>>79743863Marika is a Numen, which is one of the different human/humanlike breeds
the Hornsent worship of the Spiral and Miquella including a spiral into his own seal and designs (like the unalloyed gold needle) refer back to Crucible (which was either some primitive form of the Erdtree, or something predating it and a source of evolving but non-divergent life, that separated more distinctly as the Golden Order took over) and in general could be referred as the worship of evolution itself and attempt to rise to the level of the divine rather than being subservient
in short, idea somewhat close to Bloodborne that Marika somewhat shot in the leg by giving herself up to Greater Will
what I think it's happening in short is... aliens, again
the celestial things in the stars sent their emissaries/parasites as way to direct or prey upon the races lower on the evolutionary ladder and said races either try playing ball or try to throw it back by fucking with the system (Marika, Ranni, Miquella) in attempt to drive life's ascension
and ten there's chad Goldmask who seems to have corrected the greater Will's messed up messages on basis of pure logic and strict adherence to laws of Regression and Causality