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I'm pretty sure that Gwyn is hollowed, which means he must have had the Darksign, fallen into despair and lost his mind.
Not in particular, but I'd like to see a standalone Dark Souls anime. It would be about Oscar, and end with his going hollow, a moment of darkness, and his duel with the chosen undead, where his last shred of humanity reflects on how strong the chosen has become.
Or it could be about Solaire, up until his fight with his father.
Or it could be about any other character we only occasionally interact with, really, as long as there's a decent story to tell. Perhaps a series where each episode or two is about a different character and their story, with the chosen undead being the only consistent figure, but vague, unspeaking and faceless from our perspective.
^^That...actually works surprisingly well.
^I thought he just looked really old. I can't find a screenshot where I can tell for sure.
I have the art book here that came with the special edition. The last image is art of a very overtly hollow Gwyn.
He is not hollowed, he just got burnt to a crips by the flame he tried and failed to reproduce.
-checks-
Huh, you're right.
I'm...going to have to change that in my review when I do the relaunch thing.
He didn't try to reproduce the First Flame; that was the Witch of Izalith. What he did was magically link it to the rest of the world, which is why fire can exist.
^^ His behaviour is very consistent with other characters that have hollowed, though, and if I recall correctly, he has the same empty eyes. Furthermore, he doesn't use miracles, which is consistent with Havel the Rock -- otherwise known as Havel the Bishop, who doesn't use miracles against you after his hollowing. The only contradiction to this is in the Tomb of the Giants, where a hollow cleric can use Force (at least), but barring that, I don't think any hollow adversary in the game uses any form of magic.
I think the Pyromancy tutor guy does.
What a moronic mix-up of my part.
I still think that Dark Souls works on a crossover cosmogony though.
^^ Does he go hollow? Mind you, I've never taken Pyromancy to its highest level, nor really explored the Chaos Servant covenant beyond safeguarding Solaire. To be clear though, I mean "hollow" as separate from "undead". Although, if any form of magic could be used by hollows, I suppose it would be Pyromancy.
If you give him Chaos pyromancies he goes mad.
Ah. S'pose it would be a bit of an anti-climax if he didn't use the Pryomancies you gave him.
He goes hollow if you tell him where to find Quelana. He tries to go looking for her but isn't able to see her, so he goes insane.
IIRC, you don't actually give him any pyromancy; you just tell him where to find her.
I suppose the only thing worse than a lady attached to the monstrous torso of a demonic spider is the lack of one.
Quelana is not attached to a spider. Only Quelaag and the Fair Lady are. All the other Daughters of Chaos look like humans.
Maybe.
At the very least, they don't look like spiders.
Quelana is still humanoid; she's just invisible unless you have a certain level of Pyromancy.
Dammit, I am getting ninja'd everywhere today.
Quelana is the one at Blighttown. The Fair Lady is nicknamed Quelann by some.
Oh, that one. Pyromancy was never really for me in any case.
So excited...
^Tell me how the port is, I wanna see If I should break my "buy no Steam games until the Autumn Sale" resolution for this.
Will do. From what I've heard about it, it's more or less identical to the console version (aside from the extra content), though if your computer is good, it might not have the lag that cropped up occasionally in the original.
That said, multiplayer is through GFWL and I don't know how well controlling with WASD will work given how important movement is.
I'm too worried about WASD control since I plan to use a gamepad anyway. Unless by some bizarre circumstance it doesn't work with Xbox 360 gamepads.
Pretty sure it has gamepad support.
But I figure given that the camera should be more controllable, WASD probably won't be too bad.
Heck, the Ornstein and Smough fight might be easier with a mouse.
So, is the Demon's Great Hammer worth getting? Or should I not bother and get another gift?
The pendant has mysterious narrative application. One of my characters always has it (and my main character at that).
Only if you allow a murder to happen. >
For some reason I was thinking Snuggly had it.
Nope, you give it to Snuggly for a Souvenir of Reprisal.
Which in turn suggests that the pendant has some connection to the Blades of the Darkmoon, or Gwyndolin, or both.
Dark Souls is like an onion.