Imagine that you've just got out of your Elden Ring tutorial area. You've just defeated the first miniboss in the area, leaving your hide barely intact. And then, out of the blue the other player makes fun of your lack of Elden Ring Runes an intimate relationship. At least, that's the way many players choose to interpret one of the earliest NPC interaction in Elden Ring.

Here's the full line: "You are maidenless. A little player, completely removed from the power of the runes." What NPC Varre really refers to, although it's not immediately clear to the player that you require a "Maiden" guide to allow you to turn the runes you pick up into stat gains. However, it's more enjoyable to imagine that he's actually calling you to join him in engaging in Elden Ring on Saturday nights instead of seeing someone nice at a bar. This whole experience would be so much more fun if you start out playing as a Wretch, a class where you start with a buck-naked appearance. Forget maidens. Many of the Tarnished do not even have clothing.

Be assured that you'll encounter the Maiden once you've discovered three Sites of Grace aboveground. However, it's not stopped people from adopting "maidenless" as a kind of community joke. While simply calling someone "Maidenless" conveys the message across, some users have gone a step further with the memes. One meme format includes Megamind because of Elden Ring Runes buy the same meme that talks about having no girlfriends.