Gwyn, Lord of Cinder (Japanese: 薪の王グウィン, Hepburn: Maki no ō Gū~in, lit. 'Gwyn, King of Kindling'), also known as Gwyn, Lord of Sunlight[1] and Lord Gwyn[2] is a character in Dark Souls and the final boss of Dark Souls.
Description
Lord Gwyn wears an impressive set of royal drapes, with gold bands on his arms, and a crown atop his head. On his feet are what appear to be a form of moccasins and anklets, and he wields a greatsword imbued with the power of light and of the First Flame, which he uses to adequate effect. His face is that of an aged man with calm eyes, and he has an impressively long, grey beard and hair of the same nature. When the Chosen Undead fights Gwyn in the Kiln of the First Flame, Gwyn Is nothing more than an empty husk with an haggard appearance, charred skin and hollowed eyes.
Location
Gwyn, Lord of Cinder can be found inside the Kiln of the First Flame.
Summoning
It is possible to summon Solaire of Astora to help in the fight if he survived in Lost Izalith. His summon sign can be found at the top of the staircase from Gwyn.
Lore
Dark Souls
Gwyn builds his kingdom underground thanks to his Lord Soul.
Gwyn is one of the primordial humanoid creatures that appeared underground after the First Flame appeared, bringing life, death and "disparity"[1]. He was one of those who found the four Lord Souls, souls of immense power, together with Gravelord Nito, the Witch of Izalith and much later the Furtive Pygmy[1].
Thanks to the immense power of his soul, the greatest even among all the other Lords[3], Gwyn established an underground civilization, becoming its king and forming a developed army of Silver Knights[1] at his orders. At some point Gwyn also had a relationship with an unknown woman and from their union were born his firstborn son[4][5] and his eldest daughter, Gwynevere[6].
Once his army has been prepared and armed with huge bows that used arrows as big as iron spears[7] and massive spears[8], Gwyn went to the surface with the intention of waging war against the Dragons and conquer the world together with his other Lord allies[1]. A war that turned out to be very bloody as for each of the majestic creatures slain three of Gwyn's soldiers perished [9], in fact the body of dragons was harder than stone and was able to resist fire and magic[10] making their killing difficult. At one point Gwyn was even forced to integrate into his ranks[11] the primordial humans, descendants of the Furtive Pygmy who had found the Dark Soul[1], and who had developed their own weapons and armor infused with the life-giving power of the Abyss[12].
Gwyn exterminates the Dragons.
At a certain point Seath, a pale dragon born without the scales of his kind due to the "disparity"[13], betrayed the dragons and stole their Primordial Crystal[14] before allying himself with Gwyn[13]. The Lord Soul of Gwyn allowed him to manipulate the light of the sun[15] thus developed an effective countermeasure against dragons, transforming the rays of sunlight into lightning[16], a form of energy capable of penetrating dragon scales[17]. Gwyn himself would thus fight against the dragons, throwing spears of sunlight[1] to peel apart the dragons's scales while his knights would infuse their weapons with lightning to pierce the creatures' armor more easily[18]. The dragonslayer knights would have thus found that in order to pierce dragonscale, lightning should not be hurled as a bolt, but rather be thrust as a stake directly into the dragon's hide, to be truly effective[19] while the few women who served in the army would have developed bows made entirely of lightning to enhance their lightning arrows[20].
With the help of the other Lords, Gwyn thus continued the war which was now turning in their favor: the Witch of Izalith and her witches weaved great firestorms, destroying the archtrees and burning the dragons[1] while Nito unleashed a miasma of death, rotting the archtrees and infecting the dragons[1]. Gwyn's eldest son would also take part in the war with his father, killing several dragons with his lightning spears and primordial cross spear[21]. After a long struggle Gwyn and the Lords emerged victorious, exterminating most of the archdragons and thus conquering the surface world[1].
Gwyn brings the Pygmies under his rule.
Despite having won the war against the dragons, Gwyn found himself having to resolve another issue that undermined his future dominion over the world: the Furtive Pygmy had in fact found the Dark Soul, a special soul which, despite continuing to fragment among its descendants, did not lose power and indeed continued to produce life through the Abyss[22]. The Lord, however, resolved the issue very skillfully without having to clash with the pygmies: despite their contribution in the war Gwyn managed to make them perceive themselves as inferior to his clan and make them agree to submit and be made vassals[23][24]. Gwyn "gave" them a magnificent ringed city at the edge of the world[25], the title of "rulers" and even his youngest daughter Filianore[25], although he promised her that he would have come back for her[25].
With this clever move Gwyn ensured that the Pygmies Lords and their Dark Soul would remain trapped inside of the Ringed City and out of history[26], keeping a role of subjection to his dominion[27][28], eliminating from history even the contributions of the Ringed Knights during the war against the dragons[29] and the very existence of the Furtive Pygmy[1]. Despite this, Gwyn continued to fear humans and the potential of their soul, going so far as to make an even more extreme move towards them: using the Flame to "mark" their Dark Soul and bodies with a Darksign[30][31]. The fire would thus have castrated the powers of humans, making them mortal and incapable of making use of their natural abilities[32] thus assuming a "fleeting form"[31].
Having secured absolute dominion over the world, Gwyn thus began the Age of Fire, a time of prosperity but defined by the power of the First Flame and the vision of the Lord[1][33]. Gwyn's clan placed themselves at the top of the world's order, assuming the role of deities for humans that remained subjected to their control[34], and Gwyn took the title "god of sunlight"[35]. The gods were thus venerated and lived in the city of Anor Londo in the region of Lordran[36], building an economy and culture around the use of souls[37] and even hunting the descendants of dragons for sport[38] and domesticating some of them[39]. Gwyn would have left the other two Lords to their business: Izalith would have built her civilization underground while continuing to study flame sorcery[40] while Gravelord Nito would have remained in the Catacombs to administer death with his soul[40].
Gwyn would also establish the order of his Four Knights[41], choosing them among his most trusted warriors and entrusting them with several vital tasks along with fragments of his powerful Lord Soul[41]. Dragonslayer Ornstein was chosen as leader of the order [42], Hawkeye Gough as leader of the Dragonslayers and Greatarchers[43], Artorias as leader of the Knights[44] and Ciaran as leader of the Lord's Blades[45], an order of only female assassins with the function of eliminating Gwyn's enemies in the shadows[45] and with poison[46]
A prosperous Age of Fire.
Gwyn proved himself a skilled ruler, using his power to bind and hold close to him the potential powers of the world. He amply rewarded the betrayal of the dragon Seath and his indispensable contribution to the war, giving him the title of Duke and accepting him into the nobility of the gods and become part of his family[13], even going so far as to give him one of the daughters of his mother in marriage[47]. Gwyn also gave him a fragment of his powerful Lord Soul along with the Archives, leaving him to his studies near Anor Londo[13]. He also did a similar thing among the remaining humans in the world, recognizing the abilities of four of their great leaders and rewarding them with the title of king, a fragment of his powerful Lord Soul[13] and letting them build their civilization of New Londo near Anor Londo[48]. At one point Gwyn also manages to befriend the Primordial Serpent Frampt[33] and apparently convince him of his ideals and vision of the Age of Fire[49].
At some point Gwyn would also have his lastborn child Dark Sun Gwyndolin[50][51] who was born with a strong affinity for moon magic[52][53][51] and a "fragile and repulsive appearance"[54], particularly due to the snakes coiled around his lower half[55]. Due to his birth under the "feminine sign of the moon" and its influence that gave him a strong moon magic, as well as his lineage, Gwyn raised him as a female so that he could not officially become his heir[53][56][57], even making him wear women's clothing and a magic ring which would allow Gwyndolin to move and act like a girl, leading him to behave like a sullen brooding goddess[53][56]
At one point the Witch of Izalith used her Lord Soul in an attempt to replicate the generative properties of the First Flame[40][58], resulting in her producing a Flame of Chaos and transforming herself into a Bed of Chaos that began producing Demons[40][58]. The Flame of Chaos would eventually be controlled by Izalith and her daughters[59], that learned how to use it, moving from being fire sorcerers to developing pyromancy[60] and thus creating a new society together with the demons generated by the Bed of Chaos and that learned their pyromancies too[61]. These developments pushed Gwyn to wage war against the chaos demons[62], developing weapons and fighting techniques strong enough to face the size of their new enemies[63] and sending his Silver Knights to Izalith[62][64]. During the war their armor and weapons were charred black[62] but despite their strength Gwyn's knights failed to defeat the demons or the Bed of Chaos[65], ending up retreating and only managing to banish the demons underground while also enslaving some lesser demons who would become servants of the gods.[66].
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The remains of the first Lord of Cinder.
Although the Age of Fire and the rule of the gods lasted for centuries, at some point the First Flame began to fade out naturally[1]. Gwyn understood that this would lead to the return of the humans, carriers of the Dark Soul, and that a Dark Lord would arise among them capable of countering its power[33]. The god feared this outcome and his decision was drastic: sacrifice his immense soul power, link the dying Flame and prolong its life in an unnatural way thus resisting the course of nature to mantain the world of gods, a decision he made and followed personally, not delegating the sacrifice to another member of his clan[33]. Before sacrificing himself, Gwyn divided the power of his Lord Soul among the members of his large clan[35] and the power of the sun to his children[15], entrusting the inheritance of his throne and crown as "king of the gods" and "god of the sun" to his firstborn son[67][4]. Gwyn also left his sons and Frampt with the task of sheparding the humans[68], with the intention of continuing the linking of the Flame forever, creating a legend of an undead who would follow Gwyn's sacrifice[69]and repeat his act and become a "king" like him[70].
Now bereft of most of his Lord Soul's power[71][35], Gwyn now with only the power of his soul[71][35], left for the Kiln of the First Flame, the structure built to house and protect it, with only his robes, his mighty greatsword[15] and his powerless crown[71], accompanied only by a guard of Black Knights[72]. Eventually Gwyn linked the First Flame[35], prolonging its life but being consumed by it, remaining the first empty husk of cinders guarding the core of the Kiln[73]. The explosion of the newly kindled fire melted the surroundings[74] and burned his knights to ashes, leaving them to wander the world as disembodied spirits[72].
Dark Souls II
A distorted representation of Gwyn in Heide.
An immense amount of time after his first linking of the First Flame, Gwyn's very name was lost and even his miracles recounting his battles with lightning spears against the dragons at the start of the Age of Fire do not mention plus his name, implying that in the Drangelic region his heritage and culture have been lost[75]. In fact, the only knowledge of a "god of the sun" leading the clan of the gods comes from the miracles that narrate the deeds of his son[76], who became king[77] and god of the sun[78] after him but was then exiled and deprived of his name[4].
However in Heide, as the beacon of the culture of Anor Londo in the region[79][80], there are several statues representing him, albeit in a distorted form but resembling the characteristics of Gwyn's representations in Lordran. Although portraied with the head of an eagle, the pose, the sun medallion and the sword still strongly resemble the weapon, robes and symbology of the Lord of Sunlight[81].
Centuries after Gwyn sacrificed his soul to link the Flame, some remnants of it[82][83] manifested again in Drangleic, continuing to exert their influence on the region[84]. At some point the Old Iron King came into contact with the soul of Gwyn[85], which had become "Ichorous Earth" and produced the schorcing iron and magma of the Iron Keep[85][86]. The Old Iron King was thus destroyed by the mass of iron[87] possessed by the soul of Gwyn[88] who then went on to control the remains of the Old Iron King creating a demonic-looking creature made of melted iron[89].
The remnants of Gwyn's soul manifesting one last time.
Aldia, Scholar of the First Sin at some point learned of Gwyn's existence and his story but not of his name refering to him the "Lord of Light"[31]. He understood how Gwyn altered the natural order and began linked the Flame extending the Age of Fire against the course of nature and expresses his outrage at Gwyn for making men lesser than their original form as the "Lord of Light" banished Dark, and all that stemmed from Humanity with the Darksign[90], defining it as the "First Sin" made against humans and their nature[31]
Dark Souls III
The remnants of the will and power of Gwyn[91][92], as the first one to ever link the First Flame, would emerge as part of the Soul of Cinder, the deific manifestation of the souls of all those who have linked themselves to the First Flame through history, becoming Lords of Cinder, and thus creating an entity possessing all the abilities of the previous Champions despite just being an empty husk.[92][93]. The powers of Gwyn would thus manifest themselves when the Soul of Cinder was tested by an aspiring Champion[94][92] in an effort to act as the Flame's last defense inside its Kiln, protecting it from by anyone attempting to link it again and acting as the ultimate test of their strength[92][95].
Artifacts
- Soul of Gwyn, Lord of Cinder
- Bequeathed Lord Soul Shard
- Great Lord Greatsword
- Great Lord Set
- Sunlight Spear
- Sunlight Spear (Dark Souls II)
- Sunlight Spear (Dark Souls III)
Strategies
Health and Stamina management are a must in this fight, as Gwyn will rarely give the player any chances to heal. It is heavily advisable to use a fast weapon to attack with, preferably one that drains little stamina. Heavy weapons are not recommended for this fight. It may be hard for the player to find a proper opening to fight back or heal as a result of Gwyn actively seeking the player. Despite his very weakened state, he is still the former Lord of Sunlight, so don't rely on lightning as he is immune. His attacks deal a great amount of damage if they connect. If blocked, his attacks will still deal considerable damage to the player as a result of the flame damage his sword deals. A good way to reduce the damage to a slight margin is by using shields with high fire defense, such as the Black Iron Greatshield or the Black Knight Shield, which can be dropped by the nearby Black Knights; however, care should still be taken as blocking a full attack chain will cost a lot of stamina and may eventually result in losing health or dying. The Gold-Hemmed Black Set can further negate the fire damage at the cost of less physical defense against his attacks.
The pillars in the arena can be used to block his attacks, however, Gwyn will easily move around them and continue attacking. It is possible for him to keep attacking a pillar that is blocking his path, giving the player a chance to heal, however, he may simply go around it.
Parrying is a high-risk, but incredibly efficient strategy. All of Gwyn's attacks, minus the kick and grab, can be parried. Using the Hornet Ring, a single riposte can erase a large fraction of Gwyn's health. However, any mistakes can end up badly for the player. Therefore, it may be preferable to opt for heavier armor for this strategy, as dodging is not the main tactic, and the additional poise and defense leaves some margin for error. It is ideal to block the first hit of his combo, and parry the telegraphed second hit. After performing a riposte, the player will have just enough time to Estus heal.
Summoning Solaire or other players can help ease the battle, giving a chance to heal or apply buffs. For Solaire, he may be able to land several hits before dying. By using the Black Knight Halberd or a spear type weapon you can hit Gwyn through the pillars and take little damage from his attacks.
Melee strategy
While Gwyn does not provide for a lot of openings, especially if wielding a slow weapon like the Zweihander, it is possible, through using a shield with enough stability and having enough fire resistance, to use a circling strategy.
Keeping very close to Gwyn and keeping a shield up, the player can be dealt very little damage by the flaming sword by constantly strafing to the player's left. When Gwyn attempts to grab the player or kick them, the slower animation should enable the player to get behind Gwyn's back, thus making the attack miss. At that point, there's a small window to get an attack in. With a weapon with a strong enough attack to break Gwyn's poise, the player then has a full second to finish the attack animation and get the shield back up, effectively never breaking their guard.
Use of this strategy requires the player to keep a close look on their stamina bar.
Regularly, though, the player will have to heal themselves, unless the fire damage is completely negated. Using the pillar strategy outlined above is quite efficient. It is a good idea to keep one's health high enough to that a grab attack can't kill with one hit. Therefore, having 20 estus flasks is recommended.
Notes
- Unlike any other boss in Dark Souls, Gwyn can be parried.
- Defeating Gwyn and passing into NG+ will cause the Chosen Undead to be in their hollowed state upon their awakening in the Northern Undead Asylum, even if they had reversed hollowing before the fight.
Boss information
Attacks
Dashing Thrust
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| 550 | 0 | 258 | 0 | Regular / Fire | Yes | Both | Medium |
Used by Gwyn while he's dashing. Although it is one of his linear attacks, it is possible he may switch to a slashing combo midway. It is also one of his best attacks in terms of tracking the player.
Quad-Slash Combo[note 1]
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| 400 | 0 | 250 | 0 | Regular / Fire | Yes | Both | Medium |
Gwyn performs this attack in quick succession and solid tracking. It begins with an angled slash, then a horizontal one, another angled and finally a horizontal slash once more. The angled attacks can be sidestepped if the player moves early enough.
Kick
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| 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Strike | No | Neither | Medium |
Triggered regularly when blocking close to Gwyn, it causes a large drain of stamina if it connects while blocking.
Slash and Thrust[note 1]
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| 388 | 0 | 250 | 0 | Regular / Fire | Yes | Neither | Medium |
Occasionally Gwyn will interrupt his normal slash combo with a quick thrust afterwards. If it hits, the player will be stunned, leaving them open for further combos.
Slashing Upper Combo[note 1]
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| 550 | 0 | 250 | 0 | Regular / Fire | Yes | Neither | Medium |
Starts with a powerful horizontal slash, which takes a large portion of stamina, followed by two more hits. The first two slashes can be difficult to evade.
Charging Slash
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| 488 | 0 | 250 | 0 | Regular / Fire | Yes | Neither | Medium |
A powerful slash used by Gwyn to break the player's guard.
Instant Dash/Double Slash[note 1]
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| 550 | 0 | 250 | 0 | Regular / Fire | Yes | Neither | Medium |
A very fast attack, which comes out of Gwyn's instant dash when he glides towards the player before slashing twice.
Explosive Hand
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| 200 | 0 | 638 | 0 | Fire / Regular | No | Neither | Medium |
An unblockable grab attack that deals massive fire damage. It has a high horizontal hitbox, so it is possible to roll under it to avoid it. It's relatively slow and does not track well so player can simply walk backwards to avoid it. After knocking the player away, Gwyn will follow up with a jumping slash or dashing slash. It also leaves Gwyn open to attacks for a short time.
Defenses
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These stats are sourced from FuturePress's Official Dark Souls Strategy Guide.
Drops
| Item |  Soul of Gwyn, Lord of Cinder |
| Drop Rate | Guaranteed |
Gwyn's armor, the Great Lord Set, can be purchased from Domhnall of Zena during the next playthrough.
Trivia
- Gwyn's title uses the kanji "薪の王" that can be literally translated as "King of Kindling" or "King of Firewood".
- Gwyn's design and lore seems to have been heavily inspired by Zeus of ancient Greek mythology.
- Several aspects of him can also be compared to the Welsh deity Gwyn ap Nudd.
- Gwyn ap Nudd is said to be a warrior with a "blackened face" similar to Gwyn's hollowed flesh, and the King of the "fair folk." The gods of Lordran being a fair folk.
- In Arthurian legends and writings, Gwyn ap Nudd was the ruler of a delightful paradise called the otherworld, or Annwn. Such a place would be similar to Anor Londo during its glory days.
- Additionally, one can make a comparison between Gwyn ap Nudd leading the Wild Hunt in Welsh legend, and the dragon hunts of Gwyn.
Gallery
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3D Model
Music
Footnotes
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Opening dialogue.
- ↑ Kingseeker Frampt and Darkstalker Kaathe dialogue.
- ↑ Crown of the Great Lord description.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Ring of the Sun's Firstborn description.
- ↑ Great Lightning Spear (Dark Souls II) description implies that Gwyn's firstborn Nameless was born before the war against the dragons in order to participate together with his father, thus determining his birth and Gwyn's relationship with his mother before the war.
- ↑ Ring of the Sun Princess description.
- ↑ Dragonslayer Greatbow and Dragonslayer Arrow description.
- ↑ Dragonslayer Spear description.
- ↑ Hawkeye Gough dialogue.
- ↑ Dragon Tooth description.
- ↑ Dragonhead Shield description.
- ↑ Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords description.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Bequeathed Lord Soul Shard description.
- ↑ Big Hat Logan dialogue.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Great Lord Greatsword description.
- ↑ Sunlight Spear description.
- ↑ Sunlight Blade and Dragonslayer Spear description.
- ↑ Dragonslayer Spear description.
- ↑ Lightning Stake description.
- ↑ Lightning Arrow (Dark Souls III) description.
- ↑ Great Lightning Spear and Lightning Storm and Dragonslayer Swordspear description.
- ↑ Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords description.
- ↑ https://darksouls.fandom.com/wiki/File:DARK_SOULS%E2%84%A2_III_20170413170027.jpg
- ↑ Pygmy King dialogue.
- ↑ Stone-humped Hag and Ringed City Pygmy dialogue.
- ↑ Pygmy King dialogue implies how the pygmy lords themselves believed in the gods of Anor Londo and relied on them as superior beings.
- ↑ Undead Clerics use the miracles of the gods, implying that they continue to believe and have faith in them as superior beings.
- ↑ Dragonhead Greatshield description.
- ↑ Ringed Knight Set description.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 Aldia, Scholar of the First Sin dialogue.
- ↑ Ringed Knight Hood description.
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 Darkstalker Kaathe dialogue.
- ↑ Copper Coin and Gold Coin description.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 Soul of Gwyn, Lord of Cinder description.
- ↑ Ring of the Sun Princess
- ↑ Gold Coin and Storm Curved Sword description and Dragon Slayer Ornstein and Executioner Smough and The Nameless King bossfight.
- ↑ Fang Boar Helm description.
- ↑ Blue Drake#Enemy information
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 Lord Soul description.
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 Soul of Ornstein description.
- ↑ Ornstein's Set description.
- ↑ Gough's Set and Gough's Greatbow and Hawk Ring description.
- ↑ Set of Artorias description.
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 Lord's Blade Set description.
- ↑ Dark Silver Tracer description.
- ↑ Shira's Armor and Bequeathed Lord Soul Shard description
- ↑ Key to the Seal description.
- ↑ Kingseeker Frampt dialogue.
- ↑ Darkmoon Seance Ring description.
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 Tin Darkmoon Catalyst description.
- ↑ Darkmoon Bow description.
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 Moonlight Robe description.
- ↑ Darkmoon Blade Covenant Ring description.
- ↑ Dark Sun Gwyndolin appearance.
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 Reversal Ring description.
- ↑ Soul of Gwyndolin description.
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 Quelana of Izalith dialogue.
- ↑ Chaos Flame Ember description.
- ↑ Izalith Catalyst description.
- ↑ Demon's Catalyst description.
- ↑ 62.0 62.1 62.2 Black Knight Shield description.
- ↑ Black Knight Greatsword description.
- ↑ Silver Knight Shield description.
- ↑ Although Izalith is destroyed, the demons and the Bed of Chaos remain active during events of Dark Soul I
- ↑ Chaos Witch Quelaag#Removed content
- ↑ Soul of the Nameless King and Lightning Storm and Golden Crown description.
- ↑ Darkstalker Kaathe dialogue: "だから奴は、火を継ぎ、自らの息子たちに、人を率い、縛らせた" TL: "For this reason, he (Gwyn) inherited the Fire and made his sons guide and bind humans".
- ↑ Oscar, Knight of Astora dialogue.
- ↑ Gwynevere, Princess of Sunlight and Kingseeker Frampt dialogue.
- ↑ 71.0 71.1 71.2 Crown of the Great Lord description.
- ↑ 72.0 72.1 Black Knight Set description.
- ↑ Gwyn, Lord of Cinder appearance.
- ↑ https://darksouls.fandom.com/wiki/File:Kiln_of_the_First_Flame_DS1.jpg
- ↑ Sunlight Spear (Dark Souls II) description.
- ↑ Lightning Spear and Lightning Spear (Dark Souls II) description.
- ↑ Golden Crown description.
- ↑ Sunlight Medal (Dark Souls II) description.
- ↑ Blue Sentinels and Blue Sentinels (Dark Souls III)
- ↑ The fact that the Way of Blue has its origins in Heide within the Cathedral of Blue and is confirmed in DarkSoul3 as a covenant connected to Gwyndolin with the Way of Blue (item) implies that Heide's founders inherited the culture of late Anor Londo.
- ↑ File:Heide Gwyn Statue.png and File:Gwyn Statue Anor Londo.png
- ↑ Blinding Bolt and Dragonslayer Greatbow (Dark Souls II) description.
- ↑ Blinding Bolt#Availability and Dragonslayer Greatbow (Dark Souls II)#Availability
- ↑ Old King Soul description.
- ↑ 85.0 85.1 Crown of the Old Iron King (helm) description.
- ↑ Sweet Shalquoir dialogue.
- ↑ Smelter Sword description.
- ↑ Smelter Demon Soul description.
- ↑ Iron King Hammer description.
- ↑ Ringed Knight Set description.
- ↑ Sunlight Spear (Dark Souls III)#Availability
- ↑ 92.0 92.1 92.2 92.3 Soul of Cinder#Fight Overview
- ↑ Soul of the Lords and Firelink Armor description.
- ↑ Sunlight Spear (Dark Souls III)#Availability
- ↑ Soul of the Lords description.