What is that? WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT. An Upload, imposibru! Hell has surely frozen over.
Yup, it sure has. So, I was throwing around conjecture and ideas about what the DLC will be, when I got so damn inspired by the idea I had, I decided I'd write it up as FanFiction. Some of you, from yesteryears when I actually uploaded stuff, may remember The King of Ruin. This will be similar to that, but in the writing and narrative style of VaatiVidya's Lorethrough for the sake of making it less unbearably stiff, with no further delay, let's get started:
The land of Dark Souls is a land of mystery, intrigue, and storied history. Transient lands fade in and out of existence, and countless names and identities have been stripped from their holders as the people who remember dwindle and fade, much like the Embers of the First Flame. But in Lordran, and now Lothric, the world has a tendency to remember the past long after such knowledge has disappeared from the world.
What is here today will surely exist tomorrow, and in all the tomorrows afterward, sometimes with disastrous consequences. Every footstep your character takes is in the shadow of the events of the past, and here it is no different.
In the time of the first Lord of Cinder, the primordial serpents attempted to destroy everything the Gods had built upon the corpses of their dead brethren, the Dragons, using the one thing they feared. The Dark.
Humanity, children of the Dark, were misled into aiding the Serpents for this end. The first time, they were misled into freeing Manus, and torturing him to the point of madness to learn the secrets of Dark Magic, Manus creating the Abyss in retaliation. The second time, The Four Kings of New Londo were tempted by the forbidden power of Lifedrain, and the Kings and their knights becoming Darkwriaths, creatures whose sole purpose was to harness the power of the abyss to assuage their own lust for power, while also stealing humanity to return to the Abyss, to recreate the Dark Soul from the innumerable fragments scattered across the human race.
Twice, the serpents attempted to usurp the age of fire using Humanity and the Dark, and twice, they were met with failure, as the very thing they manipulated turned against them, slaughtered their champions, and pillaged their Souls to relight the First Flame.
For the Chosen Undead, claiming the souls of Manus and Four Kings, becoming the legacy of Artorias, the Abysswalker, and denying the Darkwraiths their champions, was the end. But, Kaathe and the Primordial Serpents live on, and with nary a whisper of Dark in the world, the Abyss and its utter blackness will inevitably rise once more.
The ashes of Yuria of Londor read: "Having three founders of the Black Church ensured Yuria's legacy would survive. Her two sisters could carry the torch, making certain their lord claims the flame, for the sake of all Hollows."
On her death, she drops a sword connected to the death god, Nito, which is said to have claimed 100 lives, and the Black set describes her and her sisters as the mighty warriors of the Primordial Serpent, who offered salvation to hollows.
Yuria and her sisters were wracked with the pain of the curse, and found the remnants of the Abyss amongst the rubble of an ancient city of Undead, and were readily seduced by the promises of Kaathe, who survived the passage of the Chosen Undead, as he survived the passing of Gwyn, raising the Sable Church as a place to worship the Abyss.
The Fire would fade, and only Dark would remain, and for those who worshipped Darkness, salvation and rapture from hollowing were at hand.
Forgotten beneath the ruins of Lordran, the Sable Church, its three Founders, Kaathe, and the last Darkwraiths, blossomed into an entire nation. New Londo became the great kingdom of Londor, exiled from the world and deeply detested for the deceptive, treacherous hollows within.
Many Eons later, Kaathe learns of a Chosen Undead to lead them, a Lord Slayer, and sends Yuria, the middle Daughter of the Abyss, and countless Pilgrims to find him.
Yuria, once there, will either be slain in the name of protecting the dying First Flame, or find a new ally for Londor, but regardless of the outcome, Londor remains the seat of power for all Red Eye invaders and those who would see the Abyss grow. Regardless of belief or reason, like a moth to a flame, the Ashen One will be drawn to the land of Hollows and the growing dark within.
To find the Land of Hollows, one must go to a place where the Dark has already been deeply seated. The Profaned Capitol, filled with unutterable horrors is the perfect place to find such a whisper of Darkness.
Upon examining the large hall of treasure just before Yhorm's boss room, you can find a new item, by where all the ladies are standing together, one that will look very familiar to longtime fans of the series. Its description reads:
"An old, plain pendant. The silver is deeply tarnished and the chain broken. Holding it fills one's heart with a deep, forlorn weariness, the unrest of Hollowing. An inscription lies upon the back, faded beyond reading. Hold this close to your heart when there is no light, and not a single Soul stirs."
This of course refers to the Sable Church and the salvation of hollows. Taking the Pendant to the Untended Graves will do nothing at first, but when you take it to one of the many graves littered about, you will have the option to pray to the departed, initiating a cutscene.
Your character does indeed remove the pendant and examine it in the sunless gloom, tendrils of blackness weeping from the floor and ensnaring you, the screen fading as you are transported to a new realm.