Yhorm the Giant

Yhorm the Giant is one of the major antagonists in Dark Souls 3. He was one of the Lords of Cinder as well as a ruler of Profaned Capital and a friend of Siegward of Catarina. He wanted to protect his kingdom by choosing to link the first flame. Unfortunately, the kingdom he sought to protect struck by an unknown calamity by the Profaned Flame he sought to put to rest. Before that, he gave a Storm Ruler to Siegward for put him out of his own misery should he reawakened as a Lord of Cinder.
== What Makes Him an Ensemble Dark Horse? ==
* Yhorm's origins were up to player's speculation because there are theories surrounding him that he's descended from Wolnir's bloodline and his distant connections to the Giants from the first and second games, by their character designs. Yhorm, along with his enslaved brethren, were one of the known surviving giants in Dark Souls 3. 
** There is an theory that Wolnir might be a giant before was consumed by the Abyss.
* Yhorm, being a gentle giant with a fearsome facade, is known to be friends with Siegward of Catarina, who is implied to be a distant descendant of Sieglinde, Siegmeyer's daughter. In which, Siegward is a very jovial onion knight or we called him, "OnionBro", like his predecessor.
** Should the player progress Siegward's questline into the Irithyll Dungeon, Siegward will fulfill his promise to put his old friend down to rest. 
* Yhorm's rule is not as mighty as Gwyn's, but still met with a tragedy when he's determined to protect the kingdom despite the people's discrimination of the giants (Except Siegward, who is a very jovial man) to put the Profaned Flame to rest. However, after Yhorm linked the first flame, His kingdom strucked by the rain of fireballs from the sky of Profaned Flame. To make him more tragic, Yhorm still hasn't got respect from his people despite being the ruler as his attempts to put the Profaned Flame out is all for nothing.
* Yhorm's Boss fight is overall one of the known puzzle boss that was a Fromsoftware's myth gag to Storm King from Demon Souls. As Storm Ruler sword is the only weapon that can inflict severe damage to the boss. If you're going to beat him without a weapon, it's up to you to proceed, have fun depleting his enormous health bar by striking his leggings (If you have an electromancy spell).
* The art, Yhorm vs Ashen One, known as Man vs Giant, created by a Pixiv Artist, Tatsuya, generates the amounts of memes of a man overcoming the great challenge.
== Trivia ==
* Yhorm the Giant, the Abyss Watchers, Ludleth, The Twin Princes of Lothric, Pontiff Sulyvahn, Dancer of Boreal Valley, Siegward of Catarina, and Slave Knight Gael are the Ensemble Dark Horses from Dark Souls 3.
* Yhorm's backstory ironically mirrors The Witch of Izalith from the first game, which is known as The Bed of Chaos, and considered to be the worst Dark Souls boss ever made.
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