Onion Souls: The Sunlit Swamp of the Heart.
The knight of sunlight had come far, though he knew this was not a journey he would find himself completing anytime soon. Awakened in a forgotten cemetery, he knew the purpose behind his resurrection. This was not his first revival after all. The flame lie dying, and with it the light of this very world. A festering scent of decay filled the area around him, as a wayward wind blew forth from beyond the ruins he sat resting in. He would have questioned the contents of the area he would soon be fighting through, although by this point along the arduous path he walked he had grown accustomed to the sights, sounds, and smells of slaughter.
The lonesome undead began to rise from his sitting pose, and bid farewell to the two he had shared the bonfire with. Emerging towards from the ruins, Solaire of Astora saw the exact nature of the stench that he had took notice of before. The Crucifixion Woods that those prior had spoken of was, in actuality, a swamp. Solaire grew apprehensive, what if the voracious swamp's plethora of staining fluids stained the magnificent image of the glorious Sun emblazoned upon the covering of his armour. It mattered not, he supposed, for his quest could wait nary another moment.
The wandering knight found himself grasping for his well crafted blade, and the arm adorned with his shield began to tense at the anticipation of danger. Having taken some few steps through the viscous Liquids, he took notice of something odd. The multitude of corpses that could be seen just barely under the thin film of the sludge through which he trudged. These were not the sort of foe that sprang once more to life after one's back was turned, for the wounds found on them spoke of a ever so slightly more permanent slaying. Walking along he, through the little peripheral vision his helmet allowed, spied a decidedly not dead foe of massive proportions. Realizing then, much to his chagrin, that it had been trailing him. Nearly reaching Solaire, our hero was able to receive a far more encompassing view if the foe that faced him.
"It is a Giant Opponent Crustacean, I require the assault of it's vulnerable area for immense injury!"
The crustacean of hatred brought down it's buttery wrath with a vicious slam of its chitin encased claw, which Solaire was barely able to dodge, and followed up by charging forward. The crab seemed intent not only to attack Solaire, but to track him across the ends of this world. Solaire began to wade into the deeper waters of the swamp and knew, as the crab followed, that this battle had been won already.
Putting away his weapons and standing proud with a sly smirk under his helmet, Solaire pointed towards the opposing crustacean. Solaire began to slick the feather of his helmet backwards.
"You see, my crabby fellow, you have just waded into the waters of your own demise." Solaire announced triumphantly.
"Fool! How can such a non-crabby mortal possibly claim such a victory?" Asked the Giant Enemy Crab.
"It is quite simple. You see, I am a warrior of the sun, and as such am granted it's glorious power. The power of the sun is that which slew the dragons: Lightning! This deep water shall deliver unto you your death. In fact, I have defeated you so entirely, you could even say I had planned your every move! Case in point: Your next line is 'Impossible! How could a human defeat a crab!'"
"Impossible! How could a human- What!?"
Solaire smirked as he raised his right hand the heavens, all whilst a spear of incandescent lightning formed within his grasp. Slamming his miracle holding hand into the ground, and by extension the water, and continued to channel his faith towards putting this foe down. The arcs of electricity visible to the human eye streaked towards the monster, and began to crawl upwards its various appendages. Spiking upwards, the energy boiled the crab from within. The chitin of the beast began to turn to that of a deep crimson, before the creature exploded into fine mist of wayward souls.
The death of this beast marked a small victory for this proud knight, and he continued onwards towards the goal he had set out with. He would defend the flame of this world, for he had realized that the sun he sought prior was his own soul, shining marvelously in relation to the linking of the flame. This thought comforted him, and he began to walk once more into the horizon, which incidentally was blocked by a rather large fortress he had to fight through.
That however, is besides the point.