Chosen Undead

## The Chosen Undead

**The Chosen Undead**, was a prophesised human, who was destined to become the next Lord of Cinder following Gwyn's linking of the flame.

## Lore

### The Prophecy

Originally told by Aldricius I and recounted by his grandson Roderick I, it spoke that in the darkness the humans would be powerful and the Gods would be powerless and with the First Flame fading, Gwyn started to become nervous. Knowing this Gwyn decides to construct Asylums for the Undead to be shepherded into, whilst coming up with a solution for the fading of the flame. Upon the rounding up of these Undead, Roderick I Catarina reveals to Gwyn the prophecy he saw, of that he would need to sacrifice his own life in the First Flame in order to rekindle it. Kingseeker Frampt made sure Gwyn understood his task, before tasking himself with making sure that he will have a successor as a Lord of Cinder and shepherd the Humans and Undead to this task. Gwyn completed his task of Kindling the Flame in 251FA, becoming the first Lord of Cinder.

In the year 253FY, King Aldricius II of Catarina foresaw the coming of a single Undead, who will journey from an Undead Asylum long after Gwyn has died and become his successor as Lord of Cinder. This prophecy was of the Chosen Undead.

### For Whom The Bell Tolls

The Bell of Awakening in the Undead Parish

The Prophecy came true in the year 284FY after an Undead of the Northern Asylum slayed the Asylum Demon protected it and ventured forth into Lordran, starting from the Firelink Shrine, where he meets a firekeeper, who tells him his quest, the one which was set out by Kingseeker Frampt and Gwyn. He journeys through the Undead Burg and into the Undead Parish, meeting the Knight Solaire of Astora, a devoted worshipper of the Covenant of Sunlight, who is determined to find 'his very own sun'. He also meets a Knight called Lautrec of Carim, completely covered in Gold Armour who was imprisoned by an unknown assailant inside the Undead Parish but is freed by the Chosen Undead, not knowing his true intentions. At the end of the Undead Parish he finds the first Bell of Awakening, a part of his quest to becoming strong enough to become a Lord of Cinder and prove their worth, put in by Kingseeker Frampt. He comes across a blacksmith there called Andre, also hailing from Astora (like Solaire), who had set out to the lands of Lordran in the hopes that he could forge a great weapon from items he found in this land, knowing that Lordran is famed for its special Dragon weapon, in which the Undead promises that he will find something from a dragon to help forge a sword for him.

The Daughter of Izalith, Quelaag

The next part of his quest was to ring the second Bell of Awakening, in which he needed to venture deep below Undead Burg and through the Ancient Civilisation of Blighttown, the remnants of what used to be the Queendom of Izalith. There he discovers one of the Daughters of the Witch of Izalith, Quelaag, who has transformed into a great spider like being following the eruption of the Flame of Chaos. There he battled and defeated her and rang the second Bell of Awakening, waking Frampt from his slumber and signalling the opening of Sens Fortress. He then ventured back to Firelink Shrine, discovering that the Firekeeper has been murdered, with Frampt revealing that a man in Gold Armour left that area, with the Chosen Undead realising Knight Lautrec was the culprit. Frampt gives the Undead his next task, of journeying through Sen's Fortress, slaying the Iron Golem, venturing to the City of the Gods: Anor Londo and retrieving the Lordvessel from the Princess of Sunlight Gwynevere.

### Trials of the Gods

Venturing forth into Sens Fortress, he meets a Knight waiting outside, who reveals himself to be a Sieg Knight of Catarina, going by the name of Siegmeyer. He makes friends with the Chosen Undead, stating that he has ventured to Lordran in search of a great fight to make him worthy of his father. Making his way through the fortress, dodging and evading all the traps and horrors that are thrown at him. He also finds the sorcerer Big Hat Logan, who had been captured and imprisoned there in the time that the Fortress had been opened and promptly frees him. Making his way to the peak of the fortress he faces off against the last defence of the Fortress, being the Iron Golem. The Chosen Undead manages to evade the Iron Golems attacks long enough, to the point where he knocks the giant construct off balance and toppling him off the roof of the Fortress, causing him to fall down into the depths below.

With the Iron Golem now vanquished, the Undead now has entry into the City of the Gods, Anor Londo, being met with and defeating several Silver Knights of Gwyn trying his best to make it to the Great Cathedral. Upon entering the Great Cathedral he finds Knight Lautrec, which he subsequently duels in revenge for the now deceased Firekeeper and slays him and takes the special firekeeper soul from his body to protect. Carrying on into the Great Cathedral he meets Knight Solaire in the entrance to the Great Hall, stating he wishes to help with the fight to come and they enter the hall together and face off against the two guardians of Gwynevere: Dragonslayer Ornstein and the Executioner Smough. A fierce battle between the four combatants raged on with the Chosen Undead and Knight Solaire emerging victorious. The Chosen Undead then enters the bedchambers of the Princess Gwynevere, where she congratulates them and bestows upon them the Lordvessel, the tool necessary for becoming the next Lord of Cinder.

Knight Solaire however, realises that Gwynevere is not all that she seems, hinting this to the Chosen Undead to see through what is an illusion of Gwynevere, in which the Undead breaks revealing Anor Londo's somber truth: A city completely shrouded in Darkness under an Eternal Moon, due to the magical control that Gwyndolin has held over it for centuries. Knight Solaire bids the Undead farewell for now, stating that he needs time to think upon the realisation that his Sun was not to be found in Anor Londo and so they split apart for the time being.

### The Girl in the Painting

When travelling back to Sens Fortress, the Undead happens upon a large painting, which in turn he becomes dragged into, revealing the Painted World of Ariamis. He realises that the world inside is a bleak and cold place, taking form of a castle on a mountain peak, completely covered in snow, but inhabited by all manner of creatures that were deemed they had no place in the world. As he battled through the cursed mountain peak he makes it to the final part of the castle where he discovers the Crossbreed Priscilla, daughter of Velka and Seath the Scaleless, but she does not intend to harm the Undead, instead wishing him to leave peacefully, stating that if he stays any longer, he could become a permanent part of the painting. He wilfully, then walks past Priscilla and towards the edge of the mountain peak, which he leaps off and out of the painting. Using the power of the Lordvessel, he manages to travel straight back to Firelink Shrine, where Kingseeker Frampt tells him of his next quest.

### A Wolf and the Abyss

Kingseeker Frampt tells the Chosen Undead that the biggest effort of his quest is about to unfold. He now needs to gather the Lord Souls in order to open the way to the Kiln of the First Flame. He lists that he needs to slay Gravelord Nito (Soul of Death), The Bed of Chaos (Soul of Life), The Four Kings and Seath the Scaleless (Two Bequeathed Lord Souls from Gwyn). Frampt remarks that the hardest of these will be The Four Kings, because they reside in the Abyss located in the New Londo Ruins and for this he needs the ability to traverse Abyss and only one person had this ability: Knight Artorias.

The Chosen Undead then journeyings into the Darkroot Garden to find the Grave of Artorias to find the piece of equipment that allowed him to traverse the Abyss. What he discovers there is the guardian of his grave and his greatest friend, The Great Grey Wolf, Sif. A battle ensues between the Wolf and the Undead and in a gut wrenching battle, the Undead prevails over the formidable guardian of the grave. The grave in turn has a ring on top of it, which the Chosen Undead realises, is what he needs to venture into the Abyss.

Venturing back to Firelink Shrine, he first takes the firekeeper soul that he battle Knight Lautrec for and returns it to the body of the Firekeeper and she returns to life. He then takes the mechanical elevator down to the New Londo Ruins to do battle with the Four Kings. He discovers that the Ruins have been long flooded and so, has to carefully make his way throughout to find the lever to release the water from the City. This of course was not just a simple task, as the ghosts of those that dwelled in the city when it was flooded began to accost him, until he finally found the lever and released the water, revealing the rest of the ruined city. Whilst exploring he discovers a seemingly bottomless pit, which he determines is the entrance to the Abyss. Leaping into the hole he is met by the Four Kings, the corrupted Kings of New Londo with the holders of the Bequeathed Lord soul from Gwyn. In a fierce battle, the Chosen Undead manages to slay all four of these spectral monarchs and claim their Lord Souls.

### Ruined, Demonic and Full of Chaos

As the Chosen Undead heads back to the Firelink Shrine, he is greeted once again by Siegmeyer of Catarina, accompanied by his Daughter, Sieglinde. There they express interest in journeying deep below the earth and into the Ruins of Izalith, which the Chosen Undead welcomes the company. Progressing once again through Blighttown and into the Ruins of the Ancient Civilisation of Izalith. They happen upon Solaire of Astora, now depressed and feeling alone, having lost all hope of finding his own Sun, which the Chosen Undead guides him back to the entrance of the Ruins to keep him safe.

The party, upon exploring the Ruins, come across a great entrance to what appears to be a throne room. They enter and see a great fire demon, swirling with a chaotic nature, which the party determines is the Bed of Chaos, otherwise known as the Witch of Izalith and wielder of the Lord Soul of Life. It begins to start destroying the floor where the party is stood, now creating a very treacherous battlefield to fight on. They notice that there are two magical roots on either side, acting as shields for the entire body. The Sieg Knights dodge and weave between the sudden strikes and simultaneously destroy the magic roots. The Bed of Chaos erupts in a pyrokinetic fury, unleashing devastation across the room. Managing to evade its attacks for a while, Siegmeyer notices something moving below the main body. Shouting for the Chosen Undead to aim for that part, the Undead then runs towards it but the floor begins to break below him, with a chasm now in-between that and the area he was trying to get to. The Bed of Chaos then begins to sweep at the Undead and without any thought or reasoning, the Undead leaps to the other side where he discovers a small creature, that is attached to the rest of the body which he slays, finally putting the Bed of Chaos to rest and claims the Lord Soul of Life.

The party then journeys back to the surface. Siegmeyer, wishes to bid the Chosen Undead farewell, as he finally believes that he is now worthy of being his fathers son, much to the relief of his daughter Sieglinde. They then part ways, with Siegmeyer and his daughter journeying back to Catarina.

### The First of the Dead

Now alone, the Chosen Undead chooses that the next soul to go after would be the Soul of Death and taking on the first of the dead, Gravelord Nito. Close to Firelink Shrine is the Catacombs, with all manner of undead creatures, especially reanimated Skeletons that pose his main threat as he explores. He finds the entrance to the Tomb of the Giants, named after the corpses that were brought there following the War of the Giants in Catarina and there he meets a man called Patches. Luring him to an edge, Patches kicks the Undead into a pit to die, but he manages to survive the fall only to be met by horrific creatures at the bottom, which, unfortunately for Patches, he manages to slay. Climbing back up to where Patches is, where he begins to plead with the Chosen Undead, preaching that he will live a more honourable life, suddenly having an epiphany. Fortunately for him, The Undead had mercy and let Patches leave, telling him to leave the Tomb there and then.

The Chosen Undead comes across many skeletons, clearly bodies of Giants which gave the Tomb its name. Some of these skeletons however became reanimated when the Undead walked closer, leaving him to face off against skeletons of Giants. Luckily the Undead was strong enough by this point he was able to dispatch of them and venture on towards Nito's Resting Place. He arrives in what appears to be the end of the large cave system and finds a huge Sarcophagus, before a skeletal hand begins to slide the cover off and then steps out revealing the Gravelord himself. Nito immediately unleashes great clouds of disease and death towards the Chosen Undead, but skilfully manages to evade these attacks, before realising that Nito had summoned an army of Skeletons to fight for him. Wave after wave, the Undead manages to slay many skeletons, before starting to charge through the army, slashing and shattering everything that stood in his way and make it to Nito and crushing Nito's skeletal form and killing him, claiming his Lord Soul in the Process.

### A Duke of Anor Londo

Venturing back to Firelink, Frampt tells the Undead that he only has one soul left to claim and that is the soul given by Gwyn to Seath, The Scaleless Dragon. He then has to journey back into Anor Londo and to the Dukes Archive. In the archives he finds lots of crystalised hollow enemies, created from Seath's crystal sorceries, making getting to the top a great effort. When he does get to the top of the archives he discovers a hollowed Big Hat Logan, last seen in Firelink Shrine after being released from Sens Fortress. The Undead puts Logan out of his misery, before realising that Seath is nowhere to be found. Investigating further, he discovers a great crystal cave and ventures inside.

Exploring the Crystal Cave, he realises there is a great chasm in-between the two sides with no appearance of a bridge between the two. He however notices that the crystals above are dripping and landing on what appears to be an invisible bridge. Cautiously he follows the path to the other side and makes it safely to a large room with a shining crystal at the end. As he approaches the crystal, he hears sounds behind him and he sees Seath, flying in through the entrance and landing in front of him. Immediately the Undead tries to circle around and start doing damage to Seath before realising that appears to be impenetrable, despite having no scales. He notices however that Seath began to protect the Crystal that he saw and realised that it must be important. He begins to evade attacks from Seath's swiping tails, making his way towards the Crystal. Seath, seeing what the Undead was trying to do, breathes a great ice storm towards him, trying to stop him from approaching, before the Undead leaps through the air, dodging the breath and shatters the Crystal, making Seath mortal. With the shattering of this crystal, Seath effectively stood no chance in battle and the Undead easily slays Seath. Wanting to uphold his promise to Andre, he cuts off the crystalline edge of Seaths tail and drags it back to him, but tells Andre that he does not wish to have the weapon made from it and should be given to somebody else, of which Andre somewhat agrees and promises to find someone as worth as the Chosen Undead to wield it.

### Duel with the Lord

In 288FY, three years after starting his journey, The Chosen Undead had collected all the Great Souls, placing them in the Lordvessel in the Firelink Altar beneath the Firelink Shrine and opening the gateway into the Kiln of the First Flame, a barren wasteland with a great round destroyed building in the distance. As he gets to the Kiln, someone approaches him from behind, the person being Knight Solaire, who the Undead hadn't seen since the Ruins of Izalith. He claims that he knows the Sun that he had been seeking this whole time was Gwyn and promises to fight alongside the Chosen Undead one last time. Together, they enter the Kiln.

Standing before them, is a greying old man, with long hair and a long beard, hollowed sunken eyes but wearing a golden crown. The once great leader of the largest nation in the world reduced to a being with no memory of what came before. He however instantly leaps towards his two foes and slamming his flaming sword into the ground with Solaire and the Undead managing to just dodge out of the way. Gwyn, though hollowed, had not slowed down one bit. Unleashing attack after attack, they realise why he was the Lord of all, strength unmatched, but the power the Undead had gained over the last few years, could rival that of the Great Lord of Sunlight.

With a furious riposted the Chosen Undead manages to swipe aside Gwyns great sword and thrust his sword straight the chest of Gwyn, defeating him. As Gwyns corpse fell to the floor, the realisation came over the Chosen Undead as to what is to come and instructs Solaire to leave the Kiln. Solaire remarked that his purpose was possibly to become a Lord of Cinder and as such, finding his own sun. He made a promise to the Chosen Undead that after they have linked the flame, he will follow suit soon after when the flame will fade once more. Solaire then walked away from the Undead, bidding them farewell and left the Kiln.

The Chosen Undead was then to complete is final task. Approaching the First Flame, he then begins to see it swirling and moving towards him. Solaire's last image of the Chosen Undead was witnessing him stepping into the Fire, where he used his body as kindling, just like Gwyn and witnessed the eruption of Fire as the Flame became linked once more, prolonging this Age even longer with the Chosen Undead turning to ash and dust.