Story is still retarded no matter how you put it. The logic of
>Great runes shape who you are
>Decay for malenia
>Abundance for Miquella
Made SO MUCH more sense.
Malenia is infected with a sealed god of rot.... Because? How? Why? It's sealed.
And then fucking Miquella. He is young ............ because? There is no explanation. The whole character and environment was made with that in mind. Why they HAD to include all these outer gods makes no sense.