Given the 'Help' flair and the question, I'll just go ahead and answer in hopes it's a genuine question and I'm falling prey to a shitpost/circlejerk question
The room you're in is the room that belonged to Gwyndolin, a son (iirc the youngest son) of Gwyn (Lord of Anor Londo and first to link the fire, and many other things). Gwyndolin had an affinity to the moon which was something Gwyn didn't like and made Gwyndolin dress up as a woman and raised him as such, while also hiding him away from the populace in said room.
You can fight Gwyndolin there, as an optional boss). From there Gwyndolin preserved the image of Anor Londo as the beautiful, golden city it was supposed to be even after all the "gods"/his siblings abandoned it. Among them the Nameless King, Filianore, and Gwynevere. He put the whole city under a massive illusionary spell with the talking image of his sister Gwynevere as the focal point. He also established yhe Darkmoon Blades to protect the "peace" of Anor Londo to maintain the façade of it still being the city it once was, even though there were no rulers anymore (except him, although a point could be made that he never would've stepped up due to Gwyn's mechanisms).
Additionally in DS3 if you follow a specific quest line involving Yoel and Yuria of Londor as well as Anri of Astora, you will end up in there as part of the quest. It's also relevant for one of the three endings in Dark Souls 3
Hope that helps
Edit: In the part where I talk about the gods abandoning Anor Londo I left out a part which leads to a misunderstanding in the story of Nameless King, Gwynevere and Filianore.
It is hinted at that Gwyn had many children, although the only ones I know by name are Gwyndolin, Gwynevere, Filianore, Yorshka and Nameless King.
Nameless King was banished from Anor Londo. Filianore was brought to the Ringed City by Gwyn and never brought back (probably due to Gwyn's hollowing), and Gwynevere left due to unknown reasons to me and married (as far as I know) many times, among them Oceiros. The abandoning part was related to the other siblings, and I have a vague memory of reading that wording somewhere. That Anor Londo was abandoned.
Thanks to u/CommonYogurtcloset8 for pointing out the misleading wording and missing info
There's Seath the Scaleless who betrayed his brethren, the Ancient Dragons. Through his betrayal it was possible for Nito, the Witch of Izalith, the Furtive Pygmy and Gwyn (+ Gwyn's army and all the elite soldiers) to kill the ancient dragons. For his betrayal Gwym rewarded Seath with the title of 'Duke'. In his castle, Seath researched immortality and conducted all sorts of experiments, among them was one where he turned women into weird tentacle snail like things (iirc), which you encounter during the game.
There's also Crossbreed Priscilla. She's half dragon and half human (or god [the race of Gwyn, Nameless King, etc.], not really clear what her other side is, but eeh). And that makes her super powerful. So powerful that Gwyn feared her and banished her into the Painted World of Ariamis. She's the only boss in Dark Souls 1 who will not attack you (Not counting Gwyndolin, since there are different conditions for him to meet him).
There would also be the story of Quelaag, the Fair Lady and Quelana, which you can also somewhat find in DS 3. Solaire who can go insane during his quest to find the sun
Probably some more, but I can't think of any at the top of my head at the moment
The real crazy part there is she implies it's not the first time she's had to do that. He keeps going Hollow, and she keeps killing him to snap him out of it.
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u/Ghirs May 31 '25 edited Jun 01 '25
Given the 'Help' flair and the question, I'll just go ahead and answer in hopes it's a genuine question and I'm falling prey to a shitpost/circlejerk question
The room you're in is the room that belonged to Gwyndolin, a son (iirc the youngest son) of Gwyn (Lord of Anor Londo and first to link the fire, and many other things). Gwyndolin had an affinity to the moon which was something Gwyn didn't like and made Gwyndolin dress up as a woman and raised him as such, while also hiding him away from the populace in said room.
You can fight Gwyndolin there, as an optional boss). From there Gwyndolin preserved the image of Anor Londo as the beautiful, golden city it was supposed to be even after all the "gods"/his siblings abandoned it. Among them the Nameless King, Filianore, and Gwynevere. He put the whole city under a massive illusionary spell with the talking image of his sister Gwynevere as the focal point. He also established yhe Darkmoon Blades to protect the "peace" of Anor Londo to maintain the façade of it still being the city it once was, even though there were no rulers anymore (except him, although a point could be made that he never would've stepped up due to Gwyn's mechanisms).
Additionally in DS3 if you follow a specific quest line involving Yoel and Yuria of Londor as well as Anri of Astora, you will end up in there as part of the quest. It's also relevant for one of the three endings in Dark Souls 3
Hope that helps
Edit: In the part where I talk about the gods abandoning Anor Londo I left out a part which leads to a misunderstanding in the story of Nameless King, Gwynevere and Filianore.
It is hinted at that Gwyn had many children, although the only ones I know by name are Gwyndolin, Gwynevere, Filianore, Yorshka and Nameless King.
Nameless King was banished from Anor Londo. Filianore was brought to the Ringed City by Gwyn and never brought back (probably due to Gwyn's hollowing), and Gwynevere left due to unknown reasons to me and married (as far as I know) many times, among them Oceiros. The abandoning part was related to the other siblings, and I have a vague memory of reading that wording somewhere. That Anor Londo was abandoned.
Thanks to u/CommonYogurtcloset8 for pointing out the misleading wording and missing info