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| 4 | This page details noteworthy enemies and bosses fought in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII''. Head back through [[Characters/DarkSoulsII here]] for other character pages. '''Contains unmarked spoilers''' (as well some {{Late Arrival Spoiler}}s from ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI''). |
| 5 | |
| 6 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 7 | ! Things Betwixt |
| 8 | [[folder: Undead Traveller]] |
| 9 | [[quoteright:284:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hollow_traveller.png]] |
| 10 | |
| 11 | The siren song of Drangleic reaches undead at every corner of the globe. Many of the undead journey for so long they arrive hollow, becoming the first of many threats the sane ones must deal with. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | ---- |
| 14 | * TakenForGranite: Some of them are petrified and appear as roadblocks in several locations. |
| 15 | * TheGoomba: One of the most basic and easiest enemies in the game. |
| 16 | [[/folder]] |
| 17 | [[folder: Kobold]] |
| 18 | [[quoteright:283:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kobold_3.png]] |
| 19 | |
| 20 | These skittish, dog-like creatures inhabit the small meadow near the Fire Keeper's hut. Are these the Fire Keeper's pets, or simply a form of life native to the limbo that exists between Drangleic and the outside world? |
| 21 | |
| 22 | ---- |
| 23 | * ImpossibleItemDrop: The fact that these things can drop ancient equipment will remain a mystery for the ages. |
| 24 | * MoneySpider: The Kobolds in Aldia's Keep can drop pretty good equipment, like the hex Affinity or the Black Knight Weapons. |
| 25 | * TakenForGranite: Their attacks inflict petrification, so don't get too cocky. |
| 26 | * ZergRush: Attacking one will cause the rest to become hostile and attack you ceasselesly. |
| 27 | [[/folder]] |
| 28 | [[folder: Ogre]] |
| 29 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ogre_1.png]] |
| 30 | |
| 31 | It is possible that the rift between Drangleic and the outside world is a native habitat for the monstrous Ogres, but are beasts like this simply born... or are they created? |
| 32 | |
| 33 | ---- |
| 34 | * {{Acrofatic}}: For a heavy ogre, they move surprisingly fast. |
| 35 | * AssKicksYou: If you hang out too much on their backs they will just sit on you. |
| 36 | * BigEater: After grabbing you they will try to eat you by munching at your head for a bit before finally tossing you to the ground. |
| 37 | * BossInMooksClothing: They have over a thousand HP, their attacks deal big amounts of damage and to top it off they have huge range and can stunlock you easily. For a newcomer, the two that can be found in Things Betwixt will be a pretty tough challenge. |
| 38 | * {{Cyclops}}: They only have a single eye. |
| 39 | * FatBastard: Ogres are quite in the heavy side and they are definitely mean. |
| 40 | * GrappleMove: Their grab attack can come out of nowhere pretty fast and it deals LOADS of damage. |
| 41 | * LightningBruiser: Don't let their appearance [[MightyGlacier suggest otherwise]]- they can move fast enough to take a good amount of your health. |
| 42 | * MixAndMatchCritters: Despite their humanoid appearance they have traits that resemble those of an hippopotamus. |
| 43 | * PunchedAcrossTheRoom: They mainly attack by punching or trying to slap you around, and their uppercut attack will sent you flying. |
| 44 | [[/folder]] |
| 45 | |
| 46 | ! The Forest of the Fallen Giants |
| 47 | [[folder:Hollow Infantry]] |
| 48 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hollow_infantry.png]] |
| 49 | |
| 50 | Drangleic's army could not rely entirely on its gallant knights nor its strange monsters. The true backbone of the Drangleic army was the courageous and loyal infantry. Unfortunately, the years of waiting for their king's return has driven them quite mad. |
| 51 | |
| 52 | While enfeebled, they still defend their beloved homeland from any intruders. Unfortunately, that includes you. |
| 53 | ---- |
| 54 | * MyCountryRightOrWrong: Even after Aldia's crimes were revealed and he was locked away, even after (if [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII the Shield of Want description]] is to be believed) Vendrick had become a BrokenPedestal and seemingly fled the war, they kept fighting to defend Drangleic. |
| 55 | * TheGoomba: Like the hollows in every game, they are the most basic and the most numerous of the threats you face. |
| 56 | * PlayingPossum: Some of them will often appear to be dead and down... only to stand up and attack once the player gets in a certain point. |
| 57 | * TheRemnant: They've been keeping their posts for untold years, long after Drangleic has collapsed. |
| 58 | [[/folder]] |
| 59 | |
| 60 | [[folder:Hollow Royal Soldier]] |
| 61 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hollow_soldier_9.png]] |
| 62 | |
| 63 | The better-equipped, better-trained officers of the Drangleic army, whose heavy armor has rusted during their pointless vigil. Said armor did not do much against the sheer might of the giants, but it is more than enough to protect them from humans and hollows. |
| 64 | ---- |
| 65 | * {{BFS}}: Some of them wield bastard swords, striking as if they were throwing the last of their strength behind each swing. |
| 66 | * RoyalRapier: Rarest of the Royal Soldiers, these enemies use estocs, and can even parry an unsuspecting player. |
| 67 | * ThrowDownTheBomblet: A particular few have dedicated themselves to hurling firebombs at the player, making killing them a high priority to clear up space in a melee. Of course, climbing up a ladder to deal with one particular bomber can lead to the player dealing with [[WakeUpCallBoss a far deadlier foe.]] |
| 68 | [[/folder]] |
| 69 | |
| 70 | [[folder:Flame Salamander]] |
| 71 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/flame_salamander.png]] |
| 72 | |
| 73 | Strange, monstrous beings who have built a nest in the central fort in the forest. Their very presence is warping the environment around them, turning it into a hellish firescape. Who unleashed such creatures? |
| 74 | ---- |
| 75 | * BossInMooksClothing: They are by far the sturdiest creature in the entire Forest, with 3300 HP, and can easily kill you with their fireball barrages. To put some sense in how strong they are, [[ThatOneBoss the Pursuer]] only has 3110 HP. |
| 76 | * FierySalamander: Amphibian-like beings who live in lava. |
| 77 | * OverlyLongTongue: Will often lash at you in melee with their oversized amphibian tongue. |
| 78 | * PlayingWithFire: The live in lava and spit huge gobs of lava at you. |
| 79 | * PrehistoricMonster: The salamander’s boomerang-shaped head is very reminiscent of the prehistoric amphibian ''Diplocaulus''. |
| 80 | * RealityWarper: Their mere presence slowly turns the surrounding area into something more fitting for creatures born of fire. Killing them stops the more anomalous effects (like the source-less jets of fire) but still leaves the area a strange twisted cave of lava rock. |
| 81 | [[/folder]] |
| 82 | |
| 83 | [[folder:Old Ironclad Soldiers]] |
| 84 | [[quoteright:276:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ironclad_soldier.jpg]] |
| 85 | |
| 86 | Brutish, turtle-like soldiers who, one day, simply arrived and took positions within the army during a particularly dire battle against the giants. No one was in any position to question such powerful help. The giants are gone, but the old Ironclads remain. |
| 87 | ---- |
| 88 | * AnimatedArmor: As one of the Old Iron King's creations, they are souls bound to armor. You even meet the more recent models in the ruins of his capital. |
| 89 | * ImplacableMan: Their poise and defense are astronomical. |
| 90 | * LogicalWeakness: Their iron armor is nearly invulnerable, but not against smashing damage such as that of clubs and hammers. |
| 91 | * TheQuietOne: They never spoke to the other soldiers, just fought the giants without a single word. |
| 92 | * UnblockableAttack: Their vertical two-handed club attack is guarantee to smash you into the ground regardless of your defense or shield. |
| 93 | [[/folder]] |
| 94 | |
| 95 | [[folder:Royal Swordsman]] |
| 96 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/royal_swordsman.png]] |
| 97 | One of the most elite of the human-only units within Drangleics army, the Royal Swordsman were trained in the blade and were often dispatched to Drangleic's most remote regions. As the years went on, many went hollow at their new posts, and became yet another of Drangleic's lurking threats. |
| 98 | ---- |
| 99 | * {{BFS}}: Their standard sword is a massive two-handed beast they swing around in large arcs, vaguely resembling a flambart. |
| 100 | * BowAndSwordInAccord: The ones guarding the Sinner's Rise are initially armed with heavy crossbows, but will pull out their massive swords when cornered in melee. |
| 101 | * ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Averted. They are commoners who rose through the ranks, not nobility, and so they could not care less about decoration. Their armor descriptions specifically mention how functional, and spartan, their gear is. |
| 102 | * ExplosiveStupidity: More often than not, the ones in the Lost Bastille end up fighting in areas where explosive barrels are stocked. Nine times out of ten, they end up hitting the barrels with their swords and blow themselves up... alongside you, if you're not careful. |
| 103 | * GlassCannon: They go down in a few hits, but when up against their swordsmanship, so do you. |
| 104 | * ZergRush: Bizarrely for elites, they often appear in far greater numbers than the Hollow Soldiers or Hollow Infantry. |
| 105 | [[/folder]] |
| 106 | |
| 107 | [[folder:The Last Giant]] |
| 108 | |
| 109 | !!The Last Giant |
| 110 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-the_last_giant_315.png]] |
| 111 | |
| 112 | It seems that the trees of the Forest of Giants really are the remains of the Giants from long ago. The Last Giant is the only living Giant remaining within the ruined woods, chained and forgotten in the basement of the old fort. |
| 113 | ---- |
| 114 | * AnArmAndALeg: Deal enough damage to its upper body and its left arm will fall off, preventing the Last Giant from using it as a weapon. |
| 115 | * GameplayAndStorySegregation: [[spoiler: Despite the Giant Lord dropping a soul when killed in the past, the Last Giant still has another, different soul that can be obtained in the present]] |
| 116 | * {{Golem}}: Appears to be made out of wood. Also, it's mentioned that the King made literal Golems using the souls of the Giants he slew. |
| 117 | * GrievousHarmWithABody: Rips its own arm off to use as a club as soon as [[TurnsRed half of its health is depleted]]. |
| 118 | * HowTheMightyHaveFallen: [[spoiler:Once the Giant Lord, King of the Giants, whose war with Vendrick brought both their kingdoms to ruin, all that remains is a shadow of his former self, impaled upon a stone pillar and left for dead.]] |
| 119 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Has a massive stone pillar impaled through its chest. |
| 120 | * ItsPersonal: [[spoiler:Becomes enraged upon recognizing you, the warrior who [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble will defeat him in the distant past later]], enough that he can summon the strength to free himself from the rubble he is trapped underneath and engage you in a rematch (at least, it's a rematch for ''him'')]]. |
| 121 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj2CQdcAzkY The Last Giant]]". [[spoiler:It's reprised in the Memory of Jeigh, when you fight the Giant Lord, because they are the same boss.]] |
| 122 | * MightyGlacier: Is slow, but very strong. |
| 123 | * OurGiantsAreBigger: The Last Giant is part of a race of golem-like beings foreign to Drangleic, unlike the deities of Anor Londo found in ''Dark Souls'' (characters like Ornstein and Artorias were larger than the PlayerCharacter, but still retained human body proportions). Their skin is akin to stone, and they have a hole where their face should be. |
| 124 | * SoleSurvivor: As its name implies, it's the only giant to survive their invasion of Drangleic, [[spoiler:though you can later go back in time, and be a significant part of that exterminating of the Giants]]. This is partly because it was impaled through the stomach in a cave beneath the castle, where it was presumably left for dead. [[spoiler:You can, however, find two Elite Giants deep within the Black Gulch (up to four when playing with two phantom summons).]] It's strongly implied, then later confirmed [[note]]''Scholar of the First Sin'' revamped several item descriptions, including the Last Giant's soul[[/note]], that [[spoiler:the Last Giant is, in fact, the Giant Lord you fight much later in the game, in a journey to the past, due to the area you find him in the present being the same and how angrily he reacts to seeing you, the nameless hero who bested him]]. |
| 125 | * SkippableBoss: [[DoubleSubversion Double-subverted]]: you can get to the Lost Bastille through Heide's Tower of Flame and No-Man's Wharf, but seemingly have to fight him anyway because the Soldier Key is necessary to get to the giant behind the King's Door, [[spoiler:and thus the Giant Lord]]. In fact, this can ''also'' be bypassed by jumping straight to the giant from a ledge in front of the Cardinal Tower. |
| 126 | * WhenTreesAttack: It's basically a mobile, humanoid tree. |
| 127 | |
| 128 | [[/folder]] |
| 129 | |
| 130 | [[folder:The Pursuer]] |
| 131 | |
| 132 | !!The Pursuer |
| 133 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300px-the_pursuer_3104.png]] |
| 134 | |
| 135 | A mysterious warrior who travels by crow. Crows were once a symbol of the Goddess of Sin, long ago. The Pursuer hunts the Undead, perhaps to atone for his own sins. Hopefully, this will be your final showdown with this vagrant warrior... |
| 136 | ---- |
| 137 | * TheAtoner: The descriptions of his sword and shield both state that he's hunting the bearers of the curse not for kicks, but as if to atone his own sins. |
| 138 | * {{BFS}}: His sword is ''enormous''! |
| 139 | * BlackKnight: He's a recurring, treacherous enemy throughout your adventures, and is one of the most ominous figures running around Drangleic. |
| 140 | * BossArenaIdiocy: The Pursuer is blatantly impossible to beat for new players and even experienced players if they haven't min/maxed with the right weapons, upgrades, and build... except for his second potential appearance taking place on top of a wall with two ballistae that remove a huge chunk his health every time they hit. Getting the timing down is a pain, but even solo, it makes the fight trivial compared to straight brawling with him. |
| 141 | * CreepyCrows: He's carried into battle by a giant crow, and the lore in the official guide heavily implies that he's tied to Velka in some form. |
| 142 | * CyberCyclops: A nod to [[{{Expy}} his predecessor]], and makes aesthetic reference to the trope, even if he's an armoured knight rather than a robot. His entry cinematic gives him a glowing, [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Zaku-style monoeye]] in his helmet's visor-slit before it fades away to show his entirely human nose and eyes. |
| 143 | * EarlyBirdBoss: In ''Scholar of the First Sin'', it's possible to encounter a Pursuer in Things Betwixt, if you kill the twin ogres guarding the coffin and return to the area afterward. |
| 144 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He can be encountered on a platform near the second bonfire, well before his mandatory boss fight. Winning this fight lets you skip said encounter, but dying or leaving means you can never fight it there again. |
| 145 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: If you encounter him during his EarlyBirdCameo, he hang glides on a giant bird, then proceeds to slash {{Sword Beam}}s at you that do a ton of damage. It's then you learn you're up against a complete badass. |
| 146 | * {{Expy}}: Of Nine-Ball from ''VideoGame/ArmoredCore''. Both are fought multiple times throughout the story, [[spoiler:one time even two-on-one]]. Both have cyclops-like designs, and Pursuer's colors is an inversion of Nine-Ball's. Finally, there's his movement and the heavy association with black birds (''Armored Core'' uses many themes revolved around ravens, while crows are important for this character's backstory). |
| 147 | * {{Foil}}: Much like the Bearer of the Curse, he's a relentless warrior on a personal quest; it's just that instead of hunting down and killing the bearers of the Great Souls, he's hunting down and killing ''you''. His armour even has certain similarities to the series' IconicOutfit, the Elite Knight armour, only bloated and twisted - and, much like your standard ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' player, he runs around with [[WalkingArmory a giant collection of weapons he never actually uses for anything]], preferring his {{BFS}}. |
| 148 | * ForgotAboutHisPowers: The constantly hovering Pursuer ''can'' and will fall to his death if you bait him into charging at a bottomless pit. This no longer works as of ''Scholar of the First Sin'', however. |
| 149 | * HeroKiller: He's got a huge satchel of weapons strapped to his back that he never uses, most likely salvaged from other adventurers like you that he's destroyed. |
| 150 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: He comes with an attack that skewers you on the aforementioned BFS ''and'' inflicts you with Curse. Additionally, this allows him to unleash magic projectiles that aren't seen if you weren't impaled. |
| 151 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds9rDSA0Mz4 The Pursuer]]" for his proper boss fight. No music plays for any of his other encounters. |
| 152 | * LightningBruiser: Is huge, fast, and can dish out and take a ton of damage. |
| 153 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Has an enormous round shield. It actually makes a return in ''Dark Souls III'' as the Curse-ward Greatshield, a greatshield particularly good at blocking Curse damage, a reference to the Pursuer's struggle against the Undead Curse. |
| 154 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: He's not called the Pursuer for nothing. |
| 155 | * NoNameGiven: His real name, or even if he has one, is not revealed. |
| 156 | * OneHandedZweihander: Wields his enormous sword with one hand. |
| 157 | * PowerFloats: Unlike most bosses, the Pursuer levitates through the fight, an indication that he's far more than just a wandering Undead killer. |
| 158 | * PowerGlows: His BFS glows blue before his [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice thrust attack.]] |
| 159 | * PuzzleBoss: Unless you do a lot of damage, or you're really good at dodging, you're going to fight him using the giant crossbows near him. If you fight him anywhere else, you better be skilled enough. |
| 160 | * RecurringBoss: He shows up as a SkippableBoss in Iron Keep, [[spoiler:and you can later fight [[DualBoss two at once]] in Drangleic Castle]]. He becomes a proper recurring boss in ''Scholar of the First Sin'', where Pursuers harass you throughout the game[[note]]mostly in Lost Bastille[[/note]], and not only are they as strong as the original, but can also perform their conditional magic attack ''right from the moment they spawn.'' |
| 161 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Has a [[CyberCyclops single]] glowing red eye in his introductory cutscene. |
| 162 | * ShieldBash: Which breaks your guard. |
| 163 | * SiegeEngines: The boss area where his mandatory fight takes place has a pair of ballista that can be used on him. However, he can break them easily. |
| 164 | * SkippableBoss: You can get to the Lost Bastille by beating him, or go through Heide's Tower of Flame and No-Man's Wharf. In ''Scholar of the First Sin'', whenever he appears outside of his boss room, simply leaving the room will make him vanish until you die or rest at a bonfire. |
| 165 | * StealthPun: His homing dark orbs are essentially a reskinned version of the spell "Affinity". Affinity had a different name in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI'': "Pursuers". |
| 166 | * SwordBeam: He can fire pointed blasts of energy from his sword as a ranged attack if you're very far away. |
| 167 | * TookALevelInBadass: in ''Scholar of the First Sin'', he takes a page from another notable [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis Pursuer]] and stalks the player repeatedly throughout Drangleic, attacking when they least expect him. |
| 168 | * TinyHeadedBehemoth: His head is about the size of a human's, but the rest is much larger. |
| 169 | * ViolationOfCommonSense: One way to make [[spoiler:the optional fight against two Pursuers in NewGamePlus]] easier is to let [[spoiler:one of the Pursuers]] stab you with his Curse attack (assuming you have enough health to survive it). [[spoiler:The attack animation is long enough that the other Pursuer's AI will assume you left the room and teleport away. This leaves only one Pursuer, a much more manageable fight. You can then return to the room later after visiting a bonfire to finish off the other Pursuer.]] |
| 170 | * WakeUpCallBoss: Unless the player cheeses him with ballista arrows, the Pursuer is most likely the first boss to tell you that dodging attacks is an option, and that unless you have a greatshield, blocking is less sufficient than dodging (and even the greatshield can be rendered worthless via a certain attack that impales you right at the Pursuer's {{BFS}}). |
| 171 | * WalkingArmory: Wears a quiver full of weapons, but only uses his Ultra Greatsword. |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[/folder]] |
| 174 | |
| 175 | ! Heide's Tower of Flame |
| 176 | [[folder:Old Knight]] |
| 177 | [[quoteright:325:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/old_knight.png]] |
| 178 | The giant sentinels of Heide have been watching over it since long before it crumbled into the sea, so long their armor is nearly dust. Their loyalty is only matched by their sheer might, and they stand ready to destroy all who trespass into the ruins of Heide. |
| 179 | ------ |
| 180 | * {{BFS}}: The sword knights wield a chipped one that looks suspiciously like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud's Buster Sword]] in shape. |
| 181 | * TheRemnant: They are what is left of Heide's guards, still standing watch over it despite its crumbled state. |
| 182 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of the Anor Londo Sentinels, although with a wider variety of weapons. |
| 183 | * TimeAbyss: So unfathomably old their armor is more like rust being held in shape by some magic or blessing. They apparently were already old when Heide was founded, an era which dates back farther than any records. |
| 184 | [[/folder]] |
| 185 | |
| 186 | [[folder:Disgraced Heide Knight]] |
| 187 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/heide_knight.png]] |
| 188 | Heide fell long ago, while some remained to patrol the crumbling ruins, most of its sun worshipping knights set out on journeys with no end, no home to return to. Many made it to Drangleic before turning hollow. |
| 189 | |
| 190 | ---- |
| 191 | * ConfusionFu: Their attacks consist mainly of thrashing around their weapons trying to hit anything in the vicinity, making them unpredictable. It works. |
| 192 | * DistaffCounterpart: They're essentially DSII's equivalent to the Black Knights from the other games, being devastatingly strong enemies that are strewn about the entire game in small out of the way areas that can be provoked if no careful, and can even be discovered in the earliest areas. They have 2 differences though; First off being that the large area they mostly congregate in can actually be reached fairly early, and that unlike their black-armored counterparts, barring the Tower of Flame after beating the boss, they're actually completely non-hostile to you at all, content to let you run strait past in front of them unless you provoke them, meaning that they're far more manageable, and for good reason. |
| 193 | * LightningBruiser: Move fast and hit like trucks. They have extremely high defense and poise, and are VERY good at hitting you in unexpected ways even after you've gotten used to fighting them. It's to the point that it's probably a good thing the majority of them HAVE to be aggroed before they make you drop all your souls. |
| 194 | * OnlyAFleshWound: They are visibly covered in arrows and injured, but not only they don't seem to mind, they can still put up a fight. |
| 195 | * ShockAndAwe: Their weapons deal lightning damage. You can actually gain them for yourself as a rare drop if you're lucky. |
| 196 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of Solaire, being miracle-wielding sun worshipers with very similar swords and helmets. |
| 197 | * VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Not counting the patrols in Heide proper (Who will turn on you when the area boss is killed), regular Heide knights are always non-hostile until attacked. You will ''very quickly'' wish you hadn't disturbed their rest, as even the earliest ones encountered can force players in endgame gear to chug Estus. |
| 198 | [[/folder]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | |
| 201 | [[folder:Dragonrider]] |
| 202 | |
| 203 | !!Dragonrider |
| 204 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-dragonrider_4005.png]] |
| 205 | |
| 206 | ->''"Soul of a Dragonrider, who faithfully served King Vendrick.\ |
| 207 | Long ago, the dragonriders mounted wyrms, and were feared on the battlefield for their unparallelled strength."'' |
| 208 | -->'''--Dragonrider Soul''' |
| 209 | |
| 210 | The Dragonriders are renowned as faithful servants of King Vendrick. Dragonriders rode onto the field of battle mounted on wyrms, but this was a hard-earned privilege. The training of the Dragonriders was arduous and fraught with peril. Only the best of the best could complete the training and join this elite unit of Vendrick's troops. Those who failed in this training were torn apart by the very wyrms they sought to command. |
| 211 | ---- |
| 212 | * BadassDecay: InUniverse. The Dragonriders were the best of the best within the Drangleic army. That said, however, the order had waned and every Dragonrider faced is well beyond their prime. |
| 213 | * EasyLevelTrick: It's possible to make the first Dragonrider you face [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQyGb2UKMYM#t=04m40s charge off the platform into the bottomless pit]]. |
| 214 | * ConservationOfNinjutsu: The Dragonrider archer in Drangleic Castle has way less health than his melee counterpart, despite switching to the same set of weapon if aggro'ed. |
| 215 | * DegradedBoss: Non-respawning Dragonrider's show up in a few places as regular enemies in ''Scholar of the First Sin'', including one each standing guard in front of [[spoiler:Vendrick's crypt and the room holding his soul]]. |
| 216 | * DualBoss: Two of them show up in Drangleic Castle, with one initially shooting from afar with a greatbow until aggro'ed. |
| 217 | * InformedAbility: We never actually seem them riding dragons/wyrms, we're just told such in relevant item descriptions. They ''were'' supposed to be riding their mounts at one point in development, but this was cut because the Dragonriders were considered intimidating enough even on foot. |
| 218 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NRB8CdfHBU The Dragonrider]]". |
| 219 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: They all carry a greatshield that blocks most physical attacks. Trading their boss soul with Straid can earn one for yourself. |
| 220 | * MightyGlacier: The Dragonriders slowly move around the battlefield and take some time to swing their halberds, but they deal high damage if their hits connect. Their armour also ensures that they will last for a while. |
| 221 | * NonindicativeName: Contrary to their title, Dragonriders do not ride actual dragons, instead riding wyrms; wingless draconic beasts used in a similar fashion to horses. |
| 222 | * PraetorianGuard: The Dragonrider order serves as Vendrick's personal bodyguard. |
| 223 | * TheRemnant: Very few of the Dragonrider order remain, yet they still carry on their duties. |
| 224 | * SkippableBoss: The lone Dragonrider in Heide's Tower of Flame can be avoided altogether by simply proceeding through the Pursuer's boss fight, which leads you to the Lost Bastille anyway. The two Dragonriders in Drangleic Castle, however, are required to pass through the King's Passage. |
| 225 | * TrainingFromHell: The Dragonriders were said to undergo intense and dangerous training, with only those who passed being allowed to join the order while the rest who failed would be ripped apart by the very mounts they tried to ride. |
| 226 | |
| 227 | [[/folder]] |
| 228 | |
| 229 | [[folder:Old Dragonslayer]] |
| 230 | |
| 231 | !! Old Dragonslayer |
| 232 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300px-old_dragonslayer_7472.png]] |
| 233 | |
| 234 | ->''"The Old Dragonslayer is reminiscent of a certain knight that appears in old legends."'' |
| 235 | -->'''--Old Dragonslayer Soul''' |
| 236 | |
| 237 | It appears that we still haven't seen the last of Lord Gwyn's mighty knights - Dragonslayer Ornstein. But this time, he's alone, and something seems... odd. Instead of the lightning powers he once possessed, he attacks with the power of Darkness. Is this truly the same proud knight faced in Lordran? If so, the flow of time is distorted, indeed. If not, then where else could this Old Dragonslayer have come from? |
| 238 | ---- |
| 239 | * AnimatedArmor: Like the Iron Dragonslayer Armor in ''Dark Souls III'', its implied that this is just Ornstein's empty armor, animated by the Abyss. |
| 240 | * AchillesHeel: Is vulnerable to magic and lightning attacks. If he is Ornstein, this also counts as HoistByHisOwnPetard, as he was rather infamous for using lightning attacks himself in the first game. |
| 241 | * AreaOfEffect: Jumps into the air and stabs his spear down to unleash a shockwave of Abyssal energy. |
| 242 | * AssKicksYou: The above shockwave attack is the same butt-slam Ornstein uses after absorbing Smough. |
| 243 | * BlingOfWar: Wears the same ornate armour as [[VideoGame/DarkSouls Dragon Slayer Ornstein]], although it looks a little worn out and is of a grittier colour. |
| 244 | * CuttingOffTheBranches: The fact that he fights like Phase Two Ornstein from ''[[VideoGame/DarkSouls DS1]]'' seems to suggest that the canonical way that fight goes is with Smough dying first, regardless of the order you beat them in in the last game. [[spoiler: That said, everything in Anor Londo in [=DS1=] is an illusion, so it's not impossible to theorise that the DS1 Ornstein was also an illusion and that this Old Dragonslayer may be a corrupted version of the real thing. [=DS3=] muddies this as well, stating that Ornstein had left Anor Londo long before Smough was killed battling Aldrich's followers.]] |
| 245 | ** This is further clarified in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' and it's expansion, the ''Ringed City'' DLC. Where the player fights another Dragonslayer's armor. Despite fighting with (presumedly) the actual warrior's combat style, the armor is always noted as being empty. First reanimated by some nearby Chaos beings, then later reanimated by a mix of "Memories of the hunt" and the powers of the Abyss. Considering this Old Dragonslayer is literally dripping with the Abyss, it is in all probability just Ornstein's armor, sans the dragonslayer himself, reanimated by the Abyss. |
| 246 | * FallenHero: It is implied through his weapon of choice, his moveset, the design of his armor, the description of his soul, and his possession of the Leo Ring that he is the same Ornstein from ''Videogame/DarkSouls'', [[spoiler:having suffered the same fate as his old comrade [[Characters/DarkSoulsArtoriasOfTheAbyss Artorias]].]] |
| 247 | ** ''Dark Souls III'' muddies this by showing another set of dragonslayer armor that had been [[AnimatedArmor reanimated by the Abyss]], similar to the Old Dragonslayer. Implying that is isn't actually Ornstein, but his now empty armor. |
| 248 | * FlashStep: His spear lunges are punctuated with near-instant movement, although it's less extreme than the previous game's Ornstein. |
| 249 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Once you damaged him enough, he will start using an unblockable spear charge that will impale you for a few seconds before throwing you away. |
| 250 | * KungShui: Much like the previous game, he can accidentally destroy the pillars and chairs inside the cathedral. |
| 251 | * LegacyBossBattle: The most obvious one returning from ''Dark Souls''. Aside from a few new toys to play with in the form of Abyss sorceries, he's essentially a smaller second phase Dragonslayer Ornstein. |
| 252 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFrcmJQencc The Old Dragonslayer]]". Depending on how you start your adventure, it might be your first taste of the game's OrchestralBombing in a boss fight. |
| 253 | * LightningBruiser: Can attack by [[FlashStep lunging across the room and stabbing the player with his spear]]. While he's not as strong as second phase Ornstein and lacks a companion, he's significantly more aggressive in his attacks. |
| 254 | * MeaningfulName: Given ''Dark Souls II'' takes place long after nearly everything in the first game was lost to memory, the "Old" in his name might refer to his status as a relic abandoned by time. |
| 255 | * NonIndicativeName: Either that, or he's just really bad at his job. In the ''Scholar of the First Sin'' edition, there's a dragon hanging out right outside his boss arena. |
| 256 | * PowerOfTheVoid: Can use the Dark Bead spell and unleash blasts of Abyssal energy, replacing the lightning based attacks used in ''Dark Souls I'' |
| 257 | * ScaryImpracticalArmor: Just like the first game's Ornstein, there's little explanation as to how he can perfectly see through his lion helmet's "mouth". |
| 258 | * SkippableBoss: The Blue Cathedral area you fight him is entirely optional and thus not needed to complete a normal playthrough. |
| 259 | * TimeyWimeyBall: Since the player can find Ornstien's discarded armor in ''Dark Souls III'' (which takes place later than ''Dark Souls II'', and its still in a near pristine state (as opposed to its corrupted and corroded form here), it's implied that the armor was cast BACK through time where it faces the Bearer of the Curse. |
| 260 | * VillainForgotToLevelGrind: If it ''is'' the original Ornstein, he's certainly let go of himself in the time between Dark Souls 1 and 2, being fought at a much earlier point in this game than the original and with noticeably lower stats too. Most tellingly, a number of his attacks can be parried this time around, in contrast the original game. |
| 261 | ** The implication that this is just Ornstein's armor reanimated by the Abyss and the memories of the hunt explain this easily by this not actually being Ornstein, thus not as powerful. |
| 262 | |
| 263 | [[/folder]] |
| 264 | ! The Gutter |
| 265 | [[folder:Poison Beetle]] |
| 266 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poison_beetle.png]] |
| 267 | Are these beetles the source of the poison that fills the earth below the mines, or are they merely the only insect that can survive in these conditions? Either way, they suit the Queen's tastes perfectly. |
| 268 | ------- |
| 269 | * PoisonousPerson: Their most notable trait is emitting a poisonous aura. |
| 270 | * SquishyWizard: They deal pitiful physical damage, but the poison the excrete can be deadly. |
| 271 | [[/folder]] |
| 272 | [[folder:Giant Ant Queen]] |
| 273 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/k4r7zqzh.jpeg]] |
| 274 | A queen of the species of giant corrosive ants native to Jugo. Only one exists in Drangleic; its presence in The Gutter seems to suggest that it began its life in the laboratory of Lord Aldia's mansion and eventually outlived its usefulness. |
| 275 | ------- |
| 276 | * NonMaliciousMonster: While it looks creepy, it's non-hostile, and emits an aura that cures poison at the cost of durability. |
| 277 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Was discarded by Aldia after an unknown point. |
| 278 | [[/folder]] |
| 279 | [[folder:Gutter Hollow]] |
| 280 | [[quoteright:243:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gutter_hollow.png]] |
| 281 | |
| 282 | Discarded by society and trapped in the hellish and inescapable oubliette that is the gutter, the despair felt by these hollows awoke them to the dark that is their birthright. |
| 283 | ------- |
| 284 | * CastingAShadow: Can enchant their weapons with dark, seemingly without a catalyst. Their broken swords, once enchanted, are more than capable causing incredible amounts of damage. |
| 285 | * GlassCannon: Deal some of the highest single hit damage of any non boss/mini boss foe. |
| 286 | |
| 287 | [[/folder]] |
| 288 | [[folder:Swollen Mongrel]] |
| 289 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gutter_hunting_dog_1.jpg]] |
| 290 | |
| 291 | These canines were born from experiments by Lord Aldia. They were dumped into The Gutter and hunt undead. |
| 292 | ---- |
| 293 | * HitboxDissonance: These enemies have a massive attack hitbox and can damage you before their attacks have launched, making them a hassle for melee players. |
| 294 | [[/folder]] |
| 295 | ! No-Man's Wharf |
| 296 | [[folder:Hollowed Varangian]] |
| 297 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/varangian.png]] |
| 298 | The fearsome Varangians hailed from a northern continent home to abominations,and the sheer hostility of said homeland made them excellent soldiers. Since the time of the Old Iron King they have alternately served as mercenaries for nobility or raided the coasts as pirates. But no amount of physical strength can stave off the curse. |
| 299 | ------- |
| 300 | * TheBerserker: classic Viking berserkers. |
| 301 | * DualWielding: Some of them dual wield scimitars. |
| 302 | * HornyVikings: played straight. |
| 303 | * KillItWithFire: Standard Varangians will often throw urns of oil at you, a normally useless act... except that other long-distance fighters in the area will shoot you ArrowsOnFire. If you're hit by one while drenched in oil you explode in a burst of flames. |
| 304 | * SinisterScimitar: The dual wielding variants, oddly enough, are armed with scimitars, a rather un-viking weapon. |
| 305 | |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Undead Attack Dogs]] |
| 309 | [[quoteright:183:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/undead_dog.jpg]] |
| 310 | |
| 311 | The curse afflicts not only man, but all forms of life. These vicious war hounds still aid and defend their masters in undeath, but now hunger for souls like all hollows do. |
| 312 | ------- |
| 313 | * AngryGuardDog: Very angry and very hollow. |
| 314 | * PostApocalypticDog: The kingdom may be in ruins, but these feral beasts will still serve their mindless masters, if they have any. |
| 315 | |
| 316 | [[/folder]] |
| 317 | |
| 318 | [[folder:Suspicious Shadow]] |
| 319 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suspicious_shadow.jpg]] |
| 320 | To prevent the outbreak of panic, in the initial stages of the curse Vendrick wanted dispose of Hollows as quietly as possible. But his army, brave and effective as it was, was not trained in stealth. Vendrick was forced to hire strange mercenaries from a distant land to fill the gap, but soon the curse had taken them as well. |
| 321 | ------- |
| 322 | * GratuitousNinja: No less cool for it, though. |
| 323 | * KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: Their job. Everyone knew the undead curse would eventually strike Drangleic, but King Vendrick wanted to delay the realization that it was already present as long as he could. |
| 324 | [[/folder]] |
| 325 | |
| 326 | [[folder:Darkdweller]] |
| 327 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/darkstalker_7.jpg]] |
| 328 | The caves of Drangleic are home to many horrors, but the spindly, ape like Darkdweller is one of the most infamous... And numerous. |
| 329 | ------- |
| 330 | * BatOutOfHell: With their aversion to light, leathery skin, and fanged maws, they certainly resemble giant, flightless bats. |
| 331 | * CreepilyLongArms: Which give them an anomalous reach and makes them very dangerous. |
| 332 | * RageBreakingPoint: Taunt them enough with a torch and you'll find out how quickly they can overcome their fear of the light... |
| 333 | * WasOnceAMan: They drop Pyromancer equipment when defeated and somewhat resemble the Cragspiders from the first game, raising the possibilities they’re corrupted pyromancers. The other possibility is that they hunted down pyromancers for producing the light they hate. |
| 334 | * WeakenedByTheLight: They stray away from an light source. Which is quite convenient, given the Pharros contraption that activates the numerous lanterns hanging above the stage. |
| 335 | |
| 336 | [[/folder]] |
| 337 | |
| 338 | [[folder:Flexile Sentry]] |
| 339 | |
| 340 | !!Flexile Sentry |
| 341 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/250px-flexile_sentry_6844.png]] |
| 342 | |
| 343 | ->''"The sentry crammed inmates of the overflowing Bastille onto a rickety ship, and cast them out to the open sea.\ |
| 344 | The majority of them drowned or starved but a few hardy survivors made land to the south, and imparted their knowledge of sorcery to the people there."'' |
| 345 | -->'''--Flexile Sentry's Weapons''' |
| 346 | |
| 347 | The Flexile Sentry was assigned the task of emptying the dungeons of poor, cursed souls, and ensuring they were packed into prison ships. This lizard-like creature oversees the ferrying of undead into the Lost Bastille. |
| 348 | ---- |
| 349 | * BackToBackBadasses: In the most literal way possible. Interestingly, they only have one pair of legs that belongs to the Scimitar wielding one, making this one appear to be the main body. |
| 350 | * CarryABigStick [=/=] SinisterScimitar: The two halves of the body wield two scimitars and two maces, respectively. |
| 351 | * ConjoinedTwins: Back-to-back, no less. |
| 352 | * DegradedBoss: A weaker Sentry appears in the Shaded Woods, just outside the entrance to the Shrine of Winter. [[spoiler:Two more can be fought in the Frozen Eleum Loyce, in a cavern containing the key to the Frigid Outskirts and the Bone Fist.]] ''Scholar of the First Sin'' removes the one in the Shrine of Winter, but puts a ''respawning'' one in the bottom of Sinner's Rise in place of the Undead Aberrations. Until NewGamePlus, where you have to deal with them and the aberrations. |
| 353 | * DualWielding: It's really more like ''Quadruple'' Wielding, accounting for the number of arms. |
| 354 | * TheFerryman: According to its flavour text, it keeps watch over the undead that are being shipped to the Lost Bastille. |
| 355 | * ForceAndFinesse: One body is heavily armored and wields two maces that can power through most blocks, the other is more lightly armored and prefers scimitars that inflict bleed. |
| 356 | * ForgotICouldFly: Despite y'know, having ''having two bodies'' facing different directions, only one of them will ever actually attack at any time. The other one just waits its turn politely. |
| 357 | * FlunkyBoss: In NewGamePlus (or through the use of a Bonfire Ascetic), the one in No-Man's Wharf will be accompanied by two Suspicious Shadows that will hound you repeatedly, using their claws and throwing knives to build up your bleed and toxic meters. |
| 358 | * GhostShip: Their fight takes place within the hold of one, which you get to ride after winning. |
| 359 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: One of the Sentry's most dangerous moves has it try to pierce you with one of its weapon, and if it does, it will hold you up above itself, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill followed with multiple stabs from the rest of its arsenal]]. |
| 360 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTUeLbDehOU Flexile Sentry]]". |
| 361 | * LizardFolk: It has scaled, blue skin and its heads are very reptilian in appearance. It even lets out an audible hiss when dying, similar to the Man-Serpents from the first ''Dark Souls''. |
| 362 | * SavageSpikedWeapons: The Sentry's club is covered in vicious spikes, fitting for a monster tasked with being, essentially, a jailer. |
| 363 | * SkippableBoss: The Ghost Ship you can sail on to reach Lost Bastille isn't the only way to get there, so killing Flexile Sentry is optional. The [[DegradedBoss degraded]] Sentry in the Shaded Woods can be skipped by simply running past it. |
| 364 | |
| 365 | [[/folder]] |
| 366 | |
| 367 | ! The Lost Bastille |
| 368 | [[folder: Undead Jailer]] |
| 369 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jailer.png]] |
| 370 | Even long after Venn had fallen, the Lost Bastille built by the kingdom continued to see usage, if only because its main prisoner, the masked Lost Sinner, would never see release under any regime. The Undead Jailers have been here since the beginning. Wrapped in bandages, no one has ever seen their true face. Did they burn themselves with the same pyromancies they use to kill escapees, or is something more sinister hiding beneath? |
| 371 | ---- |
| 372 | * BandagedFace: Something was done to their faces that the audience can only speculate about. ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' retcons this to be a trait of serious pyromancers like Cornyx and Cuculus. |
| 373 | * TheBrute: Subverted, despite their massive size, strength and weapons they can also attack with Pyromancy. |
| 374 | * PlayingWithFire: They are pyromancers with an oddly refined, precise technique, designed to kill single prisoners on the run. It more resembles a soul arrow than a pyromancy. |
| 375 | * PunchClockVillain: Whoever owns the Bastille owns their loyalty, regardless of whether they are a noble king or a plain old tyrant. The jailers only concern is keeping people in their cells, and don't care who actually gets put in said cells. |
| 376 | |
| 377 | [[/folder]] |
| 378 | |
| 379 | [[folder: Rupturing Hollow]] |
| 380 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/explosive_hollow.jpg]] |
| 381 | The unfortunate subjects of Aldia's experiments, the Lost Bastille was refitted to hold them en masse, with Royal Swordsman deployed to keep them there. Perhaps Vendrick was not as ignorant of his brother's behavior as he led his subjects believe. |
| 382 | ---- |
| 383 | * ActionBomb: One variant, instead of belly flopping, simply screams and explodes when you get too close. Not that it makes it any less dangerous. |
| 384 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The ones with the red glow deal Fire damage, the yellow ones can petrify you as well. |
| 385 | * {{Mummy}}: They wear faint white bandages covering most of their emaciated bodies. |
| 386 | * WasOnceAMan: It is not clear exactly what they are anymore, seeing as they are at least half metal. Aldia is, according to the official guide, responsible for their current state. |
| 387 | |
| 388 | [[/folder]] |
| 389 | |
| 390 | [[folder: Ruin Sentinels]] |
| 391 | |
| 392 | !!Ruin Sentinels |
| 393 | [[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ruin_sentinel_6619.png]] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | The Ruin Sentinel has no physical form; it's merely a Soul haunting a large suit of armor. The Sentinels are the creations of the mysterious "jailer". There are three Sentinels in the Bastille, with three names: Yahim, Alessia, and Ricce. Were those the names granted to the Sentinels by the jailer, or did they belong to the previous owners of these lost Souls? |
| 396 | ---- |
| 397 | * AnimatedArmor: They aren't actually alive, instead being souls bound to a set of tall, thin armor. |
| 398 | ** ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' reveals in its "The Ringed City" DLC [[spoiler: The the Ruin Sentinels were based off of the armor of an order of knights who went in search of the Ringed City and the Dark Soul and wound up enslaved by the Judicator Giants.]] |
| 399 | * DegradedBoss: You fight a number of them later on in Drangleic Castle. |
| 400 | * GameplayAndStorySegregation: Despite the lore saying they don't have physical bodies anymore, they can easily be poisoned. |
| 401 | * LeanAndMean: They're about thrice the player's height, and are comparatively thin. |
| 402 | * LegacyCharacter: It is revealed later in the series that they are named in honor of [[spoiler: the soldiers of the Ruin Unit, who were dispatched to the Ringed City in search of the Dark Soul and were never heard from again]] |
| 403 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_2_xmIQl4A Ruin Sentinels]]", [[OrchestralBombing a brass bombardment]] followed by a rising EtherealChoir around the one minute mark. |
| 404 | * LightningBruiser: They hit hard with their polearms, and they can move around the battlefield deceptively quickly. On top of wielding a shield, their individual health is high, often requiring the strongest strike type weapons to even dent them. |
| 405 | * SkippableBoss: If you've entered the Lost Bastille from both the Forest of Fallen Giants and No-Man's Wharf, a Pharros Lockstone can give you access to an elevator to the other side of their BossRoom. |
| 406 | * WakeUpCallBoss: One of the earliest boss fights where you realize that you have to move around constantly to avoid getting swarmed by multiple enemies, or alternatively bring summons with you to even the odds. Their health and damage output increase slowly in subsequent playthroughs, and by then you likely have enough experience and equipment to tackle them singlehandedly. |
| 407 | * WolfpackBoss: There are three of them in the Lost Bastille. You can fight up to five at once in Drangleic Castle if you aren't careful about which doors you are opening. |
| 408 | |
| 409 | [[/folder]] |
| 410 | |
| 411 | ! Belfry Luna |
| 412 | [[folder:Bellkeeper Soldiers]] |
| 413 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bell_keepers.png]] |
| 414 | Long, long ago, before Vendrick, before Drangleic, there were two kingdoms locked in hostility. By some chance, a prince and princess from the kingdoms fell in love. Sadly, it wasn't meant to be, and they built two great bell towers to symbolize their grief. The kingdoms have fallen, their names are forgotten, but the bell towers and their guardians still stand. |
| 415 | ---- |
| 416 | * ArtificialHuman: Other than their tiny stature, Bellkeepers look exactly like human beings, but are described as "dolls" animated to defend the bell towers. |
| 417 | * AxeCrazy: The Bellkeepers have grown into suicidal sadists as the years went by. Originally, they were supposed to ward off people from ever stepping foot within the bell-tower. But by the time you find them, they are positively giddy at the thought of someone trespassing into the tower, entirely since then they would be able to butcher and slice up said trespasser. They don't even lock the door. |
| 418 | * KingMook: A Black Phantom version of them will spawn in both Bellfries if the player is offline. |
| 419 | * PintsizePowerhouse: They are diminutive, but all their weapons deal magic damage to bypass shields and mundane defenses, making them really dangerous. |
| 420 | |
| 421 | [[/folder]] |
| 422 | |
| 423 | [[folder:Belfry Gargoyles]] |
| 424 | |
| 425 | !! Belfry Gargoyles |
| 426 | [[quoteright:293:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/belfry_gargoyles_9059.png]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | Gargoyles have been used as guardians throughout the ages, stretching back into the early Age of Fire. What brings these mysterious sentinels to life? Perhaps the sound of the bells they guard awakens them? Or do the gentle chimes comfort them in their long stone sleep? |
| 429 | ---- |
| 430 | * ArtificialBrilliance: Once one is wounded enough, it will fall back and breathe fire while the remainder push forward to protect it. |
| 431 | * BreathWeapon: They can breath fire if wounded enough. |
| 432 | * ContinuityNod: Their boss fight proceeds almost exactly the same as the original [[Videogame/DarkSouls Bell Gargoyles]], as you fight them in a similar boss area with a remastered {{Leitmotif}}, and additional Gargoyles spawn while you're busy fighting the first one. |
| 433 | * DegradedBoss: ''Scholar of the First Sin'' throws a few gargoyles around separate from the boss encounter. |
| 434 | * {{Flight}}: They can take to the air and sneak behind the player with a plunging attack. |
| 435 | * LegacyBossBattle: A straighter example than the Old Dragonslayer. They're way out of the standard gameplay, as is the Belfry Luna area, and they're ''considerably'' tougher than in the original game. |
| 436 | * {{Leitmotif}}: A remastered version of "Bell Gargoyle" from the original ''Videogame/DarkSouls'', this time called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqNpq0BgZBU Belfry Gargoyle]]". |
| 437 | * OptionalBoss: Defeating them isn't necessary to the main storyline, but it gives you a means of making the Lost Sinner's fight easier. In ''Scholar of the First Sin'', the key that is kept behind them is moved closer to the Ruin Sentinels, so fighting them becomes unnecessary even for the advantage. |
| 438 | * OurGargoylesRock: They're similar to the Bell Gargoyles from the first game, albeit without shields, a different weapon, and much more obviously made from stone. [[spoiler:You can end up fighting all six at once if you're not careful and wear down individual gargoyles, as the activation for the next one is triggered by how low their total health has dropped.]] |
| 439 | * ShockAndAwe: When one Gargoyle starts charging its bident, it will soon release a large discharge of lightning damage on you. |
| 440 | * WolfpackBoss: This time there are six of them, and you have to [[OhCrap fight them all]]! [[spoiler: If you accidentally attack a gargoyle statue before it has animated, it will immediately come to life. A careless player could end up fighting all six ''at the same time!'']] |
| 441 | |
| 442 | [[/folder]] |
| 443 | |
| 444 | ! Sinner's Rise |
| 445 | [[folder:Undead Abomination]] |
| 446 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/undead_aberration.jpg]] |
| 447 | A horrific, hollowed thing with the face of a man and a form like a misshapen drake. The stitches and scars seem to imply it was not born this way, but warped by some external hand. Who would do such a thing, and how could they possibly gain anything from reducing someone to this sorry state? |
| 448 | ---- |
| 449 | * BodyHorror: One glance at those things makes obvious that they weren't meant to exist naturally. |
| 450 | * HalfHumanHybrid: Seem to be a half drake, half human amalgam. |
| 451 | * LogicalWeakness: Being part dragons and found half-immersed in seawater, they are vulnerable to lightning damage. |
| 452 | * MightyGlacier: They are slow, hits like trains and are quite sturdy. |
| 453 | * TailSlap: Their most dangerous attack, which has them spin their tails to attack, sometimes twice in a row. |
| 454 | * WasOnceAMan: Heavily implied to be Lord Aldia's attempts at merging man with dragon, locked away in the Bastille once he was done with them like the Rupturing Hollows. |
| 455 | |
| 456 | [[/folder]] |
| 457 | |
| 458 | [[folder:Lost Sinner]] |
| 459 | |
| 460 | !!Lost Sinner |
| 461 | [[quoteright:343:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lost_sinner_153.png]] |
| 462 | |
| 463 | The original prisoner of the Lost Bastille, around whose cell the structure was built. The Lost Sinner eternally punishes herself for the sins of her past. Indeed, she committed what some would believe to be the ultimate sin - she attempted to duplicate the First Flame. %%[[spoiler: The Lost Sinner possesses the Soul of a Great One; she holds the remnants of the Soul of the Witch of Izalith. Eons have passed since the legendary Witch walked the land, but such was her power that it persists even now.]]%% |
| 464 | ---- |
| 465 | * TheAtoner: A particularly extreme example - her ''previous incarnation''[='=]s sins were so great that she's sentenced herself to a life of incarceration and torment to atone. |
| 466 | * AxCrazy: Due to (apparently self-imposed) isolation in the cell for so long. |
| 467 | * BadassNormal: By the standards of her race. All of the other gods and demigods (giant humanoids like Vendrick, the Witch of Izalith, the Four Knights, and Gwyn's family) you face in this and the previous game have some sort of magical trick or gimmick to give them an edge. She's just [[MasterSwordsman really, really good with a sword]]. |
| 468 | * {{BFS}}: Wields a massive claymore with an extra-long blade. Once you kill her, you can turn her soul into the sword for your own use, which happens to scale with your sin level. |
| 469 | * DarkActionGirl: A crazy woman who happens to be ''really'' good with a sword. |
| 470 | * EasyLevelTrick: Subverted. The actual trick of lighting up her boss room is straightforward, but it requires a key that you can't get without 1) opening the path to Belfry Luna with a Pharros Lockstone, 2) beating a bunch of enemies including a Red Phantom to ring the bell, 3) fighting the [[WolfpackBoss Belfry Gargoyles]], and 4) defeating a bunch of [[GoddamnedBats undead dogs]] and ''another'' Red Phantom to actually get to the key, so making the level easier is actually pretty hard! ''Scholar of the First Sin'' made it easier by having the key available only after the [[WakeUpCallBoss Ruin Sentinels]], making it less of a hassle to obtain it. |
| 471 | * EyeScream: In her opening cutscene, a scorpion-like parasite wriggles into the left eye socket of her mask, and she's clearly in pain from it. |
| 472 | * FlunkyBoss: Two black phantoms spawn in NG+ and onward once her HP reaches 60% and below. |
| 473 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:The Witch of Izalith's botched attempt to duplicate the First Flame, which instead turned her into the mother of all demons]] was bad enough that she's still atoning for it a whole incarnation later. |
| 474 | * InterfaceScrew: Her boss arena is quite dark by default, meaning that if you don't turn on the lights with your torch before you go in ([[GuideDangIt not as easy as it sounds]]), your lock-on range will be severely reduced. Since she likes to jump around, she will often break your lock and then sneak in a hit while you're disoriented. |
| 475 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB2CUPPWhr4 The Lost Sinner]]". |
| 476 | * MasterSwordsman: She's an old, tortured woman who's been rotting in a cell for centuries... who just so happens to be good enough with a sword to carve out a place for herself (literally and metaphorically) alongside demons, monsters, and abominations as one of the mightiest beings in Drangleic. She doesn't even need her hands free to dice your ass with that greatsword of hers. |
| 477 | * {{Nerf}}: In a rare display of mercy, From eventually patched her NG+ fight to weaken the phantoms. |
| 478 | * RoomFullOfCrazy: The entire cell containing the Sinner is covered in random text and screenings. |
| 479 | * SamusIsAGirl: The FlavorText for the weapons and armor that can be acquired after beating the Lost Sinner use female pronouns. The Sinner itself looks androgynous and inhuman, and the mask has a beard on it. [[spoiler: NG+ heavily implies the Lost Sinner is somehow tied to the Witch of Izalith (you receive her soul after defeating the boss), a popular theory being that the insect is the same one found at the heart of the Bed of Chaos and is what's left of the Witch. She herself may be Quelana, who left for parts unknown at the end of Dark Souls.]] |
| 480 | * SoulFragment: In NewGamePlus and onward, she drops [[spoiler:the Old Witch's Soul, which is implied to be what's left of the Witch of Izalith's Lord Soul and reinforces the theory that she's a {{reincarnation}} of sorts for her desire to relight the First Flame.]] |
| 481 | * SwordPlant: One of her attacks, in which she jumps high into the air in an attempt to plunge her sword into you. |
| 482 | * WithMyHandsTied: Both her hands are trapped in wrist shackles. Doesn't stop her from wielding her sword well, though. |
| 483 | |
| 484 | [[/folder]] |
| 485 | |
| 486 | ! Huntsman's Copse |
| 487 | [[folder:Captive Undead]] |
| 488 | [[quoteright:322:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/captive_undead.png]] |
| 489 | The Undead hunts during the reign of the Iron King took place in this forest, and the cells in which the Undead were held still stand there to this day. However, the march of time has eroded any difference between the captors and the captives. |
| 490 | ---- |
| 491 | * CowardlyMooks: Two of the Captive Undead tend to run away from the player the instant they see them. |
| 492 | * HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: They're the victims of this, in no doubt due to the Old Iron King. |
| 493 | * KillItWithFire: Some of them wield torches, and they will whack you with them should you get close to them. |
| 494 | [[/folder]] |
| 495 | |
| 496 | [[folder:Undead Laborer]] |
| 497 | [[quoteright:261:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/undead_laborer.png]] |
| 498 | As if a lifetime of toil wasn't enough, these workers continue their duties even in death. And this time, their job is to kill you. Probably as in life, these under-appreciated, down-trodden souls simply aren't equipped for the task - they face you unarmed. |
| 499 | ---- |
| 500 | * HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Victims of this, in no doubt due to the Old Iron King. |
| 501 | * UniqueEnemy: There is a non-hostile Undead Laborer wielding a torch located in the Undead Crypt. Should it spot the player, it will follow them, lighting up the path for them (though this isn't recommended unless you want to [[BerserkButton piss off Agdayne]]). Another non-hostile torch-wielding Undead Laborer is found in No-man's Wharf in the ''Scholar of the First Sin'' edition, acting the same way as the one in the Undead Crypt. |
| 502 | [[/folder]] |
| 503 | |
| 504 | [[folder:Rogue]] |
| 505 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/undead_rogue.png]] |
| 506 | Dangerous in life as thieves and highwaymen, these Rogues are now doubly so in death, as Hollowing has robbed them of their reason. In life, they may have lusted after material wealth, but in death they seek your very Soul. |
| 507 | ---- |
| 508 | * CarryABigStick: Some of them wield clubs. |
| 509 | * CombatPragmatist: They wield poisoned weapons and more often than not will set up ambushes to attack you. |
| 510 | * DeviousDaggers: Some of them [[DualWielding dual wield]] Thief Daggers. |
| 511 | * InTheHood: Their uniforms come with a hood, most likely to conceal their identities before they Hollowed. |
| 512 | [[/folder]] |
| 513 | |
| 514 | [[folder:Skeleton]] |
| 515 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/skeleton_7.jpg]] |
| 516 | |
| 517 | These reanimated corpses are often under the control of a Necromancer, and they will be revived repeatedly until their Wizard is killed. Whether they served the Iron King or fled from his troops in life makes no difference now, as they are the property of their necromantic masters. |
| 518 | ---- |
| 519 | * CounterAttack: The skeletons will rarely parry your attacks and riposte you. Better keep your guard up. |
| 520 | * DemBones: As with the previous game, those are fleshless undead used as puppets by the Necromancers. They have more varieties of weapons this time. |
| 521 | * DualWielding: Some of them dual-wield curved swords. |
| 522 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Some of them wield a shield alongside a Mail Breaker. |
| 523 | * RevivingEnemy: Should they be anywhere near a Necromancer, the Necromancer will keep reviving the skeletons until you kill it. |
| 524 | [[/folder]] |
| 525 | |
| 526 | [[folder:Necromancer]] |
| 527 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/necromancer_7.png]] |
| 528 | The origin of these Necromancers is unknown, but it is possible that they served the Old King during the Undead Hunts in this forest. They are found near Skeleton Lords' domain - perhaps they now serve them as their new masters. |
| 529 | ---- |
| 530 | * MagicMissileStorm: They can cast Soul Spear Barrage, which is a large number of Soul Spears fired all at once. |
| 531 | * MookMedic: They're this to the skeletons, reviving them every time they're killed. |
| 532 | * {{Necromancer}}: Unlike the ones found in the first game (who mostly looked humans), these ones are rather goblin-like. |
| 533 | * ProjectileSpell: They can cast Homing Soul Arrow, which locks on to the player. |
| 534 | [[/folder]] |
| 535 | |
| 536 | [[folder:Bonewheel Skeleton]] |
| 537 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bonewheel.png]] |
| 538 | Skeletons stuck on wagon wheels. Very dangerous when fought in groups or while distracted by other enemies. |
| 539 | ---- |
| 540 | * AdaptationalWimp: Compared to their ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' appearance, they're slower, have less ability to turn or home in on you, have a shorter aggro range, deal less damage, and deal damage less continuously, meaning blocking them is actually possible. |
| 541 | * FragileSpeedster: They're fast, but they don't have a lot of health. Good luck trying to catch up to them should they roll past you. |
| 542 | * RollingAttack: Their dangerous spiked rolls will chip through your shield if you don't dodge to the side. |
| 543 | * UniqueEnemy: They only appear in the Skeleton Lords fight, and only after the Lords themselves are defeated. Even then, only four[[note]]two in ''Scholar of the First Sin''[[/note]] of them spawn after they're killed. The only other place a single Bonewheel shows up at is the basement of Majula's mansion if you use enough ascetics there. |
| 544 | [[/folder]] |
| 545 | |
| 546 | [[folder:Torturer]] |
| 547 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/torturer.png]] |
| 548 | These wicked Torturers don't wield conventional weapons - the tools of their trade are intended to inflict pain upon their Undead victims rather than death. If you underestimate them, you'll find that regardless of their intention, they certainly can kill you. |
| 549 | ---- |
| 550 | * AxeCrazy: They only care about causing pain. Killing you is just a greatly enjoyed side effect. |
| 551 | * CoolMask: They wear iron masks to hide their visage. |
| 552 | * DarkIsEvil: Their weapons exude a black aura, deal Dark damage and belong to cruel men. |
| 553 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: The standard ones like in the picture wield humongous torture instrument/branding irons. |
| 554 | [[/folder]] |
| 555 | |
| 556 | [[folder:Undead Huntsman]] |
| 557 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/undead_huntsman.jpg]] |
| 558 | A massive, hulking beast of an Undead, this creature is disturbingly unnatural. This patchwork monstrosity wields two Full Moon Sickles and swings them with immense power. Who would create such a monster? The Iron King himself sought to destroy the Undead, not create them… |
| 559 | ---- |
| 560 | * ArtificialHuman: Or, rather, Artificial Undead, but these Frankenstein-ian beasts certainly fit the bill. |
| 561 | * DualWielding: They carry a pair of gigantic sickles, weapons designed specifically to cause heavy bleeding when they hook into a victim. |
| 562 | * GiantMook: They're commonly found in the Copse, are much larger than the standard Hollows and hits harder. |
| 563 | [[/folder]] |
| 564 | |
| 565 | [[folder:Skeleton Lords]] |
| 566 | [[quoteright:347:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/skeleton_lords_5718.jpg]] |
| 567 | |
| 568 | ->''"The Old Iron King commanded the capture of all Undead, but those charged with the task were overcome by the curse."'' |
| 569 | -->'''--Skeleton's Lord Soul''' |
| 570 | |
| 571 | The Old Iron King's best soldiers, in their dark resurgence, have forgotten their original allegiance entirely. They seek to create a new kingdom -- one of bone. |
| 572 | ---- |
| 573 | * AndThenJohnWasAZombie: They were once minions of the Iron King who were dedicated to hunting Undead, but they themselves eventually went Hollow. |
| 574 | * BigBadWannabe: For self-styled rulers of Drangleic, they're pretty pathetic - each of them isn't significantly more dangerous than the tougher non-boss enemies you've faced by that point, let alone the monsters who come after. |
| 575 | * DemBones: They're [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin skeletons. And lords.]] |
| 576 | * FlunkyBoss: When you kill one, a bunch of skeleton mooks will spawn and attack you. One of them spawns a massive number of regular skeletons. One of them spawns a smaller number of tougher armoured skeletons, and one of them spawns four Bonewheels (the only Bonewheels in the entire game, and in ''Scholar of the First Sin'', only two spawn). |
| 577 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0pLAjafkV0 Skeleton Lords]]". |
| 578 | * TheNecrocracy: They wish to create a kingdom of Hollows, but [[BigBadWannabe aren't very successful]]. |
| 579 | * PlayingWithFire: One of them is a pyromancer. |
| 580 | * SinisterScythe: One of them wields a scythe as a melee weapon. |
| 581 | * SwordAndSorcerer: Two Skeleton Lords are melee fighters, the third is a pyromancer. |
| 582 | * WolfpackBoss: Each of them don't have that much health compared to other bosses, but there are three of them, and large mobs of skeleton warriors and bonewheels will spawn when they die. |
| 583 | [[/folder]] |
| 584 | |
| 585 | ! Undead Purgatory |
| 586 | |
| 587 | [[folder:Unnamed Red Phantom]] |
| 588 | When you first reach the Undead Purgatory, you will encounter a Red Phantom who will not send you an invasion message - he'll just attempt to beat the hell out of you with his giant sword. |
| 589 | ---- |
| 590 | * ArtificialStupidity: One of the few enemies who won't follow you all the way across the map when aggroed; he'll make it halfway across the bridge and turn back. There are several ways to abuse this. |
| 591 | * BeefGate: A tough fight to warn you that the Executioner's Chariot will not be easy. For bonus points, this is right after you run a gauntlet of four Torturers, who aren't necessarily tough fights individually but can do a lot of damage if you screw up or they decide to swarm you. |
| 592 | * {{BFS}}: Wields a ridiculously large greatsword. In NewGamePlus he drops a +3 Greatsword when killed. |
| 593 | * EasyLevelTrick: There are two different ways to shoot him to death: either lure him onto the bridge and pelt him with arrows while he's heading back, or jump off the bridge into one of the side sections and shoot him while he can't reach you with his greatsword. |
| 594 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: He also wields a greatshield so thick it looks like a piece of wall rather than a shield. |
| 595 | [[/folder]] |
| 596 | |
| 597 | [[folder:Executioner's Chariot]] |
| 598 | |
| 599 | !!Executioner's Chariot |
| 600 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dark_souls_2_concept2.jpg]] |
| 601 | |
| 602 | The Executioner has slain countless Undead, and continues to slay them again and again, eternally. Little does he know is that it is not by his own will that he slays the Undead, but that of his horse. |
| 603 | ---- |
| 604 | * BreathWeapon: The horse can breathe dark magic at you once you free it from the chariot. |
| 605 | * CorridorCubbyholeRun: The first phase of the fight requires you to hide in alcoves to avoid getting run over by the chariot. Unfortunately, the alcoves make you vulnerable to being cornered by the skeletons. |
| 606 | * DeathCryEcho: The Rider will let out one upon the destruction of the Chariot. |
| 607 | * DegradedBoss: ''Scholar of the First Sin'' has another horse show up in Drangleic Castle, guarding the shortcut to the central bonfire. |
| 608 | * FlunkyBoss: Has 3 necromancers summoning skeletons to attack you. The annoyance is slightly lessened as the chariot runs the skeletons over as well. |
| 609 | * HellishHorse: The chariot is pulled by a demonic two-headed horse. It's the real brains of the operation, and the primary threat - the rider is just a mindless Hollow being dragged along for the ride. |
| 610 | * JoustingLance: Trading the Executioner's Soul to Straid of Olaphis will net you a heavy lance that's actually used on the chariot as wheel blades. |
| 611 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3CTxI_zbeU Executioner's Chariot]]". |
| 612 | * MultipleHeadCase: The horse pulling the chariot has two heads. |
| 613 | * PuzzleBoss: You need to lower a gate via a lever so that the chariot crashes into it and destroys the rider and carriage, leaving only the horse, though it's worth noting that unlike most puzzle bosses, this still means you're in for a tough fight after solving its gimmick. Alternately, if you wound it enough while it is riding around, the horse won't be able to make the jump across the gap, and will be left hanging on for dear life. One shot can finish it, kind of like Ceaseless Discharge in the previous game. |
| 614 | * ScreamingWarrior: The Rider, it's hard to hear at first, but he does utter several audible, "Hiya, hiya," shouts as the Chariot races through the corridor. |
| 615 | * SkippableBoss: The Undead Purgatory area you fight him is entirely optional and thus not needed to complete a normal playthrough. |
| 616 | * SpikedWheels: The chariot rather unsurprisingly has them; with good timing you can roll under them during the fight. Afterwards you can trade the boss' soul to Straid for one of the spikes you can use as a lance. |
| 617 | |
| 618 | [[/folder]] |
| 619 | |
| 620 | ! Harvest Valley & Earthen Peak |
| 621 | [[folder:Undead Blacksmith]] |
| 622 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/undead_steelworker_9.png]] |
| 623 | Harvest Valley was the source of the Iron King's iron, until Brume Tower supplanted it. The old smiths and miners of the valley would have been of no more use, had the queen not found a new use for them in her poison pits. Heavily hollowed but still as strong as ever, the Undead Blacksmiths are living proof that technique means nothing in the face of brute strength |
| 624 | ---- |
| 625 | * TheBlacksmith: Was their former occupation, as Venn was a nation rich in iron and metalworking. |
| 626 | * DumbMuscle: Not that it prevents them from crushing you. |
| 627 | * MightyGlacier: High health, high defense, high poise, and incredible damage output. Only their slow speed keeps them from being one of the strongest enemies in the game. |
| 628 | * TooDumbToLive: They're in the advanced stages of hollowing, and often bumble into poison pools or shatter urns as they try to kill you. Both are fatal for them. |
| 629 | * UnskilledButStrong: They are pretty dim and clumsy. But effortlessly crushing you to death with a hammer (usually in just one hit) doesn’t require intense thinking or agility. |
| 630 | [[/folder]] |
| 631 | |
| 632 | [[folder:Mounted Overseer]] |
| 633 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mounted_overseer.png]] |
| 634 | From atop gigantic monstrosities capable of exerting tremendous amount of dark power, weak overseers watch over the Laborers of Harvest Valley. The mounts have as much in common with demonic steeds as anything else humanoid. |
| 635 | ---- |
| 636 | * AchillesHeel: Because of their posture, they have problems attacking anything too high. |
| 637 | * BrainsAndBrawn: Without their overseer, the mounts are little more than mindless brutes. Without their mounts, the commanding hollows are no different from any other Hollow wandering the stage. But together, they form a formidable threat. |
| 638 | * CastingAShadow: The beast can conjure and throw spheres of sheer darkness which are far more dangerous than his bare-handed attacks. |
| 639 | * TheDividual: Never seen apart, both master and steed function as one hulking enemy. |
| 640 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: In their death animation, the overseer falls from their mount, before being swiftly crushed by its falling bulk. |
| 641 | * ShoulderTeammate: The overseer for its mount. |
| 642 | |
| 643 | [[/folder]] |
| 644 | |
| 645 | [[folder:Desert Sorceress]] |
| 646 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/desert_sorceress_9.jpg]] |
| 647 | |
| 648 | ->''"Desert Sorceresses have enchanting looks, and they use them to catch people off guard.\ |
| 649 | Oddly enough, even those who are perceptive enough to realize the ploy fall prey to their seductions with alarming regularity."'' |
| 650 | -->'''--Desert Sorceress Set''' |
| 651 | |
| 652 | The underhanded Sorceresses of Jugo have a history of luring men to their deaths through their great beauty and deadly pyromancies. So enchanting are their looks, that a shocking number of men fall for their seductions fully aware of their eventual fate. Beings so obsessed with beauty would naturally be drawn to the land of Mytha, who had been said to have unlocked the secret of eternal youth. |
| 653 | ---- |
| 654 | * DepravedBisexual: They have no qualms seducing female character with their kiss of death. |
| 655 | * GlassCannon: Go down really quickly if you can get hits on them [[spoiler:or, with the right gear, the poison jugs that most of them stand next to]], because what little clothing they ''are'' wearing has no protective value, but their explosions can ''obliterate'' you if you get cocky. |
| 656 | * HavingABlast: Their strongest Pyromancy is highly explosive. |
| 657 | * HoneyTrap: Kill the men they seduce. |
| 658 | * KickThemWhileTheyreDown: They have an oddly unused grab attack where they [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJuvx1YF3KI spank and kick]] the player's ass. |
| 659 | * KillItWithFire: They rely on their powerful pyromancies to take the the player out. |
| 660 | * KissOfDeath: Their most dangerous move is one only used up close, where they lean in and blow a kiss... and the air in-front of them combusts into a massive explosion. It can kill players in a single hit, even through shields. |
| 661 | * LadyOfBlackMagic: Seductive Jugo Sorceresses dressed in revealing clothing to show their great beauty, and deadly pyromancers. |
| 662 | * MsFanservice: Wear the most overtly sexual outfit in the entire series. |
| 663 | * OpenSecret: The fate of the men they seduce is well known, even though they feign innocence. |
| 664 | * {{Stripperiffic}}: They look like they walked out of a Creator/FrankFrazetta painting. |
| 665 | * SquishyWizard: Despite their powerful fire attacks, if you can get within range they typically go down in only one or two hits. Justified, considering that they're literally not wearing armor. |
| 666 | * WorthIt: Despite knowing it will more often than not end with them fried to a crisp, men still sleep with them. |
| 667 | |
| 668 | [[/folder]] |
| 669 | |
| 670 | [[folder:Manikin]] |
| 671 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/manikin.png]] |
| 672 | ->''"A fickle queen gave them life, and tore off their faces. How else could she forgive those who dared gaze upon her?"'' |
| 673 | -->'''--Manikin Mask description''' |
| 674 | |
| 675 | These advanced puppets were given life by the Baneful Queen, and she uses them to lure unsuspecting fools into her traps. Once upon a time, the Manikins had heads, but the Queen ripped off their faces in a fit of rage. Watch yourself, or yours will be next. |
| 676 | |
| 677 | A fickle queen gave them life, and tore off their faces. How else could she forgive those who dared gaze upon her? The peculiar art of puppetry is a vestige of the two lost lands. A queen breathed life into these dolls with the very miasma that afflicted her poison-drenched bosom, so that she would have slaves to serve her temperamental will. |
| 678 | ---- |
| 679 | * ArtificialHuman: Man-sized puppets who serve their queen. |
| 680 | * TheFaceless: Quite literally, in that their heads have been torn from their shoulders by their queen and maker. |
| 681 | * MurderousMannequin: Though they aren't for display purposes, these tricky creatures are no less dangerous. |
| 682 | * PoisonousPerson: As with most everything else in Earthen Peak, every weapon they use is coated in poison. |
| 683 | * SinisterScimitar: They wield sabers, though [[MisidentifiedWeapons look more like a falcata]] instead. |
| 684 | |
| 685 | [[/folder]] |
| 686 | |
| 687 | [[folder:Covetous Demon]] |
| 688 | |
| 689 | !! Covetous Demon |
| 690 | [[quoteright:304:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/covetousdemon_5734.png]] |
| 691 | ->''"Eating is an expression of desire. There once was a man whose deep affections were unrequited. He transformed into the Covetous Demon, which only made him lonelier than before."'' |
| 692 | -->'''--Covetous Demon Soul''' |
| 693 | |
| 694 | The monster known as the Covetous Demon was once a man; a man whose love was unrequited. He expressed his desire by eating, and eventually transformed into the Covetous Demon. Is it some sick sense of love that it remains by the Queen's side? And why does the Queen permit and indulge this fiend's gluttony? Perhaps she wishes only to be desired. |
| 695 | ---- |
| 696 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: It's stated that the Covetous Demon was once a man who loved Queen Mytha even after the Iron King banished her to the Earthen Peak, following her anyway. However, since Mytha had no affection for anyone other than the king... |
| 697 | * DegradedBoss: A frost-white variant can be fought as a miniboss in the Burnt Ivory King DLC. |
| 698 | * FatBastard: He's a massive, sluggish abomination that draws parallels to [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Jabba the Hutt]]. He can even flail around and crush you under his weight! |
| 699 | * IAmAHumanitarian: Above him are urns containing prisoners. Break them with a strong enough ranged attack like an iron arrow or heavy bolt, and he'll stop to eat them whole, leaving him wide open. He furthermore has an attack that not only chomps on you, [[MooksAteMyEquipment but also unequips all of of your gear]]. |
| 700 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvSbAVBVBqU Covetous Demon]]", which oddly resembles "Scorpioness Najka" in composition. |
| 701 | * MightyGlacier: He hits pretty hard, but is perhaps the slowest boss in the game, with heavily telegraphed attacks. |
| 702 | * MooksAteMyEquipment: He's far from a mook, but one of his attacks involves gobbling up the player, chewing them up a little, and then spitting them back out with all of their gear unequipped. |
| 703 | * MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Has a wide mouth full of pointy teeth. |
| 704 | * PlayingWithFire: Spits fireballs at the player. |
| 705 | * RecurringElement: A fairly subtle one to the [[Videogame/DarkSouls Gaping Dragon]], as both beings were once normal before being consumed by their abnormal hunger and transformed into grotesque monsters driven by nothing but gluttony. Furthermore, they both have an attack that involves [[IAmAHumanitarian eating you]]. |
| 706 | * RollingAttack: A two-stage one. First, he'll flop onto the side. After a brief pause, he'll either finish the roll or start flailing around like a fish out of water, depending on where the player is. |
| 707 | * TailSlap: If you stand behind him, the Demon will try to smash you with his tail. |
| 708 | * WasOnceAMan: His gluttony twisted him so much that he became the disgusting creature you fight. |
| 709 | |
| 710 | [[/folder]] |
| 711 | |
| 712 | [[folder:Mytha, the Baneful Queen]] |
| 713 | |
| 714 | !! Mytha, the Baneful Queen |
| 715 | [[quoteright:295:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mytha_791.png]] |
| 716 | |
| 717 | ->''"The Queen sought the King's affection, even poisoning herself to attain beauty, despite the monstrous consequences. All for the compelling madness known as love."'' |
| 718 | -->'''--Mytha, the Baneful Queen Soul''' |
| 719 | |
| 720 | Once, long ago, Mytha was the fairest queen in all the land. Throughout the two kingdoms, none was more beautiful. Ever seeking the attentions of the King, she willingly poisoned herself in her eternal search for true beauty; she ultimately transformed into a monstrous snake-like creature. What passion fueled this change? Or is it a natural effect of the poison dredged up from the depths of the earth? |
| 721 | ---- |
| 722 | * AcquiredPoisonImmunity: To the point that poison heals her. |
| 723 | * GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: If her title is of any indication, that is. Gilligan even says that her folly will get all the remaining residents of Harvest Valley killed. |
| 724 | * GreenEyedMonster: Her beloved, hinted to be the Old Iron King, had eyes for another (implied to be the princess of Venn). Nothing ever came of it on his end, but nor did he ever give Mytha any love in return. This drove her mad to the point of poisoning herself into becoming a monster, all for the sake of attaining further beauty. |
| 725 | * KillItWithFire: The poison that she bathes in allegedly burns very well. So does she (just ask [[PlayingWithFire Jester Thomas]]). |
| 726 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqeH9cAKvIY Mytha, the Baneful Queen]]". |
| 727 | * LosingYourHead: Mytha carries her severed head in one hand, which she uses as a Sorcery catalyst. |
| 728 | * MakeMeWannaShout: Whenever she casts a spell or uses her "head bomb", her head lets out a shrill shriek. |
| 729 | * RegeneratingHealth: As mentioned above, Mytha recovers health from poison. Her boss arena is filled with a pool of poison, which the Earthen Peak windmill draws from below Harvest Valley. [[GuideDangIt Unless you find a way to drain the poison]], Mytha's health will regenerate during the fight. |
| 730 | * SnakePeople: Mytha turned into one of these due to her use of poison in order to obtain eternal beauty. She can even use her serpentine body to ensnare the player and crush them. |
| 731 | * YourHeadAsplode: Mytha will occasionally throw her own head, using it as a Sorcery-powered grenade. |
| 732 | |
| 733 | [[/folder]] |
| 734 | |
| 735 | ! Iron Keep |
| 736 | [[folder:Alonne Knights]] |
| 737 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alonne_knight_8.jpg]] |
| 738 | |
| 739 | ->''"The bonds of the Alonne Knights, who served the Old Iron King, were mightier than the land's iron, but in the end the knights were subsumed by the flames that brought the castle down."'' |
| 740 | -->'''--Alonne Knight Set''' |
| 741 | |
| 742 | The Alonne Knights' loyalty to one another is the stuff of legends, and they held fast in their positions even as the once-great Iron Keep sank into the fiery earth. Named after the Iron King's closest ally, Sir Alonne. |
| 743 | |
| 744 | The blades they wield were forged by one of the true artisans entertained by the Iron King during his kingdom's heyday. |
| 745 | ---- |
| 746 | * BowAndSwordInAccord: Some of them are equipped with the Alonne Greatbow, and they'll use it to snipe intruders with lethal precision. Get close enough to them and they will switch to their Blacksteel Katana for melee combat. |
| 747 | * EliteMooks: The Alonne Knight Captains have a fancier looking armor, are bigger than normal Alonne Knights, and use an unobtainable katana that lights up with lightning when drawn to attack. |
| 748 | * GlassCannon : They're surprisingly not durable despite towering over the player and being armored, but their katana and greatbow can easily shave off your health in seconds if they connect. |
| 749 | * GreatBow: The Alonne Greatbow towers over them, and it can fire much larger projectiles than ordinary bows. |
| 750 | * IaijutsuPractitioner: They attack you by quickly drawing their swords and slashing you in one strike before pausing. The Alonne Knight Captains are even more impressive, unleashing a lighting quick attack before sheathing the katana in style. |
| 751 | * KatanasAreJustBetter: Their Blacksteel Katana is one of the best dexterity weapons in the game, reaching S scaling just after upgrading twice. |
| 752 | * {{Samurai}}: Despite being armored knights, everything about these warriors screams Samurai, from their code of honor to their swift katana strikes. Unsurprising, given the man who gave their inspiration and namesake ''is'' a samurai. |
| 753 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Of the Silver Knights from ''Dark Souls I'', being knights that remain loyal to their deceased lord and continue to protect his domain as well as the usage of greatbows for long range attacks. They even share the same death cries. |
| 754 | * UnusableEnemyEquipment: The Alonne Knight Captains wield unique lighting katanas, while you can only obtain the regular knights' Blacksteel Katana. |
| 755 | * ZergRush: They have a tremendous aggro range, and it's very easy to get chased around by multiple Alonne Knights and getting sniped by far away ones if you are careless. |
| 756 | |
| 757 | [[/folder]] |
| 758 | |
| 759 | [[folder:Smelter Demon]] |
| 760 | |
| 761 | !! Smelter Demon |
| 762 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300px-smelter_demonjpeg_4320.jpg]] |
| 763 | [[caption-width-right:319:[[labelnote:Click here to see the Smelter Demon found in the Iron Passage]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blue_smelter_demon_7169.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 764 | |
| 765 | ->''"The Old Iron King's life was taken by a mass of iron that had been given a soul. Was this metal goliath there from the beginning, or was it a product of the king's conceit?"'' |
| 766 | -->'''--Smelter Demon Soul''' |
| 767 | |
| 768 | A mass of iron that came to life, the Smelter Demon was responsible for the fall of the Old Iron King and his castle. From the depths of the earth it sprang, and incinerated the short-sighted king in a single blow. |
| 769 | |
| 770 | While it initially appears to be the only one, there is another deep within the Brume Tower's Iron Passage. An older one, powered by magic rather than fire. |
| 771 | ---- |
| 772 | * AnimatedArmor: It's a mass of iron that's been given a soul. |
| 773 | * BellyMouth: While it's almost impossible to see during the fight, the two halves of the Smelter Demon's torso create a fanged mouth where its belly should be, with a pair of eyes holes in the breastplate above it that create a snarling face, an effect reinforced by the blank, gaping hole in its head where it's actual face should be. |
| 774 | * {{BFS}} Wields an enormous iron sword. If you damage the boss enough, it'll stick the blade in its molten core, [[FlamingSword setting it aflame for extra damage]]. The blue Smelter Demon in the DLC takes it a step further by elongating the burning blade's reach, making for wonky hitbox shenanigans. |
| 775 | * EyelessFace: Its face is a caved-in pit, similar to a Giant's. |
| 776 | * FlamingSword : While not flaming initially, the boss will eventually set its {{BFS}} on fire. |
| 777 | * HornedHumanoid: Its helmet sports two large protrusions on the sides that resemble the horns of some kinds of bull. The Smelter Demon found in the DLC has a more ornate helm, also decorated with bull-like horns. |
| 778 | * KickTheSonOfABitch: The first thing it did after coming to life is incinerating the Iron King, but let's face it; the latter indulged in such decadences that [[AssholeVictim it's hard to feel sorry for his death]]. |
| 779 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOQCNMrPBRQ Ruin Sentinels]]", shared with the bosses of the same name. |
| 780 | * MageKiller: While the first smelter demon falls to spells pretty quickly, the blue smelter demon has ''ludicrously'' high magic resistance; any magic attack, be it a spell or a Magic weapon, will barely scratch him. Most mage characters either skip him or temporarily respec for the fight. |
| 781 | * MagicKnight: The blue Smelter Demon found in the Iron Passage deals magic damage instead of fire, and can launch a magic explosion with an overhead swing once its {{BFS}} is set aflame. |
| 782 | * MightyGlacier: A very slow opponent, but one that can easily take off chunks of health per swing. Not only that, but its long reach and the small size of its boss arena makes it hard to avoid its attacks. |
| 783 | * MultipleChoicePast: It's left unclear whether or not the Old Iron King created the Smelter Demon, or discovered it as his castle sank into the earth. The Smelter Sword suggests that the Smelter Demon was born independent of the Old Iron King's actions, but the Aged Smelter Sword mentions that the King created soul-infused automatons, including perhaps the Smelter Demon itself. It's possible that the Blue Smelter Demon was crafted and the Red Smelter Demon was not, or some other combination that makes both backstories equally true, but either way the Red Smelter Demon certainly killed him. |
| 784 | * OptionalBoss: Another Smelter Demon appears at the end of the Iron Passage in the ''Crown of the Old Iron King'', and is cut off from the rest of the DLC area. Not only is it much tougher than the base game counterpart, but the reward for beating it is a piece of equipment that makes your life easier against the fire present throughout the level. |
| 785 | * OurDemonsAreDifferent: It has the "Demon" in its name, but other than that it's a large AnimatedArmor burning with the fury of an inferno. |
| 786 | * PlayingWithFire: It will cover its body, and later its sword, in flames to deal extra damage. |
| 787 | * ReplacementGoldfish: May have been created as one for Sir Alonne, sharing some of the same attacks with him, most notably the huge leaping SwordPlant. And then there's Smelter's rather... [[{{Seppuku}} interesting]]... method of buffing its weapon. |
| 788 | * ShoutOut: It backstory and intimidating behaviour draw parallels to [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings the Balrog]]. It's a demonic entity awoken by a greedy king who DugTooDeep in search of valuable metals, and who proceeded to kill said king and bring ruin on his kingdom. |
| 789 | * SkippableBoss: Its defeat isn't required to progress in Iron Keep, but it does get you a bonfire. Returning to its boss room after its defeat will also trigger a fight with the Pursuer that gets you the very useful Ring of Blades +1. |
| 790 | * SwordPlant: The Smelter Demon usually finishes its sword combos with one, though it's rather predictable and it stays still for its duration. But if you linger too close afterwards, it will unleash [[SphereOfDestruction a very damaging burst of energy]]. After it creates its FlamingSword, the area of effect doubles in size. |
| 791 | * TechnicolorFire: The Smelter Demon appearing in the DLC has blue flames, and similarly ignites its sword in pale blue fire. It's also a ''lot'' more powerful, and deals magic damage instead of fire. |
| 792 | * TorsoWithAView: Its upper body and pelvis are separated by a glowing core of fire lined with fangs, strongly resembling [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Nightmare's]] design in ''Soulcalibur IV''. |
| 793 | * TurnsRed: Twice, and both events happen fairly early on. First, the Smelter Demon will wreathe itself in the flames from its core; darkening the arena and giving it an aura that burns the player when they get close. After a little longer, the Demon will drive its own sword into its core to ignite it, giving its normal attacks additional fire damage. |
| 794 | * TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: The lore descriptions on its items suggest that the Old Iron King might have created the Smelter Demon, rather than simply finding it. |
| 795 | * WakeUpCallBoss: Both of its enhanced states are designed to counter two of the most common boss-fighting tactics employed by players; namely getting close and strafing around (damaging aura), and hiding behind a strong shield (bypass with elemental damage). |
| 796 | |
| 797 | [[/folder]] |
| 798 | |
| 799 | [[folder:Old Iron King]] |
| 800 | |
| 801 | !! Old Iron King |
| 802 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/old_iron_king_2_4068.jpg]] |
| 803 | |
| 804 | ->''"Soul of the Old Iron King, who succumbed to the flames that swallowed his castle.\ |
| 805 | The Iron King's flesh was charred, and his soul possessed by the things that lurk below."'' |
| 806 | -->'''--Old Iron King Soul''' |
| 807 | |
| 808 | A powerful but short-sighted king who exalted the virtue of might, the Old Iron King has been transformed into a demon. As his flesh burned away, his soul was possessed by the wicked things that lurk below, becoming Ichorous Earth. %%[[spoiler: He possesses the soul of an ancient king from long ago - a king who met with a similar fate when he reached into the flames.]]%% |
| 809 | |
| 810 | ''Crown of the Old Iron King'' expands a bit on his history: he was once a minor lord who enfeebled himself after having spent all his resources on the barren kingdom of Venn. He would have been condemned to mediocrity had he not stumbled upon the service of Sir Alonne and the Scorching Iron Sceptre, which allowed him to mold iron freely. |
| 811 | ---- |
| 812 | * AnimalMotif: The symbol of his kingdom was the bull/minotaur. Both Iron Keep and Brume Tower are littered with cast iron mounted bull's head displays/busts and the occasional minotaur statue. He even commissioned a minotaur's head helmet, and if you look to where you came from at his boss arena, there's a gigantic bull's head that spouts flame from its nostrils (and contains a bonfire and switch to deactivate all the fire traps). His new form also has bull-like horns. Appropriate, considering how damn bull-headed he was to make something of his kingdom. |
| 813 | * AssholeVictim: The king greedily mined his own kingdom to ruin and snubbed his own queen in favor of another. It's also heavily implied that he hunted the Undead for sport and tortured them for kicks, given the close proximity of the Huntsman's Copse and the Undead Purgatory. Make no mistake, he ''deserved'' to be incinerated by the Smelter Demon. |
| 814 | * BigRedDevil: He was transformed into "Ichorous Earth", a humanoid demon with horns, bat-wings, and skin made out of volcanic rock. And you fight him in an area that couldn't be more at home in Hell. |
| 815 | * BossArenaIdiocy: You can take cover from his fire breath behind the building the fight takes place around, but the little space to move on and a hole right next to the fog gate that more than compensates for that trick and makes NPC summons pointless since they'll most likely get blasted off the platform. |
| 816 | * BreathWeapon: He'll occasionally breathe fire either over a wide range or just straight ahead to try to blow the player off the platform. It'll typically happen one after the other until he decides to dive if the player takes cover behind the nearby wall. |
| 817 | * CameBackStrong: Regardless of how great the Old Iron King was before his death at the hands of the Smelter Demon, something possessed his corpse in the lava and turned him into the hideously powerful being known as Ichorous Earth. |
| 818 | * CollectorOfTheStrange: The descriptions of several unusual weapons sold by Chancellor Wellager reveal that they come straight from the collection of the Old Iron King. |
| 819 | * DrunkWithPower: His obsession with power and might is his defining trait. He entertained himself with Undead hunting, molded huge iron structures and statues (some of them [[LivingStatue animated]]) just because he could, consequences be damned, and it's implied he tried to conquer life forces themselves, which resulted in AnimatedArmor Army of Ironclads and Iron Warriors. This culminated with him building a solid iron citadel so massive it sunk into the ground under its sheer weight (building it on heavily mined-out ''volcanic lands'' didn't help either) and possibly a creation of Smelter Demon(s), these events costing him his life and humanity and toppling his kingdom. The description of the Brume Tower key even mentions a legend where he tried to create a ''dragon'' made of iron. |
| 820 | * DugTooDeep: He mined enormous amounts of iron to build his castle. This awoke the Smelter Demon, and directly resulted in the king's demise, after which his corpse was revived as the monstrosity you fight. |
| 821 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: He's only called the "Old Iron King" because its the only thing he's referred to as. His real name is unknown, and the "Ichorous Earth" title is only mentioned in the description of the Iron King Hammer and an offhand comment from Shalquoir. Although early builds of the game did have Ichorous Earth as the name above his health bar. |
| 822 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Started out as a minor noble stuck with nearly worthless land. Then he received two strokes of great luck: he became friends with the mighty Sir Alonne, and discovered an Iron Sceptre that allowed him to mine his land's rich mineral deposits. Eventually he became DrunkWithPower, becoming a cruel tyrant who would reduce his own kingdom to a lifeless wasteland. Then he sank into the lava, came into contact with... something, and became the being nicknamed "Ichorous Earth". |
| 823 | * HandBlast: He'll sometimes shoot a beam of fire from his right hand. It's essentially an instakill and will pierce through the building in the arena, but one good roll will let the player score a couple hits on him. |
| 824 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUZyJHDasqA Old Iron King]]". |
| 825 | * MeaningfulName: "Ichorous Earth" is befitting for a monarch who defiled the earth of his kingdom so much in pursue of ore and riches that it spew out venom and magma, but remember that in Greek Mythology, "Ichor" was the substance acting for blood in the gods. [[spoiler: The Old Iron King himself drops the soul of Gwyn, a Zeus-lookalike]]. |
| 826 | * MightyGlacier: You only really fight his upper half, and his moves are telegraphed, but he is enormous and powerful. The biggest threat is simply being hit by him, because he can smash through your guard; or worse, you may just be thrown off the field and into the lava. |
| 827 | * NiceJobBreakingItHero: For the loosest possible definition of "hero". ''Crown of the Old Iron King'' reveals that like Vendrick, he had a Child of the Dark come to manipulate his kingdom to its destruction... but when she arrived, the Old Iron King had ''already'' ruined his kingdom before she had a chance to try anything. |
| 828 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: Isn't really a dragon, but definitely looks like one spliced with a demon. Uses similar attacks, too, and boasts a similar weakness to lightning. |
| 829 | * PetTheDog: His relationship with [[MasterSwordsman Sir Alonne]]. [[ThisIsUnforgivable While they didn't part on the best of terms]], The Old Iron King still valued their friendship enough to keep his armor and weapon safe and undisturbed in his old tower. |
| 830 | * RecurringElement: Two of them: |
| 831 | ** In the essence of lore, he's one of [[spoiler: Gwyn (who also burned away when reaching into the flames), as he drops the Old King Soul in NewGamePlus.]] |
| 832 | ** In terms of appearance and arena, he's essentially the Dragon God from ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'' with less mouths, eyes, and arms, and size. He also has more than a bit in common with the Ceaseless Discharge- an enormous, twisted creature that WasOnceAMan, dripping with lava, which attacks by slamming its limbs down on the platform in an attempt to squash you, giving you a chance to hit them. |
| 833 | * {{Reincarnation}}: When talking to Shalquoir after you defeated the Old Iron King, she mentions how you've just met the new demonic form of the foolish king whose castle sank into the lava and was killed by the Smelter Demon. [[spoiler:On top of that, he carries a fragment of what's hinted to be Gwyn's Lord Soul.]] |
| 834 | * SpikesOfVillainy: Has multiple spikes on his back. |
| 835 | * SoulFragment: In NewGamePlus and onwards, he drops [[spoiler:the Old King's Soul, which carries a reference to Lord Gwyn from the first ''Dark Souls'']]. For all intent and purposes, [[spoiler:both met a similar fate of burning away]]. |
| 836 | * TacticalSuicideBoss: Sometimes he'll hammer his fists down to the ground and leave them in place just so the player can get a few hits in. If he dives into the lava he'll ''usually'' rise next to the player, so he can be manipulated into just staying in place while the player gets free time to heal. |
| 837 | * WasOnceAMan: And is now a giant flaming demon. |
| 838 | |
| 839 | [[/folder]] |
| 840 | |
| 841 | ! Shaded Woods |
| 842 | [[folder:Lion Clan Warrior]] |
| 843 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lion_warrior.png]] |
| 844 | ->''"The Lion Clan are an offshoot race that have no ties to humans, and would murder anyone with the curious notion of approaching them.\ |
| 845 | The lion clansmen seem to despise their own looks, as they hate being seen."'' |
| 846 | -->'''--Lion Warrior Set''' |
| 847 | |
| 848 | The Lion Clan are an offshoot race that have no ties to humans, and would murder anyone with the curious notion of approaching them. |
| 849 | The lion clansman seem to despise their own looks, as they hate being seen. |
| 850 | ---- |
| 851 | * BeastMan: They are anthropomorphic lions. |
| 852 | * TheGrotesque: Subverted. While they do not look particularly horrible compared to [[EldritchAbomination other creatures]] encountered, they despise their own looks. They take this to the point that they hate being seen so much that they'll kill anyone who does see them on sight. |
| 853 | * ItCanThink: As stated by the axes they drop, the Lion Clan are much more intelligent than they appear. They even have their own gods, according to the description of the shields they carry. |
| 854 | * UngratefulBastard: Several of them are petrified when you meet them. If you use the Fragrant Branches of Yore to revive them, they'll turn hostile as soon as they stand up again. |
| 855 | |
| 856 | |
| 857 | [[/folder]] |
| 858 | |
| 859 | [[folder:Lion Chieftain]] |
| 860 | [[quoteright:301:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/golden_lion_warrior.png]] |
| 861 | A species of anthropomorphic lions whose sudden appearance on the stage of history suggests that they are not of natural origin. They despise other races and will arbitrarily slaughter those not of their clan. |
| 862 | ---- |
| 863 | * MetalSlime: They only spawn once, and with a rare chance to drop loot such as a unique chest and headpiece. Beyond this, they aren't any different than their more common kin. |
| 864 | |
| 865 | [[/folder]] |
| 866 | |
| 867 | [[folder:Goblin]] |
| 868 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/goblin_7.jpg]] |
| 869 | Horrid cannibalistic fiends who attack travelers in the forest. Their form does not seem to be the result of natural evolution, but outsider interference. Who would twist a man into such a form, and for what purpose? |
| 870 | ---- |
| 871 | * FatBastard: They have bloated, saggy bellies dangling in front of them and are savage cannibals. |
| 872 | * GrievousHarmWithABody: Swing around some kind of curled up, mummified corpse as a club. |
| 873 | * ImAHumanitarian: Technically counts, since they are former humans seen chowing down on corpses. |
| 874 | * OurGoblinsAreDifferent: For starters, they are ''much'' larger than the average goblin. |
| 875 | ** They actually appear to be based on Preta, or "Hungry Ghosts" from Hindu and Buddhist mythology. |
| 876 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: They act similar to the [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsI Infested Ghouls]], even sharing the same sounds. |
| 877 | |
| 878 | [[/folder]] |
| 879 | |
| 880 | [[folder:Basilisk]] |
| 881 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/basilisk.png]] |
| 882 | A peculiar species of reptile which has developed a number of ingenious adaptations for self-defense.The large bulbous eyes on their heads are in fact fake and act as deterrents to would-be predators; Basilisks are also capable of spraying a petrifying mist which has earned them their well-deserved name. |
| 883 | ---- |
| 884 | * BewareTheSillyOnes: The giant eyes on their heads are actually sacs, and their waddling gait makes them seem silly and harmless, but don't laugh, 'cause their [[TakenForGranite petrifying]] [[BreathWeapon breath]] can instakill you. |
| 885 | * BreathWeapon: Just like their last appearance, Basilisks can breathe noxious gases on the player. However, their breath inflicts [[TakenForGranite petrification]] instead of Curse. |
| 886 | * RecurringElement: They behave exactly as they did in the previous game, [[DemonicSpiders and they're just as frustrating to fight as ever]]. |
| 887 | * ReptilesAreAbhorrent: They resemble lizards with giant eyes. |
| 888 | * TakenForGranite: Their breath attacks inflict Petrification, which works like Curse in the previous game in that it instantly kills the player by turning them into stone. |
| 889 | * UndergroundMonkey: There's a variant of Basilisk found only in Brightstone Cove Tseldora that lack the giant fake eyes the rest of their brethren have. They tend to ambush the player by burrowing out of the dirt. Another variant that appears very rarely in the game is the [[GiantMook Giant Basilisk]], which is much more resilient and hits harder than their smaller brethren. |
| 890 | [[/folder]] |
| 891 | |
| 892 | [[folder:Volgen Falconers]] |
| 893 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/falconer.png]] |
| 894 | Once Vendrick realized the war had become an existential one, he began to hire mercenaries from across the realm, in hopes of tipping the odds in his favor. |
| 895 | Of these mercenaries was a unit of the infamously ferocious Volgen Falconers, who act as Volgen's unofficial army. The war ended long ago, but they have gone hollow, still patrolling the shaded woods. |
| 896 | ---- |
| 897 | * TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Will parry you even you have an Ultra Greatsword equipped. |
| 898 | * EarlyBirdCameo: On NewGamePlus some will appear in Things Betwixt. |
| 899 | * SociopathicSoldier: Unlike the timid and emotional people of Volgen, the Falconers are brutally efficient and are hinted to get up to extremely unsavory activities when not on payroll. |
| 900 | * UnusableEnemyEquipment: Despite being able to buy their outfit right away upon reaching Majula (or even start the game wearing 3/4 of it if you picked the Knight class), and find their shield in the Shaded Woods near where they hang out, you'll never get your hands on one of those sweet-looking curved swords they use. |
| 901 | [[/folder]] |
| 902 | |
| 903 | |
| 904 | [[folder:Shaded Specters]] |
| 905 | [[quoteright:337:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/forest_guardian.png]] |
| 906 | The Shaded Woods are considered one of the most ominous parts of an already cursed country, and one of the major reasons for this reputation may be the fact that those who step into its fog are assaulted by unseen warriors, said to be the spirits of those who died in the war with the giants. |
| 907 | ---- |
| 908 | * BowAndSwordInAccord: Apparently they wield a sword and a crossbow in tandem, to snipe at you from the mist before getting close enough to backstab you. |
| 909 | * GameplayAndStoryIntegration: The eye of the priestess in the third expansion pack, which was said to let you see all hidden things, let's you see these guys as well. This also sheds some light on their mysterious origin: Other than the rare ones in assassin clothing, all are dressed in Drangleician army uniforms. They are most likely war dead who cannot move on. |
| 910 | * InterfaceScrew: Pretend to be non interactive player phantoms (the translucent kind that occasionally show up when another player is in the same area or sitting at a bonfire) but it quickly becomes apparent that they know where you are... and that they are ''hunting'' you when you aren't looking. In addition, they cannot be locked on to, which is a major issue for anyone not using a great-sword (Who must aim their swings anyway). |
| 911 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It is never made clear whether they are actual ghosts or just are using some kind of illusion magic. Though considering the rest of the [[EldritchLocation Shaded Woods]], with its curse jars and screaming trees, it wouldn't be too far fetched if they were actual ghosts. |
| 912 | |
| 913 | [[/folder]] |
| 914 | |
| 915 | [[folder:Curse Jar]] |
| 916 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/curse_jar.png]] |
| 917 | Tall earthenware vessels which emit dark smoke when the player is nearby. Sounds like giggling monkeys. |
| 918 | ---- |
| 919 | * BrownNote: The creepy laughter and Curse buildup that happens when you get too close to them. |
| 920 | * DissonantLaughter: They emit really creepy laughter whenever you're near them. |
| 921 | * NothingIsScarier: Who made these? Why? Curse in Dark Souls 2 is associated with beings/artifacts of pure evil and malevolance. What the hell could be put in a jar to cause it? Why does it ''laugh''? We never find out. |
| 922 | [[/folder]] |
| 923 | |
| 924 | [[folder:Scorpioness Najka]] |
| 925 | |
| 926 | !! Scorpioness Najka |
| 927 | [[quoteright:347:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scorpioness_5099.jpg]] |
| 928 | ->''"Najka was born of the misdeeds of an ancient being, a frail soul from the beginning, that soon succumbed to madness."'' |
| 929 | -->'''--Scorpioness Najka Soul''' |
| 930 | |
| 931 | The wife of Manscorpion Tark, a fragile soul created long ago by an ancient being in the throes of madness. Najka herself has succumbed to the very affliction which felled her master and has devolved into a ferocious beast, a threat to all living things. |
| 932 | ---- |
| 933 | * BodyHorror: In the same vein as [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsI two known daughters of Chaos]], she has the upper body of a woman, but the lower half is that of a massive scorpion. Unlike the Sisters, though, her scorpion half is actually her own lower body (with her in place of its head), rather than a separate being that she's symbiotically fused to like Quelaag and The Fair Lady are to their demon spiders. |
| 934 | * {{Beware My Stinger Tail}}s: She has two poison-coated tails that she can use to either sweep you around or impale you with them, inflicting serious damage and instant toxic status in the process. |
| 935 | * CaneFu: Some of her melee attacks involve her swinging her Catalyst at you like a spear. |
| 936 | * FastTunnelling[=/=]SandIsWater: She'll dive underground and chase you through her arena, later surfacing from right beneath you. |
| 937 | * GodivaHair: Her human torso is stark naked, in contrast to her husband, who at least wears an armour chestplate. |
| 938 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvnqQRZAGH0 Scorpioness Najka]]". |
| 939 | * MagicMissile: Uses the Soul Spear and Homing Soulmass sorceries. Soul Shower [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs combines the previous two sorceries]] for a devastating barrage. |
| 940 | * RecurringElement: Being artificially fused to a a giant arachnid from the lower part of the body and being closely related to someone who met the same fate, Najka is this game's equivalent of ''Dark Souls''[='=]s Chaos Witch Quelaag. Unlike the latter, her lower body is that of a two-tailed scorpion, and her relationship with her husband Manscorpion Tark is antagonistic. |
| 941 | * SanitySlippage: Was originally capable of living in peace with her husband, but as time went on her condition drove her mad. |
| 942 | * ScorpionPeople: Is a woman fused to a massive two-tailed scorpion with a shell hard enough to resist most physical attacks. |
| 943 | * WasOnceAMan: Manscorpion Tark indicates that she was human just like him. Going by his dialogue and her soul description, they both may have been created by [[spoiler:Seath the Scaleless]]. |
| 944 | |
| 945 | [[/folder]] |
| 946 | |
| 947 | ! Doors of Pharros |
| 948 | [[folder:Gyrm]] |
| 949 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gyrm.png]] |
| 950 | A stocky, powerful race which once dwelt aboveground, they were regarded as inferior by humans and unjustly exiled below. They are amicable by nature but harbor an intense distrust of surface dwellers, particularly humans; in additions many of the Gyrm living in the Doors of Pharros have gone Hollow and become threats to the living. |
| 951 | ---- |
| 952 | * HornyVikings: Not exactly Vikings, but they wear horned helmets. |
| 953 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Some of them wield anvils connected to chains, acting as impromptu flails. |
| 954 | * MightyGlacier: Slow as molasses, but they hit hard and they have decent range with their chained anvil flails. |
| 955 | * OurDwarvesAreDifferent: The Gyrm are Dark Souls' equivalent to dwarves: short, stocky & very strong beings who enjoy drinking out of tankards, are bearded, live underground, and wield axes & hammers... but, despite being stockily built, they're about as tall as a human (in fact, they're much ''larger'' than an average human), their living underground wasn't by choice (they were forced underground by humans motivated by FantasticRacism), they're not interested in mining, and they weren't proficient at engineering (their equipment is described as being very crude, albeit very tough). Because of their aforementioned getting forced underground, they ''despise'' humans; only one Gyrm will even speak to you (and he's [[YouNoTakeCandle not lingustically proficient]]), while the rest will attack you on sight. |
| 956 | [[/folder]] |
| 957 | |
| 958 | [[folder:Gyrm Warrior]] |
| 959 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dark_souls_2_concept5.jpg]] |
| 960 | Warriors of the Gyrm race clad in heavy armor customized for their stout frames. These sturdy opponents can deal massive damage with their improvised Great Hammers while deflecting nearly any blow with the monstrous stone Greatshields they carry. Some have developed proficiency in ranged combat and will throw enormous Greataxes at enemies with frightening accuracy. |
| 961 | ---- |
| 962 | * BeardOfBarbarism: Bigger than their worker counterparts, and bushy enough to grow past their helmets. |
| 963 | * CoolHelmet: A heavy bell-shaped helm that offers great poise and defense. |
| 964 | * GoodOldFisticuffs: The axemen will attack you with punches if they threw both axes at you. |
| 965 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Their greatshields, which resemble two stone slabs crudely connected via a wooden base. Offers the best fire & physical damage protection. |
| 966 | * MightyGlacier: Slower than their worker counterparts, but they hit even harder than them. |
| 967 | * OurDwarvesAreDifferent: See the folder above. |
| 968 | * ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Or rather, a greataxe. The dual greataxe-wielding Gyrm Warriors will do this, though the thrown greataxe flies very slowly and is easily dodged. If it does hit, however, it takes off a large chunk of health. |
| 969 | [[/folder]] |
| 970 | |
| 971 | [[folder:Mongrel Rat]] |
| 972 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dog_rat.png]] |
| 973 | Subjects of the Rat King, the origins of these odd hybrid canine rats remain unknown by all but the rats themselves. They inhabit the Doors of Pharros and will bravely defend their rightful realm against intruders. |
| 974 | ---- |
| 975 | * AnimalisticAbomination: They're strange, feral dog-rat hybrids that resemble the Royal Rat Authority, except smaller & they're covered in a gas cloud. |
| 976 | * HybridMonster / MixAndMatchCritters: A cross between dogs and rats. |
| 977 | * [[PoisonousPerson Poisonous Animal]]: They inflict Toxic on you. |
| 978 | * SwarmOfRats: How they're usually encountered. |
| 979 | * UndyingLoyalty: To the Rat King. |
| 980 | * ZergRush: How they attack you, since they're usually encountered in small packs. |
| 981 | [[/folder]] |
| 982 | |
| 983 | [[folder:Primal Knight]] |
| 984 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/primal_knight.png]] |
| 985 | One of the original Primal Knights, this ragged creature went Hollow long ago and now wanders mindlessly with its equipment in tatters from long years of neglect. First created through a dark and forbidden ritual in ages past, the Primal Knights are artificial creatures contrived by a twisted and power-hungry mind. Their susceptibility to the Undead Curse, a trait they share with humans, raises foreboding questions about the rituals through which they were given life… |
| 986 | ---- |
| 987 | * ArtificialHuman: Or rather, Artificial [[BeastMan Mastodon-Men]] brought about by ancient forbidden rituals. |
| 988 | * BeastMan: They resemble [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon mastodons]], an extinct species of prehistoric animals distantly related to elephants, complete with tusks. |
| 989 | * {{BFS}}: You don't get to fight any Primal Knights using one, but you can get the Mastodon Greatsword from a chest in Dragleic Castle. |
| 990 | * CruelElephant: Gigantic undead mastodon-men armed to the teeth (well, tusks) and more than ready to kill you? Cruel indeed. |
| 991 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: They wield the Mastodon Greatshield, but they don't block with it much. [[ShieldBash They will happily smash your face in with it, though]]. |
| 992 | * MightyGlacier: They're slow, but they hit ''hard''. This can be a little problematic if you're engaging them in the Doors of Pharros, since much of the level is covered in knee-deep water that impedes your movement. |
| 993 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Giant humanoids wielding halberds and enormous greatshields, they're even more obvious expies of the Sentinels of Anor Londo than the Old Knights of Heide's Tower of Flame. The two guarding the stairs up to Drangleic Castle truly hammer the point home. |
| 994 | * UndergroundMonkey: 2 non-rusted knights are found in Drangleic Castle, guarding the staircase leading to the entrance of the castle. |
| 995 | [[/folder]] |
| 996 | |
| 997 | [[folder:Royal Rat Authority]] |
| 998 | |
| 999 | !! Royal Rat Authority |
| 1000 | [[quoteright:297:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wvritnr_1950.png]] |
| 1001 | |
| 1002 | A loyal servant of the Rat King and the enforcer of his authority, this gargantuan Dog Rat is also responsible for testing the strength and virtue of visitors to his lord's domain. |
| 1003 | ---- |
| 1004 | * AngryGuardDog: He's been given the duty of guarding Pharros' Labyrinth, and he'll come bearing down on you as soon as you step in his territory. |
| 1005 | * AnimalisticAbomination: An enormous, decaying, poisonous wolf-rat monster. |
| 1006 | * TheChampion: The Royal Rat Authority is actually the bodyguard for the Rat King, as well as a test for those wishing to join his covenant. |
| 1007 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSbjIFx4Hxg Royal Rat Authority]]". |
| 1008 | * LightningBruiser: Hits like a steam train and can move very fast across his boss area. |
| 1009 | * SkippableBoss: Just walk to the leftmost staircase from the entrance to Doors of Pharros and you never have to fight him, or even go through most of the level. |
| 1010 | * SwarmOfRats: If you don't deal with them in the first few seconds of the fight, his flunkies will make your life hell. |
| 1011 | * VomitIndiscretionShot: If wounded enough, the Authority will occasionally puke a massive, rapidly-extending pool of bright yellow acid which will damage your equipment. |
| 1012 | |
| 1013 | [[/folder]] |
| 1014 | |
| 1015 | ! Brightstone Cove Tseldora |
| 1016 | [[folder:Hollow Peasant]] |
| 1017 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hollow_peasant.png]] |
| 1018 | Some hollows act out a pantomime of how they did in life, mindlessly repeating their day to day tasks unless someone with souls is near. The peasants are a perfect example, still mining stone amongst the ruins of the cove. |
| 1019 | ---- |
| 1020 | * LethalJokeCharacter: As silly as they look with their gardening/digging tools and little hats, many have a dark enchantment on their weapon, letting them deal massive damage. |
| 1021 | |
| 1022 | [[/folder]] |
| 1023 | |
| 1024 | [[folder:Prowling Magus and the Congregation]] |
| 1025 | |
| 1026 | !!Prowling Magus and the Congregation |
| 1027 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magus_and_congregation_814.png]] |
| 1028 | |
| 1029 | An Aldia warlock who occupied the abandoned Brightstone Cave Chapel and began using the site to conduct dark rituals with his Congregation of enslaved Undead. His minions do not take kindly to interruptions of their services and readily offer up intruders to their master as sacrifices. |
| 1030 | ---- |
| 1031 | * DegradedBoss: Another Prowling Magus can be found at the Rise of the Dead in the Shrine of Amana, just before the altar where you can un-curse yourself for free if you have no souls on hand. ''Scholar of the First Sin'' moves him to the laboratory of Aldia's Keep, replacing him with a few pyromancers. |
| 1032 | * FlunkyBoss: The Magus fights with his congregation, which is made up of several garden-variety hollows and two priests. |
| 1033 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvSbAVBVBqU Covetous Demon]]", shared with the boss of the same name. |
| 1034 | * ReligionOfEvil: You're practically stumbling upon a sinister sect and its decrepit Undead followers. |
| 1035 | * ShockAndAwe: The two priest are able to cast lightning-based miracles, often stopping you in your tracks. |
| 1036 | * SquishyWizard: Despite being backed up by several flunkies and capable of firing myriads of spells, his health is among the lowest for a boss fight. |
| 1037 | |
| 1038 | [[/folder]] |
| 1039 | |
| 1040 | [[folder:Ducal Spider]] |
| 1041 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ducal_spider.jpg]] |
| 1042 | Brightstone Cove was abandoned years ago when the town was suddenly and mysteriously overrun by this parasitic species of giant spider. Many of the residents who were unable to escape were caught by the spiders and became their hosts, doomed to wander mindlessly at the whims of their bloodthirsty masters. |
| 1043 | ---- |
| 1044 | * AllWebbedUp: They can spit webbing on the player character, slowing them down significantly. |
| 1045 | * GiantSpider: About as big as a dog and with odd body proportions, they mostly attack with their oversized front legs. |
| 1046 | * MoneySpider: Literally. Like the Kobolds, the Ducal Spiders can drop some very interesting pieces of equipment. |
| 1047 | * PuppeteerParasite: They latch on to their victims' backs and control them from there. |
| 1048 | * SkeletonMotif: Their cephalothroaxes are emblazoned with a skull motif, making them look even more unsettling. |
| 1049 | * UndergroundMonkey: A variant of the Ducal Spider that inflicts Poison on the player exists alongside their nonpoisonous brethren. |
| 1050 | * WeakToFire: Not only do they have low fire resistance, but they back away from the player's lit torch. |
| 1051 | [[/folder]] |
| 1052 | |
| 1053 | [[folder:Spider Drone]] |
| 1054 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/undead_parasite.png]] |
| 1055 | Former residents of Brightstone Cove who failed to escape the wave of invading spiders and became the parasitic arachnids' hosts. A gruesome fate undeserved by those whom it befell, the still-living host is used as a source of nourishment by the spider as it seeks out new sources of food. |
| 1056 | ---- |
| 1057 | * AndIMustScream: Not even death or the curse granted them peace, as they are now being puppeteered by the parasitic spiders. |
| 1058 | * AttackTheMouth: One of the spider legs pierces the undead in the back of the neck and exits through their mouth. Yikes. |
| 1059 | * BodyHorror: Aside from the giant spider latched onto the back, the host is NightmareFuel on its very own. While your everyday hollow isn't the pinnacle of health the hosts have a sickly grey hue to their skin, their mouths are open way too wide, probably due to the spider leg dislocating their jaws, their ribcages are torn open and their waists lack any kind of skin, with flesh and muscle exposed. |
| 1060 | * DesperationAttack: Of a sort. They can still hit the player after they were killed with melee attacks. |
| 1061 | * FateWorseThanDeath: Becoming a host to a parasitic GiantSpider isn't the best way to go. |
| 1062 | * ParasiteZombie: A hollow with a gigantic spider acting as a puppetteer on its back. |
| 1063 | [[/folder]] |
| 1064 | |
| 1065 | [[folder:The Duke's Dear Freja]] |
| 1066 | |
| 1067 | !!The Duke's Dear Freja |
| 1068 | [[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/freja_9427.png]] |
| 1069 | |
| 1070 | ->''"The Writhing Ruin is an ancient thing whose shadow remains cast over the land. It first took possession of a solitary insect, but grew its power, feasting on the wealth of twisted souls found in the land."'' |
| 1071 | -->'''--Soul of the Duke's Dear Freja''' |
| 1072 | |
| 1073 | A monstrous two-headed spider which serves as the Keeper of the Writhing Ruin. Apparently Duke Tseldora's pet and more than likely the progenitor of the swarms of parasite spiders which overran and destroyed Brightstone Cove. But what could the Duke have wanted with such an abomination, and what madness could have possessed him to allow the destruction of his own domain? %%[[spoiler: She guards (and carries in NewGamePlus) the Old Paledrake Soul, soul of Seath the Scaleless.]]%% |
| 1074 | ---- |
| 1075 | * AHeadAtEachEnd: Is a conjoined spider. |
| 1076 | * AnimalisticAbomination: She is an arthropodic entity that has existed since long before Drangleic went to hell, claiming the corpse of an ancient dragon as her nest. The "Writhing Ruin" she is the Keeper of is "an ancient thing whose shadow remains cast over the land", and is hinted to be [[spoiler:Seath the Scaleless from the first ''Dark Souls'']]. |
| 1077 | * ArchEnemy: [[spoiler:Seath the Scaleless]]'s festering grudge against the dragons extends even past his death - you first meet Freja chowing down on a particularly large one's corpse. |
| 1078 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: Is completely invulnerable everywhere except the head. Fortunately, she's got two of those. |
| 1079 | * BaitAndSwitchBoss: Inverted. [[spoiler: Freja doesn't drop a Great Soul - you find it sitting on the ground directly beneath the webbed-up dragon husk in her lair, after defeating her.]] |
| 1080 | * BodyHorror: Is two absolutely humongous giant spiders, fused at their backs, for a total ''twelve-legged'', ''two-headed'' monstrosity. |
| 1081 | * BreathWeapon: She can spit beams of energy from her mouth. |
| 1082 | * FluffyTheTerrible: You wouldn't expect a monstrous spider to be called "dear Freja", but Duke Tseldora had weird tastes. |
| 1083 | * FlunkyBoss: She's joined by [[SpiderSwarm a pack of her smaller brood]]. Ironically, they'll flee when one of her heads falls off. |
| 1084 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:The addition in its soul description from ''Scholar of the First Sin'' states that it started out as a "solitary insect", which was possessed by the shadow of the Writhing Ruin (strongly hinted to be the remnant of Seath the Scaleless himself) and grew in power, eventually becoming the abomination in current time.]] |
| 1085 | * GiantSpider: A two-headed humongous beast, which leads a horde of man-sized ones to boot. |
| 1086 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn8VM9c6RcM The Duke's Dear Freja]]". |
| 1087 | * MiracleGroMonster: Hanging next to the Hollowed Duke Tseldora in the room after Freja's boss room is a small cage. The bars are broken in such a way that suggests whatever was inside had busted out. Evidently Freja used to be a ''lot'' smaller. [[spoiler:Being possessed by Seath might have been what caused her to grow in size.]] |
| 1088 | * OffWithHisHead: It's possible to cut off one of her two heads if you quickly deal enough damage on one, stunning her for few seconds. |
| 1089 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The spider was actually known as the Writhing Ruin's Keeper before the Duke found her and nicknamed her 'Freja'. |
| 1090 | * ProactiveBoss: In NewGamePlus, Freja will appear at the cliff just outside the cave leading to the church containing the Prowling Magus. Unlike the Pursuer, she [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSAS4Mr8Tu0 cannot be killed at this point]] and will abandon the fight and flee after a short time. |
| 1091 | * {{Reincarnation}}: Because Manscorpion Tark refers to her as his master, and she drops [[spoiler:the Old Paledrake Soul in NewGamePlus]], it's implied she's [[spoiler:the latest incarnation of Seath the Scaleless]]. Tark also muses that this is not the last you will see of "her". |
| 1092 | --> '''Tark:''' What skill! You've defeated my master. But our master never dies. And he changes form so that he may seethe for all eternity. |
| 1093 | * SpidersAreScary: Far and away the most nightmarish depiction of a demonic spider in a ''Souls'' game. |
| 1094 | * SoulFragment: In NewGamePlus and onwards, she drops [[spoiler:the Old Paledrake Soul, which is implied to be what's left of Seath's Lord Soul, given it can be traded for the Moonlight Greatsword or the Crystal Soul Spear, both of which were created by him]]. The Duke's Dear Freja reinforces the similarities with [[spoiler:Seath the Scaleless]] by [[spoiler:nesting on a dragon's corpse, a dead ringer for the paledrake's hatred of his brethren]]. |
| 1095 | * UnintentionallyUnwinnable: It ''is'' possible to cut off both of her heads. First, cut off one head, then use the Warmth pyromancy to heal her back to full health before cutting off the other. Your reward for all that effort is being stuck in a room with a boss that is now immune to all damage, [[TooDumbToLive which is exactly what you deserve at that point]]. |
| 1096 | * WaveMotionGun: She sometimes fire a massive magic beam in a circular motion, and anyone caught in it often dies in one hit. |
| 1097 | |
| 1098 | [[/folder]] |
| 1099 | |
| 1100 | [[folder:Duke Tseldora]] |
| 1101 | |
| 1102 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ds2_duke_tseldora_1.jpg]] |
| 1103 | |
| 1104 | The founder and proprietor of Brightstone Cove Tseldora. He was known for his love of spiders. |
| 1105 | ---- |
| 1106 | * NightmareFetishist: His odd love for spiders, and especially for the large one he took in as a pet and called his "Dear Freja." |
| 1107 | * TheUndead: After defeating the Duke's Dear Freja and shortly before the Primal Bonfire, you find him in his study, already Hollow. |
| 1108 | * ZeroEffortBoss: If you're fast enough you can backstab him with ease before he can turn around to face you. If you even consider him a boss. |
| 1109 | |
| 1110 | [[/folder]] |
| 1111 | |
| 1112 | ! Grave of Saints |
| 1113 | [[folder:Hunting Rat]] |
| 1114 | [[quoteright:232:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rat_4.png]] |
| 1115 | Corpse-foraging giant rats residing in the Grave of Saints. |
| 1116 | |
| 1117 | While at first glance they appear to be no more than putrid vermin, these sentient rodents are in fact loyal to subjects of the noble Rat King and will bravely defend their subterranean kingdom against intruders. |
| 1118 | |
| 1119 | It is whispered that those who demonstrate their integrity may be granted an audience with the King and, if deemed worthy, initiated into the ranks of righteous rats. |
| 1120 | ---- |
| 1121 | * RodentsOfUnusualSize: Rats that are as big as dogs. |
| 1122 | * SwarmOfRats: How they're usually encountered. |
| 1123 | * TakenForGranite: Their bites inflict Petrification. |
| 1124 | * UndyingLoyalty: To the Rat King and his subjects. |
| 1125 | * ZergRush: Their preferred method of attacking. |
| 1126 | [[/folder]] |
| 1127 | |
| 1128 | [[folder:Abandoned Hollow]] |
| 1129 | No chains or shackles hold these poor souls. The curse of hollowing that all undead endure: endless death, each re-awakening less aware of whom one was before death, imprisons them in an endless cycle until madness takes hold. So have they been named as such. |
| 1130 | ---- |
| 1131 | * UndergroundMonkey: They're basically a variant of the Undead Laborers found in the Huntsman's Copse, but they have more health. |
| 1132 | [[/folder]] |
| 1133 | |
| 1134 | [[folder:Royal Rat Vanguard]] |
| 1135 | |
| 1136 | !! Royal Rat Vanguard |
| 1137 | [[quoteright:293:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rat_vanguard_4449.png]] |
| 1138 | |
| 1139 | A servant of the Rat King tasked with overseeing the Grave of Saints burrow and testing the worthiness of those who seek an audience with his lord. This loyal rodent can be identified among his subordinates by the dark ridge of fur on his back, perhaps a symbol of his status in the underground kingdom. |
| 1140 | ---- |
| 1141 | * FlunkyBoss: Leads a swarm of lesser rats, which makes it ''extremely'' easy to blend in and get the drop on you. |
| 1142 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZnCyQaKEII Royal Rat Vanguard]]". |
| 1143 | * PuzzleBoss: There's no special indication of what exactly you're trying to fight, as the Vanguard only appears after you've killed a number of normal rats and even then looks nearly identical to all the rest. |
| 1144 | * SkippableBoss: With some skillful jumping or by paying Laddersmith Gilligan 12,000 souls, you can drop down to the cove below the entrance of the Grave of Saints and proceed straight to the Gutter, removing the need to even fight this boss. |
| 1145 | * SwarmOfRats: Leads a swarm of them. The only thing distinguishing it from one of its pack is the crest of hair on its back. |
| 1146 | * TakenForGranite: Its attacks are imbued with petrification buildup, which can potentially kill you in one hit if you're not careful. |
| 1147 | * ZergRush: How its swarm of rats attack. |
| 1148 | |
| 1149 | [[/folder]] |
| 1150 | |
| 1151 | ! Black Gulch |
| 1152 | |
| 1153 | [[folder:Darksuckers]] |
| 1154 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coal_tar.jpg]] |
| 1155 | Horrible creatures, vaguely resembling a human hand with a maw at the centre, that lurk in the oil pits in Black Gulch. |
| 1156 | ---- |
| 1157 | * KillItWithFire: The pits they live in are very, very flammable. |
| 1158 | * OurMonstersAreWeird: Flesh-eating hand monsters that dwell in oil. |
| 1159 | * PinataEnemy: They often drop Titanite when killed. |
| 1160 | * SandWorm: A much smaller variant living in tar pits. |
| 1161 | [[/folder]] |
| 1162 | |
| 1163 | [[folder:Craggslipper]] |
| 1164 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nightcrawler_5.jpg]] |
| 1165 | |
| 1166 | Giant milipede-like beings who inhabit the walls of the Black Gulch. If disturbed they will trash their enormous bodies in an attempt to crush enemies. |
| 1167 | |
| 1168 | * AchillesHeel: When fully extended, they can't do much to protect the base of their body....... |
| 1169 | * CreepyCentipedes: Giant millipede-like enemies dwelling in the Black Gulch, they can extend very far to attack you. |
| 1170 | * LampreyMouth: They have small round mouths filled with needle-like teeth at the tip of their heads. |
| 1171 | |
| 1172 | [[/folder]] |
| 1173 | |
| 1174 | [[folder:The Rotten]] |
| 1175 | |
| 1176 | !! The Rotten |
| 1177 | [[quoteright:332:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_rotten_9646.jpg]] |
| 1178 | |
| 1179 | A patchwork entity born from an amalgamation of lost souls and the withered bodies they inhabited, over time The Rotten absorbed so many life forces that he came to possess a Wondrous Soul of his own. He dwells deep below the surface world, embracing all that arrive at his sanctuary for things unwanted or thrown away and granting them new life as part of himself... %%[[spoiler: He carries the old soul of a former god of death slain long ago, Nito the Gravelord. And like Nito, he's implied to rule over any body he stumbles upon and adds to his own.]]%% |
| 1180 | ---- |
| 1181 | * AllThereInTheManual: The unused soul description of The Rotten reveals a lot about it; Namely, that he was once Gryth, the Sunken King, who was killed by Sir Yorgh and the Drakeblood knights who sought the blood of dragons, but was transformed via the poison of Sinh, the Slumbering Dragon, and now watches over the Gutter and Black Gulch. This would explain why the Crown of the Sunken King DLC can be accessed right after the Rotten's boss arena. |
| 1182 | * AndIMustScream: Even as you stand just outside of his boss room, you can hear several voices moaning and squirming. They belong to the bodies that make up the Rotten, still conscious and struggling to free themselves from this entity. |
| 1183 | * AnArmAndALeg[=/=]SubsystemDamage: You can cut off either or both of his arms to prevent some of his attacks from working, and the left arm also drops a Pharros Lockstone. Humorously, the thing will try these attacks anyway (i.e. trying to chop you up with the blade held by his non-existing limb). After a while, it'll dig into itself with its stubs to regenerate them... while somehow pulling another cleaver in the process. |
| 1184 | * BodyHorror: [[NauseaFuel Ugh.]] The Rotten is arguably the most ''disgusting'' abomination in ''Dark Souls II'' and one of the most repulsive examples of a BodyOfBodies ever created. |
| 1185 | * BodyOfBodies: An immense semi-humanoid figure (it lacks legs, squirming around on a mat of arms) made up entire of writhing human bodies, held together by chains wrapped around its body and a cage encasing its head. |
| 1186 | * TheButcher: He wields a massive meat cleaver and adds his victims to himself. |
| 1187 | * HiddenDepths: Interesting, he does seem to have a hobby - repairing all those statues that annoy the the hell out of you in both the Gutter and the Gulch. When you enter his boss room, he botches his latest work, leaving him clearly frustrated. Plus, when you're right up against the boss door, if you position the camera right to hear it, you can hear him ''singing''. One can only wonder if those statues are a reminder of someone he was once fond of... |
| 1188 | ** The unused soul description of the Rotten reveals that he was once the Sunken King. Apparently he cares a lot about his subjects even after his transformation into the Rotten. |
| 1189 | * HowTheMightyHaveFallen: The unused soul description of the Rotten reveals that he was once Gryth, the Sunken King. Given the state you see him in, along with Shulva, Sanctum City, he must have fallen real hard. |
| 1190 | * GrievousHarmWithABody: The Rotten is made up of hundreds of Undead piled on top of each other, being crushed under the cumulative weight. As a result, when he punches you, swings his sword, or attacks in any other way, he's doing this. |
| 1191 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u04gmzXTIMU The Rotten]]", which features a similar build-up and tone as "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X39HV_s0RdI Gravelord Nito]]". |
| 1192 | * MightyGlacier: His attacks are fairly slow and he can't turn around quickly, but he's incredibly resilient, and those butcher strikes will cleave away your health if they connect. Lord help you if he ends up grabbing you. |
| 1193 | * MonsterSuit: There's a body jutting out of The Rotten's left shoulder, mimicking (or possibly controlling) his attacks. |
| 1194 | * NoNameGiven: The Rotten is only known as that, although it did have the name Gryth the Rotten early in development. |
| 1195 | * ObliviouslyEvil: Possibly. He may not consider adding people to his mass as a FateWorseThanDeath, but as a way to provide sanctuary for them when no one would. |
| 1196 | * PetTheDog: Despite being a horrifying abomination that dwells in the deepest reaches of the earth, he is said to grant sanctuary to all who have been tossed away from the surface, [[SubvertedTrope although by "granting sanctuary" he actually means to absorb them all]]... |
| 1197 | * RecurringElement: Of Nito from the first game, being a mass of congealed corpses wielding a massive sword and residing in the deepest reaches of the earth. [[spoiler: He even drops what is implied to be Nito's soul in NewGamePlus onwards.]] |
| 1198 | * SoulFragment: In NewGamePlus and onwards, he drops [[spoiler:the Old Dead One's Soul, which is implied to be a remnant of Nito's power]]. |
| 1199 | * TranshumanAbomination: Of all the terrifying monsters in ''Dark Souls II'', this is the one that comes closest to the term, seeing he's a heart-rendingly grotesque amalgamation of bodies that defies the world's logic and came to possess a Wondrous Soul on par with very powerful individuals like the Lost Sinner and the Old Iron King. All the same, he was once Gyrth, the Sunken King, according to an unused soul description. |
| 1200 | * UndeadAbomination: It is a conglomeration of undead held together in a BodyOfBodies by the reincarnated soul of the God of Death from the first game. |
| 1201 | * WasOnceAMan: The unused soul description of the Rotten reveals that he was once Gyrth, the Sunken King, and it's surprising to see how one can go from a simple King to a BodyOfBodies through Sinh's poison. |
| 1202 | |
| 1203 | [[/folder]] |
| 1204 | |
| 1205 | ! King's Passage & Drangleic Castle |
| 1206 | [[folder:Syan Knights]] |
| 1207 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/syan_knight.png]] |
| 1208 | ->''"Sir Syan was widely known as the Kingdom's most loyal knight, and when the Giants invaded, he volunteered to lead the advance party, but he was slaughtered most dishonorably.\ |
| 1209 | The King commissioned replicas of Syan's accoutrements and bestowed them on promising knights, but not long after they donned the armor did most go thoroughly mad."'' |
| 1210 | -->'''--Syan's Set''' |
| 1211 | Out of Vendrick's Four Knights, only one actually fell in battle with the Giants. That knight was Sir Syan, said to be even more loyal than Veldstadt. Vendrick commissioned countless replicas of the armor worn by Syan to be handed out to his royal guard. No sooner had they put it on did they go irreversibly mad. |
| 1212 | ---- |
| 1213 | * AxCrazy: It is mentioned in the lore that not long after than when they donned the armor made to honor Sir Syan did they go, "thoroughly mad." |
| 1214 | * AchillesHeel: Their fighting style tends to leave them really exposed to backstabs. |
| 1215 | * {{BFS}}: Some wield the Black Knight Greatsword, but strangely enough, you can only get that weapon from a chest in an optional area of the Iron Keep; the Knights themselves have a chance to drop the Greatsword instead, an Ultra Greatsword that's even bigger than the Black Knight Greatsword. |
| 1216 | * EliteMooks: The strongest of all the Drangleic foot soldiers. In ''Scholar of The First Sin'', not only can they be found in Drangleic Castle, but some also replace the Heide Knights, being optional but powerful enemies scattered throughout the world. |
| 1217 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: They wield the massive Tower Shield that lets them block most frontal attacks. Syan himself was to be commissioned a Greatshield called the Greatshield of Glory, but he met his demise before the shield was completed. |
| 1218 | [[/folder]] |
| 1219 | |
| 1220 | [[folder:Stone Soldier]] |
| 1221 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stone_soldier.png]] |
| 1222 | When Vendrick left, the knights in the service of Veldstadt at Drangleic castle promised to stand guard until he came back. That was untold years ago, but their devotion never faltered. Indeed, they have been waiting for so long many have turned to stone. |
| 1223 | ---- |
| 1224 | * TakenForGranite: Turned to stone from the passage of time. When you get close, however, the stone on their joints loosens and they "unfreeze", allowing them to move and attack. |
| 1225 | * UndyingLoyalty: They have been waiting for centuries. |
| 1226 | [[/folder]] |
| 1227 | |
| 1228 | [[folder:Stone Spearman]] |
| 1229 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stone_knights.jpg]] |
| 1230 | The kings royal guardsman, who stand as the last line of defense for the Kings Passage. Much like the other knights of Veldstadt, they have turned to stone from the passage of untold years. |
| 1231 | ---- |
| 1232 | * AnimalMotifs: Horses. Their helmets are shaped like them. |
| 1233 | * LightningBruiser: For knights who just woke up from a century long nap, they move extremely quickly. The only way to outpace them is to sprint, and sometimes even then they can catch you with a jump. |
| 1234 | * TakenForGranite: Like the rest of the knights at the castle. |
| 1235 | * UndyingLoyalty: Much like their liege. |
| 1236 | * UniqueEnemy: There are a whopping four of them in the entire game, and all are encountered in the same room. |
| 1237 | [[/folder]] |
| 1238 | |
| 1239 | [[folder:Looking Glass Knight]] |
| 1240 | |
| 1241 | !! Looking Glass Knight |
| 1242 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300px-looking_glass_knight_132.png]] |
| 1243 | |
| 1244 | One of King Vendrick's four main knights, and his lieutenant. The Looking Glass Knight is charged with testing the prowess of those who seek to serve in Drangleic's order of royal knights. Ever dedicated to their duty, they continues to await challengers at the end of the King's Passage long after Vendrick's disappearance and the kingdom's subsequent collapse. Wielding powerful miracles and a mysterious shield that connects to other worlds, those who fail the test are remorselessly slaughtered by this enigmatic knight whose face lies hidden behind a cold metal mask. |
| 1245 | ---- |
| 1246 | * AmbiguousGender: A unique trait that makes them stand out in comparison to the other three major knights. None of the lore ever refers to the knight with gender-specific terms. Not only that, but if you were to put on their armor on either a male or a female, the armor completely hides any gender-specific traits. |
| 1247 | * BattleInTheRain: Fights you during a thunderstorm. Especially nasty, as being wet does indeed amplify lightning damage. |
| 1248 | * {{BFS}}: Wields a massive sword that doubles as a lightning rod. |
| 1249 | * ConfusionFu: Once they summon a player, there's no telling what weapons or tactics that person will use. |
| 1250 | * CoolHelmet: Three faces, wearing a crown of thorns, all with a sigil over one of their eyes. |
| 1251 | * FlunkyBoss: Rarely, they stand their shield upright on the ground and channel a spell through it. Something humanoid only dimly visible in its depths will slowly begin to pound its way out. Sometimes or if you're offline, it's just a swordsman NPC that breaks out with different loadouts. If anybody used a Red Soapstone Sign just in front of their arena door, they'll summon a player instead. |
| 1252 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty5g58LetkY Looking Glass Knight]]", a climatic mix of chorus and orchestra which conveys the dread of having to fight this enigmatic knight in the middle of a storm. A few PsychoStrings can also be heard in the background. |
| 1253 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Has a mirror shield that protects against attacks and can summon allies to help them. Not only does it completely block any attack that hits it, [[AttackReflector it'll bounce most spells back at you]]. |
| 1254 | * MightyGlacier: [[TheSlowWalk They take their sweet time walking up to you]], and their sword swings are predictable. Then you realize that they hit for massive damage with it, have tons of hit points, and they wield a shield that blocks all forms of attack if struck even once. |
| 1255 | * MirrorBoss: They themselves aren't, but what comes out of their mirror could well be. |
| 1256 | * MirrorMonster: Mirror Squires that are summoned out from their signature greatshield, the King's Mirror. |
| 1257 | * MirrorUniverse: Not so much a mirror as it is a portal from other worlds. |
| 1258 | * MusicalSpoiler: Those who listen carefully to their theme will notice a plucking instrument tapping out almost the same tune as the harpsichord from the [[MirrorBoss Old Monk]]'s boss theme in ''Videogame/DemonsSouls''. |
| 1259 | * RageHelm: A chilling inversion; their helm has three faces, the foremost one being set in an expression of utter calm with tears flowing from black, empty eye-sockets. |
| 1260 | * ShockAndAwe: Conducts bolts of lightning into their sword. |
| 1261 | * SwappedRoles: With persistent use of a red soapstone or cracked red eye orb in the same area as him, the player will be the one who comes through his mirror. |
| 1262 | * UndyingLoyalty: Centuries or even millennia after Vendrick left to the Undead Crypt the Looking Glass Knight remains at their post, keeping anyone from chasing after the king. |
| 1263 | |
| 1264 | [[/folder]] |
| 1265 | |
| 1266 | ! Shrine of Amana |
| 1267 | [[folder:Archdrake Pilgrims]] |
| 1268 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lindelt_cleric.jpg]] |
| 1269 | Undead Lindelt clerics of the mysterious Archdrake sect. Their homeland is subject to strict laws and emigration is a common means of escaping the authoritarian rule; a number of the defectors have found their way to Drangleic in an attempt to start new lives, but some have since gone Hollow and become a threat to the living. |
| 1270 | ---- |
| 1271 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Their Slumbering Dragon Shields, which grant stamina regeneration akin to the [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsI Grass Crest Shield]]. |
| 1272 | * NoSell: In a way. Their attacks cannot be parried, which, considering that a majority of them are faced off in small groups, makes fighting them a little more difficult than usual. |
| 1273 | [[/folder]] |
| 1274 | |
| 1275 | [[folder:Priestess of Amana]] |
| 1276 | [[quoteright:243:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/amana_priestess.png]] |
| 1277 | Hollowed priestesses formerly responsible for performing the sealing rituals which imprisoned the Demon of Song. Over time the line of shrine maidens gradually died off and, with no successors to pass down the sacred rites, the seal broke and Demon was freed from its prison. |
| 1278 | ---- |
| 1279 | * GlassCannon: Downplayed a bit; while they cast Homing Soul Arrow, which is kind of damaging & hard to evade in the level you're in (a majority of which takes place in knee-/waist-deep water), they have a somewhat significant amount of health. |
| 1280 | * HealingHands: One of the Priestesses in the area after the Rhoy's Resting Place bonfire has the ability to heal her comrades should she or any of them get hurt by the player. More come out on [[NewGamePlus NG+ and beyond]]. |
| 1281 | * SquishyWizard: Downplayed; they're pretty tough to take down. |
| 1282 | [[/folder]] |
| 1283 | |
| 1284 | [[folder:Amana Aberration]] |
| 1285 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lizardmen_9.jpg]] |
| 1286 | A Hollow that lived in an aquatic environment for an extended period of time and eventually adapted to its surroundings by mutating into its present form. These creatures prowl the shallow waters of the Shrine of Amana, perpetually searching for sources of fresh Souls. |
| 1287 | ---- |
| 1288 | * BerserkButton: Equipping a lit torch aggros the aberrations and causes them to attack you. Strangely enough, this doesn't happen if the player casts the Cast Light sorcery. [[WildMassGuessing Perhaps the light emanating from the spell isn't as bright enough as the torch's light?]] |
| 1289 | * BodyHorror: These animalistic hollows have a cluster of boils on their back, are hunched over in a primal stance, and grew a [[ExtraEyes a second pair of eyes]] and an OverlyLongTongue. |
| 1290 | * ExtraEyes: Possibly to adapt in the dark environment that is the Shrine of Amana. |
| 1291 | * MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: In a roundabout way; the Milfanito's song summons fireflies, which flit around these hollows and pacify them. Dispersing the fireflies by getting close to them or interrupting the Milfanito's song will cause the Aberration to attack you. |
| 1292 | * OverlyLongTongue: Akin to an anteater's tongue. |
| 1293 | [[/folder]] |
| 1294 | |
| 1295 | [[folder:Hollow Pyromancer]] |
| 1296 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hollow_pyromancer.png]] |
| 1297 | Undead pyromancers clad in tattered cloth robes who guard the small shrine past the Demon of Song's arena. Exclusive to [[UpdatedRerelease Scholar of the First Sin]]. |
| 1298 | ---- |
| 1299 | * GlassCannon: They cast some very damaging pyromancies, but they tend to go down after a few hits. |
| 1300 | * KillItWithFire: They wield a variety of pyromancies to roast you alive. |
| 1301 | [[/folder]] |
| 1302 | |
| 1303 | [[folder:Demon of Song]] |
| 1304 | |
| 1305 | !! Demon of Song |
| 1306 | [[quoteright:348:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/500px-demon_of_song_951.png]] |
| 1307 | |
| 1308 | A hideous froglike Demon originally sealed within the Shrine of Amana. When the priestesses attending the Shrine and maintaining the seal eventually either died or went Hollow, the Demon was set free, luring unsuspecting humans into its lair by mimicking the song of the Milfanito. |
| 1309 | ---- |
| 1310 | * AIBreaker: Staying up to its face will always bait him into moving out of its shell and using predictable slaps, so then you can actually damage it while leaving its powerful DashAttack out of the equation. |
| 1311 | * DashAttack: Will make a charging motion and then instantly dash across the room if the player stays away from it. |
| 1312 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvhYptd-yzU Demon of Song]]", although when you enter its boss arena, it'll still sing "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFRY6fzEQqw Milfanito]]" until attacked. |
| 1313 | * MightyGlacier: It's a large target and attacks rather slowly, but it deals massive amounts of damage if it hits the player. |
| 1314 | * NestedMouths: Has a skull-like face and two long skeletal arms inside its mouth. |
| 1315 | * NighInvulnerable: Its outer shell is impervious to damage, forcing you to wait until its face comes out of the frog's mouth to inflict any kind of damage. |
| 1316 | * SingingVoiceDissonance: It is capable of perfectly mimicking the song of the Milfanito, despite looking like a skull-faced frog monster. |
| 1317 | * ToServeMan: Its soul description references a penchant of eating human flesh. |
| 1318 | |
| 1319 | [[/folder]] |
| 1320 | |
| 1321 | ! Undead Crypt |
| 1322 | [[folder:Insolent Knights]] |
| 1323 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/insolent_knights.png]] |
| 1324 | A band of clerical warriors who sought to conquer the Undead Crypt. For their transgression, their deaths were postponed by the Fenito, and they will only know rest once they serve as crypt guardians for an unknown, but presumably very long, period. |
| 1325 | ---- |
| 1326 | * AntiVillain: Compared to the Imperious Knights, they are this. They had a clear, if totally misguided, moral cause they were following when they attacked the crypt. It's likely because of this that the Fenito took mercy on them, and they will eventually know rest. |
| 1327 | * BarredFromTheAfterlife: Though temporarily. |
| 1328 | * BullyingADragon: They went up against the Fenito, the successors of Gravelord Nito who are essentially the Grim Reapers of the Dark Souls world. It ended predictably. |
| 1329 | * KnightTemplar: The Crypt, from what we can tell, wasn't all that dangerous to the outside world. The Insolent Knights still thought it had to be destroyed. For bonus points they even look the part. For this sin they were turned into its undead guardians, but because they were doing what they thought was the right thing, it won't be forever. |
| 1330 | |
| 1331 | [[/folder]] |
| 1332 | |
| 1333 | [[folder:Imperious Knights]] |
| 1334 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/imperious_knight.png]] |
| 1335 | Proud Knights that attempted to conquer the Undead Crypt. For this act of conceit they will never rest in peace and instead serve as crypt guardians. |
| 1336 | |
| 1337 | They bore no weapons, only a shield split into left and right halves, which they used to playfully crush their foes until their corpses were kneaded beyond recognition. |
| 1338 | ---- |
| 1339 | * AssholeVictim: Unlike the crusading Insolent Knights, the Imperious Knights seemingly attacked simply for pleasure and loot. They are described as taking immense, sadistic joy in gorily mashing their victims into mush with their giant shields and treated it like a game. Because of this attitude, the Fenito threw the book at them. Unlike the imperious knights, they will never rest in peace. |
| 1340 | * BarredFromTheAfterlife: They will never truly die, stuck in a cycle that should be familiar to any hollow. Whatever happens in the Dark Souls world to the dead, it will never happen to them. |
| 1341 | * FateWorseThanDeath: They will live forever and "never rest". It's very likely that [[spoiler: during the events of the Ringed City, they are still out there, buried beneath the ash and ruins.]] |
| 1342 | * GraveRobbing: Their great sin, for which they are cursed to forever guard the Undead Crypt. |
| 1343 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: To an insane degree. The Imperious Knights wield a massive greatshield in each hand and use them to smash and crush their enemies into paste. |
| 1344 | * ShieldBash: Oh yeah. |
| 1345 | * ShieldBearingMook: Though uncommon, they fit the type, being completely immune to frontal attacks when they aren't attacking. |
| 1346 | |
| 1347 | [[/folder]] |
| 1348 | |
| 1349 | [[folder:Leydia Witch]] |
| 1350 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leydia_witch.png]] |
| 1351 | Witches who worship the god of disease, Galib. They once resided in the Undead Crypt alongside the Fenito but over time grew conceited, misusing their power and usurping control of the Crypt's gateway. Their actions spurned the Grave Wardens and they were slaughtered as transgressors; their spirits now forcibly serve as guardians of the Crypt. |
| 1352 | ---- |
| 1353 | * AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Attempted and ultimately failed, resulting in their damned spirits being forced to serve the Grave Wardens they betrayed in their duties as sentinels of the dead. |
| 1354 | * BlackMagic: They wield Hexes, Sorceries, and Miracles with equal skill, owing to their unique staves. |
| 1355 | * HotWitch: Though largely featureless, they are still quite shapely. |
| 1356 | |
| 1357 | [[/folder]] |
| 1358 | |
| 1359 | [[folder:Leydia Pyromancer]] |
| 1360 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/leidia_pyromancer.png]] |
| 1361 | A ghostly spellcaster of the Leydia Pyromancers. Although pyromancers in name, they were adept at a wide variety of magic and in their conceit they once occupied the Undead Crypt. Their brazen misuse of death drew the ire of the Fenito, who branded them transgressors; the apostles were slaughtered and subsequently buried in the Crypt alongside other occupants. |
| 1362 | ---- |
| 1363 | * GlassCannon: They health is low, but they have a shockingly high damage output with their quick sword strikes and powerful magic. |
| 1364 | * ZergRush: They can be summoned from statues should someone ring a nearby bell (a Hollow prisoner will usually do it). Given how close the statues are to each other, you can easily find yourself surrounded by them once the bell has rung. |
| 1365 | |
| 1366 | |
| 1367 | [[/folder]] |
| 1368 | |
| 1369 | [[folder:Ghost]] |
| 1370 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wall_warrior.png]] |
| 1371 | The ghost of a former warrior which will phase through the walls of the Undead Crypt in certain spots to attack. Who were these warriors in life and how did they come to wander the halls of the Crypt? Only the Grave Wardens know for certain, and their lips are sealed. |
| 1372 | ---- |
| 1373 | * GhostlyGlide: They are in such a pose that their other half, if they have one, must be several feet off the ground at least. |
| 1374 | [[/folder]] |
| 1375 | |
| 1376 | [[folder:Grave Warden]] |
| 1377 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grave_warden.png]] |
| 1378 | Grave Wardens are charged with watching over the Undead Crypt. They are soaked and permeated with the power of darkness, and they will use that power to fulfill their duty as guardians of the crypt. |
| 1379 | Be you brave knight or depraved slave, those who disturb the Crypt will be hunted down. Only… why are these Wardens so far from the Crypt they are sworn to protect? |
| 1380 | ---- |
| 1381 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: They are blue, like all Fenito. |
| 1382 | * TheFaceless: Totally covered up by what should be a vision obscuring mask. It's unknown if they look like their boss, or if there is something else under there. |
| 1383 | [[/folder]] |
| 1384 | |
| 1385 | [[folder:Velstadt, the Royal Aegis]] |
| 1386 | |
| 1387 | !! Velstadt, the Royal Aegis |
| 1388 | [[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/340px-velstadt_the_royal_aegis_7531.png]] |
| 1389 | |
| 1390 | ->''"Velstadt was always at the King's side, as if he were his lord's own shadow. After the King retired to the Undead Crypt, Velstadt followed, never to return."'' |
| 1391 | -->'''--Soul of Velstadt''' |
| 1392 | |
| 1393 | A trusted knight who faithfully served King Vendrick in life, Velstadt went for the Undead Crypt on Vendrick's orders and remained there with the Fenito and a contingent of royal guards, standing watch over the crypt to this very day and inexplicably slaughtering any who enter. |
| 1394 | ---- |
| 1395 | * BadassCape: A twin-tailed one which is tailored in a scale fashion. |
| 1396 | * ClimaxBoss: What comes after Velstadt's defeat is one of the biggest revelations in the game, as [[spoiler:you find King Vendrick in the most pitiful state possible and are urged by the Emerald Herald to claim the one thing that grants you the right to take the Throne of Want for yourself and Link the Fire]]. |
| 1397 | * TheCorruption: Staying for so long in the Undead Crypt with nothing but Hollows (including his fellow knights and [[spoiler: Vendrick himself]]) has tainted him. |
| 1398 | * CastingAShadow: He's able to conjure wide-angle hexes such as Dark Hail or a massive Dark Orb in your direction should you stay far away from him, and he powers himself up with dark magic midway through the fight, strengthening his defences and damage dealt. |
| 1399 | * DegradedBoss: In the ''Crown of the Sunken King'' DLC, [[spoiler:Elana the Squalid Queen will summon a weaker replica of Velstadt if she's not calling forth several skeletons]]. |
| 1400 | * ForDoomTheBellTolls: His weapon makes a distinctive bell sound whenever he swings it. |
| 1401 | * KungShui: He can destroy the pillars in the boss room with a single attack. |
| 1402 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EIiSMDCfmo Velstadt, the Royal Aegis]]", a sinister symphonic piece, complete with tragic violin bouts, oppressive brass and a frightful EtherealChoir; all of these elements lead the player to think Velstadt is protecting something incredibly dark, [[spoiler:which sets up the big reveal of Vendrick having gone Hollow]]. |
| 1403 | * MagicKnight: He can buff himself with dark power and cast hexes. |
| 1404 | * MightyGlacier: His hammer swings are fairly telegraphed, but they can take away a lot of health if they connect. |
| 1405 | * ProtectiveCharm: It's subtle, but where Velstadt sits there is a very clear circle of light, as if his very presence was acting as a shield against the dark. |
| 1406 | * RecurringElement: [[VideoGame/DemonsSouls Garl Vinland]]'s surrogate. He wears similar armour (complete with near-identical helmet), wields a massive hammer to beat you around with, and serves tirelessly to protect his master, no matter what. |
| 1407 | * UndyingLoyalty: Swore to protect Vendrick even in death [[spoiler: and has been watching over his king's grave for a very long time, only standing up to face trespassers.]] |
| 1408 | * WeaponAcrossTheShoulder: His neutral stance. |
| 1409 | * WeaponTwirling: In his intro cutscene, he'll twirl his bell-decorated giant mace in one hand, as if to warn you that yes, he's ''that'' strong. |
| 1410 | |
| 1411 | [[/folder]] |
| 1412 | |
| 1413 | [[folder:'''Velstadt's Guarded''' '''''(spoilers)''''']] |
| 1414 | |
| 1415 | !! King Vendrick |
| 1416 | |
| 1417 | The former ruler of Drangleic, Vendrick is found fully Hollow after Velstadt's defeat as an optional boss. For more information on him, see [[Characters/DarkSoulsIIMainCharacters the main characters page]]. |
| 1418 | |
| 1419 | [[/folder]] |
| 1420 | |
| 1421 | ! Aldia's Keep |
| 1422 | |
| 1423 | [[folder:Dragon Acolyte]] |
| 1424 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dragon_acolyte.jpg]] |
| 1425 | ->''"Several of the greatest minds converged in Aldia to weave strange new rituals, but rumors suggest that during the course of their work their thoughts were not their own."'' |
| 1426 | -->'''--Dragon Acolyte Set''' |
| 1427 | Researchers found in the halls of the keep, wearing tattered white robes & strange warped orb hoods. They conduct experiments within the halls, abducting & caging creatures for research purposes. It was said their will was not entirely their own, though their crimes have likely tainted them. |
| 1428 | ---- |
| 1429 | * HealThyself: If low on health, they can consume a Lifegem, which restores a small part of their health. |
| 1430 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Their Bone Shields, which resemble the top half of dragon skulls. They have high Dark resistance. |
| 1431 | * MadScientist: Abducting creatures and people, conducting experiments on them, turning them into horrifying abominations - all for the sake of finding a cure to the Undead Curse. |
| 1432 | * ShieldBash: They can hit the player with their shields. Not a good idea to block them since it takes a lot of stamina to block the attack, which may leave the player vulnerable to enemy attacks. |
| 1433 | * ThrowDownTheBomblet: They can throw Witching Urns at players, dealing Magic damage. |
| 1434 | |
| 1435 | [[/folder]] |
| 1436 | |
| 1437 | [[folder:Guardian Dragon]] |
| 1438 | |
| 1439 | !! Guardian Dragon |
| 1440 | [[quoteright:345:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/guardian_dragon_4862.jpg]] |
| 1441 | ->''"Do the dragons watch over the land of their own will, or are they in the grip of one of Aldia's spells?"'' |
| 1442 | -->'''--Guardian Dragon Soul''' |
| 1443 | A dragon kept in an enormous cage behind Aldia's Keep. It presently acts as the de facto guardian of the path to the Dragon Aerie, but more than likely began as an unwilling participant in the experiments conducted at the Manor. |
| 1444 | ---- |
| 1445 | * BreathWeapon: Standard fare for a fire-breathing dragon. Sometimes it spits a massive fireball instead. |
| 1446 | * DegradedBoss: You can fight several more in the area following Aldia's Keep; the Dragon Aerie. However, they'll stay grounded once you're in melee range. ''Scholar of the First Sin'' inverts this, letting you fight a [[FakeUltimateMook surprisingly weak]] Guardian Dragon as a regular mook in Heide's Tower of Flame ''long'' before you fight the boss. |
| 1447 | * {{Flight}}: One of the defining traits of this boss fight; it'll often take flight at a high altitude, raining down fire on you, and can perch itself onto the cage's wall similar to the Hellkite Dragon from the first ''Dark Souls''. |
| 1448 | * GlassCannon: It has pitiful defenses compared to bosses before and after it. That said, its fire breath can roast your undead hide in a second. |
| 1449 | * LeanAndMean: The Guardian Dragon's limbs are very sleek, in contrast to its humongous wingspan. |
| 1450 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TlxNaNdsr8 Guardian Dragon]]". |
| 1451 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're not actual Ancient Dragons, but rather wyverns, who are their lesser spawns (the one atop the Dragon Shrine is the only true dragon in that regard). They only have one pair of legs as opposed to the Ancient Dragon's two, and closely resemble the [[Videogame/DarkSouls Hellkite Dragon]]. |
| 1452 | * TailSlap: One of its primary attacks when fought up close and from behind. This is more prominent in the Dragon Aerie, where you fight several Guardian Dragons on the ground. |
| 1453 | |
| 1454 | [[/folder]] |
| 1455 | |
| 1456 | ! Dragon Shrine |
| 1457 | [[folder:Drakekeeper]] |
| 1458 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/drakekeeper.png]] |
| 1459 | Towering warriors of the dragon shrine, wielding weapons larger than any human. All travelers who arrive at the shrine must face them in single combat to earn an audience with the ancient dragon. After all, the path of the dragon is about strength and honour. |
| 1460 | ---- |
| 1461 | * BloodKnight: As expected of Dragon Remnant members. |
| 1462 | * DuelBoss: Well, Duel Mini Boss, at least in Scholar Of the First Sin. They expect honor. If you act dishonorably (Trying to kite them with bows outside the duel area, trying to bring phantom pals along for the fight instead of facing them one on one, trying to run past them and skip the fight) the entire temple dogpiles you for your cowardice. |
| 1463 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: Running away when near death, as detailed above, is not something they approve of. |
| 1464 | * ShockAndAwe: The sword-and-shield Drakekeepers are able to hurl lightning bolts from their swords, at least in Scholar of the First Sin. |
| 1465 | * UndergroundMonkey: They're basically reskinned Old Knights with faster attacks. |
| 1466 | * WorthyOpponent: They are testing to see if you are one. If you prove you indeed are, and defeat them in a clean fight, the rest of the shrine lets you pass without a fight. |
| 1467 | |
| 1468 | [[/folder]] |
| 1469 | |
| 1470 | [[folder:Dragon Knight]] |
| 1471 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dragon_knight.png]] |
| 1472 | The Dragon Remnant covenant has flourished in Drangleic's chaotic state, and many of the members stand guard at the shrine to ensure the weak or dishonorable never get to meet their draconic deity. |
| 1473 | ---- |
| 1474 | * BloodKnight: As expected of Dragon Remnant members. |
| 1475 | * LightningBruiser: Hit hard and hit fast. |
| 1476 | * SavageSetpiece: ''Scholar of the First Sin'' revamps the enemy placement in the Dragon Shrine, putting a battalion of Dragon Knights to guard the long stairway to the Ancient Dragon instead of the Drakekeepers. They will simply stand guard while you ascend, but if you make the mistake of either attacking one of them or turning your back on the Ancient Dragon, they will swarm you in short order. |
| 1477 | |
| 1478 | |
| 1479 | [[/folder]] |
| 1480 | |
| 1481 | [[folder:Ancient Dragon]] |
| 1482 | |
| 1483 | !! Ancient Dragon |
| 1484 | [[quoteright:349:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ancient_dragon_4469.jpg]] |
| 1485 | |
| 1486 | --> ''"The murk shifts and stirs. Yet another stands before us..."'' |
| 1487 | |
| 1488 | A dragon so old it was alive before the dawn of time. Its power has grown to godlike proportions and it resides in the Dragon Shrine as a deity; the few Undead who survive their journeys long enough to meet it seek its counsel in their quest for a cure. The Ancient Dragon willingly obliges its supplicants and harbors no ill intent toward visitors who show proper respect, but provoking its wrath will result in swift and unimaginably fierce retribution. |
| 1489 | ---- |
| 1490 | * AIBreaker: It's possible to lure it into only breathing fire straight ahead or stomping with either back feet if it's on the ground, but getting it right to avoid the dragon ever performing its dreaded air fire breath can be tricky. |
| 1491 | * BlackSpeech: While it communicates telepathically with you, the gibberish whisper used is certainly reminiscent of it. |
| 1492 | * BreathWeapon: While it has many physical attacks when it feels you're too close to it, the Ancient Dragon mostly relies on its extremely powerful fire breath, which usually kills you in one hit if you're not conscious about stacking fire resistance. |
| 1493 | * CrypticConversation: Its entire speech can basically be translated as it remarking on ''yet another'' Undead wandering in search of answers leading towards the Throne of Want. It's easily inferred by its words that so many have tried, it doesn't believe at all that you'll succeed, but at the same time pities you because you pretty much have no choice in the matter. |
| 1494 | * DamageSpongeBoss: Barring Vendrick without Giant Souls in your inventory, this dragon sports a whopping 19,840 HP in standard gameplay, making it one of the longest boss fights. Plus, nearly all of its moves are {{One Hit Kill}}s. |
| 1495 | * TheDragonsComeBack: Maybe not true dragons, but if the Aerie is any indication, the Ancient Dragon intends to restore its numbers. |
| 1496 | * {{Flight}}: Like the Guardian Dragon, it'll fly up in the air to rain down fire over a large area if the player is standing too close to it, although it'll sometime take flight just for the sake of repositioning itself. |
| 1497 | * GiantFootOfStomping: If you hang out by its hind feet you better watch out for the insta-killing stomping, especially because the game can and ''will'' glitch out such that the stomps' shockwaves happen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzXooHOEX40 even before the Dragon lifts a foot]]. Sometimes it will psyche you out by standing up and breathing fire downwards instead. |
| 1498 | * HighAltitudeBattle: The Dragon Aerie is already so far up in the air compared to the rest of Drangleic, but the Ancient Dragon resides at the very top of the Dragon Shrine, which is a massive castle ''overlooking'' the Dragon Aerie. |
| 1499 | * LargeAndInCharge: It's the largest dragon you'll ever find, and it presides over the entirety of the Dragon Aerie, as well as the rest of the Guardian Dragons found there. |
| 1500 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCjlcO3fL3w The Ancient Dragon]]", a chaotic track that perfectly describes the grave mistake you just made in earning it's ire, and the unimaginable horror that awaits you as it turns into an OptionalBoss. |
| 1501 | * MarathonBoss: Due to its massive health bar and the scale of its attacks, almost always forcing you to reposition yourself every time it strikes, this boss is one of the longest fights in a ''Souls'' game, taking anywhere from 10 to 20 minutes. God bless you if you brought in additional phantoms, in which case its health is multiplied. |
| 1502 | * MightyGlacier: Its moves are fairly telegraphed, but they're all mostly {{One Hit Kill}}s, and some (like the rain of fire) have a massive area of effect that makes its mobility irrelevant. |
| 1503 | * MightyRoar: Should you provoke it into a fight, it'll start standing up and respond with a deafening roar, signifying the beginning of a tremendously difficult boss battle. |
| 1504 | * OneHitKill: Its fire breath becomes one at normal fire resistance (you need over ''900'' to negate it); in contrast, all of its physical attacks are oneshots by default, and nothing can change them. |
| 1505 | * OptionalBoss: The Ancient Dragon first appears as an ally, giving you an item required to progress the game. But if you attack it, you can fight one of the toughest bosses in the game. It also drops a Giant's Soul, one of five required to weaken King Vendrick. |
| 1506 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: A classic Western Dragon with large wings and four powerful limbs, and the only real dragon in ''Dark Souls II''[='=]s base game. The rest, like the Guardian Dragon, are wyverns that are the lesser spawn of the Ancient Dragons. [[spoiler:Dialogue with Nashandra and Shalquoir, as well as lore from the Bone Shield, imply that this Ancient Dragon is actually a re-creation born from Aldia's experiments with the Giants, seemingly reinforced by the fact that you get the Ancient Dragon Soul from the memory of the dragon corpse in the Duke's Dear Freja boss room while this dragon instead drops a Soul of a Giant.]] |
| 1507 | * ParentalSubstitute: It's revealed in the Aerie that [[spoiler:the Emerald Herald]] was raised by the Ancient Dragon, and the wyverns of the Dragon Aerie. Possibly part of why [[spoiler:she's been helping you kill King Vendrick, and every other member of the human kingdom that remains...]] |
| 1508 | * PhysicalGod: What it has been elevated to according to the lore, and it's by far the most powerful being you will ever encounter in ''Dark Souls II''. It even has an unnecessarily massive shrine erected in its honour! |
| 1509 | * RecliningReigner: As far as dragons can recline, at least. It sits comfortably on all fours when you first meet it, and only gets up once you've attacked it too many times. |
| 1510 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Normally you wouldn't see them since you're so far away from its face. But when you provoke it into fighting you... |
| 1511 | * SavageSetpiece: After it gives you the means to access the memories of the Giants, it'll keep loafing around and you can't talk to it again. You can, however, provoke it with a few strikes, triggering one of the game's secret boss fights. It shares this distinction with Vendrick, as both are initially non-hostile bosses that are impossibly resilient even by ''Dark Souls'' standards. |
| 1512 | * StrongerWithAge: It's stated that it has attained godlike power due to living for so long. The other dragons you meet in the game are nothing but whelps, and consequently pale in comparison to the Ancient Dragon. |
| 1513 | * TailSlap: Trying to hit its tail during the fight will prompt it to slowly whip it downwards, along with its hind feet alternatively stomping the ground. |
| 1514 | |
| 1515 | [[/folder]] |
| 1516 | |
| 1517 | ! Memory of Giants |
| 1518 | [[folder:Giant Footsoldier]] |
| 1519 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/footsoldier.jpg]] |
| 1520 | |
| 1521 | The strange, tree like humanoids who came across the sea to conquer Drangleic. Their sheer might was matched only by their incredible numbers, and Drangleic soon found itself in a vicious fight for survival. |
| 1522 | ---- |
| 1523 | * AntiVillain: While their genocidal actions are deplorable, their war against Drangleic was, at least in motive, entirely just. [[spoiler: King Vendrick was, at the behest of Nashaandra, enslaving and experimenting on Giants. They only invaded Drangleic to free their brethren and put a stop the slave trade.]] |
| 1524 | * FantasticRacism: It wasn't enough to kill the leaders of Drangleic. Judging by the state of the kingdom, they killed every human being they came across, and likely wouldn't have stopped until none were left. |
| 1525 | * GreenThumb: Wherever a giant dies, trees and vegetation begin to grow. The worst battlefield of the war has become a massive, verdant forest (fittingly called the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Forest of Fallen Giants]] ) in the years following. |
| 1526 | * GuiltFreeExterminationWar: This is how the Drangleic nobility framed up the war with the giants. In true series fashion, however, it is more complex than that. |
| 1527 | * InTheHood: The pyromancer and poison variants wear hooded robes. |
| 1528 | * PlayingWithFire: The pyromancer variant will hurl large fireballs that not only do a lot of damage, but also have a pretty large area of effect. |
| 1529 | * PoisonousPerson: The poison giants have their left arms clad in a green, poisonous substance. |
| 1530 | [[/folder]] |
| 1531 | |
| 1532 | [[folder:Elite Giant]] |
| 1533 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elite_69.png]] |
| 1534 | |
| 1535 | The champions of the giant army, the Elite Giants are much stronger and formidable than the soldiers they command. |
| 1536 | ---- |
| 1537 | * AntiVillain: Like the rest of its kind, the war against Drangleic was a retaliation against all the horrible deeds Vendrick and his army did to them. |
| 1538 | * ImprovisedWeapon: They carry two large obelisks that are used as clubs. While not suitable for war, the brutal strength of the giants make of them deadly weapons. |
| 1539 | * LargeAndInCharge: Noticeably bigger and tougher than the footsoldiers, but not as much as their Lord. |
| 1540 | * LastOfItsKind: [[spoiler: The two remaining Giants in the present (aside from the Last Giant)are two Elites hidden in Black Gulch]] |
| 1541 | [[/folder]] |
| 1542 | |
| 1543 | [[folder:Giant Lord]] |
| 1544 | |
| 1545 | !! Giant Lord |
| 1546 | [[quoteright:293:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/giant_lord_286.png]] |
| 1547 | |
| 1548 | The King of Giants who led the Giant's invasion of Drangleic, and tried to slay King Vendrick. His army laid waste to all of Drangleic, and left the Kingdom in ruins. The Giants were slain (near) to the last, their mighty Lord included. It is said that Vendrick hurt him in the past, and either the crime was abominable or the Giants are spiteful, for even after centuries had passed he could never forgive the King of Drangleic. |
| 1549 | ---- |
| 1550 | * AchillesHeel: For an endgame boss with boss-tier resistances, he's extremely weak to dark magic and dark-infused weapons. |
| 1551 | * ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: You can bring either Benhart or Drummond for the fight but not both of them. It's the only boss battle with this limitation, likely due to the narrow arena and considerably low difficulty of the boss. |
| 1552 | * ArchEnemy: [[spoiler: As shown by his boss fight as the Last Giant, the Bearer of the Curse has become his most hated nemesis after the war]]. |
| 1553 | * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He led his species on an apocalyptic war against Drangleic, and Captain Drummond mutters that he's the toughest cookie he's ever seen. |
| 1554 | --> '''Drummond:''' Did you see him? That towering monster among them. That is most certainly their King. He will be a thing to topple, hah hah hah hah, even if I should die trying! |
| 1555 | * {{BFS}}: The sword he wields is nearly as long as he is tall, and considering he's about the same size as the Last Giant... |
| 1556 | * ClimaxBoss: ''Twofold''. His demise ultimately paved the way for Drangleic's victory over the Giants soon after, and it's highly implied you were the one who killed him. Then, defeating him in the game proper also yields you [[spoiler:the one thing that can command the Throne of Want and acknowledge you as the ruler of the kingdom.]] |
| 1557 | * CoolCrown: Wears one on his head along with a pimped out gold collar, although it's barely noticeable due to his size and the fact that he has a hole for a face. |
| 1558 | * DynamicEntry: Thanks to a statue head falling onto the level, a ton of dust gets kicked up which obscures your vision. Good luck seeing the Giant Lord's first, incredibly damaging attack through it. |
| 1559 | * DreamWalker: The Giant Lord is encountered inside the dreams (or memories) of the dead Giants once you have the Ashen Heart. Somehow though, you're able to interact and even keep the things you find there, and people's knowledge of you carries over from one memory to another; suggesting that you really DID go back in time in the dream to slay the Giant Lord. |
| 1560 | * EasyLevelTrick: It can be sniped from afar without triggering it to move, but you need powerful projectiles to get it done before the time limit runs out. |
| 1561 | * EvilOverlord: One interpretation of the Giant Lord. According to information in the game, the Queen came from a land across the sea conquered by the giants, and warned Vendrick of their desire to cross the sea and invade. Instead, Vendrick attacked the Giants, and caused some level of damage in order to free the human lands they'd taken. It's mentioned the humans tried to reconcile with the Giants, but that Giants didn't understand forgiveness; as a result, the Giant Lord invaded Drangleic and began their apocalyptic war. The other interpretation was, of course, that Nashandra lied, Vendrick's attack was entirely unprovoked, and the Giants are merely taking their just revenge. [[spoiler:Especially since, due to changed item lore bought about by the Scholar of the Last Sin patch, it's revealed that Vendirck actually enslaved some of these giants after he attacked them initially.]] |
| 1562 | * LargeAndInCharge: He's taller than the rest of his species, a feat that is only rivaled by the Last Giant. [[spoiler:That's because, as revealed by ''Scholar of the First Sin'', he IS the Last Giant.]] |
| 1563 | * LeanAndMean: He's also noticeably more lanky than the lesser giants. |
| 1564 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj2CQdcAzkY The Last Giant]]", which he shares with the boss of the same name. [[spoiler:Because they are the same boss]]. |
| 1565 | * MightyGlacier: He's extremely slow and doesn't turn around easily, but all of his attacks are appropriately devastating, whether they be sword swings or stomps. |
| 1566 | * PinataEnemy: Due to his relatively low difficulty for an endgame boss and the fact that there is a Bonfire Ascetic in the memory where you fight him (meaning you'll break even when burning them), killing him over and over is a ''fantastic'' way to farm many souls quickly. |
| 1567 | * PreFinalBoss: If the Throne Watcher and Defender are defeated first, the Giant Lord will be the last boss required to unlock the FinalBoss fight against [[spoiler:Nashandra]]. |
| 1568 | * RazorWind: His very first attack has him send out a shockwave with his sword. |
| 1569 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Another interpretation of him. It's stated that Vendrick, [[spoiler: thanks to being manipulated by Nashandra]], was the one who attacked the Giants, stealing a "great power" [[spoiler: which, according to changed lore, involved giants enslaved by Vendrick,]] from them and that the Giant Lord simply attacked Drangleic to take back what was once belonging to his people. |
| 1570 | * TimeLimitBoss: It must be killed before the time limit inside the giant's memory runs out. |
| 1571 | * WalkingSpoiler: The lore surrounding him reveals that the war with the giants, which the player had been [[UnreliableNarrator told]] was a GuiltFreeExterminationWar with humanity and the Gods as the good guys, was actually much more morally nuanced. |
| 1572 | |
| 1573 | [[/folder]] |
| 1574 | |
| 1575 | ! Dark Chasm of Old |
| 1576 | |
| 1577 | [[folder:Dark Spirits of the Chasm]] |
| 1578 | |
| 1579 | !! Abyss Ironclad |
| 1580 | |
| 1581 | One of many travelers of the Dark Chasm of Old, identity unknown. This Dark Spirit takes the form of an Ironclad with twin Great Hammers which it uses with a rare and frighteningly powerful Dual Wield stance. |
| 1582 | ---- |
| 1583 | * DualWield: He's able to powerstance ''two Great Hammers'', which is overkill against the player to say the least. |
| 1584 | * HeavilyArmoredMook: Wears the Ironclad Armor, which negates any chance of ever being backstabbed. |
| 1585 | |
| 1586 | !! "Pretender to the Xanthous Throne" |
| 1587 | |
| 1588 | A traveler of the Dark Chasm of Old, this Dark Spirit casts an unmistakable shadow and attacks with an array of deadly pyromancy. Still, they are, as their nickname would imply, a faker. |
| 1589 | ---- |
| 1590 | * PlayingWithFire: Hurls a plethora of pyromancies at the player, usually along the lines of Forbidden Sun, Flame Swathe and Great Chaos Fireball. |
| 1591 | * {{Retcon}}: Dark Souls 3 reveals "Xanthous" to be the term for scholars of the lost magic of Oolacile. It actually references the Pretender, saying "[Oolacile Scholars] were called xanthous scholars, but some foolishly imitate them by simply dressing in yellow." |
| 1592 | |
| 1593 | !! Tenebrous Rogue |
| 1594 | |
| 1595 | One of many pilgrims wandering the Dark Chasm of Old, this unidentified Dark Spirit wields a Bandit's Knife and Mytha's Bent Blade; a tattered hood conceals its malevolent face. Who are these nameless explorers of the Dark, and what do they hope to gain when their pilgrimages reach an end? |
| 1596 | |
| 1597 | !! Underworld Deadeye |
| 1598 | |
| 1599 | An explorer of the Dark whose visage lies concealed by the monocle of Durgo's Hat. Whether this is in fact the legendary archer himself is uncertain - after all, what could so noble a hero hope to gain from lurking in the dark depths? |
| 1600 | |
| 1601 | * HatOfPower: Wears a unique headpiece which enhances the range at which arrows deal effective damage. |
| 1602 | |
| 1603 | !! Shadowveil Assassin |
| 1604 | |
| 1605 | Yet another of the pilgrims traversing the Dark Chasm, its face is obscured beneath a shadowy hood. Its wicked and murderous armaments raise many questions about the intentions, and the sanity, of those who walk the Dark. |
| 1606 | |
| 1607 | !! "The Ghost of Princes Past" |
| 1608 | |
| 1609 | Though at first glance the netherworld traveler might appear nondescript and mundane, its lightning-fast sword technique tells a different story. Who is this nimble warrior of shadow and from whom did learn this deadly art? The mysteries of the Dark Chasm are as numerous as the murderous eyes glinting from its shadowy corners... |
| 1610 | |
| 1611 | * RoyalRapier: Wields Ricard's Rapier and will usually land several hits with it in quick succession. It's unknown if it's really [[VideoGame/DarkSouls Undead Prince Ricard]] himself, or an apparition forged from the memories encrusted within the Dark Chasm of Old. |
| 1612 | |
| 1613 | !! "A Chip Off the Ol' Rock" |
| 1614 | |
| 1615 | A pilgrim of the Dark Chasm whose striking resemblance to an old "friend" couldn't be a coincidence... could it? |
| 1616 | ---- |
| 1617 | * CarryABigStick: Wields a Dragon Tooth. |
| 1618 | * TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: He has infinite stamina and almost infinite poise, allowing him to bounce his Dragon's Tooth off your shield over and over again without suffering any recoil whatsoever until he breaks your guard (and there's not a lot of room to dodge roll where you fight him), while being almost impossible to counter attack. And he's the ''first'' opponent you have to face in the Chasm (assuming you start from the Drangleic Castle portal)... |
| 1619 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: His Havel Greatshield, which is once again the heaviest shield in the entire game with corresponding fortress-like resistances. |
| 1620 | * MightyGlacier: Moves slowly, but like Havel before him, will wreck unwary players with little effort thanks to his powerful weapon. |
| 1621 | * TinTyrant: Unlike Havel from ''Dark Souls'', whose armour was carved out from stone, his version of the armour is more metallic in appearance. |
| 1622 | |
| 1623 | [[/folder]] |
| 1624 | |
| 1625 | [[folder:Darklurker]] |
| 1626 | |
| 1627 | !! Darklurker |
| 1628 | [[quoteright:333:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/darklurker_capture_6563.jpeg]] |
| 1629 | |
| 1630 | An enigmatic being that lurks in the heart of the Dark Chasm of Old. With the form of an angel of light and wielding mastery over pyromancy, magic, and dark powers, this strange creature defies explanation. What are the origins of this angel of the dark and of its lair? Perhaps some things are better left unilluminated... |
| 1631 | ---- |
| 1632 | * AchillesHeel: Three of them. First, it's exceedingly weak to fire, meaning that the fight is generally considered trivial if you brought along a properly upgraded pyromancy flame. Second, a dark-infused Rebel's Greatshield can completely nullify dark damage, rendering a good number of its attacks harmless, provided you have decent stamina. Third, it's a spellcaster, which means that if you tag it with the Profound Still hex (which prevents enemies from using sorcery), the poor thing only has a single not-tremendously-effective attack to fall back on. |
| 1633 | * BadassArmfold: One pair of arms is constantly folded, while the other two arms unleash terrifyingly powerful magic. It's all it needs to blast you into oblivion. |
| 1634 | * CastingAShadow: No surprise, given its domain. Of note is that it shares the same beam attack Nashandra utilizes, though its beam lacks curse abilities. |
| 1635 | * ConfusionFu: It has the largest moveset of any boss in the game, being able to cast powerful sorceries, pyromancies and hexes. |
| 1636 | * DarkIsEvil: Despite what the name indicates, this is surprisingly averted. See LightIsNotGood below. |
| 1637 | * DualBoss: Will create a clone of itself that shares the same lifebar when you get it to around 50% health. |
| 1638 | * ElementalRockPaperScissors: It's cripplingly weak to fire. |
| 1639 | * EnergyWeapon: Can shoot a Soul Bolt inflicts heavy damage on you. |
| 1640 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The game provides little to no lore explaining its existence--or even what it is. In fact, its soul description simply says "Perhaps it's better that some mysteries remain unilluminated". It's a different story for [[AllThereInTheManual the game guide]], which expands a bit on the location's lore: the Dark Chasm of Old is implied to have been made from the remains of [[Characters/DarkSoulsArtoriasOfTheAbyss Manus, Father of the Abyss]]. |
| 1641 | ** ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' ''might'' give us a clue as to what this thing is, or at least what its purpose is in the lore. [[spoiler: The Winged Knights of Lothric worship Holy Mother Gertrude, who was said to have been contacted by an angel and founded the angelic faith of Lothric based on its teachings. The one miracle divined by the angelic faith, Divine Pillars of Light, manifests itself as several beams of pure light not unlike the ones that Darklurker occasionally throws at you. Thus, it can be reasonably assumed that Darklurker or a being like it was what contacted Gertrude and started the angelic faith.]] |
| 1642 | *** ''The Ringed City'' DLC for Dark Souls III offers yet another possible clue to the Darklurker's origins. [[spoiler: Creatures resembling angels like the Darklurker are revealed to be born of the Pilgrims of Londor who have finally perished, leaving wriggling larva-like creatures erupting from their backs while an Angel floats around nearby. The Darklurker may then be an angel born from the dark but 'perfected' by the concentrated dark of the abyss.]] |
| 1643 | ** And finally, datamining gives a few hints as to its nature- or at least what it's nature ''was'' back when they'd planned a larger role for it. [[spoiler: It's Agdyne's [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Stand]]. No, seriously; that's its name in the Japanese game files. Presumably Agdyne would have had a larger role, and perhaps a boss fight where he'd summon the Darklurker to fight you, but this was cut and the Darklurker was left a RiddleForTheAges.]] |
| 1644 | * HomingProjectile: Most of its attacks, drawn from a dark portal, have a tracking ability to them, forcing you to take a less static approach to the fight. |
| 1645 | * HumanoidAbomination: Has a human shaped body, but just from its massive firepower, name and location, it's evidently something vastly different. Its power set and item drops also don't make sense given the lore of the series thus far; it is a creature that resides in what is clearly the Abyss and it channels the power of the Abyss into powerful Sorceries and Pyromanices (none of which are hexes, mind you), yet the soul it drops is a ''light'' soul completely untainted by the Dark. Whatever this thing is, it is clear that it ''should not exist'' within the lore, making it even more incomprehensible. |
| 1646 | * {{Invisibility}}: It can temporarily cloak itself and drift away from one place to another, although you can still lock onto it. |
| 1647 | * InTheHood: Its face, [[HumanoidAbomination if it even has a face]], is covered by a white hood, obscuring whatever's beneath it. |
| 1648 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9wEYvgQjSk Darklurker]]". |
| 1649 | * LaserBlade: If you're too close to it, it'll start swinging a purple Soul Greatsword. |
| 1650 | * LightIsNotGood: Resembles a four armed angel with radiant wings and sometimes casts a beam of light, along with with using a beam sword if gotten too close to. It's also an enigmatic being that's born in an EldritchLocation implied to be the scattered remains of Manus, Father of the Abyss, the ''Souls'' series' epitome of DarkIsEvil. It also has a Light Soul, which implies that whatever the Darklurker is, it is ''not'' a creature born of the Dark. |
| 1651 | * ManOfKryptonite: Considering that the Pilgrims of Dark Covenant awards you with a hex-empowering ring when you join, the covenant leader sells more hexes than anything else, and you gain progressively more powerful hexes as you rank up, this is clearly a covenant meant for those intending to specialize in dark magic. To that end, quite a few players have taken Darklurker's massive dark resistance as a metaphorical slap to the face, though there is some comfort to be found in the fact that hexes' stat requirements also make you excellent at using miracles and pyromancy - the Darklurker is exceedingly weak to both fire and lightning. |
| 1652 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: It has four arms, with a pair constantly folded around its chest while the other pair does all the spellcasting. |
| 1653 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: It's [[LightIsNotGood falsely angelic]], casts hellishly powerful magic against anyone who encounters it, lives in an EldritchLocation, and is called the Darklurker. |
| 1654 | * OptionalBoss: One of most easily missed bosses, due to requiring access to an obscure covenant ''and'' having to fight some of the hardest phantom [=NPC=]s in the game before even deserving the right to challenge it. Defeating it completes your progression in the Pilgrims of Dark covenant. |
| 1655 | * PlayingWithFire: Just one of many of its attacks involves launching three Forbidden Suns at you in quick succession. |
| 1656 | * RiddleForTheAges: We never do learn the Darklurker's deal; according to the game itself, this is probably for the best. |
| 1657 | * SquishyWizard: Your battle against it essentially boils down to depleting its middling health (by OptionalBoss standards) before it nukes you with endless barrages of spells. |
| 1658 | * TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: Considering how frighteningly powerful it is, there's a reason the Pilgrims of Dark don't make themselves so easily accessible to prospective covenant members. Its soul description outright states that some things would better be left unilluminated. |
| 1659 | * ThinkingUpPortals: It conjures most of its projectile attacks from a dark portal. |
| 1660 | * VillainTeleportation: Will utilize teleportation abilities often during the battle, either by going through a dark portal or simply cloaking itself for a scant seconds. |
| 1661 | |
| 1662 | [[/folder]] |
| 1663 | |
| 1664 | ! Throne of Want |
| 1665 | |
| 1666 | [[folder:Throne Defender & Throne Watcher]] |
| 1667 | |
| 1668 | !! Throne Watcher & Throne Defender |
| 1669 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/throne_watcher_and_defender_2924.png]] |
| 1670 | |
| 1671 | Given the job of guarding the throne and ensuring no one else sat on it, respectively, these two did so even when Vendrick turned Hollow and left for the Undead Crypt. They eventually turned Hollow themselves, but have still fulfilled their duty to the last. |
| 1672 | ---- |
| 1673 | * BadassCape: The Defender's armour sports a billowing cape that even covers some parts of the front armour. As such, he's an imposing figure, and his garb matches his royal duty. |
| 1674 | * BadassLongCoat: The Watcher wears a white longrobe that extends down to her feet. |
| 1675 | * CoolHelmet: The Throne Defender's helmet covers most of his head, resembling a bishop-like hat. While the wearable version of the helmet has a bearded mask made out of stone to replicate his face, the Defender's beard [[http://i.imgur.com/N8749Qw.png is indeed real]]. |
| 1676 | * DualBoss: You fight both of them at the same time. When one is defeated, the other will attempt to revive him back to full health, meaning that you must beat both at around the same time. |
| 1677 | * ForceAndFinesse: The Defender and Watcher, respectively. The Defender doesn't have any flashy moves except raw strength and resilience, whereas the Watcher will often do backflips during the fight. |
| 1678 | * IAmNotLeftHanded: Both bosses can buff their weapons with lightning when injured, but the Throne Defender will also cast aside his shield and start performing two-handed attacks as well. |
| 1679 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: They can sometime perform an unblockable piercing attack that impales and holds up the player for a few seconds before throwing them to the ground. |
| 1680 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: The Throne Watcher's shield is actually made from a bell. If you create one for yourself, it even rings when struck. |
| 1681 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n4EavKs1K4 Throne Defender, Throne Watcher]]". |
| 1682 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Both have an unique shield that can be purchased from Ornifex by exchanging their souls to her. |
| 1683 | * PreFinalBoss: Should you reach the Throne of Want after obtaining the Giant Kinship, their fight immediately precedes the fight against the FinalBoss [[spoiler: Nashandra]], who will enter the arena with a [[DevelopersForesight different cutscene]]. |
| 1684 | * RecurringElement: Seems to be this games' Ornstein and Smough, being a duo boss with great synergy, in addition to having many a connection to their respective monarch. |
| 1685 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Defender is the Red Oni, and the Watcher is the Blue Oni, respectively. One is fast and tactful, while the other is strong and attacks brazenly. |
| 1686 | * SequentialBoss: Zig-zags depending on whether or not you've defeated the Giant Lord already. If you have, they'll be the first boss fight in the sequence. |
| 1687 | * ShesAManInJapan: Inverted. In the untranslated, Japanese version of the game, the Throne Watcher and Throne Defender are referred to with genderless pronouns. It's fairly obvious that the Watcher is intended to be a woman[[note]] the Throne Watcher has very obvious breasts and a feminine voice that you hear when you trick her into falling out of the arena. [[/note]], but a translator used "he" in her armor and soul descriptions in the U.S version. |
| 1688 | * ASinisterClue: The Throne Watcher is left-handed, wielding her sword in her left hand and shield in her right. Notably, players cannot (properly) do this, as a shield wielded in the right hand is treated as a primary weapon and cannot be used to block, making it difficult to do a proper Throne Watcher {{Cosplay}}. |
| 1689 | * StandardEvilEmpireHierarchy: They are, appropriately, the Guard and the Security Officer who removed all threats to King Vendrick. |
| 1690 | * TheUndead: A long time has passed since King Vendrick left the castle, leaving the Watcher and Defender to keep an eye on the Throne of Want. Unfortunately for them, both fell victim to the Undead Curse, and are Hollow by the time you fight them. |
| 1691 | * UndyingLoyalty: Even as Hollows they defend the Throne of Want as per their king's orders. |
| 1692 | |
| 1693 | [[/folder]] |
| 1694 | |
| 1695 | [[folder:'''The Final Boss''']] |
| 1696 | |
| 1697 | !! Queen Nashandra |
| 1698 | [[quoteright:344:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ds2_nashandra.jpg]] |
| 1699 | [[caption-width-right:344:Such a fair and lovely queen...[softreturn][[labelnote:Click here to see her true form.]] [[quoteright:344:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/400px-nashandra_3189.png]]... of darkness. [[/labelnote]]]] |
| 1700 | -->''"Brave Undead, you have proven yourself to me. Now, be one, with the Dark..."'' %%'''"LIGHTNING!!"''' |
| 1701 | |
| 1702 | -->'''Voiced by:''' Harriet Kemsley |
| 1703 | |
| 1704 | The wife of King Vendrick, Nashandra persuaded him to declare war on the Giants and has remained isolated from the outside world as Drangleic fell into desolation and ruin. However, there is something sinister about her, something reminiscent of an ancient avatar of darkness once thought vanquished long ago in an ancient kingdom in a distant land. |
| 1705 | ---- |
| 1706 | * AffectionateNickname: Vendrick refers to her as "My dear Shandra", implying that he still [[EvenEvilCanBeLoved loves her]]. |
| 1707 | * AmbiguousSituation: She claimed to come from a land where the Giants had destroyed and enslaved the inhabitants, there's no way to prove whether or not this was a lie. Everything we know about the Giants points to them being very warlike and spiteful, even before Vendrick assaulted them but Nashandra is also...[[BitchInSheepsClothing Nashandra]] and is not to be trusted. |
| 1708 | * AmbitionIsEvil: She sought the power of the Throne of Want specifically because she was the smallest piece of Manus' soul and yearned to undo her fragile state at any cost. |
| 1709 | * BattleCouple: With King Vendrick. They invaded the land of the Giants and fought together. |
| 1710 | * BigBad: Nashandra is responsible for the fall of Drangleic, her husband's insanity, and she is a "Child of Dark" - a shard of the soul of Manus, the GreaterScopeVillain of the ''Dark Souls'' universe. |
| 1711 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: The player first meets her when she's in her human disguise, and she's very courteous. It also seems that she had most of Drangleic fooled, seeing as very few people are aware that she was the true architect behind Vendrick's war on the Giants. |
| 1712 | * BlackWidow: It's pretty clear that Nashandra came to Drangleic intending to woo the King, and then set Vendrick up to die fighting against the Giants. The first time you meet her, she even tells YOU that there's no room on the throne for more than one ruler, and tries to convince you to kill Vendrick and take the throne. When you finally meet the guy though (or what's left of him), it becomes pretty clear who's really in control... |
| 1713 | * TheCameo: In ''VideoGame/DarkSouls3'', there's a portrait of her on the wall in [[spoiler:Anor Londo, in the same chamber that still holds Gwynevere's portrait from the first game.]] |
| 1714 | * CastingAShadow: She creates a number of floating black fireballs around her that will curse the player if they get too close, and can fire a beam of dark energy. Once her health is down to half, she'll start charging up an explosion of darkness should the player stay too close to her, and it has a large area of effect. |
| 1715 | * TheChessMaster: Manipulated Vendrick and seeks to do the same to the Undead Hero. |
| 1716 | * CompositeCharacter: She's a dead ringer for many characters of the previous two games. |
| 1717 | ** Her true form looks a lot like Gravelord Nito in VideoGame/DarkSouls , being mostly made up of skulls and coming close to a depiction of TheGrimReaper. |
| 1718 | ** It's hard to see her human form, but [[AllThereInTheManual Official Art]] depicts her as a white-clad, [[MysteriousWaif melancholic]] woman quite similar to ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls's'' Maiden Astraea and ''VideoGame/DarkSouls's'' Rhea of Thorolund (of course, [[ManipulativeBitch her role in the story]] is nothing like [[BreakTheCutie theirs were]]). More notably, her form bears more than a little resemblance to Dusk of Oolacile [[spoiler:who was in the hands of Manus in ''Artorias of the Abyss'']]. |
| 1719 | ** There's also a bit of Gwynevere in there too, being a tall, beautiful (and illusionary) woman who urges you to take the kingdom's throne for yourself under false pretenses. |
| 1720 | * TheCorrupter: Manipulated Vendrick into fighting the Giants so that she could take the throne for herself. |
| 1721 | * DarkActionGirl: The true BigBad and FinalBoss, taking on a monstrous form for her boss fight. Additonally, according to item descriptions, she was leading the invasion of the Giant Homeland alongside King Vendrick. |
| 1722 | * DarkIsEvil: Nashandra’s true form is shown to be a giant skeleton-like creature clad in bones for a dress who wields powers of the Dark, and she is shown to be a vile, power hungry, selfish woman who would manipulate anyone for her gains. |
| 1723 | * DemBones: Her true form appears to be part skeleton, or at least very, very dead. The writhing mass of skeletons making up her "dress" also adds to the feeling. |
| 1724 | * DubNameChange: In the original Japanese version, her name reads as "Dunashandora" [[note]] (デュナシャンドラ) [[/note]]. |
| 1725 | * EtherealWhiteDress: Nashandra's human form is clad in a regal white dress. She's also a BlackWidow of epic proportions, and her true form seems to be undead. |
| 1726 | * EvenEvilCanBeLoved: Based on some of Vendrick's dialogue, he still seems to carry some love for her, even knowing her true nature. |
| 1727 | -->'''Vendrick''': My dear Shandra... |
| 1728 | * EvilSoundsDeep: Nashandra's voice is significantly deeper in her true form, though disturbingly it's just as calm as the one she has in her human guise. |
| 1729 | * ExactWords: When the Bearer of the Curse first meets her, she encourages them to seek out Vendrick, claiming that "the kingdom has no need for two rulers." Note that she doesn't specify ''who'' the one ruler should be. |
| 1730 | * FauxAffablyEvil: She is very polite to the Bearer of the Curse [[ManipulativeBastard in order to manipulate them into opening the path to the Throne of Want.]] She keeps this up right before she tries to kill you. |
| 1731 | * FightingAShadow: The description of her soul and the items made from it reveal she is only the smallest piece of Manus' soul, and seeks to become whole again. |
| 1732 | * FinalBoss: Defeating her allows you to start [[NewGamePlus a new gameplay cycle]], which is accessible as an option in Majula's bonfire. If you obtained the Giant's Kinship prior to fighting the Throne Defender and Throne Watcher, her boss fight will start immediately after their defeat. [[spoiler:Should the player answer "yes" to the Scholar on all three encounters and kill Vendrick on top of fulfilling all conditions to access the Throne of Want, Nashandra's defeat is soon followed by Aldia's TrueFinalBoss fight.]] |
| 1733 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: While exploring Drangleic castle, the player will come across a large portrait of Nashandra. If the player gets too close to it, it starts building up the Curse meter at an alarming rate. It says a lot about the Queen when just a ''picture'' of her is evil enough to actively harm the viewer. Cursing the player is also Nashandra's primary method of attack during her boss battle. |
| 1734 | * GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: She's the real BigBad of the game, being a shard of Manus's soul. She also married the king and convinced him to turn the land to darkness. |
| 1735 | * TheGrimReaper: She gives off this vibe in her true form, with a pile of bones making up most of her body and a massive scythe that she caresses in her pre-fight cutscene. True to her nature as a fragment of a world-destroying EldritchAbomination, she's an anathema to all life in Drangleic. |
| 1736 | * HoistByHerOwnPetard: Nashandra encouraged the bearer of the curse to keep carrying on with their adventure in order to get rid of them once the gate to the Throne of Want was opened. Unfortunately for her, she never considered that this journey would make the bearer way too powerful and that they would end up killing her. |
| 1737 | * HumanoidAbomination: Her true form, while distinctively human in shape, is almost made up of bones and very emaciated, adding to her GrimReaper-like appearance. She's also a shard of the Soul of Manus, Father of the Abyss, the connotation of which gives her vast power over the corruption that's been gnawing away at humanity ever since the beginning of the franchise. |
| 1738 | * KarmaHoudini: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. While she is slain at the [[PlayerCharacter Bearer of the Curse’s]] hand at the end of the game, by the [[VideoGame/DarkSouls3 third game]] her evil actions have been attributed to Vendrick, who while not blameless, was manipulated by her. |
| 1739 | * LadyOfBlackMagic: An elegant queen in white who maintains her polite manner even when revealing her true self. She's also a master of dark magic, firing powerful beams of dark energy during her boss fight. |
| 1740 | * LadyMacbeth: It's doubtful the war would have happened without Nashandra whispering in Vendrick's ear. |
| 1741 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjaYBPlHiu8 Queen of Drangleic]]", a melancholic, if somewhat sinister, piano piece. [[note]]It's ultimately absent from the game.[[/note]] The final battle theme, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efHjdSM3nHo Nashandra]]", is a BossRemix, taking only the first 25 or so seconds from the piano piece before plunging into an epicly sinister EtherealChoir. |
| 1742 | * LightIsNotGood: Her human form is clad in white clothes and seems to take cues from Princess Gwynevere in terms of serenity, but when you talk to her, she makes it increasingly clear that she's pulling strings on you for a sinister purpose. That, and she's a being born from the shattered soul of Manus, the ''Souls'' series' purest example of DarkIsEvil. |
| 1743 | * ManipulativeBitch: Manipulated Vendrick into causing his kingdom's downfall, and deliberately waits for your breakthrough in the Throne of Want in order to claim it for herself. |
| 1744 | * OneWingedAngel: While you see her in human form at Drangleic Castle, encountering her in the Throne of Want has her ''pass through the same fog gate as the player'' as a Grim Reaper-like entity. |
| 1745 | * PimpedOutDress: Disturbingly, it seems to be [[SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset made out of writhing skeletons]]. |
| 1746 | * SequentialBoss: Zig-zags depending on whether or not you've defeated the Giant Lord already. If you have, she'll appear immediately after you defeat the Throne Defender and Throne Watcher. [[spoiler:She also becomes a stepping stone to Aldia should you unlock the TrueFinalBoss fight.]] |
| 1747 | * SimpleYetOpulent: Her dress as queen is a long white dress with just a few gold trimmings. |
| 1748 | * SinisterScythe: Wields a nightmarish-looking scythe. |
| 1749 | * SoulFragment: The most defining example in a game ripe with these, as she is stated to be the tiniest shard of Manus' shattered soul, and similarly wishes to plunge Drangleic into the Dark. |
| 1750 | * StatuesqueStunner: While you're unable to get a close-up of her, she, in her human form, sits comfortably on a large throne that's comparable to the two empty ones in the throne room behind Chancellor Wellager, and is at least three times as tall as the Undead hero. |
| 1751 | * TakeAThirdOption: A rare case that a ''villain'' tries to make good of this trope. Realistically, if the Throne were never claimed, the First Flame would not be re-linked in Drangleic and it would help usher in the Age of Dark. But rather than create more barriers between Undead and the Throne, Nashandra offers advice and ''encourages'' the player to succeed where Vendrick failed, giving you advice to investigate the doors requiring the King's Ring and then return to the Forest of Fallen Giants once you have the Ashen Mist Heart. And when you finally reach the Throne, Nashandra takes action to fight you, with her signature ability to inflict Curse and accelerate your Hollowing; a similar, if hostile approach to [[spoiler: Yuria and the Hollows of Londor in Dark Souls 3.]] |
| 1752 | * ThroneRoomThrowdown: The Throne of Want, or at least the chamber right outside of it, is the arena where she's fought in her true form. |
| 1753 | * WalkingSpoiler: As an endgame boss and the true mastermind behind King Vendrick's actions, this is a given. She also ends up being nothing more than an extension of the [[GreaterScopeVillain Manus, the Father of the Abyss]], and the DLC adds a few characters that share her modus operandi. |
| 1754 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: She seems to pull this on the hero in the final battle, though it's a little vague: considering her respectful tone, she may consider making the player "one with the Dark" a reward. Especially considering the [[AndIMustScream alternative fate that awaits them should they blindly plunge ahead on Shanolette's orders]]. |
| 1755 | |
| 1756 | [[/folder]] |
| 1757 | |
| 1758 | [[folder:'''The True Final Boss''']] |
| 1759 | |
| 1760 | !!Aldia, [[TitleDrop Scholar of the First Sin]] |
| 1761 | |
| 1762 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_513.png]] |
| 1763 | [[caption-width-right:350: "No matter how tender, how exquisite, ''A LIE WILL REMAIN A LIE''!"]] |
| 1764 | |
| 1765 | -->''"Many monarchs have come and gone. One drowned in poison, another succumbed to flame. Still another slumbers in a realm of ice. Not one of them stood here, as you do now. You conqueror of adversities. [[MultipleEndings Give us your answer]]."'' [[note]] The kings he's referring to are the Sunken King, the Old Iron King and the Ivory King respectively.[[/note]] |
| 1766 | |
| 1767 | --> '''Voiced by:''' David Gant |
| 1768 | |
| 1769 | King Vendrick's elder brother. Like the king, he sought to find the secret of breaking the Undead curse, but he had a much different vision on how it could possibly be attained. |
| 1770 | |
| 1771 | Makes his formal appearance in ''Scholar of the First Sin'' as the titular character. Having failed (or perhaps succeeded) in his quest to attain immortality, Aldia watches over the events of the game and appears before the Bearer of the Curse throughout the latter's journey, questioning the meaning of their struggle. |
| 1772 | ---- |
| 1773 | |
| 1774 | * AllForNothing: [[spoiler: Besides all of his actions to free himself instead resulted in him becoming bound to the bonfires connected to The First Flame, should The Bearer choose to embrace The Throne of Want, they render both Aldia's and Vendrick's efforts for naught, and, given what they both did to try and escape the curse and cycle, this is all well deserved on their end]]. |
| 1775 | * AndIMustScream: [[AmbiguousSituation Whatever it was that he did to try and free himself from the curse and the cycle]], it resulted in him becoming a horrific BotanicalAbomination that's bound to the bonfires, which are connected to the very flame that he was trying to evade after all this time. |
| 1776 | ---> '''Aldia:''' "I lost everything..." |
| 1777 | * AntiVillain: He was prepared to break the cycle at any cost. Those costs, as it turned out, were exorbitant to say the least. |
| 1778 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Aldia wanted to find a way to elevate himself and be freed from the curse and the cycle of Light and Dark, well, it seems he got what he wished for, [[AndIMustScream although it's clearly not what he had in mind]]. |
| 1779 | * BerserkButton: The First Sin he's titled after. The revelation that [[spoiler: mankind's birthright and true deific state of being was stolen from them by Gwyn]] left Aldia with nothing but disgust and contempt for the gods |
| 1780 | --> '''Aldia:''' Once, the Lord of Light banished Dark, and all that stemmed from humanity. And men assumed a fleeting form. These are the roots of our world. Men are props on the stage of life, and no matter how tender, how exquisite, '''''A lie will remain a lie'''''. |
| 1781 | * BigBadEnsemble: He serves as one along with Vendrick and [[spoiler: Nashandra]]. While [[spoiler: Nashandra]] and [[spoiler: her sisters are actively trying to spread The Abyss throughout the world]], Vendrick and Aldia, although they don't attack The Bearer when confronted [[spoiler: outside of their respective boss fights that is]], are ''BOTH'' ultimately responsible, [[spoiler: in addition to Nashandra]], for Drangleic's current state. |
| 1782 | * CharacterTitle: He's the titular "Scholar of the First Sin" in the update patch. |
| 1783 | * CompleteImmortality: Given that he drops no souls nor his own Soul upon his "death", keeps on speaking to the player despite being gone and his research was dedicated to understanding the Giants' immortality, it could be that he succeeded in that regard despite his [[AndIMustScream current form]]. |
| 1784 | * DynamicEntry: He likes to say hello by literally exploding out of the floor, hurling back anyone caught in the blast. It doesn't do any damage for most of the game, but it's definitely something to watch out for in his boss battle. |
| 1785 | * DubNameChange: In similar vein to Vendrick and Nashandra, his name was altered from the original Japanese one, which read like "An Deeru/An Deel" with a distinct separation mark between the two syllabes. |
| 1786 | * EldritchAbomination: He 's a grotesquely [[BotanicalAbomination deformed mismatch of roots]], flesh and fire that's somehow connected to the bonfires, has tremendous power over fire and drops neither souls nor his own soul upon death. Implying that he's completely removed from the the cycles that rule the ''Dark Souls'' universe. The events of ''[[Videogame/DarkSoulsIII The Ringed City]]'' indicate that Aldia [[spoiler:may actually be what humanity was supposed to look like without the Darksign to force them into a mortal form, although other signs point to the Hollows as being the true form of man, which is equally disquieting.]] |
| 1787 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: The "First Sin" he's obsessed with goes unexplained in ''II'', but the events of ''[[VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII The Ringed City]]'' eventually reveals that it's another name for [[spoiler: the seal of fire Gwyn placed upon [[TheSacredDarkness humanity's natural affinity to the dark]]. Which lead to the birth of the Darksign, the Undead Curse, and the Abyss becoming the unholy pit it's known as today]]. No wonder Aldia would be furious upon learning that [[spoiler: mankind's birthright was stolen from them since the very beginning]]. |
| 1788 | * GreaterScopeVillain: Although he doesn't attack The Bearer directly [[spoiler:(at least not until the end)]], he is, like Vendrick, also responsible for a ''LOT'' of past misdeeds; he and his brother BOTH enslaved and experimented on The Giants, an innocent race who did nothing wrong, and he also had scholars abduct innocent people to experiment on as well, turning them into the various abominations that can be discovered through Drangleic and beyond! |
| 1789 | * GreenThumb: Aside from his [[PlayingWithFire fire]], his main method of attack is to create massive tree roots to attack the player. |
| 1790 | * GoneHorriblyRight: Aldia sought freedom from the curse, but as the Emerald Herald says, "the soul and the curse are one and the same." He found freedom, but now he is reduced to something inhuman, unknowable. As if to prove this, you gain no item or souls when you defeat Aldia, and he continues to speak to you as if perfectly fine. |
| 1791 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Some of his attacks temporarily remove his fiery aura. Not only is it safer to melee him then, his massive defense is slightly lowered when not on fire. |
| 1792 | * HomingProjectile: His Fire Orb attack will track a player once cast. |
| 1793 | * ImmortalitySeeker: Just like Vendrick, he sought to put an end to the Undead curse, but his researches led him to study the immortality of the Giants that invaded Drangleic, in hopes of unveiling the secrets of life. |
| 1794 | * {{Leitmotif}}: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub-bg-rmEF4 Aldia, Scholar of the First Sin]]". |
| 1795 | * MadScientist: His keep is littered with the equipment and results of his many experiments. As well as a few still-living specimens. Many of the items that make a reference to him also tie him with the terrible deeds that were performed in his mansion, and Vendrick also ended up confining him there for good measure. |
| 1796 | * TheMentor[=/=]EvilMentor: Possibly for [[VideoGame/DarkSouls3 Prince Lothric]]. All the evidence for this is circumstantial; the Soul Stream sorcery only mentions that Lothric's private mentor was "The first of the Scholars" who "Doubted the Linking of the Fire", though [[RefusalOfTheCall Lothric's actions]] in VideoGame/DarkSouls3 are very much in line with Aldia's goal of ending the Linking of the Fire. |
| 1797 | * MrExposition: Aldia fills in a lot of gaps in the lore in his brief appearances. He also lives up to his title in understanding the origin of the cycle. |
| 1798 | * PlayingWithFire: He seems to be somehow connected to the bonfires throughout the game, and during the final fight itself uses fire as both a defensive and offensive measure. |
| 1799 | * RecurringElement: Like the first game's Arstor, Earl of Carim, Aldia is a highly immoral genius who sought a cure to the curse and is important lorewise for several items that came out of this search. He's also similar to Darkstalker Kaathe, fulfilling the role of the otherworldly entity that suggests a different solution than linking the fire to the Bearer of the Curse, and his presence in the game unlocks a new alternate ending [[spoiler:in which you follow the path of Vendrick and decide to find another way, despite the failures of those who went before you, and with nothing guaranteed]]. |
| 1800 | ** He also draws similarities with Seath the Scaleless, being a researcher who obtained immortality, but ended up twisted in the process. Where Seath went insane trying to figure out why he was born without immortality granting scales, Aldia ended up becoming twisted into something eldritch. There are also the creatures encountered throughout the world which are implied to be creations of Aldia and Seath respectively. |
| 1801 | * RightForTheWrongReasons: ''[[VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII The Ringed City]]'' reveals that [[spoiler: Aldia was indeed correct in that the 'First Sin' was responsible for starting the Undead Curse, and that it was Gwyn that perpetrated it upon Humanity. However, the First Sin was ''not'' Gwyn's linking of the first flame, but rather his placing the 'Seal of Fire' on ancient humans, which would in turn become the Darksign, stripping humans of their natural affinity for Darkness and dooming them to be kindling for the Age of Fire.]] |
| 1802 | * TheSoulless: It would seem that he succeeded in freeing himself from the curse and the cycle of Light and Dark. But the curse and the soul are one and the same, or so it is said; Aldia is now an immortal and soulless twisted thing. To highlight this, Aldia gives no souls upon defeat, nor does he drop a boss soul, and continues speaking to you as a disembodied voice. |
| 1803 | * StoneWall: He doesn't move around much save for teleporting once in a while, and his attacks are fairly predictable and usually don't one-shot you. However, his elemental resistances are completely through the roof, and you can't engage him in melee safely due to the raging fire that immolates him. |
| 1804 | * StrawNihilist: The old fool is a rather sad piece of work when The Bearer meets him, judging by his rather blatantly dark and cynical opinions on the situation the world is in. |
| 1805 | ---> '''Aldia:''' "Life is brilliant. Beautiful. It enchants us, to the point of obsession..." |
| 1806 | ---> '''Aldia:''' "Men are props on the stage of life, and no matter how tender, how exquisite... A lie will remain a lie." |
| 1807 | * TakeThat: |
| 1808 | ** When first encountering him, he commends you for making this far and encourages you to continue your quest, before dropping this BaitAndSwitchComparison [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial that's totally not taking a dig at Saulden]]: |
| 1809 | --->'''Aldia:''' Young Hollow, do you wish to shed this curse? Then accept the fate of your ilk, and face the trials that wait you. Unless, you have already joined the crestfallen. |
| 1810 | ** He's also fond of snarking about his brother's failures. |
| 1811 | --->'''Aldia:''' Young Hollow, seek after Vendrick. He who... ''almost'' became a true monarch.\ |
| 1812 | '''Aldia:''' Vendrick, the... ''near''-true monarch... is here, and not far off. |
| 1813 | * {{Transhumanism}}: As shown by several of his experiments, [[spoiler: Such as fusing human and Giant souls to create his own dragon]], Aldia believed that the best way to escape the Undead Curse was to leave humanity behind. [[spoiler: or more accurately, with the revelations of the ''[[VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII The Ringed City]]'' in mind, return humanity to it's ''true'' form]]. |
| 1814 | * TrueFinalBoss: Once you lit all the Primal Bonfires, kill Vendrick, then finish off Nashandra, Aldia will emerge before the Throne of Want and grant you one final fight before the ending cutscene, which has been updated to incorporate an alternate path (either go to the throne, or leave it). |
| 1815 | * TheUnseen: Before ''Scholar of the First Sin,'' Aldia made no overt appearances in the game, but due to his experiments on the Giants and his attempt to create a dragon (after which he was not heard from again) he was an important character lorewise. This changes in ''Scholar of the First Sin'', where he is the titular character and the TrueFinalBoss. |
| 1816 | * ThroneRoomThrowdown: Right defeating Nashandra in the Throne of Want and fulfilling the right requirements, he'll suddenly burst out of the ground and attack you in the same arena. |
| 1817 | * TwoRoadsBeforeYou: |
| 1818 | -->''Young Hollow, there are but two paths. Inherit the order of this world, or destroy it.'' |
| 1819 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: His voice not only has a reverb, but the sound of an underlying woman's voice is also evident in his speech. The two voices even desync at times, with the woman's voice speaking after his own. |
| 1820 | * WalkingSpoiler: He makes his final appearance as the TrueFinalBoss of ''Dark Souls II'' right after Nashandra, a WalkingSpoiler herself, and connects several plot points together everytime you meet him. |
| 1821 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite his CompleteImmortality making him more than capable of living through eras, he doesn't show up at all in ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsIII'' nor is he directly mentioned, making his ultimate fate unknown. |
| 1822 | * WreathedInFlames: Those flames that surround his body will damage anything that gets too close, meaning that you can only attack him in melee for the brief intervals before he lights them. |
| 1823 | * YouCantFightFate: Aldia mentioned having sought to "shed the yoke of fate", but failed, and would spend the rest of his existence waiting for the day [[PlayerCharacter someone]] would come to the same dilemma he had once. [[spoiler:If you take his and his brother's route and abandon the First Flame to seek a better option, the game ends with him musing about humanity's admirable but foolish inability to accept the inevitable, albeit with a faint trace of hope.]] |
| 1824 | -->[[spoiler:"There is no path. Beyond the scope of Light, beyond the reach of Dark... what could possibly await us? And yet we seek it, insatiably... such is our fate."]] |
| 1825 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Some of the creatures he experimented on were simply cast away after he was done with them, like the [[NonMaliciousMonster Ant Queen]] you find in the Gutter. |
| 1826 | |
| 1827 | [[/folder]] |
| 1828 | |
| 1829 | !! Red Phantom Invaders |
| 1830 | |
| 1831 | [[folder:Vorgel the Sinner]] |
| 1832 | |
| 1833 | In a prison filled with sinners and innocents alike, Vorgel certainly has a special place. He stands watch over the Bastille Key. He wears the armor and dons the shield of a hollowed Royal Soldier; perhaps he is one of the wardens of this lost prison? What sins rest in this warrior's den? |
| 1834 | ---- |
| 1835 | * DirtyCoward: He spawns in when you descend the ladder into his arena, and only after his pack of rabid dogs attack you. |
| 1836 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: He uses a Hollow Soldier Shield in tandem with his Winged Spear. |
| 1837 | * SecretAIMoves: Despite using the Winged Spear he uses the Partizan movesets sweeping strong attacks. |
| 1838 | |
| 1839 | [[/folder]] |
| 1840 | |
| 1841 | [[folder:Merciless Roenna]] |
| 1842 | |
| 1843 | Roenna wears a helm associated with the warlocks of Aldia. Could the unnatural condition of the Huntsman's Copse be related to the experiments of the Aldian mages, or is it mere coincidence? |
| 1844 | ---- |
| 1845 | * ArtificialStupidity: You can easily bait Roenna into falling off the area she will invade in, but this will prevent you from getting a rare chance of obtaining a piece of her equipment. |
| 1846 | * {{Cthulhumanoid}}: Her mask gives her head the appearance of a tentacled beast of sorts. |
| 1847 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Her Cursed Bone Shield, which she will use to block your attacks. |
| 1848 | * SinisterScythe: She attacks you with a Bone Scythe. |
| 1849 | |
| 1850 | [[/folder]] |
| 1851 | |
| 1852 | [[folder:Rhoy the Explorer]] |
| 1853 | |
| 1854 | A legendary explorer from ages past. While he has a resting place within the Shrine of Amana, he appears within the Grave of Saints as a naked weakling. |
| 1855 | ---- |
| 1856 | * ArtificialStupidity: It's exceedingly easy to bait Rhoy into falling off one of the bridge thresholds, which allows for a rather easy way to farm Awestones if you're in the Company of Champions. |
| 1857 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He doesn't seem to pose any threat at first glance, seeing that he wields no weapons and invades you half-naked. Then you realize that he's wearing the transparent Aurous set, and his Heavy Crossbow and Shotel are both invisible through the subtle use of rings that are acquired by running through the game without either dying or resting at a bonfire. |
| 1858 | * FullFrontalAssault: He wears the Aurous set, which is by default transparent. |
| 1859 | |
| 1860 | [[/folder]] |
| 1861 | |
| 1862 | [[folder:Melinda the Butcher]] |
| 1863 | |
| 1864 | Wherever the lost and wretched gather, those who prey upon them are never far away. So it always has been, and so it is in The Gutter, a settlement of filth and pestilence where the endless struggle to survive has driven its darker souls to seek sustenance through the consumption of human flesh. Beware, lest this cannibalistic legacy claim yet another victim... |
| 1865 | ---- |
| 1866 | * ArtificialStupidity: It's possible for Melinda to fall to her death in the Gutter without ever finding you. |
| 1867 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: Once you defeat her, she becomes available for the fight against the Ancient Dragon. |
| 1868 | * RecurringElement: Her moniker and implied cannibalistic tendencies are eerily similar to [[Videogame/DarkSouls Maneater Mildred]], so is the treacherous area she invades you in, as well as being available for a boss fight after you defeated her. |
| 1869 | |
| 1870 | [[/folder]] |
| 1871 | |
| 1872 | [[folder:Bowman Guthry]] |
| 1873 | |
| 1874 | A Dark Spirit with a most unusual choice of armaments, Guthry will invade in the Doors of Pharros after entering into the Rat King's territory. Clad in the armor of a Royal Swordsman, could she be a remnant of the Drangleic Army unit dispatched to Brightstone Cove Tseldora...? |
| 1875 | ---- |
| 1876 | * DualWielding[=/=]GunsAkimbo: Guthry wields two Avelyn crossbows that she can shoot in succession. This becomes problematic in the flooded lower area of the Doors of Pharros, allowing her to shoot at you with impunity while your mobility is reduced. |
| 1877 | * TheRemnant: Her armour implies that she's part of the Drangleic Army unit stationed in the area following the Doors of Pharros. Considering the state you find the army camp in... |
| 1878 | * SamusIsAGirl: A hacker removed her helmet and found, to the community's surprise, that Bowman Guthry was actually a woman. |
| 1879 | |
| 1880 | [[/folder]] |
| 1881 | |
| 1882 | [[folder:Peculiar Kindalur]] |
| 1883 | |
| 1884 | A strange man of unknown origins who appears a short distance past Rhoy's Resting Place in the Shrine of Amana. While his name and appearance suggest an eclectic character, his talent with magic is unquestionable and he will attack with a diverse arsenal of dangerous spells. |
| 1885 | ---- |
| 1886 | * CastingAShadow: His arsenal of spells includes, among other things, Dark Hail, which shoots several dark orbs in a scatter pattern. |
| 1887 | * GemstoneAssault: Crystal Soul Spear is one of the spells he uses the most. It will hurt a LOT if it hits you. |
| 1888 | * SquishyWizard: Has a massive selection of spells to bombard you with, but at the same time he's vulnerable up close, despite being able to roll quickly even in the water. |
| 1889 | |
| 1890 | [[/folder]] |
| 1891 | |
| 1892 | [[folder:Aslatiel of Mirrah]] |
| 1893 | |
| 1894 | Elder brother of Lucatiel of Mirrah. He was known as one of Mirrah's greatest swordsmen, but became afflicted by the Undead Curse and set out for Drangleic in search of a cure. He was never heard from again and his fate and whereabouts were unknown - until now... |
| 1895 | ---- |
| 1896 | * TheAce: Lucatiel admired him for his swordsmanship, which was reputed for being one of the best in all of Mirrah. |
| 1897 | * {{BFS}}: The Old Mirrah Greatsword he wields, where inscribed on the blade is a promise he made to Lucatiel. |
| 1898 | * TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: If you hurt him enough times and back away from him, he'll let you take some distance... to chug some Estus for himself, despite being an invader! |
| 1899 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: He has a Mirrah Shield to keep him safe from harm. |
| 1900 | * TragicVillain: He fell to the curse while searching for a cure or Lucatiel. Then he invades you in Aldia's Keep, still thinking he can accomplish his quest. |
| 1901 | |
| 1902 | [[/folder]] |
| 1903 | |
| 1904 | [[folder:Dragonfang Villard]] |
| 1905 | |
| 1906 | A Dragon Knight charged with protecting the Petrified Egg stored in the Dragon Shrine. He is the strongest of the apostles residing in the shrine and appears after entering the spiral staircase behind the first Warpick-wielding Drakekeeper. |
| 1907 | ---- |
| 1908 | * ArtificialBrilliance: Villard will try to guard break you every now and then, so watch out! |
| 1909 | * {{BFS}}: His Black Dragon Greatsword, which is said to be one of many weapons forged from Black Dragon Kalameet's tail. |
| 1910 | * DraconicHumanoid: Like all Dragon Knights, his armour is grafted onto his skin, giving him the appearance of an anthropomorphic dragon. |
| 1911 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: His Black Dragon Shield, this time said to be forged from a talon of Black Dragon Kalameet. |
| 1912 | * MacguffinGuardian: Villard automatically invades you once you go up the spiral staircase leading to the Petrified Egg, [[spoiler:which you can trade to Magerold in exchange for access to the Dragon Remnants covenant]]. |
| 1913 | |
| 1914 | [[/folder]] |
| 1915 | |
| 1916 | [[folder:Armorer Dennis]] |
| 1917 | |
| 1918 | A new and very deadly invader, introduced in the ''Scholar of the First Sin'' edition. He invades you near the Soldiers’ Rest bonfire in the Forest of Fallen Giants and once again in the Iron Keep, this time a little ahead of the Threshold Bridge bonfire. |
| 1919 | ---- |
| 1920 | * BeefGate: Dennis acts like this to players wanting early access to the Soldiers' Rest bonfire in the Forest of Fallen Giants, the area in which it is located incidentally containing useful items such as the respawnable Seed of a Tree of Giants. |
| 1921 | * BlackMage: His overall appearance, thanks to the Northwarder Hood, Black Robe and Boots that he wears. |
| 1922 | * CoolSword: His Blue Flame, which is not just a sword, but also a sorcery catalyst! |
| 1923 | * GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: As soon as he spots you, he'll greet you with the "Point" gesture. |
| 1924 | * InTheHood: His Northwarder Hood as mentioned above. |
| 1925 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: His Grand Spirit Tree Shield, for in case when he decides to get up close and personal. It also gives him average damage reduction to everything while he’s holding it up. |
| 1926 | * MagicKnight: What he actually is, thanks to his sword allowing him to cast sorceries on top of his decent swordsmanship. |
| 1927 | * OddNameOut: He's a spellcaster first and swordsman second, so his title of 'Armorer' doesn't make any sense. |
| 1928 | * SquishyWizard: Though Dennis can cast powerful sorceries such as Soul Greatsword, Soul Spear and Soul Vortex, the armor he wears means he won't be able to take a lot of hits. |
| 1929 | ** Zigzagged when you realize he's meant to be encountered later due to him having a massive HP pool, with him also having infinite spellcasts as an NPC invader, and gets very aggressive with his sword strikes if he's close to you. |
| 1930 | * UnsportsmanlikeGloating: He'll perform the "Warmup" gesture should you get killed by him, or when he kills a human invader. |
| 1931 | |
| 1932 | [[/folder]] |
| 1933 | |
| 1934 | [[folder:Fencer Sharron]] |
| 1935 | |
| 1936 | Another new and deadly invader, introduced in the ''Scholar of the First Sin'' edition. She invades you in the Iron Keep - after you open the door ahead of the Threshold Bridge bonfire - and again in the Dragon Aerie, just a few bridges away from the first bonfire there. |
| 1937 | ---- |
| 1938 | * AllWebbedUp: Her Spider Fang's strong attack allows her to throw out a ball of webbing towards a target, where it will then drastically reduce their movement speed upon contact. |
| 1939 | * AntiMagic: Thanks to her Sanctum Priestess' Tiara, Sharron is immune to the effects of the Profound Still hex... not that it actually does her any good, since she's purely a melee fighter. |
| 1940 | * CombatPragmatist: Sharron is not above slowing you down with her Spider Fang's strong attack, nor is she above using the environments she invades in to her advantage. |
| 1941 | * {{Cthulhumanoid}}: Her gear, consisting of the Sanctum Priestess' Tiara, the Fume Sorcerer set's Robes and Gloves and the Desert Sorceress set's Skirt, makes her look like an alluring humanoid monstrosity of sorts, similar to how Merciless Roenna's Warlock Mask makes her seem like a terrifying abomination. |
| 1942 | * DualWield: Sharron loves using her Spider Fang and Puzzling Stone Sword in tandem, and will occasionally powerstance or wield them individually to make it harder for you to anticipate her attacks. |
| 1943 | * NonIndicativeName: Sharron is just a fencer in name only. |
| 1944 | * SinisterScimitar: Her Spider Fang functions as one. |
| 1945 | * StunLock: Sharron is infamous amongst the [=NPC=] invaders for being fond of inflicting this upon players, due to her alternating her weapons' strikes, on top of frequently attempting to slow you down whenever she can. |
| 1946 | * UnsportsmanlikeGloating: Like Dennis, she will gesture to your corpse should you get killed by her. |
| 1947 | * WhipSword: Her Puzzling Stone Sword, which allows her to attack you from ranges you'd normally think you're safe from. |
| 1948 | |
| 1949 | [[/folder]] |
| 1950 | |
| 1951 | [[folder:Oliver the Collector]] |
| 1952 | |
| 1953 | An eclectic invader whose defining traits are the Minotaur Helm that he wears and the variety of weapons that he carries on his person, introduced in the ''Scholar of the First Sin'' edition. He invades you in the Iron Keep, just a little ahead of where the metal chest Mimic used to be. |
| 1954 | ---- |
| 1955 | * ArtificialBrilliance: Oliver will keep changing his weapons to keep you on your toes as well as make it hard for you to predict what moves he will do next, seeing that his repertoire of weapons on hand is something that shouldn't be scoffed at. |
| 1956 | * ArtificialStupidity: On the other hand, if you trick him into climbing the ladder near his invasion point, you can repeatedly shoot him down with a ranged weapon only to see him try to climb up again. Additionally, it is also easy to bait or StunLock him into falling to his molten doom. |
| 1957 | * {{BFS}}: His Majestic Greatsword, that he - of course - wields with his left hand. |
| 1958 | * BlackKnight: Oliver's overall appearance counts him as one, thanks to him also wearing the Steel set's chestplate and the Drakekeeper set's Gauntlets and Boots. |
| 1959 | * ConfusionFu: He's good at using many different kinds of weapons during combat. |
| 1960 | * CoolHelmet: That Minotaur Helm of his, which you can actually get from him as a rare drop. |
| 1961 | * GoodOldFisticuffs: He has a Bone Fist to help him bring out the pain. Watch out for its strong attacks! |
| 1962 | * HiddenDepths: From a lore perspective, the fact that he can easily wield the Majestic Greatsword ''and'' the Smelter Hammer in his left hand makes him one of the strongest beings in the setting. |
| 1963 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: The combined weight of his armor and weapons limits Oliver to moving and rolling slowly, which means that despite all of the heavy firepower he's packing, he is very open to quick strikes. |
| 1964 | * MightyGlacier: It's true that he's slow, but the high amounts damage that Oliver deals is even truer. |
| 1965 | * OurMinotaursAreDifferent: His Minotaur Helm gives off this impression of him as an enraged humanoid bull coming to get you. Considering the environment that he invades in, it seems fitting. |
| 1966 | * RoyalRapier: He’s got Ricard’s Rapier, allowing him quick strikes against you if you’re being careless or if you’re being too frisky for his tastes. |
| 1967 | * WalkingArmory: He wields a Bone Fist, a Majestic Greatsword, Santier's Spear, a Smelter Hammer, Ricard's Rapier and a Puzzling Stone Sword. While his equipment makes him ''very'' heavy, it also means he has a wider range of attack options. |
| 1968 | * WhipSword: Like Fencer Sharron, he's also got a Puzzling Stone Sword, the blade of which can separate itself into small pieces in a whip-like manoeuvre to attack you from a distance. |
| 1969 | |
| 1970 | [[/folder]] |
| 1971 | |
| 1972 | [[folder:Gutter Denizen]] |
| 1973 | |
| 1974 | An invader wearing the Black Witch set with the Veil and wielding the Black Witch's Staff prowling the depths of the Gutter, introduced in ''Scholar of the First Sin'' edition. He invades you only after you've lit all the sconces in the area. |
| 1975 | ---- |
| 1976 | * AchillesHeel: He only attacks with his sorceries as well as the occasional bash from his staff, which means should you afflict him with the effects of the Profound Still hex, he'll become easy pickings. Additionally, wielding a Magic-infused Rebel's Greatshield or a Magic Shield against him can render most if not all of his attacks relatively harmless. |
| 1977 | * EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: This invader is only known by his title due to self-explanatory reasons. |
| 1978 | * SquishyWizard: The Gutter Denizen is armed with a variety of powerful sorceries, which include the likes of Soul Greatsword, Crystal Soul Spear, Great Soul Arrow, Heavy Soul Arrow, Soul Spear Barrage, and Focus Souls, but he's quite easy to kill once he's in melee range. That, and he can easily be baited or stunlocked into falling into his doom. |
| 1979 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: He's wearing an armor set that - despite its high defence against magic attacks and the Veil's high curse resistance - is meant for female characters. |
| 1980 | |
| 1981 | [[/folder]] |
| 1982 | |
| 1983 | [[folder:Woodland Children Gully & Victor]] |
| 1984 | |
| 1985 | Invaders residing in the Black Gulch, introduced in ''Scholar of the First Sin'' edition. They invade you in the passage leading to the Rotten. Gully will spawn in first, then Victor - but he will do so only when you have rested at a bonfire after killing his brother. At stronger bonfire intensities (or if you have both of the area's friendly summons active), they will invade you together. |
| 1986 | ---- |
| 1987 | * [[LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe Luckily Our Shields Will Protect Us]]: Gully wields Reeve’s Greatshield while Victor wields Orma’s Greatshield, both of which boasts excellent physical defence and stability. |
| 1988 | * SiblingTeam: A very dangerous one at that too, considering that you’re going to fight them in an area that just ''loves'' to poison you. Though you can lessen the difficulty by destroying the poison-spitting statues around the area first before fighting the two of them. |
| 1989 | * {{Wild Child}}ren: What their attire and their title suggests. As they’re both wearing the Lion Warrior Helm with the Prisoner set, this could mean that Gully and Victor were [[RaisedByWolves raised by Lion Warriors]] in the Shaded Woods. What are they doing so far from home though is anyone’s guess. |
| 1990 | |
| 1991 | [[/folder]] |
| 1992 | |
| 1993 | [[folder:The Forlorn]] |
| 1994 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/forlorn_concept_sketch.jpg]] |
| 1995 | Born of Aldia's obsession with the First Sin, the Forlorn lost both their corporeal form and a world to call their own. Now they drift into other worlds, ever in search of a home. |
| 1996 | |
| 1997 | But without self, one has neither beginning nor end, and so the Forlorn have only to wander. |
| 1998 | |
| 1999 | They are introduced in ''Scholar of the First Sin''. |
| 2000 | ---- |
| 2001 | * AmbiguousGender: They have no pronounced gender, and their clothing is gender-neutral. However, using hacks to strip them reveals that their models are female. |
| 2002 | * ArtificialBrilliance: The main reason why they are incredibly tough to defeat is because of how smart their A.I. is, and can also Guard Break you. |
| 2003 | ** ArtificialStupidity: On the other hand, they are focused solely on the player [[CripplingOverspecialization and nothing else]], meaning that it's possible to use a Seed of a Tree of Giants and watch as the enemies slaughter the invader. |
| 2004 | * {{BFS}}: Wields the Greatsword of the Forlorn. |
| 2005 | * TheBlank: They have a tongue of red flame instead of a face. |
| 2006 | * RecurringBoss: Will invade you several times in random locations, depending on how unlucky you are. |
| 2007 | * SamusIsAGirl: Not that you'd ever know it in-game, but if you use hacks to look at their naked models, you can see that both variants are women. |
| 2008 | * SinisterScythe: The ones wielding the Scythe of the Forlorn are the most dangerous, given that they can penetrate through your shield's defenses ''and'' inflict Bleed. |
| 2009 | * SituationalSword: Both the Greatsword and Scythe of the Forlorn scale with hollowing. |
| 2010 | * TragicMonster: Born of Aldia's obession with the First Sin, they are left without an beginning ''or'' end, wandering around aimlessly by invading other players. |
| 2011 | * YouCantGoHomeAgain: The main reason why they can be found wandering aimlessly is because of how they are unable to return back home. |
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