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Dark Souls is the first game of the Dark Souls trilogy. Dark Souls is the spiritual successor to Demon's Souls and the second installment in the series.
Like its predecessor, it is known for having a fiendish difficulty.
Dragons once ruled the world during the "Age of Ancients." A primordial fire known as the First Flame manifests in the world, establishing a distinction between life and death, and light and dark. Four beings find "Lord Souls" near the First Flame, granting immense power: Gwyn: the Lord of Sunlight, Nito: the First of the Dead, the Witch of Izalith, and the Furtive Pygmy.
Gwyn, Nito, and the Witch use their new power to destroy the dragons and take control over the world, while the Furtive Pygmy is said to be forgotten, and thus begins the "Age of Fire." Over time, as the First Flame begins to fade while humans rise in power, Gwyn sacrifices himself to prolong the Age of Fire. The main story takes place towards the end of this second Age of Fire, at which point humanity is said to be afflicted with an undead curse related to a circular, flaming symbol on their bodies known as the Darksign.
Those humans afflicted with the undead curse perpetually resurrect after death until they eventually lose their minds, a process referred to as "hollowing.". The player character is a cursed undead, locked away in an undead asylum. After escaping the asylum, the player travels to Lordran to ring the Bells of Awakening. The bells awaken Kingseeker Frampt, who tells the player to ascend to Anor Londo, the home of the Gods. In Anor Londo, Gwynevere instructs the player to succeed Lord Gwyn and fulfill the prophecy.
To accomplish this, the player must acquire the Lord Souls of the Witch of Izalith, Nito, and shards of Gwyn's own Lord Soul given to the Four Kings, and to the dragon Seath the Scaleless. Optionally, the player may encounter Darkstalker Kaathe, who encourages the player not to link the fire, but to let it die out and usher in the Age of Dark instead, due to humanity being created from the Furtive Pygmy's own Dark Soul. Once the player acquires the Lord Souls, they travel to the Kiln of the First Flame to battle Gwyn. Once Gwyn has been defeated, the player has the choice of linking the flame to preserve the Age of Fire or letting it die out to instigate the Age of Dark.
The game was released in 2011 for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. In 2012, Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition was released for PC, which was later ported to consoles.
Characters
Bosses
- Asylum Demon
- Taurus Demon
- Capra Demon
- Gaping Dragon
- Chaos Witch Quelaag
- Demon Firesage
- Iron Golem
- Priscilla the Crossbreed
- Dark Sun Gwyndolin
- Dragon Slayer Ornstein
- Executioner Smough
- Great Grey Wolf Sif
- The Four Kings
- Seath the Scaleless
- Gravelord Nito
- Bed of Chaos
- Gwyn Lord of Cinder
- Sanctuary Guardian
- Artorias the Abysswalker
- Manus Father of the Abyss
Enemies
NPCs
- Knight of Astora Oscar
- Anastacia of Astora
- Solaire of Astora
- Siegmeyer of Catarina
- Knight Lautrec of Carim
- Dusk of Oolacille
- Queen of Sunlight Gwynevere
- Quelaag's Sister
- Quelaana of Izalith
- Lord's Blade Ciaran
- Alvina of the Darkroot Wood
- Maneater Mildred
- Knight of Thorns Kirk
Other
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