I’ve been thinking about Ranni’s questline, which I’ve talked about before. I want to take you on a journey as to how I experienced this questline because it’s so incredible.
In the beginning, I talked with Renna in the Church of Elleh. She was a four-armed, two-faced, ethereal blue being who looked as if she was about to float away. I immediately wanted to swaddle her in a duvet and feed her a cup of tea. She talked about Torrent and gave me the summoning bell. She also mentioned some stuff that made no sense at the time. I tried to find her again, but couldn’t. She never showed up in the church again.
Then, at some point, I was in the Mistwood Ruins and heard a howl. Then many bears who are unusually strong, and I ran away. I went back to the Church of Elleh to do something, probably upgrade my weapon. Kale told me about his friend who howled in the Mistwood Ruins and gave me a gesture to do in return. It’s snapping my fingers. I went back to the Mistwood Ruins, but I could not find his friend. There were too many hard enemies at the time and if you’re in combat, you cannot open your map. So I could not find the Mistwood Ruins while fending of the hard-as-nails enemies. I really tried to find Blaidd, but I could not. I was sad about missing the wolfman, but there wasn’t anything I could do about it. I figured I’d just get it on the next playthrough.
I went through the game and didn’t think about it. Much later, I ran into Ranni in her rise and she asked if I would enter her service (after explaining that she was the daughter of Rennala and a bunch of other stuff). Of course I said yes, little knowing what I’d get into. Oh, and there will be spoilers for this questline, of course, and maybe other parts of the game. She said her appearance was actually a doll and that she was really in a deep sleep.