User blog comment:Blankslate/Where to go after Sinner's Rise?/@comment-4134582-20140413164624

Do you remember an NPC in Heide's Tower of Flame that sold miracles? She's by the 2nd bonfire. If you exhaust all her dialogue, she'll move to the circular room on the way to Heide's from Majula where you may remember there being a mechanism on a pillar in the centre. You can pay her some souls to activate the mechanism which opens up a new route to several new areas. Not only is there a boss with a large soul in one of those areas, there are also 3 Branches of Yore to find.