u/joutfit

So right before Melina lights the Erdtree on fire, she asks us to rest her hand on us for just a moment and then we fall asleep.

She goes on to ignite the Erdtree, monologues at us and we wake up in Farum Azula.... what is going on here?

Side Thoughts:

- I know Sleep is linked with Death and Melina is too linked with Death. She tells us right before that the world needs Death indiscriminate and so acknowledges that even the Gods have their fated deaths. Sleep seems to also be linked to the Ancient Dragons as Florissax offers her sleep to Placidusax.

- Farum Azula obviously is harboring the Rune of Death in Maliketh which seems to fully burn the Erdtree when it is released. So how do we get to there?

>The one (us) who walks alongside flame (Melina)... shall one day meet the road of Destined Death (the path to Farum Azula).

This prophecy seems to answer the question of why were able to get there although it doesnt really answer how. Melina burns and shoots a pillar of gold into the sky as she recites this prophecy and this is what grants us access. What is going on???? What does this represent??