Margit the Fell Omen is one of the first major boss challenges in Elden Ring, and players can skip the fight entirely by avoiding his spawn location. Margit stands guard over the entrance to Stormveil Castle, and represents one of the first truly difficult boss encounters in Elden Ring (of which there are over a hundred). However, players can bypass fighting Margit altogether by completing a large portion of Elden Ring's main quest line and destroying a different boss in another location first.
[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Elden Ring.]
That said, beating Margit's true form is a tall challenge, but shows interesting attention to detail by Elden Ring's developer, FromSoftware. Elden Ring lore is drenched in mystery and intrigue, and the origin of Margit and Morgott is no exception. Margit the Fell Omen is actually the false identity of Morgott the Omen King, a relative of Godrick the Grafted and a Shardbearer. Morgott, who resides in Leyndell, also guards over Stormveil Castle early on in Elden Ring to prevent players from obtaining any shards of the titular Elden Ring and challenging his powers as a Shardbearer. This is also one of the keys to understanding how players can circumvent fighting Margit at Stormveil Castle.
Essentially, if players choose to avoid approaching Stormveil Castle early on in the game, Margit will not spawn. Players can then choose to follow the game's main questline, continuing the story until they reach Leyndell where Morgott resides. While beating Margit's boss battle in Elden Ring is optional, Morgott is not, as players need to defeat Morgott to move forward toward the end of the story. This could prove to be a daunting task, however, as defeating Margit will earn players a Talisman slot, making it theoretically easier to take down Morgott later in the game.
Defeating Margott In Leyndell Prevents Margit From Spawning In Elden Ring
The Margit/Morgott connection is, if not overly practical in terms of player progression, still a great example of the level of detail from the creative development team of Elden Ring. Because Margit and Morgott are the same character, it would make sense that killing the "true" form of Morgott would prevent Margit from ever appearing, despite the fact that they're supposed to be two distinct boss battles. It just goes to show that FromSoftware was duly faithful to the world created by writer George R. R. Martin and director Hidetaka Miyazaki.
Margit/Morgott is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to depth of storytelling in Elden Ring. Some of Elden Ring's biggest mysteries still can't be explained, and the ones that can continue to inspire awe, wonder, and (in some cases) a turn of the stomach in fans. Needless to say, the textured, deeply layered narrative of Elden Ring is always a welcome surprise, especially when sequence-breaking the game is even taken into account.