History Characters / DarkSoulsIIIDLCCharacters

* {{Expy}}: His poor equipment and status as a slave knight brings to mind the [[VideoGame/DemonsSouls Dredglings]] who were similarly given only the most basic of tools for war.

* {{Expy}}: His poor equipment and status as a slave knight brings to mind the [[DemonsSouls Dredglings]] who were similarly given only the most basic of tools for war.

[[folder:Sister Friede]]
!!Sister Friede

A mysterious, white-clad woman who inhabits the Painted World. She is actually Elfriede, the elder of Yuria's sisters and another founder of the Sable Church, until she gave up everything. After entering the Painted World, she convinced Father Ariandel to abandon the fire and stop the Painted World from burning for a new one to replace it, causing the world to stagnate and rot.

* TheCorruptor: Convinced Ariandel to try to preserve the Painted World, all the rotting be damned, and similarly convinced a small portion of the Corvian population to aid her and in turn kill their own kind.

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[[folder:The Painter]]
!!The Painter

A mysterious, long-haired figure found in an attic after defeating Vilhelm, whom you are tasked to "show flame to" so that she may paint a new World.
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* CallBack: Her goal of making a "cold, dark, and very gentle place" that will make a "good home" for someone brings to mind Priscilla describing the Painted World of Ariamis as peaceful. She even shares her Voice Actor too! Though considering [[TimeyWimeyBall how time works in these games]], it could be possible that these are all [[CallForward calls forward]].
* NoNameGiven: She ''might'' be Ariamis, but nothing's known for certain.

[[folder:The Painted]]

* Expy: His poor equipment and status as a slave knight brings to mind the [[DemonsSouls Dredglings]] who were similarly given only the most basic of tools for war.

[[folder:Sir Vilhelm]]
!!Sir Vilhelm

A dour knight in black armor who wields a greatsword that burns with black flame. Vilhelm is a Darkwraith serving Elfriede and uses miracles and the Dark Hand in his fight with you.

* BlackKnight: His attire, attitude, and foreboding weapon certainly paint him as one.
* LadyAndKnight: His relationship with Sister Friede, of the Dark Lady and Dark Knight variety. Actually [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when you fight him, as the flavor text for his weapon, the Onyx Blade, reveals it was granted to him by Elfriede as "a farewell gift, and acceptance signified the knight's resignation".
* MagicKnight: Of [[ThePaladin the paladin]] variety, as he fights you in full armor and with a sword, which he buffs with its magic and faith dependent Weapon Art and uses healing miracles when he takes sufficient damage.
* SecretKeeper: Holds the Contraption Key, an item which reveals Vilhelm was ordered to secret away the white-haired painter into captivity, to prevent her from finding flame.

[[folder:Sister Friede]]
!!Sister Friede

A mysterious, white-clad woman who inhabits the Painted World. She is actually Elfriede, the elder of Yuria's sisters and another founder of the Sable Church, until she gave up everything. After entering the Painted World, she convinced Father Ariandel to abandon the fire and stop the Painted World from burning for a new one to replace it, causing the world to stagnate and rot.

[[folder:Sister Friede]]

!!Sister Friede

A mysterious, white-clad woman who inhabits the Painted World. Actually Elfriede, one of Yuria's sisters and another founder of the Sable Church, until she gave up everything. She convinced Father Ariandel to abandon the fire and stop the Painted World from burning for a new one to replace it, causing the world to stagnate and rot.

* ActionGirl: This is a woman who would annihilate her foes if they cross her. Possibly a DarkActionGirl if her role as a founder of the Sable Church is of any indication.
* BigBad: Friede is the reason for the painting's rot, as she convinced Father Ariandel not to let the flame burn the Painted World away for a new one to be born.
* CastingAShadow: In her final phase, she starts using dark magic.
* DevelopersForesight: Friede gets some different dialogue if you're pursuing the Yoel and Yuria questline, due to her being from Londor.
* DualBoss: Her second phase has Father Ariandel joining her to fight you.
* DualWielding: As Blackflame Friede, she gains a shorter second scythe.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: She's the BigBad of ''Ashes of Ariandel'' and is heavily associated with ice.
* GetOut: When you first meet Friede, she tells you repeatedly to take the bonfire next to her and leave the Painted World.
* HaveANiceDeath: She has two, with the one used depending on if you've pursued the Yoel and Yuria questline or not.
-->''"Leave us be, Ashen One. Sweep all thought of us from thy mind. As thy kind always have."''
-->''"Leave us be, Ashen One. Thou'rt the Lord of Londor, and have thine own subjects to guide."''
* AnIcePerson: Her primary element is ice, with her scythe being imbued with it.
* LadyAndKnight: Lady to Vilhelm's Knight. She's also served by the Corvian Knights.
* LightningBruiser: In the tradition of Artorias and Lady Maria, Friede leaps around the room and rips through you at ridiculous speed.
* MythologyGag:
** Her first phase's moves and overall strategy (start physical, then increasingly rely on magic) is reminiscent of [[VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}} Lady Maria]].
** Her second phase is basically Ornstein and Smough 2.0, with a LightningBruiser wielding a polearm weapon paired with a MightyGlacier wielding a heavy blunt instrument.
** She's a scythe-wielding pale girl residing in a Painted World, just like Priscilla.
** Her actions and motivations are the same as Gwyn's when confronted with the same situation, except it's even clearer just how much damage Friede is doing by refusing to let the Painted World burn and be reborn.
* NotSoDifferent: She's an Unkindled just like the player character, even awakening her Lord of Cinder form after Ariandel revives her. On top of that, she's preventing the Painted World from being reborn even though the signs of its rot are clear, exactly like how Gwyn reacted to the failing Age of Fire.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Yuria's elder sister.
* PlayingWithFire: She's an Unkindled, and as Father Ariandel says ''"Thou'rt ash, and fire befits thee, of course..."''
* SequentialBoss: Her boss fight has ''three phases'' and each one has a separate health bar.
* SinisterScythe: She wields one in the boss fight, which is imbued with frost and can be transposed from her soul.
* TurnsRed: In the final phase of the boss fight, she revives as Blackflame Friede and gains dark magic.
* VictoryFakeout: Killing Father Ariandel and Friede causes their {{Leitmotif}} to stop (and on the first kill, gives you a Titanite Slab), and you probably expect ''Heir of Fire Destroyed'' to pop up any moment. Then Father Ariandel starts talking again, Friede stands up, and the music slams back on.
* VisibleInvisibility: While you might expect to have to track her footprints in the snow like Priscilla when she turns invisible, you actually find her by getting close enough to her.

[[folder:Father Ariandel]]

!!Father Ariandel

An enormous, decrepit Corvian and the restorer of the Painted World. Ariandel was swayed by Elfriede into rejecting the First Flame, and continually flagellates himself to feed his blood to the painting, stalling its advance.

* ATasteOfTheLash: Ariandel routinely flagellates himself to give blood to the painting, to the point that his response to seeing the fire flickering is to ask Friede for his flail.
* UnexplainedAccent: Why a giant corvian has a Scottish accent is a riddle for the ages.
* UnstoppableRage: Seeing Friede dead drives Ariandel mad with rage and grief, causing him to use the flame to revive her and attack you himself.

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[[folder:Slave Knight Gael]]

!!Slave Knight Gael

An odd NPC who the painting girl refers to as her uncle several times. He can be summoned for the main boss of the DLC. Gael also appears to be the NPC who gives you the scrap of painting that teleports you to the Painted World.

* TheCavalry: If you choose to summon him, he'll join you for the latter two phases of the fight against Elfriede, evening the odds.

! Characters introduced in ''Ashes of Ariandel''

[[folder:Slave Knight Gael]]
!!Slave Knight Gael

A decrepit old man found praying in the Cleansing Chapel after the Deacons of the Deep have been defeated. He carries with him the rotted scrap of an ancient painting, seeking Ash to bring flame to the world within the canvas. He can be summoned for the main boss fight, but only appears during the second phase.

* TheCavalry: If you choose to summon him, he'll join you for the latter two phases of the fight against Elfriede, evening the odds.
* CannonFodder: Essentially what the "slave knights" were was Undead slaves send to fight in only the bleakest of battles. Due to never being relieved from their duty, their bodies decayed and their minds broke.

[[folder:Farron Followers]]
!!Farron Followers

A third regimen of the Abyss Watchers. While the Legion fought the Abyss and the Watchdogs made sure that those who fell in battle still slept, it was the Followers who hunted down the Legionnaires that were taken by the Abyss.
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* JavelinThrower: Their main weapon is the Follower Javelin, which they threw into their fallen comrades as an honorable send-off.
* SinisterScimitar: One of their favored weapons was the Followers Sabre, an oversized cavalry saber.
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[[folder:Millwood Knights]]
!!Millwood Knights

Norse-like warriors who were drawn into the Painted World after the loss of their homeland, the Millwood Forest. Originally a druidic people who worshiped the earth instead of fire, with their patron deity being the Ethereal Oak. Their sworn enemy was a being called the Abyss Dragon. By the time outsiders found the fabled Millwood Forest, it was nothing but a vacant ruin - the only things remaining were the rotting Ethereal Oak and the Knights' belongings, neatly laid upon the ground.
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* AncestralWeapon: The Quakestone Hammer is their oldest and most well-known weapon.
* DishingOutDirt: The Weapon Arts for the Earth Seeker greataxe, the Quakestone Hammer, and the Millwood Greatbow deal with causing shockwaves in the ground.
* HornyVikings: Their helms actually have stag horns built into them.
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[[folder:Sister Friede]]

!!Sister Friede

A mysterious, white-clad woman who inhabits the Painted World. She is actually Elfriede, the eldest of Yuria's sisters and another founder of the Sable Church, until she gave up everything for the rotting Painted World.

* CastingAShadow: In her final phase, she starts using dark magic.
* TheCorrupter: After the rest of the Corvians decided to let the Painted World be burned clean, Friede took it upon herself to masquerade as the long dead/missing Priscilla and convinced some of them to leave the world as-is, even as it rotted around them. She even instituted herself and Ariandel as religious figures, false as they may be, and goads the infatuated Corvian Knights into slaughtering their kin who want the Painted World to be burned.
* DevelopersForesight: Friede gets some different dialogue if you're pursuing the Yoel and Yuria questline, due to her being from Londor.
* DualBoss: Her second phase has Father Ariandel joining her to fight you.
* DualWielding: As Blackflame Friede, she gains a shorter second scythe.
* GetOut: When you first meet Friede, she tells you repeatedly to take the bonfire next to her and leave the Painted World.
* HaveANiceDeath: She has two, with the one used depending on if you've pursued the Lord of Hollows ending or not.
-->''"Leave us be, Ashen One. Sweep all thought of us from thy mind. As thy kind always have."''
-->''"Leave us be, Ashen One. Thou'rt the Lord of Londor, and have thine own subjects to guide."''
* AnIcePerson: Her primary element is ice, with her scythe being imbued with it.
* LightningBruiser: In the tradition of Artorias and Lady Maria, Friede leaps around the room and rips through you at ridiculous speed.
* MythologyGag:
** Her first phase's moves and overall strategy (start physical, then increasingly rely on magic) is reminiscent of [[VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}} Lady Maria]].
** Her second phase is basically Ornstein and Smough 2.0, with a LightningBruiser wielding a polearm weapon paired with a MightyGlacier wielding a heavy blunt instrument.
** She's a scythe-wielding pale girl residing in a Painted World, just like Priscilla.
* NotSoDifferent: She's an Unkindled just like the player character, even awakening her Lord of Cinder form after Ariandel revives her. On top of that, she's preventing the Painted World from being reborn even though the signs of its rot are clear, exactly like how Gwyn reacted to the failing Age of Fire.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Yuria's elder sister.
* PlayingWithFire: She's an Unkindled, and as Father Ariandel says ''"Thou'rt ash, and fire befits thee, of course..."''
* SequentialBoss: Her boss fight has ''three phases'' and each one has a separate health bar.
* SinisterScythe: She wields one in the boss fight, which is imbued with frost and can be transposed from her soul.
* TurnsRed: In the final phase of the boss fight, she revives as Blackflame Friede and gains dark magic.
* VictoryFakeout: Killing Father Ariandel and Friede causes their {{Leitmotif}} to stop (and on the first kill, gives you a Titanite Slab), and you probably expect ''Heir of Fire Destroyed'' to pop up any moment. Then Father Ariandel starts talking again, Friede stands up, and the music slams back on.
* VisibleInvisibility: While you might expect to have to track her footprints in the snow like Priscilla when she turns invisible, you actually find her by getting close enough to her.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Father Ariandel]]
!!Father Ariandel

An enormous, decrepit Corvian and the restorer of the Painted World. Ariandel was swayed by Elfriede into rejecting the First Flame, and continually flagellates himself to feed his blood to the painting, stalling its advance.
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* BreakingTheBonds: Ariandel is restrained to a chair by massive leather straps pegged into the ground. But when he sees the dead Friede, he rips them out like they're nothing, although he's still attached to the chair.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: He uses a ''giant basin'', though given his size, it's somewhat probable.

* ATasteOfTheLash: Ariandel routinely flagellates himself to give blood to the painting, to the point that his response to seeing the fire flickering is to ask Friede for his flail. Her soul can even be used to create said flail, the Rose of Ariandel, a whip that doubles as a miracle catalyst. It's Weapon Art even has you flagellate ''yourself'' and increase the strength of your miracles.

[[folder:Sister Friede]]

!!Sister Friede

A mysterious, white-clad woman who inhabits the Painted World. Actually Elfriede, one of Yuria's sisters and another founder of the Sable Church, until she gave up everything.

* ActionGirl: This is a woman who would annihilate her foes if they cross her. Possibly a DarkActionGirl if her role as a founder of the Sable Church is of any indication.
* CastingAShadow: In her final phase, she starts using dark magic.
* DevelopersForesight: Friede gets some different dialogue if you're pursuing the Yoel and Yuria questline, due to her being from Londor.
* DualBoss: Her second phase has Father Ariandel joining her to fight you.
* DualWielding: As Blackflame Friede, she gains a shorter second scythe.
* GetOut: When you first meet Friede, she tells you repeatedly to take the bonfire next to her and leave the Painted World.
* HaveANiceDeath: She has two, with the one used depending on if you've pursued the Yoel and Yuria questline or not.
-->''"Leave us be, Ashen One. Sweep all thought of us from thy mind. As thy kind always have."''
-->''"Leave us be, Ashen One. Thou'rt the Lord of Londor, and have thine own subjects to guide."''
* AnIcePerson: Her primary element is ice, with her scythe being imbued with it.
* LightningBruiser: In the tradition of Artorias and Lady Maria, Friede leaps around the room and rips through you at ridiculous speed.
* MythologyGag:
** Her first phase's moves and overall strategy (start physical, then increasingly rely on magic) is reminiscent of [[VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}} Lady Maria]].
** Her second phase is basically Ornstein and Smough 2.0, with a LightningBruiser wielding a polearm weapon paired with a MightyGlacier wielding a heavy blunt instrument.
** She's a scythe-wielding pale girl residing in a Painted World, just like Priscilla.
* NotSoDifferent: She's an Unkindled just like the player character, even awakening her Lord of Cinder form after Ariandel revives her. On top of that, she's preventing the Painted World from being reborn even though the signs of its rot are clear, exactly like how Gwyn reacted to the failing Age of Fire.
* OneDegreeOfSeparation: Yuria's elder sister.
* PlayingWithFire: She's an Unkindled, and as Father Ariandel says ''"Thou'rt ash, and fire befits thee, of course..."''
* SequentialBoss: Her boss fight has ''three phases'' and each one has a separate health bar.
* SinisterScythe: She wields one in the boss fight, which is imbued with frost and can be transposed from her soul.
* TurnsRed: In the final phase of the boss fight, she revives as Blackflame Friede and gains dark magic.
* VictoryFakeout: Killing Father Ariandel and Friede causes their {{Leitmotif}} to stop (and on the first kill, gives you a Titanite Slab), and you probably expect ''Heir of Fire Destroyed'' to pop up any moment. Then Father Ariandel starts talking again, Friede stands up, and the music slams back on.
* VisibleInvisibility: While you might expect to have to track her footprints in the snow like Priscilla when she turns invisible, you actually find her by getting close enough to her.

[[folder:Father Ariandel]]

!!Father Ariandel

An enormous, decrepit Corvian and the restorer of the Painted World. Ariandel was swayed by Elfriede into rejecting the First Flame, and continually flagellates himself to feed his blood to the painting, stalling its advance.

* BreakingTheBonds: Ariandel is restrained by ropes pegged into the ground, but when he sees the dead Friede, he rips them out like they're nothing.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: He uses a ''giant bowl'', though given his size, it's somewhat probable.

* ATasteOfTheLash: Ariandel routinely flagellates himself to give blood to the painting, to the point that his response to seeing the fire flickering is to ask Friede for his flail.

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[[folder:Slave Knight Gael]]

!!Slave Knight Gael

An odd NPC who the painting girl refers to as her uncle several times. He can be summoned for the main boss of the DLC. Gael also appears to be the NPC who gives you the scrap of painting that teleports you to the Painted World.

* TheCavalry: If you choose to summon him, he'll join you for the latter two phases of the fight against Elfriede, evening the odds.

* LadyAndKnight: His relationship with Sister Friede, of the Dark Lady and Dark Knight variety. Actually [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when you fight him, as the flavor text for his weapon, the [[BFS Onyx Blade]], reveals it was granted to him by Elfriede as "a farewell gift, and acceptance signified the knight's resignation".

* Secret Keeper: Holds the Contraption Key, an item which reveals Vilhelm was ordered to secret away the white-haired painter into captivity, to prevent her from finding flame.

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: Double Subverted. It seems like Father Ariandel will be the boss when you first step into his room, but then Friede comes down to fight you. And then once you kill her, Ariandel breaks his bonds, revives Friede, and fights you beside her.

* ATasteOfTheLash: Ariandel routinely flagellates himself to give his blood to the fire, to the point that his response to seeing the fire flickering is to ask Friede for his flail.

** She's a scythe-weilding pale girl residing in a Painted World, just like Priscilla.

* VictoryFakeout: Killing Father Ariandel and Friede causes their {{Leitmotif}} to stop and gives you a Titanite Slab, and you probably expect ''Heir of Fire Destroyed'' to pop up any moment. Then Father Ariandel starts talking again, Friede gets back up, and the music slams back on.

* VictoryFakeout: Killing Father Ariandel and Friede causes their {{Leitmotif}} to stop, and you probably expect ''Heir of Fire Destroyed'' to pop up any moment. Then Father Ariandel starts talking again and Friede gets back up.

A mysterious, white-clad woman who inhabits the Painted World. Actually Elfriede, one of Yuria's sisters and another founder of the Sable Church.

A strange giant corvian-like creature who resides in the crypt behind Elfriede, watching over a vessel which he claims contains a flickering flame and flagellating himself to feed the fire with blood.

A mysterious, white-clad woman who inhabits the Painted World. Actually Elfreide, one of Yuria's sisters and another founder of the Sable Church.

** Her first phase's moves and overall strategy (start physical, then increasingly rely on magic) is reminiscent of [[VideoGame/Bloodborne Lady Maria]].

* MythologyGag: Her second phase is basically Ornstein and Smough 2.0, with a LightningBruiser wielding a polearm weapon paired with a MightyGlacier wielding a heavy blunt instrument.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Killed Father Ariandel and Friede? Nope, it's not over, you still have Blackflame Friede to get through.

A mysterious, white-clad woman who inhabits the Painted World. Actually Elfreide, one of Yuria's sisters and other founder of the Sable Church.

[[folder:Ariandel]]

!!Ariandel

An odd NPC who Ariandel refers to as her uncle several times. He can be summoned for the main boss of the DLC.