The Pthumerian Queen Partakes in Blood Birth Ritual
Despite the fact that Queen Yharnam has allegedly been long dead since the time of the Pthumerians, she makes several appearances throughout the game’s story. One of the places Queen Yharnam appears within the game is as a boss in the final layer of the Great Pthumeru Ihyll Chalice Dungeon. Kill her and she will drop the Yharnam Stone, which reveals:
“The Queen lies dead, but her horrific consciousness is only asleep, and it stirs in unsettling motions.”
If it is possible for the Queen’s consciousness to transcend death, that suggests she was involved in a ritual birth process involving a Great One. When Queen Yharnam appears in game, she is wearing what appears to be a white wedding dress that is bloodied and torn in the center of her abdomen. This is indicative of a complication during the birth process and leaves a rather important question unanswered. Who is, or was, Queen Yharnhm’s baby? Was it a Great One? Or do the blood stains indicate a human death?
While it is still unclear exactly why she is wearing a wedding dress, the ring of betrothal may give a clue as it states, “In the age of the Great Ones, wedlock was a blood contract, only permitted to those slated to bear a special child.” The blood stains on the dress seem to suggest that giving birth to a “special child,” or perhaps Great One, was so physically strenuous that Queen Yharnam lost her own life in the process. Yet somehow, her consciousness also ascended past death.
