History Characters / DarkSoulsMainCharactersAndLords

* [[spoiler: [[GodIsDead God Is Undead]]: He's just a very powerful Hollow when you meet him.]]

* {{Expy}}: Of the [[LordOfTheRings Nazgul.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: During the ''Project Dark'' prototype, Nito was the original area boss for the Painted World of Ariamis.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In the games files, there exists the model and data of "[[http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130923211951/darksouls/images/4/47/Undead_King_Jar-Eel.jpg Undead King Jar-Eel]]", a darkwraith with the power of life drain who would have been the boss of New Londo. The Four Kings use a portion of his coding, and even appear to be wearing a corrupted version of his armor. Presumably, he was removed for being too similar to Gwyn, (a tall, humanoid enemy which has become a husk of his former self).

* SanitySlippage: According to the Darkmoon Knightess and Big Hat Logan, Seath drove himself insane in his search for the Scales of Immortality he was born without. [[spoiler:He ironically became immortal due to the primordial crystal he took when he defected from his brethren.]]

This page details the [[PlayerCharacter Chosen Undead]], the Primordial Serpents, and the bearers of the Lord Souls. Head back through [[Characters/DarkSouls here]] for other character pages. '''Note: Unmarked spoilers ahead.'''

* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler: A rather infamous example in the ''Dark Souls'' community. With his high speed and unrelenting attacks, Gwyn would actually be one of the toughest bosses in the game, on par with False King Allante of ''Demon Souls''... except almost all of his attacks can be parried, allowing you to kill him with just a few parries. Granted, even that requires a decent amount of skill to pull off. [[ArtificialStupidity It's also possible to get his A.I. stuck on the pillars in the room, giving you time to heal that you're not supposed to have.]]]]

!!Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight[[spoiler:/Lord of Cinder]]

* MeaningfulName: The reason he is called the Furtive Pygmy is possibly because of his frail stature compared to the other bearers of the Lord Souls. [[spoiler:It also make senses considering he is the progenitor of the human race, and the avarage human is small when put together with lesser deities such as Ornstein and Artorias.]]

* LightIsNotGood: His skin is white and as the Grandfather of Sorcery, his power lies in the bending and manipulation of light. He's also one the cruelest beings in the entire game.

* WalkingSpoiler: Moreso than the other Lords in their present-day state, due to the fact that [[spoiler:she had been devoured by the [[{{Characters/DarkSoulsEnemyNPCsAndBosses}} Bed of Chaos]].]]

* OneWingedAngel: Is implied to have become [[spoiler:[[HumanoidAbomination Manus]] - who is referred to as "primeval man" -]] in the DownloadableContent.

A primordial serpent and leader of the Darkwraith Covenant. He resides in the Abyss, and, when confronted by the player character after defeating the Four Kings, wishes that the Undead Hero would end the Age of Fire and begin the Age of Dark.

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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Averted. Gwyn did pretty well by him.

A primordial serpent and friend of Gwyn, who wishes to help the Undead Hero return the world to light. He is the only "merchant" in the game in which you can "sell" equipment to, and the only means of breaking down Titanite. [[spoiler:The ''Dark Lord'' ending implies that Kaathe was able to convince him to return to their brethren, although how he did so isn't stated.]]

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Kaathe implies that Frampt is the only primordial serpent to side with Gwyn and help him in [[spoiler:prolonging the Age of Fire]], although the alternate ending makes it [[MindScrew ambiguous]] since he invariably shows up along with other primordial serpents to serve the PlayerCharacter.

* BigGood: Possibly, [[GreyAndGreyMorality for a given value anyway]]. [[spoiler:Should you side with him, he acts as your guide to becoming the Dark Lord and ushering in an age of man. It's unknown how honest he's being, though.]]. However...
* BiggerBad: This could well be the case, [[spoiler:for [[Characters/DarkSoulsArtoriasOfTheAbyss Chester]] reveals that Oolacile was tricked into awakening Manus by "that toothy serpent." He could've just as well been referring to Frampt, however. Then again, he's also the leader of the Darkwraiths and the one who taught them the Art of Lifedrain.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: [[GreyAndGreyMorality ''Maybe'']]... his claims that [[spoiler:Frampt is a traitor]] gain a lot of credibility once [[spoiler:you notice the holes in the latter's own claim of you being Gwyn's successor]].

* RememberTheNewGuy: Can come across as this should you [[spoiler:give the Lordvessel to Frampt]] before attempting the Four Kings boss fight (which means you'll never even meet him at all) and then choosing [[spoiler:the Dark Lord ending after defeating Gwyn]], where he invariably appears alongside Frampt and several other primordial serpents.
* YouHaveFailedMe: Says this about the Darkwraith enemies found within the New Londo Ruins, having lost their way from the path to becoming the Dark Lord.

* FlunkyBoss: He's flanked by several skeletons, all of which resurrect quickly unless [[DeaderThanDead you kill them with Divine-type weapons. If you take a few steps further into the boss area, a few giant skeletons will also assist Nito.]]

An unknown Lord, both figuratively and literally.

* OneWingedAngel: Is implied to have become [[spoiler:[[HumanoidAbomination Manus]] - who is referred to as "primeval man" -]] in the DLC content.

A primordial dragon who betrayed his brethren because he was born without scales. Lord Gwyn presented Seath a Dukedom and the archives of Anor Londo. He holds the title "Grandfather of Sorcery". Gwyn gave Seath a fragment of his Lord Soul before [[spoiler:journeying for the Kiln]]. Seath drove himself insane and blind while researching the Scales of Immortality he was born without. [[spoiler:Ironically, he did gain immortality from the primordial crystal he took when he defected, becoming a true Undead.]]

* CompleteImmortality

Rulers of former New Londo whom Gwyn granted their positions and a piece of his Lord's Soul for their council. [[spoiler:However, they fell prey to the beasts of the Abyss that appeared under New Londo, and the knights of the city were corrupted into Darkwraiths. This event led to the whole of New Londo being flooded and magically sealed. They now reside within the Abyss itself: a pitch black void in which nothing can survive, save those who have made a covenant with the beasts that dwell within it.]]

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Leader of the Lords, King of Anor Londo, and father of the Gods of Light. He lead the Age of Fire, ruling over man from Anor Londo in Lordran. His Lord Soul granted him power over Sunlight and Lightning. [[spoiler:After the Witch of Izalith's failed attempt at recreating the First Flame, he gifted his power to the four kings of New Londo and Seath the Scaleless, and sacrificed himself to the Kiln of the First Flame to become the Cinder to give rise to the Second Age of Fire and prevent the Age of Dark.]]

* BigGood: He led the combined forces of his own army, Gravelord Nito, the Witches of Izalith, and Seath the Scaleless against the Dragons in the war.

* HeroicSacrifice: Gwyn knew he wouldn't be returning from [[spoiler:the Kiln of the First Flame]], although it's unknown if he was aware of exactly what would happen when he would [[spoiler:relink the fire]]. Even Kaathe admits that what Gwyn did was a sacrifice, [[spoiler:to burn in the Kiln for eternity, slowly going insane from the pain...]] Unfortunately, everything just gets even ''worse'' with him gone: [[spoiler: those he entrusted his Lord Soul to go mad and his children are all too selfish to even bother trying to keep the country together.]]

!!The Witch of Izalith[[spoiler:/Bed of Chaos]]

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The mother of the Daughters of Chaos and one of the greatest wielders of the Old Fire Arts. Her Lord Soul granted her power over Flame and Chaos. [[spoiler:When the First Flame started to wane and give rise to the Age of Dark, she attempted to use her power to recreate the First Flame with a soul, possibly on Gwyn's order. She succeeded at first, but lost control, which resulted in the Flame of Chaos completely taking over her. The resulting abomination became known as the Bed of Chaos: a font of life that became the source of all demons in Lordran. This event also spawned pyromancy, replacing the old fire arts.]]

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Was transformed into a tree-like monstrosity whose roots - provided they're not the roots of the Great Hollow - can be seen throughout the Demon Ruins and Lost Izalith, and is the source of all the Chaos Demons. Additionally, it seems the two orbs flanking the main body are actually her daughters, who also got caught in the Bed of Chaos's catastrophic birth.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:It's implied that there are still traces of her consciousness within the Bed of Chaos, since Quelana asks you to MercyKill her.]]
* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler:Her failure in recreating the First Flame turned her and most of her children into abominations and gave rise to demons all over Lordran.]]
* PlantPerson: [[spoiler:The Bed of Chaos is very much this, being a tree-like abomination with powerful arms and what resembles a head. It's likely what was left of the Witch of Izalith.]]

* PuzzleBoss: Similar to the [[Videogame/DemonsSouls Dragon God]], you do not fight [[spoiler:the Bed of Chaos]] directly. Instead, you have to destroy two orbs at each extremities of the room in order to pave the way to [[spoiler:the monster's core, which you can kill in one hit]]. It's more complicated than it seems, because you will need to dodge increasingly difficult threats such as [[spoiler:the Bed of Chaos' extremely powerful arms]] and crumbling floor.
* SequentialBoss: As soon as you cut down one of the orbs, [[spoiler:the Bed of Chaos will produce an additional arm made of fire that will try to dig its way to you]], and some parts of the floor will start crumbling down to a BottomlessPit. Destroying the second orb will cause [[spoiler:the boss to start unleashing fire storms as well]], making the struggle to reach its core even harder.

* WalkingSpoiler: Moreso than the other Lords in their present-day state. [[spoiler:All the blanks belong to the monster that consumed her and rained disaster upon Lordran.]]
* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler:The monstrosity known by present day as the Bed of Chaos is what is left of the Witch of Izalith and some of her daughters after her attempt to recreate the First Flame went haywire.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: WordOfGod says that [[spoiler:the Bed of Chaos fight]] was supposed to have a stronger boss fight concept, but became the relatively simple-but-irritating PuzzleBoss due to time constraints that kept the concept from being properly polished. An alternate model of [[spoiler:the Bed of Chaos]] is still in the game files, possibly from the earlier build.

An unknown Lord, both figuratively and literally. [[spoiler:According to Darkstalker Kaathe, the Pygmy's Lord Soul was the Dark Soul: a Lord Soul that was completely unique, even compared to the other three. The Pygmy waited out the war against the Dragons and even the Age of Fire to give rise to the Age of Man/Dark. But the Pygmy's mission was lost to man due to Gwyn's efforts in preventing the Age of Dark. The Pygmy has been [[WordOfGod revealed]] to be the progenitor of humanity, and his descendants have received a piece of the Dark Soul through him.]]

* TheChessmaster: More so than Gwyndolin. This is someone who [[spoiler:waited nearly a millenia for his plan to come to fruition, and, even if he no longer exists by the present day, his plans are potentially carried out by his descendants, with a little guidance from Kaathe.]]

* ThePlan: [[spoiler:Waited out a whole war and the First Age of Fire to give rise to an age where humans ruled. While Gwyn took measures to prevent this, he was only delaying the inevitable, although whether this happens in the present is up to the player.]]

* MessianicArchetype[=/=]DarkMessiah: The Chosen Undead ultimately has to choose which one to be at the very end, either by taking on Gwyn's role as [[spoiler:fuel for the Fire, or walk out of it and start a new Age of Dark with the primordial serpents as your vassals.]]

* MrExposition: [[spoiler:If you think he's honest, then he's pretty much the only one who actually explains what's really going on.]]

* EmptyShell: [[spoiler:His thousand years of burning in the Kiln has left him hollowed.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: Gwyn knew he wouldn't be returning from [[spoiler:the Kiln of the First Flame]], although it's unknown if he was aware of exactly what would happen when he would [[spoiler:relink the fire]]. Even [[spoiler: Kaathe admits that what Gwyn did was a sacrifice, to burn in the Kiln for eternity, slowly going insane from the pain...]] Unfortunately, everything just gets even ''worse'' with him gone: [[spoiler: those he entrusted his Lord Soul to go mad and his children are all too selfish to even bother trying to keep the country together.]]

* PhysicalGod

* AndIMustScream: Quite literally. Screaming can be heard with no clear source through many of Nito's movements and attacks, some more numerous than others, implying that some of the corpses that make him up may at least be partially aware. If they are, there's no doubt that they're in a great deal of pain.

* [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination: Was transformed into a tree-like monstrosity whose roots - provided they're not the roots of the Great Hollow - can be seen throughout the Demon Ruins and Lost Izalith, and is the source of all the Chaos Demons. Additionally, it seems the two orbs flanking the main body are actually her daughters, who also got caught in the Bed of Chaos's catastrophic birth.]]
* [[spoiler:FateWorseThanDeath: It's implied that there are still traces of her consciousness within the Bed of Chaos, since Quelana asks you to MercyKill her.]]
* [[spoiler:GoneHorriblyWrong: Her failure in recreating the First Flame turned her and most of her children into abominations and gave rise to demons all over Lordran.]]
* [[spoiler:PlantPerson: The Bed of Chaos is very much this, being a tree-like abomination with powerful arms and what resembles a head. It's likely what was left of the Witch of Izalith.]]

* PuzzleBoss: [[spoiler:Similar to the [[Videogame/DemonsSouls Dragon God]], you do not fight the Bed of Chaos directly. Instead, you have to destroy two orbs at each extremities of the room in order to pave the way to her core, which you can kill in one hit. It's more complicated than it seems, because you will need to dodge increasingly difficult threats such as the monster's extremely powerful arms and crumbling floor.]]
* SequentialBoss: [[spoiler:As soon as you cut down one of the orbs, the Bed of Chaos will produce an additional arm made of fire that will try to dig its way to you, and some parts of the floor will start crumbling down to a BottomlessPit. Destroying the second orb will cause the boss to start unleashing fire storms as well, making the struggle to reach its core even harder.]]

* [[spoiler:WasOnceAMan: The monstrosity known by present day as the Bed of Chaos is what is left of the Witch of Izalith and some of her daughters after her attempt to recreate the First Flame went haywire.]]
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[spoiler: WordOfGod says that the Bed of Chaos fight was supposed to have a stronger boss fight concept, but became the relatively simple-but-irritating PuzzleBoss due to time constraints that kept the concept from being properly polished. An alternate model is still in the game files, possibly from the earlier build.]]

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:More so than Gwyndolin. This is someone who waited nearly a millenia for his plan to come to fruition, and, even if he no longer exists by the present day, his plans are potentially carried out by his descendants, with a little guidance from Kaathe.]]

* [[spoiler:OneWingedAngel: Is implied to have become [[HumanoidAbomination Manus]] - who is referred to as "primeval man" - in the DLC content.]]

A primordial dragon who betrayed his brethren because he was born without scales. Lord Gwyn presented Seath a Dukedom and the archives of Anor Londo. He holds the title "Grandfather of Sorcery". [[spoiler:Gwyn gave Seath a fragment of his Lord Soul before journeying for the Kiln. Seath drove himself insane and blind while researching the Scales of Immortality he was born without. Ironically, he did gain immortality from the primordial crystal he took when he defected, becoming a true Undead.]]

* EvilAlbino: Very much so. [[spoiler: He commands the Channelers, most of which are assigned to kidnap young women, before turning them into horrid tentacled creatures known as the Pisaca.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:You can make him accidentally destroy his own SoulJar by goading his attacks towards it. Making him destroy it himself [[OhCrap shocks him]] enough that he's left wide-open for attack for a couple of seconds.]]
* HopelessBossFight: [[spoiler:In the first encounter with him, his ArtifactOfDoom is nowhere to be seen, meaning he regenerates from any damage dealt to him.]]

* [[spoiler:OurLichesAreDifferent: Has essentially become a DracoLich due to the primordial crystal, which acts as his SoulJar. This leads to...]]
** [[spoiler:SlidingScaleOfUndeadRegeneration: Type IV due to the primordial crystal, but only so long as the crystal is intact. Destroying the crystal during the second boss fight in the Crystal Cave is the ''only'' way to damage and kill him.]]

* EvilMakesYouUgly: [[spoiler:It's implied that prolonged use of Life Drain corrupted their form even further than the mindless Darkwraiths that wander the New Londo Ruins.]]

* [[FallenHero Fallen Heroes]]: Were once noble and just rulers [[spoiler:until Kaathe tempted them with the Art of Lifedrain.]]

* NothingIsScarier: As soon as you fall down to the Abyss and land on a pitch-black, horizonless void, you are greeted with... ''nothing''. [[spoiler:Cue the first of the Four Kings emerging from the shadows and engaging you in battle, which more kings spawning every subsequent minute.]]

This page details the [[PlayerCharacter Chosen Undead]], the Primordial Serpents, and the bearers of the Lord Souls. Head back through [[Characters/DarkSouls here]] for other character pages. '''Note: contains some unmarked spoilers.'''

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One of the Undead, those branded with the Darksign, locked into the Undead Asylum of Lordran. However, a chance encounter allows them to escape and change the fate of the world. [[spoiler:Defeating the Four Kings before bringing the Lordvessel to Frampt has Darkstalker Kaathe reveal that the Chosen Undead is a descendant of the Furtive Pygmy and the latest candidate for becoming the Dark Lord to usher in the Age of Dark.]]

[[spoiler:After obtaining all the Lord Souls and slaying Gwyn, the Chosen Undead can either rekindle the flame and continue the Age of Flame, or walk away and plunge the world into Darkness. Things aren't as clear cut as that, however...]]

* TheChosenOne: Played with, and possibly DoubleSubverted. At first it seems that the Undead Hero is Gwyn's successor according to Frampt, [[spoiler:except that's false according to Kaathe. Kaathe claims that the Undead Hero is instead supposed to be the next Dark Lord]]. Even then, there's an implication that the title of Chosen Undead [[TheUnchosenOne is granted to whatever Undead manages to earn it, rather than them actually being chosen.]] However, with Solaire, Lautrec, and Tarkus, who have their own world where they are the warriors with the most HeroicWillpower who are trying to become Gwyn's successor ([[spoiler: As well as the fact Solaire links the fire if he fights Gwyn with Chosen Undead]]) it seems that there might be a chosen one for every world, or with the success of the Chosen Undead, there is only one "true" chosen one among them all.

* IAmWho: [[spoiler:Darkstalker Kaathe reveals that the Undead hero is a direct descendant of the Pygmy and the next in line to give rise to the Age of Dark.]]
** [[spoiler:It's worth noting that what Kaathe says can also be interpreted another way. It could be that ALL Darksign bearers are descendants of the pygmy... or, taken a step further normal-sized humans are. Given the average size of the deities in Lordran, it's not too much of a stretch to believe humans could be thought of as pygmies to them.]]

* MessianicArchetype[=/=]DarkMessiah: [[spoiler:The Chosen Undead ultimately has to choose which one to be at the very end, either by taking on Gwyn's role as fuel for the Fire, or walk out of it and start a new Age of Dark with the primordial serpents as your vassals.]]

* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Ultimately, the Chosen Undead is being tricked into sacrificing him/herself in order to prolong the Age of Fire. Possibly subverted should the player side with Kaathe, though he/she may be just as much of a pawn for him too.]]

** [[spoiler:Ultimately or partially subverted, though. He's not so much guiding you, he's ''using'' you.]]

** [[spoiler: Not to mention the whole "Chosen Undead" thing - not that his lies are obvious at first.]]

** [[spoiler: He claims that he was awoken by a single Bell of Awakening, but even the Crestfallen Warrior knows that there are actually two Bells of Awakening.]]
* ExactWords: [[spoiler:He tells the PlayerCharacter that it is their destiny to succeed Gwyn. Which they do, [[FateWorseThanDeath as fuel for the Fire]].]]

* GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:He can be seen bowing before the Undead Hero in the Dark Lord ending, even if the PlayerCharacter disappointed him earlier by allying with Kaathe. But like all things with the Primordial Serpents, it's up for debate.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:He's actively deceiving the PlayerCharacter to a possible FateWorseThanDeath in order to prolong the Age of Fire.]]
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: [[spoiler:Kaathe implies that Frampt is the only primordial serpent to side with Gwyn and help him in prolonging the Age of Fire, although the Dark Lord ending makes it [[MindScrew ambiguous]] since he invariably shows up along with other primordial serpents to serve the PlayerCharacter.]]

A primordial serpent and leader of the Darkwraith Covenant. [[spoiler:He resides in the Abyss, and, when confronted by the player character after defeating the Four Kings, wishes that the Undead Hero would end the Age of Fire and begin the Age of Dark.]]

* RememberTheNewGuy: Can come across as this should you [[spoiler:give the Lordvessel to Frampt before attempting the Four Kings boss fight (which means you'll never even meet him at all) and then choosing the Dark Lord ending after defeating Gwyn, where he invariably appears alongside Frampt and several other primordial serpents.]]

[[spoiler: It should be noted that the game is ambiguous about it all. One could consider linking the fire to be a heroic sacrifice or just playing into higher power's hands, especially since you have the option to kill some of said higher powers. And becoming the Dark Lord could be considered bringing the next age for the world for better, or for worse. And on top of that, it's quite possible that ''both'' primordial serpents are lying to the player for their own reasons- or even working together for an unknown cause.]]

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:He has been burning in the Kiln for a really long time, meaning his defeat at the hands of the player can be seen as a MercyKill.]]
* BadassBeard
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Done with Kingseeker Frampt fabricating the myth of the Chosen Undead, knowing that humans are {{Determinator}} and will do anything to solve the problem... thus it's just the matter of feeding them the desirable bits of facts so that the Chosen Undead will arrive at the solution he favors.]]
** [[spoiler:OutGambitted: His long-run attempt to keep preventing the Age of Dark ends up becoming this should you take the ''Dark Lord'' ending. You can almost hear Darkstalker Kaathe laughing somewhere.]]

* BroughtDownToBadass: [[spoiler:Somewhat. The Gwyn you meet in the game has only a small fraction of his godly power remaining, as he divided his soul, and power, among his subjects before he set off for the Kiln, becoming an EmptyShell in the process and losing what little sanity he had left. Even then, once the PlayerCharacter reaches him, he still gives one, final fight with his [[MasterSwordsman unparalleled swordmanship]] and [[LightningBruiser overall agility]].]]
* CoolCrown: [[spoiler:You can purchase this, along with Gwyn's entire outfit, from Domhall of Zena once you meet the merchant in NewGamePlus.]]
* DefiantToTheEnd:[[spoiler: Sacrificed everything he had to link the flame and prolong the Age of Fire a while longer, an act which the opening narration plainly states could only be delaying the inevitable.]]
* [[spoiler:EmptyShell: His thousand years of burning in the Kiln has left him hollowed.]]
* [[spoiler:FallenHero: You meet and fight him in a state where it's hard to even recognize him as the one who overthrew the dragons in the distant past.]]

* FlamingSword: Wields one [[spoiler:during his boss fight. Can be acquired through using Gwyn's Soul in a Weapon Ascension, but the crafted version isn't on fire.]]

* WalkingSpoiler: Nearly all the spoilered tropes above are an indication that ''something'' happened to him between the prologue and the moment you meet him.

The first of the dead, a literal mountain of corpses, and Leader of the Gravelord Servant Covenant. His Lord Soul granted him power over Death, and he functions as the Grim Reaper. [[spoiler:His powers have waned, however, due to a necromancer known only as "The Pinwheel" stealing a part of them for himself and his servants while Nito lays dormant. Nito himself resides in a massive coffin deep within the Tomb of the Giants.]]

* DramaPreservingHandicap: [[spoiler:Considering he lost part of his power through Pinwheel's PowerParasite, this may explain why the Chosen Undead is able to fight and defeat him.]]
* FlunkyBoss: [[spoiler:He's flanked by several skeletons, all of which resurrect quickly unless [[DeaderThanDead you kill them with Divine-type weapons]]. If you take a few steps further into the boss area, a few giant skeletons will also assist Nito.]]
* TheGrimReaper
* PlagueMaster

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast

* NothingIsScarier:[[spoiler: As soon as you fall down to the Abyss and land on a pitch-black, horizonless void, you are greeted with... ''nothing''. Cue the first of the Four Kings emerging from the shadows and engaging you in battle, which more kings spawning every subsequent minute.]]

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* BiggerBad: This could well be the case, [[spoiler:for [[Chracters/DarkSoulsArtoriasOfTheAbyss Chester]] reveals that Oolacile was tricked into awakening Manus by "that toothy serpent." He could've just as well been referring to Frampt, however. Then again, he's also the leader of the Darkwraiths and the one who taught them the Art of Lifedrain.]]

** He seems rather disgusted with Seath, only offering a single soul for crystal weapons and Channeler armor.

** OutGambitted: [[spoiler:His long-run attempt to keep preventing the Age of Dark ends up becoming this should you take the ''Dark Lord'' ending. You can almost hear Darkstalker Kaathe laughing somewhere.]]

* EmptyShell: [[spoiler:His thousand years of burning in the Kiln has left him hollowed.]]
* FallenHero: [[spoiler:You meet and fight him in a state where it's hard to even recognize him as the one who overthrew the dragons in the distant past.]]

* DramaPreservingHandicap: [[spoiler:Considering he lost part of his power through Pinwheel's PowerParasite.]]

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:Was transformed into a tree-like monstrosity whose roots - provided they're not the roots of the Great Hollow - can be seen throughout the Demon Ruins and Lost Izalith, and is the source of all the Chaos Demons. Additionally, it seems the two orbs flanking the main body are actually her daughters, who also got caught in the Bed of Chaos's catastrophic birth.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:It's implied that there are still traces of her consciousness within the Bed of Chaos, since Quelana asks you to MercyKill her.]]
* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler:Her failure in recreating the First Flame turned her and most of her children into abominations and gave rise to demons all over Lordran.]]
* PlantPerson: [[spoiler: The Bed of Chaos is very much this, being a tree-like abomination with powerful arms and what resembles a head. It's likely what was left of the Witch of Izalith.]]

* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler:The monstrosity known by present day as the Bed of Chaos is what is left of the Witch of Izalith and some of her daughters after her attempt to recreate the First Flame went haywire.]]

* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:Is implied to have become [[HumanoidAbomination Manus]] - who is referred to as "primeval man" - in the DLC content.]]

* OurLichesAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Has essentially become a DracoLich due to the primordial crystal, which acts as his SoulJar.]] This leads to...
** SlidingScaleOfUndeadRegeneration: [[spoiler:Type IV due to the primordial crystal, but only so long as the crystal is intact. Destroying the crystal during the second boss fight in the Crystal Cave is the ''only'' way to damage and kill him.]]

* BiggerBad: This could well be the case, [[spoiler:for [[Chracters/DarkSoulsArtoriasOfTheAbyss Chester]] reveals that Oolacile was tricked into awakening Manus by "that toothy serpent." He could've just as well been referring to Frampt, however. Then again, he's also the leader of the Darkwraiths and the one who taught them the art of Life Drain.]]

* WalkingSpoiler: Moreso than the other Lords in their present-day state. [[spoiler:All the blanks belong to the monster that consummed her and rained disaster upon Lordran.]]

* [OurLichesAreDifferent: [[spoiler:Has essentially become a DracoLich due to the primordial crystal, which acts as his SoulJar.]] This leads to...

* OurGhostsAreDifferent

* {{Determinator}}

* [[spoiler:IAmWho: Darkstalker Kaathe reveals that the Undead hero is a direct descendant of the Pygmy and the next in line to give rise to the Age of Dark.]]

* MessianicArchetype[=/=][[spoiler:DarkMessiah]]: The Chosen Undead ultimately has to choose which one to be at the very end.

* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn: Ultimately, the Chosen Undead is being tricked into sacrificing him/herself in order to prolong the Age of Fire. Possibly subverted should the player side with Kaathe, though he/she may be just as much of a pawn for him too.]]

* [[spoiler:ManipulativeBastard: He's actively deceiving the PlayerCharacter to a possible FateWorseThanDeath in order to prolong the Age of Fire.]]
* [[spoiler:MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Kaathe implies that Frampt is the only primordial serpent to side with Gwyn and help him in prolonging the Age of Fire, although the Dark Lord ending makes it [[MindScrew ambiguous]] since he invariably shows up along with other primordial serpents to serve the PlayerCharacter.]]

* [[spoiler:BigGood]]: Possibly, [[GreyAndGreyMorality for a given value anyway]]. [[spoiler:Should you side with him, he acts as your guide to becoming the Dark Lord and ushering in an age of man. It's unknown how honest he's being, though.]]
* [[spoiler:BiggerBad]]: This could well be the case, for Chester reveals that [[spoiler: Oolacile was tricked into awakening Manus by "that toothy serpent." He could've just as well been referring to Frampt, however. Then again, he's also the leader of the Darkwraiths and the one who taught them the art of Life Drain.]]
* [[spoiler:DarkIsNotEvil]]: Maybe... his claims [[spoiler:Frampt is a traitor]] gain a lot of credibility once [[spoiler:you notice the holes in the latter's claim of you being Gwyn's successor]].

* [[spoiler: AndIMustScream: He has been burning in the Kiln for a really long time, meaning his defeat at the hands of the player can be seen as a MercyKill.]]

* [[spoiler:BatmanGambit: With Kingseeker Frampt fabricating the myth of Chosen Undead, knowing that humans are {{Determinator}} and will do anything to solve the problem... thus it's just the matter of feeding them the desirable bits of facts so that the Chosen Undead will arrive at the solution he favors.]]
** [[spoiler:OutGambitted: His long-run attempt to keep preventing the Age of Dark ends up becoming this should you take the ''Dark Lord'' ending. You can almost hear Darkstalker Kaathe laughing somewhere.]]

* [[spoiler:BroughtDownToBadass: Somewhat. The Gwyn you meet in the game has only a small fraction of his godly power remaining, as he divided his soul, and power, among his subjects before he set off for the Kiln, becoming an EmptyShell in the process and losing what little sanity he had left. Even then, once the PlayerCharacter reaches him, he still gives one, final fight with his [[MasterSwordsman unparalleled swordmanship]] and [[LightningBruiser overall agility]].]]

* [[spoiler:EmptyShell: His thousand years of burning in the Kiln has left him hollowed.]]
* [[spoiler:FallenHero: You meet and fight him in a state where it's hard to even recognize him as the one who overthrew the dragons in the distant past.]]
* [[spoiler:FinalBoss: Defeating him leads you to start a [[NewGamePlus new gameplay cycle]].]]

* LightIsGood[=/=][[spoiler:LightIsNotGood]]: Gwyn originally defeated the dragons, brought order to the world, and sacrificed himself to preserve the Age of Fire. [[spoiler:After burning for so long in the Kiln, [[AndIMustScream however]], he went [[EmptyShell Hollow]], [[CrushKillDestroy and the "good" sort of fell off]].]]

* [[spoiler:DramaPreservingHandicap: Considering he lost part of his power through Pinwheel's PowerParasite.]]
* [[spoiler:FlunkyBoss: He's flanked by several skeletons, all of which resurrect quickly unless [[DeaderThanDead you kill them with Divine-type weapons]]. If you take a few steps further into the boss area, a few giant skeletons will also assist Nito.]]

* [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination: Was transformed into a tree-like monstrosity whose roots - provided they're not the roots of the Great Hollow - can be seen throughout the Demon Ruins and Lost Izalith, and is the source of all the Chaos Demons. Additionally, it seems the two orbs flanking the main body are actually her daughters, who also got caught in the Bed of Chaos's catastrophic birth.]]
* [[spoiler:FateWorseThanDeath]]
* [[spoiler:GoneHorriblyWrong: Her failure in recreating the First Flame turned her and most of her children into abominations and gave rise to demons all over Lordran.]]
* [[spoiler: PlantPerson: A large part of it is this. It's likely what was left of the Witch of Izalith.]]

* [[spoiler:PuzzleBoss: Similar to the [[DemonsSouls Dragon God]], you do not fight the Bed of Chaos directly. Instead, you have to destroy two orbs at each extremities of the room in order to pave the way to her core, which you can kill in one hit. It's more complicated than it seems, because you will need to dodge increasingly difficult threats such as the monster's extremely powerful arms and crumbling floor.]]
* [[spoiler:SequentialBoss: As soon as you cut down one of the orbs, the Bed of Chaos will produce an additional arm made of fire that will try to dig its way to you, and some parts of the floor will start crumbling down to a BottomlessPit. Destroying the second orb will cause the boss to start unleashing fire storms as well, making the struggle to reach its core even harder.]]

* WalkingSpoiler: Moreso than the other Lords in their present-day state.
* [[spoiler:WasOnceAMan: The monstrosity known by present day as the Bed of Chaos is what is left of the Witch of Izalith and some of her daughters after her attempt to recreate the First Flame went haywire.]]

* [[spoiler: TheChessmaster: More so than Gwyndolin.]]

* [[spoiler: OneWingedAngel: Is implied to have become [[HumanoidAbomination Manus]] - who is referred to as "primeval man" - in the DLC content.]]
* [[spoiler:ThePlan: Waited out a whole war and the First Age of Fire to give rise to an age where humans ruled. While Gwyn took measures to prevent this, he was only delaying the inevitable, although whether this happens in the present is up to the player.]]

* [[spoiler:HoistByHisOwnPetard: You can make him accidentally destroy his own SoulJar by goading his attacks towards it. Making him destroy it himself [[OhCrap shocks him]] enough that he's left wide-open for attack for a couple of seconds.]]
* [[spoiler:HopelessBossFight: In the first encounter with him, his ArtifactOfDoom is nowhere to be seen, meaning he regenerates from any damage dealt to him.]]

* [[spoiler:OurLichesAreDifferent: Has essentially become a DracoLich due to the primordial crystal, which acts as his SoulJar. This leads to...]]
** [[spoiler:SlidingScaleOfUndeadRegeneration: Type IV due to the primordial crystal, but only so long as the crystal is intact. Destroying the crystal during the second boss fight in the Crystal Cave is the ''only'' way to damage and kill him.]]

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This page details the [[PlayerCharacter Chosen Undead]], the Primordial Serpents, and the bearers of the Lord Souls. '''Note: contains some unmarked spoilers.'''