Lothric, Younger Prince

For the boss battle, see Lorian, Elder Prince and Lothric, Younger Prince.

For the location, see Lothric.

Lothric, Younger Prince is a character in Dark Souls III.
He is voiced by Harry Lister Smith, who also voiced Dark Sun Gwyndolin in Dark Souls.

In-Game Description

The Lothric bloodline was obsessed with creating a worthy heir, and when this proved impossible, resorted to unspeakable means. Suffice it to say, the path to linking the fire is a cursed one indeed.

Description

Lothric is a pale, emaciated young humanoid of great size. He has long, claw-like fingers, light-colored hair that falls to his shoulders, and dark, sunken eyes. The way he clings to Lorian's back during battle suggests he is unable to walk due to his illness. He wears the same baby clothes that he used throughout his entire life. Lothric relies on magic alone during battle, and is a considerably powerful magic user, casting homing soul masses, soul spears, and teleporting his brother around the arena. He is one of the few humanoid magic users in the series to cast spells without any apparent catalyst.

Lore

Lothric is the son of Oceiros, King of Lothric and Gwynevere, Queen of Lothric and thus the younger brother of Lorian, as well as the older brother of Ocelotte.

Lothric, as the youngest prince, was designated to become a Lord of Cinder, sacrificing himself in the linking of the First Flame to keep the Age of Fire alive. The prince was in fact the hope not only of the entire kingdom but the result of the obsession of the royal family and the king to produce a worthy Champion from among their ranks as a symbol of their divine mandate and duty. For the young man who was supposed to enter the Kiln of the Flame arena, a platinum sword was created and blessed with strong magic by the High Priestess even before he was ready to fullfill his destiny. Oceiros in fact created immense propaganda around Lothric, not only giving him the name of the kingdom, but building statues that depicted him ready for sacrifice and with his sacred sword even before he linked the Flame, already preparing his throne at the Firelink Shrine who called him the hope of the kingdom. Despite all the hopes that were placed in him, Lothric soon revealed himself to be a sick and shriveled child, so weak that he never grew out of his baby clothes, which remained his only clothing throughout his life and were blessed to at least try to keep him healthy. Lothric continued to live and at some point Aldia, the first of the Grand Archives scholars and doubtful of the linking of the Flame, became his private mentorThe frail prince still demonstrated talent for sorcery, for which he did not need a medium being the son of a deity, and learned several powerful and refined spells.

When the royal family realized that Lothric would not improve from his condition , they resorted to repulsive acts in an attempt to obtain a worthy Champion for the linking: the rulers would in fact bind the souls of the two brother princes together with a curse, in the hope that the weaker Lothric would thus share the strength of Lorian, making them able to sacrifice themselves to the Flame together. Despite the monstrous practice, Lorian himself had the desire to submit to the curse, to try to help his younger brother, even at the cost of depriving the kingdom of the heir he represented. However, fate played a bad joke once again: the souls of the two brothers, linked so closely that they could nearly meld together, made them inseparable and Lorian could not die if Lothric did not too. However, their union also led the older brother to share the younger's condition, making Lorian crippled and mute to the point of being unable to walk on his own legs and the two unable to link the Flame. The now twin princes thus found themselves unable to fulfill the destiny for which they had been brought into the world and would become inseparable in kinship, fueled by their grief for their fate..

When the First Flame began to fade and the time came for Prince Lothric to fulfill his destiny and become a Lord of Cinder, he simply refused. After reflecting on his mentor's teachings, the state of the kingdom and the world, his cursed life and the atrocities committed to continue to link the Flame the prince decided to ignore his "duty", refusing to continue the legacy of the Lords, and instead chose to wait for the Flame's death from the distance. In fact, the prince had retired to the top of his castle together with his brother Lorian with whom he shared his soul, protected by his royal guard and the exponents of the Three Pillars: Lion Knight Albert, Black Hand Kamui and Daughter of Crystal Kriemhild . His decision shattered the realm to an unimaginable extent, and while a plague of violent and corrupted Pus of Man ravaged the city , a furious civil war erupted within Lothric's walls. The government of the Three Pillars, represented by Emma and the Knights, was trying to keep the kingdom together and was still attempting to convince Lothric to reconsider his position and link the fading flame. On the other side, the Winged Knights, a portion of the army still heralding the royal's insigna, was now clashing openly against the doctrine enforced by the government, as they had embraced the heretic "Angelic Faith" spreaded by the written words of Gertrude. In all of this the scholars of the Archives simply decided to ignore the situation and closed the doors of their facilities, isolating themselves to continue their studies.

The cinders of Lothric.

The prince's decision led the system managing the linking of the Flame to resort to an emergency measure: ringing the bells and awakening the Lords of Cinder of the past from their graves, beings who had linked the Flame and had been buried with part of it in their bodies, to unite their fire and restore energy to the fading Flame. However, not even this attempt was successful as most of the awakened Lords of Cinder, for different reasons, decided to abandon their duties, refusing to sit on their thrones and sacrifice themselves again, preferring to return to their lands. As a last desperate plan it was decided to ring the bells again and this time awaken the Unkindled, beings who had tried to link the Flame but, being too weak, had been turned into ashes and buried in the Cemetery of Ash, to make so that they would go and kill the Lords of Cinder, bringing their their cinders back to Firelink Shrine. When the Unkindled One arrives before the prince, he's welcomed by a bitter comment from Lothric, naming them as nothing but another fool attempting to win his favour or to take his life and the many feathers covering every corner of the room indicate that the Winged Knights had tried to reach the Prince to either persuade or kill him, but were all eliminated by the royal guards or by his brother Lorian. Lothric then watched as Lorian engaged the Unkindled One in combat and was cut down. Teleporting next to his brother's body, Lothric revived and climbed onto Lorian's back, kindling their bodies together. The brothers fought the Unkindled One almost as one, but were unable to overcome their enemy and were both cut down. As he died, Lothric warned the Unkindled One that obtained their cinders that they would always remain among the accursed.

Gallery

Lothric climbs onto Lorian's back after resurrecting him.

Lothric prepares to resurrect Lorian.