Talk:Dragonslayer Armour/@comment-84.52.163.29-20180512020426/@comment-64.20.76.73-20180614105948

The wearable set's location--the swamp in the Ringed City--is heavily reminiscent of not only the swamp around Farron Keep but also the situation in Oolacile in which the Abyss was swallowing the area. Not far from the armor itself is a white tree where young white branches can be found as well as the White Birch Bow. Odd, then, that the animated armor of a Knight of Gwyn has just been dumped in the swamp.

Think of another Knight of Gwyn. Looking at Artorias' history, a lot of things led up to his corruption. "Beasts of the Abyss" agreed to a covenant with him so he could safely enter the Abyss to fight the Darkwraiths... Why? He obtained a pendant from the gods to protect him from the dark powers within it, but somehow lost it in Oolacile Township just before he needed it most. Then, in the Abyss, he seemed unable to protect his companion and left his only remaining protection as he went on alone, dooming himself in the process to become a corrupt monstrosity.

It seemed someone really wanted the power of a Knight at their disposal, if this really was planned. And seeing as the Abyss is the realm of the Darkwraiths, who seem to be nearly identical to the Ringed Knights... And the realm of Kaathe, whose primordial serpent kin are depicted all over the Ringed City... And since the Abyss has a huge presence in the Ringed City... And if the Pilgrims do become the Pilgrim Butterflies and do become the Angels... And since the Pilgrims are servants of the Sable Church, whose symbol is all over the Ringed City... And since the Pilgrim Butterflies seem to be messing with the Dragonslayer Armour in the first encounter, then it mysteriously shows up back in their apparent home base...

...Maybe it's Artorias Plan B. Or Plan C, if the Abyss Watchers were Plan B.