Talk:Slave Knight Gael/@comment-25276484-20180810212042

Posting this here for discussion instead of risking an edit war. Specifically noting Gael's similarities to Artorias (and to a less extent Manus) from the Artorias of the Abyss DLC in Dark Souls 1, as well as a knight-classed Chosen Undead from Dark Souls 1:

With Artorias:
 * Their intro cutscenes are way, way too similar to be coincidence. Both kill a humanoid, drain it of their darkness, then fling the body at the camera using the exact same sword swing.
 * Artorias' and Gael's combat stances are nearly identical: a very low, very wide stance with the sword over their right shoulder, at the same angle to the player. Artorias doesn't take this stance as much as Gael in the actual fight, but definitely does in the cutscene.
 * Both use excessively acrobatic attacks, utilizing somersaults, 720 degree spins, and a long distance lunging attack indicative of dark magic. Also, both use broken and corroded greatswords.
 * Both generate a dark aura at certain points in their health pool that can deal a lot of damage if you stand too close, though Gael's creates tracking projectiles and Artorias' is just a large AoE.
 * Both originally used a shield in conjunction with their greatswords, but lost the shield by the time you fight them.

With Manus:
 * Gaels stance in his first form, running bestially on all fours is similar to how Manus moves during his fight.
 * In Gael's 2nd and 3rd phases, his cloak adds unexpected range and additional hits in his attacks similar to how Manus' attacks.

With the knight Chosen Undead:
 * Both were nobody low-ranked knight Undeads/Hollows
 * No one expected them to amount to much who has nonetheless soldiered on through impossible odds and obtained incredible power by defeating those greater than himself and stealing their souls.
 * Both sought Lord Souls in order to fix their world (with the Chosen Undead it was to rekindle the First Flame, with Gael it is to retrieve the blood of the Dark Soul so the new world can be painted)
 * Gael's weapon ends up being a broken sword very much like the one the Chosen Undead started with.