History Characters / SaltAndSanctuary

* SideQuest: Finding and speaking to him in all three locations he appears will have him give you a Charred Tome, a rare upgrade material.

* SideQuest: Finding and speaking to her in all four locations she appears will have her give you a Frozen Tome, a rare upgrade material.

* IHaveManyNames: When you meet him for the last time in The Still Palace, Jaret tells you that he has held many names and titles long ago. But then he Subverts this trope by concluding that titles, fame and infamy are worthless on the island... And you'll never get to know what those names are.

* TitleDrop: A variation. While it is not an exact mention of the game's title. A line said by Jaret near The Still Palace contains two out of the three words.
--> '''Jaret''': Alas, we are born of Salt, bound by Sanctuary.

* SideQuest: Finding and speaking to him in all six locations he appears will have him give you a King's Order, a rare upgrade material.

* MagicKnight: He wields a huge sword in tandem with Bullet Hell magic attacks

* CainAndAbel: Devara is the Able to Azredak's Cain. Devara is the patron goddess of the Devara's Light creed, and upholds the virtues of kindness, humility, and foregiveness. Her brother, Azredak, leads the Order of the Betrayer, which calls for murdering indiscrimately and spreading malice across the world. And fittingly, Azredak intends to one day murder Devara.

* CainAndAbel: Azredak is the Cain to Devara's Able. Devara is the patron goddess of the Devara's Light creed, and upholds the virtues of kindness, humility, and forgiveness. Her brother, Azredak, leads the Order of the Betrayer, which calls for murdering indiscriminately and spreading malice across the world. And fittingly, Azredak intends to one day murder Devara.

* BonusBoss: Beating her allows access to some unique loot, but is totally unnecessary to beating the game.

* AnAxToGrind: Wields a massive axe called the Headtaker.

* AndIMustScream: It's implied that Hager may still be aware of what is going on around him, and the fact that he is a horrifically mutilated corpse being controlled against his will by a doll.

* AnAxeToGrind: A special case where the fight is against the axe itself, as the Coveting cannot be damaged.

* BonusBoss: Only fought if you choose to go to the somewhat-hidden bonus are of Mal's Floating Castle.

* ConvenientWeaknessPlacement: Slightly less convenient is the Sodden Knight's weakness of Birian Firepots to the back (his cape is apparently very flammable), since you have to buy them for 100 gold each... unless you picked Devara's Light as your starting creed, in which case you're out of luck as your merchant will sell Lightvessels instead.

* DualBoss: Since the Coveted cannot move on its own, the main danger comes from the two Coveting. Whichever is wielding the axe will fly towards you in order to attack you with it while the other fires off magical projectiles.

* FallenHero: The old man who welcomes you on the island at the beginning of the game [[TheReveal reveals]] that he's actually [[spoiler:King Jaret from the original Castle of Storms who fell into temptation and ended up a servant to the Nameless God]] just before the final boss.

* {{Expy}}: The Masterless Knight can be considered one of Siegmeyer of Catarina, due to his love of endless questing and adventuring.

* {{Expy}}: The Nomad is one of Domhnall of Zena, selling boss armour sets after the appropriate boss is defeated.

* {{Expy}}: [[EldritchAbomination Its]] [[{{Cthulhumanoid}} appearance]] is an obvious reference to Cthulhu and its function is identical to the Vanguard from ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'', being a massive starter boss that's meant to kill you and start the adventure.

* {{Expy}}: He's one of Knight Artorias — an [[BonusBoss optional]] disgraced knight who buffs himself up with darkness and has very persistent combos including a somersault attack.

* {{Expy}}: The Nameless God is one of [[VideoGame/DarkSouls Gwyn]]. Both are the FinalBoss of their games, both use greatswords and have a very similar grab attack, and both have [[SadBattleMusic sad piano music playing instead of something more appropriate for a boss battle]].

* AndIMustScream: Also seems to be the fate of The Third Lamb. [[spoiler:While the first two Lambs, respectively the Congregation and the Lady of the Dome, were sacrificed by the Untouched Inquisitor and seemingly have died, the Third Lamb, despite having been "sacrificed" as well, is very much alive. The nature of the ominous sacrifice is never explained, but the Lamb in its current shape is described as "the bound and broken thrall of the Untouched Inquisitor", and it is said that "was made to sacrifice her will in service of the Inquisitor", along with "pride, the praise of her master, and a name".]] The general picture seems downright terrifying and makes killing the boss look like an act of mercy.

* CainAndAbel: Azredak is the Cain to Devara's Able. Devara is the patron goddess of the Devara's Light creed, and upholds the virtues of kindness, humility, and foregiveness. Her brother, Azredak, leads the Order of the Betrayer, which calls for murdering indiscrimately and spreading malice across the world. And fittingly, Azredak intends to one day murder Devara.

* WakeUpCallBoss: The third boss, the Mad Alchemist, proves a challenge for new players. Whereas the first two bosses are fairly ponderous with easy to read tells, the Alchemist moves very fast, spamming his potions across the arena to unleash fireballs, lightning storms, spectral blades, and poisonous blobs. If he isn't finished quickly, the player will be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of spells piling up in the boss arena. Relying too much on sword and board will prove to be fatal, as the elemental and poison attacks chew through your meagre defences at such an early point in the game.

!!The Forgotten Three

!!The Nameless God

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* WreckedWeapon: Ronin Cran's greatsword was broken during his flight from the Castle of Storms. While it's still a potent weapon, it can no longer be considered a proper sword — it's actually an Axe type weapon

* NayTheist: They are stated to revere only the iron will of mankind. Among the three starting Creeds, it is the most suited to builds that rely less on magic and more on martial prowess.

* NatureSpirit: What they worship.

* NoNameGiven: The Nameless God, obviously. Jaret mentions near the Still Palace that while it is humanity that gives names to the gods, but he requests that you must not give a name to the god that dwells in the said palace.

* TheJester: Obviously. He's as clownish as you can expect, and speaks in riddles and rhyme, but you need to find him in order to get a brand.

* KickTheDog: After believing that sin should be made as sacrifice, the Untouched Inquisitor sacrificed everyone within the Dome of Light, including the hippogriff that the Dome's Lady of Light had as a pet.
* KnightTemplar: The Untouched Inquisitor came to a temple that may or may not have been filled with sinners. It is unknown if their sins were real, or just the Inquisitor's imagination, or if it was a combination of the two, but either way, he set to work with a will. By the time he was done, he was the only one left. Not even the Lady of Light's pet, The Third Lamb, was spared.

* KneelBeforeZod: In your first conversation with him, the Scarecrow says that no matter how much you persist, you will one day kneel before him. It's technically true; you're forced to take fall damage when commencing the fight against the Nameless God, making you look as though you're kneeling.

* TheHedonist: An entire cult of them.

* DrivenToSuicide: He is implied to drown himself after your last conversation with him.
--> "This island wants me to kneel. To abandon my soul to it... I can’t... I won’t. I should’ve died at sea. I... I can still die at sea."

* DoesNotLikeMagic: The Old Man at the beginning of the game states that they hate magic, and they have a much smaller selection of spells for sale compared to most other creeds.

* EmpathicWeapon / EvilWeapon / ArtifactOfDeath: It's an Executioner's Axe that craves more victims. The ghosts that wield it are actually slaves to their desire for the Coveted (hence why they are called "The Coveting" in their bestiary description). The description of the scaled down weapon version transmuted from its ashes claims that all of its past owners eventually succumbed to increasingly unbridled and self-destructive desires.

* CrutchCharacter: It is one of the stronger creeds to start the game with due to the high variety of items for sale by their vendors and the ability to get rare weapon buff items. However, it becomes one of the weakest creeds later in the game once weapon buffs become easier to purchase due to its lack of any unique reward items for devotion.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Gods aren't easy to kill, even for one as powerful as the Nameless God. But it appears he found a way by exploiting the fact that GodsNeedPrayerBadly: The descriptions for the Trinity weapons would imply the Nameless God imprisoned the Three (and probably every other deity he's impersonated) inside the Crypt in coffins even they couldn't escape, and started answering their prayers in their stead, not letting a single bit trickle to the imprisoned gods in order to starve them out.

* AlliterativeName: Murdiella Mal.

* {{Expy}}: [[EldritchAbomination Its]] [[{{Cthulhumanoid}} appearance]] is an obvious reference to Cthulhu and its function is identical to the Vanguard from Demon's Souls, being a massive starter boss that's meant to kill you and start the adventure.

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: They’re called [[KrakenAndLeviathan Kraekan]], for one, and they’re mostly aquatic, with [[{{Cyclops}} some]] [[OurDragonsAreDifferent quite]] [[HumanoidAbomination notable]] [[MacabreMothMotif exceptions]].

* {{Expy}}: [[EldritchAbomination Its]] [[Cthulhumanoid appearance]] is an obvious reference to Cthulhu and its function is identical to the Vanguard from Demon's Souls, being a massive starter boss that's meant to kill you and start the adventure.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: She looks human, but she has a candlelit soul, something that seems to normally only be possessed by some gods and at least one very powerful krakean. It's possible that she is some kind of spirit.

A large krakean encountered on the ship at the start of the game. Its main purpose is to kill you and start the adventure, but it is possible to defeat it, in which case the ship goes down in the storm anyway.

* {{Expy}}: Its appearance is an obvious reference to Cthulhu and its function is identical to the Vanguard from Demon's Souls, being a massive starter boss that's meant to kill you and start the adventure.

* OptionalBoss: You can bypass the fight by just jumping down an elevator shaft that can be activated after beating him, leaving you right next to the Krakean Cyclops.

An enormous one-eyed humanoid krakean covered in sea urchin-like spines and wielding a massive axe. It is encountered in the Sunken Keep.

* ItCanThink: The description of the Headtaker implies that it can, despite krakean being generally regarded as nothing more than mindless vicious beasts.

* OptionalBoss: The fight can be easily skipped over if you've killed the Mad Alchemist, as the only thing of note dropped by the Krakean Cyclops is a key that lets you skip the False Jester.

A shapeshifting krakean that can be fought in the Sunken Keep. It is currently trying to mimic the appearance of the Mad Jester in order to prey upon those who are trying to find him.

* OptionalBoss: Can be skipped over entirely if you have the key dropped by the Krakean Cyclops.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The False Jester chose its form in order to trick people who were looking for the actual jester.

[[folder: The Krakean Wyrm]]

A large, dragon-like krakean fought at the top of the Castle of Storms.

* DraconicAbomination: All krakeans are basically lesser Eldritch Abominations, and this one just happens to be dragon-shaped.

An insectoid Krakean that can be encountered at the top of Mal's Floating Castle. She resembles a vaguely humanoid grey moth or butterfly and attacks with blasts of holy energy.

[[folder: Krakean Dragon Skourz]]

The boss of the Crypt of Dead Gods, Skourz is a massive near-godlike krakean dragon that wields power over storms.

* DraconicAbomination: A massive and extremely powerful dragon-like krakean whose lower body is a writhing mass of tentacles.