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Recap:
- Rushed through the Catacombs
- Killed Pinwheel
- Joined the Blades of the Darkmoon
Current missions:
- Explore the Catacombs more thoroughly
- Explore the Great Hollow
- Explore the Demon Ruins
- Find and kill Gravelord Nito and the Witch of Izalith
This is just gonna be a quick half-update, because I didn't get a lot of stuff done, but something DID happen, and I need to ask an important question. I rarely ask questions, because I prefer my playthroughs to be mostly help-free, but this is a rare exception.
After killing Pinwheel and joining my favorite covenant, I decided to head right back into the Catacombs to explore it further and uncover a lot more of the stuff that I missed, and unsurprisingly, I ended up missing a lot of shit because I kinda rushed through it the first time—which is normally unlike me, but I guess I just wasn't really in an exploring mood that day.
Among the things I missed were a couple of items and weapons—I found and hunted a crystal lizard thing and got some Twinkling Titanite from him, picked up some Green shards, an interesting halberd-type weapon called a Lucerne, a Mace, and a Great Scythe. I also found some priest's clothes, a quaint miracle called Tranquil Walk of Peace, and in the last update, I forgot to mention that one of the necromancers dropped his Skull Lantern for me.
Between a couple large boulders, I can spy an unlit bonfire, but as of right now, I have no idea how I'm supposed to reach it.
I went down that deep spiral staircase, too, and I met another blacksmith character down there. This must be Patches, the character Flee mentioned me missing. He triggered a cutscene, which made me think I was about to fight him, especially after he told me to fuck off—but it turns out, he's friendly, if a bit gruff. He has a really cool voice, too, even though it makes absolutely no sense. He smashes the wall next to him, which leads to the area with the bonewheel gang—I suppose that could function as a shortcut.
In terms of selling, he doesn't offer much except for Homeward Bones, which was okay, because I was in short stock of those. He can also modify weapons to give them fire properties, which is neat, but I don't really have a use for that right now. The best I took away from this meeting was what he told me after persistently talking to him—there's an ember in... New Londo Ruins?—I think that's what he said, anyway—that he can utilize. I remember finding an ember there already, but I've already given it to somebody else. I guess there's another one out there. He also brought up a witch, and how it's impossible to reach the Lost Izalith. That doesn't help me much, but I seem to be at a point where the game is at least acknowledging the area's existence—so I must be close, at the very least.
Lastly, I decided to heed Bonewheel Barry's words and head back to the place where I slayed that Titanite Demon. He said to interact with a particular grave, and I was able to identify it immediately—it's very open and sticks out like a sore thumb. I'm VERY annoyed that I wasn't able to spot it on my first go-around, but whether or not I would've known to wait inside of the coffin without Barry's advice, I'll never know.
Waiting inside the coffin for what felt like 15 seconds triggered an odd cutscene where the coffin closed itself on me and transported me into a dismal new area—the Tomb of the Giants.
Essentially a small, circular, flooded cave with large stalagmites and stalactites strewn about, the only thing I was able to find was a very large open coffin. It contained a grotesque being that kinda reminded me of that one scene in Cowboy Bebop, where Spike opens up a mini-fridge that has a year-old rotting lobster inside of it, rendered totally unrecognizable.
Is this Gravelord Nito?
It wasn't until I stopped holding up my shield that a button prompt appeared that said:
"X: Pray to the sarcophagus Gravelord"
Gravelord Nito confirmed? I threw a Black Firebomb directly inside the coffin—but absolutely nothing happened. I fired a couple arrows and got the same result. I tried a bunch of things out before I finally succumbed and pressed X just to see what would happen.
Praying to the sarcophagus results in only one thing—I kneel down, and an option to enter its covenant appears. That's it.
Having just joined the Blades of the Darkmoon, my favorite covenant, I have absolutely no interest in joining some different one, let alone one that's associated with Gravelord Nito. But that's the only thing it's allowing me to do, and I can't seem to attack it either. I'm just not sure what to make of this.
So, here are my questions—
1. Is that Gravelord Nito?
2. What happens when I join this covenant, and do I have to join it?
If the answer to the first question is "no," then just say no. I don't need any further information beyond that.
Thanks.
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