History Characters / DarkSoulsIIIDLCCharacters

** To [[spoiler:''Lord Gwyn'']] of all people. Like [[spoiler:the first Lord, Friede wanted so dearly to preserve her world which was dying,]] and was willing to do anything to do so. Unlike [[spoiler: Gwyn, however, who decided to ''[[HeroicSacrifice light himself on fire]]'' and burn in eternal agony for all time, sacrificing himself, Freide protects Father Ariandel as he ''tortures'' himself with a whip to maintain the decaying world daily.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Although "villain" might be a bit of a stretch, his rage at Freide's death and the slamming of his bowl into the ground to revive her lets the flames pour out of it and ignite the room. Thus, the Flame has finally come to Ariandel that will let the world be burnt away and remade like Gael and The Painter want to do.

* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggWJLgN-Es Slave Knight Gael]], a whopping [[EpicRocking nine minutes]] in length and is heard only during [[spoiler: his boss fight.]]

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Since the first game, it has been implied, especially by the Crestfallen Warrior, that summoning was normally the domain of clerics. This is the first time you meet a cleric who isn't undead or a hollow, and they can summon an ''entire army at once''.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: The Gravetender wears a Loincloth as his leg armor, which does not include footwear.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She is constantly barefoot.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She is always barefoot, presumably as part of her attempt to emulate Priscilla.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Or pants for that matter. For some reason (possibly a programming oversight), he wears the entire Antiquated Plain Set except the leg armor (his "pants" are just the default underwear the player character has if they don't have any leg armor equipped).[[note]]Taking a look at the game's code, he is supposed to have a helmet that doesn't exist. It's likely that someone tried to delete the helmet, but deleted the pants by mistake[[/note]]

* BladeOnAStick: He wields a Splitleaf Greatsword, which, despite the name, is actually a glaive.

* BladeOnAStick: Some of them wield long spears, which they can use for both stabbing and sweeping attacks.

* BladeOnAStick: She wields a cross-spear with the undead body of an insane pygmy king impaled on it.

* WhipItGood: Her weapon of choice is a whip, the only time in the game that a hostile NPC (and the only NPC at all after Cuculus) is seen wielding one.

* GlassCannon: While she is ultimately one of the tankier bosses due to having three health bars. Her individual health bars aren’t too impressive and her poise is abysmal so she can be easily stunlocked. She makes up for this relative frailty by being extremely fast and difficult to hit and hitting like a freight train.

* GiftOfTheMagiPlot: [[spoiler:He eats the Pygmy Lords to take the Blood of the Dark Soul into himself, knowing he would be driven insane by it, specifically so that [[ThantosGambit you could kill him]] and deliver his blood to the Painter for her pigment. But when you do that, [[SenselessSacrifice she reveals that the whole reason she's painting a new world in the first place is because she wanted to give]] ''[[SenselessSacrifice Gael]]'' [[SenselessSacrifice a new home]].]]

* BareYourMidriff: Part and parcel of the Desert Pyromancer set.

* HowlingToTheNight: Once they spot you, they'll howl, aggroing all wolves in the surrounding area.

* ShoutOut: Gael is internally labelled in the files as [[Manga/NausicaäOfTheValleyOfTheWind Lord Yupa]], and he greatly resembles his namesake as a hooded, wandering OldSoldier MasterSwordsman.

* ShoutOut: Gael is internally labelled in the files as [[Manga/NausicaäOfTheValleyOfTheWind Lord Yupa]], and he greatly resembles his namesake as a hooded, wandering OldSoldier MasterSwordsman.

* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: Excluding the [[BonusBoss Darkeater Midir]] and [[PostFinalBoss Shira]], Gael serves as not only this for ''The Ringed City'', but he also holds the distinction of being the FinalBoss for the ''entire series''.]]

* BonusBoss: To even reach them, you have to work out that the bridge to Ariandel Chapel can be broken and become a ladder like the bridge in the Catacombs of Carthus. They have no relevance to the Friede plot and basically exist as a wall between you and the Arena added in the DLC.

* BonusBoss: His boss area is really out of the way of the DLC's main path, and even then, you need to defeat him when he attacks you on your way to Filianore's Church just to make him spawn in his proper boss arena. His fight is also one of the hardest in the series due to his size, health pool, and damage output.

* ProactiveBoss: Midir will impede your progress during your trek through the mountainside after the swamp section, flying above you and spewing a large trails of fire. Once you approach the Church of Filianore, he'll set himself up at a nearby cliff and keep spewing fire to block you; you can either pass by him or make him fall off the cliff with enough damage and a riposte. The latter option is required to unlock his proper Bonus Boss fight, which takes place in a hidden area.

* AnAxeToGrind: They wield two types of axes, the first being their standard Millwood Battle Axe and the second being the massive Earth Seeker.

* MagicKnight: The Gravewarden starts the fight with a sword and shield, but brings out the sorceries once the Greatwolf joins the fray.

* BattleInTheRain: [[spoiler: In the second stage of his boss fight, a thunderstorm starts up, with lightning as a stage hazard.]]

* VocalDissonance: Like [[FallenHero Oceiros,]] [[BalefulPolymorph The]] [[RoyallyScrewedUp Consumed King]], [[EvilSoundsDeep His voice is really, really, deep.]] However, when he screams, though... It's of a [[TheScream higher pitch than his actual normal voice.]]

A member of the Spears of the Church, Halflight serves as one of the last lines of defense against those who would disrupt Filianores sacred rest. His equipment all but states that he was once a missionary from Oolacile, who willingly stayed behind in the Ringed City.

* AbsoluteCleavage: An unusual male version, Halflight wears the Antiquated Plain Garb, which features a white robe with a plunging neckline secured in place by a corset. [[ThirdPersonSeductress The female version of the robe is exactly the same]].

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: One of their more seldom-used attacks is to coat themselves in holy energy before spinning around at high speeds, launching at their target.

* UpToEleven: Remember those Batwing Demons that ferried you around Anor Londo and got you off of the High Wall? Yeah, these demons are their bigger, badder, and far more deadly brothers. [[spoiler: With the Demon Prince being the biggest and baddest of them all.]]

* 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]].

* {{Expy}}: Of [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]], an artistic young woman with extremely long blonde hair who is held obliviously captive by a witch who will stop at nothing from keeping her from doing what she really wants to do. She is also barefoot at all times, just like Rapunzel.