking over the Academy of Raya Lucaria. She promised that she'd help in whichever way she could in your quest to become the new Elden Lord, playfully adding that you should teach her about the secrets of the Elden Ring once you raise to power and make her your apprentice. Fate told otherwise.

You spent a long time away from Raya Lucaria, preparing to claim the throne soon, but once you went to tell your teacher about it, you didn't find her. Instead, what you found was a Graven Mass that was barely able to speak with Sellen's voice. Heartbroken by your master's state, you entered the Erdtree, and within it, you attained the title of Elden Lord, as well as the power needed to revert Sellen's transformation.

On god, studying Elden Ring is as interesting as it is exhausting. I'm not sure if Sellen's fate was what she had planned or not, but considering Elden Ring's a Soulborne game, I'll go with the worst-case scenario and assume her attempt at seemingly becoming a star was a failure.