Siegmeyer of Catarina

Siegmeyer of Catarina is a character of the video game Dark Souls.
==Background==
Siegmeyer's wife had recently died, but apparently he was out adventuring and unaware of her death.
Siegmeyer appears to be an adherent of Gwyn, Lord of Cinder, but judging from his dialogue, he is either not aware of Gwyn's sacrifice or from a past era thanks to Lordran's time distortion.
==Biography==
Siegmeyer of Catarina is an Undead adventurer who dons the Catarina Set and wields the Zweihander to seek danger in Lordran.
As the player progresses through Sen's Fortress, Siegmeyer will visit Anor Londo, where he rewards the player with a Tiny Being's Ring if they dispatch the Silver Knights in the adjacent room. Afterwards, he will reward the player with Emit Force in Firelink Shrine, if he is told that the player was responsible for opening the gate at Sen's Fortress.
When met in Blighttown, he rewards the player with the Pierce Shield if given 3 Purple Moss Clumps.
Siegmeyer does not normally rely on others for help. His self-determination is drained as the player solves each predicament he comes across. In an effort to regain his pride, Siegmeyer offers to help the player by sacrificing himself in Lost Izalith, to dispatch some Chaos Eaters in the poisonous pits. The outcome depends on the player's actions:
* If the player kills them all before he jumps down, he gifts the Speckled Stoneplate Ring in gratitude, and his storyline ends.
* If Siegmeyer jumps down to fight the enemies in the pit and has less than 50% of his health when all the Chaos Eaters are destroyed, he will give the player the Speckled Stoneplate ring and succumb to his wounds.
* If Siegmeyer jumps down and retains more than 50% of his health by the end of the encounter, he can then be found in Ash Lake. With no more pride and resolve, Siegmeyer had nothing, and when Undead lose everything, they turn Hollow. He then proceeds to attack his daughter, Sieglinde of Catarina, who defeats him. The player arrives too late to save him and witnesses Sieglinde crying over his broken corpse, then gives the player a Titanite Slab.
==Trivia==
* Siegmeyer's name may be inspired by that of Siegfried, a hero of Germanic mythology. Like Siegmeyer, Siegfried has family members whose name begin with "Sieg", including his father Siegmund and mother Sieglinde.
** Siegmeyer is also a German name. "Sieg" is German for "victory", while "Meyer" is a German surname derived from meier, "leaseholder".
** Other German-language references associated with Siegmeyer include his sword the zweihander; and his drink, Siegbräu.
* Siegmeyer seems to be under-prepared for Poison as he pleads with the player to spare him some purple moss. However, when he later jumps into the pit in Lost Izalith, he is immune to Poison, even claiming that the poisonous ground was his bed and promptly falling asleep there.
* Siegmeyer's face is white, but character creation presents only an option for that of "Jubilant Catarina" which depicts dark skin.
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