User blog:Blankslate/Where to go after Sinner's Rise?

Hey guys, I didn't know how to throw up a discussion so I put this on a blog instead for others to see.

Does anyone know where the best place to go is after Sinner's Rise? I've used the fragrant branch of yore to un-petrify Straid, and knew nothing about the chick blocking the path to the shaded woods. I don't have enough souls to buy that silvercat ring to descend the hole in Majula, and Belfry Luna, from what I've read, is an entirely optional area that doesn't lead anywhere else.

Anyone care to lend me a hand?