History Characters / DarkSoulsIIILordsOfCinder

* HeroicSacrifice: Besides the whole Linking of the First Flame they all did, [[spoiler: item descriptions reveal the Abyss Watchers were fully aware that by taking the Abyss's taint into them, and even if they survived their battles with the dark all that awaited them was the throwing javelin of a Farron Follower once they became irreversibly tainted.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He chose to sacrifice himself to the Fire in order to protect his kingdom. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:something went wrong when he did so(implied to be because he was a Giant and not a Human) and cause a rain of fire from the Profaned Flame to destroy the kingdom he sought to protect.]]

* EmergencyTransformation: [[spoiler:After their health is completely defeated, the last one will absorb the essence of the others and revive in Lord of Cinder mode for phase two]].
* EnemyCivilWar: By the time the Ashen One finds them, the Legion is reduced just two. With the last sane member slaying one of his former comrads. During the battle, a few manage to resurrect themselves (due to their status as undeads and Lords of Cinder), but some of them have gone feral from Abyssal corruption, forcing the sane ones to fight these red-eyed ones to the death over and over again. This is vital during the fight, since some red-eyed Abyss Watchers will spawn during the battle and attack the Watchers trying to kill the player.

* WorthyOpponent: One of the sane Watcher's offer the Ashen One a formal salute before they engage them.

* MythologyGag:
** Their boss battle is a twist on the Ornstein and Smough fight, even sharing a similar boss arena and the bosses entering by descending from a higher level. Mechanically, the Princes are a reversal on that fight's dynamic, where the latter had two bosses with one falling at the battle's mid-point, the former has a single boss being joined by the second when the fight enters phase two.

* BroughtDownToBadass: Both princes qualify, but Lorian especially. Despite being unable to use his legs and severely brain damaged after embracing Lothric's curse he's still capable of beating you into the ground.

* TeleportSpam: Lorian doesn't have use of his legs, so in order to close distances or escape being pinned, he has the ability to blink across the room or behind you while in the middle of swinging his sword.

* AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler:The second half of the boss fight involves the final Watcher being on death's door, and the wolf's blood from all his/her fallen comrades flowing into him/her. It revives him/her and makes the Watcher into a fully-fledged Lord of Cinder.]]

* WolfPackBoss: VisualPun and lore aside, they have a variation where one is the main Lord of Cinder boss, while the rest either aid or attack him/her.