History Heartwarming / DarkSoulsII

** It gets even better when you consider [[spoiler: the Unkindled has no reason to know who Lucatiel was. The Bearer of the Curse didn't just remember her name; they made damn sure EVERYONE would.]]

* Alsanna was the most fearful of the Children of Dark [[spoiler:being the embodiment of Manus' fear]], but the Ivory King loved and cared for her anyway. She in turn cared for him, and even now honors his last wishes by guarding the evil he sacrificed himself to contain. Where [[spoiler: Nashandra selfishly sought the Throne of Want above all else and Elana was rotten to the core,]] Alsanna actually pulled a HeelFaceTurn. Before he left, the Ivory King gave her a sword, the symbolism of which made it obvious that he knew from the beginning what she was [[spoiler: One must wonder how different things could've turned out if Vendrick's queen had been Alsanna instead of Nashandra.]]

* The Fume Knight, once known as Raime the Traitor or Rebel Raime, was Vendrick's most trusted advisor and a knight of great skill who could even expel the black fog (something even Artorias was unable to do) but was cast out and driven away after being defeated by his peer and blood brother Velstadt, who also stood by the King's side but refused to question him, due to Raime calling out the foolishness of the war against the giants which they were manipulated into by Queen Nashandra. He would go on to seek greater power and proof of the Queen's treachery and eentually discovered Nashandra's sister and fellow child of dark, Nadalia, who had fallen into despair after seeking the Old Iron King only to find him dead and his kingdom in shambles due to his own foolishness. Overwrought by her dream dieing before it even began, she split her soul in pieces to protect her king's tower with risen knights and filling it with her black fog to protect it from looters. Raime handidly dispelled the fog and cut down any undead in his way fully intending to cut her down to obtain proof agianst Nashandra but when he came upon her he found a kindred soul when he saw her despairing and lonely plight as she dedicated herself to a king with no hope of having her loyalty appreciated or rewarded. He instead willingly embraced her dark into himself and stood by her for countless ages until the Curse Bearers arrival to give her companionship and protection.

--> '''[[spoiler:Aldia]]''': There is no path… beyond the scope of Light, beyond the reach of Dark… what could possibly await us? And yet we seek it, insatiably… such is our fate.