I was sorta thinking about it, and I really struggle to come up with any other turn of events than the one that we got. I have seen that a lot of people dislike the boss, not just mechanically but lore-wise, they thought there were better options. Gloamed Eyed Queen ain't it, I think, she is clearly connected to Hornsent and was merced by Marika; Godwyn is also gone gone. Everyone else besides Radahn is already taken, so he is really the only option left, as you need to also give explanation for why Malenia attacked him.

And then I started to think - why not Godwyn? I mean, he is dead, I know, but why not back then? Was he not kind? We know that he was - was he not strong? Doubt it. And Godwyn, seemingly, would choose peace over war, unlike Radahn, so what gives? And that is when it hit me; Godwyn was already smashing a bad dragon bich, he was taken, so Miquella went "fair enough".

Kinda crazy to think that only thing that kept Leyndell from being nuked by Malenia was the fact that Godwyn already had a big booty dragon wife waiting for him at home. That makes me wonder if Godwyn was, perhaps, on a path of becoming elden lord of Age of Dragons, Age of Rebuilding, where he would bring back dragons from death and establish peace "properly". Alas, story of Elden Ring is not really possible without Godwyn dead.

Blud went "miss me with that incest shit dawg, I already got a baddie that can spew lighting waiting for me at home" and Miquella, for once, could not argue against that.