Talk:Black Iron Tarkus/@comment-76.17.157.108-20140225133913

I have a purely speculative theory that Tarkus may have been a member of Gwyndolin's Darkmoon Covenant. We know that he made it to Anor Londo because that is where his body is found. We also know that he (and his men) made it into the Painted World for whatever reason. Remember there is a Berenike Knight right at the end of the bridge in the painted world? And also a Berenike Knight attacks you if you kill the Gwynevere illusion. This verifies that at least one Berenike Knight was a member of the Darkmoon Covenant, so why not Tarkus?

So why would Tarkus and his knights be in the Painted World? Well...what useful item can be taken from there? The Velka Crows drop Souvenirs of Reprisal that can be used to offer to the Darkmoon Covenant.

I think that Tarkus was trying to collect some of those, was wounded one way or another, perhaps by toxic, Priscilla, or Xanthus, and stumbled back out of the painted world mortally wounded. I like this idea of his death more than the ridiculously embarrassing thought that he just "slipped" and fell from the rafters.