Board Thread:Dark Souls/@comment-88.112.234.208-20150114172015

First of all, I apologize if a forum like this have been made. If it has, feel free to delete this one.

We all know that Dark Souls gives us no backstory on our character. Some people dislike it, but I feel that it adds a certain depth to the story, since it means that the chosen undead can be however you want him to be. So, I thought, it would be cool to share the backstories that players gave their protagonists.

I'll start. My character is Merek of Astora. As the youngest son of a minor noble house of Astora, things never looked good for Merek, with basically no chance of inheritance. To do something with his life, he travelled to Thorolund, where he trained to become a cleric knight, hoping to one day follow in the footsteps of Bishop Havel (this way around the time of when Gwyn linked the flame). After becoming a cleric, he went off to a pilgrimage, armed only with the longsword his father gave him. At some point in his travels, he was found in a ditch, his sword broken, and the Darksign on his body. As an Undead, he was sent off to Undead Asylum, where he was locked up in a cell. Nevertheless, he managed to keep strong, although with time his strenght faded, and he was near-hollow when Oscar rescued him.

In-game, this can be proven by him having the face of "Astora Noble", implying his Astroran heritage. In addition, he wears a bowl haircut, "like the old nobility", and his hair colour is silver, which is "considered outdated", further implying that he comes from an old family line, predating the linking the flame. 