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A knight from Catarina who always seems to be in a bit of a pickle. He's becomes a good friend to the Ashen One and is also available as a non-summon ally for Yhorm the Giant if his questline has been followed.

* SanitySlippage: Notable aversion. Despite being a Crestfallen character who's lost their drive, he never hollows, most likely because he's Unkindled.

* SanitySlippage: Notable aversion. Despite being a Crestfallen character who's lost their drive, he never hollows, most likely because he's Unkindled, and not Undead.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:He dies after finally fulfilling his promise to Yhorm. Seeing that, due to the Unkindled no longer suffering the undead curse, he fulfilled his purpose of returning Yhorm to his throne, and was allowed to die once again.]]

* SuperiorSuccessor: For Siegmeyer before him, more so than his daughter Sieglinde. While Siegmeyer [[TheBerserker wasn't exactly helpless himself]], he had a bad habit of [[LeeroyJenkins leaping before he looked]] and [[LordErrorProne getting in way over his head.]] Siegward, on the other hand, is a far more effective warrior due to actually [[GeniusBruiser not rushing in without a plan]], never has to be rescued from a fight, and on at least two occasions he can end up saving ''you'' rather than the other way around.

* AndIMustScream: After killing Leonhard, you'll find a new Man-Grub in Rosaria's chamber, implying that he was reborn after his death... [[FateWorseThanDeath as a man-grub.]] Rosaria might seem nice and friendly, in spite of the nature of her covenant, but [[BewareTheNiceOnes she is not someone you want to make an enemy of.]] Although it's stated that becoming a Man-Grub is what happens after Rosaria rebirths a person too many times, so it may be that.

* BackForTheFinale: An SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute of him, Mild Mannered Pate, featured in the second game, but in this game you meet the very same Patches you met back in ''Dark Souls I''.

* {{Expy}}: A man wielding a sickle kills a woman with no tongue for her soul, and you invade him in Anor Londo with a Black Eye Orb to get it back. Lautrec, is that you? Take his outfit into consideration and you pretty much have Lautrec dressed as Marvelous Chester.
** Also to the Hunters from Bloodborne. His statements on hunting down other players is eerily similar to how Bloodborne [=NPCs=] refer to hunting beasts. He himself will refer to the player as a "beast" should they attack him without provocation. His views on attacking other players and his eventual turn upon the leader of his own covenant likewise mirrors a hunter who has been infected and succumbing to the Scourge.

* SwordBeam: His Crescent Moon Sword's weapon art, Crescent Blade, takes the form of this.

* BackForTheFinale: An {{Expy}} of him, Mild Mannered Pate, featured in the second game, but in this game you meet the very same Patches you met back in ''Dark Souls I''.

* {{Expy}}:
** Of the Darkmoon Knightess from ''VideoGame/DarkSouls1'', due to her image as a feminine Darkmoon warrior.
** One of Lucatiel as well, being a female recurring summon with a family member turned evil.

* {{Expy}}: A three-fold one, all from ''Demon's Souls'': the Dregling Merchant from the Boletarian Palace (occupation), Graverobber Blidge (relationship with Patches), and Stockpile Thomas (associated sidequest).

* {{Expy}}: Of Aslatiel of Mirrah, being a family member of a recurring summon NPC that's gone insane.

* {{Expy}}:
** Of Hawkeye Gough from ''Dark Souls 1''. [[spoiler: With some hints he is Gough himself, or most likely a descendant of his. Should you kill him or complete his minor sidequest, you'll get old Gough's Hawk Ring from him. He also uses Gough's greatbow and the same custom made arrows Gough was known for.]]
** Also serves as one to [[VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}} Djura]], initially attacking you from high elevation until you make peace with him.

** As you'd expect, he's the ''Dark Souls III'' counterpart of [[VideoGame/DarkSoulsI Griggs of Vinheim]]. However, while Griggs is nice to the player right when you meet him and keeps his role as a spy well-hidden, Orbeck [[DefrostingIceKing takes some time to warm up to you]], but is much more open about his past as an assassin once he does.

* {{Adorkable}}: Early on, she asks you if you are a dragon or a crow because she doesn't understand how you found her. Any response delights her.

** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in that, vanity aside, the Legion was a legitimate, if [[KnightTemplar overzealous]], force of good in the world, and Hawkwood himself gives up whatever claim to personal honor he has in his quest to gain the power of a dragon.

A mysterious knight who's guarding a failed Fire Keeper. He's also available as a summon.

* DrivenToSuicide: Knights of Carim each dedicate their entire lives to the protection of one maiden. If Irina manages to become a Fire Keeper and thus no longer needs protection, then Eygon will kill himself since he no longer has a purpose. His body is found in the same cell he originally locked Irina in.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: He uses a greatshield depicting a rather unsettling face. The description reveals that it was made in the likeness of his older sister.

* MercyKill: One of the option available to player once the player find him Hollowed out at Smouldering Lake.

* GuideDangIt: If you recruited him, and you still haven't found a scroll for him after killing the Abyss Watchers, he leaves the shrine permanently without prior notice. [[spoiler: Besides, you don't even have to kill him for his ash, Orbeck dies on his own should you learnt all of his magic and killed Prince Lothric.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: If all of his spells are purchased, his corpse can be found in the Archives.]]

* BrokenBridge: While you can kill the Dancer of the Boreal Valley early and gain access to Lothric Castle at the start of the game, his corpse, which contains the Grand Archives Key, will not appear until you've killed three Lords of Cinder.

* TheApprentice: Based on the fact that she wears Cornyx's Set, and her corpse can be found in the cage where Cornyx used to be, she was likely Cornyx's apprentice.
* KilledOffForReal: If you summoned her for and she survives the battle with the Old Demon King, what is presumably her corpse can be found in the Undead Settlement, in the cage where Cornyx used to be, which contains her clothes and whip.

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[[folder: Great Swamp Cuculus]]

!! Cathedral of the Deep

[[folder:Rosaria, Mother of Rebirth]]

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A woman found within a hidden bedchamber in the Cathedral of the Deep. Matron of the Rosaria's Fingers covenant, she takes severed tongues as tribute.

!! Irithyll of the Boreal Valley

[[folder:Archdeacon [=McDonnell=]]]

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A late member of the Church of the Deep clergy. Despite this, he still holds enough sway to grant power to newcomers of the Aldrich Faithful.

* AmbiguousSituation: Exactly ''how'' he died is unknown. Though judging from the black goo coming from his eyes, it's entirely possible that his death was a result of overexposure to The Deep.
* AdmiringTheAbomination: He delighted in the presence of the cathedral's Human Dregs, which represent the worst and most disgusting bits of humanity.
* CoDragons: Shared the role of Pontiff Sulyvahn's right-hand man with fellow Archdeacon's Kilmt and Royce until his demise and the former leaving the group to join Rosaria's Fingers.
* FatBastard: His corpse is bloated just like the other large-bodied Deacons of the Deep though he's even larger in size than them. And considering he's an Archdeacon of the Deep - he wasn't a very good person.
* TheHeretic: His "trespass", his decision to channel sorceries through his Staff turned it from a mere symbol of religious authority into a full-blown catalyst that causes sorceries to scale entirely with Faith.
* PosthumousCharacter: You only encounter him as a corpse. Even leveling through the covenant is done by interacting with his corpse.
* ReligionOfEvil: He and his fellow covenanters worship Aldrich as a god.
* SinisterMinister: He is the leader of the Aldrich Faithful covenant.

[[folder:Company Captain Yorshka]]

--> ''Voiced by:'' Martha Mackintosh

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[[caption-width-right:350:Name thyself, stranger. I am Yorshka, Captain of the Darkmoon Knights. What beckoned thee to such a place?]]

The last remaining deity of Anor Londo and the last of the Darkmoon Blades. Despite this, she now leads the Blades, hoping to drive the Aldrich Faithful out of the ruined city of the gods.

** When he invades you in the Undead Settlement, it's really easy to kill him by luring him into the graveyard (after befriending the Giant Archer first), then jump onto the island over the bottomless pit with the Undead Bone Shard. There's a good chance Hodrick will fall into the pit trying to get to you (it's easier when walking on the side of the island near the shack that leads to the Curse-Rotted Greatwood, since he will try to walk over the narrow gaps in that spot and probably fall through).

* EasyLevelTrick: His summon rematch both ''has'' one and ''is'' one, and they're the same trick. As a mad phantom, he's considered hostile by literally everything and everyone in the Road of Sacrifices, from tree-waving hollows to invaders to the giant crabs. As a result, instead of summoning him and fighting him one-on-one in an honourable, if hard and unrewarding, duel, you can instead kite him around the area, dragging him into fights with enemies who can be permakilled like the Exile Watchdogs or Yellowfinger Heysel; whoever survives the clash will be weakened and much easier for you to take down.

[[folder:Sword Master]]

A veteran swordsman standing guard outside Firelink Shrine, he is aggressive to everyone that nears him. His clothing is extremely tattered and destroyed, barely covering anything.

* BossInMookClothing: For how early he comes in the game (right after the tutorial). He's on par with a late-game EliteMook, meaning he has the same number of hit points as [[WarmUpBoss Iudex Gundyr]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1gnG7ESlhU and higher damage output]], on top of being both faster and a smaller target.
* ClothingDamage: According to the description on his clothing set, the reason his clothes are in such bad shape is due to him dodging many swords at once with amazing and masterful skill. The swords barely missed his body but cut into his clothes. However, the description ''also'' implies that this is just a story he made up to justify his clothes being in such a state, and also make himself sound more badass.
* CripplingOverspecialization: He is powerful in a sword fight, but he lacks any kind of armor or shield, making him easy to [[CycleOfHurting stunlock]] provided [[FragileSpeedster he doesn't do the same to you first.]] Or you can simply pelt him with arrows or magic from afar, which he has no defense against.
* CrutchCharacter: As a summoned NPC. Against [[WarmUpBoss Vordt of the Boreal Valley]], he'll be more than enough to help you slay him, but he won't fare anywhere as well against [[spoiler: [[WakeUpCallBoss Champion]] [[LightningBruiser Gundyr]]]]. Downplayed as he can at least serve as a distraction while you heal.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: If you killed him, he becomes a White Phantom and can be summoned for the boss fights against Vordt of the Boreal Valley, [[spoiler: Champion Gundyr]] and if you [[SequenceBreaking killed Emma before facing Vordt]], the Dancer of the Boreal Valley.
* DiscOneNuke: His weapon, the Uchigatana, is an exceptionally powerful starting weapon. And if you decided to kill Emma and face the Dancer of the Boreal Valley, both the Uchigatana and the Sword Master himself can become handy for dishing out bleed damage against the dancer provided you can keep him alive in the boss fight (such as wearing Skull Ring to allure the dancer to you).
* FullFrontalAssault: Downplayed. He looks effectively nude, but only it's because his tattered robe barely covers more than the base character model's underwear. In fact, his Loincloth actually covers ''less''.
* GoodBadBugs: Prior to Regulation 1.08, immediately re-summoning him right after he dies (or quitting the game immediately after he dies, continuing and re-summoning him) basically makes him invincible against both the Dancer of the Boreal Valley and [[spoiler:Champion Gundyr.]] Just sit back and let the boss try fruitlessly to kill him while he slices off their health. This is now fixed and he will no longer become invincible under the aforementioned circumstances.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: He wields the Uchigatana and if you summoned him, the Chaos Blade as well.
* MasterSwordsman: It's in his name. If you get close enough to him you'll quickly find out why.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Implied considering his weapon as an ally is the much stronger Chaos Blade rather than the Uchigatana.

[[folder:Nestling/Pickle Pee]]

An unseen crow with a nest atop the Firelink Shrine rotunda. Will trade special items with the player.
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* LegacyCharacter: The third unseen bird that trades you special items in the series, fourth if you include ''Demon's Souls''.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: "Pump-a-rum" and "pickle-pee" are onomatopoeia for the playing of a drum and a fife, respectively. The former is somewhat common, but the latter is almost solely associated with the poem [[http://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/the-ceremonial-band/ "The Ceremonial Band"]].
* TheVoice: Doesn't show up herself physically, but can be heard.

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* {{Irony}}: His choice to use a shield as well as a {{BFS}} got him ridiculed out of the Abyss Watchers, yet this more closely emulated the Abyss Watcher's predecessor's preferred loadout before his corruption.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Unlike past versions of the Crestfallen Knight, Harkwood is still driven enough to be proactive and can be summoned to help fight bosses, namely Oceiros, the Consumed King. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} if you go down his questline, as his fighting spirit gives way to a lust for power and he attempts to kill you for a chance to gain power through the Way of the Dragon Covenant.]]

* SerratedBladeOfPain: He uses the Flamberge, a serated Greatsword that inflicts Bleed.

* FaceHeelTurn: If you progress Anri's quest line, Horace goes Hollow and attacks you in a well out of the way little cave at the Smouldering Lake. Unless the player character puts him out of his misery, he ''will'' kill Anri and prematurely end that questline.

* TheQuietOne: He doesn't say anything, instead making growling or grunting noises. It may be a sign of his imminent Hollowing, or, since he is a Blue Sentinel, it's possible he had his tongue cut out by one of Rosaria's Fingers.

** One of Lucatiel as well, being a female recurring summon with a family member turned evil

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Averted, Yoel and Yuria treat the player character with a great deal of respect should they become Hollow.

* NonIndicativeName: One would expect a character with "Holy Knight" in his name to be ThePaladin or at least a KnightInShiningArmor. And to be fair, he probably ''used'' to be, once. Not so much any more, though.
* OldSoldier: His A.I. has a staggeringly high parry success rate, which he follows with what is generally a oneshot riposte to players. There's a reason his granddaughter, Sirris, requests you to help her in putting him down. All his experience went into magnificent skill.

[[folder: Pickle Pee, Pump-a-Rum Crow]]

* FriendlyEnemy: He appears at first glance to be a non-hostile Thrall, like those found in the Undead Settlement and Cathedral of the Deep. The Thrall hood description reveals that he and other thieves are forced to wear their hood as a humiliating punishment for thievery.